Pan Am Trials

The qualification (trials) for the following events will take place on 2-4 June 2023 at My TT Club in Mississauga:

• Pan American Championships, 10-17 September, Havana, Cuba
• Pan American Games, 25 October – 5 November, Santiago, Chile

Athletes on the current National Team List (March 2023) are invited to participate in the trials:

WOMEN						MEN
NT invited players	1	ZHANG, Mo		NT invited players			1	WANG, Eugene
	2	LIAO, Ivy					2	HAZIN, Jeremy
	3	FU, Ching Nam					3	LY, Edward
	4	LIU, Crystal					4	WANG, Zexuan
	5	GAUTHIER, Sophie					5	MARTIN, Simeon
	6	MORIN, Katherine					6	JI, Max
	7	HUI, Tong May					7	LEHMANN, Matthew
	8	NIE, Jiayi					8	XU, Tommy
	9	XU, Jessie		Qualifiiers			9
	10	ZHONG, Judy					10
Qualifiiers	11						11
	12						12

National Team athletes:

• The above listed NT athletes will compete on 3 & 4 June (Saturday & Sunday)
• On Friday evening there will be a pre-qualification event to select 2 women and 4 men who will take part in the trails on Sat-Sun to complete the above list.
• The trails will be played in two phases, the first phase will be Group Round Robins followed by progressive knockout.
• All matches will be 3 out of 5, except for the top 4 places (semi-finals and position 3-4).

Pre-qualification:

• The entry form will be made available shortly to enter the pre-qualification event (non-National Team players)

SELECTIONS – IMPORTANT

• The top 3 men and 3 women in the final standing will be selected to the Pan Am GAMES and the Pan Am Championships.
• The 4^th man and 4^th woman in the final standing will be selected for the Pan Am Championships only and will be the first alternate for the Pan Am Games.
• Those selected for the Pan Am Games will be entered in at least one international event (WTT) in preparation for the Games, and /or a training camp. This selection is compulsory.

Balls: The Double Happiness D40+ balls will be used.

Travel and Accommodation:

• Players from BC and MB will travel by air. Please book the best rate ticket and confirm with Melanie Ostashek, Operations Manager (melanie@ttcanada.ca ) for booking and reimbursement.
• Players from QC will be reimbursed mileage (car) for up to 2 cars including coaches.
• Players from BC, MB and QC, will be provided the hotel for Friday and Saturday nights based on double occupancy (paid by TTCAN).
• All meals are at the players’ own expense.

Confirmation:

• For selected NT athletes (above list) you must confirm your participation by 2 May 2023 by paying the entry fee of $100 by e-mail transfer to: melanie@ttcanada.ca