Table Tennis Wellington

The 2016 Winter Interclub Series One Finals were held June 28/29 and saw the finals of the three interclub divisions.

Premier Grade saw an exciting matchup between the top two teams of recent seasons, Titan Terriers (2015 champions) and Waterloo Wasps. A number of spectators were rewarded with a tight contest for the Hearfield Cup with no match an easy victory. In the end, Waterloo Wasps prevailed by 6 matches to 3, with superiority in the doubles being a key factor.

The playoff for third and fourth place saw Empire Entertainers too strong for Titan Trailblazers, winning 10-1.

Division One featured the Series front-runners, Empire Enforcers against Onslow Titan batting for the Chis Williams Cup. Form from the round robin matchup between these teams was reversed with Onslow Titan causing a surprise by winning 7-4. Previous title holders Waterloo Wolves beat Waterloo Wapitis 10-1 in the playoff for third and fourth.

The Division Two final between two Empire teams, Empire Elms and Empire Egrets was eagerly awaited after a close result the previous week. The Empire Egrets prevailed 7-4 with their greater depth evident, despite a valiant effect from Vladimir Vysotskiy who won three singles for the Empire Elms. In the other fixture, Waterloo Whales beat a depleted Empire Echoes team 8-3.

• Series 1 draw & results history: Series 1 (with Semi-Final results).

Continue reading “Winter Interclub – Results” →

**** Click here for the TTNZ South Islands Individuals Entry Form (May 14-15 Dunedin) ****

Also note: Business Class next comp: May 3

The full TTW 2016 summer interclub result set is here: Summer Interclub 2016 Final.  We have a rest now before winter interclub (forms are coming out soon).

Congratulations to everyone who completed.  Special congratulations though to the winners!

• Division 1: Waterloo Wasps (Sean Hanson 100%, Vance Kelly 70%)
• Division 2: Empire Empresses (Jo Roberts 100%, Raewyn Young 50%)
• Division 3: Empire Enigmas (Basil Kananghinis 90%, Om Thakur 80%)

Continue reading “Summer Interclub Wrapup & South Islands” →

The full team and individual standings after the Round Robin are here.

Division One

1v2    Waterloo Wasps v Nomads
3v4    Empire Emperors v McConnochies
5v6    Titanium v Buckrells

Division Two

1v2    Empire Empresses v Misfits
3v4    Waterloo Whales v Waterloo Wolves
5v6    Coasters v Empire Emissaries

Division Three

1v2    Empire Enigmas v Empire Enforcers
3v4    Empire Envoys v Waterloo Whippets
5v6    Young & Dangerous v Waterloo Wapitis

Things are getting tight now, over half way through the round-robin phase heading into the crunch matches now!

In division 3 the Empire Enigmas (Basil Kananghinis & Om Thakur) look like they’ll be tough to catch from here but still have to play the teams currently ranked 2 & 3.  In division 2 the Empire Empresses (Raewyn Young & Jo Roberts) are looking imperious at the top by 3 points, while in division 1 the Nomads ( John Gan & Chris Talbot) are ahead by just 2 points.

Results: Summer 16 Results Table Wk 3

Round 2 Results are hot off the press right here.

Thanks to Kevin Haines for the updates.

… are here – please validate your name spellings and results!

Below are the teams and here is the draw.
(also the team listing as a pdf).

DIVISION ONE

1	Titanium: Depak Patel, Ryan Cronin
2	Nomads: Chris Talbot, John Gan
3	Waterloo Wasps: Sean Hanson, Vance Kelly
4	Buckrells: David Buckrell, Liam Buckrell
5	Empire Emperors: Ian Talbot, Zhidong Yu
6	McConnochies: Bryan McConnochie, Phillip McConnochie

DIVISION TWO

1	Misfits: Mat Hobbs, Brendyn Shaw
2	Waterloo Wolves: Scott Higham, Craig Gear
3	Empire Empresses: Raewyn Young, Jo Roberts
4	Waterloo Whales: Adam Xiong, Martin Xiong
5	Coasters: Shane Gibson, Nabe Talabu
6	Empire Emissaries: Russell Buchanan, Darrell Brown

DIVISION THREE

1	Waterloo Whippets: Dean McNicholl, Emma Hanson
2	Empire Enigmas: Om Thakur, Basil Kananghinis
3	Waterloo Wapitis: Ian Thomas, Tim Wilson
4	Empire Envoys: Sandeep Shivakumar, Graham Sole
5	Empire Enforcers: Ian Grace, Liam Johnston
6	Young & Dangerous: Travis Dyer, Soichiro Eguchi

Here is the entry form and details for the upcoming 2016 Summer Interclub series (Wednesdays, 2-player teams, best of 7 matches, Feb 24 through March 30).

Please review and coordinate with your club contact to get your teams in by Wednesday Feb 17 if at all possible.

See you there!

Results for the November competition are after these photos from the final night:

Grade A:

1    Ricky Yeung
2=   John Gan
2=   Jason Granville
4    Hui-Ling Vong
5    Chris Talbot
6    Ian Talbot
7    Vance Kelly
8=   David Buckrell
8=   Scott Higham
10   Zhidong Yu
11=  Gareth Telfer
11=  Larn Sweeney
11=  Paul Solt

Grade B:

1    Mat Hobbs
2    Brendyn Shaw
3    Andrew Maguire
4    Shane Gibson
5    Nabe Talabu
6=   Craig gear
6=   Russell Buchanan
6=   Martin Xiong
9=   Om Thakur
9=   Michael Zhang
11=  Liam Buckrell
11=  Virgil Kan
13   Ryan Cronin

Grade C:

1    Darrell Brown
2    Liam Johnston
3=   Soichiro Eguchi
3=   Ellen Xiong
5=   Chris Sutton
5=   Ian Grace
7    Ruben Tifigha
8    Jeff Kidd
9=   Ikkla Havukkala
9=   John Wareham
11   Jeremy Parant
12   Alvin Panugayan

Play-offs (top grade):

1       Ricky Yeing
2       Jason Granville
3       John Gan
4       Hui-ling Vong
5       Chris Talbot

Next Wednesday (Nov 25) is the last night for the November competition – we are also having pizza and the prizegiving presentations in particular for the the winning winter interclub teams.  If you’re not playing earlier in the evening already, come along around 9:30pm (@ Empire) especially if your team won a winter interclub series!

-Mat

November Competition Week 3 Update

Some player unavailability issues caused a few defaults this week resulting in some changes of positions within the various grades. The round robin part of the competition has now concluded with the draw for 25 November being based on the finishing positions. All players who have played are invited to the one-off evening which will have players playing in a five player round robin against others who finished near them in the main draw. There is no obligation to attend, but if players are not going to play, it would be appreciated if they could forward a message to that effect.

-Kevin Haines

Results for the grades are as follows

Continue reading “Upcoming Prizegiving night Wed Nov 25 & Nov Comp Week 3 results” →