We are pleased to announce the
Enter Online (or print / xlsx)
Conditions
Entries are due by Online Entry, email, phone 04 478 0841, or mailed
to PO Box 12-038 Wellington, to be received by 9pm Wednesday 22 July.
This will be held at the Empire Table Tennis Stadium.
The 2020 Table Tennis Wellington Veterans Open is now being held on Saturday June 27! The conditions and forms are below or use the online form to enter. Please enter by 6pm on Wednesday June 24.
There are over 40/50/60/70 age groups (if you turn that age on or before Dec 31, 2020) – singles and doubles. The tournament will be held at the Empire Table Tennis Club Hall, Marine Parade, Petone. Round up your friends and car-pool in! Please pass this information on to anyone else you know who may be interested.
Online form or as a pdf to tournament@ttwellington.org.nz (or mail as per the form). Also refer to the Tournament Conditions.
| Saturday June 27 | |
| 9:30am | Over 50, Over 70(*) |
| 12:30pm | Over 40, Over 60(*) |
Table Tennis New Zealand have confirmed the 2020 tournament calendar going forward and one of the first tournaments to take place will be the North Island Championships from Friday to Sunday, 10-12 July at the Empire Stadium.
This will be the biggest tournament locally for some years and it will be quite concentrated over three full days. If you think you may be able to donate some hours or days to help the tournament run smoothly, we would love to hear from you. We need people to help with entering results into the tournament software (easy job, 10 minutes training), monitoring play so we can keep tables occupied and keep on time, helping with the shop, umpiring, coordinating medals for presenting and other miscellaneous tasks that crop up. No skills needed other than being able to get along with people and a desire to want to help.
The 2020 Table Tennis Wellington Veterans Open is being held on Saturday March 21 the conditions and forms are below or use the online form to enter. Please enter by 6pm on Wednesday March 18.
There are over 40/50/60/70 age groups (if you turn that age on or before Dec 31, 2020) – singles and doubles. The tournament will be held at the Empire Table Tennis Club Hall, Marine Parade, Petone. Round up your friends and car-pool in! Please pass this information on to anyone else you know who may be interested.
This is also a good lead up to the 2020 New Zealand Veteran Championships (Apr 9-13 in Christchurch).
Online form or as a pdf to tournament@ttwellington.org.nz (or mail as per the form). Also refer to the Tournament Conditions.
| Saturday March 21 | |
| 9:30am | Over 50, Over 70(*) |
| 12:30pm | Over 40, Over 60(*) |
By Malcolm Wong on the 2019 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships – Nuku’alofa (7-10 August) at which he a part of tournament’s team of officials.
I arrived on Monday afternoon (5 August) on a Air New Zealand flight from Auckland to Fua’amotu International Airport, Tonga. Siaoski Faka’osi (Tournament Director) was there to meet me. His day job is Team Operations Coordinator for the Tonga Rugby Union and he has been to the last 2 Rugby World Cup as a Tongan Official. He transported me to the Atele Indoor Stadium where the 3rd Elevate Performance Training Camp (4-6 August) for Fiji (4) and Tonga (6) juniors was being run by Patrick Wuertz (former Oceania High Performance Officer).
Later I was taken to my accommodation at Villa Ishadora Hotel, which is by the Pacific Ocean. This was where the overseas referees and umpires stayed. Barry Griffiths (General Manager – ITTF Oceania) and Ryan Wiegand (Events Officer – ITTF Oceania) who was the ITTF Competition Manager for the tournament, were also staying there. Jessica Macaskill (Development Officer – ITTF Oceania) was also in Tonga to assist with the tournament.
Continue reading “2019 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships – Nuku’alofa”Malcolm Wong’s reports on these two tournaments are here:
Andrew Maguire, Paul Solt, Malcolm Wong, & Tomos Christie travelled to the Marlborough Open while Paul Solt & Malcolm travelled to the Nelson Open. See the attachments for Malcolm’s reports now that I’ve finally posted them!
We are pleased to announce the second Junior Development Tournament of 2019 with the assistance of Pub Charity.
This will be on Sunday September 15 at the Empire Table Tennis Club, Marine Parade, Petone. Enter by noon Saturday June 15 (see the details document).
Schedule
Under 12 1.15 pm
Under 14 9.30 am
Under 17 1.15 pm
Players should arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the starting time and report to the Tournament Manager’s desk. Do not wear white or especially light coloured clothing and wear correct sports clothing & non marking sports shoes.
Refer to the form for more details!
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!
Announcing the inaugural…
Also here are some upcoming events:
Jun 29-30 North Shore Open Jun 29 Hawkes Bay Open (Napier) Jul 7-8 Central Region Junior, Cadet and Hopes Training Camp (Palmerston North) Jul 7-13 Australian Junior Championships (TTNZ Selected Teams) Wollongong - starring Anna Wilson Jul 12-14 North Island Individual Championships (Wanganui) Jul 20-21 Otago Open (Dunedin) Jul 27-28 Wellington Open Aug 2 CollegeSport Wellington Table Tennis Regionals Individuals (enter by July 25) Aug 3-4 Waikato Open (Hamilton) Aug 7-10 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships (Tonga) Aug 9 CollegeSport Wellington Table Tennis Regionals Teams (enter by Aug 1) Sep 2-4 NZ Secondary School Championships Sep 7-8 Manawatu Open Sep 28-Oct 6 NZ Junior & Senior Championships (Christchurch)
We are pleased to announce the:
Enter Online (or pdf / xlsx)
Conditions
Entries are due by Online Entry, email, phone 04 478 0841, or mailed
to PO Box 12-038 Wellington, to be received by 9pm Wednesday 24 July.
This will be held at the Empire Table Tennis Stadium.
Thanks also to Pub Charity and TTSports
Recently we had Wellington vets at the TTNZ Veterans tournament and also representing New Zealand in test teams vs. Australia at the TTNZ vets in Taupo (full results). Many Wellington players attended & placings achieved by Wellington players are listed below:
Over 40 mixed doubles Sabine Westenra (with Lyndon White, CAN) 3rd-equal
Over 40 women’s doubles Sabine Westenra (with Christine Young, WAIT) 2nd
Over 50 women’s singles won by Sabine Westenra
Over 50 men’s singles Lindsay Ward came 3rd
Over 50 mixed doubles Sabine Westenra (with Lyndon White, CAN) won
Over 50 women’s doubles Sabine Westenra (with Haiyan Zhang, QLD) 2nd
Over 60 mixed doubles Lindsay Ward & Leigh Grinlinton 2nd
Over 60 men’s doubles Chris Talbot & Lindsay Ward 3rd-equal
In the selected NZ Test Teams vs. Australia we had:
Over 50s women: Sabine Westenra (5-0 to NZ)
Over 60s men: Lindsay Ward (2-3 to Aust)
Over 65s men: Ian Talbot (1-4 to Aust)
Well done to the above and to all the Wellington players who attended!
Table Tennis New Zealand is excited to be sending a team of 15 players to the Australian Junior Championships in Wollongong in July after a collaborative agreement was signed between TTNZ and TTA aimed at fostering development. The last Junior Team to participate in Australian Junior Championships was in Queensland in 2010.
From Wellington we have Anna Wilson selected by TTNZ – congratulations from all of us to Anna!
The 2019 ITTF-Oceania Hopes (Under 12) Week was held in April in Waikato with local boy Yufeng Wang selected to attend after qualifying in the New Zealand Hopes Open held in Christchurch in January. The young players attend a week long camp headed by Eva Jeler, one of the most decorated coaches in the world.
We are pleased to announce the first Junior Development Tournament of 2019 with the assistance of Pub Charity.
This will be on Sunday June 16 at the Empire Table Tennis Club, Marine Parade, Petone. Enter by noon Saturday June 15 (see how).
Schedule
Under 12 1.15 pm
Under 14 9.30 am
Under 17 1.15 pm
Players should arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the starting time and report to the Tournament Manager’s desk. Do not wear white or especially light coloured clothing and wear correct sports clothing & non marking sports shoes.
Refer to the form for more details!
Remember to keep checking the Table Tennis Wellington Facebook group for even more of the goings on in Wellington especially all the news on the NZ Univerity Champs held recently in Wellington up there with piles of pictures and video uploaded by Rob!
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered or came along to watch!
| Winner | Runner/s Up | |
| Men’s Singles | Matthew Ball (Man) | Yuhan Gao (NS) |
| Women’s Singles | Fiona Ye Zhai | Michelle McCarthy |
| Men’s Doubles | J Harter & B Omizu | B Collins & S Hanson |
| Women’s Doubles | H-L Vong & F Ye Zhai | H Beumelburg & L Mercer-Beumelburg (Can) |
| Mixed Doubles | Y Gao (NS) & H-L Vong | S Hanson & F Ye Zhai |
| B Singles | Jack Webb (Man) | Zhidong Yu |
| C Singles | Callum McKinnon (Man) | Paul Solt |
| D Singles | Robert Swapneel | Peter Bloor |
| Under 21 Singles | Jack Webb (Man) | Callum McKinnon (Man) |
| Over 25 Singles | Matthew Ball (Man) | Yuhan Gao (NS) |
| Over 25 Doubles | R Cronin & D Patel | D Buckrell & Y Low |
| Over 35 Singles | Depak Patel | David Buckrell |
| Over 35 Doubles | D Patel & D Rosner | A Maguire & N Tioti |
| Over 45 Singles | Lindsay Ward | Depak Patel |
| Over 45 Doubles | D Brown & D Patel | L Ward & L Grinlinton |
| Over 55 Singles | Zhidong Yu | Lindsay Ward |
| Over 55 Doubles | P Solt & Z Yu | L Ward & L Grinlinton |
| Under 12 Singles | Genji Nozaki (Ak) | Aaron Lan |
| Under 12 Doubles | A Lan & G Nozaki (Ak) | B Perez & J Turner |
| Under 14 Singles | Mike Sung (Man) | G Nozaki (Ak) |
| Under 14 Doubles | A Lan & G Nozaki (Ak) | T Christie & B Riddell |
| Under 16 Boys Singles | Callum McKinnon (Man) | Hugo Yick |
| Under 16 Girls Singles | Lydia Mercer-Beulmelburg (Can) | Yashka Rabichand |
| Under 16 Doubles | H Yick & L Mercer-Beulmelburg (Can) | C McKinnon (Man) & A Wilson |
| Under 18 Singles | Hugo Yick | Callum McKinnon (Man) |
| Under 18 Doubles | C Fung & C McKinnon (Man) | Y Rabichand & A Wilson |
| Women’s Singles Consolation | Abbey Webb (Man) | Amber Guo |
| Under 21 Consolation | Carlos Webb (Man) | Olly Evans |
| Over 25 Consolation | David Buckrell | Andrew Maguire |
| Over 35 Consolation | Darrell Brown | Liam Johnston |
| Over 45 Consolation | Helen Beumelburg (Can) | Andrew Maguire |
| Under 12 Consolation | Aiden Zhao | Jeffrey Zhao |
| Under 14 Consolation | Fergus Randell | Ben Riddell |
| Under 16 Boys Consolation | Taeyeon Ryu | Abilash Sivasith |
RESULTS
A small, but competitive group of players competed in the 2019 TTW Veterans Tournament. Only Over 40 and Over 50 events were held as insufficient entries were received in the over 60 and 70 age groups. Here are the results of the finals:
Over 40 Singles:
Ben Collins bt. Lindsay Ward
Over 50 Singles
Depak Patel bt. Lindsay Ward
Over 40 Doubles
Ben Collins & Sabine Westenra bt. John Gan & Zhidong Yu
Over 50 Doubles
Darrell Brown & Depak Patel bt. Lindsay Ward & Leigh Grinlinton
Continue reading “2019 Wellington Vets Open – March 30 (Saturday)”
21 Men and 9 Women entered this tournament. There were singles, doubles and mixed doubles events. From overseas were Rohan Dhooria (AUS), Vicki Wu (FIJ), Wang Qi (FIJ) and Gary Nuopula (SOL) in the men’s competition. Also Jian Fang Lay (AUS), Parleen Kaur (AUS), Grace Yee (FIJ) and Loata Neli Duncan (FIJ) in the Women’s competition. This is one of a series of 6 Tournaments in Oceania.
The others are in Tonga (Nuku’alofa) 29-30 June, Australia (Gold Coast) 25-26 August, Fiji (Suva) 8-9 September, Tahiti (Papeete) 3-4 November and Vanuatu (Port Vila) 9-10 February 2019. The players, in the singles, earn points towards qualification to the 2019 Oceania Cup Tournament.
Joachim Kusche and Alan Moore were the Referees. There were 12 umpires, with only Ron Garrett (Southland) and Malcolm Wong (Wellington) not from Canterbury. They were International Umpires Alan Moore, Ron Garrett, Hamish Rennie and Malcolm Wong. National Umpires were Mimi Walle , Akiko Goto and Gregg Davey. The other umpires were Lydia Mercer-Beumelburg, Suniko Yoshioka, Ruhi Advilker, Ulrike Kusche and Steve Moore.
The schedule was light for the umpires. On the Saturday I umpired a mixed doubles match between Nathan Xu/Jiayi Zhou and Wang Qi/Loata Neli Duncan won by Xu/Zhou 3-0 (6, 7, 3,). Also the Women Singles Group A which was won by Jian Fang Lay, with Jiayi Zhou 2nd and Lisa Yue 3rd. Play finished at 4pm on Saturday.
On the Sunday I umpired the last 16 Men’s Singles match between Teng Teng Liu and Simon Fenwick won by Liu 4-0 (3, 6, 1, 2 ). Then the Women Singles Semi Finals between Jenny Hung and Jiayi Zhou won by Hung 4-1 (3, 7, 8, -9, 3 ). My last match was the Women Doubles (Last match in a round robin of 3 pairs) between Parleen Kaur/Jiayi Zhou and Zhiying Cheng/Lisa Yue won by Kaur/Zhou 3-1 (3, -3, 5, 13 ). Play finished at 4.45pm on Sunday.
Lisa Yue was the only player from Wellington. She was 3rd in her Women Singles group. She had another chance of qualifying as the 3 third place players in the groups were put into the Women Singles Stage 2 Qualification Group. Lisa won the group to qualify for the Quarter Finals where she lost to Jenny Hung 4-0 (3. 3, 3, 2 ). Lisa, with Zhiying Cheng, lost both her Women’s Doubles matches (Round Robin of 3 Teams). In the Mixed Doubles, Lisa with Kelsey Amor, reached the finals where they lost to Rohan Dhooria/Parleen Kaur 3-0 (6, 4, 8).
Other final results (below).
Men’s Singles
Teng Teng Liu (NZL) beat Rohan Dhooria (AUS)
4-1 (6, 5, -9, 5, 2)
Women Singles
Jian Fang Lay (AUS) beat Jenny Hung (NZL)
4-0 (2, 3, 8, 7 )
Men’s Doubles
Dean Shu/Nathan Xu (NZL) beat Rohan Dhooria (AUS)/ Paul Innnes (NZL)
3-2 (-4, 8, 8, -7, 10)
Women Doubles (Round Robin)
1st Paurleen Kaur (AUS)/Jiayi Zhou (NZL)
2nd Loata Neil Duncan/Sally Yee (FIJ)
-Malcolm Wong
Wellington were represented by a Men’s Team, Women’s Team, Under 15 Girls Team and a Under 13 Boys Team at the tournament held at the Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre in Tauranga. Sean Hanson was the main junior coach supported by Martyn Barry, Tim Wilson (ITTF Level 1 Coach) and James Wang (ITTF Level 1 Coach).
Table Tennis Wellington President, Malcolm Wong (International Umpire, National Referee, ITTF Level 1 Coach), was one of two Referees at the tournament and he was there for the whole 8 days of the tournament. This is the fourth time the tournament has been held in Tauranga (previously in 1970, 1973 and 1976). There were 18 tables with a canteen run by Nomad Food and Wine from 10am to 6pm.
The Under 15 Girls Team (Mei Mun Teh, Erin Huang, Anna Wilson) easily won all their 4 matches, in a round robin, to win the Grade. They all have another year in the Under 15 grade and will be able to defend their title next year. Their result summary:
Singles Mei Mun Teh 7/8 Anna Wilson 7/8 Erin Huang 5/8
Doubles Huang/Teh 1/1 Teh/Wilson 2/2 Huang/Wilson 1/1
Yashka Rabichand (Wellington) was a draft player for the Southland Girls Under 18 Team which finished 3rd. She won 4 out of her 8 singles. Yashka has another year in the Under 15 grade.
The Under 13 Boys (Yufeng Wang, Aaron Lan, Tom Christie, Ben Riddell) were second in group 1B and qualified for the Semi-Finals where they lost to Auckland. In the playoff for third/fourth place against Canterbury they reversed the result of their group clash and won 4-3 with Tom Christie winning the deciding match against Jayden Ralston 3-0 (11-9 11-8 12-10). This is Tom and Ben’s last year in the Under 13’s while Yufeng and Aaron have two more years. Their result summary:
Singles Yufeng Wang 6/8, Aaran Lan 4/8, Tom Christie 3/7, Ben Riddle 1/4
Doubles Christie/Riddle 0/1, Lan/Wang 2/2, Christie/Wang 1/2
Yufeng Wang was runner up in the Under 11 Boy’s Singles won by Timothy Choi (Auckland) 3-0 (11-9 11-2 11-3) and the Under 11 Boy’s Doubles (with Aaron Lan) won by Allen Zhu/Timothy Choi (Auckland) 3-1 (11-4 10-12 11-7 11-7).
The Junior Individuals needed an extra day as they finished at 9.30 pm (8 Oct) and 10.20pm (9 Oct). This is far too late for juniors to be still playing.
The Women’s Team (Ye Zhai, Lisa Yue, Manon Soury-Lavergne (Draft – NCL)) won their grading match against Waitako 4-3 to qualify for the A Grade where they finished 4th.
Singles Ye Zhai 7/9 Lisa Yue 2/10 Manon Soury-Lavergne 0/9
Doubles Yue/Zhai 2/5
The Team found the going tough in A Grade with Ye Zhai still winning 5 Singles. Lisa Yue’s singles and double win (with Ye Zhai) in the grading match against Waitako and in the A Grade match against Southland ensured Wellington two wins.
Ye Zhai (6th seed) beat 2nd seed Jenny Hung (Canterbury) in the quarter finals of Women Singles 4-1 (8-11 11-7 11-6 11-8 11-8) and reached the final where she lost to the top seed Tianyi Li (Auckland) 4-0 (11-6 11-4 11-8 11-4). Tianyi Li won the Women Singles for the 5th year in a row. Ye Zhai/Lisa Yue were semi finalist in the Women Doubles losing to Jenny Hung/Avon Liu (Canterbury) 3-0 (11-2 12-10 11-3).
The Men’s Team (James Harter, Yang Low, Paul Solt) placed 2nd in 2B Grade. Paul Solt won a crucial match against Simon Luo (Auckland Senior Men Red) 3-2 (4-11 9-11 11-9 11-8 11-3). Yang Low had three 2-3 losses. James Harter was in impressive form winning 9 out of his 10 singles which kept the team in contention in all their matches.
They lost in the semi finals to Waitemata 2 and in the 3/4 playoff to Nelson. Against Nelson two close matches went to Nelson making the difference.
Singles James Harter 9/10 Yang Low 4/6 Paul Solt 1/9
Doubles Harter/Low 2/5
Yang Low was a semi finalist in the Men’s B Grade Singles. He beat the C Grade Men’s Singles winner, Jack Chen (Auckland) in the Quarter Finals 3-2 (11-5 8-11 11-8 10-12 13-11) before losing to Mark Page (Waitako) 3-0 (11-4 11-4 14-12). Yang won the C Grade Men’s Doubles with Jimmy Caunter (Waitako) against David Jarvis (Bay of Plenty)/Paul Kyle (Waitako) 3-0 (11-5 11-5 13-11). Low and Caunter had previously won the NZ D Grade Men’s Doubles in 2015.
There was a lack of qualified umpires to umpire in the afternoon final session. The players who made themselves available to umpire were of a good standard. Paul Solt umpired the Men’s Singles Final.
Thanks to all the officials who ran the tournament. John Lea (Tournament Director), Paul Henderson (Deputy Tournament Director), Ron Garrett (Tournament Referee – Juniors), Malcolm Wong (Tournament Referee – Seniors), Grant Wilson (Media & Broadcast Liaison), Matthew Hetherington (Media & Promotion), Christine Young (Tournament Controller) and Jessica Macaskill (Tournament Controller).
A social dinner was held at the nearby Daniels in the Park on the last night and the TTNZ Annual Awards were announced.
-Malcolm Wong
L->R: Gary Williams (TTNZ Chairman),
Lydia Mercer-Beumelburg, Vanessa Wood-lin, Aarya Advilkar (Canterbury – Silver), Anna Wilson, Erin Huang, Mei Mun Teh (Wellington – Gold)
L->R: Gary Williams (TTNZ Chairman),
Ben Riddell, Aaran Lan, Tom Christie, Yufeng Wang (Wellington – Bronze), Keanu King, Robert Zhung, Alex Liu Cao, Leo Mamedov, Timothy Choi (Auckland – Gold), Ingamar Siegruhn, Andrei Casareo, Finn Brown, (Southland – Silver).
L->R: Gary Williams (TTNZ Chairman), Ye Zhai, Tianyi Li (A), Jin (Kim) Wang (A), Liting Guo (NL)
L->R: Gary Williams (TTNZ Chairman),
Avon Liu & Jenny Hung (C), Jin (Kim) Wang & Tianyi Li (A),
Lisa Yue & Ye Zhai.
NZ B Grade Men’s Singles
L->R: Gary Williams (TTNZ Chairman),
Mark Page (WK), Jun Tamaura (A), Jessie Wilson (C), Yang Low
Nationals for the juniors was a great success with all players placing in the top three in their respective events:
Result details are posted to the TTNZ’s Tournament Planner page.
Also check the TTNZ Facebook page for photos from the event in Tauranga.
Speaking of national events I have a report from Malcolm Wong on the 2018 South Island Championships held earlier on July 7-8:
There were 104 players at the tournament in Christchurch. Fiona Zhai Ye, Lisa Yue and Andrew Maguire travelled from Wellington.
Fiona Zhai Ye became the first TT Wellington(*) player to win the South Island Women Singles when she won all her matches ( round robin of 5) from Mimi Walle (C), Shelley Smith (S), Lisa Yue 
and Anny Li (A). (*)Previous winners from Hutt Valley were Raewyn Young (1993) and Sabine Westenra (1995).
Lisa Yue and Fiona Zhai Ye were runner up in the Women Doubles to Shelley Smith/Mimi Walle 3-0 (11-6 11-6 14-12). Lisa Yue with Hongyi Li (C) were runner up in the Mixed Doubles to Ivo Mikulec (C)/Mimi Walle 3-1 (6-11 11-5 11-7 11-5).
Andrew Maguire with Shelley Smith were runner up in the Over 30 Mixed Doubles to Yikai Tian (C)/Akiko Goto (C) 3-1 (11-6 11-6 8-11 11-5). Andrew with Dave Samson (C) were runner up in the Over 40 Men’s Doubles to Abhay Joshi (C)/ Lyndon White (C) 3-0 (11-5 11-3 11-8). In the Over 30 Men’s Singles (Round robin of three) Andrew lead the winner Vladmir Ivanov (C) 2-0 before losing 3-2 (8-11 9-11 11-4 11-7 11-4).
– Malcolm Wong (South Island Championships report)
