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Greetings!
We're presenting a dual focus in this newsletter:
1) The upcoming table tennis events of the April 2013 Texas State Senior Games held right here in San Antonio and
2) a brief report on the February 2013 San Antonio Winter Open Table Tennis Tournament.
Both of these events hosted by San Antonio Table Tennis Club.
The SA expression of the popular, world-wide, healthful, recreational, Olympic sport of table tennis continues to grow. Many thanks to all of you who are making this happen.
Incidentally, as always, if you do not want to continue receiving this newsletter, please use the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of this page.
Sincerely,
Loren Williams
President, San Antonio Table Tennis Club
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Texas State Senior Games
Table Tennis
For seniors, 50 years of age (by Dec. 31, 2013) and up, this program involves several different recreational and competitive sports events all over the SA metro area during April 4-14, 2013.
IMPORTANT: Registration closes March 22, 2013.
The table tennis events, hosted by SATTC at our club's home venue (Alamo Gymnastics and Family Fitness Center, 16675 Huebner Rd, San Antonio 78248) will be held Saturday and Sunday, April 6-7, 2013. TT competition events - singles, doubles and mixed doubles - occur within 5-year age brackets, ages 50 thru 69 on Saturday and 70 and up on Sunday.
Free TT clinics / practice sessions for anyone who has registered and paid for Senior Games are offered at 3-5 PM on Friday March 22 and again 3-5 PM Friday March 29. If you plan to attend, we would appreciate a courtesy RSVP sent to: Email to SATTC
Other than the two free clinics, all registration and payment is arranged directly with Texas Senior Games and NOT with San Antonio Table Tennis Club:
Texas Senior Games Office Contact Information:
Phone: 210-302-6973 Fax: 210-408-2341
Mailing Address:
Texas State Senior Games
12500 NW Military Hwy
San Antonio TX 78231
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San Antonio 2013 Winter Open
February 23-24 - sanctioned by USA Table Tennis
RESULTS - FINALISTS
Our first "sanctioned" (national ratings) tournament - at least the first in modern times. And with some misgivings because, for the past several years, our tournaments all have been of the recreational variety. But they came, 68 TT athletes in total. Success!
Geographically, 31 local players from San Antonio, 20 from Austin, 3 from Houston, 3 from Corpus Christi, 3 from McAllen and one each from Harlingen, San Marcos and Dublin, Texas.
Outside Texas, we had one each from Arizona, Indiana, Minnesota and North Carolina. Plus one rising young TT athlete from Mexico.
Ten new / renewing USATT members signed on plus another 15 took advantage of the USATT one-time tournament pass option in order to play; they can decide later about full USATT membership.
A few teaser photos here . . . but many more are now posted for viewing in two slideshows on our website www.satabletennis.org.
60+ photos were shot on Saturday and 40+ on Sunday, courtesy of Edmund Lo and posted by our webmaster Luis Berrones. If you want keepsake copies of individual photos, they are available for $5 each from Edmund Lo. Just identify which photo(s) you want - for example, "Sunday 6/43", and contact Edmund by email at edloyzk@yahoo.com
Tentatively, we plan to hold also a summer "open", say July or August, either sanctioned or recreational. Or maybe both as separate events. Let us know if you have a preference.
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What could be more fun than a table tennis tournament???!!!!! |
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Tournament Photos
San Antonio Winter Open
See SATTC web for more photos.
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About Us
The San Antonio Table Tennis Club / Foundation is a Texas non-profit corporation consisting of nearly 1,000 email player-recipients of whom 500 - 600 show up during any given month for regular practice, open play, coaching, league play and occasional tournaments. During each of our 7-days a week regularly scheduled sessions about 15 to 30 participate in active table tennis - from beginners to accomplished players, a wide range of age and ethnicity, all bound together by a love of the healthy fun and spirit of table tennis. Come join us!
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