Waterloo Wasps v Empire Entertainers 1 vs 2 Titan Terriers v Titan Tomatoes 3 vs 4 Empire Eagles v Titan Trailblazers 5 vs 6 Empire Waterloo Embers v Empire Energisers 7 vs 8
Division One
Empire Enforcers v Waterloo Wolves 1 vs 2 Onslow Ogres v Titan Empire 3 vs 4 Empire Enigmas v Onslow Waterloo Owls 5 vs 6
Division Two
Waterloo Wapitis v Empire Egrets 1 vs 2
Here are the teams & draw for matches starting next week, plenty of teams gunning for payback after Series 1!
The TTNZ North Islands finished over the weekend with some great Wellington results:
Hui-Ling Vong 2nd in the Open Women’s Singles !
Hui-Ling & Michelle McCarthy semi-finalists in the Open Women’s Doubles.
Hui-Ling also a semi-finalist (with Yuhan Gao, North Shore) in the Open Mixed Doubles. Sean Hanson was a quarter finalist in this event as was Michelle McCarthy.
Emma Hanson was a semi-finalist in the B Grade Women’s singles.
Sean Hanson (with Paul Skiffington, WT) 2nd in the B Grade Men’s Doubles.
Paul Solt (with Paul Skiffington, WT) semi-finalist in the C Grade Men’s Doubles.
Paul Solt was winner in the D Grade Men’s Singles!
Paul Solt (with Malcolm Lowe, AKL) 2nd in the O40s Men’s Doubles.
David Buckrell (with Aidong Li, AKL) 2nd in the O40s Mixed Doubles.
David Buckrell was winner in the O30 Men’s Singles!
David Buckrell (with Vivienne Daisley, BP) 2nd in the O30s Mixed Doubles.
Sean Hanson a quarter-finalist in the U21 Men’s Singles.
Hui-Ling Vong won the U21 Women’s Singles.
Sean Hanson (with Jae Lee, MN) 2nd in the U21 Men’s Doubles.
Hui-Ling Vong a semi-finalist in the U18 Girl’s Singles.
Liam Buckrell (with Finn Holden, Southland) a quarter-finalist in the U18 Boy’s Doubles.
Emma Hanson (with Abbey Webb, MN) 2nd in the U18 Girl’s Doubles.
Hui-Ling Vong (with Trevor Pene, CM) a semi-finalist in the U18 Mixed Doubles.
Liam Buckrell a quarter-finalist in the U15 Boy’s Singles.
Emma Hanson (with Abbey Webb, MN) won the U15 Girl’s Doubles.
Liam Buckrell (with Abbey Webb, MN) a semi-finalist in the U15 Mixed Doubles.
Congratulations to all Wellington players who made the trip!
Winner Runner Up
Under 12 singles Tomos Christie Anna Wilson
Under 14 singles Sam James (Man) Yufeng Wang
Under 14 A Plate Anna Wilson Akshay Aneesh (Man)
under 14 B Plate Casey Pearson Brandon Lee (Man)
Under 14 Doubles
Winners Anna Wilson & Yufeng Wang
Runners Up Mei Mun Teh & Erin Huang
Under 17 Singles Jin Shim (Man) Akshay Aneesh (Man)
Congratulations & thanks to everyone who came along! Watch this space for the next event…
Ben Collins (Men’s Singles winner) and Jason Granville (Runner up) There were 43 players on Saturday and 23 juniors on the Sunday. The juniors were up significantly due to the coaching programme carried out by Gordon Stackhouse and Alistair Naysmith. A report on the tournament is attached.
In the Men’s Singles Ben Collins and Jason Granville meet in the final. In a high quality match with many good rallies Ben’s attack was able to overcome the mid range defence of Jason. Ben prevailed 4-2 (8-11 11-6 11-9 12-10 10-12 11-6). These two won the Men’s Doubles against Daniel Astle and Paul Op den Buysch (Nelson) 3-2 (9-11 11-8
9-11 11-8 11-6).
Malcolm Wong, with Mark Nalder (Nelson), were runner up in the Over 50 Doubles against Gregg Davey and Derek Partridge (Canterbury) 0-3 (7-11 4-11 9-11). Malcolm and Mark won the Over 60 Doubles final against Alistair Naysmith and Gary Basher (Nelson) 3-0 (11-8 11-9 11-9).
Ex Titan player Alistair Naysmith won the Over 60 and Over 70 Singles, and the Over 70 Doubles. He beat Mark Wilson (Canterbury) in the Over 60 Singles final 3-1 (7-11 11-7 11-9 15-13) and he beat Gary Basher in the Over 70 Singles 3-0 (11-3 11-7 11-2). Alistair and Gary Basher won the Over 70 Doubles (Round Robin).
Thanks to the Nelson Table Tennis people involved in running the tournament and the cafeteria. Mark Nalder, Malcolm Wong (Over 60 Doubles winners), Alistair Naysmith, Gary Basher (Runner up)
This was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie on Wednesday 24 May, as part of the annual 4 day NZIS Sport Exchange Championship (22-25 May) between Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Wellington is the 2017 winner. The multi sports tournament first started in 2002 and has been won mainly by Wellington. 13 times (2002-2008, 2010, 2012-2015, 2017 ) followed by Auckland twice (2011, 2016) and Christchurch (2009).
Gareth Severin became the first Wellington player to win the Men’s Singles. Previously Auckland players had won 3 times and Christchurch players twice. Linda Kong won both her matches in straight games, becoming the third Wellington Woman in a row to win the Woman Singles. Wellington, by winning both the Men’s and Women Singles, had a unassailable lead going into the mixed doubles. The Singles winners, Gareth and Linda, combined to win the Mixed Doubles for Wellington. Canterbury by beating Auckland in the last mixed doubles finished second. Wellington has won the table tennis for the third successive year and now lead Auckland (2 wins, 2012 & 2014) and Christchurch (1 win in 2013). Malcolm Wong was the Referee. He and Roger Watkin umpired the matches.
Results were:
1 Wellington 3 points
2 Christchurch 2 points
3 Auckland 1 point
Men’s Singles
1 Gareth Severin (Wellington)
2 Matthew Humby (Auckland)
3 Sergio Johnson (Christchurch)
Gareth Severin beat Matthew Humby 9-11 11-7 11-5 11-9
Gareth Severin beat Sergio Johnson 9-11 11-8 11-6 11-8
Matthew Humby beat Sergio Johnson 11-6 11-8 9-11 11-5
Women’s Singles
1 Linda Kong (Wellington)
2 Mahina Mullany (Christchurch)
3 Arohaina Beverland (Auckland)
Linda Kong beat Mahina Mullany 11-6 11-4 11-5
Linda Kong beat Arohaina Beverland 11-8 11-6 11-4
Mahina Mullany beat Arohaina Beverland 14-12 11-6 11-4
Mixed Doubles
1 Gareth Severin & Linda Kong (Wellington)
2 Samuel McGarvey & Te Amo Tomainu (Christchurch)
3 Matthew Humby & Arohaina Beverland (Auckland)
G Severin/L Kong beat S McGarvey/ T A Tamainu 11-8 12-10 11-3
G Severin/ L Kong beat M Humby/ A Beverland 11-5 10-12 11-4 11-7
S McGarvey/T A Tomainu beat M Humby/A Beverland 11-9 11-5
Malcolm Wong and Roger Watkin with the NZIS Sports Cup
Table Tennis Wellington 