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.
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.
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
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 BrownTitan 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’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.
Lloyd MacIntyreLloyd was born in Wellington (1940). He started playing table tennis at age 7 because there was a table tennis table at his home. He and his father, brother and sister played. Audrey Hughes (1947 NZ Women’s Singles Champion) use to visit occasionally and play table tennis with the children. When Lloyd was 10, he played table tennis socially at the Cashmere Community Centre (Khandallah). Lloyd played football at school, as a centre back. He joined the Onslow Table Tennis Club at the age of 15. He recalls Ivan Houghton and Gary Roselli from his early days at the club. Paul Escott was to join the club 2 years later and they were to play in the same interclub team in the early 1960s. Lloyd received the most improved player award at the Onslow Club (1960).
After school Lloyd served a 5 year apprenticeship (10,000 hours) and qualified as an Upholsterer. He played football for Waterside and Johnsonville. In 1968 Lloyd joined the Tawa Club, which had been started by Colin Alexander and Richard Hull. He was to be in the same team as those two in the Kapiti A Grade Competition as well as Reg Hall, Bruce Lockhart, Chris Talbot, Ian Talbot and Murray Talbot. Lloyd was a member of a number of Kapiti Men’s Team that went to the New Zealand Championships between 1981 and 1992. He was the top ranked Man in Kapiti (1980).
In 1977 Lloyd joined the Johnsonville Men’s Club. He was to become Vice President (1997-2011) and was elected a life member (2008). He is still the welfare officer there. Lloyd has won the Johnsonville Men’s Club Singles 12 times. In Wellington Interclub Lloyd has played in the Wellington A Grade and then the Premier 1 and 2 Grades (1981-2012), mainly for Johnsonville. His team included Tony Radford, Ann Gyongyos, Nha Nguyen, Ian Talbot, Martin Young, Colin Alexander, Bob Bell, Jim Pandelidis and Paul Escott. Lloyd won the 2000 Wellington Masters Games Over 55 Men’s Singles and Doubles.
Lloyd has a keen interest in motorbikes and owns 7 bikes. He joined the the Ulysses Club (1980) for motorbike riders over the age of 40. Lloyd has been on the Brass Monkey Rally, held over Queen’s Birthday weekend, at Oturehua (Central Otago) on 15 occasions. He has also been on the Cold Kiwi Run, held south of Waiouru, and the Cold Duck Run, in Waipawa.This year Lloyd has became the CEO of The Rusty Nuts Motorcycle Club. The Club organises rallies, including the Grand Challenge, a 1,000 miles (1,609 km) 24 hour event each October. Also the Southern Cross Road Rally (6 day event) from Cape Reinga to Bluff (6,500 km) which is held every 2 years.
This year Lloyd has stopped playing interclub table tennis. He is teaching a community education course in Upholstery at Onslow College three nights a week and on Saturday morning. In his leisure time Lloyd enjoys being on the water in yachts and boats. He is a great grand father and loves looking after his 2 great grand children (both boys). He still plays at the Johnsonville Men’s Club and intends to play at the 2014 World Veterans Championships in Auckland.
-Malcolm Wong 1981 NZ Championships – Kapiti Men’s Team L/R: Warren Evans, Lloyd McIntyre, Robin Radford (manager), Tony Radford, Murray TalbotKapiti Men’s Team (1982) L/R: Murray Talbot (manager), Michael Radford, Chris Talbot, Lloyd McIntyre, Tony RadfordKapiti Teams (1989) L/R: back: Martin Smithies, Chris Talbot, Lloyd McIntyre front: Jean Radford, Caron Watson, June CampbellKapiti Teams (1992) L/R back: Lloyd McIntyre, Chris Talbot, Alan Baines front: Jean Radford, Caron Watson, Lyn McKay
Here are some pictures of recent events and news that I’ve been saving up:
Wellington at the Senior Nationals (Depak Patel, Ben Collins, Paul Solt)Wellington at the Senior Nationals (Ben Collins, Depak Patel, Paul Solt, Rub Chung)Wellington at the Senior Nationals (Raewyn Young, Depak Patel, Ben Collins, Paul Solt)Depak Patel with Oh Sang Eun from South Korea (won the TTNZ Men’s singles and ranked 31 in the world)
And here is a picture of Malcolm Wong (right) being awarded the 2013 TTNZ National Official of the Year Award from Paul Kyle. 2013 TTNZ National Official of the year: Malcolm Wong
**** OTHER NEWS ****
We had a 4-team challenge from Manawatu on Sunday, the results were 2-2 for the teams with points wellington 28 to Manawatu 16 overall, congratulations to all players called up for this event! Manawatu won the top team (6-5) and the development team while Wellington won the two veteran team matches comfortably to pull well us ahead on overall points.
I’ll post some pictures or more detail up as I get them.
The 2013 Wellington New Chinese Friendship Association Table Tennis Tournament was held on Sunday 27 October at the Empire Table Tennis Club hall (Petone). The organiser was Stephen Wang. A free hot lunch was provided for everyone.
The singles was held in the morning. 17 entered the Men’s Singles. There was group play followed by knockout in the main draw and in the consolation. In the final Frank Fu beat Martin Young 3-2 and in the playoff for third place Min Su beat Harry Chen 3-2. The Consolation Singles was won by William Yang defeating Charles Chua 3-0 There were 4 in the Women’s Singles. A round robin was held which was won by Judy Zheng with the runner up Hong Yuan.
In the afternoon the team competition was held. A round robin was held for the 5 teams which resulted in 3 teams tied for first place. They were Blue Tiger (Frank Fu, Zhidong Yu, Ping Chui), Red Dragon (Martin Young, Harry Chen, Malcolm Wong) and White Panda (William Yang, Wai Chung, Judy Zheng).
Thanks to Malcolm Wong and Martin Young for preparing the draws. Men’s Singles prize winners Min Su, Frank Fu, Martin Young with Stephen Wang (Organiser). Women’s Singles prize winners Hong Yuan and Judy Zheng. Joint Team Winners Red Dragon (Harry Chen, Malcolm Wong, Martin Young).
Malcolm Wong (TTNZ National Official of the Year!) submitted an update on the Nelson Open which he went to several weeks ago.
Malcolm Wong won the over 50 Doubles and was runner up in the Over 40 Doubles, with Mark Nalder (Nelson). This was their 12th title together. It was also Malcolm’s 20th Nelson title and his 79th overall.
Former Titan Club member, Alastair Naysmith, won the Over 60 Singles and Doubles. He has been living in Nelson since April 2012 and been playing interclub there the last 2 years.
Lionel Wells (Nelson) was the oldest competitor. He was born in 1920 and will be 93 in October. Lionel stills plays interclub.
There were 35 players entered in the tournament which had been postponed from June due to flooding which resulted in the floor needing to be replaced. Full results are here: 2013 Nelson Open results.
Thanks to the organisers, Paul Op den Buysch, Bruce Hay, Kay Hazeldine and Glenda Ferguson. Also thanks to Karen Holmes, Dianne Watson and Debbie Watson who operated the cafeteria.
Nelson Over 50 Doubles winners Malcolm Wong and Mark Nalder.Nelson Over 60 Singles and Doubles winner Alastair Naysmith.Lionel Wells with Malcolm Wong.
It’s 6 weeks from Oct 30 to Dec 4. The 6-team division one will be 5 weeks round-robin and then a 1v2/3v4/5v6 final night. The 8-team division two will be split into two sections for 3 weeks, then re-formed into 2 sections for the last 3 weeks (based on the results of the first split).
Depak Patel, Ben Collins and Paul Solt win silver medals in the B grade teams event at the Nationals!
With great support from Rob Chung and Raewyn Young!
Encourage your friends to enter, the composite structure is a good change of pace and is also a good opportunity to people new to interclub to come in and get some mentoring.
Entries are due to Kevin Haines treasurer [at] ttwellington.org.nz or phone (04) 478 0841 by Wednesday Oct 24.
If you can’t make all 6 weeks, that is OK, we can combine you with someone else or it would be great to have you as a reserve – with the composite structure finding reserves is trickier so it’s useful to have a heap of them just in case.
The 2013 Premier final was played in front of a number of spectators who were treated to an arm wrestle of a contest which went to the last match. Most matches provided opportunities for both teams to win and the tension of the occasion created the atmosphere it deserved.
Congratulations to both teams on their efforts, particularly to Belmont Bang for their victory and the retention of the Tommy Williams Trophy.
Division 1: Waterloo Wasps beat Empire Elders
Division 2: Waterloo Whales beat Empire Elms
Division 3: Waterloo Whippets beat Empire Eagles
Congratulations to all winners and the runners-up too!
There are details of including all those who played for these (and the other) teams during all of premier or the Series 2 division grades here.
Here are some pictures from Wednesday (send me more to see them up here) and I’ll update the left-to-right names once I confirm them!
Congratulations to Diana Winn for getting these sessions up and running. This will be a great opportunity to meet an untapped table tennis need in the eastern suburbs and indeed the Wellington city area.
In the 23/9/13 issue of the Cook Strait News is an article on the open day! Click on the article below to bring it up on screen.
For more details contact Diana Winn on 801 9556 or winnich [at] xtra.co.nz .
On a totally separate note, we received a request to pass on a message about 15 year-old Ola Ratka from Canterbury who has been training in South Korea (for 6 months) and plans to complete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China. He father Piotr has applied for a AMP scholarship including a “People Choice” scholarship – every vote counts to try and win it so visit here for details!
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.
On a totally separate note, we received a request to pass on a message about 15 year-old Ola Ratka from Canterbury who has been training in South Korea (for 6 months) and plans to complete in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in China. He father Piotr has applied for a AMP scholarship including a “People Choice” scholarship – every vote counts to try and win it so visit 
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