Empire club have a regular newsletter “Empire Spin” – for those outside of Empire I’m taking the liberty of extracting some pieces from it and pasting below (with a couple of pics from Malcolm Wong). Any other clubs with news are most welcome to post here or email to me and I can put it into a blog entry too. It’s always interesting to share what’s going on!
Empire Spin
April 2011
Recent Results
Empire Vets Tournament 2011
First a big thank you to Chris Williams for doing all the pre-tournament planning and excellent organisation of the events on the day. Everything went very smoothly, the atmosphere was good and there were some enjoyable round robins and matches until mid-afternoon when unfortunately Merv Allardyce collapsed. Everyone rallied to help and special thanks must go to Melanie Armstrong who performed CPR before the ambulances (2) arrived. We are pleased to say Merv, although still in Wellington Hospital at the time of writing, is now doing well. Most people carried on playing although the atmosphere was not the same after Merv’s collapse.
Thanks must also go to our prize sponsors Graeme Jackson and Opus for 6 bottles of wine and to Paul Solt for the 4 bat cleaning kits. Additional prizes were purchased. Light refreshments provided by Maggie Dyer were available on the day – bread rolls, fruit and homemade slices.
We are pleased to announce the results:
| Event | Place | Name |
| Combined Age Doubles | WinnersRunners / up | Jim Jarmin / Ian WhiteMerv Allardyce / Chas Wong |
| Over 40 Doubles | WinnersRunners / up | Depak Patel / Keith AldersleyLindsay Ward / Ian Talbot |
| Over 40 Singles Division 1 | WinnerRunner / up | Lindsay Ward Ian Talbot |
| Over 40 Singles Division 2 | WinnerRunner / up | Depak Patel Raewyn Young |
| Combined Age Singles Division 1 | WinnerRunner / up | Jim Jarmin / Ian White (shared) |
| Combined Age Singles Division 2 | WinnerRunner / up | Paul Hurst Joy Mozer |
Summer Interclub
Congratulations to Depak Patel, a member of the winning team “Pommie Gits” in Section 1 and Elias Villaneuva and Kai Xu of “Dangerous” who won Section 3. Empire members playing and their results are shown below:
| Section One | Team | Played | Won | Lost | %age |
| Depak Patel | Pommie Gits |
10 |
10 |
0 |
100% |
| John Gan | Gantals |
10 |
8 |
2 |
80% |
| Ian Talbot | Gantals |
10 |
6 |
4 |
60% |
| Larn Sweeney | Wolverines |
10 |
5 |
5 |
50% |
| Raewyn Young | Young Guns |
10 |
4 |
6 |
40% |
| Paul Solt | Team Jools |
8 |
3 |
5 |
37.50% |
| Jason Giles | Assassins |
10 |
1 |
9 |
10% |
| Warren Evans | Assassins |
10 |
1 |
9 |
10% |
| Section 2 | |||||
| Mat Hobbs | Pong Masters |
10 |
8 |
3 |
80% |
| Martin Young | Courage |
10 |
5 |
5 |
50% |
| Malcolm Wong | Courage |
10 |
2 |
8 |
20% |
| Harry Chen | Brave |
9 |
1 |
8 |
11.10% |
| Section 3 | |||||
| Elias Villaneuva | Dangerous |
10 |
10 |
0 |
100% |
| Kai Xu | Dangerous |
10 |
10 |
0 |
100% |
| Rahul Suvarnan | Fearless |
10 |
8 |
2 |
80% |
| Hayden Kirkbeck | Executioners |
10 |
7 |
3 |
70% |
| Darren O’Brien | Heroes |
10 |
5 |
5 |
50% |
| Russell Buchanan | Heroes |
10 |
5 |
5 |
50% |
| Graham Sole | Executioners |
9 |
4 |
5 |
44.40% |
| Rod Weston | Fearless |
10 |
3 |
7 |
30% |
| Adam Xiong | Gladiators |
8 |
1 |
7 |
12.50% |
| Ellen Xiong | Gladiators |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0% |
Wanganui Open
Four keen and hardy souls went from Empire Club to play in the Wanganui Open on Saturday 16 April. A good day was had by all and some even made a profit (prize money earned exceeded entry fees) on the day! Here are the results of their day:
Depak Patel
Open Mens Singles – Runner up
Open Mixed Doubles with Raewyn Young – Winner
Over 40 Mens Singles – Runner up
Over 40 Mens Doubles with Bryan McConnochie (Titan) – Winner
Over 40 Mixed Doubles with Raewyn Young – Winner
Over 50 Mens Singles – Winner
Over 50 Mens Doubles with Bryan McConnochie (Titan) – Winner
Raewyn Young
Open Womens Singles – Winner
Open Womens Doubles with Gladys Halford (Manawatu) – Winner
Open Mixed Doubles with Depak Patel – Winner
Over 40 Womens Singles – Winner
Over 40 Mixed Doubles with Depak Patel – Winner
Paul Solt
Over 50 Mens Singles – Runner up
Over 50 Mens Doubles with David Welch (Wanganui) – Runner up
Elias Villaneava
Open Mens Singles Plate – Winner
Coming up…..
Coaching Nights
Depak with help from Raewyn, is now running a coaching night for members, every Thursday night. Come along and pay the usual $4.00 or use your concession card and take advantage of some expert coaching.
Winter Interclub
This is likely to commence towards the end of May. If you would like to play please contact Chris Williams.
Friday Night Club
The junior club’s first night for the year is Friday 29th April. This is open to all children, although most suited to those late Primary school age to early Secondary School. Come along from 6.30 pm.
Plaque for Time Capsule Project
This has now been engraved by Peter Campbell, so keep an eye out on the Time Capsule as it is expected to be attached soon. Thanks to Arthur and his helpers, it is great now to see the project completed…well until the year 2034 when the capsule can be opened!
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