A big thank you to all those who supported this event last night at the Lighthouse, Petone. The Grand Budapest Hotel was an entertaining and slightly weird movie and it looked like a good time was had by all. Thanks also to Maggie Dyer and her team for organising the event and providing the supper.
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Yes, it's that time of the year again and the major interclub competition of the year is nearly upon us. There are no precise details of the format at the moment but it usually involves three player teams and runs through to early October with a break in July for the school holidays. Some grades play on a Tuesday evening and some on a Wednesday evening. We will be looking for players of all ability levels to play for Empire in this competition, including higher graded juniors.
If you are interested please give your name to your session organiser or a Board member or email selector@empirett.org.nz More details will be circulated as soon as they become available. The Summer Interclub competition has now finished and although none of our teams struck gold there were plenty of good performances. Empire Entertainers and Empire Eagles finished second and third respectively in Division One and Empire Evils finished fourth in Division Two. Go to our interclub page to see how all our teams and players got on and the table tennis wellington website for details on the overall competition. Thanks to all those taking part.
A junior club newsletter was recently circulated to all those on our junior mailing list. For those of you who missed it, click here. To be added to the mailing list email info@empirett.org.nz
TTW are running their first major tournament of the year at Empire on Saturday/Sunday 3rd/4th May. Closing date for entries is Wednesday 30th April. See the table tennis wellington website for full details and an entry form.
Just nine more sleeps to go to our movie fundraiser, the Grand Budapest Hotel. It will be screened on Tuesday 29th April at 8.00pm at the Lighthouse, Petone. Tickets are $20 each, including supper. Drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic) can be purchased from the Lighthouse.
There a reviews of the movie in the press now and more information can be found on the movie website. Get your tickets from any Board member, session organiser or email Maggie at maggie.dyer@paradise.net.nz. All help to sell the tickets is very much appreciated - we would like a full house please to maximise the profit!
Round #6 was completed last week and the final round of the competition takes place this evening. Full details are available on the table tennis wellington website. In Division One, the Empire Entertainers have put on a show and are lying second. In Division Two, our teams are battling hard but are currently outside the top placings. Full details of where our teams finished and individual performances will be published once the final results have been computed.
Please note that there will be no play on Easter Monday 21st April.
We need volunteers to help on Monday and Friday nights! You don't need to join the Board to help in this way. See the April newsletter for more information. Please help our hard pressed Board.
 Our movie fundraiser this year looks to be a cracker! The Grand Budapest Hotel promises to have something for everybody with murder, drama and comedy in it. See the movie website for more information. It will be screened on Tuesday 29th April at 8.00pm at the Lighthouse, Petone. Tickets are $20 each, including supper. Drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic) can be purchased from the Lighthouse.
Get your tickets from any Board member, session organiser or email Maggie at maggie.dyer@paradise.net.nz. All help to sell the tickets is very much appreciated - we would like a full house please to maximise the profit!
Two more rounds have been completed since the last update and full details are available on the table tennis wellington website. In Division One, the Empire Embers have caught fire and moved up to second place, followed by the Empire Entertainers and the Empire Eels. In Division Two the Empire Evils are lying fourth, followed by the Empire Echoes and Empire-Karori. Just two more rounds to go!
A reminder that this tournament will be run on Saturday 12th April and entries close on Wednesday 9th April at 6pm. See the table tennis wellington website for full details.
The last night of play this term is Friday 11th April. Play will break for Easter and the school holidays and start again on Friday 9th May for Term 2.
Subscriptions for 2014 are now overdue. These are $50 for adults up to the age of 65 and $35 for adults age 65 and over and beneficiaries. There are no subscriptions for juniors under age 18, just a session fee payment.
Please pay your session organiser next time your are at the Club. Otherwise, unless you are a junior member you will find yourself paying $7 per visit. Our April newsletter has just been published and a link can be found on the newsletters page. It contains information about tournaments, interclub and our fundraising movie night and raffle and lots more besides
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