Hello,

Just wanted to make mention a couple of important items.

1) Get involved with NCTTA Committees; add extra curricular activities to your Curriculum Vitae or Resume and help out the NCTTA to create a better College Table Tennis experience for everyone.

The way it works is if you are interested in chairing a committee
or being a member for consideration
please forward the following information to (Willy) president@... 
by Wednesday July 12th, so that it can be presented to the NCTTA Board for a vote.
-Name
-School
-Year in School
-Why you want to be involved
-Which committee you want to be involved in as Chair

Many of you should have received a notice of this email from your division directors.

2) The US National College team competed this past week at the 2006 World University Championships in Maribor, Slovenia. The team was sponsored by STIGA/Table Tennis Pioneers  (www.ping-pong.com) This team came together as a result of collaberation between the NCTTA and USATT and we are more then happy with their results at the Championships!:)

Team Leader was Samson Dubina and Coach of the team was Keith Evans (Texas Wesleyan University).

The Men's team was: Adam Hugh (Princeton); Pan Lin (Princeton); Shashin Shodan (Northwest Polytechnic); Han Xiao (University of Maryland)

The Women's team was: Kat Wu (University of Michigan); Laura Leach (University of Colorado); Amanda Dubina (Malone College)

Competition was tough as they faced college players from traditional powerhouses like: China, Japan and Korea as well as other countries. The spirit of the World Cup of soccer was alive in Slovenia as well so it made their trip a bit more spectacular. It was a tough learning experience, but something that will be replicated in the future for sure. We saw some positive results as the US Women's college team took home country Slovenia to a 5th set losing 3-2 with Katherine Wu (University of Michigan) winning two key matches.

The US Men's College Team on the other hand actually defeated the College Team from Hong Kong! Check out the results:

US-HONG KONG 3-2                                                                                                                                               Han Xiao vs Chu Hiu Yu  11-6  7-11  11-5  5-11  6-11                                                                                     Adam Hugh vs Tang Ka Chun  11-5  11-6  13-15  11-5                                                                             Shashin Shodhan vs Liu Hiu Ming  5-11  11-9  12-14  9-11                                                                            Han Xiao vs Tang Ka Chun  11-9  12-14  12-10  11-9                                                                                   Adam Hugh vs Chu Hiu Yu  11-7  11-7  5-11  12-10