From Canterbury Table Tennis Association:

This is a reminder that the Canterbury Open is on Saturday and Sunday, the 9th and 10th of July 2011. The number of entries last year was a record and the standard of players and competition was fantastic. This year the Men’s finalists will share $1,000 and the Women’s finalists will share $500 prize money. Please visit our website for nearby accommodation options and the Entry Form and Info.

Entries Close Thursday 30 June 2011.

The Table Tennis stadium, surrounding suburbs (Riccarton Mall, local motels etc), Airport and generally our whole side of town have been largely unaffected by the earthquakes and aftershocks. If you fly in, drive to the TT stadium, stay anywhere nearby, visit the Mall etc you will not even know we have had earthquakes (If you especially visit the CDB or drive to the other side of town (eastern suburbs) you will then see the impact of the earthquake on old buildings, and liquefaction damage to roads and properties). The media only highlight the sad and sensationalist effects. Life after the quakes was quickly back to normal for most of us in Christchurch.

Please contact the stadium (03) 341 5561 if you have any queries.

Sincerely

Canterbury Table Tennnis Association.

[ed note: I had problems accessing their site with Google Chrome, it is fine in IE]

OK, here are the details…

Conditions: 2011 Wgtn Open Conditions
Entry Form: Wellington Open Entry form & in pdf format.

Tournament Correspondence to Paul Solt (tournament [at] ttwellington.org.nz).

Entries due June 28.

OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS:

Canterbury Open (July 9/10) click here.
North Harbour Open: click here (Sunday July 24).
Palmerston North (Himatangi Transport Veterans 12th Graded Open Doubles) Sunday Aug 6: Vets Graded Doubles 2011

2011 Marlborough Open Table Tennis Championships
Supported by The Redwood Trust
SIMCOX STADIUM, Batty’s Road, Springlands, Blenheim

Saturday 7th May and Sunday 8th May

Entries due May 2, click here for the details.

North Harbour Table Tennis are hosting their Junior Open on Sunday May 15.

Click here for more details.  Entries are due May 10.

“”The North Island Open Championships Entry Forms are available at http://www.tabletennis.org.nz/nationalevents.htm

These Championship are being held in Palmerston North from 29 April to 1 May 2011.

Entries Close 8 April 2011. Entry fees payable with entry – details at above and on the forms.

The Manawautu Association advise that the published timetable is a proposed one. They may be adjusted when the number of entries is ascertained.

They will email entrants when finalised, so do not forget to include your email address on the entry form.  The start times will also be published on the web site.” – TTNZ

(Wednesday, March 9^th ) CHANGED TO Saturday, April 16th, 2011

WKSummerOpen 2011 entry form

Complimentary BBQ and Drinks will be held at the conclusion of play!

The latest report from Malcolm Wong:

The New Zealand Masters Games (4-13 February, 2011), a multi sports event, started in Wanganui (1989) and alternates between Wanganui and Dunedin. Dave Welch has organised the table tennis from the beginning, which is held at Jubilee Stadium. Dennis Galvin (Waitemata) and Robert Dunn (North Harbour) have been to the table tennis at all the Games in Wanganui.

Six gold medals to Raewyn Young and Ian Talbot

Raewyn Young made a clean sweep of the Over 35 and Over 45 individual events, winning the Women Singles, Women Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Ian Talbot was a member of the winning Over 35, Over 45 and Over 55 teams. He also won the Men’s Doubles in the same age groups. Other Wellington players to win gold medals were Bryan McConnochie (4), Chris Talbot (3), Depak Patel (2) and Graeme Sole (1).

Teams events (Wednesday- Friday, 9-11 February)

In the Over 55 teams, Bryan McConnochie and Ian Talbot retained their title winning all their matches. In the Over 45 teams Chris and Ian Talbot won their fourth consecutive title in a close final 3-2 against Depak Patel/Raewyn Young. In the Over 35 teams, the Talbot brothers and Bryan McConnochie won the final 4-1 against Depak Patel, Raewyn Young and Paul Solt. This was also the Talbot brothers fourth consecutive title.

A player collapsed from heat exhaustion in the late afternoon, during the teams event. He went to hospital and was later discharged. This happened despite him drinking plenty of water during the day. It was a reminder that players must listen to what their bodies are telling them.

Individual Events (Saturday-Sunday 12-13 February)

Saturday was the longest day with play finishing at 10.30pm. This was due to allowing people to enter both the Over 35 and Over 55 events. In the Over 35 Men’s Singles final Shane Wilson (Wanganui) beat Ian Talbot 3-0 which was a repeat of the 2005 final. A great 43rd birthday present for Shane, who was the 1993 Wellington Open Men’s Singles winner. Charly Talumepa (Manawatu) won the Over 45 Men’s Singles beating Chris Talbot 3-2. Gerard Lucas (Sri Lanka) retained the Over 55 Men’s Singles 3-2 against Ian Talbot. Gerard also won the Over 65 and Over 70 Men’s Singles and won the most gold medals for table tennis (7).

Doctor Gerard Lucas, a retired paediatrician, was the former Sri Lanka number 1 (1965) and national team member. He had wins against the visiting Pakistan national champion, the Russian ranked number 2 player and Chinese players. In 1967 he won the All India Men’s Doubles, with P V Gopalakrishnan. At the World Masters Games in Edmonton, Canada (2005) he won the Silver medal in the Over 55 Men’s Doubles.

The Women Singles was won by Raewyn Young (Over 35 and Over 45), Val Scarr (Over 55 and Over 65) and Annice Robottom (Over 70). A certain international umpire was 65 on Sunday. She will be umpiring at the World Championships held in May, in the Dutch city of Rotterdam.

Results are on the NZ Masters Games site.

Fancy a trip down south? See the TTNZ National Events page for all the details… (entry forms from the Table Tennis Southland website, entries close March 7).

From the newsletter:

With the collapse of the roof over Stadium Southland due to excessive snow we have been able to secure the ILT Velodrome (part of Stadium Southland) for the 2011 New Zealand Veteran Championships together with the Paul Skelt Hall at Badminton Southland (across carpark from Stadium Southland).

The Velodrome will have a mobile wooden floor installed for Netball and Basketball which we are able to use during Easter. This floor will hold 14 tables. A further 4 tables will be used in the Badminton Stadium (Paul Skelt Hall). Also a wooden floor.

INVERCARGILL is the gateway to the south. Planes fly into Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown. Air New Zealand is the only one to fly into Invercargill.

It takes approx 2 ½ hrs to travel to Manapouri, Te Anau or Queenstown, but there are lots to see on the way so allow for more time. Wanaka, West Coast, Mount Cook are all worthwhile taking time to visit.

Did you attend a National event: Norths or Souths (team or individual), Nationals Junior or Senior, NZ Vets)? Please return the survey per the email copied below from Tim Seaholme (ttnzar [AT] xtra [dot] co [dot] nz).

Dear Association/Player,

As you know 2010 had in place a trail tournament structure, and the review process for this is underway. TTNZ would love to include your experiences and views on how this has gone and invite you to complete an online survey by following this link:

TableTennis NZ survey_distributed.pdf

Your views will help to shape the tournament structure in 2011 so please take the time to complete the short survey. Please complete your responses by Sunday 7th November.

TTNZ hope that you have had an enjoyable year of table tennis, and I look forward to more excitement next year.

Kind regards,
Tim Seaholme.

Full Results

Are here from the TTNZ site.

Peak result summary includes:

• Men’s Open Qtrs: Andrew Hubbard
• Women’s Open Semis: Catherine Zhou
• Open Mixed Doubles Finals: Andrew Hubbard/Catherine Zhou
• B Grade Men’s Singles Winner: Thom Nguyen
• O30s men’s Semis: Julian Wootton
• U21 Men’s Singles Qtrs: Thom Nguyen

Team Results

Both Wellington teams won their grading matches (men 3-2 over Tahiti to go into the B Grade and the women 3-2 over Tahiti to go into the A Grade).

Team results here:
2010 New Zealand Senior Open Team Events results
The men 5th in B Grade and the women 6th in A Grade. Congratulations to all!

“Roger Rao (Auckland) (pictured) created history at the TTNZ National Senior Championships when he became the youngest ever winner of the men’s singles at 13 years and 337 days, breaking a record previously held by TTNZ Hall of Fame inductee Richard Lee………..”(TTNZ)

2010 Aust Vets Indiv Entry Form

27^th Australian Veterans

Table Tennis Championships

 16 – 23 October 2010

 To be held at the

Melbourne Sports & Aquatic Centre, Albert Park, Melbourne, Victoria

 Referee:                        Mr Graeme Ireland.       (International Referee)

 Deputy Referees:          Mr Philip Males   (International Referee), Ms Fanny Ho       (International Umpire)

 Tournament Director:    Mr Alan Hopkins

 Organising Committee:  Table Tennis Victoria – Veterans Committee

(Chairperson    Mr Nick McConnell)

 Tournament Control:     Brian & Bev James

 Entries Close:                        Friday, 3^rd September 2010