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2014 TTSPORTS Wellington Autumn Open

Thanks to all who participated in the 2014 TTSPORTS Wellington Autumn Open, including the Manawatu players that travelled down to play.

The mens singles final was won by Matt Ball, of Manawatu.  He beat Axel Schorradt 4-0 in the final.  Axel, from Germany, was in Wellington before travelling to Auckland to play in the World Veterans Championships.

Unfortunately, no women entered in the tournament.

Results: (players are from Wgtn Association unless otherwise denoted):

Open Singles: Matt Ball (MN) beat Axel Schorradt (OS) 11-9, 11-6, 12-10, 11-5

Open Doubles: Matt Ball (MN) / Nathan Watson (MN) beat Callum Rusbridge / Chun-Kiet Vong 11-5, 11-9, 11-7

Over 30 Singles: Lindsay Ward beat Depak Patel 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8

Over 30 Doubles: Lindsay Ward / Depak Patel beat Rob Chung / Min Su 11-6, 11-7, 11-4

Over 35 Singles: Lindsay Ward beat Depak Patel 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7

Over 35 Doubles: Lindsay Ward / Depak Patel beat Rob Chung / Paul Solt 11-5, 9-11, 16-14, 12-10

Over 45 Singles: Lindsay Ward beat Depak Patel 11-4, 12-10, 17-15

Over 45 Doubles: Chris Talbot / Ian Talbot beat Lindsay Ward / Depak Patel 11-7, 11-7, 5-11, 13-11

Over 55 Singles: Chris Talbot beat Ian Talbot 11-10, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9

Over 55 Doubles: Chris Talbot / Ian Talbot beat Alastair Naysmith / Tony Rutledge

Over 65 Singles Tony Rutledge beat Kerry McGeehan (MN) 11-8, 11-7, 3-11, 6-11, 11-5

Over 65 Doubles: Tony Rutledge / Alastair Naysmith beat Kerry McGeehan (MN) / Gladys Halford (MN) 11-4, 11-5, 11-5

Under 21 Singles (RR): Winner: Chun-Kiet Vong, Runner-up: Nathan Watson (MN)

Under 18 Singles: Chun-Kiet Vong beat Frank Fu 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8

Under 18 Doubles: Frank Fu / Marcel Kurz beat Jae Lee (MN) / Matthew Johansen (MN)

Under 16 Singles: Jae Lee (MN) beat Hui-Ling Vong 6-11, 12-14, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5

Under 16 Doubles: Jae Lee (MN) / Scott Lochhead (MN) beat Liam Buckell / Calvin Li 11-8, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9

Under 14 Singles: Hui-Ling Vong beat Scott Lochhead (MN) 4-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-4

Under 14 Doubles: Mitchell Proctor (MN) / Jack Webb (MN) beat Liam Buckrell / Calvin Li

Under 12 Singles (RR): Winner: Liam Buckrell, Runner-up: Calvin Li

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– photos from Steve Montgomery

Wanganui Open

On Saturday (26 April) I unexpectedly had what turned out to be the privilege of taking five of our Junior players to Wanganui to play in the Wanganui Open.

An unfortunate illness for coach Paul Solt who had organised to take these young men meant an early morning SOS call to see if I could please drive them up and back (in his van) to compete as entered!

So I took Adam Xiong, Frank Fu, Gareth Telfer, Marcel Kurz and Sean Hanson on a road trip to Wanganui and back in a day.

I am delighted to say, that as I told them in the van coming back, I was very proud of the way they all behaved, played and competed and even though it was a competition for individuals they all did Wellington proud. It was a constant question throughout the day as to where these young fellows came from and the older players they competed against in the Open events were very impressed with their skills, attitudes and general demeanour. They were polite to their elders and (mostly – eh Frank) listened when I talked to them about the importance of staying fed and hydrated!

As an added bonus our players came back with a number of placings – and some  prize money jingling in their pockets – though I don’t think any of it will ever be returned to the person who paid their entry fees.

Our results from the tournament were:

Men’s Open runner up:                      Frank Fu

Men’s Open doubles runners up:       Frank Fu and Sean Hanson

Men’s Open Plate winner:                  Gareth Telfer

Under 18 winner:                                Sean Hanson

Under 18 runner up:                           Frank Fu

Under 18 Doubles winners:                Gareth Telfer and Sean Hanson

Under 18 Doubles runners up:            Adam Xiong and Frank Fu

Under 15 winner:                                Frank Fu

Under 15 runner up:                           Adam Xiong

 

Congratulations to you all and thanks for a great day out.

Gabrielle

(Chairperson, TTW)

2014 Joola Summer Interclub Final Results

Thanks to all players and reserves who played in the summer interclub that finished last week – we hope you had a great season! Full Results are here: 2014 Summer Interclub 16 April Final Results.

Congratulations to Hayden Tapp, Callum Rusbridge & Hui-Ling Vong (Belmont-Waterloo) in Division 1 and to Martin da Costa & Steve Montgomery (Karori) in Division 2.

Winter interclub is starting in less than a month (May 20/21 start, teams due from your club May 13) please work with your club over the next couple of weeks to get your name in and help get players together for the season. (Forms and rules will be sent out to clubs.)

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Blast from the Past (25 years ago)

from Malcolm Wong

1989 Wellington B Grade remembered

There were originally 7 teams entered in the B Grade, with an additional team, Onslow, entering towards the end of section play. Te Rama and Titan had 3 teams each, with one from Apollon and Onslow. There were 9 Affiliated Clubs and 30 interclub teams in 5 grades in the Wellington winter interclub that year.

The first round was called Section Play. The Te Rama teams completely dominated and finished in the top 3 places. Te Rama A won all its matches. Brian Hearfield and Henry Anastasi had been in the Te Rama A team (with Ken Mitchell and Roger Watkin) that was runner up in the B Grade the previous year. They were joined by Malcolm Wong, who had played A Reserve in 1988, and was to win 10 Te Rama Club Singles. Brian and Malcolm were in the Te Rama Team that had been runner up in C Grade (1985), won C Grade (1986) and were runner up in B Grade (1987).

Their main rivals Te Rama C had regulars Roger Watkin and Peter Wong, joined by David Robinson and Martin Young, who had previously played C Grade for the Ling Tse Club which had folded up. Regular interclub players included Chris Papanicolau and Peter Varuhas (Apollon), Reg Seddon (Titan A), Ken Hindson, John Lister, Jeff Larsen, Giles Moiser (Te Rama B) and David Pyle (Titan B).

In the Championship Round Te Rama had won all its matches prior to the last round. They then lost to Te Rama C 4-8. Both teams finished with 12 points but as Te Rama A had 71 points compared to Te Rama C’s 65, they won the title. Team results and interclub averages are attached here.

Te Rama players dominated the interclub averages taking the first 6 places. Henry Anastasi headed the averages with 36 wins out of 39 games (92.30%) ahead of Brian Hearfield (27 /30) 90%. Te Rama also won the Sportswear Models Trophy awarded to the club gaining the best average of interclub wins, based on their 3 most successful teams. Te Rama had previously the Trophy in 1974, 1977, 1981 and 1987. A final win was to be achieved in 1990.

In the B Grade Championships (4 July), Henry Anastasi was the first winner of the Brian Hearfield Cup (B Grade Singles) when he defeated his team mate Malcolm Wong 21-16 19-21 21-13. The B Grade Doubles was won by Henry Anastasi and Malcolm Wong who won against Ian Searle and Rith Kim 21-10 21-14. Henry and Malcolm also won the A Reserve Grade Doubles (6 July), beating Jason Granville and Andrew Milburn 24-22 21-17. Malcolm’s previous success was the 1982 C Grade Regional Doubles with Brian Roberts. Henry had won the 1982 D Grade Regional Singles and Doubles (with B Hislop) and 1982 D Grade Open Doubles (with Richard Chung). He also won the 1988 B Grade Doubles with Bruce Lawrence.

In the Wellington v Hutt Valley Grades match (13 August) the Wellington B Grade Team (Henry Anastasi, Brian Hearfield, Malcolm Wong), lost 5-6. This was the last year that these 3 players were to play interclub together. Henry Anastasi moved to Australia the following year. Brian Hearfield remained in B Grade. Malcolm Wong moved up to A Reserve and later on to Premier 2 and 1.

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2014 TTW Yasaka Veterans Tournament Results

The 2014 TTW Yasaka Veterans Tournament happened over the weekend and results are listed below. First here is a slideshow of photos taken on that Saturday sent in from Peter Lowe, thanks Peter!

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O40 Singles: Lindsay Ward bt. Depak Patel
O40 Doubles: Lindsay Ward & Depak Patel bt. Martin Young & Harry Chen

O50 Singles: Lindsay Ward bt. Depak Patel
O50 Doubles: Lindsay Ward & Depak Patel bt. Martin Young & Malcolm Wong

O60 Singles: Robert Dunn (NH) bt. Alastair Naysmith
O60 Doubles: Robert Dunn & Alastair Naysmith bt. Merv Allardyce & Eddie Moore

O70 Singles: Robert Dunn (NH) bt. Alastair Naysmith
O70 Doubles: Robert Dunn & Alastair Naysmith bt. Merv Allardyce & Eddie Moore

O40 Singles Plate: Craig Gear bt. Peter Lowe
O50 Singles Plate: Malcolm Wong bt. Kerry McGeehan
O60 Singles Plate: (who? – let me know…)
O70 Singles Plate: Chris Sutton bt. Graham Sole

2014 Summer Interclub Week 6

The results up to the sixth week of Summer Interclub!

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2014 TTSports TTW Autumn Open May 3 & 4

You are invited to enter into our next Rating tournament which is the 2014 TTSports Table Tennis Wellington Autumn Open.

Form: 2014 TTW Autumn Open Entry Form (and as xls).
Conditions: 2014 Wgtn Autumn Conditions.

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UPDATE: Richard Ammundsen and Paul Escott are confirmed as tournament referees.

Events are Saturday May 3 (Open, Under 21, Over 30) and Sunday May 4 (Under 12/14/16/18; Over 35/45/55/65).

Entries Close Wednesday Apr 30 with: 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 3 Sunday May 4
9:15am Under 21 & Over 30 Under 12, Under 16 & Over 45, Over 65
12:15pm 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!

2014 Summer Interclub Week 5

The results up to the fifth week of Summer Interclub!

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Mike Flynn Memorial Award Winner – Ellen Xiong

The Mike Flynn Memorial Award is awarded to the most improved junior in Table Tennis Wellington for the previous year also including attitude, cooperation and respect for others. We would like to congratulate Ellen Xiong as the winner of the award for 2013! As well as her excellent play and friendly attitude, her work on the Waterloo club committee has been greatly appreciated by Waterloo and beyond.

Ellen Xiong, 2013 Mike Flynn award Memorial winner (presented by Bruce Northover)
Ellen Xiong, 2013 Mike Flynn Memorial award winner (presented by Bruce Northover)

Let me leave you with some recent pictures from the Summer interclub currently in progress…

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2014 TTW Yasaka Veterans Tournament

The 2014 Table Tennis Wellington Yasaka Veterans Open tournament is open to all-comers.  It is well placed as a lead-up for the World Veterans tournament this year in Auckland. If you turn 40 or more in 2014 then you are eligible – so mark your calendar!

The 2014 Table Tennis Wellington Veterans Tournament will be held on Saturday April 12 at the Empire Table Tennis Club Hall, Marine Parade, Petone. Round up your friends and car-pool in.

Details and Entry Form: 2014 Wgtn Veterans Conditions and Form.
Entry Form as xls for those completing and emailing in the form: 2014 Wgtn Veterans Entry Form (spreadsheet).

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Schedule

Time Saturday April 12
10:00am Over 50, Over 70
12:30pm Over 40, Over 60

Entries Close Thursday April 9, 6pm

email: tournament [at] ttwellington.org.nz

Tournament Manager

Paul Solt
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2014 Summer Interclub Week 3

The results from the third week of 2014 Summer Interclub!

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2014 Summer Interclub Week 2

The results from the second week of 2014 Summer Interclub

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Blast from the Past: 1981 The Premier Grades begin

1981…

After a number of years of discussion for a stronger interclub competition, The Wellington and Hutt Valley Associations reached agreement to have a combined Premier Grade. The top 4 teams from each association were placed in the Premier 1 Grade and the next 4 teams into the Premier 2 Grade. Matches were played at the Newtown Stadium (Wellington) and the Empire Club (Petone).

The Premier 1 Grade was won by Empire, undefeated with 13 wins and one draw, who were 6 points clear off runner up Onslow. This was despite Onslow having the top 2 players in the singles averages, Peter Miller and Lloyd Richards. Lindsay Ward is the only player from Premier 1 still playing interclub today. Current Table Tennis Wellington Life Member and committee member Bruce Northover played for Waterloo B.

Premier 2 was won by Empire A. After the final Round Titan had 22 points and 110 Matches. Empire A had 20 points and 111 matches. Under the then rules, as Empire A had won the most matches, a playoff was necessary against Titan. Unfortunately for Titan their top player Murray Coppen was unavailable and Empire won easily. Tony Rutledge is the only player from Premier 2 still playing interclub today. Tony Radford (Johnsonville) was a future NZ Men’s Representative.

The result summary and singles averages are here: Premier 1 and Premier 2.

-Malcolm Wong

Thanks to the Empire club for these photos:

1981 Premier 1 winners Empire (Hone Ridley, Pat Low, Anthony Arraj)
1981 Premier 1 winners Empire (Hone Ridley, Pat Low, Anthony Arraj)

1981 Premier 2 Winners Empire A (John Lelliott, Chris Clegg, Tony Rutledge)
1981 Premier 2 Winners Empire A (John Lelliott, Chris Clegg, Tony Rutledge)

2014 Summer Interclub Underway

Here are the first week’s result tables as xls including team and individual results to date. Bruce has draws made up for this summer’s competition but we won’t publish them in advance because we are trying with a bit of a surprise factor by having you now know who you are playing until turning up on the night!

Stag World Veterans Table Tennis Championships 2014 in Auckland (entries March 15)

An email from TTNZ:


Hello Table Tennis friends,

You are receiving this email because I think there is a chance that either you or your friends may be interested in the World Vets Champs, at Trusts Arena, Auckland, from 10-17 May. We are still looking for a lot more entries from New Zealand and the Pacific Islands in particular. We are also looking for more volunteers, with table tennis experience preferably. If you, or someone you know, is thinking about entering, please do so with payment by 15th March. There is just over two weeks left…

Full information is on our website: http://www.sportsground.co.nz/worldveteranschamps with player lists just published.

You can register online as a player or volunteer here: http://www.sportsground.co.nz/worldveteranschamps/95146/2

If you need more information please email regadmin@wvc2014.com

I attach below copy of the update notice just sent out to more than 2000 persons registered to date.

Best regards John Lea TTNZ Executive Director

Welcome to the second web-notice from the Stag WVC2014 website.>

We have just published full registration lists as at 26th February and invite you to check your own details. This is what will be printed in the programme, and on your participation diploma and accreditation pass.

Some entrants have included middle names, which is not necessary. We may have to exclude these when we print, for space issues, but you can also amend yourself.

You can now look for a suitable doubles partner if required.

Those that have not achieved a closed doubles pairing (both partners confirming each other's registration number and both being fully paid) by March 18th will be placed on a 'partners required' list to be forwarded to Swaythling Club to assign pairings. These pairings will be confirmed and published around April 10th.

The singles draw and schedules will be published on this website around April 30th.

Remember that registrations close on March 15th. So please tell all of your friends who might wish to enter, and anyone who might wish to volunteer their services. Anyone wanting to enter or help out should register here.

Please make sure that your entry
is paid in full by March 15th to secure your spot. You can pay online by credit card, using the link on your confirmation email, or you
can pay directly to WVC2014 Ltd bank account, Westpac New Zealand Ltd, Dinsdale Branch: account 03-1558-0406565-00. SWIFT code: WPACNZ2W Please
quote your SG six-digit registration number in the reference. SWIFT code: WPACNZ2W

You can also book tickets for the Gala Dinner / Farewell
Party (NZ$150) as above.

If you still require accommodation or official transportation please book via Event Travel Office.

If you need invitations to assist visa applications, please contact us as soon as possible. We want to make sure you get here for all the fun!

Please make sure that you arrive at Trusts Arena in good time to complete accreditation (at very least 1 hour before you play) and pick up your accreditation pass, player number, programme, gala dinner tickets and Stag accreditation pack. Make sure you have your registration number and photo ID (passport or drivers license) ready to present.

Remember that the opening ceremony will commence at 6pm on Sunday 11th. This can provide the opportunity for special interest groups to meet up before-hand. Please email us if you wish to request and promote a gathering.

We look to seeing your smiling faces here in May!

Regards
The WVC2014 Operations Team
regadmin@wvc2014.com

Player Profile: Nha Nguyen – The Blocker

Nha was born in Saigon (1942) in Vietnam as the fourth of seven children. He started swimming at age 5 and excelled in the freestyle sprints. However there was a table tennis table at his home and he started playing at age 10 with his brothers, where he developed his trademark blocking style. These were his main sports though he also played tennis as an adult.

Nha at Titan Club
Nha at Titan Club

After gaining university entrance at high school he passed the entrance exam to study education at Saigon University (1959-63). He graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Education. He was the Captain of the swimming team and won the 100 and 200 freestyle at the University Swimming Championships (1959-63). He represented the University at the South Vietnam University Sports Tournament.

Also at the University was Inh Van Le, the Captain of the table tennis team, who was to represent South Vietnam in table tennis. Inh was to win the Southeast Asian Games Men’s Singles (1967) and Men’s Doubles (1969) and was runner up in the Men’s Doubles (1973). He was also a Men’s Doubles bronze medallist at the 1962 Asian Games with his brother Tiet Van Le, who was the French Open Singles Champion (1959) and was in the South Vietnam Men’s Team that won Gold (1958 Asian Games) and Bronze (1959 World Championships). Inh Van Le moved to Australia and is a table tennis coach and top veteran player, winning 36 Australian Individual Veteran Titles (1993-2013).

After university Nha attended teachers college for 4 years and then taught English at high school. He married in 1974 and in 1975 he was selected as a Columbo Plan student (12 from South Vietnam) and came to New Zealand to study English at Victoria University, Wellington. Three months after he left, South Vietnam was defeated in the war by North Vietnam. Nha became stateless and unable to return home but was given permanent resident in New Zealand by the Government and become a New Zealand Citizen the following year. After his course, Nha found work at the Department of Social Welfare. His wife and son finally managed to leave Vietnam and arrived in New Zealand in early 1979. Nha purchased a dairy in Hawker Street and was there for 3 years before moving to the Austin Street Dairy (1982-2009) before retiring.

Nha started playing table tennis at the Titan Club (1975) and his University A Team (with Huy Hoang and R Clark) won the Wellington Table Tennis A Reserve Grade (1978). In 1980 his Titan Team (with Adrian Lust, Warren Mak, Lindsay Ward) won the Wellington A Grade Competition. Nha was also in the Titan Terriors Team (with Lindsay Ward, Harry Singh, Robert Chung) that won Premier 1 in 2007.

Paul Escott presents the Jackson Shield (2001) to Titan (Nha Nguyen, Malcolm Wong, Lindsay Ward).
Paul Escott presents the Jackson Shield (2001) to Titan (Nha Nguyen, Malcolm Wong, Lindsay Ward).

Nha was ranked 11 times on the Wellington Men’s list and achieved a best ranking of 5 (2001) and represented Wellington at the New Zealand Championships and Veterans Championships in the veterans team. In 2008 Wellington, Eddie Moore and Nha, lost to North Harbour 2-3 in the Over 65 Men’s Team Final after earlier beating them 4-1 in group play. Nha won several veterans tournament singles titles including the Wanganui Over 40, Hutt Valley Open Over 50, Wellington Autumn Open Over 60 and Wellington Open Over 50 & 60. With Lindsay Ward, Nha won 15 veterans doubles tournament titles including 5 consecutive Wellington Open Over 40 Doubles (1998-2002).

Win and Nha Nquyen at Titan Club (2/2/2014)
Win and Nha Nquyen at Titan Club (2/2/2014)
Nha was the first winner of the Titan Club Singles Championships (1994) and he also won in 1996 and 1997. His oldest son, Win, a former Titan Premier 1 player (2000) also won the Club Singles three times (1998-2000) and won the 1999 Wairarapa Men’s Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Nha won the Club Doubles with Win (2000) and with Lindsay Ward (2008 & 2010). Nha also won the Titan Over 40 Singles in 1998 & 2001.

Wellington Club Team which won the Wellington Tennis Men’s Third Grade (1995) and Second Grade (1996)
Wellington Club Team which won the Wellington Tennis Men’s Third Grade (1995) and Second Grade (1996)
In tennis Nha joined the Wellington Club (1976) and continues to play there. His Wellington Team (with Adrian Lust, Peter Miller, Lindsay Ward, Graeme Hall) won the Third Grade (1995) and Second Grade (1996) in the Wellington Tennis Interclub Competition (1995/96 season). Adrian, Peter and Lindsay had all played top grade tennis and table tennis. Nha played in the New Zealand Tennis Veterans Championship in Blenheim (2000) and his photo appeared in the local newspaper.

Nha no longer plays interclub table tennis but still attends the Titan Club on Sunday mornings. He also walks, swims, plays tennis and snooker. His Petone snooker team was runner up in the Wellington Working Men’s Competition (2012). He hopes to continue playing table tennis for a very long time!

My thanks to Kent Yu from http://www.kentyuphotography.com for editing the photo of Nha and Win (see above).

-Malcolm Wong

Summer Interclub – Schedule and Entry Form

Notices for the upcoming Summer Interclub are on their way out and details are below. Let your club contact know that you are available to play! The 7-week summer competition with 2-player teams is a good opportunity to bring in a friend or two from the past who might not have played for a few years.

In a nutshell:

  • 2-player teams entered by clubs
  • 7pm for 7 Wednesdays from March 5 until April 16.
  • 5-match format to 11 with singles best of 7 and doubles best-of-5.
  • Flat fee $7/player.
  • Entries to be submitted by clubs in (to me) please by Feb 26.
  • Players help your club out by helping wrangle your friends together and pass on the names to your club contact.

Composite teams (players from separate clubs in the same team) are fine just be sure to have both clubs know about the team and have it be entered by one of the clubs. (Check with your club contact.)

The full 2014 TTW Summer Interclub Entry Form is here as a doc or a pdf.

Location: here.

Composite Interclub Final Result Summary

Details for the summer interclub series will be coming soon, so it’s time to start your training!

For those who competed in the earlier composite summer interclub and the curious, here is the final stat wrap-up: 2013 Composite Interclub-Final, congratulations to the winning teams.

Stag World Veteran Champs entry cut-off approaches (Auckland May 10-17)

March 15th is the closing date set for entries to the 2014 Stag World Veteran Championships. Local players are encouraged to register online shortly so they do not miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity in their own backyard. The event is based at Trusts Arena in West Auckland, with the ATTA stadium at Gillies Avenue providing backup.

Full details here.

Online registrations can be accessed here.

A large number of volunteers are required for umpiring, table management and many other areas. Anyone interested should email regadmin@wvc2014.com with their details.

The event is likely to attract well over 2000 visitors to Auckland, and is not to be missed.

2013 Titan Club Champs

The Titan club wrapped up for 2013 in December, holding the club championships over three consecutive Sundays (November 17, 24 and December 1).

The Club Singles was won for the first time by Ben Collins who won the final against the titleholder Lindsay Ward 11-7 12-10 13-11. In the semi finals Ben Collins defeated Paul Brown 11-3 11-5 11-6 and Lindsay Ward defeated Depak Patel 14-16 11-7 11-8 12-10

The Club Doubles was won by Paul Brown and Depak Patel who beat Bryan McConnochie and Lindsay Ward 13-11 11-8 11-13 11-7. This was Depak’s 4th Club Doubles Title equalling the record held by Malcolm Wong and Ian Talbot.

The Over 40 Singles was won for the 8th time by Lindsay Ward who defeated the 2012 winner Ian Talbot 11-7 8-11 11-8 11-9. In the semi finals Lindsay Ward beat Paul Longstone 13-11 11-3 11-6 and Ian Talbot beat Depak Patel 12-14 11-7 6-11 11-7 13-11. Depak lead 10-8 in the 5th only for Ian to come back and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Hugh McIlwrath was awarded the Over 80 Singles Cup (no other club member over 80). Also the Presidents Cup, due to him travelling all the way from Masterton to play at the club.

2013 Titan Club Singles Champion Ben Collins
2013 Titan Club Singles Champion Ben Collins

Ben had moved to Wellington from Auckland at the start of the year. He had started playing at Waitemata at age 11 and moved to Auckland at age 16. Ben was a Waitemata and Auckland Junior Representative and was in the Auckland team that won the NZ Under 19 Boys Teams Title (1997). Ben has travelled to China, Japan and Germany for training and played for clubs in France and Canada and has also played in Australia. Ben has won the Wellington, Manawatu and Counties- Manukau Open Singles.

2013 Titan Doubles Champions Depak Patel and Paul Brown
2013 Titan Doubles Champions Depak Patel and Paul Brown
Titan Over 40 Singles Champion, Lindsay Ward, who also received the Gavin Dash Trophy for finishing runner up in the Men’s Singles.
Titan Over 40 Singles Champion, Lindsay Ward, who also received the Gavin Dash Trophy for finishing runner up in the Men’s Singles.

Regarding the Gavin Dash Trophy, Gavin Dash was considered a high achiever with a very successful life ahead of him. He had gained a Master of Arts Degree with honours from Auckland University. Gavin moved to Wellington to study for a law degree at Victoria University, while working part time for Parliament writing select committee notes. He played for the Titan Club in the Premier 2 Grade (1998-99). Gavin was in the winning 1999 Premier 2 Team with Evan Kramer, Win Nguyen, David Buckrell and Malcolm Wong. He starred in the final, winning all his 3 singles in the 6-3 win against Waterloo. At the age of 24 Gavin’s life was tragically cut short when he was murdered on 27 September 1999 in Wellington. The Dash Family donated a trophy to the Titan Club in memory of him.

Hugh McIlwrath with the Over 80 Singles Cup and the Presidents Cup.
Hugh McIlwrath with the Over 80 Singles Cup and the Presidents Cup.

Hugh’s first tournament success was winning the Over 65 Men’s Doubles, with John Lelliott, at the 1996 New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin. He won the Over 65 Singles and was runner up in the Over 65 Men’s Doubles, with club member Norm Bishop, at the 2000 Wellington Masters Games. For his other successes refer to his player profile.

-Malcom Wong

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