Earlier Malcolm Wong and a few others from Wellington went to the Nelson Open this year and Malcolm kindly filed a report.
Malcolm Wong, with Mark Nalder (Nelson), won the Over 50 and 60 Men’s Doubles and they were runner up in the Over 40 Men’s Doubles. Malcolm reached the semi finals of the Over 50 and Over 60 Men’s Singles. In his Over 50 Men’s Singles Group Malcolm beat the Over 50 and Over 60 Men’s Singles winner Mark Nalder 3-2 (13-11 11-5 13-15 7-11 11-1). His third win over Mark. The first was in the 2005 Marlborough Open Over 50 Men’s Singles final. Malcolm first played in the Nelson Open in 1998 where he won the Over 35 Mixed Doubles with Ulrike Kusche (Canterbury) and the Over 40 Men’s Doubles with Joachim Kusche (Canterbury). His sole singles title there was winning the 2011 Nelson Open Over 50 Men’s Singles.
Ben Collin’s reached the semi finals of the Men’s Singles where he lost to the eventual winner Yi Sien Lin (Canterbury) in a tough seven game struggle. Lin won 9-11 11-4 9-11 11-4 11-5 7-11 11-8. Winners and runner ups of events are attached.
There were 39 entries, which was up from last years total of 31. Thanks to the organisers, Robin Knight and Michael Holmes (Tournament Controllers), Paul Op den Buysch (Xpand2play), Kay Hazeldine (Certificates and Finance) and Glenda Ferguson (Finance). Also to the Cafeteria Ladies, Karen Holmes, Katharine Ritchie, Noelene Wells, Debbie Watson and Dianne Watson. Photos are on the TTNZ photo archives.
Malcolm Wong (International Umpire) ran an umpiring course on the Sunday (14 June). Congratulations to Paul Op den Buysch, Katie Roddis and Ashley Windsor who qualified as Regional Umpires.
A reminder that all divisions restart back to zero for a fresh competition now that school is back in session.
Specifically:
Series 2 Premier grade starts July 21 – the draw is here: TTW Winter Interclub Premier-Series 2 Draw
There is one more team and a bye each week so note your bye week (the team with the bye for this week has been notified).
Grade champs July 21/22 are on their normal nights for each division grade (as per Series 1) – you may enter also the grade higher than you play in too if you like, this is run as a singles tournament per grade.
Series 2 Divisions start July 28/29 on the same nights as Series 1 (draw coming soon)
After the final night of Winter Interclub Series 1 we have found our winners, the full details are here: Winter Results Tables – Series 1 Final, with a summary below.
Premier
In the final playoff Titan Terriers won 7-2 over Empire Eveready reversing an earlier defeat during the round robin. Waterloo Wasps beat Empire Energisers to claim third in the 3rd vs. 4th playoff.
In division 1 the top-of-the-table playoff between Empire Elders and Waterloo Wolves was hard-fought but the experience of Empire Elders won out with a 6-2 win. For third place Onslow just pipped Empire Eagles 6-5 with the result going down to the last match!
Division 2 Series 1 completed the previous week with the winners Empire Egrets after a double round-robin. The Egrets had lost to The Combo in the first round robin but had won 9-2 in the second robin on the final night to cement the win.
On the final night, while Empire was battling it out for first, Waterloo battled it out for third.
Division 3 was won comfortably in the end by the Empire Eskimos who were dominant throughout with Jess and Diana D’Audney each at or near the top of the individual results list and in the final beating the Empire Eels 5-0. However the third place playoff went close with a 3-2 win for Waterloo Walnuts vs. Waterloo Whippets.
If you have any other photos to share please forward them along, here are some from the presentation of the inaugural Chris Williams cup to the winners of the Division 1 series – the cup will be up for grabs again in Series 2.
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Series 2 is coming!
Entries are due from your clubs by July 15. Be sure to put your name or team forward to your club contacts.
All divisions restart back to zero for a fresh competition. Teams can change or be recomposed or even change divisions, so this is a great chance for more people to enter for the last half of the winter season.
Entries by July 15 for Series 2.
· Series 2 Premier starts July 21
· Grade champs July 21/22 on their normal nights – you may enter the grid higher than you play in too if you like, this is run as a singles tournament per grade.
· Series 2 Divisions start July 28/29 on the same nights (entries permitting
The inaugural Chris Williams Cup awarded to the winning team of the tier two grade, who will be the first winners?!Division 2 Series 1 is complete with the winners: Empire Egrets (Basil Kananghinis, Kaz Witko, Graham Sole, Maggie Dyer).
Premier playoff: Empire Eveready vs. Titan Terriers
Division 1 playoff: Empire Elders vs. Waterloo Wolves
Division 3 playoff: Empire Eskimos vs. Empire Eels
Division 1 will be playing off for the new Chris Williams Cup which is awarded to the winning team of the tier two (second level) grade – being the equivalent grade which Chris himself played for many years with great success. I know that whoever wins for Series 1 will have a big target on their back for Series 2!
There are also playoffs for third place (refer to the spreadsheet).
all this means…
Series 2 is coming!
Entries are due from your clubs by July 15. Be sure to put your name or team forward to your club contacts.
All divisions restart back to zero for a fresh competition. Teams can change or be recomposed or even change divisions, so this is a great chance for more people to enter for the last half of the winter season.
Entries by July 15 for Series 2.
· Series 2 Premier starts July 21
· Grade champs July 21/22 on their normal nights – you may enter the grid higher than you play in too if you like, this is run as a singles tournament per grade.
· Series 2 Divisions start July 28/29 on the same nights (entries permitting
2015 NZCT South Island Masters Games are happening in Nelson this year. Table Tennis is part of this event along with lots of other sports and activities.
The NZCT South Island Masters Games is a 9 day festival of sport from 26 September – 4 October 2015 in Nelson (the table tennis part is over three days from Sep 30-Oct 2). There’s a great programme of sports and themed social events to make your Masters Games the experience of a lifetime. Anyone can enter, from anywhere in New Zealand and overseas. To play you just have to meet the minimum age requirement which for table tennis is age 30 or over. With more than 40 sports on offer, many with both social and competitive grades, there’s something for everyone. Register now and get more information at www.simasters.co.nz.
Entries are due Aug 31 (early entry discount if by July 1).
This is the latest in a series of articles from Malcolm Wong with flashback looks at an interclub season from the past.
1986 Wellington C Grade Remembered
There were 14 teams in the grade. The first round was section play with 2 sections of 7 teams each. 5 Teams from Section 1 and 3 from Section 2 qualified for Division 1 in the Championship Round. Usually 4 would qualify from each section. The 5th team in Section 1 had more points than the 3rd team from Section 2. The other teams played in Division 2. Two teams were promoted for the D Grade to play in Division 2. Team results and singles averages are attached.
Te Rama went undefeated winning all their matches in Section Play and in Division 1 in the Chanpionship Round. They won 146 out of a possible 168 matches (87%) and their
average winning score was 10.4 out of 12. Brian Hearfield, Malcolm Wong and Jeff Larsen had all been in the Te Rama Team that had finished second in the grade the previous year behind Karori A. They were joined in the team by Olaf Leijon. All four Te Rama players were in the top 10 of the interclub averages.
Brian Hearfield had played since for the club since 1950. He played until 2006 when he was in the winning Apollon A Reserve Team (with Reg Feuz, Dave Pyle, Peter Varuhus). Jeff Larsen had played for Te Rama since 1981. He played C Grade (1981-87) and B Grade (1988-90). He was in the Wellington C Grade Team (1987) in the match against Hutt Valley (Lost 2-10). Malcolm Wong played for Te Rama (1982-98). He also played for Titan (2001 & 2004), Onslow (2006) and Empire (2008 & 2009). Malcolm, with Martin Young, played for the Wellington Men’s Team in the 2004 North Island Teams. Malcolm represented Nelson in the 2005 NZ Champships in the Men’s Teams, and also the Nelson 1 Over 45 Men’s Team (with Mark Nalder) which won the B Grade. New club member Olaf Leijon is from Stockholm, Sweden. He also played B Grade for Te Rama B (1987) with Malcolm Wong and Brian Hearfield, when the team finished runner up in the grade behind Wellington Working Men’s Club. He then returned home to Sweden. Contact has been lost with Jeff Larsen and Olaf Leijon. Please contact Malcolm Wong at m-wong@clear.net.nz if you know where they are.
Runner up Public Service Association (PSA) improved from 6th the previous year. The team had remained the same except that Jim Delahunty had replaced G Murphy. Allan Rasmussen was 3rd in the singles averages. Jim and Bunty Rego had been in the PSA team that won D Grade (1981).
Jim Delahunty had won the D Grade Doubles (1980 & 1981) with Dave Pyle. He also played for the Empire Club and was in their team that won the Hutt Valley B Grade (1996). Jim won the Titan Club Over 60 Singles (1997) and Over 70 Singles (1998 & 1999). He won 6 gold medals at the 1999 Wellington Masters Games Table Tennis. In the Over 55 and 65 Men’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. He won the NZ Veterans Over 65 Mixed Doubles (1992) with Isabel Cleland and Over 70 Men’s Doubles (1998 & 1999) with John Lelliott. He died in September 2010.
Third placed Royals and fourth place Johnsonville retained their same team from 1985.
Ling Tse A, which won Section 2 in the first round, would have been disappointed to finish fifth. Andy Yuan finished 10th in the singles averages.
Division 2 winners, Wellington Working Men’s Club A, included regular Ian Strawbridge, who had previously played for Karori West. Haris Decuapunja was one of two players unbeaten in the grade.
Divison 2 Runner up Johnsonville B were all junior boys. Michael Blackmore would be in the Onslow Team that won A Reserve (1988). He was in the Wellington Under 15 Boys Team (1987-89) and Hutt Valley Under 15 Boys Team (1990). His Wellington Boys team won the 1987 NZ Boys B Grade Teams and he was in the Hutt Valley Boys Team that won the NZ Under 15 Boys A Grade Team (1990). He was in the NZ under 15 Boys team to Australia (1988 & 1990). He won the NZ Boys under 13 Boys Doubles (1987), Under 13 Boys Singles (1988) and Under 15 Boys Doubles (1989).
Michael Blackmore was also a good cricket right handed batsman and was in the NZ Under 19 Cricket Team that toured Pakistan (1994). He played in the 3rd test (31 Jan – 3 Feb) at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad and scored 47 in the first innings in the drawn test. All 3 tests were drawn. He also played in the 3rd ODI (12 Feb) at the National Stadium, Karachi against Pakistan and scored 9 runs. The match was won by New Zealand by 56 runs. Pakistan won the ODI series 2-1. He also played for the Wellington Under 20 Team (1992-95), Wellington 2nd X1 (1996) and Hutt Valley (1996-97) and Wellington (2000).
Another junior was Martin Da Costa (Karori). He would be in the Karori Team (with Glen Kirker, Justin Turver, Martin McGraith) that won C1 Grade (1987), and the Onslow B Team (with Simon Fenwick, Jason Granville, Ian Mills) that won Premier 2 (1991). He won the C Grade Doubles (1987) with Glen Kirker, Wellington Secondary Schools Boys Doubles (1989) with Glen Kirker, A Grade Doubles (1990) with Daryl Lew, and the Wellington Regional Men’s Doubles (1992) with Chris Hickling. He was the Onslow Club Singles Champion (1994) and Karori Club Singles Champion (1995). He was in the Wellington Under 15 Boys Team (1987), Under 19 Boys Team (1988-1991) and Men’s Team (1991, 1993-95). His Wellington Men’s Team won the NZ Men’s B Grade Teams (1991 & 1993). He won all his 11 team singles matches (1991).
Martin Young (Ling Tse B) was in his first year playing interclub. He was also to play for Te Rama, Johnsonville Men’s Club and the Empire Club. In the Wellington Masters Games Martin won the Bronze Medal in the1999 Over 35 Men’s Singles and Doubles (with Boyce Wong). He won the Silver Medal in the Over 35 Singles (2000). He won the Hutt Valley Easter Over 35 Doubles (2000) with Malcolm Wong and they were runner up in 2001. In 2004 he was in the Wellington Team with Malcolm Wong that won the NZ Veterans Over 40 Men’s B Grade Teams and they were runner up in the North Island Over 45 Teams.
In the 2005 NZ Masters Games Martin Young, Malcolm Wong and Jim Jarmin, won the Over 35 teams Bronze Medal. Martin and Malcolm with Tony Rutledge won the Over 45 Teams Silver Medal. Martin and Malcolm won the Men’s Over 35 and Over 45 Doubles Bronze Medals. Martin was in the Wellington Over 45 Number 2 Team with John Nguyen and Paul Solt that finished 3rd at the NZ Championships. At the Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association Table Tennis Tournament Martin in the singles finished 3rd (2011) 4th (2012) 2nd (2013) and 3rd (2014). In the Teams, Red Dragon (Martin Young, Harry Chen, Malcolm Wong) won in 2012 & 2013. No team competition was played in 2014. Martin won the 2013 Wellington Autumn Open Singles and Doubles (with Malcolm Wong).
Rob Veale (Police) was the other unbeaten player. At the Grade Championship (Monday 18 August) he won the Singles defeating Alan Ramussen 21-8 21-11. The Doubles was won by Alan Ramussen and Olaf Leijon who defeated Mike and Rob Veale 21-15 21-19.
Rob Veale was to win the A Reserve Singles (1988) defeating Daryl Lew 21-18 21-17 and had the top singles average with 23 wins in 24 games (95.8%).
In the grades match against Hutt Valley (Sunday 10 August) held in Wellington the C Grade Team (Rob Veale, Alan Ramussen, Andy Yuen) won 9-3.
Te Rama (1986 C Grade Champions) Brian Hearfield and Malcolm Wong at the Onslow Club (26 September 2013). Absent – Jeff Larsen and Olaf Leijon.
This tournament report was submitted by Malcolm Wong.
This was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie, as part of the annual 3 day multi-sport tournament (26-28 May). There were Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles and Mixed Doubles. With 1 point for each win, the overall winner depended on the last mixed doubles match between Wellington and Auckland. Wellington won 3-2 to finish first from Auckland and Christchurch. This was the first time Wellington has won, previous winners were Auckland (2012 & 2014) and Christchurch (2013). Luke Istead (Auckland) retained the Men’s Singles from last year. Malcolm Wong was the Referee, while he and Robert Chung umpired the matches.
Men’s Singles
1st Luke Istead (Auckland)
2nd Keanu White (Wellington)
3rd Cody Warnock (Christchurch)
Luke Istead beat Keanu White 11-6 15-13 3-11 11-0
Luke Istead beat Cody Warnock 10-12 12-10 11-2 11-7
Keanu White beat Cody Warnock 11-8 11-3 11-7
Women’s Singles
1st Nella Galang (Wellington)
2nd Arna Roberts (Christchurch)
3rd Jocephy Daniels (Auckland)
Nella Galang beat Arna Roberts 11-4 11-3 11-7
Nella Galang beat Jocephy Daniels 11-4 11-9 8-11 11-8
Arna Roberts beat Jocephy Daniels 11-4 11-9 11-9
Mixed Doubles
1st Manutai Hira & Nella Galang (Wellington)
2nd Devoe Papata & Elvina Waipoun-Siale(Auckland)
3rd Albert Stanciu & Arna Roberts (Christchurch)
Manutai Hira/Nella Galang beat Devoe Papate/Elvina Waipoun-Siale 9-11 11-5 11-9 7-11 11-9
Manutai Hira/Nella Galang beat Albert Stanciu/Arna Roberts 11-9 11-5 11-6
Devoe Papata/Elvina Waipoun-Siale beat Albert Stanciu/Arna Roberts 8-11 12-10 11-7 11-8
Robert Chung (Umpire), and Men’s Singles players Luke Istead (Auckland), Keanu White (Wellington) and Cody Warnock (Christchurch).Malcolm Wong (Umpire) and Women Singles players Jocephy Daniels (Auckland), Nella Galang (Wellington) and Arna Roberts (Christchurch).Malcolm Wong (Umpire) and Mixed Doubles players Devoe Papata & Elvina Waipoun-Siale (Auckland), Manutai Hira & Nella Galang (Wellington) and Arna Roberts & Albert Stanciu (Christchurch).
This will be held on Saturday the 15th of August in Palmerston North and is for players 40 years of age or older. (Entries are due Aug 11.) Social atmosphere, great prizes! Lunch available and an after tournament dinner. Refer to the form for more information.
The first Junior Developing Tournament of 2015 will be held at the Empire Table Tennis Club hall
at Marine Parade in Petone and includes age group events: U12, U14, U17 and also a new novice U15 category for those who are new to a club or playing for their school in 2015. Age for the groups is as of December 31 2014.
Tournament Manager: Kevin Haines, refer to the form for details and entry information: as a pdf or as a doc.
Entries close: Noon, Saturday 13 June by phone or email. Do not post entries after Tuesday 9 June.
The North Island Individuals tournament being hosted by Table Tennis Manawatu, the details and the form are here. Note that entries close on 19th June.
A number of cars will probably be going up (including for the teams) so see if you can carpool and make a trip out of it!
Note that the Teams Event information is here – this is scheduled for July 9-10.
Nelson Open – June 13-14
The 2015 Nelson Open form is here. Entries are due Wednesday June 10.
… 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.
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:
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).
Dejan Papic (ITTF Coach), Malcolm Wong (Referee) and Shane Warbrooke (Organiser).Malcolm Wong (Referee) and some of the Umpires – Robert Dunn, Pat Low, Ebi Kleiser and Kerry McGeehan.Australian Team – Parleen Kaur, David Lowe (Coach), Isaiah Lee and Malcolm Wong (Referee).New Caledonia Team – Cathy Gauthier (Coach), Alexandre Faure, Lorie La and Malcolm Wong (Referee).Presentation to the Referee. Wayne Gear (Auckland Table Tennis Chairman), Malcolm Wong (Referee) and Shane Warbrooke (Auckland Table Tennis Chief Executive).
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