| Date: | April 18, 2009 ( Sat ) | |
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| Time: | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm ( lunch provided ) | |
| Place: | Grace Bible Church
1842 Reynolds Ave. Irvine, CA 92614 |
The 2009 annual EFC table tennis tournament will be hosted by GBC at Irvine on April 18, 2009. The tournament is for the encouragement, promotion and maintenance of the sport of table tennis as a wholesome form of physical recreation, promoting sportsmanship, social gathering, friendship formation and friendly competition. But, more importantly, it can give our members the opportunity to extend our witness and the fellowship of our churches to others. This is a great ministry tool that will help to connect us to those we wish to reach. The following lists the details of the tournament.
| Awards: | A trophy will be awarded to each of the first three winners. | |
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| Format: | Double Elimination ( modified ) | |
| Match Format: | Best 3 out of 5, USATT rules apply. | |
| Player Format: | Best 4 out of 7. A player can play only one match in determining the winner church in each round. The matches consist of:
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Some churches may not have women or kids playing table tennis. In those cases, any women can be substituted by kids or seniors ( over 62 ) and any kids can be substituted by women or seniors. Note that this is an honour system. A church makes the substitution only after she has exhausted all possiblities of recruiting kids and women.
Since double-elimination is used, every church will play at least two rounds. It is advisable that if a team consists of more than 10 players, everyone has a chance to play at least once, either in the first or second round. ( Of course, this is optional. )
All churches are required to finish all the seven matches in each round even if the outcome ( winning church ) has been determined. After the outcome has been determined, a player is allowed to play more than one match in the round.
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