The title of the 1942 book: “Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood” (by Edward Lasker) captures the spirit of competitive chess (and indeed any sport) with enthusiasm on one side and yet the innate mortal warfare on the other.
Enjoy the TTSports Wellington Open this weekend everyone!
A report on the recent Nelson Open (June 25/26) from Malcolm Wong who won the O40 & O50 MD with Mark Nalder (Nelson) and was r/u in the Second Grade XD with Glenda Ferguson (Nelson). The Wong/Nalder combination have now won 10 doubles titles and Malcolm Wong has won 65 tournament titles!
This tournament was held at the new Saxton Field Sports Stadium (7,000 sqm) which was built at a cost of $13 million. Funding has been provided by the Nelson City Council, Tasman District Council and the Saxton Field Sports Stadium Society. There are 5 basketball courts in the main part of the complex, which is also used for netball, volleyball and handball. Table tennis is in a separate part of the complex. There are 8 tables and there is heating to regulate the temperature inside. There is an office, table tennis shop and cafeteria on the ground floor and seating upstairs.
Bryan Keane ran the tournament with his normal efficiency, with Paul Op Den Buysch operating the Xpand2Play system on the computer and Daryl Jones (Marlborough) writing out the certificates. Play started 9am on the Saturday and finished 10.30pm. Having group play for all events meant a longer day than usual.
Canterbury players dominated the Open events. Simon Fenwick won the MS against William Pringle 4-2 Pringle/Chris Erskine (Nelson) won the MD against Fenwick/Nalder(Nelson) 3-1 Jenny Hung beat Megan Stratford (Marlborough) in the WS 4-0 Hung/Tracey Deeley (Nelson) won the WD and Hung/Fenwick won the XD. Veteran Mark Nalder played in 7 finals, winning the O40 & O50 MS and MD, and was r/u in the MD and Second Grade MS & MD.
…results are all posted on http://www.tabletennis.org.nz, in particular the draws including Wellington players (search for “(W)”) – many players making it out the the group stages:
U18 Boys‘ – congratulations Thom Nguyen winner!!!
Teams:
Entries are now open for the TTSports Wellington Table Tennis Open. The entry form and conditions have been corrected since being sent out via email on 9 July.
Entry Form (pdf version) or go to www.ttwellington.org.nz for an excel version to submit electronically.
Thanks to our tournament sponsors: TTSports, Andro, Foreshore Motor Lodge
Entries and enquiries should be sent to tournament@ttwellington.org.nz
July 8, day two at the New Zealand National Junior Championships saw TTW teams play a total of 13 team matches.
The under 15 girls team continued to impress with a 5-0 win over Counties Manukau ‘B’ and a narrow 2-3 loss to Counties Manukau ‘A’ .
In the U/18 Boys team event the TTW team had a 5-0 win over Canturbury, next we played Tahiti who defeated us 3-2 despite Thom Nguyn leading the way for Wellington with a clear 3-0 win over Oceania top 5 U/18 ranked Ocean Belrose and a second singles win. Later in the day the U/18 team went down 3-2 to the visiting Victorian team and again Thom Nguyen performed well with a 12-10 win in the fifth over Edward Anderson-Higginson and a win over Brodee Cookson.
The U/15 boys showed a lot of determination throughout the day recording a 3-2 win over the Auckland ‘B’ team with Conal Warrender winning two singles and Matthew Sheppard clinching the match with a 3-2 win over Eugene Yao. The big match was against the North Harbour team with the winner likely to progress through to the final against Auckland ‘A’. Conal Warrender started well with a 3-2 win, Matthew Sheppard then lost a close match 1-3 before teaming up with Caleb Magan to play a blinder in the doubles. Wellington won the doubles to lead 2-1. The next two matches produced some great table tennis but unfortunately the contest ended in a 3-2 win for the North Harbour team.
Wellington made a good start in the Under 15 girl’s ‘A’ grade competition with a 5-0 win against North Harbour ‘B’ . 11 year old Angela Chapmen recorded her first victory at National level pairing with Maddy Nash in a 3-0 doubles win and then defeated Iris Liu 3-0 to make it two wins.
In the new U/13 team events Wellingon ‘B’ were narrowly beaten by Waitemata ‘A’ 3-2. Mats Olsthoorn performed well teaming up with Ben Westenra to win a doubles and also won his singles match.
In the U/18 Boys team event Wellingto played Auckland ‘A’ with Thom Nguyen recording a 3-1 victory over Z Cheng. Thom also had a very exciting 5 set match with Lingnan Kong , where he led 2 sets to nil but unfoutunately lost 3-2. Delano Lam lost 3-0 against Oliver Scarlett and Jeffrey Chin lost 3-1 to Oliver Scarlett. Auckland also won the doubles and Wellington lost 4-1.
Overall Wellington Team Manager Russell Stoupe commented ‘It’s been great to have so much support from the other parents that are here. Everyone is working incredibly hard to look after the boys and girls which is enabling the team to play to their full potential. Looking forward to some great matches through the coming week.”
RODNEY GREEN CENTENNIAL EVENTS CENTRE LATHAM STREET, NAPIER
Entries close Saturday, 10 July 2010
With K. Bird, 29 Riverbend Road, Napier or
e-mail: hbtabletennis@gmail.com
Tournament Manager: Kevin Bird Ph. (06) 843 6223 (evenings)
Tournament Secretary: Janice Kent Ph. (06) 844 9948 (evenings)
The Entry Forms for the South Island Championships being hosted by Table Tennis South Canterbury in Timaru on 14/15 August 2010 are available at http://www.tabletennis.org.nz. Entries Close Tuesday 20 July 2010. The TTNZ site as above is having temporary access technical problems at this very present time following a move of the server by the web host. If you cannot access the site the forms are also available at http://www.tabletennissc.org.nz/
The 2010 New Zealand Junior National Championship are being hosted by Auckland from July 7th – July 11th. The following teams have been selected to represent Wellington at the Championships:
Under 18 Boys Team
Thom Nyugen, Delano Lam, Jeffrey Chin
Under 18 Girls Draft Player
Lisa Yue
Under 15 Boys Team
Connal Warrender, Matthew Sheppard, Caleb Magan
Under 15 Girls Team
Maddy Nash, Ellen Xiong, Angela Chapmen
Under 13 Boys Team ‘A’
George Stoupe, Sean Hanson, Adam Xiong
Under 13 Boys Team ‘B’
David Van Drimmelen, Ben Westenra, Mats Olsthoorn
Entry forms and information for the North Harbour Open have been received.
This event is being held on July 24.
19 people attended the Have-a-go day held on June 20th at the Empire Table Tennis stadium. The event was organised by Parafed Wellington sports co-ordinator Michelle Laurenson. TTW was represented at the event with Secretary Stephen Hope setting up and TTW Chairman Bruce Northover assisting throughout the day.
TTW coach Andrew Hubbard commented ‘ there were 7 disabled athletes, wheelchair athlete 11 year old Catherine Pot showed a lot of potential and is keen to continue. Working with Parafed Wellington we plan to follow up on this day with regular coaching sessions for a number of wheelchair athletes who we hope may go on to represent Wellington at the NZL Parafed Championships being held in North Harbour 22-25 October.”
A special thanks to Empire Table Tennis Club Building Convenor John Kane who spent many long hours making the bathroom facilities at Empire wheelchair compliant for this event.
Under the direction of Wellington High School Head of Sport Mrs Di Jordan, Wellington High have been the first school in the Wellington region to benefit from the sponsorship arrangement TTW have entered into with one of New Zealand’s leading providers of sports equipment Rebel Sport. Following a very well attended demonstration to promote the term three Wellington zone interschools competition Mrs Jordan was the driving force to get a school table tennis club up and running. Three new Double Fish Deluxe roll away tables were purchased to complement the existing school tables as well as nets, bats and balls and going by the turnouts at the club so far more tables will be required. TTW coach Andrew Hubbard commented ‘ It’s great to see so many students enjoying table tennis, today there were around 60 students playing, many new to the sport and I am hopeful that we’ll see a good number of these students taking part in the Interschools comp which will commence on Tuesday 10 August at the TTW Newtown stadium.”
The Fiji Table Tennis invites players from all countries to participate in their Open National Championships which will be played at:-
Kashtriya Hall,
LAUTOKA
Fiji Islands
from the 26th to the 29th August 2010.
A Prospectus with Information plus an Entry Form has been uploaded to the OTTF website www.ottf.org for downloading and entry. Access is from the Front Page.
A Basic Course for Umpires will also be conducted by the OTTF URC Chairman Mr David Delpratt and information in relation to this is contained in the Prospectus. If anyone is interested please contact as per below.
We urge players to participate in this event if possible, support Fiji Table Tennis and have a holiday as well.
I understand Lautoka is on the west side of the island and close to Nadi International Airport.
For any further information please contact Anthony Ho at tabletennisfiji@aha.com.fj
NZ Junior Open (25-28 September 2003) revisited, a summary from Malcolm Wong including how some of the players have progressed:
This World Junior Circuit Tournament was held, in conjunction with the New Zealand Championships, at the Queens Wharf Events Centre in Wellington City. There were four Oceania countries. New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia and Fiji. From Asia came China, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, Japan and India.
John Stapleton (TTNZ representative and main co-ordinator) and PaulEscott (TTW Chairperson) headed the team organising the event. Key areas were handled by Andrew Palmer, Sabine Westenra and Robert Chung (Information Technology), Shona Cudby (Control Table), Merv Allardyce (Equipment), Averil Roberts (Administration), Ron Menchi (Accommodation), Malcolm Wong (Transport), Steve McCarthy and Robert Chung (Publicity, Sponsorship, Opening Ceremony) and John Stapleton (Timetable, within ITTF formula). The Referee was Angelo Tabone (Australia) and the Deputy Referee was Michael McAvinue (Manawatu). The umpires included Richard Ammundsen, Paul Escott, Averil Roberts and Malcolm Wong from Wellington.
China dominated all the events.
They won both the Boys and Girls Teams and also the Boys and Girls Singles and Doubles. Zhang Jike won the Boys Singles and the Doubles with Ma Long. Jia Jun won the Girls Singles. Chang Chenchen and Feng Tianwei won the Girls Doubles.
Chinese players at this tournament were to achieve further success at the World Junior Championships. Li Hu (2003) and Ma Long (2004) were to win the Boy Singles. Chang Chenchen won the Girls Singles and Doubles (2004).
At senior level, the following were to achieve success at the World Team Championships this year. Feng Tianwei, who had lost to Stephanie Sang (Australia) in the Girls Singles quarter finals 2-4, moved to Singapore in 2007. She represented Singapore at the World Championships and Olympics in 2008 where the team were runner up to China on both ocassions. This year she won 2 singles when Singapore beat China 3-1 in the Women’s World Team finals in Moscow. She is currently the World Number 2.
Ma Long and Zhang Jike were in the China Men’s Team which won this years World Teams final by beating Germany 3-1. Ma Long has been World Number 1 since January 2010 and Zhang Jike is currently World Number 5.
To be held at Empire Stadium on Sunday, June 27.
U14 from 10am to 1pm
U12 and U16 from 1pm to 4pm
Entries close Thursday June 24. Please email entries to secretary@ttwellington.org.nz
Saturday July 10, Lion Foundation Arena, Portsmouth Drive, Dunedin
Email secretary@ttwellington for an entry form or refer to www.otta.org.nz
The inaugural College Sport Wellington Table Tennis competition got underway on Wednesday 2 June. The Hutt Valley zone saw 28 teams from eight High Schools take part. TTW Chairman Bruce Northover along with TTW stalwart Alan Costley were on hand to assist with the running of the event and also a special thanks to Maggie Dyer from the Empire club for opening the canteen. Table Tennis Wellington Coach Andrew Hubbard who as part of the Kiwisport initiative has been around the Hutt Valley Schools promoting this event commented that he was ‘very happy withthe 28 teams entered , and that he will be making a promotional drive into Wellington City Schools coming up later this term.’
There was a strong performance from HIBS first team beating HVHS 2, 7-0. The two Chin brothers Jeoffrey and Garret combing with Josh Baker who is strong in the third slot. They are one of the favourites to win the Premier Grade.
Taita 1 lost 7-0 to HVHS 1 which was expected but Taita’s Rueben Reid nearly upset HVHS rep player Matthew Sheppard losing 12-10 in the fifth.
Taita 2 had an unexpectedly decisive 7-0 win over HVHS 3 which is a good result for them. Taita 3 also beat Upper Hutt 2 5-2 so it was a good day for Taita College.
Eentry forms for the 2010 Waikato Table Tennis Veterans Teams 19 June and Individual Tournaments 20 June are linked below:
Entries close Tuesday 15 June
I talked to Malcolm Wong following the recent 2010 Junior Open: “I became a provincial umpire in 2000 as I felt I should know the rules of the sport I played. Umpiring at the NZ World Junior Circuit Tournament in Wellington (2003) encouraged me to go further in umpiring. I umpired the world men’s number 1, Ma Long, at this tournament.”
In 2004 Malcolm became a National Umpire, a National Referee in 2007, and then passed the International Umpires exam in 2008. Last year he umpired at the French Junior Open and the Commonwealth Championships. After attended and passing an exam at a Racket Control Seminar (5 April) in Auckland he can now be appointed to be Chief Racket Controller at ITTF Tournaments.
On umpiring at the recent NZ Junior Open (6-9 April) in Auckland: “The first three days I was umpiring twelve hours each day, including 21 matches on day one. A lack of umpires meant I was umpiring virtually every round!
“Umpiring requires a good knowledge of the rules, the ability to concentrate during matches and apply the rules in an impartial manner.” – If you are interested in learning more about Table Tennis umpiring, Malcolm would love to hear from you!
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Attached: Malcolm’s Report on Racquet Control Seminar and New Zealand Junior Open 2010
Wellesley School were the Wellington region Intermediate boys champions in 2009 and won the central zone inter primary schools competition earlier this year. Obviously this is not a co-incidence. Organised by Mr Darren Houston and Mr Murray Blanford the school are currently half way through a knock out competition. There are a 128 players taking part. Regular practise sessions take part on the schools three tables. Organised by Mr Darren Houston on Friday 21 May, TTW Coach Andrew Hubbard and former Chinese provincial player Catherine Zhou carried out a demonstration at the school. Plans to return to provide coaching sessions were made and certainly Wellesley will be a school to watch out for again at this years championship .
Table Tennis Wellington 