<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hello everyone,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">This Tuesday we will have our 2<sup class="">nd</sup> week of tryouts. It looks like I have 10 to 11 spots available for this year. I am waiting to hear from one person to determine the total. I should have that by this Tuesday. </div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Below are the list of people trying out.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Participants: (17 Total)<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Alex Mihill</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Bill Teng</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Boris Shmoys</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Chuck Bainbridge</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">David Wu</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Ed Bizari</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Hong Li</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Jacob Shmois</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Kannan Kandasamy</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Manny Dy</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Nabil Matmati</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Paul Nielsen</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Randy Bittner</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Scott Swertfeger</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Ta-Min Chang</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Travis Kokx</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Calibri;" class=""><span style="font-size: 15px;" class="">Vadim Feygin</span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Format (Round 1):<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>I will have 4 groups in total (3 groups of 4 and one group will have 5). <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>Each group will play in a round robin format.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>Each match will be best of 5 games<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>Each group will have 2 tables to play on and I will be using all 8 tables.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>The top 2 winners from each group will be <b class=""><u class="">IN</u></b> the league.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>Third place of each group will advance to round 2.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Format (Round 2):<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>One group of 4 players<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>Round robin format<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>Best of 5 games<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">-<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";" class=""> </span>The top 2-3 are <b class=""><u class="">IN</u></b> the league<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Play:<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Like last week, we will be starting at 6:30 PM SHARP. Please come early to warm up. <b class=""><u class="">*** Please attempt to be on time. If you are late for your scheduled match we will move on and have to FORFEIT your match to keep play continuous ***</u></b> <span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Rest of Club:<o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I will be using all 8 tables. I don’t anticipate using them all night so I am guessing around 8 PM the tables should start freeing up. I plan on using tables 1 and 2 for round 2.</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Please let me know if you have any questions. Looking forward to this Tuesday. <b class="">GOOD LUCK</b> to you all<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Marc Maronian</div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">GVTTC Classic League Director</div></body></html>