In order to improve our members table tennis skills, we are going to invite top coaches to our club
to conduct one day clinics. We have asked  Jair Jimenez, with US National rating over 2525  and
winner of U-2500 in San Diego Open 2018,  to conduct a one day clinic/ training . Lower level
players can participate from 10-12 am and upper level players from 1-3 pm next Sunday 9/23/18.
This group training will be free for our members. We are accepting the first 10 members in each
category.
Please text your entry to Behnam at 6198894922.

Sept. 11, 2018

Meeting called to order by Vice Chairperson  at 7:03 p.m.

Members present: Behnam Kazemi, Dennis Seisun, Perry Schwartzberg   Bob Koch, Jaxon Farris, and Phil Van De Wiele.

Steve McGrew absent

Motion made to approve last minutes, motion carried.

Old Business

Jaxon: Additional tables need to be built from the new Butterfly shipment. Phil and Jaxon volunteer to help.

Jaxon: Need to talk about sponsorship of players.

– Much is discussed about the amount of money the club wants to put up for sponsorship, the number and qualifications of the players that the club will sponsor, and the need to put something on the website to alert all SDTTA members of the decision to sponsor some club members.

Bob: Perhaps we should sponsor 3 or 4 tournaments with a total budget of $4000.

Phil: We need to mention which tournaments we are sponsoring.

Perry: We are currently sponsoring these 4, U.S. Open and Closed, L.A. Open, and the large tournament we run in San Diego.

All agree that this is a good group.

Further discussion will be held with the newly elected board as only the U.S. Open in Florida is still left in this fiscal year.

Jaxon: We need to send out a bulk e-mail to make sure people bring their membership cards.

Bob: Will enforce the need to show a membership card before replacing a broken ball with a 3 star Nittaku Premium as is club policy.

Jaxon: We now need to bring in the tables every day and night after we are done playing. We can no longer leave them standing on the floor overnight.

Phil: We need to update the white board and notify members as best that we can.

Jaxon: Status of hosting a smaller tournament before our large one is being considered. Phil and I will use the Omnipong software.

Bob: Maybe we should just run the Memorial Day tournament?

Perry: It would be a good idea to run a smaller tournament if we are thinking of bringing the big one in-house.

Jaxon: Tried to contact Omnipong in order to get the software needed, so far, no response.

Jaxon: Status report on broken barriers, nets, etc.? General report.

Bob: There are items in the storage room that need to be repaired and removed. We have them separated and are in good shape.

Behnam: Maybe Jair Jimenez can coach for a day? $200 for 6 hours and that would include his brother Morgan to help with coaching and translation.

Approved by the board 4-0-2, Perry and Phil abstaining. Passed

Important dates for the next election to be voted on:

October 23 – Deadline for candidates

November 13 – Voting begins

November 20 – Final votes tallied

6-0 in favor. Passed

Behnam: 9-12 this Saturday, Sr. Tournament. Currently 16 participants, and will need 2 rows of tables.

All agree that this is fine.

Dennis: What is the status of the picnic?

No plans secured but all agree that a committee should get on it as the members do appreciate it.

Treasurers report submitted by Dennis.

Perry: Subsidized coaching went well, particularly among the up and coming lower level group.

Motion to renew subsidized coaching for Perry and Pisa for another 6 total sessions.

5-0-1 motion passed. Perry abstains

Phil: Second Sunday needs to be third Sunday in October and November. Need two tournaments with 3rd Sunday awards, not 2nd Sunday awards.  Total of 16 awards.

6-0 approved .

Meeting adjourned 8:07

Congratulations to Suresh Kanekar for his selection to receive the San Diego Table Tennis Association’s Hall Of Fame award.  The SDTTA Board of Directors recognizes and appreciates his many contributions to the club and the sport of Table Tennis.

Learn more about Suresh Kanekar, in his own words, click here.

 

June 11, 2018

Meeting called to order by Chairperson  at 7:02 p.m.

Members present: Behnam Kazemi, Steve McGrew, Perry Schwartzberg   Bob Koch, Jaxon Faris, and Phil Van De Wiele.

Dennis Seisun absent

Motion made to approve last minutes, motion carried.

Steve: Need to talk about old news.

1) The tournament  made for the club approximately $3000. The details were sent to Atilla Malek. Steve will forward to the board.

2) Steve and Phil went to the BPAC meeting and mentioned the issues that we had at our tournament, including closing early on Saturday which caused quite a problem. Apparently, the paper work was started but due to the change of the dates, new paper work was not submitted. This is something to pay attention to in the future.

3) For events like this, it is important that the board members know what their duties are so that these things are taken care of.

Behnam : The tournament was still run poorly even though there were fewer players and extra tournament staff.

Bob: One of the events didn’t finish due to the early closing on Saturday night and we needed another first place trophy due to a mandatory split. One of the players could not make it on Sunday. Bob did take care of this.

Steve: Six months prior to the next tournament, we need to start the paperwork.

Phil: Maybe run a small tournament to see if we can use local software and run the tournament in house. We will discuss dates and plans in the near future.

The board talks about sponsoring some of our more active tournament and up and coming players. It is agreed to sponsor Jeff Ruiz, George Pisa, David Flores, and Keenan Zhou.

The board agrees to sponsor these players for:

L.A. Open, U.S. National Championships, U.S. Open, and our large San Diego tournament.

Voted and approved 6-0.

Perry mentions that we still have bottled water left over from the big tournament. Perhaps we should be giving out water to our members during this hot summer season? The board agrees that this is a good idea and will start to implement this.

Steve talks about shirts and the need to approve a color and style. The board agrees that it may be better to spend a bit more and get higher quaility.

Steve: Fireman’s tournament June 25th 3-8:30, Monday. They will use 4 tables and donate $200 to the club for the equipment usage.

Voted and approved 6-0.

Steve: Perry and Pisa are done with this round of subsidized coaching. Should continue Junior program for Pisa at $50/sessions. Steve suggests that we do the subsidized coaching quarterly.

Voted and approved 6-0.

Behnam nominates Suresh Kanekar for the SDTTA Hall of Fame. He is highly regarded by all on the board for all that he does and has done for the club.

Voted and approved 6-0.

Perry: John Gascon, the head at Balboa Park, wants to get kids in for Friday afternoon from other facilities. He will need some equipment and perhaps a bit of help. Suggesion is $200 budget.

Voted and approved 6-0.

Steve: More balls are needed for the robot.

Voted and approved 6-0.

Phil: Second Sunday tournament random doubles was fun and enjoyable. Phil would like to purchase a new computer and printer for the clubs events. Bob will research prices.

All agree that it is needed.

Steve: Pickleball is trying to get more time for their program which would take from ours. It is important to keep bodies in the club during our hours or we could lose them.

Steve: The new Butterly tables will be $900 each plus $100 shipping in quantity. We have already approved a purchase of 14 tables. We need to sell 13 blue tables and plan to do so for $300 each.

Meeting closes at 8 p.m.

San Diego Open Table Tennis Tournament

May 12-13, 2018

Congratulations to Wenzhang Tao, Open Singles Champion

See all tournament results on OmniPong: Results

View more tournament photos: Photos

Watch the time lapse video of the venue setup: Time_Lapse_Video