(click the picture for the full details and entry form)
| Event | Winner/s | Runner/s Up |
| Open Singles | Matthew Ball (MN) | Sean Hanson |
| Open Doubles | Matthew Ball (MN) & Jae Lee (MN) | Ben Collins & Hui-Ling Vong |
| B Grade Singles | Depak Patel | Ben Collins |
| C Grade Singles | David Buckrell | Ryan Cronin |
| D Grade Singles | Scott Higham | Clemence Hoareau (Reunion Is) |
| Under 21 Singles | Jae Lee (MN) | Hui-Ling Vong |
| Over 25 Singles | Matthew Ball (MN) | David Buckrell |
| Over 25 Doubles | David Buckrell & Raphael Thiery | Ryan Cronin & Simon Jung |
| Over 35 Singles | Depak Patel | Phillip McConnochie |
| Over 35 Doubles | Depak Patel & David Buckrell | Robert Chung & Simon Jung |
| Over 45 Singles | Lindsay Ward | Depak Patel |
| Over 45 Doubles | Ian Talbot & Lindsay Ward | Bryan McConnochie & Depak Patel |
| Over 55 Singles | Lindsay Ward | Ian Talbot |
| Over 65 Singles | Tony Rutledge | Dave Scott (WK) |
| Under 18 Singles | William Hunter (MN) | Dan Heaphy (MN) |
| Under 16 Singles | Liam Buckrell | Thomas Sun (MN) |
| Under 16 Doubles | Liam Buckrell & Jimi Nelson | Kaushal Patel (MN) & Thomas Sun (MN) |
| Under 14 Singles | Liam Buckrell | Thomas Sun (MN) |
| Under 14 Doubles | Liam Buckrell & Jimi Nelson | Kaushal Patel (MN) & Thomas Sun (MN) |
| Under 12 Singles | Hiroshi Mukhopadhyay (MN) | Yufeng Wang |
| Over 35 Plate | Simon Jung | Amit Saboo |
| Over 45 Plate | Tony Rutledge | Kevin Haines |
| Under 16 Plate | Jimi Nelson | Emma Hanson |
| Under 14 Plate | Jimi Nelson | Callum McKinnon (MN) |
Continue reading “TTW Autumn Open Results (April 23-24 Rating Tournament)”
**Update** The Teams results are posted here with John Gan & Chris Talbot (Wellington 2) winning Gold in the Over 50 Mens’ B Grade! Also Bryan McConnochie & Tony Rutledge got Silver in the Over 65 Men.
Hi folks, a hot off the press photo coming in with Ian Talbot & Lindsay Ward NZ Vets O60 Men’s Doubles Winners (winning the final over Kevin Fogarty & Doug Pattinson 9-11 11-6 11-9 11-7).
In the NZ vs. Australia test teams Lindsay’s O40 team went down 1-4 but Bryan McConnochie’s O65 team won 4-1 (with Doug Pattinson). Overall Australia won and Shona has posted a some photos here.
A photo from Malcolm:
The 2016 TTW Vets tournament was held on Saturday and thanks to all players who came along and especially those who travelled from afar! It looks like the locals held out the visitors in most events bar the Over 70s Doubles!
| Event | Winner | Runner-up |
| Over 40 Combined Singles | Depak Patel | Joanna Roberts |
| Over 40 Doubles | Depak Patel & Bryan McConnochie |
Zhidong Yu & Matthew Hobbs |
| Over 50 Men’s Singles | Lindsay Ward | Depak Patel |
| Over 50 Doubles | Lindsay Ward & Ian Talbot |
Zhidong Yu & Paul Solt |
| Over 60 Men’s Singles | Lindsay Ward | Ian Talbot |
| Over 60s Doubles | Lindsay Ward & Ian Talbot |
Dave Scott & Robert Dunn |
| Over 70s Men’s Singles | Tony Rutledge | Robert Dunn |
| Over 70s Doubles | Jim Jarmin & Robert Dunn |
Tony Rutledge & Penn Pattison |
Heavy chop!
Over 60s pool play
Over 70s singles winner with original transport!
The 2016 Table Tennis Wellington Veterans Open is being held on Saturday March 12 the conditions and form documents are below or use the online form to enter. Please enter by 6pm on Wednesday March 9.
There are over 40/50/60 and 70 age groups (if you turn that age on or before Dec 31, 2016) – 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 particularly good timing for those heading up to Manawatu for the TTNZ Vets on March 24-28.
Details and Entry Form
Online form or as a pdf (email to tournament@ttwellington.org.nz or post per the form).
Also refer to the Tournament Conditions.
Schedule
| Time | Saturday March 12 |
| 10:00am | Over 50, Over 70 |
| 12:30pm | Over 40, Over 60 |
Entries Close Wednesday March 9, 6pm
It’s that time again, the New Zealand Masters Games are back. The Games are scheduled in Dunedin 30 January – 7 February 2016 and we are expecting over 5000 people. The event line-up is huge, 60 sports from Tennis Table to Yachting and everything in between. Whether you wish to compete for a medal or give something a go in a social category – there is something for everyone! Be a part of New Zealand’s largest sporting event and smile as you tick it off your bucket list. Check out www.nzmg.com or visit the NZMG Facebook page for the latest games information and entertainment. Registrations are open now!
The full team lists and results are here: Primary-Intermediate Schools Tournament 2015 – Results.
Thanks for Bruce Northover and helpers for running this event.
Congratulations to the winning teams and all entrants and thanks also to the schools and students for supporting our event and for the excellent behaviour and sportsmanship during the tournament.
The winning teams…
Premier – Boys
Clyde Quay School 1
Liam Buckrell
Calvin Li
Max Sargentina
Division 2 – Boys
Wellesley College 2
Fynn Holmes
Ruaridh Ferguson
Oscar Hough
Division 3 – Boys
Clyde Quay School 3
Arlo Rea
Daniil Seyb
Jack Ansell-Jones
Division 4 – Boys
Clyde Quay School 4
Zak Rigby
Thomas Collison
Matthew McCarty
Division 5 – Boys
Hutt Intermediate School 7
Tobiah Datchler
Jacob Nixon
Devon Mather
Josh C
Division 1 – Girls
Hutt Intermediate School 1
Antonia Hamilton
Tegan Bennik
Emma Hanson
Division 2 – Girls
Raroa Intermediate 3
Sydnie NU
Ariana D
Maggie M
The Manawatu Open is being held on Sunday August 30 this year with the entry form here.
Enter to Table Tennis Manawatu, P O Box 7049, Pioneer Highway, Palmerston
North by 5.00 pm on Sunday 23 August.
This will be held at Barber Hall, Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North.
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Share a car!
The 2015 Coffee Supreme Wellington Open was held over the weekend of 1 and 2 August 2015.
We appreciate the support the Open was given by our major sponsor Coffee Supreme of Wellington. Coffee Supreme provided significant prize money and products, all of which was well received by the fortunate recipients.
Additional Sponsorship was provided by TT Sports and New World Wellington City
The final results are below (doubles results pending). For more commentary and a place to view or post photos check out the Table Tennis Wellington Facebook page.
Singles Events
Coffee Supreme Open Singles
Matthew Ball (Man) bt.
Sean Hanson
(4:1) 11-5, 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5
Coffee Supreme Open Women’s Singles
Hui-Ling Vong bt.
Natalie Paterson (Man)
(4:2) 11-9, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9
Open doubles
Matthew Ball (Man) & Jae Lee (Man) bt.
Frank Fu & Sean Hanson
Open Mixed doubles
Matthew Ball (Man) & Natalie Paterson (Man) bt.
Hayden Tapp & Hui-Ling Vong
Under 21 Singles
Chun-Kiet Vong bt.
Jae Lee (Man)
(3:1) 11-4, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5
(no Under 21 doubles)
Under 18 Singles
Chun-Kiet Vong bt.
Sean Hanson
(3:2) 11-7, 12-10, 14-16, 2-11, 11-8
Under 18 doubles
Sean Hanson & Frank Fu bt.
Jae Lee (Man) & Scott Lochhead (Man)
Under 15 Singles
Hui-Ling Vong bt.
Scott Lochhead (Man)
(3:1) 6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9
Under 15 Girls’ Singles
Abbey Webb (Man) bt.
Emma Hanson
(3:0) 11-7, 12-10, 11-8
Under 15 doubles
Scott Lochhead (Man) & Jack Webb (Man) bt.
Emma Hanson & Hui-Ling Vong
Under 13 Singles
Liam Buckrell bt.
Thomas Sun
(3:0) 11-6, 11-5, 11-9
Under 13 Girls’ singles
Abbey Webb (Man) bt.
Maeghan Casey
Under 13 doubles
Liam Buckrell & Jimi Nelson bt.
Thomas Sun (Man) & Abbey Webb (Man)
B Grade Singles
Chun-Kiet Vong bt.
Sean Hanson
(3:2) 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 5-11, 11-3
B Grade doubles
Andrew Maguire & Phillip McConnochie bt.
Frank Fu & Chun-Kiet Vong
C Grade Singles
David Buckrell bt.
Scott Lochhead (Man)
(3:1) 11-4, 11-5, 9-11, 11-6
C Grade doubles
Scott Lochhead (Man) & Jack Webb (Man) bt.
Paul Solt & Gareth Telfer
D Grade Singles
Steve Montgomery bt.
Malcolm Wong
(3:1) 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5
D Grade doubles
Craig Gear & Malcolm Wong bt.
Ian Grace & Steve Montgomery
Over 30 Singles
Harry Chen bt.
David Buckrell
Over 40 Singles
Lindsay Ward bt.
Depak Patel
Over 40 doubles
Depak Patel & Lindsay Ward bt.
Craig Gear & Scott Higham
Over 50 Singles
Lindsay Ward bt.
Depak Patel
(3:0) 11-3, 11-5, 13-11
Over 50 doubles
Bryan McConnochie & Depak Patel bt.
Ian Talbot & Lindsay Ward
Over 60 Singles
Ian Talbot bt.
Bryan McConnochie
Over 60 doubles
Bryan McConnochie & Ian Talbot bt.
Tony Rutledge & Dave Scott (Waik)
(no Over 70s events held)
Singles Plate Events
Open Plate
Depak Patel bt.
Natalie Paterson (Man)
(3:0) 11-6, 11-9, 11-8
B Grade Plate
David Buckrell bt.
Zhidong Yu
(3:2) 6-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6
C Grade Plate
Craig Gear bt.
Shaun Marnewick
(3:0) 11-5, 11-8, 11-9
D Grade Plate
Kevin Haines bt.
Ian Grace
(3:2) 11-6, 3-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8
Over 50 Plate
Zhidong Yu bt.
Craig Gear
(3:0) 11-7, 11-3, 12-10
Under 15 Plate
Emma Hanson bt.
Alexi Zangouropoulos
Under 13 Plate
Abbey Webb (Man) bt.
Maeghan Casey
(3:0) 11-6, 11-2, 11-2
Family Doubles
Chun-Kiet Vong & Hui-Ling Vong bt.
David Buckrell & Liam Buckrell
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.
-Malcolm Wong
Full result listing: 2015 Nelson Open Results
TTNZ photos: here
We are pleased to announce the 2015 Coffee SUPREME Table Tennis Wellington Open Championships.
The full details are here with the: Entry Form & Conditions.
This will be held at the Empire Table Tennis Stadium, on Saturday/Sunday 1 & 2 August.
Entries are due to Paul Solt on tournament@ttwellington.org.nz or 04 566 8724 by 9pm Wednesday 29 July.
Coffee Supreme is an independent specialty coffee roaster supplying cafes all across New Zealand and Australia.
Be sure to visit the Coffee Supreme New Zealand online store where you can get fresh coffee delivered straight to your door!
Thanks also to TTSports and New World for their support.
NOTE: Family doubles can be any mix – parent and child or grandparent and grandchild or sibling and sibling or aunt/uncle and niece/nephew etc.
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 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.
Results were
1st Wellington (5 points)
2nd Auckland (3 points)
3rd Christchurch (1 point)
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
The entry form and details are here: 2015 Manawatu TT Vets Entry.
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.
… are here: Winter Results Tables-Series 1 Week 3
Some further coming tournaments (looking further out we have the Wellington Open on August 1-2):
Hawkes Bay
Saturday 20 June Entry Form (due June 15)
Otago Open
July 18-19 Entry Form & Conditions (due July 3)
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.
North Island Individuals – July 10-12
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.
Counties Manakau Open – June 27-28
While on a roll here, the Counties Manakau Open is coming up too. Entries close Thursday June 25.
Below are the result summaries from the recent 2015 Table Tennis Wellington Autumn & Vets Open Tournaments.
2015 TTW Autumn Open
Open: Matthew Ball bt. Ben Collins (4:1) 6-11, 11-9, 11-3, 11-3, 11-6
Open Women: Natalie Paterson, runner-up Hui-Ling Vong (round robin)
B Grade: Depak Patel bt. Lindsay Ward (3:0) 11-9, 12-10, 11-1
C Grade: Harry Chen bt. Zhidong Yu (3:0) 11-9, 11-6, 11-6
D Grade: Craig Gear bt. Matthew Johansen (3:1) 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-8
U12: Thomas Sun, runner up Kaushal Patel (round robin)
U14: Hui-Ling Vong bt. Liam Buckrell (3:0) 11-1, 11-3, 11-3
U14 Plate: Jimi Nelson bt. Emma Hanson (3:0) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8
U16: Hui-Ling Vong, runner up Scott Lochhead (round robin)
U18: Chun-Kiet Vong bt. Sean Hanson (3:0) 13-11, 11-7, 11-8
U21: Chun-Kiet Vong bt. Sean Hanson (3:1) 11-9, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3
U21 Plate: Hui-Ling Vong bt. Matthew Johansen (3:0) 11-3, 11-7, 11-6
O30: Depak Patel bt. Harry Chen (3:2) 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-2
O35: Scott Higham, runner up H Chen (round robin)
O30 Plate: Craig Gear bt. Steve Montgomery (3:2) 7-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8
O45: Lindsay Ward bt. Depak Patel (3:2) 11-6, 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9
O45 Plate: Kelvin Tofland bt. Kevin Haines (3:2) 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9
O55: Lindsay Ward bt. Depak Patel (3:1) 11-7, 14-12, 3-11, 11-8
O55 Plate: Kelvin Tofland bt. Kevin Haines (4:0) 11-4, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9
2015 TTW 2015 Veterans
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:
The 2015 Table Tennis Wellington Veterans Open Tournament is open to all-comers. If you turn 40 or more in 2015 then you are eligible – mark your calendar!
The tournament will be held on Saturday May 23 at the Empire Table Tennis Club Hall, Marine Parade, Petone. Round up your friends and car-pool in.
Details and Entry Form
2015 Wgtn Veterans Entry Form (and as pdf).
& Conditions
2015 Wgtn Veterans Conditions (and as pdf).
Schedule
| Time | Saturday May 23 |
| 10:00am | Over 50, Over 70 |
| 12:30pm | Over 40, Over 60 |
Entries Close Wednesday May 20, 6pm
email: tournament [at] ttwellington.org.nz
Tournament Managers
Bruce Northover, Kevin Haines
Table Tennis Wellington 