The following travel report is from Malcolm Wong.
Ben Collins, Malcolm Wong and Tony Rutledge all traveled to this tournament which was held at the Simcox Stadium (Blenheim). The field included 28 males (8 juniors) and 5 females (2 juniors). The tournament report from the Marlborough Express is here. Continue reading “Travel Report: 2016 Marlborough Open (7-8 May)”
(click the picture for the full details and entry form)
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.
Sad news with Ron Menchi, a dedicated Empire Club and TTNZ member for as long as anyone can remember and a good friend to so many, passed away on Monday.
Requiem Mass will be celebrated in the Church of St Martin de Porres, Park Avenue, Lower Hutt on Wednesday 13 April 2016 at 1pm. All communications to: Menchi family c/- P O Box 30067 Lower Hutt 5040.
Our condolences to Ron’s family and to those who knew him on behalf of all the Wellington table tennis family.
Here is an excerpt from Robin Radford’s 2014 Hall of Fame publication (ref TTNZ):
**** 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).
| 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 full team and individual standings after the Round Robin are here.
1v2 Waterloo Wasps v Nomads 3v4 Empire Emperors v McConnochies 5v6 Titanium v Buckrells
1v2 Empire Empresses v Misfits 3v4 Waterloo Whales v Waterloo Wolves 5v6 Coasters v Empire Emissaries
1v2 Empire Enigmas v Empire Enforcers 3v4 Empire Envoys v Waterloo Whippets 5v6 Young & Dangerous v Waterloo Wapitis
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 |
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!
FYI the next ITTF-PTT L1 Coaching Course will be held in Auckland at the Waitemata Table Tennis Stadium in Henderson over 2 weekends 4th to 6th June (Queens Birthday) and 11th to 12th June. Please refer to the flyer for further details.
Also refer to the TTNZ Coach Pathways document which is Objective 4 from the TTNZ High Performance Business Plan.
Below are the teams and here is the draw.
(also the team listing as a pdf).
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
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
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
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.
Online form or as a pdf (email to tournament@ttwellington.org.nz or post per the form).
Also refer to the Tournament Conditions.
| Time | Saturday March 12 |
| 10:00am | Over 50, Over 70 |
| 12:30pm | Over 40, Over 60 |
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!
(by Malcolm Wong)
Murray Dunn was born in 1935 and died on 19 July 2015 in Auckland, aged 79. His obituary was in the New Zealand Herald.
He was a former Wellington and New Zealand Table Tennis player. Murray was NZ Table Tennis Singles Champion (1960-63), ranked Number 1 on the NZ Men’s List (1960-63 and 1965), NZ Player of the Year (1961, 1962 and 1965) and went to 3 World Table Tennis Championships (1954, 1961 and 1967). He is in the Table Tennis Hall of Fame (1999).
His Hall of Fame article said that ‘Murray was the possessor of a wonderful match temperament coupled with quick reflexes and nimble footwork. His backhand kill was a consistent and accurate winner. He was able to rally for long periods, hitting the same shot from either side of the table until the point was won’.
Continue reading “Murray Dunn – New Zealand Champion”
Both Titan and Onslow clubs ended their seasons last year with club championships. Malcolm Wong kindly wrote up some reports…
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