The fifth weeks results from the 2014 TTW Winter Interclub.
Here is the entry form for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships to be held at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium from the 1st to 3rd September 2014: 2014 New Zealand Secondary School Championships.
Entries close on Wednesday 20th August 2014 to the Auckland Table Tennis Association.
NB: this year’s competition includes the following Athletes With Disability sections:
Individual Events:
AWD Class 1-5 – Wheelchair
AWD Class 6-10 – Standing
AWD Class 11: Intellectual Disability
From Malcolm who helped umpire this event held on May 28 (my apologies for the delay in this report too, time sure flies).
The 2014 New Zealand Institute of Sports Table Tennis Tournament was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie. Auckland won all the events after being third last year. There were exciting final matches in the Men’s Singles where Istead beat White 2-1 (11-9 in the 3rd) and Mixed Doubles where Istead & Erihe beat Hira & Galang 2-1 (15-13 in the 3rd). If Wellington had won both those matches instead of Auckland they would have won overall. Thanks to Malcolm Wong and Roger Watkin who were the umpires, and Malcolm Wong who organised the draw and photos.
Results:
Men’s Singles
1st Luke Istead (Auckland)
2nd Keanu White (Wellington)
3rd Andrew Storer (Christchurch)
Women’s Singles
1st Justice Erihe (Auckland)
2nd Ruby Fraser (Wellington)
3rd Arna Roberts (Christchurch)
Mixed Doubles
1st Luke Istead & Justice Erihe (Auckland)
2nd Manutai Hira & Janella Galang (Wellington)
3rd Albert Stanciu & Arna Roberts (Christchurch)
– Malcolm Wong
From Malcolm who was in Auckland as an official at the 2014 World Vets in May.
Over 1600 players completed in the 17th World Veteran Championships held in the Trusts Arena (Henderson) in West Auckland. A great experience in the largest table tennis tournament to be held in New Zealand and an excellent venue. There were many volunteers that helped to make the tournament run successfully. Access to the Stadium was only allowed on Friday 9 May at 9 pm and volunteers worked until 5am to lay down the Stag Flooring. Also the tables that were put up to allow the players to practice in the weekend were taken down for the opening ceremony on Sunday night and then were put back up which took to midnight.
I was a Table Manager (Monday and Tuesday) for group play in singles and doubles where 59 tables were used. Then i umpired from Thursday to Saturday. I umpired the Over 50 Women Singles final and the Over 60 Men’s Doubles final on Saturday afternoon. I was also the counter for a expedite match in the Over 75 Men’s Singles Final which was the last match to finish.
A number of Wellington players qualified for the main draw in the Men’s Singles. They were Heath Murdoch (Over 40), Chris Talbot (Over 50), Ian Talbot (Over 60), Merv Allardyce (Over 80) and Eddie Moore (Over 80). Eddie Moore was the only player to win a match in the main draw when he beat Ichimura Saburo (Japan) 3-0. Chris and Ian Talbot qualified for the main draw in the Over 50 Men’s Doubles where they lost a close match 2-3. Merv Allardyce and Eddie Moore were runner up in the Over 80 Men’s Doubles Consolation Final.
Thanks to Terry Cockfield who supplied me with the photo of the group of umpires and of Merv Allardyce and Eddie Moore playing a doubles match.
Standing – Shri Sharma (FIJ) Ben Hurr (NZL) Hideo Nagae (JPN) Bill Sheelan (AUS) Rasma Freiberga (LVA) Hamish Rennie (NZL) Malcolm Wong (NZL) Kazuko Konno (JPN) Alan Hopkins (AUS) Greg Bungey (AUS) Leon Libin (USA) Yoshiko Yamanaka (JPN) and Keiko Kaneko (JPN).
Front – Pushpa Wati (FIJ) Yoshiyo Kita (JPN) Yuko Hamabe (JPN) Tomoko Fukuda (JPN) Yumiko Morikawa (JPN) and Kimie Akutsu (JPN).
Eberhard is the President of the Swaythling Club International (SCI), which is for former players and officials who have been to the World Championships, and Diane is the Honorary President. Diane was formerly Diane Rowe who won the World Women Doubles with her twin sister Rosalind (1951 and 1954). They toured New Zealand in 1953.
Peter is the face of Stag, which is the major sponsor of the 2014 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships.
service certificates from Malcolm Wong (URC).
from Malcolm Wong (URC).
-Malcolm Wong
Forms here: 2014 Manawatu Open Entry Form
SATURDAY 5 JULY 2014 (Open, Grades + U21)
SUNDAY 6 JULY 2014 (Veterans and Juniors)
Venue: Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North
Get in a car-pool to share travel costs!
A small attendance for the first of the 2014 Development Tournaments (held yesterday, June 15) but this helped ensure plenty of table tennis for those who participated. Special mention should be made of three players from Manawatu who journeyed down for the day.
All players were of a good standard with several making their first tournament appearances. With players giving of their best, the constant play against good opposition saw games that were enjoyable to watch for the good number of spectators. Several players improved noticeably with the experience and should take encouragement from their efforts.
All players should be congratulated for their play and their willingness to umpire when not playing and we look forward to seeing them all at future tournaments at this and higher levels.
Results
| Winner/s | Runner/s Up | |
| Under 12 singles | Alexander Yan | Calvin Li |
| Under 12 Doubles | Alexander Yan & Jimi Nelson | Thomas Sun (Man) & Hiroshi Mukhopadhyay (Man) |
| Under 14 Singles | Jack Webb (Man) | Liam Buckrell |
| Under 14 Doubles | Liam Buckrell & Calvin Li | Travis Dyer & Alex Randall |
| Under 17 Singles | Liam Buckrell | Jack Webb (Man) |
| Under 17 Doubles | Liam Buckrell & Calvin Li | Jack Webb (Man) & Conor McCarthy |
-Kevin Haines
The fourth weeks results from the 2014 TTW Winter Interclub
The third weeks results from the 2014 TTW Winter Interclub.
The TTNZ Junior Open forms from TTNZ are out and available on their website.
Entries Close: Wednesday 25th June 2014
Competition is July 16-20, not far away – Palmerston North! (Table Tennis Manawatu)
Note that July 5/6 is the Manawatu Open
& the Hawkes Bay Open is on June 21.
(TTNZ 2014 calendar here)
The second week’s results from TTW 2014 Winter Interclub
