11 Sep 2009
At Macquarie Uni you should introduce yourselves at the front desk as "visiting SNDTTA members" to reduce the fee to $4.2 Sep 2009
The results for the recent TOP 5 Challenges are as follows:
A Grade: Congratulations to Paul Zhao ( PCYC ) who won all his matches. His match against previous winner and team mate Morgan Ng was the decider after both had 3 wins each. In a close encounter Paul beat Morgan 3-2 and became the winner of the perpetual trophy for 2009 after just missing out last year. A-Reserve: Newcomer Zhen Gang Jia, also PCYC, won this year's trophy on count back after he and James Chang of Willoughby both finished with 3 wins each. Their personal encounter finished in a 3-2 win for the former. B Grade: Scott Barrett of Hornsby RSL went unbeaten and lost only 1 game against Chee Yow of Suns, who came second. C Grade: Mark Robinson of Suns overwhelmingly beat all opponents 3-0. Victor Chu of Hornsby RSL came 2nd with 3 wins.
Photos of the winners are available here.
28 Aug 2009
The draws for the Spring competion in all divisions are now available. Divisions A and B will begin the week beginning August 31. Divisions A/R and C will begin the week beginning September 7.
The results for the recent SNDTTA championships are as follows:
A grade singles: Champion: Morgan Ng of PCYC who beat Kevin Wright of Harbord Diggers 3-1 and Paul Moody of Maquarie Uni 3-0 in the finals. A-Reserve singles: In the semi finals, Scott Barrett of Hornsby RSL beat Clement Siu of Willoughby TTC 3-0 and Miguel Santos of Suns beat team mate Rod Falck 3-1. Miguel won the first game 11-9 in the final against Scott but the latter had to withdraw due to injury and Miguel was declared the winner on forfeit. B grade singles: In a 3 way finals play off Paul Thumachiewan of North Sydney Leagues won the title on a count back as he and Scott Barrett of Hornsby RSL and Chee Yow of Suns won one match each and lost the other. This was a very close encounter and Paul beat Scott by a favourable margin of only 4 points in total. Veterans Singles: For the first time a trial handicap of 1 point for every 5 years age difference over 50 was applied. The final was won by Kevin Wright of Harbord Diggers who beat fellow A grader Stephen Tai of Hornsby RSL and Theo Morsink of Suns 3-0 each, despite the handicap. Some players found the difference too challenging. Doubles Results: A grade: Morgan NG (PCYC) & Paul Moody(MQU) beat Kevin Wright (Harbord) & Ingo Kamleitner (MQU). A-Res: James Chang & Clement Siu of Willoughby beat Chris Lo and Tommy Mak of Hornsby RSL. B grade: Theo Morsink (Suns) & Masayuki Abe (Hornsby RSL) beat Mark Seeto & Chee Yow of Suns. Veterans: Wing Kwai Chan & Tommy Mak of Hornsby RSL beat Rod Falck (Suns) & Stephen Tai (Hornsby RSL)
23 Jul 2009
Forms available for entry to the Individual Championships and team registration forms for the Spring Competition in A division or A/R, B, C divisions.
13 Jul 2009
Please note that the Table Tennis Worldmasters Games is on from October 10-17 at the Hurstville Aquatic Leisure Centre. Registration can be arranged via their website http://www.2009worldmasters.com and close July 31. Cost is $220.
Also the commencing date for the Spring Competition will be the week commencing Monday, August 31. Registration forms will be forwarded to the club secretaries in due course.
8 Jun 2009
This year's TOP 5 playoffs will be held on:
B and C grades at SUNS on Friday, August 21, commencing 7.45 pm, A and AR grades at SUNS on Friday, August 28, commencing 7.45 pm.
Invitations will be sent to the qualifying players.
17 Apr 2009
This year's Individual Championships will be held on Saturday, 15 August 2009 at the Thornleigh Brickpit (SUNS).
3 Mar 2009
Welcome to the new year.
Competition commences the week of 2 March 2009.
The committee has decided to rename the interclub divisions from numeric (mostly) to alphabetic to reflect the grade names.
Unfortunately as there are insufficient team entries to made two decent competitions it has been necessary again to combine divisions B and C for the Autumn competition.
There are entry forms for Division A and Divisions AR, B, and C in jpeg format on the forms page.
The gradings page, as at 1 March 2009, has been updated.
3 Nov 2008
Congratulations to Justin Han who won the Australian Under 18 Boys Championships. This is quite possibly the first Australian title holder from the SNDTTA.
15 Sep 2008
SUNS invites everyone to come along on Friday night, September 19, at 8:00pm and meet William Henzell (Australia's number one player), along with Justin Han and Robert Frank. William Henzell will be joint host for an evening of free equipment testing from Aussie Table Tennis. And hopefully we will have an exhibition match.
9 Sep 2008
Below are the results of the SNDTTA Championships:
A grade singles and District Champion: Justin Han (SUNS) beat Paul Moody (MQU) 3-0.
AR singles: Paul Moody (MQU) beat Miguel Santos (SUNS) 3-1.
B singles: Chris Lo beat Mark Seeto (both SUNS) 3-0.
C singles: Brian Emerson (Hornsby) won on count back with 8 games against Jacob Addison (Harbord) 7 games.
Veterans singles: Zareer Reporter (Hornsby) won on count back with 5 games against
Stephen Tai (Willoughby) 4 games.
A Doubles: Won by Kevin Wright (Harbord) & Michael Kemp (SUNS) who remained unbeaten
AR Doubles: Won by Fred Wang & Edward Chan (both SUNS) on count back.
B Doubles: Won by Yin To Chu & Chris Lo (both SUNS) on count back.
Vets Doubles: Won by Rod Falck (SUNS) & Stephen Tai (Willoughby).
13 Aug 2008
The results of last Friday's division 2 & 3 Top 5 challenges: Div'n 2 (B grade) was won by Mark Seeto who won all his matches. Div'n 3 (C grade) was won on count back by Anxi Zhou of Hornsby RSL who beat Nathan Leung of Suns.
8 Aug 2008
The committee will trial stand-by players for division 1 in the Spring competition
The player grading list has been updated
The results of last Friday's Top 5 challenges: Div'n 1 was won on count back by Ken Peng of MQ.Uni who won ahead of Michael Kemp of Suns. Both had won 3 matches and were also equal on having won 9 games for and 5 against. Ken was declared winner as he beat Michael 3-0 and was also ahead on points. In AR we also had two players finishing with 3 wins each ie: Paul Moody of Suns and Clement Siu of Willoughby. On a count back, Paul was declared the winner as he had 10 games won against Clement's 9. We witnessed some good Table Tennis matches and the evening was well supported.
7 Aug 2008
The 2008 SNDTTA Closed Championships will be held on Saturday, September 6, at The Brickpit (SUNS). You can download the word document entry form. Entries close on Friday, August 29.
15 Jul 2008
Both Division 1 semi-finals will be played at SUNS on Friday, July 18. SUNS A will be playing Macquarie Uni A and SUNS B will be playing Hornsby RSL A.
SUNS invites everyone to come and watch what should be some fantastic table tennis. Although the individual competitors for the night have not been confirmed, four of the possible players won 100% of their matches during the season. Justin Han, who is a currently ranked junior in China, is expected to play for SUNS A. If we are lucky we may also see Alex Vong, who was ranked in France.
07 Apr 2008
WARNING: SUNS will be closed on Anzac day. If your team is drawn to play at SUNS on April 25 please contact your captain for a revised date and/or location.
28 Jan 2008
Welcome to the new year.
It is time to enter teams for the 2008 Autumn Competition.
Below is a summary of two letters to the club secretaries dated 20 December 2007 and 12 January 2008.
The AGM is to be held Wednesday 13 February 2008 at 8 pm at the Forestville RSL Club. It is hoped that an experienced umpire be in attendance at the AGM to discuss interpretations of the rules, and clubs are encouraged to send as many players and captains as possible to take advantage of this opportunity.
The closing date for entries is 15 February 2008.
Competition commences the week of 3 March 2008.
There are entry forms for Division 1 and Divisions AR, 2, and 3 in Microsoft Word format on the forms page.
The gradings page, as at 16 January 2008, has been updated.
Club secretaries and team captains will be given a copy of the ITTF Rules for the Game of Table Tennis, ITTF rules for the running of interclub matches and the SNDTTA interclub rules and explanations.
17 Dec 2007
Congratulations to SUNS A (division 1), North Sydney B (A/R) and Hornsby RSL (2/3) on winning their grand finals.
That brings the SNDTTA year to a close. Best wishes to everyone for the festive season, and we hope to see you all again next year.
20 Aug 2007
Here are the results of the finals of yesterday's individual championships. Some finals had to played best of 3 due to time running out.
Singles: A Grade: Michael Kemp (Suns) defeated Ingo Kamleitner (MQU) 2-0. AR Grade: Ingo Kamleitner (MQU) defeated Tony Bergman (W'by) 3-2. B Grade: Danny Malayan (Ararat) defeated Yin To Chu (Suns) 3-1. Vets: Tommy Tong (NSL) defeated Stephen Tai (NSL) 2-1.
Doubles: A Grade: Jimmy Jiang/Morgan Ng (Suns) beat Tommy/Tony Tong (NSL) 2-0. AR Grade: Wing Kwai Chan/Tommy Mak (Hornsby) beat Edward Chan/Fred Wang (Suns) 3-1. B Grade: Simon Zaitounian/Anna Pha (Ararat/Suns) beat Mark Seeto/Michael Choi(Suns)2-1. Vets: Tommy Tong/Tony Bergman (NSL) beat Rod Falck/Stephen Tai (Suns/NSL) 2-1.
We had 16 entries in A, 15 in AR & B and 12 in the Vets singles and 6 in A Doubles, 7 in AR, 3 in B and 6 in the Vets. As always some players finished in several finals and that causes a few delays, but we managed to keep all tables occupied most of the time. Several players came to thank me for a successful tournament and sofar no complaints have been received despite the shortening of games in the last hour.
Rgds, Theo12 Aug 2007
The fifth annual Willoughby Table Tennis Club Singles Championship was held on Friday night and the winner is Paul Frankenreiter who defeated Shin Nakazawa in a very close and exciting five games 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 15-13. The final game was a thriller with match points alternating between the players. Congratulations to Paul and commiserations to Shin. This is the first time that the Carol Hughes Perpetual Trophy has been won more than once by the same player, as Paul won it in 2005.
Semi-final results were: Paul Frankenreiter defeated Jenkin Tang 11-9, 6-11, 16-14, 11-7 and Shin Nakazawa defeated Syd Birchall 11-7, 11-7, 11-7.
The event was well supported with 20 entries which was the maximum possible.
Regards,
Syd Birchall
26 Jul 2007
The latest newsletter is now available.
25 Jul 2007
The 2007 Sydney Northern Districts Closed Championships entry form is now available. Entries must be received by Friday, August 10, 2007.
The Spring teams competition is scheduled to commence during the last week in August, i.e. week commencing Monday, August 27. It should finish by about the end of November.
Depending on the number of entries received and the composition of the team players, the committee may, at its discretion, invoke the promotion and relegation procedures. This process will apply more so to teams in Division 1 and AR.
Could Club Secretaries please forward your team entries as early as possible, but note that the closing entry date is Friday, August 17, 2007. There are entry forms for Division 1 and Divisions AR, 2 to 4 in Microsoft Word format on the forms page.
26 Jun 2007
The TOP 5 tournament, for the top five ranked players on the individual results table in each division (minimum 12 matches) will be held on Friday, August 24, at The Brickpit (SUNS).
11 May 2007
Please note that the date for the District Championships has changed to August 19 at at The Brickpit (SUNS)
26 Mar 2007
Last Saturday the SUNS club hosted the table tennis competition for the 2007 NSW Corporate Games. Over 100 players took part representing 30 organisations. Skill levels went from highly experienced to almost complete beginners.
Local SNDTTA player Michael Kemp, representing Optus, won the Men's Singles, and was runner up in the Men's Doubles with partner Morgan Ng, also a local and representing Optus.
Integral Energy had the largest turnout from a single organisation with 16 representatives, and were champions in the Men's Doubles, and also grabbed third place in the doubles (local player Han Phan and partner). A team photo is available here.
Several players expressed interest in joining a club in our district.
You might want to look out for this tournament next year!
9 Feb 2007
At the AGM on February 7 Syd Birchall decided to stand down from the committee after eight years of service, the last two as president. I am sure we all thank him for his considerable contribution to table tennis in the area. Fortunately he will continue to run the Willoughby club and be the Division 1 recorder.
Click here to read Syd's 2006 President's Report.
22 Jan 2007
Welcome to the new year.
It is time to enter teams for the 2007 Autumn Competition.
The closing date for entries is 10 February 2007.
Competition commences the week of 5 March 2007.
There are entry forms for Division 1 and Divisions AR, 2, and 3 in Microsoft Word format on the forms page.
Also, the gradings page has been updated as at 20 December 2006.
16 Dec 2006
Congratulations to Willoughby Blue who defeated Suns A 3-2, 12-8 at Willoughby Park Centre last night in the Grand Final of the Spring Interclub Competition!
In one of the closest Grand Finals for years, the championship was decided by the doubles with singles rubbers at 2-2. An enthusiastic crowd provided great support for Willoughby from start to finish. Ellman Lee turned in a stellar performance in winning both singles and combining well with the team's junior member, Jenkin Tang, to win the doubles. Everyone else gave their very best and the Suns players fought valiantly to the last point.
For the first time, Willoughby showed they can win a Grand Final without the great Gary Lo!
Following are detailed results in order of play:
Stewart McDonald (S) d. Paul Frankenreiter (W) -5, 8, 6, 9
Ellman Lee (W) d. Michael Kemp (S) 5, 11, 11
Michael Kemp d. Paul Frankenreiter -10, 6, -9, 6, 9
Ellman Lee d. Stewart McDonald 5, -1, 9, 8
Lee/Tang d. McDonald/Kemp -8, 9, 9, 8
Best wishes for the Festive Season!
Syd Birchall
08 Aug 2006
The Spring Interclub Competition will commence on 28 August and team entries are required by 18 August. Please get these in as quickly as possible to Barry Davies.
07 Aug 2006
Stewart McDonald wins Hornsby Shire’s Centenary 2006 Northern Districts Table Tennis Championships.
NSW doubles champion Stewart McDonald of Kellyville overcame fierce resistance from his Thornleigh SUNS team mate Morgan Ng to win the 2006 title. Although the 3-0 win looks convincing, the match was close and exciting to watch, with the recent Top 5 winner, Carlingford’s Morgan, putting Stewart under a lot of pressure and showing that the district has an abundance of strong players.
In the A doubles Ellman Lee (Willoughby TTC) and Shin Nakazawa (Ararat Ryde) sprung a surprise by beating NSW champions and favourites Michael Kemp and Stewart McDonald of Thornleigh Suns 3-0 in an entertaining final.
Other Results:
Singles: A-Reserve: Wei Tong ( Nth. Syd. Leagues) beat Rod Falck (Suns) 3-1. B-grade: Wing Kwai Chan (Hornsby RSL) beat Tommy Mak (Hornsby RSL) Veterans: Tony Bergman (Willoughby) beatTommy Mak (Hornsby RSL).
Doubles: A-Reserve: Rod Falck (Suns) and Wei Tong (Nth.Syd.Leagues). B-grade & Veterans: Tommy Mak & WK Chan (Hornsby RSL)
Click here for more detailed results.
31 Jul 2006
Top 5 Challenge Results
Congratulations to the following Top 5 Challenge winners:
Morgan Ng who yesterday won the Division 1 Top 5 Challenge held at Manly Vale! Weston Cai who won the Division A/R Challenge, Edward Caruana who won the Division 2 Challenge, and Frank Kustra who won the Division 3 Top 5 Challenge, all held at SUNS last Friday
In Division 1 before a small but enthusiastic group of spectators, Michael Kemp, Ellman Lee, Michel Khachiki, Fung Cheung and Morgan played a keenly contested round-robin with the final result in doubt up to the last match. (Unfortunately, Stewart McDonald, Book Aphichawakoonkhajorn and Steffen Burchhardt were overseas and could not compete.)
At the end of the round-robin, Morgan, Michel and Ellman had all won three of their four matches, and a countback showed that Morgan had won 11 games, Ellman 10 and Michel 9. Under the countback rules, Morgan was declared the winner and presented with a perpetual trophy and an individual medal. We look forward to running this event each year.
In Division A/R the players invited were: Michael Sun and Weston Cai from Suns, Guy Roose and Clement Siu from Willoughby and Charlie Wang from Nth Syd. Leagues. It turned into a close battle and it was Weston Cai who won the trophy with 3 wins. The result was only decided in the very last match when Weston beat his team mate Michael Sun 3-1, who finished 2nd.
In Division 2 the players invited were: Edward Caruana of Hornsby RSL, Cliff and Edward Chan of Suns and Vahe Parseghian and Morrie Ohanessian of Ararat. Edward Caruana was the clear winner with 3 wins and a 5 games loss against Morrie Ohanessian. The matches were marred by several disputes about bat changes during play and a forfeit by members of the Ararat representatives. Edward Chan finished 2nd.
In Division 3 the players invited were: Guy Chan of Hornsby RSL, Frank Kustra, George Biro and Steve Marton, all of Harbord Diggers and Boris Tong of Suns. The title was won by Frank Kustra, who won all his matches and another seasoned campaigner Guy Chan came 2nd.
22 Jul 2006
2006 Willoughby Club Closed Singles
Congratulations to Jenkin Tang who last night won the 2006 Willoughby Closed Singles, defeating Fung Cheung 5, -14, 4, -6, 6 in the final and Ellman Lee in the semi-final 8, 7, -7, -8, 7. Fung defeated Tony Bergman 9, 11, 6 in the other semi. Although Jenkin was stretched to 5 games by Ellman and Fung, he played confidently, with some superb hitting and speed around the table. In the four years that players have competed for the Carol Hughes Perpetual Trophy, we have had four different winners. It was good to see a high school youngster win this year!
Top 5 Challenge -- 2:00pm Sunday 30 July
On Sunday afternoon 30 July, the Sydney Northern Districts A Grade Top 5 Challenge will take place at the council community hall, cnr Condamine and Lovett Streets, Manly Vale. The Top 5 players are Michael Kemp (Suns), Ellman Lee and Fung Cheung (Willoughby), Michel Khachiki (Ararat) and Morgan Ng (Suns). The five will play a round-robin to determine the top player in the association. If you'd like to see some top class table tennis, please come along. Admission is free and the event is sponsored by Warringah Council.
17 Jul 2006
Congratulations to the two teams gaining promotion to Division 1. Willoughby Red automatically by finishing top of the table in Division AR, and SUNS C by defeating North Sydney A 3-1 in a play-off last Friday.
3 Jul 2006
Entry forms for the 2006 Closed Championships, on Sunday, August 6, are now available. Entries close Monday, July 31.
1 Jul 2006
Congratulations to Suns A on winning the Autumn Interclub Final last night, defeating Macquarie Uni 3-2, 11-9! Unfortunately, Steffen Burchhardt was unable to play but MQU nevertheless put up a real battle with rubbers 2 all and the doubles being the decider. Book Aphikawakoonkhajorn played extremely well to win both his singles matches. Nevertheless, full marks to Suns who were the best team over the whole season and deserved their victory.
Following are detailed results:
Michael Kemp d. Rob Chambers 9, 10, -10, 3
Book Aphi. d. Stewart McDonald 10, -8, -4, 2, 2
Book Aphi. d. Michael Kemp 8, 7, 6
Stewart McDonald d. Rob Chambers 9, -10, 8, 1
Kemp/McDonald d. Chambers/Aphi. 11, -8, 7, 6
Please keep these dates in mind:
Sunday 30 July: Top 5 Challenge at Manly Vale
Sunday 6 August: District Championships at Thornleigh
Late August: Spring Interclub Competition starts
AR Division Final Played at Willoughby 30/6/06
Congratulations to Suns C who defeated Willoughby Red 5-4, 22-16 in a cliff-hanger of a match which was decided 11-9 in the fifth game of the ninth and deciding rubber. We departed Willoughby Park Centre at 10 minutes past midnight! Both teams were evenly matched but Suns were definitely the younger team and had improved substantially over the season. Suns won 3 singles and 2 doubles, while Willoughby won 3 singles and one doubles. There were a lot of interested spectators (mostly from Willoughby) who applauded loudly and often during the hard fought and intense matches. Special congratulations to Weston Cai (Suns) and Guy Roose (Willoughby) who won both their singles matches.
Team members were as follows:
Suns C: Weston Cai, Michael Sun, Aaron Yap, Kenneth Cheung
Willoughby Red: Guy Roose, Clement Siu, Wilson Yang, Tony Bergman
Following are detailed results:
Michael Sun d. Wilson Yang -9, 6, 5, 5
Guy Roose d. Aaron Yap 3, 9, -11, 10
Roose/Siu d. Yap/Cai -4, 7, -12, 10, 16
Weston Cai d. Clement Sui 8, 4, 6
Guy Roose d. Michael Sun -9, 9, 9, -8, 12
Sun/Cheung d. Roose/Bergman -9, 4, 8, 5
Weston Cai d. Wilson Yang 6, 5, 9
Clement Sui d. Aaron Yap -7, 8, 7, -8, 8
Cai/Sun d. Sui/Bergman -9, 7, -10, 4, 9
Regards,
Syd Birchall
21 Jun 2006
The first Division 1 semi-final was played at Macquarie Uni on Monday night between Macquarie and Ararat A.
Congratulations to Macquarie Uni who, in their first season in SNDTTA Interclub, has now reached the Final. They defeated Ararat 3-2, 12-5. Detailed results are as follows, in the order in which rubbers were played:
Book Aphi. d. Shin Nakazawa 7, 9, 7
Steffen Burchhardt d. Michel Khachiki 6, 9, 3
Book Aphi. d. Michel Khachiki 9, 10, 6
Shin Nakazawa d. Steffen Burchhardt 6, 8, 9
Nakazawa/Khachiki d. Chambers/Burchhardt 8, 13, -7, -1, 10
Commiserations to Ararat who played consistently throughout the season.
The second semi-final will be played at Thornleigh this Friday night between Suns A and Willoughby Blue, with the Final to be played next week on a date to be advised.
Regards,
Syd Birchall
18 Jun 2006
The June Newsletter announces the Top 5 Challenge and the Promotion and Relegation Procedure. (For Microsoft Word version click here.)
13 Jun 2006
A communication on gluing has been received from the ITTF via TT Australia and TTNSW. This will be of particular interest to those players who use speed glue.
11 Jun 2006
Congratulations to Michael Kemp and Stewart McDonald on winning the 2006 NSW Veterans Closed O/40 Doubles title. In an exciting final Michael and Stewart came back from 0-2 behind to win 3-2 against the number one seeds!
14 Mar 2006
The first score sheets have started to arrive. Please try and send them early as this keeps the points tables current for everyone.
Also, please use the full player name at least the first time on the score sheet. I know that several players have unique first names, but just writing Tony makes the recorder waste time trying to figure out which Tony.
Thanks, Rod.
2 Mar 2006
The division AR draw and division 2 and 3 draw for the Autumn competition have been published. See the letter for a description of what is happening for divisions 2 and 3.
1 Mar 2006
Welcome to the new year. The division 1 draw for the Autumn competition has been published. The other draws will be added shortly.
We welcome a new team and club -- Macquarie University led by Rob Chambers.
Play starts on the week of March 6.
Also published are the Interclub Competition By-laws.
13 Dec 2005
SNDTTA DIVISION AR SPRING INTERCLUB GRAND FINAL RESULT (9/12/05)
CONGRATULATIONS TO NORTH SYDNEY LEAGUES C!
North Sydney Leagues C d. SUNS D 5-4, 18-15, 336-326
In another exciting match table topping North Sydney Leagues C had to wait until the final doubles to grab the title from SUNS D. Four rubbers went to 5 games, including one doubles where North Sydney lost the points 39-44 but won the games 3-2.
SNDTTA DIVISION 2 SPRING INTERCLUB GRAND FINAL RESULT (9/12/05)
CONGRATULATIONS TO HARBORD DIGGERS C!
Harbord Diggers C d. SUNS E 6-2, 19-14
Harbord Diggers C got away to a 3-0 start and SUNS couldn't claw back the lead.
That's it for all the SNDTTA competitions for 2005. Hopefully we will all be back to defend our titles/knock off the champions in 2006.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
10 Dec 2005
SNDTTA DIVISION 1 SPRING INTERCLUB GRAND FINAL RESULT (9/12/05)
CONGRATULATIONS TO SUNS B!
Last night Suns B defeated Willoughby Blue in the Division 1 Grand Final 4-1, 14-8, 210-187 to win the Spring Interclub Competition. Details as follows:
(Order of play)
Ng (S) d. Lee (W) -4, 5, 8, 7
Evans (S) d. Frankenreiter (W) 3, 7, 2
Lee d. Evans -8, 5, -6, 6, 5
Ng d. Frankenreiter 6, -9, 9, -10, 10
Ng/Evans d. Lee/Frankenreiter 13, -9, -3, 6, 8
Morgan and Jonathan played solidly throughout the match and deserved to win. Willoughby resisted strongly but it was very hard to come back from two rubbers down. Morgan and Paul played a thrilling 5 set marathon (101 points) which clinched the match for Suns.
It was pleasing to see supporters present from Suns and, on several occasions, play on other tables stopped as everyone became absorbed in the battle.
We look forward to the 2006 Autumn Interclub which will start around the beginning of March. Best wishes for the festive season to all.
Regards,
Syd Birchall
5 Dec 2005
SNDTTA DIVISION 1 SPRING INTERCLUB SEMI-FINAL RESULTS (2/12/05)
Willoughby Blue d. Ararat 3-2, 9-8, 153-152
Nakazawa (A) d. Frankenreiter (W) 3, 3, 7
Lee (W) d. Khachiki (A) -9, 6, 8, 6
Khachiki d. Frankenreiter 9, 9, 4
Lee d. Nakazawa 7, 8, 6
Frankenreiter/Lee d. Nakazawa/Khachiki 4, -9, 9, 10
Suns B d. Suns A 3-2, 11-6, 186-150
Evans (B) d. Falck (A) 5, 4, 9
Kemp (A) d. Ng (B) 10, 11, 18
Kemp d. Evans -7, 9, 10, -7, 7
Ng d. Falck 5, 6, 7
Ng/Evans d. Kemp/Falck 8, 6, 7
Both matches were close with the winner being decided by the doubles. It is very pleasing to see such close results in semi-finals. This has not occurred over the last few years. The closest match was Willoughby/Ararat where the doubles looked as though it could go either way, while the closest rubber was Kemp/Evans where each player scored 48 points over 5 hard fought games. Congratulations to the winning teams and well done to the runners-up!
So the Grand Final will be between Willoughby Blue and Suns B at Willoughby this Friday night (9/12/05). If you would like to see what will be a terrific match, and possibly play some table tennis as well, come along on Friday!
Regards,
Syd Birchall
The final round of divison A/R did not change the final placings, so the grand final will be between North Sydney Leagues C (1) and SUNS D (2) at North Sydney Leagues, Friday 9 December.
Individually, congratulations go to Tony Han with a 100% record from 22 matches!
The division 2 results were:
SUNS E d. SUNS G 5-2
Harbord Diggers C d. SUNS F 6-2
So the Grand Final will be between SUNS E (1) and Harbord Diggers C (2) at Thornleigh, Friday 9 December
28 Nov 2005
In division 1, the top four places were finally decided after Week 14, so the semi-final matches will be:
Willoughby Blue (1) v. Ararat (4) at Willoughby, Friday 2 December
Suns B (2) v. Suns A (3) at Thornleigh, Friday 2 December
Winners of these matches will meet in the Grand Final on Friday 9 December.
The battle for third and fourth places was tight with both teams finishing on 32 points but with Suns A having 120 "games for" compared with Ararat's 118.
Best of luck to the semi-finalists! To the three teams who missed out on the semis, thanks for competing and always being competitive.
Turning to Individual Performances, I know Derek Kerr (Suns A) will understand if we put his results to one side. Derek is a fine player but he only played 4 rubbers and won all of those. So congratulations to Ellman Lee (Willoughby) for finishing at top of the table with 94.1% rubbers won, losing only one! Well done to Fung Cheung (Willoughby) and Jonathan Evans (Suns B) who took the next two places. A special mention is due to those people who played a maximum 24 rubbers in the competition -- Morgan Ng, Tommy Tong, Wei Tong and Rod Falck.
Regards,
Syd Birchall
In division 2, the semi-final matches will be:
SUNS E (1) vs SUNS G (4) at Thornleigh, Friday 2 December
Harbord Diggers C (2) vs Suns F (3)
Individually, Theo Morsink finished with a 100% record.
Division A/R still has one round robin match to go. Currently North Sydney Leagues C are in first place and SUNS D are running second, and neither of them can be caught. There is a possibility that they could swap positions after the last round.
22 Jul 2005
The results from SUNS D vs North Sydney Leagues C have been received.18 Jul 2005
Congratulations to Suns A on a very convincing 5-0 (15 games to 4) win over Willoughby Blue in the Autumn Interclub Teams Competition Grand Final! Michael Kemp and Stewart McDonald were just too strong for Ellman Lee and Fung Cheung. (Unfortunately for Willoughby Blue, Gary Lo has an injured back and was unable to play.)
Details are as follows:
Suns A def. Willoughby Blue 5-0
Kemp d. Cheung 8, 9, 5
McDonald d. Lee 6, 8, 7
Kemp d. Lee -9, 11, 6, 9
McDonald d. Cheung 7, -7, 3, 8
Kemp/McDonald d. Cheung/Lee -5, 1, 7, -9, 9
The Spring Competition will start around the end of August, so please think about your club entries.
I look forward to seeing most of you at the district championships next Sunday, 24 July.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
12 Jul 2005
Could someone from SUNS D or North Sydney Leagues C please contact the recorder (Rod Falck, phone 98076998) with the result from their final match from week 15. The results have not been received and neither captain can be contacted, and the placing for the 2nd semi-final depends on the result.4 Jul 2005
Congratulations to Suns A and Willoughby Blue, winners of the semi-finals played last Friday night. These teams will meet in the Grand Final at Thornleigh this Friday, 8 July.
Detailed semi-final results are as follows:
Suns A d. Harbord 5-0 (15-2)
Kemp d. Whiteford 5, 5, 6; Kemp d. Finlay 5, 8, -5, 3
McDonald d. Finlay -8, 9, 5, 9; McDonald d. Whiteford 3, 2, 6
Kemp/McDonald d. Wright/Whiteford 1, 9, 9
Willoughby Blue d. Ararat 3-0 (9-3) (dead rubbers not played)
Lee d. Khachiki 9, 9, 3; Lee d. Nakazawa 8, -10, 4, -10, 2
Cheung d. Nakazawa -5, 3, 10, 12
Good luck to both winning teams for the Grand Final!
Regards,
Syd Birchall
28 Jun 2005
Attached are results for the final week of the Autumn Interclub Competition; i.e. Week 14, commencing 20 June. Congratulations to Harbord on winning fourth place and a chance in the semi-finals. Overall, it was a close competition with six of the eight teams having a good prospect of making the semis.
The semi-finals will be as follows:
Suns A v. Harbord at Thornleigh on Friday, 1 July
Willoughby Blue v. Ararat at Willoughby on Friday, 1 July
The Grand Final will be played between winners of the semis during the following week, details to be advised.
Putting aside Peter Monostori’s brief appearance, congratulations to Stewart McDonald, Michael Kemp and Morgan Ng, all from Suns, who filled the top three places on the Individual Performance table. Well done also, to Wilson Chu and Marcus Green from Suns G who played hard and consistently throughout the comp with only limited success.
Best of luck to semi-final players!
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
PS. SNDTTA Championship (24/7) entry forms have been sent to club secretaries.
25 Jun 2005
Entry Forms for the 24 July championships can be downloaded here
16 Jun 2005
Attached are progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including Week 13 (week commencing 13/6). Many thanks to team captains for getting results in so quickly at a vital stage of the comp. The first three places have been decided although this week's results will determine whether Willoughby Blue or Ararat finish in second place. There is an exciting fight for fourth place with only one point separating three teams. After looking at the draw for the final week, one would have to say it probably favours Harbord but anything could happen.
Best of luck!
Entry Forms for the 24 July championships will be out soon!
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
16 Jun 2005
Attached are progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including Week 12 (week commencing 6/6). It now seems clear that Suns A, Willoughby Blue & Ararat will fill the top three places at the end of Round 2 with the fourth place being fought out between Harbord, North Sydney & Suns B. The fourth placed team will play Suns A in one semi-final and Willoughby Blue will play Ararat in the other semi.
Entry forms for the SNDTTA championships on Sunday, 24 July, will be distributed shortly.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
7 Jun 2005
Attached are progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including Week 11 (week commencing 30/5). Ararat and Willoughby Blue have changed places on the points table while Harbord has narrowly edged North Sydney out of the top four. There are three weeks to go in Round 2 and North Sydney probably has tougher matches than Harbord.
Keep in mind also that semis and the grand final will be played at the venue decided by the team placed higher on the points table.
All in all, it looks like an exciting month ahead!
A reminder to keep Sunday, 24 July free for the District Championships.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
1 Jun 2005
Attached are the progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including Week 10 (week commencing 23/5). Score Sheet for Suns A v. Ararat has not yet been received.
Suns A and Ararat are still in the lead despite having only 9 weeks' results recorded. Gary Lo made a welcome return to our competition last Friday and he actually lost a close match, 3-2 to Paul Frankenreiter. This is a very rare event but it injects some additional interest into the competition. Well done Paul!
Remember, Sunday 24 July is the day for our annual district championships -- please keep it free.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
27 May 2005
Attached are the progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including Week 9 (week commencing 16/5). I have not yet received a score sheet for the Suns B/Ararat match.
We are expecting Gary Lo to return to competition tonight at Willoughby.
Please keep Sunday, 24 July free for our annual district championships.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
17 May 2005
Attached are the progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including Week 8 (week commencing 9/5/05). Thanks to team captains for sending in the Week 8 results so promptly.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
15 May 2005
Note that the player gradings page has been updated to the current gradings as at 13 Apr 2005.
12 May 2005
Attached are the usual progress results for Division 1 Autumn Interclub Comp up to and including Week 7 (week commencing 2/5) which is the last week of Round 1. Suns A and Ararat are in first and second places with daylight third. An exciting feature of Round 2 will be a hard fought contest between at least four teams for third and fourth places. Semi-finals will be between 1 & 4 and 2 & 3.
Apart from Peter Monostori who has played only one match, individual leaders are Michael Kemp and Stewart McDonald from Suns A. I understand that Gary Lo has returned from Hong Kong and he will strengthen Willoughby Blue.
Most of you will be aware that the 48th World Championships have just ended in Shanghai. Results for a few events are listed below:Men’s Singles: WANG Liqin d. MA Lin 11-9, 3-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7
Men’s Doubles: KONG Linghui/WANG Hao d. BOLL Timo/SUSS Christian 11-9, 11-3, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6
Women’s Singles: ZHANG Yining d. GUO Yan 5-11, 11-7, 11-7, 4-11, 11-8, 13-11
All the above are from China except for the losing doubles pair from Germany.
I have been asked to remind everyone to ensure that their service is legal at all times. Following are some key extracts from the ITTF handbook. Full details are readily available on the ITTF website at www.ittf.com
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
5 May 2005
Attached are the usual progress results up to and including Week 6 (week commencing 25/4). There is now only one match outstanding (Suns B v. Suns G) and this week (Week 7) is the last week of the first round. At present Suns A and Ararat have a clear lead over other teams but the picture will become clearer after this week's matches.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
28 Apr 2005
Attached are the usual progress results for the Division 1 Autumn Interclub Comp to and including Week 5 (w/c 18/4/05), minus some deferred matches and a missing score sheet. Some teams are often slow to provide results -- would those captains please make an effort to get results to me quickly.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
There are also missing score sheets in Division 2 for week 4, see the results page for the culprits.
Rod Falck 9807-6998 mailto:rod.falck@optusnet.com.au
14 Apr 2005
Attached are the usual team and individual results for the Autumn Interclub Division 1 competition up to and including week commencing 4/4 (Week 4), although there are two deferred matches. There are no matches this week due to floor renovations at Thornleigh so next week is Week 5.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
06 Apr 2005
To All Division 1 Players:Attached are the usual progress results for the Autumn Interclub Competition up to and including week commencing 28 March (week 3). There is one deferred match between Harbord and Suns B. Suns A and Ararat have jumped out to a convincing lead.
Although only three weeks' matches have been played, I have commenced recording individual performances on the "Individuals" tab of the file, but it will take a few more weeks for really meaningful results to appear.
There are some players for whom I do not have e-mail addresses, so could captains check to see if all their players are included and, if not, please let me have the e-mail addresses.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
26 Mar 2005
Welcome to all Division 1 players in the SNDTTA Autumn Interclub Teams Competition!
Attached are progress results for teams up to and including week 2. I have not yet compiled individual results as it is too early for these to have much meaning at all. I have introduced reporting of each team match result as this adds interest to the points table.
Regrettably, we have temporarily lost the Hornsby RSL team due to Derek Kerr's commitments but Wilson Chu is playing in a third Suns team (G) and it is good to keep him within the competition.
Would team captains please let me know e-mail addresses of new players so that I can add them to the distribution list. Any comments or suggestions are always welcome.
Best wishes for a successful competition!
Syd Birchall 26/3/05
20 Mar 2005
The 2005 Autumn competition has begun.
A couple have changes have been made for this season. Division 3 is no longer with us and Division 2 has been divided into two groups, A and B, and matches will be played with 3-player teams with 6 singles and 3 doubles. See the draws for full details.
Division One Grand Final played
The Grand Final of the Division 1 Spring Interclub Competition was played last night at Willoughby with Willoughby Blue defeating Suns A 4-1. Congratulations to Gary Lo, Ellman Lee, Fung Chung & Guy Roose (c) and commiserations to Stewart McDonald (c), Michael Kemp & Owen Tsao! Details are as follows, in the order in which rubbers were played:
McDonald def. Lee 7, 7, 8
Lo def. Kemp -16, 6, 3, 9
Lee def. Kemp -6, 7, -9, 11, 3
Lo def. McDonald 9, 9, 7
L/L def. McD/K 9, 6, 9
Although the result was convincing, it didn't look that way early on with Willoughby losing the opening rubber, Gary Lo losing the first (marathon) game of his rubber, and Michael Kemp having two match points against Ellman Lee. The grand final was always exciting and was well supported by an enthusiastic crowd.
Best wishes for the Xmas/New Year holiday season!
Syd Birchall 18/12/04
WILLOUGHBY TABLE TENNIS CLUB NEWS
Our last night for the year will be this Friday, 17 December. First night back in 2005 will be Friday, 28 January. Some of us will look forward to a break and a chance to recharge the batteries!
The Sydney Northern Districts Spring Competition, Division 1 Grand Final, will be played at Willoughby this Friday night between our Blue team and Suns A. It promises to be an exciting final and I know you will want to support our team.
Seasons Greetings to all!
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
14/12/04
The Division 1 Spring semi-finals have been played and results are as follows:
6/12/04 Suns A def. Ararat A 5-0
McDonald def. Chambers 6, -8, 9, -8, 7
McDonald def. Nakazawa 2, 9, -12, 5
Kemp def. Chambers 8, 5, -8, 5
Kemp def. Nakazawa 7, 9, 11
McD/K def. C/N -9, -10, 3, 11, 10
10/12/04 Willoughby Blue def. Suns B 4-1
Lo def. Ng 2, 5, 6
Lo def. Carswell 2, 7, 6
Lee def. Ng 9, 8, -7, -8, 6
Carswell def. Lee 9, -14, 2, -6, 12
L/L def. N/C 7, 4, 9
The Grand Final between Suns A and Willoughby Blue will be played at Willoughby next Friday night (17/12). It promises to be an exciting and worthy final!
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
11/12/04
To All Division 1 Players:
The results pages contain the final team points table and final individual performances for the Spring Interclub Competition. Semi-final details are on the teams attachment but the first semi was played on Monday night with a 5-0 win to Suns A who will meet the winner of the other semi in the Grand Final on Friday, 17/12. Congratulations to Gary Lo for once again finishing top of the individual performances and well done to everyone who played, especially those who played 22 and 24 matches. I'll let you know full results of the semis and Grand Final.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
8/12/04
To All Division 1 Players:
Final week matches have been completed and, as soon as I receive all the score sheets, the usual points table and individual performances will be updated and issued. However, I have been informed of the results and a summarised points table is as follows:
|
Willoughby Blue |
50 |
|
Ararat A |
42 |
|
Suns A |
41 |
|
Suns B |
37 |
|
Harbord A |
32 |
|
Willoughby Red |
31 |
|
Hornsby A |
24 |
|
North Sydney A |
23 |
Therefore, Willoughby Blue will play Suns B in one semi-final this Friday night at Willoughby and Ararat will play Suns A in the other semi-final tonight (Monday) at Ararat. The winners will meet in the Grand Final next week at a venue yet to be decided, depending on the semi-final results.
Good luck to all!
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
6/12/04
To All SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
Attached are the progress results for the Spring Interclub Competition and Individual Performances up to and including week commencing 22 November (Week 13). The only result not yet included is Suns B v. Ararat but we know that Ararat won 3-2. With only this week to go in Round 2, Willoughby Blue will finish in first place and Ararat and Suns A will take two of the remaining three places in the semi-finals. Suns B must be favoured to take the final place but, without going into the possible outcomes of this week's matches, it is theoretically possible for either Harbord or Willoughby Red to push them out.
An exciting finish lies ahead and good luck to all!
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
29/11/04
TO SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
Progress results for the Spring Interclub Competition can be found on the
results pages up to and including week commencing 15/11 (Week 12). For the first
time in quite a while, I am able to report that all teams have played and
recorded the same number of matches, i.e. 12. It now appears likely that the
semi-finalists will be Willoughby Blue, Ararat, Suns A & Suns B, although it is
not impossible for Willoughby Red or Harbord to finish in the top four.
Including this week, there are two weeks to go before the semis. Best of luck
for the sprint to the line!
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
24/11/04
TO SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
Attached are progress results for the Spring Interclub Competition up to and including week commencing 8/11 (week 11). It's very crowded at the top of the table and the final three weeks promise to be exciting. Remember, every point counts, so don't neglect the doubles even if you're down 4-0 or 3-1.
Best of luck!
TO SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
TO SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
The results pages include results up to and including week commencing 25/10 (week 9). Deferred matches and missing score sheets are potentially distorting team rankings but Willoughby Blue has established a clear lead.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
5/11/04
To SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
Attached are the usual progress results to and including week
commencing 18/10 (week 8), with two deferred matches to be played.
Regards,
Syd Birchall
9498-8646
27/10/04
To SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
Attached are progress results to and including week commencing
11/10 (week 7). A few points:
1. I need the score sheet for Harbord v.
Suns B from week 7.
2. Could Ararat organise their deferred
match from week 3 against Suns A and let me know the date. Suggest either
Monday 25/10 or Monday 1/11.
3. Could team captains be vigilant in reading the draw and making
sure they have a team to attend on the designated night and at the designated venue. We have had a case where one team failed to turn up
or notify the opposition and the unfortunate result was a 5-0 forfeit. We
always try to avoid forfeits by deferring matches wherever advance notice
is provided, but "no-shows" are obviously not acceptable.
The competition continues to be close but we can't get an accurate
reading until the deferred match has been played and all score sheets are in.
Best of luck in Round 2!
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
21/10/04
To SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
Attached are progress
results up to and including w/c 4/10 (week 6). With exception of the deferred
match between Ararat and Suns A, all results have now been included. The top
five teams are quite close although results of the deferred match could
change the rankings. The individual performances are still rather difficult to
interpret. A change from previous competitions is that many more players have
participated. As well as having an additional team this season, 28 players have
competed so far even though only 16 play each week. This has had the effect of
the average number of matches per player going down, so, although only one week
remains to complete Round 1, many players have not yet played against all
other teams. There are seven players with a 50% rubbers won record!
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
13/10/04
To SNDTTA Division 1 Players:
The results page contains progress results up to and including week
5 (week commencing 27/9); however, I have not received a score sheet for the Harbord v. Willoughby Blue match last Friday. Could whoever
has this sheet please e-mail or mail it to me urgently.
There was one relatively major upset last week when Suns B defeated
Suns A 5-0! The balancing-up of the two Suns
teams has definitely enhanced the competition.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
7/10/04
To Sydney Northern Districts Division 1 Players
The results page contains progress results up to and including week
commencing 20/9 plus one match from week commencing 27/9 (week 5). It's
sometimes difficult to get the results in balance because two teams have home
matches on Mondays while the other six are on Fridays. Rather than wait another
week to get this Friday's results, I decided to include the match from week 5
played on Monday night (Hornsby v. Ararat). It's still too early to read a lot
into the individual performances.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
29/9/04
To Sydney Northern Districts Division 1 Players
See the Recent Results for the first three weeks of the Spring
Interclub Competition. Except for Suns A at the top and North Sydney at the
bottom, the points table is very close. North Sydney should not be disheartened
as it is early days and some of their individual matches have been lost in 5
games. In fact, although they have so far won only one rubber, they have won 17
games in three matches.
The Individual Performances are not too meaningful at this early
stage. Some players have played only two rubbers and some have not yet played
at all.
Please let me know if you have any questions. If some of your
team mates are not receiving the email updates, please provide their e-mail
addresses and I'll add them to the contact list.
Best of luck!
Syd Birchall
9498-8646
21/9/04
See results of the championships here
Willoughby Blue Wins Grand Final in Division 1 !
Semi-finalsSuns A def. Willoughby Red 3-0Kemp def. Frankenreiter 8, 7, 8 Carswell def. Tong -7, 8, 5, 10Kemp def. Tong 7, 7, 7Willoughby Blue def. Ararat 3-0Lee def. Chambers -8, 9, 7, 4 Lo def. Nakazawa 6, 7, 6Lee/Lo def. Nakazawa/Khachiki 8, 5, 7Grand FinalWilloughby Blue def. Suns A 3-1McDonald def. Lee 6, 11, 5 Lo def. Kemp -7, 2, 5, 9Lo def. McDonald 1, 5, 6 Lee def. Kemp 10, 4, 8
To Manly Division 1 Players & Willoughby Club Members:
To All Manly Division 1 Players:
To all Manly Division 1 Players:
To Manly Division 1 Players:
To Manly Division 1 Players:
To MWDTTA Division 1 Players:
To All Division 1 Players
To Division 1 Players:
To All Division 1 Players:
To MWDTTA Division 1 Players:
To Manly Division 1 Players:
TO WILLOUGHBY TT CLUB DIVISION 1 PLAYERS
For your information, I attach the draw for this competition. It starts in the week commencing 8 March and our first matches will be on Friday, 12 March (Blue at home to Harbord, Red away to Suns B). Both teams' matches during week 3 are "away" because Willoughby Park Centre is closed on Friday 26 March due to Council Elections being held on the following day. No matches are scheduled during the week commencing 5 April because Good Friday falls in that week and WPC will also be closed on that day.
24/02/04
TO WILLOUGHBY TT CLUB DIVISION 1 PLAYERS
Since e-mailing you with suggestions for three Autumn Competition teams, I have learned that Rob Chambers is needed at Ararat and Marcus Green is returning to SUNS. As well, Shin needs time to recover fully from his shoulder operation in December. It therefore seems sensible to basically stay with the Blue and Red teams from last year, as follows:
BLUE Gary Lo, Ellman Lee, Fung Cheung, Guy Roose (c)
RED Dennis Rylatt, Tommy Tong, Shin Nakazawa, Tony Bergman (c)
As Ararat will still have only two players (Michel & Rob), it may be that Shin will move to Ararat but a decision on this can be delayed until the last week of this month. Unless anyone has strong disagreement, I’ll register the teams as above with Barry Davies (MWDTTA Secretary) on Thursday this week. I will pay all fees with my own money and I would appreciate prompt reimbursement by cash or cheque. Fees are $62.00 for the year, consisting of TTNSW registration $37, MWDTTA $15 and WTTC $10. If anyone has already paid TTNSW separately, please let me know before Thursday (I know Tony has already paid).
The draw will be made during the last two weeks of this month with matches commencing in the first week of March.
Best Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
10/2/04
To Manly Division 1 Players:
The Spring Teams Competition ended on Friday night with the Grand Final won by Willoughby Blue 3 – 0 against Suns A. Congratulations to Guy Roose (c), Gary Lo, Fung Cheung & Ellman Lee and commiserations to Don Carswell (c), Michael Kemp & Stewart McDonald. The result was closer than the numbers indicate because Don almost led Gary 2 – 0 and then an enthusiastic crowd saw a thrilling match between Fung & Michael which Fung won 19-17 in the fifth game! Fung staged a great fight back as he was down 2 – 0 and then 10-8 in the fifth. Match points were exchanged right to the end.
In the Final played the previous week, Suns A defeated Willoughby Red 3 – 0 with Don playing exceptionally well to win both singles matches in 5 games.
Details of these matches plus the final points table and the individual performances are on the usual results page. Congratulations to Gary Lo who topped the table with a 100% win performance! Special commendation to Derek Kerr, Wilson Chu & Michel Khachiki who played in every match. Thanks to everyone for doing their best at all times.
Have a great Xmas and a Happy New Year!
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
13/12/03
Congratulations to SUNS A for defeating Willoughby Red and making the grand final, which will be played next Friday night, 12/12 at Willoughby against Willoughby Blue. It promises to be an exciting match.
6/12/03
To Manly Division 1 Players:
To Manly Division 1 Players:
To Manly Division 1 Players:
To Manly Division 1 Players:
WELCOME TO OUR NEW HOME
This is the new web site address for MWDTTA. Our previous host company digitalrice.com took down its servers and we did not find out until it was too late.
Our apologies for the delay in relocating the site to calfordgreen.
Many thanks to Marcus Green for using his own server to host the site!
Robert Chambers
Web site developer
29/10/2003
To Manly Division 1 Players:
WILLOUGHBY TABLE TENNIS NEWS 25/8/03
WILLOUGHBY TABLE TENNIS CLUB NEWS
AUGUST 2003
Spring Teams Competition
The competition starts next week and you can find the new draw here. We have converted the old Suns B team into Willoughby Green with Shin as captain. We did this because there are two Willoughby players and Willoughby is much more convenient for Shinji Owada and Shin than Wahroonga. Marcus is happy with this. With three teams, there will be 5 occasions when there will be two comp matches at Willoughby on the same night.
Rob Chambers has kindly agreed to join the Ararat team to strengthen it and keep up the numbers. It will be a much better team and Willoughby Blue still has three players.
For the first week, Green plays Suns A at Suns, Red plays Hornsby at Willoughby and Blue has a bye.
Willoughby Club Closed Singles Championship
As previously advised, this inaugural (and unofficial) event will be played at Willoughby this Friday, 22 August. Any club member who is there by 8:15pm will be entered in the draw. With 4 tables, we can play 4 round robin groups with a maximum of 4 players per group. Any more than that and it will have to be a knockout draw. The four group winners will play knockout semis and final. Four players will be seeded, one in each group, and the balance drawn at random. The usual $4 playing fee will apply. There will be a perpetual cup for the winner but, at least this year, nothing for runner-up (other than the pride of having done so well!). You don’t have to enter beforehand but, if anyone knows they will not be there, please send me an e-mail.
MWDTTA Presentation Dinner
Please don’t forget to order your tickets for the dinner on Saturday, 6 September at Forestville RSL. This year the dinner will be in the View Room which is a much better venue than last year’s dinner.
As always, don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions.
Regards,
Syd Birchall 9498-8646
18/8/03
Check out the final results of the Autumn comp here!
To Manly Division 1 Players:
Although there are matches still to be played in this final week of Round 2, we now know enough to say that the three finalists will be (1) Willoughby Blue (2) Suns A, and (3) Willoughby Red. Therefore, Suns A will play Willoughby Red in the Final at Suns on Tuesday 17 June and the winner will play Willoughby Blue in the Grand Final at Willoughby on Friday 27 June. Congratulations to these teams and good luck to them for the finals! Well done, to the other teams who always gave 100% and often upset the stronger teams. I will of course issue final team points and individual performances when they become available.
Attached are progress results to the end of last week (w/c 26/5) with one score sheet not yet received (Austral-Armenian v. Hornsby RSL). Two of the three matches this week are to be played tonight. One of those matches involves Harbord who will have a bye next week and it therefore appears impossible for Harbord to make the final three. Hornsby is still in with a chance although it will be tough going for them. Round 2 ends with next week's matches and we will then move to the Final (second place v. third place) followed by the Grand Final (first place v. winner of Final).
Attached are results of team and individual performances to and including week 10 (w/c 12/5/03). Last Friday night provided a surprise result with Willoughby Blue (Ellman, Fung) defeating Red (Dennis, Tommy) 5-0. Although all matches were very hard fought, Blue just had an edge throughout the night. It's a good example of how two evenly matched teams can sometimes provide a superficially one-sided result.
13/5/03
I attach progress results for teams and individuals to the end of Round 1 i.e. week commencing 21 April. (There is still one deferred match to be played, Austral-Armenian v. Suns B.) At present, the two Willoughby teams have a clear lead with Blue in first place and Red in second. If this trend continues, a real battle will be fought for third place and a position in the final.
