We are sad to announce the passing of John Nicholson, a much-loved member of the Coburg Table Tennis Club and the broader table tennis community, on September 30, 2024. John was a former club president and committee member, a Life Member as well as a Hall of Famer. He captained our A Grade teams to nine VTTA pennant championships, represented Victoria on thirty occasions and won the Victorian and Australian mixed doubles title (1967) as well as the Victorian Closed Championship (1969).

A service will be held at 2pm on Friday October 11, 2024 at Le Pine Funerals, 1048 Whitehorse Road Box Hill.

Vale, John Nicholson.

Congratulations to all Coburg players who participated in this month’s National Veterans’ Championships in Launceston. Victoria enjoyed a very successful event  with a number of our players (highlighted) winning team medals

And some individual performances:

Craig Carter – finalist, Over 30 Mixed Doubles

Rhys Thomas – finalist, Over 30 Men’s Singles

Cheryl Huang – finalist, Over 30 Women’s Doubles; finalist, Over 30 Mixed Doubles; finalist, Over 40 Women’s Doubles

Belgin Bennett – Over 60 Women’s Doubles

Our Spring Premier League will start on October 24, 2024; register here https://www.revolutionise.com.au/coburgttc/events/260686

• two-person teams (with each player playing two singles and one doubles match, all to be played to ‘best of five’)
• it will run for up to 7 rounds (depending on entries), followed by semi-finals and final
  • if necessary, semi-finals and final will be scheduled during mid-December on a day other than a Thursday (depending on player availability)

Rating Central Requirement: Players who are over 1500 Rating Central points (as at close of registrations) should apply for consideration; however, players who are below 1500 RC points will be considered if circumstances warrant.

Entries close on October 17, 2024.

Fees: $50

• Fees are to be paid at the club
• players must be TTV registered
• an additional CTTC annual membership fee ($10) applies, unless already paid for in 2024.

Note that, given the duration of this season, no prize-money will be awarded for Spring Pennant.

Entries: Individual entries only. However, preferred partners may be nominated and will be taken into account by the CTTC Pennant Sub-Committee. Team selection is at the discretion of the sub-committee and will aim for ‘fair’ and balanced teams, a key consideration being a team ‘rating’ calculated on the basis of Player A and Player B averaged Rating Central points. For example, if Player A has 1800 RCPs and Player B has 1700 RCPs, the team ‘rating’ is 1750. The sub-committee will prioritise a minimal team differential.

Fill-ins: Teams are encouraged to provide fill-ins where required. All fill-ins should follow a ‘like for a like’ rule such that the fill-in cannot be more than 50 Ratings Central Points above the player they are filling in for.

Please contact Brian on 0492 904 954 if you have any questions.

Holiday Camp open to all: Monday September 30 to Friday October 4 from 1-3pm daily.

Cost is $10 per session payable on the day; no booking required.

The Holiday Camp will be run by Bruce Carter; enquiries: Brian on 0492 904 954