The title of the 1942 book: “Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood” (by Edward Lasker) captures the spirit of competitive chess (and indeed any sport) with enthusiasm on one side and yet the innate mortal warfare on the other.
Enjoy the TTSports Wellington Open this weekend everyone!
A report on the recent Nelson Open (June 25/26) from Malcolm Wong who won the O40 & O50 MD with Mark Nalder (Nelson) and was r/u in the Second Grade XD with Glenda Ferguson (Nelson). The Wong/Nalder combination have now won 10 doubles titles and Malcolm Wong has won 65 tournament titles!
This tournament was held at the new Saxton Field Sports Stadium (7,000 sqm) which was built at a cost of $13 million. Funding has been provided by the Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council and the Saxton Field Sports Stadium Society. There are 5 basketball courts in the main part of the complex, which is also used for netball, volleyball and handball. Table tennis is in a separate part of the complex. There are 8 tables and there is heating to regulate the temperature inside. There is an office, table tennis shop and cafeteria on the ground floor and seating upstairs.
Bryan Keane ran the tournament with his normal efficiency, with Paul Op Den Buysch operating the Xpand2Play system on the computer and Daryl Jones (Marlborough) writing out the certificates. Play started 9am on the Saturday and finished 10.30pm. Having group play for all events meant a longer day than usual.
Canterbury players dominated the Open events. Simon Fenwick won the MS against William Pringle 4-2 Pringle/Chris Erskine (Nelson) won the MD against Fenwick/Nalder(Nelson) 3-1 Jenny Hung beat Megan Stratford (Marlborough) in the WS 4-0 Hung/Tracey Deeley (Nelson) won the WD and Hung/Fenwick won the XD. Veteran Mark Nalder played in 7 finals, winning the O40 & O50 MS and MD, and was r/u in the MD and Second Grade MS & MD.
…results are all posted on http://www.tabletennis.org.nz, in particular the draws including Wellington players (search for “(W)”) – many players making it out the the group stages:
U18 Boys‘ – congratulations Thom Nguyen winner!!!
Teams:
Entries are now open for the TTSports Wellington Table Tennis Open. The entry form and conditions have been corrected since being sent out via email on 9 July.
Entry Form (pdf version) or go to www.ttwellington.org.nz for an excel version to submit electronically.
Thanks to our tournament sponsors: TTSports, Andro, Foreshore Motor Lodge
Entries and enquiries should be sent to tournament@ttwellington.org.nz
July 8, day two at the New Zealand National Junior Championships saw TTW teams play a total of 13 team matches.
The under 15 girls team continued to impress with a 5-0 win over Counties Manukau ‘B’ and a narrow 2-3 loss to Counties Manukau ‘A’ .
In the U/18 Boys team event the TTW team had a 5-0 win over Canturbury, next we played Tahiti who defeated us 3-2 despite Thom Nguyn leading the way for Wellington with a clear 3-0 win over Oceania top 5 U/18 ranked Ocean Belrose and a second singles win. Later in the day the U/18 team went down 3-2 to the visiting Victorian team and again Thom Nguyen performed well with a 12-10 win in the fifth over Edward Anderson-Higginson and a win over Brodee Cookson.
The U/15 boys showed a lot of determination throughout the day recording a 3-2 win over the Auckland ‘B’ team with Conal Warrender winning two singles and Matthew Sheppard clinching the match with a 3-2 win over Eugene Yao. The big match was against the North Harbour team with the winner likely to progress through to the final against Auckland ‘A’. Conal Warrender started well with a 3-2 win, Matthew Sheppard then lost a close match 1-3 before teaming up with Caleb Magan to play a blinder in the doubles. Wellington won the doubles to lead 2-1. The next two matches produced some great table tennis but unfortunately the contest ended in a 3-2 win for the North Harbour team.
Wellington made a good start in the Under 15 girl’s ‘A’ grade competition with a 5-0 win against North Harbour ‘B’ . 11 year old Angela Chapmen recorded her first victory at National level pairing with Maddy Nash in a 3-0 doubles win and then defeated Iris Liu 3-0 to make it two wins.
In the new U/13 team events Wellingon ‘B’ were narrowly beaten by Waitemata ‘A’ 3-2. Mats Olsthoorn performed well teaming up with Ben Westenra to win a doubles and also won his singles match.
In the U/18 Boys team event Wellingto played Auckland ‘A’ with Thom Nguyen recording a 3-1 victory over Z Cheng. Thom also had a very exciting 5 set match with Lingnan Kong , where he led 2 sets to nil but unfoutunately lost 3-2. Delano Lam lost 3-0 against Oliver Scarlett and Jeffrey Chin lost 3-1 to Oliver Scarlett. Auckland also won the doubles and Wellington lost 4-1.
Overall Wellington Team Manager Russell Stoupe commented ‘It’s been great to have so much support from the other parents that are here. Everyone is working incredibly hard to look after the boys and girls which is enabling the team to play to their full potential. Looking forward to some great matches through the coming week.”
RODNEY GREEN CENTENNIAL EVENTS CENTRE LATHAM STREET, NAPIER
Entries close Saturday, 10 July 2010
With K. Bird, 29 Riverbend Road, Napier or
e-mail: hbtabletennis@gmail.com
Tournament Manager: Kevin Bird Ph. (06) 843 6223 (evenings)
Tournament Secretary: Janice Kent Ph. (06) 844 9948 (evenings)
The Entry Forms for the South Island Championships being hosted by Table Tennis South Canterbury in Timaru on 14/15 August 2010 are available at http://www.tabletennis.org.nz. Entries Close Tuesday 20 July 2010. The TTNZ site as above is having temporary access technical problems at this very present time following a move of the server by the web host. If you cannot access the site the forms are also available at http://www.tabletennissc.org.nz/
