Dear Tabletenniser’s,

   Hi all, We had an impressive 67 player turnout on our first RR of 2007 including a very strong first and second division.

Avishy Schmidt defeated Parry Husbands for top honors. Due to a temporary computer glitch I had to add a seventh player to each

Top division. Too many matches in the top division were either not reported or more likely not played. I will try to avoid these seven player draws as much as possible but in case of emergency I need to have the option. In order to speed play in these seven player round robins from now on I will take a couple of steps…1. No warm-up time, play must begin immediately 2. A responsible player from the round robin will be designated to facilitate the speedy replacement of the concluding matches.. This should help…I feel even on a seven player RR (two tables) people should play at minimum four and probably five matches. This week too many players only were able to play three….

     Secondly I have an important announcement regarding GLUING your paddles.  Ophelia our very nice Berkeley city staff member has requested that all gluing be done outside…she is pregnant and feels the fumes are potentially noxious and may hurt her baby. Let’s respect her wishes please….

     Thirdly and lastly I wanted to announce the BTTC T-shirts are ready for sale. They are $12 each and I have a limited stock at present. I ordered thirty and half of them were gone immediately. I can special order more but if you want yours now you must act quickly.

 

This week’s Top Performers

Kevin Wong +98

Steven Lee +97

Fumi Christensen +96

Kang Dai +79

Tyler Burkhart+79

Brian Pak +68

David Zeng +68

Kenny Wong +50

Kevin Zhang +50

Joel Mesnikoff +40

CONGRATS!       To view the RR results go to www.berkeleytabletennis.org  Please report any errors or omissions ASAP.I cannot change the posted result but will make the rating adjustments.

We are getting better about the courtesy of other players, but there still needs more reinforcing this idea as people forget….

Courtesy Reminder!   Please do not retrieve a ball from your game when it rolls to another table  or walk behind during another player’s active point play…this is distracting causing one player a serious disadvantage.

People need to be vigilant about this as it happens way too often….Just wait a few seconds for the point to be completed and say “LET!” Thanks for your consideration!

PLEASE DO NOT FORGET TO ARRIVE EARLY! REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 6:50 SHARP! If you are planning to be late then call the Cell Phone Reservation Number:  (510) 587-3388 before 6:35 PM. If you call this latecomer's number, please make sure to pronounce your first AND last name clearly. For non-native English speakers it is recommended to repeat their full name at least twice. We do not guarantee spots in our Round Robin tournament to latecomers who only left undecipherable messages.

Winning is fun, but good sportsmanship is healthy!   

Regards, Mike Labins