… are here: 2015 Winter Series 1 Week 1, it looks like a lot of close matches except for a couple of blowouts in Premier.
If you notice any spelling or stat errors let us know.
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:
2015 TTW Winter Interclub Series I Draws are up: [for updates see here]
2015 Winter Premier Series 1 Draw
2015 Winter Division 1 Series 1 Draw
2015 Winter Division 2 Series 1 Draw
2015 Winter Division 3 Series 1 Draw (updated)
Enjoy the competition which starts this week and runs through until the school holidays.
If you’re not in a team yet contact your club contact to be a reserve player for your club or to get in for Series 2. Series 2 begins July 21/22 and is an opportunity for new teams to enter or to reform Series 1 teams.
This is a report from Malcolm Wong from the 2015 Oceania Hopes Challenge even held recently in Auckland.
This was held at the Cathay Pacific Auckland Table Tennis Stadium at 99a Gillies Avenue, Epsom, Auckland. There was a 4 day training camp during the week (7-10 April) with overseas and local coaches involved, headed by Dejan Papic (ITTF Education and Training Coordinator). This was followed by a tournament in the weekend (11-12 April). Results from the tournament are on the TTNZ site.
There were 10 boys and 10 girls participating. The only overseas players were one boy and girl from Australia and also New Caledonia. Malcolm Wong (Wellington) was the Referee for the tournament. There was a lack of qualified umpires with only one National Umpire, Robert Dunn, and two Junior Umpires, Neil Chen and Abel Mok, available. The tournament was run very efficiently and finished ahead of time. At the end of the tournament presentations were made to Dejan Papic and Malcolm Wong.
This tournament should be added on to the Oceania Junior and Cadet Open. This would result on more countries sending players to the Hope Challenge. Also this tournament clashed with the Oceania Cup. Cathy Gauthier (New Caledonia) was coaching at this tournament instead of defending her Pacific Cup Women Singles.
Thanks to Shane Warbrooke, Tournament Organiser and also CEO of the Auckland Table Tennis Association, for all his hard work for the tournament. Also thanks to all the people who volunteered their time to umpire. They are Rodney Bygrave, Judy Hinton, Kerry McGeehan, Abel Mok, Dave Little, Eugene Wong (Session 1 Sat 10am- 1pm), Wang Leung Chan, Neil Chen, Martin Lee, Abel Mok, Kevin Wu (Session 2 Sat 2pm-4pm), Neil Chen, Robert Dunn, Ebi Kleiser, Martin Lee, Pat Low, Kerry McGeehan (Session 3 Sun 10am -1.30pm).
-Malcolm Wong
Ref also here.
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
As this weekend’s weather reminds us, winter interclub season is upon us. Clubs are invited to submit entries for the 2015 Winter Interclub season – Series I. Teams come from clubs including composite teams from more than one club.
All the action starts in a few weeks so talk to your club interclub contacts to ensure you are on the team lists and have your up to date contact information.
Timetable – Series I & II
(assuming 6 team grades)
Tues 12 May Entries close for all grades
To be advised Grading matches if required
Tues 19 May Premier & Division 2 grades commence*
Wed 20 May Division 1 & Division 3 grades commence*
6-17 July School holidays (no interclub play – North Island Champs being played)
Tues 21 July Premier interclub recommences/Div 2 Grade Champs*
Wed 22 July Div 1 & 3 Grade Champs*
28/29 July Remaining divisions of interclub recommence
8/9 September Final rounds will be played
15 September Finals night – all grades
NB: There will be no Premier Grade on 1 September due to the National Secondary Schools Champs
*Assuming three grades below Premier
The documents below include Interclub Rules, Entry Form, and the latest Code of Conduct:
2015 TTW Winter Interclub Rules
2015 TTW Winter Interclub Entry Form
2015 Code of Conduct
Congratulations to Merv Allardyce and Eddie Moore in the O80s:
Eddie was also Over 80 Men’s Singles Silver Medalist.
Eddie Moore also was a Silver medallist in the O80s singles!
In the individuals events, Lindsay Ward got Gold in the O60s and Bronze in the O50s.
Also a picture from the Bronze Medal playoff match – Wellington 3 New South Wales 1 (thanks to Malcolm Wong for sending in these pictures):
In the Teams, Depak Patel and John Gan won Silver in the Over 40 Men B group.
As in the picture below, Ian Talbot, Lindsay Ward, and Bryan McConnochie won Bronze in the O60 Men
Details results are up on the TTNZ website
The 2015 Marlborough Open Form is here: 2015 Marlborough Open Form – this is being held in Blenheim on May 9/10 with all details are in the form. Entries are due May 4.
The Autumn Open (a rating tournament) is upon us. Clear your calendar for the May 2/3 weekend and enter in as many events as you can. Tournaments are a great way to test your skills, watch, and learn. See you there!
Entry form: 2015 TTW Autumn Open Entry Form (or as pdf).
The tournament conditions: 2015 Wgtn Autumn Conditions (or as pdf).
Events are Saturday May 2 (Open, Under 21, Over 30) and Sunday May 3 (Under 12/14/16/18; Over 35/45/55/65).
Entries close Wednesday Apr 29 to: tournament [at] ttwellington.org.nz (for options refer to the entry form).
Note that each entry includes a single $2 contribution towards a Junior Development Fund.
| Time | Saturday May 2 | Sunday May 3 |
| 9:15am | Under 21 & Over 30 | Under 12, Under 16 & Over 45, Over 65 |
| 12:00pm | Open Singles | |
| 1:30pm | Open Women’s Singles | Under 14, Under 18 & Over 35, Over 55 |
Venue
Empire Table Tennis Stadium, Marine Parade, Petone, Lower Hutt (a map is here).
Enjoy!
(entry form updated April 17)
Businesses in Wellington are invited to submit entries for the 2015 SUMMER BUSINESS CLASS league being run on Tuesdays from 28th April to 26th May (held at the Newtown stadium).
The entry form is here: 2015-april-business-class-entry-form (or as a pdf). Please read this for the details. Entries are due Wednesday April 22 to Steve Montgomery (contact details in the entry form).
Following from the team results, here are the Wellington individual medals, congratulations to…
Gold Medal
Over 60 MS – Lindsay Ward
Over 80 MD – Hugh McIlwrath and Brien Halpin (Canterbury)
Silver Medal
Over 80 MS – Eddie Moore
Bronze Medal
Over 50 MS – Lindsay Ward
Over 50 MD – Ian Talbot and Lindsay Ward
Over 60 MD – Ian Talbot and Lindsay Ward
If anyone has any photos send them along and I’ll add them here!
Result update from the NZ Vets (in Whangarei).
In the International tests vs. Australia:
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The Over 60s New Zealand team including Lindsay Ward beat Australia 3-2.
Likewise the Over 65s New Zealand team including Bryan McConnochie beat Australia 3-2 too!
In the domestic representative teams:
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In the Over 60s Wellington won Bronze (Ian Talbot, Lindsay Ward, Bryan McConnochie)
In the Over 40s B-Grade Wellington won Silver (Depak Patel, John Gan)
Congratulations to the above and to all Wellington competitors!
Congratulations to the summer interclub winning teams:
Premier: Waterloo Wasps (Sean Hanson, Vance Kelly)
Division 1: Titan (Martin Da Costa, Steve Montgomery)
Division 2: Empire Echoes (Reg Feuz, Om Thakur)
Division 3: Empire Eskimos (Jess D’Audney, Diana D’Audney)
Full results:
2015 Summer Interclub Final Result – Premier
2015 Summer Interclub Final Result – Divisions
Hi folks, this week is the final night of summer interclub, Premier and Divisions 1 & 2 are 1 vs. 2, 3 vs. 4, and 5 vs. 6 finals…
2015-Summer-Interclub-25-March Premier
2015-Summer-Interclub-25-March Divisions
… are here:
2015-Summer-Interclub-18-March-results Premier
2015-Summer-Interclub-18-March-results Divisions
please sanity check these results as we’re coming up to the last two weeks, placings will determine final playoffs!
It’s all here:
2015 Summer Interclub 11 March – Premier
2015 Summer Interclub 11 March – Divisions
2015 Summer Interclub draw continued for Division 3
Below is a picture taken by Reg Feuz of two of the old timers of TTW: Brian Hearfield and Bob Knight who hadn’t seen each other in years and had a great time catching up on Wednesday!
TTNZ has announced New Zealand representative teams for several upcoming events…
Congraulations to Hui-Ling Vong for her selection in the Oceania Junior Championships & Cadet Challenge Girls Team!
This is scheduled for May 12-17.
This will be held in Tarawa, Kiribati which roughly is here:
Best of luck to you Hui-Ling from everyone.
From TTNZ:
INTRODUCTION OF PLASTIC BALL
Table Tennis New Zealand has just received our first supply of the new Stag 3 star Plastic Ball. All National Coaches, Associations, and all players representing New Zealand overseas in the 2015 season will be provided with a supply of the new plastic ball to trial. We would welcome feedback on the new ball.
The Stag 3 Star Celluloid ball currently used for all TTNZ tournaments will again be used for all TTNZ 2015 tournaments.
Once we have had the chance to assess the new ball, TTNZ will change to a Plastic Ball in the 2016 season for all TTNZ tournaments.
We should be able to get some plastic balls in during the year (some players have some already) to try out, watch this space…
Week 2 results are below:
2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Premier
2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Divisions
FYI the draw schedules are here.
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