Hi Alex: Congratulations on your victory in winning the Spelling Bee for San Diego County. You should be very proud of yourself. We at the SDTTA are also proud to call you a member. We will be watching your progress in Washington D.C. Good luck from all of us at the club. Sincerely, Mark Adelman Chairman SDTTA

Title: LATTA Open Location: El Monte, CA LATTA Website Description:

I’d like to declare our next upcoming USATT sanctioned tournament is on April 24-25. I hope that many of you will be brave and take the opportunity to test your skills against other competitors during “real pressure time.”

Date: April 24th-25th, 2010

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Rajul Sheth and the ICC Table Tennis Center has made the news yet again! ABC News just aired a segment on Rajul’s center in Milpitas, CA. You may have seen many of the club’s juniors at San Diego tournaments, or at the US Nationals, with “ICC” printed on their backs. This facility, which is just for table tennis, not only has its own training camps with world class coaches (like our own Stellan Bengtsson) but has tournaments that are broadcasted live over the internet!

If that weren’t enough, as a promotional tool for Rajul’s last tournament, he made a commercial which was played in Bay Area movie theaters advertising the tournament! How’s that for exposure?

Table tennis is getting some exposure on network television! Check out this clip from the Ellen show featuring Feng Xin-Xue with an appearance from Barney Reed Jr.!

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!