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Welcome to the second web-notice from the Stag WVC2014 website.> We have just published full registration lists as at 26th February and invite you to check your own details. This is what will be printed in the programme, and on your participation diploma and accreditation pass. Some entrants have included middle names, which is not necessary. We may have to exclude these when we print, for space issues, but you can also amend yourself. You can now look for a suitable doubles partner if required. Those that have not achieved a closed doubles pairing (both partners confirming each other's registration number and both being fully paid) by March 18th will be placed on a 'partners required' list to be forwarded to Swaythling Club to assign pairings. These pairings will be confirmed and published around April 10th. The singles draw and schedules will be published on this website around April 30th. Remember that registrations close on March 15th. So please tell all of your friends who might wish to enter, and anyone who might wish to volunteer their services. Anyone wanting to enter or help out should register here. Please make sure that your entry You can also book tickets for the Gala Dinner / Farewell If you still require accommodation or official transportation please book via Event Travel Office. If you need invitations to assist visa applications, please contact us as soon as possible. We want to make sure you get here for all the fun! Please make sure that you arrive at Trusts Arena in good time to complete accreditation (at very least 1 hour before you play) and pick up your accreditation pass, player number, programme, gala dinner tickets and Stag accreditation pack. Make sure you have your registration number and photo ID (passport or drivers license) ready to present. Remember that the opening ceremony will commence at 6pm on Sunday 11th. This can provide the opportunity for special interest groups to meet up before-hand. Please email us if you wish to request and promote a gathering. We look to seeing your smiling faces here in May! Regards |
Nha was born in Saigon (1942) in Vietnam as the fourth of seven children. He started swimming at age 5 and excelled in the freestyle sprints. However there was a table tennis table at his home and he started playing at age 10 with his brothers, where he developed his trademark blocking style. These were his main sports though he also played tennis as an adult.
After gaining university entrance at high school he passed the entrance exam to study education at Saigon University (1959-63). He graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Education. He was the Captain of the swimming team and won the 100 and 200 freestyle at the University Swimming Championships (1959-63). He represented the University at the South Vietnam University Sports Tournament.
Also at the University was Inh Van Le, the Captain of the table tennis team, who was to represent South Vietnam in table tennis. Inh was to win the Southeast Asian Games Men’s Singles (1967) and Men’s Doubles (1969) and was runner up in the Men’s Doubles (1973). He was also a Men’s Doubles bronze medallist at the 1962 Asian Games with his brother Tiet Van Le, who was the French Open Singles Champion (1959) and was in the South Vietnam Men’s Team that won Gold (1958 Asian Games) and Bronze (1959 World Championships). Inh Van Le moved to Australia and is a table tennis coach and top veteran player, winning 36 Australian Individual Veteran Titles (1993-2013).
After university Nha attended teachers college for 4 years and then taught English at high school. He married in 1974 and in 1975 he was selected as a Columbo Plan student (12 from South Vietnam) and came to New Zealand to study English at Victoria University, Wellington. Three months after he left, South Vietnam was defeated in the war by North Vietnam. Nha became stateless and unable to return home but was given permanent resident in New Zealand by the Government and become a New Zealand Citizen the following year. After his course, Nha found work at the Department of Social Welfare. His wife and son finally managed to leave Vietnam and arrived in New Zealand in early 1979. Nha purchased a dairy in Hawker Street and was there for 3 years before moving to the Austin Street Dairy (1982-2009) before retiring.
Nha started playing table tennis at the Titan Club (1975) and his University A Team (with Huy Hoang and R Clark) won the Wellington Table Tennis A Reserve Grade (1978). In 1980 his Titan Team (with Adrian Lust, Warren Mak, Lindsay Ward) won the Wellington A Grade Competition. Nha was also in the Titan Terriors Team (with Lindsay Ward, Harry Singh, Robert Chung) that won Premier 1 in 2007.
Nha was ranked 11 times on the Wellington Men’s list and achieved a best ranking of 5 (2001) and represented Wellington at the New Zealand Championships and Veterans Championships in the veterans team. In 2008 Wellington, Eddie Moore and Nha, lost to North Harbour 2-3 in the Over 65 Men’s Team Final after earlier beating them 4-1 in group play. Nha won several veterans tournament singles titles including the Wanganui Over 40, Hutt Valley Open Over 50, Wellington Autumn Open Over 60 and Wellington Open Over 50 & 60. With Lindsay Ward, Nha won 15 veterans doubles tournament titles including 5 consecutive Wellington Open Over 40 Doubles (1998-2002).
Nha no longer plays interclub table tennis but still attends the Titan Club on Sunday mornings. He also walks, swims, plays tennis and snooker. His Petone snooker team was runner up in the Wellington Working Men’s Competition (2012). He hopes to continue playing table tennis for a very long time!
My thanks to Kent Yu from http://www.kentyuphotography.com for editing the photo of Nha and Win (see above).
-Malcolm Wong
Notices for the upcoming Summer Interclub are on their way out and details are below. Let your club contact know that you are available to play! The 7-week summer competition with 2-player teams is a good opportunity to bring in a friend or two from the past who might not have played for a few years.
In a nutshell:
- 2-player teams entered by clubs
- 7pm for 7 Wednesdays from March 5 until April 16.
- 5-match format to 11 with singles best of 7 and doubles best-of-5.
- Flat fee $7/player.
- Entries to be submitted by clubs in (to me) please by Feb 26.
- Players help your club out by helping wrangle your friends together and pass on the names to your club contact.
Composite teams (players from separate clubs in the same team) are fine just be sure to have both clubs know about the team and have it be entered by one of the clubs. (Check with your club contact.)
The full 2014 TTW Summer Interclub Entry Form is here as a doc or a pdf.
Location: here.
Details for the summer interclub series will be coming soon, so it’s time to start your training!
For those who competed in the earlier composite summer interclub and the curious, here is the final stat wrap-up: 2013 Composite Interclub-Final, congratulations to the winning teams.
March 15th is the closing date set for entries to the 2014 Stag World Veteran Championships. Local players are encouraged to register online shortly so they do not miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity in their own backyard. The event is based at Trusts Arena in West Auckland, with the ATTA stadium at Gillies Avenue providing backup.
Full details here.
Online registrations can be accessed here.
A large number of volunteers are required for umpiring, table management and many other areas. Anyone interested should email regadmin@wvc2014.com with their details.
The event is likely to attract well over 2000 visitors to Auckland, and is not to be missed.
The Titan club wrapped up for 2013 in December, holding the club championships over three consecutive Sundays (November 17, 24 and December 1).
The Club Singles was won for the first time by Ben Collins who won the final against the titleholder Lindsay Ward 11-7 12-10 13-11. In the semi finals Ben Collins defeated Paul Brown 11-3 11-5 11-6 and Lindsay Ward defeated Depak Patel 14-16 11-7 11-8 12-10
The Club Doubles was won by Paul Brown and Depak Patel who beat Bryan McConnochie and Lindsay Ward 13-11 11-8 11-13 11-7. This was Depak’s 4th Club Doubles Title equalling the record held by Malcolm Wong and Ian Talbot.
The Over 40 Singles was won for the 8th time by Lindsay Ward who defeated the 2012 winner Ian Talbot 11-7 8-11 11-8 11-9. In the semi finals Lindsay Ward beat Paul Longstone 13-11 11-3 11-6 and Ian Talbot beat Depak Patel 12-14 11-7 6-11 11-7 13-11. Depak lead 10-8 in the 5th only for Ian to come back and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
Hugh McIlwrath was awarded the Over 80 Singles Cup (no other club member over 80). Also the Presidents Cup, due to him travelling all the way from Masterton to play at the club.
Ben had moved to Wellington from Auckland at the start of the year. He had started playing at Waitemata at age 11 and moved to Auckland at age 16. Ben was a Waitemata and Auckland Junior Representative and was in the Auckland team that won the NZ Under 19 Boys Teams Title (1997). Ben has travelled to China, Japan and Germany for training and played for clubs in France and Canada and has also played in Australia. Ben has won the Wellington, Manawatu and Counties- Manukau Open Singles.
Regarding the Gavin Dash Trophy, Gavin Dash was considered a high achiever with a very successful life ahead of him. He had gained a Master of Arts Degree with honours from Auckland University. Gavin moved to Wellington to study for a law degree at Victoria University, while working part time for Parliament writing select committee notes. He played for the Titan Club in the Premier 2 Grade (1998-99). Gavin was in the winning 1999 Premier 2 Team with Evan Kramer, Win Nguyen, David Buckrell and Malcolm Wong. He starred in the final, winning all his 3 singles in the 6-3 win against Waterloo. At the age of 24 Gavin’s life was tragically cut short when he was murdered on 27 September 1999 in Wellington. The Dash Family donated a trophy to the Titan Club in memory of him.
Hugh’s first tournament success was winning the Over 65 Men’s Doubles, with John Lelliott, at the 1996 New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin. He won the Over 65 Singles and was runner up in the Over 65 Men’s Doubles, with club member Norm Bishop, at the 2000 Wellington Masters Games. For his other successes refer to his player profile.
-Malcom Wong
After school Lloyd served a 5 year apprenticeship (10,000 hours) and qualified as an Upholsterer. He played football for Waterside and Johnsonville. In 1968 Lloyd joined the Tawa Club, which had been started by Colin Alexander and Richard Hull. He was to be in the same team as those two in the Kapiti A Grade Competition as well as Reg Hall, Bruce Lockhart, Chris Talbot, Ian Talbot and Murray Talbot. Lloyd was a member of a number of Kapiti Men’s Team that went to the New Zealand Championships between 1981 and 1992. He was the top ranked Man in Kapiti (1980).
In 1977 Lloyd joined the Johnsonville Men’s Club. He was to become Vice President (1997-2011) and was elected a life member (2008). He is still the welfare officer there. Lloyd has won the Johnsonville Men’s Club Singles 12 times. In Wellington Interclub Lloyd has played in the Wellington A Grade and then the Premier 1 and 2 Grades (1981-2012), mainly for Johnsonville. His team included Tony Radford, Ann Gyongyos, Nha Nguyen, Ian Talbot, Martin Young, Colin Alexander, Bob Bell, Jim Pandelidis and Paul Escott. Lloyd won the 2000 Wellington Masters Games Over 55 Men’s Singles and Doubles.
Lloyd has a keen interest in motorbikes and owns 7 bikes. He joined the the Ulysses Club (1980) for motorbike riders over the age of 40. Lloyd has been on the Brass Monkey Rally, held over Queen’s Birthday weekend, at Oturehua (Central Otago) on 15 occasions. He has also been on the Cold Kiwi Run, held south of Waiouru, and the Cold Duck Run, in Waipawa.This year Lloyd has became the CEO of The Rusty Nuts Motorcycle Club. The Club organises rallies, including the Grand Challenge, a 1,000 miles (1,609 km) 24 hour event each October. Also the Southern Cross Road Rally (6 day event) from Cape Reinga to Bluff (6,500 km) which is held every 2 years.
This year Lloyd has stopped playing interclub table tennis. He is teaching a community education course in Upholstery at Onslow College three nights a week and on Saturday morning. In his leisure time Lloyd enjoys being on the water in yachts and boats. He is a great grand father and loves looking after his 2 great grand children (both boys). He still plays at the Johnsonville Men’s Club and intends to play at the 2014 World Veterans Championships in Auckland.
-Malcolm Wong
L/R: Warren Evans, Lloyd McIntyre, Robin Radford (manager),
Tony Radford, Murray Talbot
L/R: Murray Talbot (manager), Michael Radford, Chris Talbot, Lloyd McIntyre, Tony Radford
L/R: back: Martin Smithies, Chris Talbot, Lloyd McIntyre
front: Jean Radford, Caron Watson, June Campbell
L/R back: Lloyd McIntyre, Chris Talbot, Alan Baines
front: Jean Radford, Caron Watson, Lyn McKay
Here are some pictures of recent events and news that I’ve been saving up:
And here is a picture of Malcolm Wong (right) being awarded the 2013 TTNZ National Official of the Year Award from Paul Kyle.
… are here: Composite Interclub 13-11-13 This includes the nest phase of the Division 2 draw and remember the Division 1 draw is here.
Hi folks, the spreadsheets are up to date by Gabrielle and the results so far here:
* TTW Spring 2013 Composite Div 1 Week 2
* TTW Spring 2013 Composite Div 2 Black Week 2
* TTW Spring 2013 Composite Div 2 Gold Week 2
**** OTHER NEWS ****
We had a 4-team challenge from Manawatu on Sunday, the results were 2-2 for the teams with points wellington 28 to Manawatu 16 overall, congratulations to all players called up for this event! Manawatu won the top team (6-5) and the development team while Wellington won the two veteran team matches comfortably to pull well us ahead on overall points.
I’ll post some pictures or more detail up as I get them.
The 2013 Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association Table Tennis Tournament was held on Sunday 27 October at the Empire Table Tennis Club hall (Petone). The organiser was Stephen Wang. A free hot lunch was provided for everyone.
The singles was held in the morning. 17 entered the Men’s Singles. There was group play followed by knockout in the main draw and in the consolation. In the final Frank Fu beat Martin Young 3-2 and in the playoff for third place Min Su beat Harry Chen 3-2. The Consolation Singles was won by William Yang defeating Charles Chua 3-0 There were 4 in the Women’s Singles. A round robin was held which was won by Judy Zheng with the runner up Hong Yuan.
In the afternoon the team competition was held. A round robin was held for the 5 teams which resulted in 3 teams tied for first place. They were Blue Tiger (Frank Fu, Zhidong Yu, Ping Chui), Red Dragon (Martin Young, Harry Chen, Malcolm Wong) and White Panda (William Yang, Wai Chung, Judy Zheng).
Thanks to Malcolm Wong and Martin Young for preparing the draws.
Malcolm Wong (TTNZ National Official of the Year!) submitted an update on the Nelson Open which he went to several weeks ago.
Malcolm Wong won the over 50 Doubles and was runner up in the Over 40 Doubles, with Mark Nalder (Nelson). This was their 12th title together. It was also Malcolm’s 20th Nelson title and his 79th overall.
Former Titan Club member, Alastair Naysmith, won the Over 60 Singles and Doubles. He has been living in Nelson since April 2012 and been playing interclub there the last 2 years.
Lionel Wells (Nelson) was the oldest competitor. He was born in 1920 and will be 93 in October. Lionel stills plays interclub.
There were 35 players entered in the tournament which had been postponed from June due to flooding which resulted in the floor needing to be replaced. Full results are here: 2013 Nelson Open results.
Thanks to the organisers, Paul Op den Buysch, Bruce Hay, Kay Hazeldine and Glenda Ferguson. Also thanks to Karen Holmes, Dianne Watson and Debbie Watson who operated the cafeteria.
Hi folks, here are the teams all due to start Wednesday so see you all there!
Teams: Composite Teams 2013
Draws:
Division 1
Division 2
As a reminder, details of the event are here.
It’s 6 weeks from Oct 30 to Dec 4. The 6-team division one will be 5 weeks round-robin and then a 1v2/3v4/5v6 final night. The 8-team division two will be split into two sections for 3 weeks, then re-formed into 2 sections for the last 3 weeks (based on the results of the first split).
** NEWS: Wellington team got second place in the B grade at the senior nationals, a great effort!** (Rob Chung, Ben Collins, Depak Patel, Paul Solt.)
In a nutshell: Wednesdays, 6 weeks Oct 30 – Dec 4. (Probably as 6-team divisions playing 5 weeks and a final.) Ref below for the details:
2013 TTW Spring Interclub Entry Form (doc)
2013 TTW Spring Interclub Entry Form (pdf)
Players, contact your club contact for entries.
Encourage your friends to enter, the composite structure is a good change of pace and is also a good opportunity to people new to interclub to come in and get some mentoring.
Entries are due to Kevin Haines treasurer [at] ttwellington.org.nz or phone (04) 478 0841 by Wednesday Oct 24.
If you can’t make all 6 weeks, that is OK, we can combine you with someone else or it would be great to have you as a reserve – with the composite structure finding reserves is trickier so it’s useful to have a heap of them just in case.
On Tuesday and Wednesday the 1st vs. 2nd placed team finals took place, the winners were:
Premier: Belmong Bang beat Titan (Premier Scoresheet)
The 2013 Premier final was played in front of a number of spectators who were treated to an arm wrestle of a contest which went to the last match. Most matches provided opportunities for both teams to win and the tension of the occasion created the atmosphere it deserved.
Congratulations to both teams on their efforts, particularly to Belmont Bang for their victory and the retention of the Tommy Williams Trophy.
Division 1: Waterloo Wasps beat Empire Elders
Division 2: Waterloo Whales beat Empire Elms
Division 3: Waterloo Whippets beat Empire Eagles
Congratulations to all winners and the runners-up too!
There are details of including all those who played for these (and the other) teams during all of premier or the Series 2 division grades here.
Here are some pictures from Wednesday (send me more to see them up here) and I’ll update the left-to-right names once I confirm them!
Also some videos from the Tuesday are up on Win’s ttwfan youtube channel: here, here, here & here!
And some more in a slideshow:
Mid-week club Open Days at the Newtown Stadium:
Monday September 30 & Wednesday October 2
Please come and support this new initiative if you can, and let your senior friends in Wellington city know this is on!
* How to find the stadium: here.
Congratulations to Diana Winn for getting these sessions up and running. This will be a great opportunity to meet an untapped table tennis need in the eastern suburbs and indeed the Wellington city area.
In the 23/9/13 issue of the Cook Strait News is an article on the open day! Click on the article below to bring it up on screen.
For more details contact Diana Winn on 801 9556 or winnich [at] xtra.co.nz .
… are here: Winter Interclub 10-11 Sept
I took a bunch of Wednesday pics last week and I’ll post them up here soon…
Results from the Primary/Intermediate Schools Tournament on Friday September 13 are here: Primary-Intermediate Schools Tournament 2013-Results
The main results:
Girls winners
Raroa 1: Ivy McLean, Maggie Jenkins, Brianna Mitchell
Premier Boys winners
Wellesley 1: Harry Hunter, Ciaran Sim, Isaac Becroft
Division 1 – Boys winners
Wellesley 3: Jack Healey, Ben Irving, Christopher Bramley
Division 2 – Boys winners
Hutt Intermediate 3: Seth Groombridge, Gareth Atken, Finn McDonald
Division 3 – Boys winners
Karori West Normal 3: Aniwaniwa, Joseph, Max
Division 4 – Boys winners
Raroa 6: Zach Prince, Milind Naidu, Fraser Asghar
Division 5 – Boys winners
Raroa 7: Digby Carroll, Tim Robinson, Toby Simpson
The stats from last week’s games are here: Winter Interclub 3-4 Sept
On a totally separate note, we received a request to pass on a message about 15 year-old Ola Ratka from Canterbury who has been training in South Korea (for 6 months) and plans to complete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China. He father Piotr has applied for a AMP scholarship including a “People Choice” scholarship – every vote counts to try and win it so visit here for details!
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