Recently Table tennis Wellington held the 2019 Wellington Open. 77 players participated, up slightly on the previous few years. There were a number of players from other Associations, particularly Manawatu, but also Auckland, Waitemata, Waikato and Marlborough.
Results as follows:
| Men’s Singles |
Matthew Ball (Man) |
Sean Hanson |
| Women’s Singles |
Hui-Ling Vong |
Ye Zhai |
| Men’s Doubles |
Matthew Ball (Man) & Rajitha Samaraweera (Ak) |
Noam Bar-Shalom & Yotam Malka |
| Women’s Doubles |
Lisa Yue & Ye Zhai |
Yashka Rabichand & Anna Wilson |
| Mixed Doubles |
Sean Hanson & Ye Zhai |
Rajitha Samaraweera (Ak)& Hui-Ling Vong |
| Men’s Singles Plate |
Andrew Maguire |
Bryan McConnochie |
| B Grade Singles |
James Harter |
Mark Page (Wk) |
| B Grade Doubles |
Depak Patel & Daniel Rosner |
James Harter & Mark Page (Wk) |
| C Grade Singles |
Harry Chen |
Tony Rutledge |
| C Grade Doubles |
Carlos Fung (Man) & Callum McKinnon (Man) |
Andrew Palmer (Wait) & Tony Rutledge |
| D Grade Singles |
Martin Young |
Michael Stechman |
| D Grade Doubles |
Andrew Maguire & Michael Stechman |
Jacqui Wood (Marl) & Vanessa Wood-Lin (Marl) |
| Under 13 Singles |
Akshay Aneesh (Man) |
Yufeng Wang |
| Under 13 Doubles |
Aaron Lan & Yufeng Wang |
Akshay Aneesh (Man) & Hadley James (Man) |
| Under 15 Boys Singles |
Callum McKinnon (Man) |
Yufeng Wang |
| Under 15 Girls Singles |
Yashka Rabichand |
Vanessa Wood-Lin (Marl) |
| Under 15 Doubles |
Yashka Rabichand & Anna Wilson |
Callum McKinnon (Man) & Vanessa Wood-Lin (Marl) |
| Under 15 Boys Plate |
Abilash Sivasith |
Ben Riddell |
| Under 18 Boys Singles |
Callum McKinnon (Man) |
Carlos Fung (Man) |
| Under 18 Girls Singles |
Hui-Ling Vong |
Vanessa Wood-Lin (Marl) |
| Under 18 Doubles |
Carlos Fung (Man) & Callum McKinnon (Man) |
Yashka Rabichand & Anna Wilson |
| Over 30 Singles |
David Buckrell |
Daniel Rosner |
| Over 30 Doubles |
Heath Murdoch & Callum Rusbridge |
Depak Patel & Daniel Rosner |
| Over 40 Singles |
Daniel Rosner |
James Wang |
| Over 40 Doubles |
Depak Patel & Daniel Rosner |
John Gan & Heath Murdoch |
| Over 50 Singles |
Lindsay Ward |
Bryan McConnochie |
| Over 50 Doubles |
Bryan McConnochie & Lindsay Ward |
John Gan & Heath Murdoch |
| Over 60 Singles |
Lindsay Ward |
Tony Rutledge |
| Over 60 Doubles |
Bryan McConnochie & Lindsay Ward |
Malcolm Wong & Martin Young |
Congratulations to the titleholders, the volunteers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes, the volunteer umpires, to Maggie on the shop & to Empire for hosting the event and to everyone who completed or just came along to watch and helped make this event a success!
