<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></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="">Next Tuesday night, <b class="">September 10th</b>, we will have our first week of classic league tryouts. As of right now we have 23 players registered to tryout. It also looks like we have 7 spots you are all competing for. If you would like to still participate, <font color="#ff2600" class=""><b class="">please let me know by this Friday. </b></font></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="">Here are the final list of participants that will be competing:<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 for week 1 <o:p class=""></o:p></u></b></div>
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Johnson</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl64" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Alan Ratner</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Alex Khazanov</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Alex Wolf</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">CeeCee Evans</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Chris Fisher</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">David Wipf</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">David Wu</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Ferat Sahin</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Irina Kozhinova</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Ishaq Kothari</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl64" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Jacob Shmois</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Kannan Kandasamy</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Kevin Johnson</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl64" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Mary Litavsky</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl64" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Nabil Matmati</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl64" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Omer Okutan</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Pruthvik Ar</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Santanu Majumdar</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Shashank Chorge</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl64" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Ta-Min Chang</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Vadim Feygin</span></td>
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<td height="20" class="xl63" style="height:15.75pt"><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">William Teng</span></td>
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</tbody></table><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><u class="">Format:<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>Depending on final number of participants, I will have small round robin groups. <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>As of right now, I might take he top 2 players from each group to advance to week 2 (might be more. Depends on my final number of participants).<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 1 table assigned and will share another table with another group. I will be using all 8 tables.<span style="font-size: 11pt; text-indent: -0.25in;" class="">k.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><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 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>Play will begin <b class="">SHARP</b> at 6:30 PM. Please come early to practice and warm up.<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>If you are late and you have a scheduled match, that match will be forfeited to keep play continuous. <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>2 minute warmup before each match to ensure we have continues play.<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>If you come to practice and you see a table is in use by others that are not trying out, you have <b class="">priority</b> to take that table as this is your night to tryout.<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="">** I would like to ask that we stick to what the above. We will be sharing tables between groups and a lot of matches to get through. Showing up on time and the 2 minute warmup is very important to ensure we finish in a timely manner. **<o:p class=""></o:p></b></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=""><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:</u></b><o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">If you come to practice on Tuesday, please allow these folks to either hit with you, or give up your table if you see them waiting for a table. I will be using all 8 tables for this tournament.</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="">I look forward to see you all this Tuesday. If you have any questions at all do not hesitate to ask me.<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="">Thank you and GOOD LUCK,<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="">Marc Maronian<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">GVTTC Classic League Director</div></body></html>