Manitoba Table Tennis Association Inc.

The new Athletes Commission is a great initiative to have more athlete involvement TTCAN's decision making processes! Excellent to have Manitoba's Matt Lehmann as a part of the group.

Sunday table tennis if anyone interested

TABLE TENNIS FALL START-UP Hello all Manitoba Ping-Pongers, Well, as the start of the school year draws near and the lovely-great-weather summer with Covidness attached to it draws to an end, that means the start of the 2020-2021 table tennis season is upon us. First-off, due to Covid, the Province announced that there will be no school permits issued to outside user groups like the Manitoba Table Tennis Associationthis means no Daniel MacIntyre Collegiate, no Darwin, no ...Continue reading

Further memories of Arthur Werier: Manitoba Hall of Fame article: https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/table-tennis-legend-passes-aw/... Winnipeg Free Press obituary: https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com//id-2/WERIER_ARTHUR

This past Friday August 21st, the grandfather of Table Tennis in Manitoba passed away, Art Werier. Here I would like to pass on some comments from another two table tennis icons that knew him for many years, Mr. Adham Sharara and Mr. Boris Rainer. Art’s obituary is linked below through the Sport Manitoba Hall of Fame remembrance article posted below. Firstly, I would like to say that I myself first met Art Werier back in the summer of 1986 when he interviewed me in Ottawa ...Continue reading

This past Friday August 21st, the grandfather of Table Tennis in Manitoba passed away, Art Werier. Here I would like to pass on some comments from another two table tennis icons that knew him for many years, Mr. Adham Sharara and Mr. Boris Rainer. Art’s obituary is linked below through the Sport Manitoba Hall of Fame remembrance article posted below. Firstly, I would like to say that I myself first met Art Werier back in the summer of 1986 when he interviewed me in Ottawa ...Continue reading

Hello Manitoba table tennis players! Click the link below to get all the information about the fall start-up of all MTTA activities. Can't wait to see you all back at the table! http://mtta.ca/202/TABLE%20TENNIS%20FALL%20START%202020.pdf

8 WEEKS OF ONLINE HOME TRAINING FOR MTTA SQUAD, HOPEFULLS, AND JR. DEVELPOMENT With the gym closed, athletes were invited from the Manitoba Squad, Hopefuls, and Jr. Development groups to have private online video practices with MTTA Head Coach Arvin Tronco, and senior athlete Matthew Lehmann. The online Home Training started last April 13th and ended June 11th. Out of the 18 athletes invited, 9 kids participated regularly, and other reported when they could. Each athlete was ...given the chance to train twice per week, at one hour each session. Matthew and Arvin watched the athletes and helped them improve their footwork, technique, and overall game. Matthew ran some extra footwork sessions that did not require a table for the some of the athletes, and also made a couple technique videos to assist the athletes. Matthew and Arvin were impressed that the athletes were still able to work hard and improve during this unique time.

Hello all Manitoba Ping-Pongers, CORNERSTONE TABLE TENNIS WITH FREE INSTRUCTION FROM HEAD COACH TRONCO:... I trust everyone is doing well. Normally in the summer the M.T.T.A. don’t offer much programming other than some camps. However, due to Covid-19 there has not been a lot happening the last several months. Because of this, we would like to offer practice opportunities to all of our members. Starting in July, (Tuesday July 7th) at Cornerstone Church, we will offer three practice sessions a week overseen by Head Coach Tronco. Sessions will run Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 2-5 pm. The cost is $7 per junior per practice and $10 per adult per practice. Players can refer to the attached schedule and book/ block off spots they want. Capacity is eight (8) players per day, there are no drop-ins... all players must be booked/ registered in advance. Players can co-ordinate with their buddies etc. Coach Tronco will work with all players. The M.T.T.A. Covid protocols will be followed. As we are not sure of the demand for summer table tennis (holidays plus Covid) will we do a two week trial for July. If we don’t get enough advance registrations, the program will be cancelled. To book your slots, please contact Head Coach Tronco at email [email protected] or cell 204-290-5547. Once players have reserved spots, there are no refunds unless 24 hours notice provided, this will allow for another player to be invited. PRAIRIE BADMINTON OFFER BADMINTON + TABLE TENNIS CAMPS: Hello everyone, I am pleased to announce that Prairie Badminton will be offering a series of Badminton summer camps and that two of these week-long camps will be combined with table tennis. The combined camps run July 20-24 and August 24-28. The camps will be run out of Prairie Badminton’s state-of-art training and competitions facility. Justin Friesen, Provincial Team Head Coach for the Manitoba Badminton Association and M.T.T.A’s Head Coach Arvin Tronco are in charge of the action. For MORE INFORMATION and REGISTRATION’S CLICK HERE! https://permission.click/84ybM/ca#/information MTTA Active Members can also book court time at Prairie Badminton and pay member rates. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND MTTA’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19, GO TO WWW.MTTA.CA Have a safe summer everyone. Ron Edwards ED, MTTA 204-793-8495 cell/ [email protected]/ [email protected]

Vote for Manitoba’s Matthew Lehmann on Instagram! He’s currently in the second round of an international table tennis trick shot tournament with professional players! Sport Manitoba... Table Tennis Canada Tennis de Table Table Tennis North See more

Don’t forget to vote for Matthew tomorrow on Instagram!!

League results After only 14 weeks, the Winnipeg District League came to a surprising end due to the pandemic. Although it’s been tough to completely stop our season and all of our league play... and tournaments, things are looking up and hopefully table tennis can start up again soon. Congratulations to Junny Tagle Jr. for crushing it and winning the league by a landslide, with 30 wins and only 3 loses! What a nice change to have an older adult win the league for once. No surprise that Jeremy Huang finished second in the league. The real surprise though, is the Chong family. Yat Hei and Ho Sum Chong finished in the top 10, with Yat Hei finishing third overall. Looks like we might have some competition next season amongst the junior boys. Another surprise was Joyce and Nibusha finishing 4th and 5th overall in the league. Great job girls, glad to have girls growing stronger as well. Thanks to everyone for participating in the league this year and hopefully we can get a bigger crowd next season with a new potential change in the format. Circuit results This season was a little different and although two of the five tournaments had to be cancelled, we still had quite a good turn out in the tournaments at the beginning of the year. With the results from the Winnipeg District League, we had a total of 23-24 standings in the three events: Open Singles, Active 4 Life and Junior Male Singles. Although the Junior Female Singles did not have as many standings as the other three events, we had an overall increase in the number of players in both Junior Male and Female events overall. A big congratulations to Mr. Junny Tagle Jr. for winning the Open Singles and the Active 4 Life events. Congrats to Biruk Bekele for coming in second place for those two events as well. A shout out to Mr. Rick Ward for gaining points from the league results that gave him the 3rd standing in Active 4 Life. Congrats to Jeremy Huang, Jason Li and Benji Dueck for holding the top 3 standings in Junior Male Singles and Grace Qi, Joyce Xu and Nibusha Loganathan for the top 3 standings in Junior Female Singles. I would love to sit here and congratulate everyone but that would take all day. Thank you to everyone who participated in the MTTA circuit this year and a great job to all of you. Thank you for all of the umpires and referees and anyone who took the time to help set up and take down the gym for every tournament. I hope everyone is safe and healthy. Wash your hands and try to get as much exercise as you can. Yours truly, Phuong Nguyen

Hi everyone. I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy. As you know, the Government of Manitoba has announced its first initial phase 1 starting today to reopen non-essential services. Non-contact sports are set to reopen in the second phase, which will start on June 1st. Ron and... I have been discussing ideas of opening up the gyms during the summer for anyone who wants to play, like Active 4 Life members or the provincial team. We are planning to have an open gym on Tuesday, Thursdays and Saturdays for three hours each at Cornerstone Alliance Church and it would be a maximum of 8 players at a time. But before we set up everything I want to get your opinion to see what you guys think. A4L ACTIVE MEMBERS & PROV. TEAM ATHLETES: 1. Do you want to play/practice Table Tennis in the summer? 2. Are you/ your parents okay with you going outside? 3. Are you/your parents okay with practicing in the gym? 4. Are you ok to play/practice in a small group of people in the gym? Please give me your honest opinions and leave your comment below or you can message me or send me an email at [email protected]. Thank you and stay safe everyone! Arvin

Hello everyone here is our final standing for the Manitoba Table Tennis Association Tournament Circuit 2019-2020 season. Congratulations to all the winners and hope to see next season!!!

MANITOBA TABLE TENNIS PERSONALITIES MAKE THE MEDIA MTTA President Darek Mikita was recently named as Sport Manitoba’s Official of the Year for 2019 and both Table Tennis Canada and the MTTA recently reported on this. However, the story was recently picked up by the Winnipeg Free Press for their Community Newspaper’s. A link to this story is attached here: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com//Table-tennis-ump-is-Man... Just as President Mikita is our Executive and Officials Elite, we have young Matthew Lehmann (Matt Lehmann - Table Tennis) who is our Athlete Elite. Matthew was just featured in a story by SportsLife Magazine, in the 2020 Volume 6 Issue 2 Manitoba edition. Like Darek, Matthew has had his story also covered by Table Tennis Canada. The link to Matthew’s story is here: https://issuu.com/debbiedunma//sl_mar_apr_2020_low_res_v4 Congratulations to both Darek and Matthew for their carrying of the table tennis flag during these tough times. Stay safe, stay apart or at home but stay connected on MTTA Facebook. Yours in table tennis. Ron Edwards

Junny Tagle Carlos Cuadra Yifan Lu Online Coaching Courses Susan Lamboo, Sport Manitoba’s Coaching Manager, provided the online coaching courses that are being offered at the same cost as usual. Below is a detailed schedule.... NCCP Module Schedule (online) https://www.sportmanitoba.ca/coaching/newsevents/ To register, please either go to our website or sign into The Locker and go to Calendar. You can also register for other province’s online courses if you would like. Just click all provinces in the Locker Calendar to see options. Ontario is through their own website at https://www.coachesontario.ca/calendar/ Intro to Competition Modules hosted by Sport Manitoba Coaching Plan a Practice $50 (6 hrs) Tuesday April 21 & 22 6-9pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4317 Making Ethical Decisions $40 (4hrs) Thursday April 30 6-10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4312 Tuesday May 12 6-10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4320 Monday June 8 6-10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4321 Basic Mental Skills $40 (3hrs) Thursday April 23 6:30 9:30pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/ Design a Basic Sport Program $50 (4hrs) Wednesday April 29 6-10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4333 Teaching and Leading (6.5hrs) Tues May 19 6-9:30pm & Thurs May 21 6-9pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4337 Competition Development Modules (Canada Games requirements) Managing Conflict $55 (3hrs) Thursday May 7 6:30-9:30pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4319 Developing Athletic Abilities Home Study with Facilitator session following Register for DAA by contacting [email protected] Coaching and Leading Effectively $85 (8.75 hrs) Tues June 2 & Thurs June 4 6-10pm each day https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4336 Psychology of Performance $75 (7 hrs) Mon June 22 & Tues June 23 5:30 10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4339 Prevention and Recovery $75 (7.5hrs) Sat May 9 9am 1pm & Sun May 10 9am 1:30pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4322 Leading Drug Free Sport $55 (3hrs) Monday April 27 6:30 -9:30pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4332 *Manage a Sport Program $60(4hrs) Tuesday May 26 6-10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4326 *Advanced Practice Plan $65 (5 hrs) Monday June 15 5-10pm https://thelocker.coach.ca/event/registration/4338 *Performance Planning $100 (12.5hrs) TBA may not be able to online * Home study options are available for all modules accept ones with a (*) please contact Susan at [email protected] for more details.

Hello everyone! Here is our final standing for our Winnipeg District Super League 2019-2020. Congratulations to all the winners.

COVID-19 PREVENTION: TABLE TENNIS PROGRAMMING CANCELLED Hello fellow table tennis players, Due to the public risks associated with Covid-19, the Manitoba Table Tennis Association will be suspending all our on-table activities effective tomorrow Monday March 16th until further notice. We know how much many of you like to practice and so apologize for this inconvenience, but we thank you for your understanding as we engage in this precautionary measure to ensure the health..., safety and well-being of our community. This means that our Active 4 Life, Junior Developmental Coaching Program, TOPS-Schools, Tournaments Program, League Program and our Hopefulls and Provincial Squads Training Programs will all suspended until the various Provincial and Federal Authorities decide that it is safe to resume normal operations. At the current point in time, some of our independently operated partner clubs are still open and if you want information on these, please contact the M.T.T.A. at 204-925-5690b or 204-925-5943b. We also want to share the following recommendations put forth by the Province of Manitoba: People are encouraged to take common prevention measures including regular handwashing with soap and warm water for at least 15 seconds. Make sure to dry hands thoroughly. As an alternative, you can also use an alcohol-based hand cleanser if your hands are not visibly dirty. Please cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing, or cough or sneeze into your sleeve. Employees are asked to hold virtual/phone meetings in lieu of in-person meetings and minimize prolonged (more than 10 minutes), close (less than two meters/ six feet) contact between other individuals. Avoid greetings that involve touching, such as handshakes as well. If you have recently traveled internationally, including the USA, people are asked to contact their employers and self-isolate for 14 days. If you are experiencing symptoms consistent with COVID-19 (coughing, sneezing, fever, sore throat, etc.), they are asked to contact their employer and self-isolate for 14 days as recommended by the Province of Manitoba. If you are concerned about your exposure to or risk of having COVID-19, please first call Health LinksInfo Sante at 204-788-8200 or 1-888-315-9257 (toll-free) to ensure you receive medical advice appropriate to your specific health concerns. The M.T.T.A. will continue to monitor the situation and keep you informed as new information becomes available. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me at [email protected] Thank you. Yours in Table Tennis, Ron Edwards, Executive Director 204-925-5690b