I've had a few recent questions and 'complaints' so
players are reminded that our club's facility providers
have authorized the Dave Strang,as club director,
to regulate any 'business' type activities on facility grounds
during club meeting days or tournaments.
This means that without advanced explicit permission from Dave Strang,
no one else should be conducting or promoting any business,
service, products or activities to others or distributing any
literature flyers or catalogs or soliciting contact information for similar
later use.
Of course informal 'coaching' is encouraged but coaching for a fee
or use of tables for anything other than normal informal match play or
practice also requires advance club approval as does any sale of equipment.
Of course an ocassional sale of one of your old rackets
to a friend isn't typically a problem. (but NOT Tables or Robots)
And if you already use equipment purchased elsewhere that isn't a problem.
But you'd be surprised at the wide variety of types and brands of equipment
that are available by special arrangements through our club including;
Donic, Yasaka, Nittaku,, Double Happinese (and more by special request).
Just ask Dave and, besides knowing you are supporting local
promotion of the sport, you'll also get the best expert advise
available in the country - based on more than 20 years of playing,
coaching and, prior to starting club work in Connecticut, full time
employement developing and marketing TT equipment for national
distributers.
Providing of table tennis services or equipment is part of the service
that the club director provides, and income from these sources has helped
make the continuing program of providing first class club facilities
possible.
Persons violating these or other club rules may lose playing priviledges
and would be considered as trespassing if found on facility grounds if playing
priviledges are suspended or revoked.
Occasionally players will visit our clubs for the purpose of promoting
'competiting' playing facilities, coaches or equipment providers.
I would like to encourage you to do as one of our players recently
did and say what he said:
" We like this club and plan on supporting it ".
And please let me (Dave)know if you are approached in this way
by anyone who may (hopefully) just be ignorant of our club rules.
Of course if you have chances to play at work or other places in addition
to our club meetings that's fine.
If you want to encourage us to continue, and hopefully even
expand the opportunities to play in high quality gyms with
friendly partners and professional quality tables,
please do what you can to support our efforts to bring our sport
out of basements and backrooms and into large, well lit gymnasiums
with enough tables to allow promotion and growth of the sport and a wide
variety of skill levels available during each club session.
Thanks - Dave
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