We are saddened by the loss of our dear friend Art Pintado, former President of the SDTTA. He died yesterday from pancreatic cancer, after just finding out a couple days ago that he had it. We obviously are shocked by his sudden death but wanted to give you his funeral info so you could attend if you want to. VIEWING Sunday 4pm-9pm Humphrey Mortuary 753 Broadway Chula Vista, CA 91910 MAP http://sandiego.citysearch.com/profile/map/388614/chula_vista_ca/humphrey_mortuary.html SERVICES St Marys Catholic Church Monday 9am 426 E 7th National City, CA 474-1501 Map http://www.yellowbook.com/directions/saint-marys-catholic-church_1534820755.html?addressId=1 GATHERING AFTER THE SERVICES 406 E. 24^th. St. National City, CA

The Club Championship Tournament was held at the Balboa Park Activity Center on Saturday, November 21st, with about eighty club members participating. Alex Mikhlin won the Seniors Event, with  Javid Khalaele runner-up. Brana Vlasic won the Men’s Open–Over 1500, after a three-way playoff with Earl Alto and Davy Umel. Jason Yang won the Men’s Open–1500 and Under, with John Kolano runner up.  Angel Luo won the Women’s Open, with Thu Tran runner-up.  David Flores won the Juniors Event in a three-way playoff with J.R. and Josiah Framo. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who competed for making the event a success!

I have been informed by Borko (the tournament director for the Senior Olympics this weekend) that club members can start coming at noon today to start open play! I have changed the calendar to reflect the change. See you there!

Here are the member results for the National Senior Olympics!

Event	Player	Medal
Women’s (50)	S. Hardy
Women’s (60)	K. Nichols
Women’s (75)	R. Star
Men’s (60-64)	T. Wai
Men’s (70)	J. Supernak
Men’s (57)	P. Wandewielle
Men’s (51)	D. Umel Sr.
Men’s (65)	B. Tran
Men’s (68)	M. Adelman
Men’s (55)	W. Henderson
Doubles Mixed (55)	Suresh/Hardy
Doubles SS (60)	Supernak/Wai
Doubles SS (55)	Adelman/Kann
Doubles SS (55)	Smyth/Dragojlovic
Doubles SS (60)	Suresh/Tran
Doubles SS (60)	Fahlstrom/Parikh

Location: Palo Alto, CA More Info: Click here Date: August 8th – 15th, 2009 Sports Chair: Dennis Davis Dennis Davis was the organizer of the 25th Anniversary Ping-Pong Diplomacy at Stanford University.  He has organized and managed many local table tennis tournaments. Davis managed the table tennis competition for the 2006, 2007 & 2008 Bay Area Senior Games.

Dear Friends, It is with an aching heart that I write this email about Mike Dempsey. Michael passed away this morning from an aneurysm in his brain. He was in Ohio for business at the time. It was very sudden and unexpected. I spoke with Shannon, Mike’s wife, just an hour ago and she asked that I let people know about the services that will be held for Michael. She told me that Michael had played a table tennis match on Sunday, with his 6 year old son, Henry, watching him win the last of 4 tough games. He left Monday for his business trip, attended a meeting on Tuesday and then had to go to the hospital after the meeting was finished. Shannon flew out with Henry yesterday and Michael passed away this morning. Shannon asked me to help her out with letting people know would be very grateful if you would pass the information on in this email to anyone who knew Michael. The first service will be on Monday, May 4th, in Deleware, Ohio (just north of Columbus) -St. Mary’s Church at 10am with a reception to follow. The second service will be on Saturday, May 9th in Rancho Santa Fe, California. (northern San Diego county) -Details have not yet been worked out. (If you plan on attending, let me know and I’ll send you the details) If you’d like to send a card, their address is: PO Box 745 Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067-0745 Shannon’s email is: shannondempsey@cox.net If I find out more information, I’ll pass it along. With Love, Liz

Congratulations to DJ Alto for winning the 2009 San Diego Open on the 2009 JOOLA North American Tour. In front of his hometown crowd, DJ won his first ever NATT tour event over Steven Wang 4-3. Did we also mention he is only 16? Thank you to all the participants and spectators! Story courtesy of NATT