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Volume 10 · Issue 14 · 10th May 2019
D.T.T.A. 2019 Premiership Season
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Produced by Robert Ho for the Darwin Table Tennis Association Inc.
Darwin Table Tennis Weekly Volume 10 · Issue 14 · 10/05/19
D.T.T.A. 2019 Premiership Season
Round 4 · Results
A Grade
Marrara Mozzies 6 · 5 Champions
Roadies 5 · 6 Jets
Darwin Chinese RC 6 · 5 Crocodiles
Vikings 4 · 7 Power
B Grade
Vikings 7 · 4 Darwin Chinese RC
Crocodiles 6 · 5 Champions
Marrara Mozzies 6 · 5 Medicins SR
CDU had the BYE
C Grade
Marrara Mozzies 6 · 5 Vikings
Crocodiles 7 · 4 Roadies
Champions 3 · 8 Darwin Chinese RC
Round 4 · Report
A Grade
Darwin Chinese Recreation Club soared to the top of
the ladder, thanks to a thrilling 6-5 victory over the
plucky Crocodiles on Wednesday night. After the two-
week hiatus, it was DCRC who finished the stronger of
the two teams as Oscar van Cuylenborg (DCRC) put on
a clinic to defeat Mitchell Bedford in the deciding
rubber (3-0). Earlier in the match, Brodrick On (DCRC)
clinched a crucial rubber when he outgunned hard-
hitter Michael Yaxley in a five-set slugfest to triumph,
12-14, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3. For the Crocs, Mick got
his own five-set win when he edged Kelvin On in a
classic contest, 3-11, 11-7, 5-11, 17-15, 11-6.
Jets got their third match win when they held off an all-
substituted Roadies outfit. Pham Luan (Jets) held his
nerve to claim the deciding rubber over Chris
Depasquale, preventing an embarrassing loss to a
team filled with B Grade players. For the Roadies,
Mohammad Ahmed made his debut in A Grade with a
couple of singles wins, including an intriguing victory
over Brandon Porter in a rubber that set up the
decider, 11-9, 11-7, 6-11, 13-15, 11-9.
The Power have surged to a 7-4 win over the previously
undefeated Vikings, and at the same time broke their
three-match losing streak. John Pudney led the way
with three singles wins, while Rick Gibson (Power)
claimed his first singles win of the season when he
downed John Langdon in four sets.
Lastly, Marrara Mozzies have squared their win-loss
ledger with a clutch defeat of the winless Champions.
Elfrida Kalich set up the win when she won her three
singles, while Maricor Sarceda got the team home with
a 9-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-8 victory over Russell Holden.
B Grade
The Mozzies stunned Medicins Sans Revers, winning
their first match of the season while inflicting their
opposition’s first loss on Thursday evening. Despite Sze
Yen Tay (MSR) winning three singles, it was not enough
to get her team over the line as Mo Zhong and Shino
Joy (Mozzies) clinched the deciding doubles rubber
over Sze and Jui Lark.
New Crocs front-man Mohammad Ahmed stole the
show as he dragged his team over the line against a
competitive Champions team. Roy Anderson
(Champions) made a winning debut by edging Ollie
Wright, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7.
Vikings remained on top of the ladder after a
comprehensive victory over DCRC. John Langdon was
too good in the singles, while Joan Barton had a
comeback win over Zoltan, 11-8 in the fifth set.
C Grade
On Tuesday, Crocodiles remain the team to beat when
they bested the Roadies in an entertaining affair. Geni
O’Brien (Crocs) led by example with three singles wins,
including a nail-biter against Steve Howe, 11-9, 9-11,
11-9, 6-111, 15-13. Another highlight for the Crocs was
Sebastian Lai’s gutsy comeback to deny Dallas Graetz,
3-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-9 ,11-8.
Mozzies moved to second on the ladder with a narrow
win over the Vikings. Graeme Perkins (Mozzies) won
three singles, while the Vikings kept the final score
respectable when they won both doubles rubbers in
three sets.
DCRC are on the board at last after they overcame the
Champions. The previous winless team got their first
taste of success thanks to dominant singles wins to
round out the fourth week of competition.
Club Committee: We need YOU!
The Problem
I (Chris Depasquale) have been on selection panels to
select staff and/or promote people in their workplaces
for three dozen years. The same basic questions trip up
applicants time after time.
“Have you ever been responsible for handling cash or
spending money that doesn’t belong to you?”
“Your application says teamwork is a strength of yours.
Can you give us an example of how you facilitated
teamwork to achieve a desired goal?”
“Provide the panel with an example of your
contribution to a high-level strategic decision.”
The answers from 90% of all those people seeking a job
or a promotion are downright embarrassing.
The Solution
Anybody who spent 12 months on the committee of
the DTTA would slam-dunk those questions at a
selection interview, whether it was their first job at
Macca’s or a half a million a year Executive role, and
would have a number of referees who could attest to
their claims.
DTTA Needs
Three of our long-standing committee members are
unable to continue beyond the AGM on 19 May. TY Lee
is standing down due to regular travel away from
Darwin while Mazhar Khan and Andrew Barton are
unable to continue due to work/business
commitments.
When I attended my first DTTA committee meeting in
early 2012 the conversation went like this:
Committee Member (who, to protect the guilty, shall
remain nameless, but I can tell you his initials are TY
Lee): So, Chris, what are you good at?
Me: Say, what??
TY: You must be good at something. We know it is not
table tennis, because we have seen you play…
I gave a brief CV, and they found some ways I could
contribute to the work of the committee using my
existing strengths and abilities.
This time around the DTTA is keen to find people to join
the committee with some skills in specific fields. We
know what we need/want to do and we need more
people to help us get it done. We need to find one
person who has experience in spending money,
another with some interest and/or skills in
computing/IT and a third person who is liked by other
people.
Position Vacant: General Committee Member. You
must be able to demonstrate prior experience in
spending money. (If you have never spent money
please skip to the next position vacant.) Each year the
DTTA spends thousands of dollars on all sorts of
physical things: bats, balls, trophies, barbecues,
printers and so on. If you think you would be good at
managing this please join the committee.
Position Vacant: General Committee Member. You
must be able to demonstrate a willingness to work with
computers and information technology. (If you have
never touched a keyboard or smart-phone please skip
to the next position vacant.) In the next twelve months
the DTTA will be automating most of its interactions
with members, from registration to payment of match
fees, to attendance at junior training programs and so
on (using an existing platform already in use by other
table tennis and sporting programs). We need
somebody to take responsibility for guiding us through
that process.
Position Vacant: General Committee Member. You
must be liked by other people. (If you are not liked by
other people but would like to be liked by other people
we can teach you how to achieve this.) This person will
oversee our transition from the present situation
where nearly everything that needs to be done around
the club falls on a handful of people to a brave new
world where many of our members contribute to the
things that need to be done to improve our club.
What do you do now?
If you have never spent any money or touched a
keyboard and nobody likes you please report to Chris
Depasquale; only he would know what to do with such
a person. Everyone else should report to Gavin
Gerschwitz who can answer any questions you might
have and help you complete the DTTA Committee
nomination form. The DTTA Committee meets once a
month for 1-2 hours.
Medicins Sans Revers In association with the Darwin Table Tennis Association Inc.
Present the
2019 World “Forehand Only” Table Tennis
Championship
$200 guaranteed minimum prize-money!
Sunday 19th May at the Multi-Purpose Hall, Marrara
Program for the Day
10:30 am Venue Opens, practice, warm-up entries taken
11:30 am Annual General Meeting
12 noon free barbecue lunch for all
12:30 pm tournament commences
The tournament will be a five or six round Swiss event which will finish no later than 3 pm.
Entry fee (must be paid in cash on the day):
$5 if paid between 10:30 and 11:30 am on Sunday 19 May
$20 if paid at any other time
Normal table tennis rules apply except that backhand shots are prohibited and lead to
immediate loss of the point and the serve must be to the forehand quadrant (doubles style).
Overall winner guaranteed minimum $100 prize-money. The top player from each of the other
two grades will receive a guaranteed minimum $50. So if an A grader wins overall the top B
grader and top C grader will win $50 each. In the event of ties prize-money is split between those
tied.
More information or questions: Chris Depasquale on 0487 404 983
Order of Business for the Annual General Meeting
1. Minutes of 2018 AGM read and confirmed
2. President’s report and questions
3. Treasurer’s report and questions (audited financials on the noticeboard)
4. Special resolution – joining fees
5. Appointment of Auditor
6. Election of Offie bearers
Northern Territory Open 2019 The NT Open is scheduled for Sunday 9 June 2019 in Alice Springs (the following Mon is a public
holiday).
The Committee is considering paying for a 12 seater van hire IF there is sufficient interest by
DTTA members in attending.
There is also the potential (dependent on interest) to see if our Alice Springs friends could
provide lodgings at ASTTA member houses. Alternatively, accommodation can be arranged by
attendees directly.
A rough initial itinerary for the Road Trip is:
0300 Saturday 8 June depart Darwin
1800 Saturday 8 June arrive Alice
Sunday 9 June compete in NT Open
0300 Monday 10 June depart Alice
1800 Monday 10 June arrive Darwin
Advantages:
Great ‘Road Trip’ and team experience.
Excellent engagement and participation with the Alice Springs TTA.
No time off work/school required for Mon-Friday workers.
Extremely cheap (potentially free) transport / accommodation.
Respond ASAP (and by Friday 10 May at the latest) to [email protected].
Provide:
1. Confirmation that you would like to occupy a seat in the van (or if more than 1 – state the
number).
2. Whether you wish to source your own accommodation or, alternatively, are interested in
seeing if lodgings with ASTTA are available.
3. Provide your mobile phone number.
D.T.T.A. 2019 Premiership
Team Ladder
A Grade Team Match Rubber Game Game
W L W L F A %
DCRC 3 1 25 19 85 71 119.72
Vikings 3 1 23 21 79 65 121.54
Jets 3 1 21 23 71 72 98.61
Crocodiles 2 2 24 20 82 67 122.39
Mozzies 2 2 23 21 71 77 92.21
Roadies 2 2 22 22 76 76 100.00
Power 1 3 21 23 71 82 86.59
Champions 0 4 17 27 59 84 70.24
B Grade Team Match Rubber Game Game
W L W L F A %
Vikings 3 1 25 19 75 57 131.58
Crocodiles 2 1 18 15 51 41 124.39
Med SR 2 1 17 16 61 59 103.39
Champions 2 2 22 22 62 69 89.86
CDU 1 2 16 17 57 59 96.61
DCRC 1 3 21 23 60 64 93.75
Mozzies 1 2 14 19 30 47 63.83
C Grade Team Match Rubber Game Game
W L W L F A %
Crocodiles 4 0 27 17 85 62 137.10
Mozzies 3 1 23 21 75 75 100.00
Roadies 2 2 21 23 80 73 109.59
DCRC 1 3 21 23 68 72 94.44
Vikings 1 3 21 23 69 77 89.61
Champions 1 3 19 25 60 80 75.00
A GRADE
Individual Player Ladder
Player Rubber Game Rubber
W L F A %
Pham Luan 11 1 33 7 91.67
Elfrida Kalich 11 1 34 8 91.67
Rodney Hee 10 2 32 7 83.33
Mitchell Bedford 10 2 31 10 83.33
Sonny Cartwright 8 1 25 10 88.89
Oscar van Cuylenborg 6 0 18 4 100.00
Dennis Evans 6 3 19 14 66.67
Gavin Gerschwitz 6 3 18 14 66.67
Joe Abrantes 6 6 22 21 50.00
John Pudney 5 1 16 5 83.33
Viqar Ali Khan 5 1 15 9 83.33
Gavin Bedford 5 4 17 15 55.56
Brandon Porter 5 7 21 28 41.67
Brodrick On 5 7 21 28 41.67
Robert Ho 5 7 19 27 41.67
Russell Holden 4 8 15 27 33.33
Michael Yaxley 3 3 13 12 50.00
Junfei Chen 3 6 15 18 33.33
Khalid Khan 3 6 14 20 33.33
Aaron Dunn 3 9 19 31 25.00
Kelvin On 3 9 16 30 25.00
Zakelli Xie 3 9 12 29 25.00
Maricor Sarceda 3 9 11 31 25.00
Jonathan Tong 2 1 8 3 66.67
T Y Lee 2 1 8 3 66.67
T T Lee 2 1 6 3 66.67
Mohammad Ahmed 2 1 7 5 66.67
Chris Depasquale 2 4 7 14 33.33
Dae Gerschwitz 2 7 12 21 22.22
Nica Pastrana-Borras 1 2 5 8 33.33
John Langdon 1 8 7 24 11.11
Rick Gibson 1 11 13 34 8.33
Sze Yen Tay 0 3 1 9 0.00
D.T.T.A. 2019 Premiership Season
· WEEK 4 ·
B GRADE
Individual Player Ladder
Player Rubber Game Rubber
W L F A %
Junfei Chen 9 0 27 4 100.00
Ash Bhusal 9 3 29 12 75.00
Aaron Dunn 9 3 29 13 75.00
John Langdon 8 1 25 4 88.89
Shiva Shrestha 8 4 27 20 66.67
Mohammad Ahmed 6 0 18 0 100.00
Renee Li 6 6 22 27 50.00
Sze Yen Tay 5 1 15 5 83.33
Jui Lark 5 4 19 17 55.56
Chris Depasquale 4 2 13 9 66.67
Tay Sornsawan 4 5 14 17 44.44
Robert D’Arcy 4 5 14 19 44.44
Che Doering 3 3 11 10 50.00
Shino Joy 3 3 11 10 50.00
Austin Chin 3 3 10 10 50.00
Martin Feng 3 6 12 21 33.33
Brodrick On 2 1 7 5 66.67
Mazhar Khan 2 1 6 5 66.67
Dev Sapkota 2 1 7 6 66.67
Kassim Wright 2 4 10 13 33.33
Parg Edmondson 2 7 14 25 22.22
Joan Barton 2 10 12 32 16.67
Anaz Umar-Sarif 1 2 7 6 33.33
Mo Zhong 1 2 7 7 33.33
Roy Anderson 1 2 3 8 33.33
Ollie Wright 1 5 6 16 16.67
Sulaiman Umar-Sarif 0 3 4 9 0.00
Bo Remenyi 0 3 3 9 0.00
Zoltan 0 3 2 9 0.00
C GRADE
Individual Player Ladder
Player Rubber Game Rubber
W L F A %
Matthew Schobben 8 1 25 7 88.89
Graeme Perkins 8 1 26 9 88.89
Geni O’Brien 8 4 27 16 66.67
Joe Howe 7 2 22 9 77.78
Zac Howe 7 2 22 10 77.78
Dallas Graetz 7 5 27 17 58.33
Steve Howe 7 5 26 17 58.33
Dev Sapkota 6 0 18 1 100.00
Sebastian Lai 6 6 19 24 50.00
Lee Barry 5 1 16 3 83.33
Jeff Coulter 5 1 17 5 83.33
Natasha Linaker 4 8 18 26 33.33
Christian Lai 4 8 17 26 33.33
Jordan Lai 4 8 16 27 33.33
Stewart Cobb 4 8 15 28 33.33
Mo Zhong 3 0 9 1 100.00
Arion Magioli 3 3 12 12 50.00
Margie Howe 3 9 10 29 25.00
Jui Lark 2 1 8 4 66.67
Luca Lobo 2 1 7 6 66.67
Robyn Levick 2 4 9 14 33.33
Christine Marshall 2 10 8 31 16.67
Nathan Strecker 1 11 5 35 8.33
Treva Gerschwitz 0 3 2 9 0.00
Stuey Burris 0 3 1 9 0.00
Brandon Marshall 0 3 0 9 0.00
2019