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club news may 2006

hi all,

welcome to this week's guest, henry koong.

we have recently decided to promote doubles for mondays. it will be a round robin format with playing partners changing and results recorded. if you are interested in such a format please let tim, greg or ron mallory know. if interest is sufficient we can begin in june.

don straits bbq at this home has been changed to saturday, june 24th. families and guests are welcome. don will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, beer and soft drinks. please bring your favorite salad, dessert, appetizers, baked beans, potato salad, or coleslaw etc to share with others. there will be volleyball, badminton, and horseshoes. maybe even table tennis if he can import a table. directions will be at the club. please advise don if you will be attending, how many will attend, and what you will bring. don straits don@corporatewarriors.com 916-663-1963.

wednesday evening we began collecting player profiles. they will be accompanied by the player's picture and appear on our club's website. if you wish to participate, email or hand tim your profile using the following template:

john doe: currently residing in auburn and employed by placer county. john has played table tennis for 5 months and finds it a good form of exercise. his other interests are rugby and vandalism.

if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late, please call gregg (530) 878-0170 or tim (530) 878-2602, if you reach us live, we will put you on a table.

congratulations to group winners: tom spesick, mel starkey, and don straits.

results for 5/31/2006:


hi all,

good to see, after many weeks away, was john jensen.

we have recently decided to promote doubles for mondays. it will be a round robin format with playing partners changing and results recorded. if you are interested in such a format please let tim, greg or ron mallory know. if interest is sufficient we can begin in june.

don straits will hold a bbq at this home on sunday, june 25th from 3 pm until everyone goes home. families and guests are welcome. don will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, beer and soft drinks. please bring your favorite salad, dessert, appetizers, baked beans, potato salad, or coleslaw etc to share with others. there will be volleyball, badminton, and horseshoes. maybe even table tennis if he can import a table. directions will be at the club. please advise don if you will be attending, how many will attend, and what you will bring. don straits don@corporatewarriors.com 916-663-1963.

wednesday evening we began collecting player profiles. they will be accompanied by the player's picture and appear on our club's website. if you wish to participate, email or hand tim your profile using the following template:

john doe: currently residing in auburn and employed by placer county. john has played table tennis for 5 months and finds it a good form of exercise. his other interests are rugby and vandalism.

if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late, please call gregg (530) 878-0170 or tim (530) 878-2602, if you reach us live, we will put you on a table.

congratulations to group winners: jerry sacks, john jensen and gerry mifsud.

results for 5/24/2006:


hi all,

welcome to guest, kevin casey, a prominent local tennis player who took the evening off to try the short handled racket sport.� don straits brought in and distributed our new shirts. thanks don, for your efforts, they look great.

don also mentioned a b-b-q for all at his home in late june. exact date and particulars forthcoming. congratulations to group winners: phil joffe, eric andrus and don straits.� please remember our monday sessions. fewer players and no time commitments make this an ideal opportunity for open play.

if on a wednesday evening, you think you will be late, please call gregg (530) 878-0170 or tim (530) 878-2602, if you reach us live, we will put you on a table.�  

results for 5/17/2006:


hi all,

good to see tom douglas (jr. & sr.) after many months. we had three tables of six and congratulations to group winners: tim aquino(no typo), bill indreboe and brian vagg. please remember our monday sessions. fewer players and no time commitments makes this an ideal opportunity for open play.

�unfortunately, wednesday evening a player missed the 7:00 pm cutoff and was unable to play. please remember to call gregg (530) 878-0170 or tim (530) 878-2602 if you think you will be late, if you reach us live we will put you on a table. don straits is picking up our club shirts this friday and will have them at the club next monday and/or wednesday.  

results for 5/10/2006:


hi all,

welcome to guest ashley miller. we hope her visit was enjoyable and welcome her back. congratulations to group winners: dave mead, mike gaynor, tim frank and brian vagg.

�we wish to remind all players that when they leave without playing out all their matches they may be taking away from others on their table who were looking forward to more play. all wednesday evening players should recognize that on some occasions they may play as late 9:45 pm. in order to minimize these occasions and allow for the special situations that confront all of us from time to time, effective whenever our numbers exceed 18, the default will be 3 of 5 matches, however, upon consent of both players in any match, 2 of 3 may be played. this option should speed things along when there is a special need to do so. 

this past saturday, many of us met to discuss various issues that have surfaced during the past and inaugural year of our club. the meeting was, in my opinion, very successful as some new ideas were brought forward that hopefully will benefit the club in the future. whether to implement those ideas will now be voted upon the members of the steering committee that were present for the discussion. the outcome should be available and posted here within a couple weeks. thanks to everyone who attended.   

results for 5/3/2006:




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