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 4th man and 4th 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