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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Next Tuesday night, <b>September 7th</b>, we will have our first round of classic league tryouts. We have a total of 13 players registered to tryout for only 1 spot this year.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the final list of participants that will be competing based on emails I have received.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Participants:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bharat Mittal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Kim<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>David Wipf<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ferat Sahin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hong Li<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mary Litavsky<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paras Mittal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Randy Bittner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sal Uttaro<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ta-Min Chang<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Vaibhav Misra<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yerzhan Mustafa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Zaviour Johnson<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Format (Subject to Change)<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am going to have 3 groups total (2 groups of 4 and 1 group of 5).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each group will play in a round robin format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each match will be best of 5 games.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Each group will have 2 assigned tables. I plan on using 6 of the 8 tables assigned. The extra 2 tables can be used for practice for everyone anyone else that would like to come and practice. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The <b><u>top two</u></b> from each group will advance to next week for the final week of tryouts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>** Depending on how many spots we have, I may take top 2 spots and third place goes on to play more matches. I have done this before in the past. Plan on playing at least 3 matches. You may play a couple more depending on how I format this.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Play<o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>Play will begin <b>SHARP at 6:30 PM</b>. Please come early to practice and warm up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>There will be an order of play. <b>If you are late and you have a scheduled match, that match will be forfeited to keep play continuous.</b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Before your scheduled match, please keep to a 2 minute warmup before starting your match.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you come to practice and you see a table is in use by others that are not trying out, you have priority to take that table as this is your night to tryout.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking forward to seeing you all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you have any questions please let me know.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Marc Maronian<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>GVTTC Classic League Director<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>