… are here: 2015 Winter Series 1 Week 1, it looks like a lot of close matches except for a couple of blowouts in Premier.
If you notice any spelling or stat errors let us know.
Below are the result summaries from the recent 2015 Table Tennis Wellington Autumn & Vets Open Tournaments.
2015 TTW Autumn Open
Open: Matthew Ball bt. Ben Collins (4:1) 6-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
Open Women: Natalie Paterson, runner-up Hui-Ling Vong (round robin)
B Grade: Depak Patel bt. Lindsay Ward (3:0) 11-9, 12-10, 11-1
C Grade: Harry Chen bt. Zhidong Yu (3:0) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
D Grade: Craig Gear bt. Matthew Johansen (3:1) 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-8
U12: Thomas Sun, runner up Kaushal Patel (round robin)
U14: Hui-Ling Vong bt. Liam Buckrell (3:0) 11-1, 11-3, 11-3
U14 Plate: Jimi Nelson bt. Emma Hanson (3:0) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8
U16: Hui-Ling Vong, runner up Scott Lochhead (round robin)
U18: Chun-Kiet Vong bt. Sean Hanson (3:0) 13-11, 11-7, 11-8
U21: Chun-Kiet Vong bt. Sean Hanson (3:1) 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3
U21 Plate: Hui-Ling Vong bt. Matthew Johansen (3:0) 11-3, 11-7, 11-6
O30: Depak Patel bt. Harry Chen (3:2) 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-2
O35: Scott Higham, runner up H Chen (round robin)
O30 Plate: Craig Gear bt. Steve Montgomery (3:2) 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
O45: Lindsay Ward bt. Depak Patel (3:2) 11-6, 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9
O45 Plate: Kelvin Tofland bt. Kevin Haines (3:2) 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9
O55: Lindsay Ward bt. Depak Patel (3:1) 11-7, 14-12, 3-11, 11-8
O55 Plate: Kelvin Tofland bt. Kevin Haines (4:0) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9
2015 TTW 2015 Veterans
O40s: Jason Granville bt. Depak Patel (3:0) 11-6, 14-12, 11-9
O50s: Depak Patel bt. Gary Williams (3:1) 11-4, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8
O60s: Dave Scott bt. Gary Williams (3:1) 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6
O70s: Ian Hull-Brown, runner-up Shirley Eyre (round robin)
O40 Doubles: Jason Granville (A)/Rob Chung bt. Paul Solt/Zhidong Yu
O50 Doubles: Depak Patel/Zhidong Yu bt. Martin Young/Malcolm Wong
O60 Doubles: Gary Williams (A)/Dave Scott (WK) bt. Tony Rutledge/Malcolm Wong
You may remember Hui-Ling was heading over to Kiribati for the Oceania Junior Championships & Cadet Challenge. This finished on May 17 and the results are now in – with the TTNZ story here and the ITTF story here (or under the category here).
From the TTNZ page in the individuals section:
It was Hui-Ling’s turn to shine in the individual events finishing with 3 gold medals. A fantastic achievement in her first international competition. Hui-Ling overcame Katherine Li and Georgina Newton from Australia on her way to the final against team mate Zhiying and then partnered with Zhiying to take the Gold in the girls doubles against Rebekah Stanley and Katherine Li and together with Yang Lun overcame their Aussie opponents (Benjamin Gould and Rebekah Stanley) 11-2 in the 5th set in the final of the cadet mixed doubles.Zhiying and Hui-Ling joined forces again defeating the Aussie pairing of Rebekah Stanley and Katherine Li in the final of the Junior Girls Doubles.
In all Hui-Ling won quite a stash of medals to take home:
- Gold in the Junior Girls Doubles (with Zhiyang Cheng)
- Gold in the Cadet Girls Singles
- Gold in the Cadet Girls Doubles (with Zhiyang Cheng)
- Gold in the Cadet Girls Mixed Doubles (with Yang Lun Zhao)
- Bronze in the Junior Mixed Doubles (with Yang Lun Zhao)
- Silver in the Junior and Cadet Girls Team (with Zhiyang Cheng)
A fantastic performance from Hui-Ling and congratulations to her from all of us.
She will next be starring Tuesday nights for the Titan Trail Blazers in winter interclub Series 1!
From the ITTFWorld flickr album, Hui-Ling (second from the left) getting used to wearing NZ rep black:
2015 TTW Winter Interclub Series I Draws are up: [for updates see here]
2015 Winter Premier Series 1 Draw
2015 Winter Division 1 Series 1 Draw
2015 Winter Division 2 Series 1 Draw
2015 Winter Division 3 Series 1 Draw (updated)
Enjoy the competition which starts this week and runs through until the school holidays.
If you’re not in a team yet contact your club contact to be a reserve player for your club or to get in for Series 2. Series 2 begins July 21/22 and is an opportunity for new teams to enter or to reform Series 1 teams.
This is a report from Malcolm Wong from the 2015 Oceania Hopes Challenge even held recently in Auckland.
This was held at the Cathay Pacific Auckland Table Tennis Stadium at 99a Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland. There was a 4 day training camp during the week (7-10 April) with overseas and local coaches involved, headed by Dejan Papic (ITTF Education and Training Coordinator). This was followed by a tournament in the weekend (11-12 April). Results from the tournament are on the TTNZ site.
There were 10 boys and 10 girls participating. The only overseas players were one boy and girl from Australia and also New Caledonia. Malcolm Wong (Wellington) was the Referee for the tournament. There was a lack of qualified umpires with only one National Umpire, Robert Dunn, and two Junior Umpires, Neil Chen and Abel Mok, available. The tournament was run very efficiently and finished ahead of time. At the end of the tournament presentations were made to Dejan Papic and Malcolm Wong.
This tournament should be added on to the Oceania Junior and Cadet Open. This would result on more countries sending players to the Hope Challenge. Also this tournament clashed with the Oceania Cup. Cathy Gauthier (New Caledonia) was coaching at this tournament instead of defending her Pacific Cup Women Singles.
Thanks to Shane Warbrooke, Tournament Organiser and also CEO of the Auckland Table Tennis Association, for all his hard work for the tournament. Also thanks to all the people who volunteered their time to umpire. They are Rodney Bygrave, Judy Hinton, Kerry McGeehan, Abel Mok, Dave Little, Eugene Wong (Session 1 Sat 10am- 1pm), Wang Leung Chan, Neil Chen, Martin Lee, Abel Mok, Kevin Wu (Session 2 Sat 2pm-4pm), Neil Chen, Robert Dunn, Ebi Kleiser, Martin Lee, Pat Low, Kerry McGeehan (Session 3 Sun 10am -1.30pm).
-Malcolm Wong
Ref also here.
The 2015 Table Tennis Wellington Veterans Open Tournament is open to all-comers. If you turn 40 or more in 2015 then you are eligible – mark your calendar!
The tournament will be held on Saturday May 23 at the Empire Table Tennis Club Hall, Marine Parade, Petone. Round up your friends and car-pool in.
Details and Entry Form
2015 Wgtn Veterans Entry Form (and as pdf).
& Conditions
2015 Wgtn Veterans Conditions (and as pdf).
Schedule
| Time | Saturday May 23 |
| 10:00am | Over 50, Over 70 |
| 12:30pm | Over 40, Over 60 |
Entries Close Wednesday May 20, 6pm
email: tournament [at] ttwellington.org.nz
Tournament Managers
Bruce Northover, Kevin Haines
Table Tennis Wellington 