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Southland Open Championships Saturday 19th May 2012
Entries Close Friday 11 May 2012
Hours of Play:
9.00 AM- Under 11,13,15 & 18 Events, Over 40 and Over 60 Events
10.30 AM- Under 21 and Under 30 Events, Over 30 and Over 50 Events, Junior Events Continue
12.00 NOON-Open & Second Grade Events
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Winter Interclub Competition
Starts 3 May 2012 Entries Close 24 April 2012. Entry Form here.
Calendar 2012
Latest schedule is now available.
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JAMES HARGEST College team 2011 Southland Secondary School Table tennis
Champions
 James Hargest College maintained a proud record
in the Southland Secondary School Table Tennis Championships when they were held at the
Table Tennis Southland Stadium in Invercargill on Monday.
The James Hargest College Forest Gumps Trio consisting of Michael Zhang, Nik
Bielski and Chris Ding won the title after going through the day
unbeaten, defeating the SBHS Red team of Lachlan McKenzie, Jake Henderson and
Martin Carlaw in the final.
Earlier eight teams had fought their way through pool play to contest the quarter finals.
The quarter final winners advanced to the semis where the JHC Forest Gumps Trio played
SBHS Blue (Jared Deal, Jay Renton, Decha Niramaithaworn) winning 5-0. In
contrast the semi was a hard fought affair with SBHS Red eventually overcoming the
challenge of the SBHS Wildcats (Fayez Shabaz, MacKenzie Smith, Cameron Richardson)
in a very close result, 3 matches to 2.
The James Hargest team went on to win the final 4-0 from the SBHS Red team. Jake
Henderson pushed Chris Ding to three sets in their singles match
and the doubles between Zhang and Bielski versus Carlaw and McKenzie was a tense battle.
The third versus fourth playoff between SBHS Wildcats and SBHS Blue went to the Wildcats
team. in yet another tight tussle.
The Gore High School Blue Team of Sam Choie, Kelson Sadlier and James
Tan were unlucky not to make the semi finals missing out only on a countback of
points from their quarter final match up.
Thirteen teams entered the championships from James Hargest College, Southland Boys High
School, Southland Girls High School, Fiordland College, Menzies College, Gore High School
Te Wharekura Arowhenua School.
(22/8/11)
South Island Table Tennis Championships – Sat 13 August 2011 in Dunedin
Low entries throughout all events reduced the two day event to Saturday only, and although
it caused a late finish it did ensure that players travelling out of Dunedin were able to
beat the snow on Sunday.
Debbie Garrett won the open women’s singles title at the South
Island Table Tennis Championships held in the Bayfield High School Gymnasium, Dunedin. Her
strongest opposition came from Mimi Walle of Christchurch with Debbie
winning at 11-9, 6-11, 14-12, 11-2.
Debbie also won the women’s doubles partnered by former Southlander in Debra King.
Playing with Ben Duffy of Dunedin Debbie Garrett also
won the over 30 mixed doubles defeating Craig Dye of North Harbour (
winner of open men’s singles) and Debra King in five close sets.
Michael Zhang reached the semi-final of the B Grade men’s singles
before losing to John Fogarty of Otago the eventual winner. Earlier in
the day Michael defeated John Fogarty in five close sets during section play in the C
Grade singles and with two from each section going through to the knockout stage Michael
met Fogarty in the final of the C Grade but this time it was Fogarty who prevailed to take
the title.
Michael Zhang was untroubled in winning the under 18 singles, under 15
singles, although he dropped a set against Berdy Fang of Christchurch. Zhang also won the
under 15 doubles with Josh Tonkin of Oamaru.
Ngaire Garrett won the B Grade and C Grade women’s singles with
former Southlander, now at Otago University Gemma Buzzard winning the
silver medal.
Ngaire Garrett and Pat Swale won the B Grade
women’s doubles but lost the C Grade women’s doubles final to Gemma
Buzzard and Nicky Wallace, who they had beaten in the B Grade
round robin.
In the veteran events Ngaire Garrett defeated Patricia Swale
in the final of both the over 65 and over 60 singles to bring both Gold and Silver south.
Ron Garrett won the over 65 singles but lost the over 60 singles to Steve
Craw of Christchurch. Garrett and Graeme Clent of Dunedin
retained the over 65 doublers title and added the over 60 title.
In all Southlanders came home with 12 titles between them.
(22/8/11)
Winter Interclub Table Tennis - Final Night
A Fantastic Final Round of Table Tennis occurred in the last week of the Winter interclub
table Tennis Competition with some fantastic close fought games......
More including results and averages>
South Island Teams Tournament - Christchurch June 3-6 2011
The Southland teams to participate in the above are:
Veteran Men:
Ron Garrett
Clive Adamson
Steve Jenkins |
Women:
Debbie Garrett
Ngaie Garrett |
Under 15 Boys:
Michael Zhang
Horace Zhang
Chris Ding |
Interclub Results & Draw 2011 including Averages
Results - Southland Open Championships
2011
Table Tennis Development in Gore
Matt Short, a local Gore resident, was employed in 2010 by Sport
Southland to deliver four sports to primary schools in Eastern Southland over a one year
period, focusing on one sport per term. This year, 2011, Matt is delivering Table Tennis
in Term 2. This involves 5-6 weeks of sport-specific skill sessions, 2-3 weeks of
in-school competition and a Final’s Day involving all schools. If you would like more
information on this please contact Matt at Sport Southland Gore on 03 208 3846
Southland Table Tennis 75th Jubilee
Southland Table Tennis Association celebrated 75 years of being affiliated to the New
Zealand Association. Table Tennis had been played for many years in Invercargill before
this.
The jubilee was held on Saturday 16th April, with a Get-together and afternoon tea in the
Southland Table Tennis Stadium, followed by a dinner at Elmwood Gardens at night. The
stadium was open on Sunday morning for anyone who wanted to face their old foes at the
other end of the table.
111 registrations were received with 99 attending the afternoon and 81 at the dinner and
approx 30 on Sunday morning. People travelled from Melbourne, Hastings, Wellington,
Nelson, Christchurch and Dunedin to attend.
A great display of memorabilia was set up and brought back a lot of memories. Sunday
morning brought back some good memories of past games. Everyone enjoyed it.
The highlight of the dinner was the introduction of a Southland Table Tennis Hall of Fame.
Much to the shock of John Catto he was the first inductee. John was the
first Southlander to win a New Zealand Title. See Southland
Hall of Fame page for a list of his achievements.
Some Photos from the Celebrations can be seen here>
Southland Table Tennis Hall of Fame
As part of the Southland Table Tennis 75th Jubilee a Southland Hall of Fame was unveiled. John
Catto became the first inductee. (photo receiving certificate). John was the
first Southlander to win a New Zealand Title in 1952, winning the U16 Boys Singles. He
backed this up the following year followed by the U18 Boys Singles in 1954 and 1955.
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NZ Veteran Championships 2011 held in Invercargill
Southland would like to thank all players for travelling to and competing in Invercargill
at Easter. Your support is greatly appreciated as are you favourable comments on the
tournament and venue. For results and photos please visit the TTNZ website: http://www.tabletennis.org.nz/nationalevents.htm
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