Timetable
Saturday 23 August 8.30am Singles – U13, U18, B Grade, D Grade, O50,
Saturday 23 August 10.00am Doubles – U13, U18, B Grade, D Grade, O50
Saturday 23 August 2.00pm Singles – Under 15, Open, C Grade, O30, O65
Saturday 23 August 3.30pm Doubles – Under 15, Open, C Grade, O30, O65
Sunday 24 August 9.00am Singles – Under 21, Over 40, Over 60, O70
Sunday 24 August 10.30am Doubles – Under 21, Over 40, Over 60, O70
Email: southland@tabletennis.org.nz
Venue: ILT Stadium Southland
Surrey Park Sports Centre, Isabella Street
Invercargill
Venue Phone: (03) 217 1200
TTNZ
Stag International
Sport NZ
Invercargill Licensing Trust
[…] the Wellington Association has had a lot to savour from the opening 3 days of the tournament. The efforts of coaches Hayden Tapp, Depak Patel and Paul Solt are showing rich dividends as their players have kept upsetting more favoured opponents.
Hui Ling Vong finished the under 15 teams event unbeaten, a huge feat, while brother Chun Kiet was also impressive [in the U18s].
In the evening session for under 18 boys, Sean Hanson was most impressive in beating National Junior Nathan Watson in straight sets.
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Jonathan Li (Counties), Liam Buckrell (Wellington)There were also some exciting and meritorious performances in the closing stages of the teams event, with one match providing our player of the day, Liam Buckrell – from Wellington of course, pictured here with his valiant opponent Jonathan Li from Counties.
These two boys were pitched together at 3-3 in a match which would decide silver in the under 13 boys B Grade. But, from the crowd gathered alongside one could have been forgiven for thinking it was the under 18 boys final. After a very tense fourth set the players shaped up for the deciding set, wondering who would keep their nerve longest.
Jonathan seemed to have prevailed when he stretched out to 10-6 after a number of long counter-hitting rallies. But Liam knuckled down to the job, returning every shot with interest and accuracy, and confounded everybody to triumph 12-10. It seemed a shame there had to be a loser in this contest.
One can only wonder what might have happened if Hayden Tapp had gone out to buy a lotto ticket instead of bench-coaching at this tournament – given the results versus the odds so far.
Berdy Fang ensured that Wellington did not have things all their way today, with two good wins over Frank Fu and Sean Hanson in under 18 boys.
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Some of these juniors certainly know how to entertain and thrill!
Player of the day: Hui-Ling Vong
… the outstanding performer of the day was Hui Ling Vong from Wellington, who was drafted to play for Southland. The former National Hopes winner defeated both Ruofei Rao and Nai Xin Jiang 3-1 in a losing effort against the strong Auckland Under 15 combination.
Congratulations Hui-Ling!
NEWS from the Juniors:
Silver in B division for the U18B team (B grade) also also the U13 team (B grade) and Hui-Ling’s U13 team (Southland).
Division 2: Mo Whare (Belmont)
Runner Up: Terry Hooper (Empire)
also a Doubles was held for Divison 2 won by Maggie Dyer & Peter Lowe (Empire).
Division 3: Ian Thomas (Waterloo)
Runner Up: Cayden Larson (Empire)
Thanks to everyone who played – regroup and prepare for Series II – tap the shoulders of those you know who missed out on Series I – Series II will be starting July 29/30 (entries due July 22) and is a great time to get more teams in or adjust teams from Series 1 as required. See you then!
As a reminder for the Premier folks, 2 September will still be off due to the National Secondary School’s Champs.
Here is the entry form for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championships to be held at the Auckland Table Tennis Stadium from the 1st to 3rd September 2014: 2014 New Zealand Secondary School Championships.
Entries close on Wednesday 20th August 2014 to the Auckland Table Tennis Association.
NB: this year’s competition includes the following Athletes With Disability sections:
Individual Events:
AWD Class 1-5 – Wheelchair
AWD Class 6-10 – Standing
AWD Class 11: Intellectual Disability
From Malcolm who helped umpire this event held on May 28 (my apologies for the delay in this report too, time sure flies).
The 2014 New Zealand Institute of Sports Table Tennis Tournament was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Kilbirnie. Auckland won all the events after being third last year. There were exciting final matches in the Men’s Singles where Istead beat White 2-1 (11-9 in the 3rd) and Mixed Doubles where Istead & Erihe beat Hira & Galang 2-1 (15-13 in the 3rd). If Wellington had won both those matches instead of Auckland they would have won overall. Thanks to Malcolm Wong and Roger Watkin who were the umpires, and Malcolm Wong who organised the draw and photos.
Results:
Men’s Singles
1st Luke Istead (Auckland)
2nd Keanu White (Wellington)
3rd Andrew Storer (Christchurch)
1st Luke Istead & Justice Erihe (Auckland)
2nd Manutai Hira & Janella Galang (Wellington)
3rd Albert Stanciu & Arna Roberts (Christchurch)
Malcolm Wong (Umpire) Luke Istead (Auckland), Keanu White (Wellington), and Andrew Storer (Christchurch).Ruby Fraser (Wellington), Roger Watkin (Umpire) and Justice Erihe (Auckland).
Malcolm Wong (Umpire) with Mixed Doubles players Luke Istead & Justice Erihe (Auckland), Janella Galang & Manutai Hira (Wellington) and Arna Roberts & Albert Stanciu (Christchurch). – Malcolm Wong
From Malcolm who was in Auckland as an official at the 2014 World Vets in May.
Over 1600 players completed in the 17th World Veteran Championships held in the Trusts Arena (Henderson) in West Auckland. A great experience in the largest table tennis tournament to be held in New Zealand and an excellent venue. There were many volunteers that helped to make the tournament run successfully. Access to the Stadium was only allowed on Friday 9 May at 9 pm and volunteers worked until 5am to lay down the Stag Flooring. Also the tables that were put up to allow the players to practice in the weekend were taken down for the opening ceremony on Sunday night and then were put back up which took to midnight.
I was a Table Manager (Monday and Tuesday) for group play in singles and doubles where 59 tables were used. Then i umpired from Thursday to Saturday. I umpired the Over 50 Women Singles final and the Over 60 Men’s Doubles final on Saturday afternoon. I was also the counter for a expedite match in the Over 75 Men’s Singles Final which was the last match to finish.
A number of Wellington players qualified for the main draw in the Men’s Singles. They were Heath Murdoch (Over 40), Chris Talbot (Over 50), Ian Talbot (Over 60), Merv Allardyce (Over 80) and Eddie Moore (Over 80). Eddie Moore was the only player to win a match in the main draw when he beat Ichimura Saburo (Japan) 3-0. Chris and Ian Talbot qualified for the main draw in the Over 50 Men’s Doubles where they lost a close match 2-3. Merv Allardyce and Eddie Moore were runner up in the Over 80 Men’s Doubles Consolation Final.
Thanks to Terry Cockfield who supplied me with the photo of the group of umpires and of Merv Allardyce and Eddie Moore playing a doubles match.
Umpires at 2014 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships. Standing – Shri Sharma (FIJ) Ben Hurr (NZL) Hideo Nagae (JPN) Bill Sheelan (AUS) Rasma Freiberga (LVA) Hamish Rennie (NZL) Malcolm Wong (NZL) Kazuko Konno (JPN) Alan Hopkins (AUS) Greg Bungey (AUS) Leon Libin (USA) Yoshiko Yamanaka (JPN) and Keiko Kaneko (JPN). Front – Pushpa Wati (FIJ) Yoshiyo Kita (JPN) Yuko Hamabe (JPN) Tomoko Fukuda (JPN) Yumiko Morikawa (JPN) and Kimie Akutsu (JPN).Malcolm Wong with the 2014 World Veteran Women’s Over 50 Singles Champion Toshiko Kataoka (Japan) to right of him.Merv Allardyce and Eddie Moore in a Over 80 Men’s Doubles match.Eberhard Scholer, Malcolm Wong and Diane Scholer. Eberhard is the President of the Swaythling Club International (SCI), which is for former players and officials who have been to the World Championships, and Diane is the Honorary President. Diane was formerly Diane Rowe who won the World Women Doubles with her twin sister Rosalind (1951 and 1954). They toured New Zealand in 1953.Malcolm Wong with Peter Karlsson (Sweden) a former World and European Champion. Peter is the face of Stag, which is the major sponsor of the 2014 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships. Richard Ammunden (Left) and Merv Allardyce (Right) receiving their 50 years umpiring service certificates from Malcolm Wong (URC).National Umpires Mimi Walle (Left) and Akiko Goto (Right) receiving their certificate from Malcolm Wong (URC).
A small attendance for the first of the 2014 Development Tournaments (held yesterday, June 15) but this helped ensure plenty of table tennis for those who participated. Special mention should be made of three players from Manawatu who journeyed down for the day.
All players were of a good standard with several making their first tournament appearances. With players giving of their best, the constant play against good opposition saw games that were enjoyable to watch for the good number of spectators. Several players improved noticeably with the experience and should take encouragement from their efforts.
All players should be congratulated for their play and their willingness to umpire when not playing and we look forward to seeing them all at future tournaments at this and higher levels.
The first Junior Development Tournament of 2104 will be held on Sunday June 15 at the Empire Table Tennis Club stadium. Be sure to round up all the juniors you know and enter!
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