OKC TABLE TENNIS CLUB

2011/2012 Winter Sooner State Games – Results and Report

Larry Buell has written up a nice report on the recent Sooner State Games.  It and a winner list is available on our “2011/2012 Sooner State Games” Page Link 

Thanks to Larry and everyone who participated, volunteered, or spectated! 

Tulsa Invasion!!!

We had a good group from Tulsa come down last Saturday (Jan 14th).  We also had a group from Southern Nazerene and a couple other smaller groups show up.  We ended up with a great turnout with lots of good players.  Thanks everyone!

Sooner State Games Entry Deadline has passed.

The Winter 2011/2012 Sooner State Games TT Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 28 (2012).  Here is a LINK to INFORMATION, and here is another LINK TO ENTRY FORM.  Oh, and here is a LINK TO OUR TOURNAMENT PAGE.

Upcoming OKCTT Club Board Election

It is that time again!  We are due to hold elections for OKCTT Board Members before too long.  Like to get it done before the end of the year.  I’d like to encourage anyone interested in getting more involved to run – especially for President!  Our Current Board consists of:

• President:  Britt Salter
• Vice-President:  David Hash
• Treasurer:  Linda Piatt
• Secretary:  Carl Deal
• Asst. Secretary:  Dale Goodman

We’d really like for some new faces on the Board, so, if you have the motivation, please step up and run.  The current board has done a fine job, but some new blood is needed.   David and Dale, in particular, have been carrying this club for something like 10 years.  Your President is getting worn a little thin as well.   Anyone willing to step in can count on plenty of support!

Good News

We got a one year lease extension!  Yeah!  We’ll be in Crossroads until at least November of 2012!

Renovations/Reorganizaton

We are almost finished with our updates!

Step One:  We reorganized some of the space in the back to make room for a “Robot Room”.   We also rearranged the “far back” room.  We still need to do some work on the floor, and do a little painting and touch up.  The floor in the robot room needs to have the carpet adhesive scraped off (or smoothed out), then we need to paint the floor.  We also need to need to float some wall areas, then paint the walls, then finish the east-side door to the robot room.  .

Step Two:  We have rearranged the tables in the front to make room for an additional table.   This gives us a total of nine tables to play on, along with the robot/practice table in the back.

Step Three:  Along with the rearrangement, we have to do some work on the lighting.  The Robot Area is fine – we just had to get the existing lights fixed.  We did have to do some work in the playing area.  We installed one additional fixture, then rearranged several existing ones to match the new table locations.  We hope everyone enjoys the improved (brighter and more even) lighting throughout.  Special thanks to Terry Holley who generously donated the additional fixture.  He also donated and most of the rest of them previously – Thanks Terry!

This Week’s League Winners! (Recent Results)

Monday, January 16 – had a good turnout!  Thanks everyone!

• “A” Group:  Jay Gustafson
• “B” Group:  Aaron Pitzer
• “C” Group:  John Cunningham

 2011 Summer Sooner State Games

We had a good turnout with great groups from Tulsa and Wichita Falls.  Paul Liu won the long distance award – he drove in from Springfield MO.

Winfred Addy squeaked out wins over Nick Agimudie, Alan (See Hyiik) Ting and Brandon Gardner to win the Open.

Alex Tupas beat out Kelly Boyce to with the Under 1900.

Results for all Events HERE

2010/11 Winter Sooner State Games

Thanks to everyone who braved the weather and played in the Sooner State Games today.   We ended up having at least 30 players in spite of the weather – including some from Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Tulsa.

Results and additional thoughts can be found HERE.

Recent Press:

Check out the (once) recent article in the Oklahoma Gazette!

Location:

We are located in Crossroads Mall.  Our specific location is on the second floor on the west end of the mall.  The easiest way to find us is to enter through the north entrance (the one on the west side that is on the second floor) and go straight through the Mall (go straight south).  You should see us – we are two doors down – to the left – of the Karate place.  This makes us the third store east of the big department store on the west end of the mall (old JC Penneys?).

Operating Hours:

We’ll be open the same hours as before – Monday, Tuesday, and Friday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday from noon to 4:00pm.

Fees:

We charge $5 for adult entry and $3 for students and those 18 years old or younger.  We also have monthly memberships available – check at the club for details.

Facilities:

• We have 8 tables set up for normal play.
  • All tables save one are either Butterfly Centerfold 25′s or Europa’s
• We have one bathroom, plus more in the Mall
• The club is climate controlled
• There are security guards in the mall and in the parking lot
• We have a soda machine, water fountain, bottled water, some sports drinks, and some snacks available
• We have a Pro Shop with a good selection of equipment
  • Pre-Made Paddles starting around $25
  • Individual Blades starting under $20
  • Individual Rubber Sheets starting under $10/sheet
  • Balls ranging from 3/$1 up to $2/each
  • Racket Cases
  • Rubber Cleaning supplies
  • Other Misc. accessories
  • We are a Paddle Palace distributor, so can get anything from their catalog or site for PP prices
    
  • We also offer an assortment of equipment from Cole’s TT

Contact Information:

Britt Salter (405) 306-7227

David Hash (405) 410-5888

Email Britt at “bsalter 5 at gmail dot com”  (Remove spaces, change “at” to @, and “dot” to “.”)