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NCTTA
Newsletter
June
2008
Summer may be the off-season for college table
tennis, but that doesn't mean there's nothing doin' in the college
table tennis world. We've got the ongoing NCTTA personnel revamp with
Board elections just completed, Division Director applications being
accepted and lots of open committee spots. Plus we've got a college
table tennis presence at the recent Ping Pong Diplomacy Rematch and at
the upcoming US Open. Plus, we're unveiling a brand new national table
tennis scholarship program. Perhaps you'd like to apply? The June
newsletter has the full details.
Division
Director Applications
Now accepting statements of interest for 2008-2009 Division Directors
Ever wondered how your school has a chance to play another school 1000
miles away? Or why your school doesn't offer a table tennis
scholarship, but should? For those interested in being involved with
the groundfloor operations of college table tennis, here's your chance!
NCTTA Division Directors are a core part of
college table tennis, acting as NCTTA representatives to continue the
development of college table tennis in their region. Typically
a Division Director will have the following responsibilities:
- Acts as central contact person for all the
schools/teams in one geographic division
- Recruits players and teams within this region
to join NCTTA and participate in the NCTTA League
- Helps plan and coordinate Division tournaments
and other college table tennis events in the region
- Interacts with Division Director Representative
to coordinate activities with the Board of Directors and other Division
Directors
Division Directors receive substantial training in running table tennis
events, get an NCTTA Division Director shirt, and also get paid
certification as USATT umpires. If you're interested in this
great opportunity, please consider submitting a statement of interest
consisting of:
- Your name
- Location
- Status (working, student, etc.)
- Which Division you are applying for
- Past work experience (TT-related or not)
- Why you are interested in this position
Please send any questions or statements of interest to info@nctta.org. The
NCTTA Board will select the most qualified Director from the applicant
pool for each Division. Statements need to be receieved by July
5th for
consideration.
Board Election
Results
New Treasurer and Athlete Representative join re-elected President and
VP
Results are in for the recent election of the NCTTA Board of Directors.
Willy Leparulo and Joseph Wells retained their positions as President
and Vice President, respectively. Francois Charvet (formerly of the
Ohio State University) was elected as the new Treasurer and Mikhail
Kazantsev (University of Southern California) edged James
Roeder (Ashland University) for the newly created Athlete
Representative spot.
The newly elected board members will serve a
two-year term running from July 1, 2008 until June 30, 2010. Still
vacant are the Historian position and the Division Director
Representative (which will be selected by the Division Directors, once
they are in place). The new board is definitely taking shape:
- President:
Willy Leparulo
- Vice-President:
Joseph Wells
- Treasurer:
Francois Charvet
- Historian:
VACANT
- Athlete
Representative: Mikhail Kazantsev
- USATT
Representative: David Del Vecchio
- Division
Director Representative: Chosen by Division Directors
Thanks to all the candidates that participated in this election and the
many schools that cast votes. Active participation of NCTTA member
schools in the election process is very important to the continued
success of the organization.
Member
Feature: Francois Charvet
Part of an ongoing series profiling a notable NCTTA member club,
athlete, or organizer
This month's feature member profile's NCTTA's new Treasurer, Francois
Charvet:
Four years ago, Francois Charvet walked onto the
largest
college campus in the United States. With over eight hundred
student organizations at The Ohio State University, none involved
Francois’s favorite sport, table tennis. So, Francois took it
upon
himself to start what is nationally known and recognized today as the
Buckeye Table Tennis Club ... “We went from three basement ping pong
tables in a common area to twelve competition tables in a spacious
multipurpose room” ... in 2007, Charvet and fellow Buckeye Table Tennis
Club member Doug Hurak took on the biggest challenge of college table
tennis, hosting the 2007 National Table Tennis Championships.
Continue
reading the rest of the story ...
If you would like to nominate a person or
organization you feel has made a difference in NCTTA for a
future Member
Feature, email Nathan Reilly at reillyn@fsuimail.ferris.edu.
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June 20 may mark the beginning of summer
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was also the 2008 Championships Equipment Sponsor, generously providing
tables, balls and other equipment for the event.
Please remember
to take advantage of the generous NCTTA Member
DISCOUNTS
(up to 20%) on tables, racquets, rubber, balls and just about any other
table tennis equipment your club might need.
Special thanks to NEWGY
Industries, our valued Championship Sponsor who is now
launching the NCTTA/Newgy National Scholarship Program (details
elsewhere in the newsletter). Thanks to Newgy for their continued
generous support of
College Table Tennis!
Ping
Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch
College players from USC and UCLA participate in event recalling
historic Ping Pong Diplomacy
Current and former top players from the US and China met at the Richard
Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California for a three day table tennis
event commemorating the original Ping Pong Diplomacy in the early
1970s. Called Ping
Pong Diplomacy: The Rematch, the event ran from June 10-12
and consisted of a variety of table tennis activities, including a head
to head face-off between college players from Southern California
rivals USC and UCLA. 2007 Collegiate Men's Singles Champion Mark
Hazinski (Texas Wesleyan) also participated in The Rematch program,
going up against 2007 World Junior Champion Song Shichao from China.
There was lots of press coverage of the event
(search for "ping pong diplomacy" in Google news), including the Wall
Street Journal, Associated Press, Sports Illustrated and plenty of
local television stations as well.
NCTTA
at the US Open
NCTTA to have college table tennis information table at US Open in Las
Vegas
The US
Open is one of the largest annual table tennis events in
North America, attracting some of the top table tennis players from not
just around the country, but internationally as well. In an effort to
spread the word about college table tennis, NCTTA will be setting up an
information table at the US
Open, July 2-5 in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
If you have information about your school's table
tennis program (flyers, brochures, that type of thing) that you'd like
NCTTA to make available at the event, please mail it to:
NCTTA
2322 5th Street #204
Santa Monica, CA 90405
Any materials need to be received by July 1, 2008. If you'll be at the
event, look forward to seeing you there.
Join
a Committee
Committees are critical to NCTTA's success; join one and make a
contribution
Sure, people are always urging you to do things for a 'good cause': end
poverty, fight hunger, cure cancer, recycle, save the whales. Well now
you can add one more to that list, join an NCTTA committee. Ok, so it
might not be on exactly
the same level as the other causes, but if you care about college table
tennis, don't you think it might
be a good idea to contribute to improving college table tennis? And the
best way to help college table tennis, of course, is to make a large
six- or seven-figure financial contribution to NCTTA. But if you don't
have a few spare mil. lying around, the next best thing is to join one
of the many NCTTA committees:
- Media
Relations
- Marketing
- Financial
- Championships
- Women’s
- Alumni
and College Relations
- Rules
and Audit
- Website
- Coaches
- World
University Games
- Disabled
Athletes
- Recruiting
- Ratings
- Eligibility
Email info@nctta.org
for more
information, or if you're interested in participating on one of these
committees. Your help really can make a difference.
Newgy-NCTTA
Scholarship Progam
With
support from Newgy, NCTTA introduces a new nationwide scholarship
program
There may only be a handful of schools that
currently have table tennis scholarship programs, but now there's a new
scholarship program open to athletes attending any NCTTA member school.
The NCTTA National
Table Tennis Scholarship Program
seeded with initial support from our friends at Newgy Industries,
long-time supporters of college table tennis. Scholarships are open
to students pursuing their first degree and scholarships will be
awarded based on a combination of table tennis skill, academics, essay
and financial need.
Find out more about the program, including how to submit an application at the Scholarship Program website. The application deadline for the 2008-2009 academic year is August 15, 2008. A limited number of scholarships are available in the first year, but we hope to expand the program in the future.
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