There were a bunch of players from Wellington competing in the NZ Veterans Tournament – the largest contingent in a long time and it sounds like a good time was held by all!
Wellington Team placings (full results are on the TTNZ site here):
Over 40 Women:
2nd to Wellington (Sabine Westenra, Raewyn Young)
Over 40 Men’s A Grade:
4th to Wellington 1 (Depak Patel, Lindsay Ward, Ian Talbot)
5th to Wellington 2 (Rob Chung, Keith Aldersley, Bryan McConnochie, Paul Solt)
Over 40 Men’s B Grade:
2nd to Wellington 3 (Martin Young, Harry Chen, John Gan)
Over 50 Men’s A Grade:
3rd to Wellington 1 (Lindsay Ward, Depak Patel)
4th to Wellington 3 (Ian Talbot, Chris Talbot)
Over 50 Men’s B Grade:
1st to Wellington 2 (Bryan McConnochie, John Gan)
3rd to Wellington 4 (Martin Young, Paul Solt)
Over 65 Men’s A Grade:
3rd to Wellington (Chris Williams, Bruce Connolly)
Over 70 Men’s B Grade:
3rd to Wellington (Eddie Moore, Merv Allardyce)
Over 75 Men:
4th to Wellington (Eddie Moore, Merv Allardyce)
Individual results are available through here, I’ve copied down the Wellington results here:
Over 40 Men’s Singles plate Winner: John Gan
Over 40 Women’s Singles Runner Up: Raewyn Young – lost 12-10 in 5th set after being 2-0 sets down
Over 40 Women’s Doubles Winner: Raewyn Young and Sabine Westenra (beat top seeds 3-0 in final)
Over 40 Mixed Doubles Winner: Sabine Westenra and Heath Murdoch
Over 50 Men’s Singles plate Winner: John Gan
Over 50 Men’s Singles plate Runner Up: Paul Solt
Over 60 Men’s Singles 3rd place: Bryan McConnochie
Over 65 Men’s singles plate winner: Bruce Connolly
Over 75 Men’s Singles plate Runner-up: Mervyn Allardyce
Congratulations to all players attending the National Vets tournament this year.
Here are some photos from Malcolm Wong:
Table Tennis Wellington 