OTTA decides on postponement of National TT championship, discuss 2021 budget and the plan
The board of directors of Oman Table Tennis Association (OTTA) decided on the postponement of the National Table Tennis Championship (General Teams Category) until further notice due to the current situation of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and in concurrence with the latest decisions issued by the Supreme Committee on COVID-19 including the prevention of people’s movement and closing all public places and shops between 8 pm and 5 am from October 11 until 24.
The decision came during the remote meeting through “Zoom” platform on Monday in presence of OTTA Chairman and the members.
The domestic team’s preparation plan was also impacted at the sports complex due to the closing timing at 6:00 pm. Accordingly, the OTTA took the decision of holding the event until further notice. The postponement decision featured also the pre-qualification stages which was supposed to be started in Salalah during 16 and 17 October at Al Saada Sports Complex and 23 and 24 October at Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex.
During the meeting, the board of directors reviewed all the clubs’ request for membership at OTTA including request letters of Salalah, Al Bashayer, Oman, Khasab, Saham and Qurayat. The chairman instructed the OTTA officials to communicate with clubs to provide the missing documents according to the rules and regulations of the sports bodies.
The board members approved the agenda of the activities for the forthcoming year. The 2021 plan featured series of a domestic tournaments, participation at international table tennis events, external camps, seminars for national coaches and referees and other related table tennis events. The board agreed on organising the seminars at other governerates including Musandam governerate.
The chairman explained the financial budget for 2021 which cover all the aspects of the 2021 plan. The board reviewed also the internal policies of the referees and competitions beside the strategic and development plan for 20212024.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth, issued a ministerial resolution No 146/2020 on July 26 to set up the OTTA and the second article of the decision referred to the adoption of the statutes of the association. The board of OTTA is headed by Abdullah bin Mohammed Bamukhalef as chairman while Sajjad al Lawati as Vice Chairman. Adil Al Baluhsi is the Secretary General while Mohammed al Oufi is the board treasurer. The board members are Mohammed al Jassasi, Masoud al Shaqsi and Maryam al Alawi.