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News Archive January 15, 2009 Thoughts on the Christmas Training Camp The following is a letter received from Jane Zhang, a participant in the Christmas training camp with Coach Duan: GVTTA给我的印象是开心和温暖. 在家长的支持下,GVTTA的娱乐资源对我来说充足也很满意,他们很支持孩子们和GVTTA,
而且GVTTA的球员很喜欢说话,容易相处.
由于我们喜欢打比赛,打比赛时都打得特别起劲,也会尽全力打.段教练说,在训练时打比赛尽全力打才会有进步.
GVTTA人多,水平也不低,我很珍惜2008 GVTTA圣诞训练班的这个训练机会.以后GVTTA如果举办训练班,我希望我能参加,并希望训练中多点比赛和身体训练,期待GVTTA青少年训练营能成为一个更好的集体. Jane Zhang January 4, 2009 GVTTA Christmas Training Camp... Where Future Champions are Born! The snowiest winter in Vancouver in the last 40 years could not dampen the enthusiasm of our junior players who participated in our 2008 GVTTA Christmas Training Camp held from December 23, 2008 to January 2, 2009. GVTTA had the honour to invite Mr. Duan Yong-Jun, our Canadian National Champion and former Singapore National coach, to be our head coach for this training camp. Mr. Duan sacrificed his holiday time with his family in Alberta to come to B.C. and teach our players many useful techniques, game strategies, and practical skills during this holiday camp. This camp was probably the first ever intensive training camp in British Columbia that lasted for a total of 60 hours over 2 weeks. Participants included our GVTTA junior players and other players from Alberta and Oregon. Only 16 students were accepted, to ensure that each participant will have ample time to receive instructions from Coach Duan and to practice with other players. Besides regular group training schedules, children lined up for Coach Duan’s private lesson classes. The camp ended with a round-robin tournament and a farewell dinner with Coach Duan in a Japanese restaurant on January 3. It was a successful training camp filled with joy, hardwork, dedication, and friendship! The kids are already looking forward to having Coach Duan conduct another training camp in the near future! Lok Ki Ho
December 21, 2008 Christmas Training Sessions with Coach Duan Yong-Jun GVTTA has organized a training camp for junior players (Ages 8-18) for the upcoming Christmas holidays. We are pleased to announce that Mr. Duan, Yong-Jun, the 2008 Canadian National Champion, will be the head coach during our special Christmas training session. The training schedule will be:
Total 30 hours per week x 2 weeks = 60 training hours. Training fees: $210 for 1 week, $420 for 2 weeks. We have also invited several top BC players to be assistant coaches. Due to limited space, we can only accept 16 students. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. To reserve a spot, please write a cheque for a $100 deposit for 1 week or a $200 deposit for 2 weeks payable to "Greater Vancouver Table Tennis Association" and give it to Wendy Wang during training classes. The remainder of the balance must be paid off before the start of class on Dec 21, 2008. Don't miss this opportunity to receive world class training from our national champion! If you have any questions, please contact Lok Ki Ho at hos@bccool.com or 604-618-6081. November 29, 2008 Christmas Party and Annual General Meeting GVTTA will be holding its Christmas Party and AGM on December 14th at Uncle Willy's by Metrotown, starting at 11am. Don't miss you chance to come and mingle and have fun with your fellow table tennis enthusiasts and discuss the future direction of the club! November 18, 2008 Letter of Appreciation to Dan and Judy Vadney Dear Dan, On behalf of GVTTA, I wish to express our sincere appreciation for your recent generous donation to GVTTA. Part of the fund will be used for the 2008 Christmas Training camp for junior players. I am sure the kids will enjoy this camp, made possible by your donation. Truly yours, Simon Li President GVTTA November 16, 2008 2008 Aberdeen Centre Cup Team Championship Congratulations to William and Thanh whose team came out on top against 20 other teams composed of top BC players including Thomas Lee, Mehran, Andy Lui, Paul Doh, Sam Lin, Simpson Ho... In the finals, William and Thanh defeated the BC Women's Champion, Lu Yu, and her partner Judy Lau to capture first place in this year's Aberdeen Centre Cup Team Championships.
Thanh and William receiving their first place tropies at the 2008 Aberdeen Centre Cup Team Championship on November 15, 2008. Six days ago at BCIT, William also won the 2008 Greater Vancouver Friendship Team Championships with Joe Law, Edward Kuo, and his brother Andrew Ho. Thanh and his team placed 2nd in the same tournament. Congratulations again to William and Thanh for their hard earned trophies! November 11, 2008 Donation by Dan and Judy Vadney through the National Sport Trust Fund GVTTA would like to thank Dan and Judy Vadney for their generous donation made through the National Sport Trust Fund to the GVTTA training program. GVTTA is a non-profit organization committed to raising awareness of the sport and providing quality training for players of all skill levels. It is only through the support of all the table tennis enthusiasts out there that our association can continue to thrive, as evident in the success of our junior players at recent tournaments. Thank you, Dan and Judy! November 9, 2008 2008 Greater Vancouver Chinese Friendship Table Tennis Team Tournament We are proud to announce that our GVTTA junior players dominated the 2008 Greater Vancouver Chinese Friendship Table Tennis Team Tournament held from Nov 8-9 at BCIT. The 3 Winning teams, all composed of our GVTTA junior players, are as follows:
Intensive 2 week Christmas training with Mr. Duan Yong-Jun GVTTA is honoured to invite Mr. Duan Yong-Jun to hold a 2 week intensive training camp during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Duan won 2nd place in the Open Singles at the 2008 Canada Cup, defeating both Stephen Li and Peter-Paul Pradeeban . Mr. Duan also lead his Alberta team to victory in the 2008 Canada Cup team competition. Information on the training sessions is located in the schedules section. November 2, 2008 Pacific Rim Tournament in Portland GVTTA juniors took home multiple medals from the USTTA 4-star Pacific Rim Tournament held in Portland this weekend: James Fan finished 2nd in the U2100 Singles, 1st in the U15 Singles, and 3rd in the High School Singles. James and his partner Richard Lei captured 2nd in the U3200 Doubles. Teddy Wu finished 2nd in the High School Singles and 2nd in the U15 Singles. He also teamed up with Jackson Lu to capture 2nd in the U4000 Doubles. Leanne Lee finished 2nd in the U12 Singles.
Congratulations to our juniors for an excellent showing! Edmonton Open Results GVTTA is proud to announce that 2 of our junior players attended the Edmonton Open this past weekend and took home 5 medals:
William defeated 2 top players from Saskatchewan - Hong Jian Huang (3:0), with a rating of 1466, and Billy Pan (3:1), with a rating of 738. Congratulations to William and Andrew! July 5, 2008 US Open Table Tennis Tournament in Las Vegas Two of our junior players, Leanne Lee and William Ho had great success at the 2008 US Open Tournament held on July 2-4 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Leanne took 1st place in the U11 Girls Singles and William took 1st place in the U1350 Singles as well as the U3200 Doubles. Leanne was one of 8 Junior players from GVTTA to participate in this year's US Open. She will be heading to Halifax next week for the 2008 Canadian Junior National Championship. William also participated in other events, but because he hurt his back after finishing the two events above, he was unable to continue in the other events. We're sure he would have had even greater success otherwise! Keep up the good work Leanne and William! The two of you will always have our support!
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