I became extremely pi**ed on monday once I realised that the internal club championship isn't worth calling it a club championship. They've managed to do two 'championships', one with participants of the first teams only (6 in total, fighting each other) and one group with everyone else, about 17 members 'fighting' for the crown to be at the top of the bottom. Here they've formed groups of up to 6 members where the top 2 would advance and I've trained already over and over with 3 of the 4 members of my group, the fourth beeing one unseen yet at training days.
So there's been zero excitement and almost no challenge. Additionally, my wife managed to bring home the flu last friday and I had some coughing and sneezing next to me the nights before, so I refused to spill energy in this 'tournament', managing a non-influencal role to the outcome within the group and simply left the building. Ugly character? Probably, but at least I didn't freak out.
I rejected to juggle with material previous to the championship and I've trained and prepared myself properly to be able to give more than just some resistance against the top +-15 players, just to notice that there's absolutely no chance for confrontation. Did I mention my disappointment?
Always playing those who barely play with topspin (some refuse to use spin at all) and without any pressure within their strokes doesn't help one to improve, or even worse: it keeps you low.
So, I eventually have to shift my beeing-top-5 target to the end of the year since it will be next to impossible to prove at the end of June and I have to make use of all options to show my skills at tournaments, league-plays and going all-in in unprepared encounters on training days. The latter will ultimately turn people off and it will make it hard to find a training partner as easily at it is now.

One of these options mentioned is a small tournament in June where I may face skilled opponents. So yes, I accept the challenge.