Here are some photos with results from the recent 2012 TTSports Wellington Autumn Open (May 19-20). Sorry if we didn’t get a picture of you this year – maybe next year! Thanks to Paul Solt for managing the tournament and all the helpers and ring-ins too, if I try to list them I’ll only forget a few.
If you are a junior you are invited to the first 2012 Junior Development Tournament.
When
It will be on: Sunday 10th June 2012.
at the Empire Table Tennis Stadium on Marine Parade, Petone.
Entries Close: Noon, Wednesday 6 June.
Schedule
Sunday 10th June
Under 12 2.00 pm
Under 14 10.00 am
Under 17 2.00 pm
Details
For details refer to the entry and rules document: TTW Development Tournament 2012 First Sunday June 10.
The spreadsheet is a WIP but here are the sheets for the play-by-play:
Premier 1: TTW 2012 Winter Week 2 Premier 1
Premier 2: TTW 2012 Winter Week 2 Premier 2
Premier 3: TTW 2012 Winter Week 2 Premier 3
Premier 4: TTW 2012 Winter Week 2 Premier 4
NB: The draws are here.
Thanks to Reg from Karori club for forwarding on these pictures from Wednesday night:
Update: The draw for next week (June 4-6):
This is part of the comprehensive Table Tennis Wellington schools program with endless hours of coaching by Stephen Hirst at many schools in the Wellington/Hutt Valley area and competitive events such as this one between the schools.
Thanks to Stephen (and helpers!) and CollegeSport Wellington for being able to run this program.
PS: An example score-sheet is here.
… are in the pipeline but for those die-hards who like to analyse everything here are the score-sheets from Tuesday and Wednesday: Part 1 and Part 2 (part 2 is a re-scan of a couple of sheets unclear in the first scan).
The team count by clubs is:
Empire 11
Belmont 7
Waterloo 5
Karori 3
Onslow 2
Titan 1
Johnsonville 1
Draws were tweaked a little including some name changes and the extra team added to P4, I updated the links to the draw on the original post here.
Hot off the press the draw and rules are now available below. Enjoy the competition!
Information & Rules: TTW 2012 Winter Interclub Rules
Premier 1: Premier 1 draw
Premier 2: Premier 2 draw
Premier 3: Premier 3 draw
Premier 4: Premier 4 draw
Timetable
May 15 Premier 1 & 3 grades commence (Tuesdays)
May 16 Premier 2 & 4 grades commence (Wednesdays)
May 30/5 Junior Grade Commences
June 28 – July 16 School holidays (no interclub play, Junior Nationals)
July 17 Premier 1 & 3 grades continue
July 18 Premier 2 & 4 and Junior grades continue
Sept 4 Grade champs for Premier grades (1st vs. 2nd teams in each grade)
Remember Junior Interclub dates per above.
Tournament
Also remember the Wellington Autumn Open – May 19/20 – entries close May 15!
Malcolm Wong flew up to Auckland for the recent KVB Kunlun TTNZ 2012 New Zealand Junior & Cadet Open held April 19-22. He was there as one of the official umpires and I hear it was non-stop at the umpire stand for all umpires involved so thanks to all of them! Following is Malcolm’s report along with photos borrowed from various sources. Local Wellington and Belmont player Thom Nguyen represented New Zealand at this event.
Results and details are on this page on the TTNZ website and on the ITTF website.
This tournament was held at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium at Newmarket, Auckland. There were 82 participants (46 boys and 36 girls). Most were from New Zealand (37) and Australia (23).Other countries were The Cook Islands (8), Kirabati (3), Hong Kong (2), Malaysia (2), New Caledonia (2) Singapore (2) Norway, Solomon Islands and Thailand.
Only 6 umpires were available for all 4 days, with a few more on Saturday only. This meant the umpires were required for all rounds from 9am and finishing 9pm for the first 3 days. Play on the last day finished at 7pm. So it was a very tiring experience for the umpires. On the first day I umpired 8 team matches. I umpired the finals of the Cadet Boys Teams, Junior Girls Oceania World Championship Qualification, Cadet Girls Doubles, Junior Boys Doubles and the Junior Girls Singles.
Thom Nguyen was Wellington’s sole player at this tournament. He won a Bronze Medal in the Junior Boys Team as a member of New Zealand B (with Daniel Lowe). These two also won the Silver Medal in the Junior Boys Doubles.
-Malcolm Wong
PS: A great news story on Manawatu umpire Val Scarr is here.
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