THE 9th HONG MAR MEMORIAL CUP & 1999 EDMONTON CHINATOWN OPEN TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT

March 6, 13-14, 1999, Chinese Multicultural Centre, 9540-102 Ave., Edmonton, Alberta

Co-sponsored by the Alberta Table Tennis Association (ATTA) and Banda. Sanctioned by the Canadian Table Tennis Association (CTTA).

Tournament Committee: Don Chan (Chairman), Kam Kong, Victor Tang, Mary Lau, Li-Ping Wang, Norman Main (Chief Umpire), Lai Chu Kong (Referee), David Jackson , Kim Yin Mah, Jimmy Jin, and Frank Gee

Contact Phone: (780)424-8124; Fax: (780)426-4430; E-Mail: atta@connect.ab.ca (Attention: Anne, ATTA)

SCHEDULE

Saturday March 6, 1999 (All Novice Events)

Saturday March 13, 1999

Sunday March 14, 1999

ELIGIBILITY & INFORMATION

1. AGE CATEGORIES:
U-10, U-12, U-14, U-17; born after July 1, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1981 respectively; Seniors (40+), born before July 1, 1958.

2. TEAM EVENTS:
Open Team: open to all players;
Team "A" : Combined rating U-2200, Max. each U-900;
Team "B" : Combined rating U-1200, Max. each U-500;
Team “C” (Novice): with at least one girl or U-10.
Senior Team: Over 40, with at least one over 50.
Playing Format: 3-player team, A,B,C vs. X,Y,Z; (s.s.d.s.s);
A vs X; B vs Y; B/C (dl) vs X/Z (dl); A vs Y; C vs Z.

3. NOVICE EVENTS:
Open to players with U-250 rating; previous finalists in Provincial Junior Events and winners of novice events NOT eligible. Format:
Stage I: preliminary group round robin: all players divided into groups of 6 (play to 11 point-game only, best 2 out of 3 match)
Stage II: Novice A, B, C proper round, grouping based on results of stage I. (i.e. top 2 of each group to A, 3/4 to B, 5/6 to C) .
Novice “D”: for players U-10, not reaching to Finals in A, B & C.

4. Junior players must enter their OWN age group and may enter ONE higher group. Maximum of 4 individual and 2 teams/dbls events are allowed. Should not enter events with SAME starting time.

5. Latest available CTTA rating will be used at draw; Evaluation of un-rated players is at the discretion of Tournament Committee; Latest ITTF rules will govern all play for sanctioned events. All matches are best 2 out of 3 games except in Open Single’s Semi-final and Final, which are best 3 out of 5.

6. EQUIPMENT:
Stiga Elite/Expert Roller Tables, Stiga/Donic Nets and Nittaku 3-star orange balls.

7. UMPIRES:
Players required umpiring in round robin and the loser of elimination round umpiring the next match. The umpire is responsible to return the tournament ball and the match slip signed by the winner.

8. ENTRY FEES:
Team Events: $50 for teams “Open”, "A" ,”B”;
$30 for team “C” (novice team) and senior team.
Individual Events: $5 per player per event, plus rating fees for sanctioned events.
$5 late fee for entries after the draw; space availability subject to tournament committee.
Make Cheques payable to ECMCC.

9. ENTRY DEADLINES:
MARCH 3, WEDNESDAY FOR NOVICE EVENTS;
MARCH 10, WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OTHER EVENTS.
Send entries to:
ECMCC. 9540, 102 Ave., Edmonton, AB. T5H 0E3
By Phone: (780)-424-8124; By Fax: (780)-434-4025.
e-mail:atta@connect.ab.ca (attention: Anne, ATTA)

10. DRAW:
MARCH 5 & 12, FRIDAYS 8 PM, AT EDMONTON TABLE TENNIS CLUB (Rundle Park Recreation Center)

11. PRIZES & AWARDS:
Trophies for individual event finalists;
medals/prizes for winning team members;
prizes/cert. for all Novice D.

THE 9th HONG MAR MEMORIAL CUP & 1999 EDMONTON CHINATOWN OPEN
TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT

ENTRY FORM

NAME:__________________________________________________ SEX:______________

ADDRESS:__________________________________________________________________

PHONE:___________________________________ POSTAL CODE:___________________

BIRTHDATE:YY/MM/DD:____________/___________/____________ (for Jr. & Sr.)

PART I: Rated Events, * for ATTA Provincial Junior Team Selection
PART II: Un-rated Events, for Clubs, Communities & novices.

Team Members:____________________,____________________,____________________
(circle Team Captain)

Double Partner: __________________

Please circle the event numbers in the table above & print them here:___,___,___,___,___,___

Add rating fees for Part I events, $4/Adult; $2/Jr. : ($_______________)

TOTAL ENTRY FEES : $________________

MAKE CHEQUES PAYABLE TO: Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Center.

I hereby agree to abide by all decisions of the Tournament Committee. I release the Edmonton Chinatown Multicultural Center and the Tournament Organizers from any damages, injury or otherwise due to the participation in this Tournament.

SIGNED:___________________________________________ DATE:__________________

SIGNED by Parent/Guardian (for Juniors U17):_______________________________________

Results