On the TTNZ site the 2011 Rankings are available, click here. The (W)’s in there are:
OPEN MEN
8. Thom Nguyen 
OPEN WOMEN
7. Sabine Westenra
U18
3. Thom Nguyen
U15 Girls
9. Angela Chapman
Congratulations to Thom, Sabine, & Angela!
Summer Composite Round 1 had a few upsets on the night which augers well for an interesting series! The pdf with the team & individual stats is here: 2011 Composite Interclub 1109-Rd 1
As an overview on what table tennis is on and when during the summer period here is some information. (If you have any info to add please comment or let me know.)
Summer Interclub
Summer interclub (team competition, a bit more casual than the main winter interclub season) is broken into two distinct (unrelated) phases, first the Composite Interclub (see here and here). Second the ‘pre-season’ (late summer) summer interclub round with a format to be determined. For more details watch this blog or keep in contact through your club.
Your club
Some clubs remain open with a small break, others close for a summer break. Consider visiting a different club every now and again – chances are you’ll play people you’ve never played before.
For more details or for other clubs refer to the club contact information here.
Exercise
Summer is a good time to start and get into a regular fitness pattern, if you find one that fits your schedule and you can enjoy it, then you’ll be more likely to keep it up through the whole year (um, this is do as I say, not as I do). I remember talking to a veteran player who noted that he would tend to win more often as the winter wore on, as other people got less fit! A fair-weather runner like myself will be one of his easy victims come Composite Interclub…
Elite squad coach Stephen Hirst recommends:
“… it is always good in the off season to build your base fitness, i.e. lots and lots of cardio, skipping, running running and more running. As you get about 2 months out before the season starts I liked to taper off the running and start to replace that with more speed work like shuttle runs between two cones 20 metres apart. Start introducing more strength stuff with weights like squats for your quads. My favourite was jumping over a wooden bench traditionally found in schools 3 x 1 minute, it really kills you but gets you very explosive for the start of the season. Also continue this exercise throughout the season… This is all I used to do and can highly recommend it.”
My tip: paint the fence – if it worked for The Karate Kid it will work for you.
At least get out there and mow the lawn…
Helping
There are probably a hundred unpaid volunteers of some kind that help run and facilitate table tennis in the Wellington region. If you’re not already one of this bunch, think of something you enjoy doing that could contribute in any way. Put your name forward!
Web watching
Need a quick table tennis fix? Trawl the web looking for table tennis news, blogs and videos, but start with Win Ngyuen’s youtube channel and Matt Heatherington’s TT blog.
Your mate’s house
There is probably a table tennis table at one of your friend’s houses – go there and play and give them a lesson. Nothing will give you more pleasure. Just don’t forget to bring your own bat otherwise you’ll be battling to a 15-all deuce in the 3rd set against their 11 year old son because trying to topspin using their pimple-out no-sponge half-torn up left-in-the-sun fly-swatter only leaves you looping directly into the carpet at your feet.
The ulterior motive is that you could have some more people to bring along to your club. Lend them your real bat or a spare and open their eyes to what it is all about.
Summer project?
You might not have space for a table-tennis table in your own house but…
make a mini table tennis table… then become the best in the world.
More?
Other ideas? Just comment below!
Teams and schedule (SECTION 1 NOW UPDATED)… if you did not enter in a team but would like to be available as a reserve please let Bruce know.
REMINDER for those used to the Tuesday winter interclub grades… this is for WEDNESDAYS (7pm) at Empire!
TEAMS 1 Tigers Bryan McConnochie, Elias Villanueva, Ben Westenra 2 Jaguars Phillip McConnochie, Harry Chen, Russell Buchanan 3 Lions Sabine Westenra, Martin Young, Jeremy Evans 4 Cougars Chris Talbot, Paul Griffin, Brendyn Shaw 5 Cheetahs Ian Talbot, Paul Brown, Craig Gear 6 Leopards John Gan, Tony Rutledge/Paul Solt, Matthew Hobbs DRAW Round 1 9 Nov Tigers v Leopards Jaguars v Cheetahs Lions v Cougars Round 2 16 Nov Tigers v Cheetahs Jaguars v Lions Cougars v Leopards Round 3 23 Nov Tigers v Cougars Jaguars v Leopards Lions v Cheetahs Round 4 30 Nov Tigers v Lions Jaguars v Cougars Cheetahs v Leopards Round 5 7 Dec Tigers v Jaguars Lions v Leopards Cougars v Cheetahs
TEAMS
1 Servals Graham Sole, Jacob Gates, Lucas Westenra/Ian Thomas
2 Bobcats Gareth Telfer, Rod Weston, Hui-Ling Vong
3 Ocelots Adam Slocombe, Chris Sutton, Chun-Kiet Vong
4 Caracals Mats Olsthoorn, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Reuben Reid
DRAW
Round 1 9 Nov
Servals v Caracals
Bobcats v Ocelots
Round 2 16 Nov
Servals v Ocelots
Bobcats v Caracals
Round 3 23 Nov
Servals v Bobcats
Ocelots v Caracals
Round 4 30 Nov & Round 5 7 Dec - to be confirmed
FORMAT:
Round robin only – NO playoffs
Points: 2 for any win, 0 for any loss. You can lose points for disciplinary reasons as per 2011 Code of Conduct.
Last year’s popular composite team interclub was a lot of fun and is on again. This competition works by teams being arranged to be more even with a top, middle, and lower ranked player allocated to each team. This makes for closer and interesting match-ups every week (Wednesday) is a chance for mentoring of lower ranked players and is less formal that the winter leagues. Also it’s a chance to play with team-mates you may not otherwise get a chance to play with.
Clubs/players are invited to submit entries for the 2011 composite interclub event being run from 9 November to 7 December. Please note that all grades play on a Wednesday night.
All matches will be played at the Empire Stadium, Marine Parade, Petone. The stadium will be open from 6:30pm each interclub night. Interclub matches are due to start at 7:00pm.
Matches are 3-player, 11-match format (same as winter interclub, fees are also the same).
Wed 2 Nov: Entries close for all grades
Wed 9 Nov: commence
Wed 7 Dec: Final round
For more details refer to the form here: 2011 TTW Composite Interclub Entry Form
ENTER TO BRUCE BY WEDNESDAY NOV 2 with your name, your club affiliation, contact phone number(s) & email, and whether you are unavailable for certain dates (refer to the form above).
Until this starts, here is an idea of what to do with your table-tennis balls in the meanwhile:
Scott Weaver’s Rolling through the Bay from The Tinkering Studio on Vimeo.
Congratulations to the winning teams, some close results on the Finals night:
Senior grades:
Premier 1: Belmont Bananas (Callum Rusbridge, Thom Nguyen, Hayden Tapp) 6-3 winners over Titan
Premier 2: Empire Dangerous (Chris Williams, Bruce Connolly, Uy Tang) – a nail-biting 6-5 win over the Waterloo Wizards
Premier 3: Karori Kometz (Darrin Carmichael, Ben Westenra, Reg Fuez) 6-4 over Empire Xiong, reversing an in-season loss to Empire Xiong.
Results for Series 2: 2011 Winter Interclub Series 2 Final
(Juniors to be compiled)
NB: Series 1 Results here.
Thanks to Bruce for managing the interclub nights and to Chris for compiling the results. Thanks Reg for the pics:
FYI, the annual Manawatu Rep match is this year being held at the Empire Table Tennis Club stadium Saturday (Oct 1) from around 10:30-4pm. If you’re not playing, pop in for a look.
This week was the end of regular-season Series 2. Results to date: 2011 Winter Interclub 0928. Remember Series 1 results are found in this posting.
Next Tuesday Oct 4 (7pm as usual) will be the finals night for the 1st vs. 2nd ranked teams from each grade to play off for the win. Also a good spectator opportunity. A grade-champs night will be held after the nationals but just prior to the pre-Christmas summer interclub (which was composite teams last year) – keep summer interclub in mind, there is the pre-Christmas and the February one – each one round round-robin with a possible final playoff night or two depending on entry counts and number of grades. Both summer interclub mini-seasons are independent and may have different formats.
Senior results are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0921
Next week is the last regular-round play. Tuesday October 4th will be the 1st team vs. 2nd team finals night for all senior grades. Feel free to come even if you are not playing!
Series 1 results are found in this posting.
Onslow club champs finished this week, I’ll be posting results and pics soon, last night for the Onslow senior club is Thursday next week (29/9) and will be a casual social night. If your club has also had its club champs just send me some text or pics and we can post it here too.
Results are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0914. Thanks to Chris Williams for maintaining this spreadsheet.
The Junior Interclub Series 2 draw is here: TTW Winter Junior Interclub draw Series 2.
Junior Interclub results so far are here: 2011 Winter Junior Interclub 0914
PS: Series 1 results re found in this posting.
Results for this week are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0907
Other news:
* Nationals teams have been selected and entries submitted to TTNZ. I’ll post the list pretty soon.
* The Waikato Open is Sep 17-18 so if you are heading that way then enter (the form is here).
* Sep 15 (Thurs) – Empire midweek doubles tournament
Results are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0831
NB: Series 1 results for those asking me are found in this posting.
Some Wednesday night pictures for a change…
Stats are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0824
PS: Karori (Monday nights) club champs are underway. Reg also sent me this link on interesting tables tennis activity going on in the UK, check it out.
CORRECTED
The pdf with all the grades is here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0810 UPDATED
UPDATED: After last week’s cancellations the draw WILL REMAIN THE SAME but the missing week’s games will be scheduled for what was previously the grade-champs night (which will be moved) so this coming week (Aug 23/24) the bye is (as originally scheduled) for Waterloo Wasps (P1) and Empire Fiery (P2).
OTHER THINGS ON:
Aug 25 – Onslow club champs start
Sep 15 (Thurs) – Empire midweek doubles tournament
If your club has upcoming events let me know.
Due to uncertainty with the weather this afternoon and tonight, and again tomorrow (erring on the side of being conservative) interclub for this week (August 16 & 17) will be postponed – likely just to shift the draw schedule all along 1 week but that is yet to be confirmed.
People are making contacts to let everyone know but if you see this make sure your team members know anyway.
… are here (the first week of Series 2 for Premier 2 and Premier 3 grades):
TTW Winter Interclub Premier 2 draw Series 2 (starting Wednesday)
TTW Winter Interclub Premier 3 draw Series 2 (starting Tuesday)
A second round of Junior Interclub along the same lines as the initial series held in the last six weeks of the second term. Clubs are asked to forward their teams, on the entry form below, by 8.30pm – Monday 15 August so that a draw can be on our website/blog on the Tuesday night. Entry numbers will dictate the format of grades and the number of weeks the competition will run for.
Refer to this file for the entry form and details: TTW 2011 Winter Series 2 Junior Interclub
Where: Empire Table Tennis Club
When: Wednesday nights – 6.45pm till 8.15-8.30pm starting 17 August
Cost: $4.00/player per night
Format: 2 player teams, each player plays 2 singles and 1 doubles. Each match is the best of 5 games to 11 and the contest is decided out of 5 matches.
Age: Under 15 as at 31/12/2010
Prem 1 week 1 of series 2 results are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0802 Prem One-Series 2
(Series 2 for Prem 2 & 3 start next week.)
UPDATE: Schedule for Premier 1 is here: TTW Winter Interclub Premier 1 draw Series 2
With Series 1 complete, Series 2 (the second half of the Winter Interclub season) will start after a short break. Re-enter your team as-is or make changes or re-enter a new team. Having separate series gives room for any adjustments following Series 1. Clubs can gather team entries together and email to Bruce. Composite teams can be entered and partial teams (or individuals) can be submitted for combination with other partials. Details below…
Timetable
| 2 Aug | Series 2 for Premier 1 commences |
| 9/10 Aug | Series 2 for Prem 2, 3 and B grade (if there are enough entries) begin |
| 13 Sept | Premier 1 final round will be played (dependent on team numbers) |
| 20/21 Sept | Semi Finals (Premier 1 only), final rounds for other grades (dependent on numbers) |
| 27/28 Sept | Grade champs for Premier 2, 3 & B grades |
| 4 or 5 Oct | Finals night – all grades |
Venue & Start Time
All matches will be played at the Empire Stadium, Marine Parade, Petone. The stadium will be open from 6:30pm each interclub night and interclub matches are scheduled to start at 7:00pm. Team captains/players need to pay the team’s night fees and provide the playing order (Premier 1 only) to the duty official before the score sheet will be given out.
It is still a key objective for TTW to ensure interclub contests finish at a reasonable time. Would all teams please be aware of their responsibilities in this area.
Teams
Teams consist of three or more players of a similar ability. While only three players from a team can play singles in a contest, a fourth player can be introduced to play in the doubles matches only, regardless of the score in the contest, in place of one of the singles players.
Combined club teams may be allowed, therefore, clubs can enter individuals or pairs of players. All teams are subject to the approval of the TTW Interclub Subcommittee.
Format
The final format is subject to team numbers – it is intended to play eight team grades, if at all possible, over two separate competitions as occurred last year (Series 1 and 2). Grading matches, for all grades, maybe held prior to the beginning of both Series 1 and 2 competitions if required, and at the discretion of the TTW Interclub Subcommittee.
Teams will play 1 contest each week, consisting of 11 matches; three singles for each player and two doubles for the team. Matches will be best of five advantage games to 11 points.
Grade championships will be held for Premier 2, 3 and B grades on 27/28 September. All grade championships are dependent on entries and TTW reserves the right to alter the format to ensure equitable contests.
Conduct
The TTW Code of Conduct will be enforced in all interclub matches.
Ball
TTW requires the use of the – TTNZ adopted – Stag 3 star white ball in all interclub contests. This ‘approved’ ball will be supplied, at no charge, for all interclub contests.
Points
Assuming the use of a format that has playoffs at the end of round robin play, the following points system will be used in all grades:
2 points for a win
1 bonus point for teams losing 5-6
1 bonus point for teams winning a contest 10-1 or 11-0
If the format used is a round robin contest only ie: no playoffs, then the following points system will be used:
2 points for a win
0 points for all losses
Matches will be recorded and used to determine final/playoff places in each series, if two or more teams are equal on points.
Series 1 was completed last week. There is a break of a couple of weeks before Series 2 with the holidays, likely the first week of August. Series 1 does not carry over to Series 2 in any way so gives the opportunity to reform or adjust teams depending on results and availability. Re-enter your team as-is if you have no changes to make.
Series 1 “Provisional” results are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0713 Final and here: 2011 Winter Junior Interclub 0713 Final.
This week was the last week before the Series 1 finals night for both Premier 1 and 2. Finals night is Tuesday July 12 for both Prem 1 and 2 (except for Empire Fiery v Empire Bashers which will be on Wednesday). Premier grades will resume early August for Series 2 so enter or re-enter your team for Series 2.
Result stats are here: 2011 Winter Interclub 0706
and here: 2011 Winter Junior Interclub 0706
Are here (for Prem 3 this was Series 1 Semi-finals): 2011 Winter Interclub 0629
And here: 2011 Winter Junior Interclub 0629
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