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Some Wellington results from the recent Manwatu Open held up the road…
The full results are listed here.
Winter Interclub Series 2 for 2017 finished with a couple of absorbing finals and a full hall as other finishing positions were determined over the three grades.
The premier final between Waterloo Wasps and Empire Entertainers was 2-2 after the first doubles but the second batch of singles saw the Entertainers edge ahead and continue the momentum to run out 6-3 winners, with Bruno Omizu being the rock with 3 singles and 2 doubles wins.
The Division Two final between Waterloo Wolves and Empire Enforcers was a cliff hanger all the way, matches going each way until the Enforcers took a 5-3 lead only for the Wolves to even up the score. This left Craig Gear (Wolves) and Ryan Cronin (Enforcers) to battle for the title with Ryan giving the Enforcers the victory. Ryan had earlier won a match 12-10 in the fifth set, a result which had a major impact on the final outcome.
Empire completed a sweep of the finals with the Egrets closing out their Division Two final with Waterloo Wapitis 6-3.
Full results:
Empire Entertainers beat Waterloo Wasps 6-3
Titan Terriers beat Titan Tomatoes 7-4 (3/4 playoff)
Empire Eagles beat Tian Trailblazers 6-1 (5/6 playoff)
Empire Energisers bt Empire Waterloo Embers 7-3 (7/8 playoff)
Empire Enforcers beat Waterloo Wolves 6-5
Onslow Ogres beat Titan Empire 6-0 (3/4 playoff)
Onslow Waterloo Owls beat Empire Enigmas 7-4 (5/6 playoff)
Empire Egrets beat Waterloo Wapitis 6-3
Karori Kometz beat Empire Elms 9-2 (3/4 playoff)
Onslow Onslaughts beat Waterloo Whippets 6-5 (5/6 playoff)
– Kevin Haines
The annual Primary/Intermediate teams tournament was held on 1 September with 29 boys and 11 girls teams entered by 5 schools.
Most grades experienced some good competition and the standard throughout the divisions was impressive. Thanks to all the players that turned up, plus thanks to school staff who were involved in organising teams before the event and managing them during the day.
| 1st | Clyde Quay 1 |
| 2nd | Clyde Quay 2 |
| 3rd | Clyde Quay 3 |
| 1st | Clyde Quay 4 |
| 2nd | Clyde Quay 6 |
| 3rd | Naenae Int 2 |
| 1st | Clyde Quay 1 |
| 2nd | Wellesley College 1 |
| 3rd | Clyde Quay 2 |
| 1st | Clyde Quay 3 |
| 2nd | Hutt Intermediate 2 |
| 3rd | Wellesley College 2 |
| 1st | Clyde Quay 5 |
| 2nd | Hutt Intermediate 3 |
| 3rd | Wellesley College 3 |
| 1st | Clyde Quay 6 |
| 2nd | Wellesley College 4 |
| 3rd | Clyde Quay 7 |
| 1st | Naenae Int 6 |
| 2nd | Clyde Quay 8 |
| 3rd | Clyde Quay 9 |
A Travel Report from Malcolm Wong:
There were 88 competitors (66 males and 22 females) at the Saxton Stadium (Stoke) in Nelson. There were players from Auckland, Canterbury, Manawatu, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, Southland, Waitako and Wellington. 5 players came from Wellington. Yau Yang Low, Andrew Maguire, Depak Patel, Paul Solt and Malcolm Wong. There were 12 tables. Results are on the TTNZ site.
Table Tennis Wellington President, Malcolm Wong, had Wellington’s sole success when he and Mark Nalder (N) won the Over 60 Men’s Doubles (Round Robin). They beat Alastair Naysmith/Stanislav Petrovic (N) 3-0 (11-8 11-9 11-6) and Kevin Neumann (N)/ Mark Wilson (C) 3-1 (9-11 11-7 14-12 11-9). It was their 20th title together. Depak Patel was runner up in 3 events. He lost to Daniel Astle (N) in the Over 40 Men’s Singles 0-3 (9-11 10-12 6-11) and the Over 40 Men’s Doubles with Julian Main (C) to Daniel Astle/ Paul Op den Buysch (N) 1-3 (9-11 8-11 12-10 7-11). Also the Over 50 Men’s Singles to Stuart Armstrong (C) 0-3 (5-11 5-11 7-11).
No Wellington players qualified from their Open Men’s Singles Group. The closest was Paul Solt who was in a 3 way tie for 2nd in his Men’s Singles Group. He beat Rajitha Samaraweera (MN), a former Sri Lankan Junior Representative, 3-1 (11-9 8-11 11-8 11-7) and lost to Grant Wilson (C) 1-3 (5-11 13-11 6-11 6-11). Rajitha beat Grant Wilson 3-0 (11-6 11-7 11-4) and qualified with the best win/loss ratio (4/3) from Paul Solt (4/4) and Grant Wilson (3/4). Yau Yang Low beat this years Marlborough Open Men’s Singles winner, Alex Wilson (C) in his Men’s Singles Group 3-1 (10-12 11-7 11-8 11-7).
Depak Patel/Yau Yang Low lost in the Men’s B Grade Doubles semi finals to Rajitha Samaraweera/Nathan Watson (MN) 0-3 (9-11 11-13 13-15). Paul Solt was a semi finalist in the Over 40 Singles, losing to Depak Patel 0-3 (2-11 8-11 7-11). Depak Patel/Paul Solt lost in the semi finals of the Over 50 Men’s Doubles to Grant Wilson/Mark Wilson (C) 2-3 (11-8 7-11 7-11 11-9 6-11) as did Malcolm Wong/Mark Nalder to Stanislav Petrovic (N)/Paul Whitehead (WK) 1-3 (9-11 9-11 11-4 9-11).
Thanks to the Tournament Referees, Hamish Rennie and Ron Garrett, and the Tournament Director, Paul Op den Buysch. Also all the Nelson people involved in helping to run the tournament.
– Malcolm Wong
Congratulations all selected for the teams to represent Wellington and best wishes from the rest of us!
Under 13 Girls
Erin Huang, Mei Mun Teh, Anna Wilson
Under 13 Boys
Tom Christie, Aaron Lan, Yufeng Wang
Under 15 Boys
Liam Buckrell, Calvin Li (+ draft)
Under 18 Girls
Hui-Ling Vong, Emma Hanson (+ draft)
Senior Women
Michelle McCarthy, Hui-Ling Vong, Lisa Yue
Senor Men (Team 1)
Ben Collins, Sean Hanson, James Harter, Bruno Omizu, Hayden Tapp
Senor Men (Team 2)
David Buckrell, Jason Granville, Yang Low, Toshi Yasuda
Coach: Hayden Tapp
