S.U.N.S. NEWS

Newsletter of the Syd.Upper Nth. Shore Table Tennis Assoc’n Inc.

March 2010

Dear friends,

First a heartfelt welcome to everybody new in our club and we hope you have a good time as well as getting some physical benefit from playing the fastest sport in the world. For all those needing some coaching, please let me know, so that I might be able to give you some hints to improve your game. Don't be satisfied with just playing ping pong, but go for it, attack the ball and make sure that at the end of the evening your body feels like you had a good work out.

The new Autumn competition starts 8th March and we have 3 A-Reserve teams, 3 B grade and 2 C grade teams with quite a few new players. We wish everybody good luck and hope they will enjoy the challenge. Always keep in mind that you play for the fun of it!!! By the way, if you haven't got a Suns shirt, a new modern one is available for $25 and we would like to encourage every competition player to wear one. We hope you will be a proud Suns representative promoting all the good things about Table Tennis.

Now for some housekeeping. Especially since we had such an influx of new and social players. Teams playing home matches will initially be allocated only one table for the night and only when captains realize that there might be a risk of running out of time should a 2nd table be used. Therefore, late starts and long warm-ups are out!!! It is expected that 7.45pm is the latest time for the match to start. I ask all the competition players to adhere to this rule so that paying social players get value for their money. It would also be appreciated if all competition players arrive by 7.30pm to help setting up the tables to make sure we get that early start. PLEASE CO-OPERATE !!!

To all the social players, if we have busy nights, we would like to ask you to share tables. Do not hog a table, but ask players waiting to join in for doubles or restrict your time at the table so that others don't have to wait all night for a free table. Also try to mix with other members. All players are different in their play and you will learn a lot more from not playing with the same person all the time. You will also find that this helps to more enjoy the social aspects of the game. By getting to know a few more players you become a valuable member of club “SUNS”.

A few dates to remember:

Monday 15/3 Seniors week: Free Table Tennis at the Brickpit 10-12am.

Saturday 20/3 Corporate Games at the Brickpit 9am-7pm.

Good Friday 2/4 and Friday 11/6 Queen’s Birthday weekend: No Table Tennis at the Brickpit.

Week commencing 21/6: Australian Open Championships at Gosford.

Best wishes and Enjoy your Table Tennis,

Theo