Table Tennis Wellington

Here is the result summary from the earlier 2011 TTSports Wellington Open (Wgtn Open champs-runners up results summary).

There was a computer death (fortunately after rather than during the tournament!) so we didn’t have readily exportable data to upload here.

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Event, Winner/Titleholder (Association) bt. Runner up

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Open Men’s Singles Thom Nguyen (Wgtn) bt. Hayden Tapp
Open Women’s Singles Catherine Zhou (Wgtn) bt. Lisa Yue
Open Men’s Doubles T Nguyen & H Tapp (Wgtn) bt. Craig Dye & Mitchell Barker
Open Mixed Doubles M Hetherington & C Zhou (Waikato/Wgtn) bt. M Page & L Yue

B Grade Mixed Singles Matthew Ball (Manawatu) bt. Myles Collins

C Grade Mixed Singles Harsh Singh (Wgtn) bt. Harry Chen
C Grade Mixed Doubles K McGeehan & M Wong (Man/Wgtn) bt. D & Z Lochhead

D Grade Mixed Singles Zac Lochhead (Manawatu) bt. Paul Griffin

O70 Mixed Singles R Ammundsen (Manawatu) bt. Joy Mozer

O60 Men’s Singles Bruce Connolly (Wgtn) bt. Richard Ammundsen
O60 Mixed Doubles B Connolly & C Williams (Wgtn) bt. K McGeehan & R Ammundsen

O50 Mixed Singles Lindsay Ward (Wgtn) bt. Depak Patel
O50 Mixed Doubles L Ward & B McConnochie (Wgtn) bt. I Talbot & D Patel

O40 Mixed Singles Ian Talbot (Wgtn) bt. Lindsay Ward
O40 Mixed Doubles L Ward & I Talbot (Wgtn) bt. D Patel & B McConnochie

O30 Mixed Singles Lindsay Ward (Wgtn) Robert Chung
O30 Mixed Doubles L Ward & C Dye (Wgtn/NH) K Aldersley & B McConnochie

U21 Men’s Singles Thom Nguyen (Wgtn) bt. Myles Collins
U21 Women’s Singles L Yue (Wgtn) bt. Emily Kan
U21 Combined Doubles Myles Collins & Mark Page (Waikato) bt. J Harter & M Hetherington

U18 Boys’ Singles Thom Nguyen (Wgtn) bt. Jeffrey Chin
U18 Girls’ Singles Emily Kan (Manawatu) bt. Ellen Xiong
U18 Plate Singles Adam Xiong (Wgtn) bt. Ian Wang
U18 Boys’ Doubles T Nguyen & D Lam (Wgtn) bt. N Watson & D Lochhead

U15 Boys’ Singles Dean Lochhead (Manawatu) bt. Nathan Watson
U15 Plate Singles Terry Lee (Manawatu) bt. Che Dixon
U15 Mixed Doubles N Watson & D Lochhead (Manawatu) bt. A Xiong & S Hanson

U13 Boys’ Singles Jae Lee (Manawatu) bt. Sean Hanson
U13 Mixed Doubles Jae Lee & D van Drimmelen (Man/Wgtn) bt. A Xiong & S Hanson

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The next Junior Development Tournament will be on Sunday September 11 at the Empire Table Tennis Club stadium.

Here is the entry form and conditions: Junior Development Entry September 11 2011

Entries close 9pm, September 8 (refer to the form above for how to enter).

Times (CORRECTED – to be the same as the entry form):
Under 12 2.00 pm
Under 14 10.00 am
Under 17 2.00 pm

This is a great way for junior players to test their skills in a competitive environment.

A report from Malcolm Wong on his recent trip down south…

There were over 50 players at this tournament held at the Bayfield High School Gymnasium (Dunedin). Playing conditions were good. Play started 8.30am and finished at 11.30pm. Only 2 players were from the North Island and it was disappointing that the top Canterbury players did not support this event. The Cafeteria was at the Guthrie Pavillion, which was not ideal as it in a different building and then only open to 2pm. For doubles the same colour shirt rule for both players was enforced at this tournament. As often players put partner required, a common shirt such as blue, should be in the conditions. Former New Zealand Champions Bryan Foster and Yvonne Fogarty were among the spectators

The Open winners results are published here. Singles winners/runnerups are on the TTNZ site.

Malcolm Wong and Stephen Craw (Canterbury) won the Men’s C Men’s Doubles, defeating the top seeds John Fogarty/Dyna Seng 3-0 in the final. Malcolm also won the D Grade Men’s Doubles with Derek Partridge (Canterbury). Malcolm played a wheelchair player for the first time. He was John Marrable (Otago), originally from England, who is a 5th dan black belt in karate.

Thanks to the tournament organisers for all their hard work. Robin Sew Hoy (Tournament Secretary), Barry Ellis (Tournament Manager), Alan Moore (Referee) and Ben Hurr (Assistant Referee). Also thanks to Emma Paton and Ben Duffy for some of the photos.

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-Malcolm Wong

Last year there was a successful representative challenge event where top teams from Wellington were sent up to challenge equivalent teams in Manawatu (well, not too successful – Manawatu won!). This year will be the same (Saturday Oct 1) but down here in Wellington. This will be a handy event for those going to the Senior Nationals later in October too. Teams will be selected for this at a later date.

This year there we would like to have a “B”/”C”/”D” grade teams matchup with Manawatu too, but in Palmerston North Saturday August 27. Please contact me (secretary [at] ttwellington.org.nz) or Depak or Stephen as soon as possible if you are available for this trip. (If we haven’t gotten to ask you already.) They’ll make a selection from whomever is available.