A year in review 一年回顧

Dear friends,

We are approaching the end of 2016. It has gone by with ups and downs. But first of all let me take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 

We have a significant larger number of new members in 2016. Everybody is enjoying the game and meeting new friends. Some members, such as Emilia, Sue and Jeffrey had won medals in various tournaments. Time slots have been extended. The centre is also contemplating adding more dates for us to play table tennis. New tables have been purchased. In short, our group is growing and prospering.

However, the year did not go by without issues. We have noticed premature damages of many of our tables. While normal wear and tear are expected, we do want to help to maintain our tables properly. The fact that our tables are not set up permanently but have to be set up and stored every session does not help. But we can definitely do our share of maintainence  by treating them with tender love and care. Try not to move the tables around once set up. If you have to, please make sure that the wheels are unlocked and move the table gently. After all, the centre only has a certain budget and cannot keep on replacing tables. We are the ones who suffer the consequence if tables are damaged prematurely.

Another issue we have is that there seems to be an increasing number of people who are not qualified to play， either being younger than 55 or simply not members，coming to play in various centres. In addition, there are isolated incidences that some members play without paying the drop in fee. These behaviors are not fair to us. So if you have noticed anything of the sort, without confrontation, notify the centre staff on duty.

We are blessed to have all the city facilities for us to enjoy. It is up to us to work together to keep it going.


各位朋友

二零一六年快過去了，過去一年我們經歷了不少起落，不過首先讓我在這裏恭祝大家聖誕快樂，新年進步
這一年來我们增加了不少新會員，大家都亨受打球的樂趣與及结識新朋友，我們有些會員，如 Emilia, Sue and Jeffrey 都在多項公開賽得獎，有些中心的打球時間加長了，中心更加考慮每星期多加一些日子讓我们打球，亦增購了新球卓，總括來說，我们的球會正在增長及興盛.

在過去一年我们亦難免遇上一些問题
我们發覺不少球卓都损壞了，當然一般的磨损是在所難免，但我们可儘量減少不必要的損壞，我们的卓子需要每天打開及收藏，打開後請儘量避免拸動，如有必要，亦請小心及肯定輪的锁定已解除，大家合力爱惜球卓，中心只有限量資金，不能隨意加買球卓，球卓太早壞了，受影响的始终是我们
另外我们亦發现有不能参與打球的人仕到場打球，他们可能是未夠五十五歲或不是會員，亦發覺有很少數會員没有付费，這些行為都是對我们不公平的，如發现這樣的情况，在没有冲突之下通知工作人具處理
我们都很幸運列冶文山市供给了我们這些福利，请大家合力繼續努力

Best Regards,

Charles and Priscilla