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Tuesday Summer Pennant @ Coburg – Starting on December 10, 2024

Our Tuesday Summer pennant is back for 2024; register here https://www.revolutionise.com.au/coburgttc/events/267149

Format: 3 person teams

  • Each player to play 2 singles matches
  • One player to play 2 doubles; two players to play 1 doubles each

Starting time/date: 7pm on December 10, 2024. Five rounds to be played (December 10, December 17, January 7, January 14, January 21) plus final on January 28 (no semi finals).

  • Maximum of 54 players only
  • Team registrations will be accepted (subject to pennant sub-committee approval) and are preferred
  • Individual entries will also be accepted; players will be allocated to teams by the pennant sub-committee
  • NB: all teams are responsible for organising fill-ins where necessary

Fees: $40 per player, payable when season starts.

Due to limited available spaces, some applicants may not get a spot in pennant. In the case of the latter, the club will advise non-successful applicants once selections are finalised. Note, however, that we anticipate that we will need fill-ins on a regular basis.

Registrations close on December 3, 2024. Late entries will not be accepted.

Coburg Club Championships – Sunday December 1

Sign up now for the Coburg Table Tennis Club Championships 2024!

Registration is open to ALL Coburg members, including those with playing rights, pennant players, and keenagers, as well as any entrants in the 2024 Danni Di Toro Tournament. Events include Open Singles, Open Doubles, Junior Singles, Women’s Singles, Veteran Singles, Novice Juniors, three Singles Divisions and Restricted Doubles.

For more details as well as registration, go to https://www.revolutionise.com.au/coburgttc/events/265596

Please email any inquiries to Kameron Chan (Tournament Director) on kcttprojects@gmail.com.

 

John Nicholson RIP

We are sad to announce the passing of John Nicholson, a much-loved member of the Coburg Table Tennis Club and the broader table tennis community, on September 30, 2024. John was a former club president and committee member, a Life Member as well as a Hall of Famer. He captained our A Grade teams to nine VTTA pennant championships, represented Victoria on thirty occasions and won the Victorian and Australian mixed doubles title (1967) as well as the Victorian Closed Championship (1969).

A service will be held at 2pm on Friday October 11, 2024 at Le Pine Funerals, 1048 Whitehorse Road Box Hill.

Vale, John Nicholson.

Coburg @ the 2024 National Veterans’ Championships

Congratulations to all Coburg players who participated in this month’s National Veterans’ Championships in Launceston. Victoria enjoyed a very successful event  with a number of our players (highlighted) winning team medals

Event Name Team Members Medal
Over 30 Men’s Teams Craig Carter (C), Sam Palmer, Ben Taylor, Rhys Thomas  Gold
Over 30 Women’s Teams Shantelle Hives, Cheryl Huang, Lydia Liu, Akie Yoshida (C) Silver
Over 40 Men’s Teams Mark Glynn, Simon Johnson (C), Zankar Pandya, Frank Pearce Gold
Over 50 Men’s Teams Andrew De Zwart, John Griffiths, David Segal, Jason Tran (C) Silver
Over 50 Women’s Teams Melisa Ball (C), Aviva Brindley, Belinda Strong, Christina Xiong Gold
Over 60 Men’s Teams David Brand, Robert Huang, John Pattison (C), Adrien Shnier Silver
Over 60 Women’s Teams Belgin Bennett, Vicki Carruthers (C), Jeanne Strong, Debbie Wilson Bronze
Over 65 Women’s Teams Cath Mowbray (C), Willa Yu  Silver

And some individual performances:

Craig Carter – finalist, Over 30 Mixed Doubles

Rhys Thomas – finalist, Over 30 Men’s Singles

Cheryl Huang – finalist, Over 30 Women’s Doubles; finalist, Over 30 Mixed Doubles; finalist, Over 40 Women’s Doubles

Belgin Bennett – Over 60 Women’s Doubles

Spring Premier League (Thursdays) @ Coburg

Our Spring Premier League will start on October 24, 2024; register here https://www.revolutionise.com.au/coburgttc/events/260686

  • two-person teams (with each player playing two singles and one doubles match, all to be played to ‘best of five’)
  • it will run for up to 7 rounds (depending on entries), followed by semi-finals and final
    • if necessary, semi-finals and final will be scheduled during mid-December on a day other than a Thursday (depending on player availability)

Rating Central Requirement: Players who are over 1500 Rating Central points (as at close of registrations) should apply for consideration; however, players who are below 1500 RC points will be considered if circumstances warrant.

Entries close on October 17, 2024.

Fees: $50

  • Fees are to be paid at the club
  • players must be TTV registered
  • an additional CTTC annual membership fee ($10) applies, unless already paid for in 2024.

Note that, given the duration of this season, no prize-money will be awarded for Spring Pennant.

Entries: Individual entries only. However, preferred partners may be nominated and will be taken into account by the CTTC Pennant Sub-Committee. Team selection is at the discretion of the sub-committee and will aim for ‘fair’ and balanced teams, a key consideration being a team ‘rating’ calculated on the basis of Player A and Player B averaged Rating Central points. For example, if Player A has 1800 RCPs and Player B has 1700 RCPs, the team ‘rating’ is 1750. The sub-committee will prioritise a minimal team differential.

Fill-ins: Teams are encouraged to provide fill-ins where required. All fill-ins should follow a ‘like for a like’ rule such that the fill-in cannot be more than 50 Ratings Central Points above the player they are filling in for.

Please contact Brian on 0492 904 954 if you have any questions.

Holiday Camp @ Coburg: September 30-October 4

Holiday Camp open to all: Monday September 30 to Friday October 4 from 1-3pm daily.

Cost is $10 per session payable on the day; no booking required.

The Holiday Camp will be run by Bruce Carter; enquiries: Brian on 0492 904 954

Wednesday Spring Pennant – sign up now!

You can now sign up for our Wednesday Spring Pennant starting on Wednesday October 9, 2024. Register here https://www.revolutionise.com.au/coburgttc/events/256795

A decision regarding the duration of the season will be made once registrations close. This will be based on the number of entries received; the Christmas break will be another consideration.

  • fees: $6.00 per player per week, payable up front when season starts
  • additional fees (unless already paid): CTTC membership ($10 annual fee) as well as TTV annual player registration.

Registrations close on Sunday September 29, 2024.

Contact Brian on 0492 904 954 if you have any questions.

Tuesday Spring Pennant Starts This Tuesday (03/09/2024)

Hello Tuesday Pennant Players,

A reminder that the Tuesday season starts this week!

You can find the season’s fixtures here.

Please note, after feedback we have returned to a 4 team finals format, (1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd).

~Luke.

Friday Spring Pennant – registrations now open

Our Friday Spring Pennant starts on Friday, September 13; register here https://www.revolutionise.com.au/coburgttc/events/237129

  • 7pm start
  • 2 or 3-person teams, depending on number of players registering
  • duration of season will be confirmed once registrations close
  • Fees:
    • Pennant fees: $6 per player per week, payable up front when season starts
    • CTTC membership fee (annual): $10 (unless already paid)
    • TTV player registration fee (annual): $45 (unless already paid)
  • registrations close on September 3, 2024

Contact Brian on 0492 904 954 if you have any questions.