Milpitas Sports Center Renovation Notice
Milpitas Sports Center is under renovation from 3/10/08 through 8/10/08. (new bleacher, air-conditioner, floor, and back board) Sorry for the inconvenience.
After pondering for a long time and consulting with quite a few people, it seems that it makes sense that we will not return to the Milpitas Sports Center after the renovation. Here are the main reasons:
- Milpitas has two full-time table tennis clubs already. There is also Top Spin not to far away in Santa Clara.
- The growth potential in MSC is very limited due to the storage space and lack of time slots.
- The cost. If you go to MSC twice a week, the drop-in fee is likely more expensive then the membership fees in most clubs.
Anyway, I think MSCTT has served its purpose. We can proudly brag that Milpitas has become the table tennis hot spot in the US. Altogether we made it happen.
- 412 MSCTT group subscribers
- 372 players participated in the largest USATT Singles League
- Everything was run by volunteers. No funding whatsoever but players' contribution.
- Great results locally and nationally
Although we will not have a physical location from now on, we will keep the mailing list for information dissemination purpose. Also, we will keep promoting the sport using the remaining fund. I promise that the money will be used wisely. A Board of Advisers will be formed to monitor the progress. Let me know if you are interested or have any question about it.
(Farewell party on 3/8/2008 at MSC)
- Good news! I was told that after the MSC renovation, we will have more storage space. So, we will purchase 6 Butterfly Centrefold 25 tables - 12 in total!
- Financial position:
Contribution:
$1700: from selling 4 Andro tables, 3 @$450, 1 at $350
Expense:
$0.00
Balance: $9,254.32
(Photo courtesy of Gerry Chua Production)
Great performance for MSCTTers! Full results are at http://www.joolausa.com.
- Open Singles - 2nd Shen Hailong (defeating former US Nationals Champion in the semi-final), Quarter-finalist Ariel Hsing
- Under 22 Men - 1st Shen Hailong
- Under 22 Women - 1st Ariel Hsing
- Over 40 - 2nd Kenny Tien
- Over 60 - 1st Mao Lin Zhao
- Under 10 Boys - 2nd Kanak Jha
- Under 13 Girls - 1st Prachi Jha
- Under 10 Girls - 1st Diane Jiang
- U2500 - 1st Truong Tu, 2nd Kevin Au, semi-finalist Nelson Yu
- U2375 - Quarter-finalists Jim Chai, Henry Sit, Patrick Wu
- U2250 - Quarter-finalists Tommy Nguyen, Nelson Yu, Johnny Huang, Patrick Wu
- U2125 - Semi-finalist Henry Sit, quarter-finalists Mao Lin Zhao, Gary Fang, Kenny Tien
- U2000 - 1st Gary Fang, 2nd Dan Lin, semi-finalist Bruce Liu, quarter-finalist Barry Or
- U1850 - semi-finalist Q
- U1700 - 2nd Prachi Jha, quarter-finalist George Siu
- U1250 semi-finalist Kanak Jha
- U800 1st Nathaniel Chu
- U4200 Doubles - 2nd Tommy Nguyen/Henry, semi-finalists Ariel Hsing/Bruce Liu, Kenny Tien/Dan Lin, quarter-finalists Nelson Yu/Mark Johnson, Johnny Huang/Peter Chung, Vincent Tai/Barry Or
- U3200 Doubles - 1st Stan Sun/Michael Wong, semi-finalist Q/Claire Yeh
3/8 will be the last of MSC before the renovation. Although the renovation schedule is from March through August 10, I heard a rumor it could be done ahead of the schedule. However, it is only a rumor. Let's have our fingers crossed.
Tomorrow, there will be one table for the League. The rest will be for open plays. We will have a big cake and drinks at the end. Join us if you can.
When we come back, we will add two more tables. (12 in total, all Butterfly Centrefold 25) I will see if we can extend the hours on Saturday for one more hour. This way, we can arrange two team contests on one table in one day.
(Back row: Q, Sammy/Isabel/Nathaniel/Anthony Chu, front row: Mark Johnson, Claire Yeh, Barry Or, Jerome Poon, Nelson Yu, Ken Lin)
(Q and Jerome)
- Financial position:
Contribution:
$9: balls
Expense:
$50.00: one-year USATT club affiliation fee renewal
Balance: $7,554.32
- MSC will close on Tuesday, 2/12 to observe Lincoln's birthday. No table tennis that day.
- Wow, the Incredibles have been doing great - 3 for 3 on 2/5 and 4 for 4 on 2/9. That's 7 team contests in a row!
- Here are the results and schedules for all the Incredibles:
- The BATTF site just had a makeover. Please visit the site and follow the sponsor links. It will help BATTF in the long run.
- Financial position:
Contribution:
$5: DVD
Expense:
$0.00
Balance: $7,595.32
- The 2008 BATTF Team League will start on 2/2/2008. MSC registered 7 teams. The RR that day is canceled. Actually, we will put the weekly RR's on halt until further notice. No more than five tables will be used for the BATTF League. (fewer most of the time)
- 1/26 RR: (complete result)
- Ariel Hsing - Hope our players step up. Otherwise, Ariel may not come back often.:-)
- Gary Fang - 15:0!
- Wei Chen - Wei won but was not easy. It was a 5-way tie! Could have been the first ever in the MSC history!
- Lin Sun
- Arun Jha - Emerged from a 3-way tie!
- Mike Fong
- Congratulations to all winners. 7848 matches have been played since the League started in 2003.
- Financial position:
Contribution:
$57: RR
$Expense: $38 - anew Stiga VM net set
Balance: $7,590.32
After pondering for a long time and consulting with quite a few people, it seems that it makes sense that we will not return to the Milpitas Sports Center after the renovation. Here are the main reasons:
