'Schildkrot' Balls LAST LONGER PLAY BETTER by George R. Yates SOVIET DOMINANCE NEAR COMPLETE "WORLD BEATERS" ROLL OF HONOUR Men's Singles Women's Singles STANISLAV GOMOZKOV ZOYA RUDNOVA (U.S.S.R.) (U.S.S.R.) Men's Doubles Women's Doubles ANATOLlY AMELIN and SVETLANA GRINBERG STANISLAV GOMOZKOV and ZOYA RUDNOVA (U.S.S.R.) (U.S.S.R.) Mixed Doubles EBERHARD and DIANE SCHOLER (Federal Germany) Veteran Men's Singles Veteran Women's Singles STAN NORTON JEAN WILLIAMS (Essex) (Buckinghamsh're) TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Men Women SWEDEN U.S.S.R.

BEATEN SEMI-FINALISTS SELDOM has the final of a mixed Soviet champions, STANISLAV GOMOZKOV =d ANATOLIY doubles event been of such significance AMELIN (depicted above in the European Championships at Lyons) bea'. as it was on Saturday, March 1 reigning world title holders, Hans Alser =d Kjell Johansson of Sweden, when, in Brighton's Dome Theatre, to win the men's doubles title at Brighton. the very real threat of complete Soviet dominance was averted in the weakening Maria Alexandru and final set of the 42nd English Open Eleanora Mihalca of Rumania. Championships. RUSSIAN CONQUEST AT Also effectively suppressed, by Had not "Ebby" and Diane Gomozkov and Amelin, was the chal­ EASTBOURNE Scholer brought off their well-merited lenge of Hans Alser and Kjell victory, over Anatoliy Amelin and Johansson of Sweden for the men's AVENGING their European.League SveUana Grinberg, the clock would doubles title. defeat of last season at Birmingham, have been put back a decade, for it the Soviet Union virtually assured was in season 1958-59 that the board What glitter was attaching to the themselves of retaining their Premier was last swept clean, by Japan. world title for this event, held by Division title by beating England the Scandinavian pair, was tarnished 4-3 at Eastbourne on Mar. 4. Prior to this last-ditch Federal beyond refurbishing as the Soviet duo German victory, the hammer and were found wanting in only one game Also starring in the avenging role sickle emblem of the Soviet Union out of four. was Mary Wright who played the set had been firmly "welded" onto four of her life in accounting for No. 3 trophies, two by retention and two Seldom inspiring real enthusiasm, world-ranked Zoya Rudnova in by successful take-over bids. the women's singles title went slowly straight games and shared with Neale but assuredly to Zoya Rudnova with in a mixed doubles success over Not a final to appeal to other than a three-straight win over her com­ Amelin and Miss Grinberg. the connoisseur, the challenge of patriot Svetlana Grinberg. European champion Drugutin Surbek England's only other success came for the men's singles title, held by EVIDENT in the final set of the evening when Stanislav Gomozkov, fell lamentably These were to have been the Neale beat Amelin subsequent to the short. championships in which Engl=d's Russians having established a winning new image was to have been very lead. Very rarely was the Yugoslavian's evident and it was Denis Neale who concrete-breaking forehand brought to made it so when he became the first Individual scores in match order bear simply because Gomozkov could Englishman to reach rthe semi-final were:­ not be forced back from the table of the men's singles for seven years. D. c-eale lost to S. Gomozkov -19, England's main contenders for the -15; women's doubles title, MARY but all credit to the Russian who spiked the Championships' biggest How well he played and how near C. Barnes lost to A. Amelin -19, -15; WRffiHT =d KARENZA M. Wright bt Z. Rudnova 17, 19; MATHEWS, bowed out to Maria gun so effectively. he came to success. If only he could Neale/Barnes lost to Gomozkov/ Alexandru and Eleanora Mihalca of have taken that fourth game from The afternoon's programme com­ Gomozkov which went to the Russian Amelin -13, -12; Rumania. Pictured above, is Mary menced with the women's doubles Neale/Mrs. Wright bt Gomozkov/ waiting to come in follo-wing a back· to afford him his penultimate 3-1 final in which Zoya Rudnova and success. Miss Rudnova -20, 17, 21; hand rEitum by Karenza. Svetlana Grinberg successfully Barnes lost to Gomozkov -18, -18; Photos' by Denis Offer. retained their title against a gradually ENGLISH OPEN cont. on rage 10 Neale bt Amelin -20, 19, IS.

Page 1 TABLE TENNIS NEVIl S Published on the 10th of each INTERN'ATIONAL ROUND-UP -nonth, October to May inclusive. Postal Subscriptions 10/- for eight issues post free. bll Con.rad Jaschke 4.dvertisements: Derek R. Tremayne, GiAIRMAN OF THE ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION "Veryan," 46, Perry Street, Wen­ dover, Aylesl..>..sry, Bucks. 'Phone: LATEST results to hand in the for the second time when she defe'ated Wendover 2421. European League are as follows:­ Veronique van del' Laan (16)-11, 13, Circulation: E.T:r.A. Secretariat, 13, -18, 12. Twenty-years-old Bert Roo'n; 323, 26/29 Park Crescent, Premier Division van der Helm won .his fourth singles Lon'don:.W.1N 4HA. 'Phone: 01-580 title by b,eating Frans Schoofs 15, .17, c_~2·· Federal Germany 4 Sweden 3 r2. . . Editorial: George R. Yates, 43 Hungary 2 U.S.S.R. 5 Knowsley Road, Smithills, Bolton, England 6 Rumania] Irish Corner Lanes. 'Phone: Bolton 42223. England 3 U.S.S.R. 4 Big surprise of the recent Irish Open Championships was the semi­ P W L F A Ps final defeat of Czech. No. 1 J aroslav 'FLOODLIGHT' Stanek in straight games by Ireland's U.S.S.H. 4 4 U 21 7 8 Jim Langan (writes Kevin Drum). There is no doubt, no matter England 6 3 3 24 18 6 what the outcome of our efforts in singing a few of their country's folk Munich next month, that the 1968-69 Sweden ...... 4 3 1 16 12 6 Langan lost to Stefan Kollarovits songs. season has been one of tremendous in the final, after the Czech had Czechoslovakia .... 3 2 1 12 9 4 earlier beaten Ireland's No.2 Tommy achievement. On the following night, after a Federal Germany 4 2 2 13 15 4 Caffrey. No longer should the plaintive cry civic lunch in Ayr and a civic recep­ Hungary 4 0 4 9 19 0 tion by the Lord Provost of Glasgow, be heard "What do we get out of The women's singles title went to our affiliation to the E.T.T.A. ?" This Rumania 3 0 -' 3 JR 0 the teams met to do battle once more Martha Luzova-Hemova who had an within the Glasgow Sports Centre. season, at least, county and league easy win over Judy Heaps, and these secretaries should be only too well Second Division two girls combined to beat Joan aware of what is being done by the This time Sugden, playing excep­ France 6 Switzerland Fitzsimons and Marie Martin in the national body. tionally well, beat Kollarovits and Belgium 4 Denmark 3 women's doubles final. Mrs. Luzova­ In contention, on an output basis, Hemova completed a hat-trick by partnered by new 'cap' Eric Suther­ with H.M. Stationery Office, the winning also the mixed doubles land won the men's doubles against E.T.T.A. Secretariat has been work­ PW L F A Ps partnered by Australian Paul Pinke­ Stanek and Turai. ing full blast from the season's out­ France 4 4 o 20 8 8 wich and the two Czechs. won the Only the match result was an im­ set and long may their brows per­ Denmark 5 3 2 25 10 6 men's doubles beating Langan and spire. Caffrey in the final. provement on the previous night as Belgium 4 3 1 16 12 6 the crowd was less than 200 and the National Council minutes now Switzerland 4 2 2 10 18 4 Australian junior champion P. organisation, almost non-existent, have a wider distribution than ever will require to be much improved if before and the introduction of Netherlands 4 1 3 13 15 2 Powell won the boys' singles beating Tony Langan and the promising future matches of this nature are to regular news bulletins, covering the Austria 2 0 be held in Glasgow. more important aspects of the 2 4 10 0 Ballymena player Kyra Stewart took Association's work, should leave no Luxembourg 3 0 3 3 18 0 the girls' singles beating Dublin's Ellen Towell. After match hospitality was pro­ one "ih the dark" as to what is vided on this occasion by Messrs. going on. BUSIEST SEASON Hepburn and Ross, proprietors of A mammoth and varied home in­ Jim Langan and Joy Geary had "Red Hackle" Scotch Whisky, within ternational, programme has brought WE are approaching the end of victories over their close rivals their Kelvin House premises where to widely separated venues the what has been the busiest season Tommy Caffrey and Joan Mahony to the visitors were shown round the national teams of Federal Germany, ever as far as our home international win the singles titles in the East of private collection of a.ptiquities Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Yugo­ programme is concerned, and already Ireland Championships. housed in a museum which forms slavia, Hungary, Rumania and the we can see that an even larger pro­ part of the premises. Soviet Union-with Japan yet to gramme may be called for next Czechs tour Scotland come, in May. season. THE two-day stay in Scotland of Detailed results: The Association's finances, for so More and more leagues wish to the Czech team on their first visit long nursed like an ailing child by stage international matches, and the north of the border was most success­ Edinburgh, February 24. Tom Blunn, have been boosted con­ ful, although it is now realised that marked upward tendency in spec­ Scotland 1 Czechoslovakia 9 siderably as a result of the keen tator figures this season means that the itinerary was too ambitious and business acumen brought to bear by there is a growing demand which the allowed for no rest periods (writes M. Sugden lost to S. Kollarovits 19, Conrad Jaschke. Association must try to satisfy. Jimmie McCormack). -16, -14; lost to Stanek -17, -19. In handing over the co-ordination B. Kean lost to Stanek -17, -10; lost of the pre-set home international Financial sponsorship for indivi­ The first day was spent in Edin­ to G. Turai 23, -16, -14. programme to deputy Walter dual matches - virtually unknown burgh where, following a civic lunch Mitton, the chairman turned his E. Sutherland lost to Turai -13, -11; until quite recently-is becoming the given by the Lord Provost's deputy, lost to Kollarovits -13, -11. attentions to the securing of bene­ rule rather than the exception, and the Czech. party and the Scottish ficial agreements with "the trade" this development should enable us team were taken on a conducted tour Miss L. Barrie lost to Miss I. Vostova which should stand the Association to make more money available for of the city. -10, -17. in good stead for many years to tours abroad, so that more of our up­ Miss K. Angus lost to Miss A. Grofova come. and-corning young players can get The first match, held in the Music -13, -7. Coaching and Schools, Publicity experience by accompanying the Hall, was a triumph for the established stars on tours. Sugden/Kean lost to Stanek/Turai and Sponsorship are but three of Edinburgh League. Their organisa­ -14, -14. the sub-committees to have kept in tion and drive had ensured a capacity step with the new momentum. And No praise can be too high for the crowd of some 700 many of whom Barrie/Angus bt Vostova/Grofova IS, the latter's contributory brochure way in which the E.T.T.A. Deputy had to be content with "standing 16. "Spotlight on Table Tennis" has Chairman Walter Mitton has co­ room only". . only been outshone by the overall ordinated the horne international Glasgow, Februal'y 25. programme this season under very "Floodlight" of the new administra­ The match itself, smoothly and Scotland 2 Czechoslovakia 8 tion. difficult conditions, making a big success of his first attempt in this efftciently conducted, produced some excellent play and although Malcolm Sugden bt Kollarovits 11, -16, 17; field. Walter has been ably assisted lost to Stanek -15, -19. ENGLISH TABLE TENNiS by a number of dedicated helpers, Sugden, hopefully expected by the ASSOCIATION and E.T.T.A. Hon. Treasurer Tom local crowd to win a game, could not Sutherland lost to Turai 18, -14, -13; stop Kollarovits or Stanek. The lost to Kollarovits -11, -17. Patron: Her Majesty the Queen. Blunn has most capably tackled the problems connected with fmancial Scots. girls, however, Lesley Barrie J. Hawkins lost to Stanek -9, -11; President: T. Austin Harrison. control of this huge programme. and Kathleen Angus secured a game lost to Turai -8, -16. Chairman: Conrad Jaschke. against the formidable Hona Vostova and Alicia Grofova. Barrie lost to Vostova -15, 12, -13. Oeputy Chairman: Walter Mitton. Dutch champions retain titles Angus lost to Grofova -18, -4. Hon. Treasu'er: Tom Blunn In the recent Netherlands Closed A suitable ending to the evening Sugden/Sutherland bt Stanek/Turai Management Committee: Championships, the reigning singles was provided by a reception given by -16, 13, 21. Maurice Goldstein, Malcolm E. Scott, champions retained their titles. Mary the Edinburgh League at which the Barrie/Angus lost to Vostova/Grofov:l Keith Watts and George R. Yates. van Ruiten (18) became champion visitors entertained by harmoniously -9, -12. Page 2 As so often happens witll the' ('Cotmie" Warren was at his verbal England tealn, just as it looks as', ii" and playtrrg 'best, accounting .for' HONOUR IN DEFEAT all the stuffing has been knocked out Scots Defeated P'iddock in his semi and gaining by Jo,hnny Leach of them they sta.rt to fight back. It revenge over Sugden in the final, happened on this occasion. Chester by De'r'e'k Schofield actually leading the Scottish cham­ and Denis produced their most bril­ pion 12-0 in the deciding game. liant table tennis to win the men's IS it going to be a case of (so ENGLAND'S international en- Results:­ near and yet so far' where England's doubles from Stanek and Miko by counter against Scotland at Mother­ 17-21, 21-12 and 22-20, and then Men's sin'gles: Semi-finals: bid to win the European League well on Feb. 15 provided a good Chester and Karenza followed with C. Warren bt A. Piddock 18, 5; M. Championship is concerned? I'm outing for Essex players Diane Sugden bt B. Kean 12, 13. sorry, but that is how it began to an equally impressive victory over Stanek and Vostova by 21-16, 13-21 Simpson and David Brown. Final: look after our most recent engage­ WAH.REN bt Sugden 15, -18, 10. ment in the Dunjska Strada, and 21-18. England triumphed 7-3 and al­ though Brown lost his first set to Wome11's Singles: Bratislava on January 29. The score was 2-3 when D'enis M. Heppell bt L. Barrie 16, 14; J. gained one of his greatest victories Malcolm Sugden, he then settled England began her campaign with down to show he had the right tem­ Williams bt K. Angus 16, 17. heartening victories by 4-3 over West by beating Kollaro,vits to 18 and 19. perament for the big occasion. Final: Germany, and 5-2 over Hungary, I record this in such glolving terms WILLIAMS bt Heppell 8, 14. before losing 3-4 to Sweden. Then not only becaus,e of Denis's play, Sugden's tenacious play was a feature of the match for not only did The ladies' doubles was taken very came this 3-4 defeat in a see-saw which was dazzling at times, but for comfortably by Judy and Diane but, battle wth Czechoslovakia. he beat Brown but also accounted the way he hung on and fought when for "Connie" Warren and paired with with time pressing, the men's doubles Our team made a near-disastrous feeling ill, and looking ready to Brian Kean to win the men's doubles was inconclusive with the title un­ start by losing their first three sets collapse. against Warren and Tony Piddock. contested and shared by Warren/ in straight games~Neale to Stanek, Brown and Sugden/Kean. Durham's 14 and 12 .. Barnes to Kollarovits, 19 With the score level on sets, Individual scores in match order Paul Freeman won the boys' singles and 10, and Karenza Mathews to Chester went on full of fight to face were:­ beating D. Barr of Lanark. Vostova 9 and 12. It seemed all Stanek, and what a fight those first A. Piddock bt E. Sutherland 9, 16; over bar the shouting. two games proved to be! Chester C. Warren bt B. Kean 15, 13; D~ lost the iirst 20~22,' recovering three Drown lost to M. Sugden -11, -16; Denis Neale had a bad throat in­ times after trailing 10-15, 11-16 and YOUNGiEST WINNER fection for which he received Inedical Miss D. Simpson/Miss J. Williams 18-20, but just failing to do so at bt Miss L. Barrie/Miss K. Angus:, SIMON HEAPS, who has already treatment before the match. This the most vital stage. Chester won 15, 8; Warren/l'iddock lost to represented England Juniors against obviously affected his mobility and the second 23-21 after saving a match the Netherlands and Federal Ger­ playing forlTl. point against him at 19-20. In the Sugden/Kean -11, -15; Miss Simpson bt Miss Ang~s 13, 15; Brown bt many, becan1e, at 13, the youngest Chester pulled up from 14-20 to third and deciding game, Stanek player ever to win the Men's Singles seenled to get all the breaks, with .:5uLherland 1L, 16; Miss Williams bt 19-20 in his first game, and led Miss Barrie -14, 15, 10; Piddock bt titIe of the Reading and District 9-5 in his second only to lose 10-21. netcords and edges galore in his League Closed Championships which favour, and several services of doubt­ Kean 16, 15; Warren lost to Sugden He ,vas not seen at his best. As -9, -19. were started in 1931. for Karenza she never had a chance ful fairness about which I was against Vostova, because the Euro­ obliged to register a protest with the In the final, young Simon beat his pean champion was in such devas­ umpire. All this was a bit too much AND AGAIN AT WISHAW elder brother Nicholas--a Berkshire tating form. 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Rumania, Judy Heaps beating Mary Yorks. beat Hunts. 3-0 Local hearts were down in their boots when, in the semis against European League Wright and Scotland's Eric Warwicks. beat Staffs. 3-0 Sutherland beating Serban Dobosi of Stefan Kollarovits, Neale lost the Rumania. England's first team of England I beat Cheshire 3-1 first game -5 in attempting to slow the Czech. No. 2 down. Without Easy, Easy Neale, Barnes and Mary Wright pro­ 2nd Round: gressed to the final with a win over going wild, however, the English by THE EDITOR Rumania, there to meet the powerful Czechoslovakia beat Kent 3-0 champion quickened his game just Czechs. who had swiftly ousted England II beat Scotland I 3-0 sufficiently to allow his opponent England II by 3-0. enough rope to hang himself. And FROM the word go, the European Rumania beat Yorks. 3-1 this he proceeded to do to become League encounter against Rumania, And so the scene was set for the England I beat Warwicks. 3-0 a beaten man after Neale had squared which opened the proceedings in the final, splendidly staged before a most Semi·finals: the issue. 'magnificent £250,000 sports stadium enthusiastic audience of over 600 in Czechoslovakia beat England II 3-0 Chester Barnes had departed to at Eston on Feb. 21, was in the brand-new Eston Sports Centre. England's pocket. England I beat Rumania 3-1 win the Essex Open at Harlow but In the opening match Kollarovits Englishmen, nevertheless, were four f~ced Denis Neale, and with Denis Final: -lnthe opening set, Chester Barnes England I beat Czechoslovakia 3-2 strong in the quarters but only struggling to find his real form with Neale achieved the breakthrough. accounted for Silviu Dumitriu in con­ a new bat, the Czech. romped home Details: vincing style and no less bothered at 21-9 in the third. Then came the was Denis Neale with a similar 2­ D. Neale lost to S. Kollarovits -17, Earlier in the proceedings, North­ match that was to set light to the 16, -9. umberland's Arthur Chilvers had straight win over Rumania's top whole proceedings, Chester Barnes junior Serban Dubosi. C. Barnes beat J. Stanek 12, 19. made a name for himself by over­ versus the experienced Jaroslav coming Silviu Dumitriu, the Only Maria Alexandru broke this Stanek. After the first few points, M. Wright lost to 1. Vostova -12, Rumanian who had beaten Neale in sequence of events when she levelled Barnes started to play with an air 18, -12. the European League match. Sub­ of exhibitionism and whatever shot but,h~ving D. Neale beat J. Stanek -20, 18, sequently the Northumbrian went out with Mary Wright done he attempted, even the seemingly im­ so, allowed the initiative to pass back 16. to Alan Hydes -5, -13 and Brian possible ones, each became a winner, Burn, the holder, lost to Kollarovits. to Mary who hit ,her way through a and he took the first game 21-12 with C. Barnes beat S. Kollarovils 18, ,defence of no mean ,repute with re­ Stanek shaking his head in disbelief. -8, 12. In the women's singles won by markable ease. The Czech., renowned for his fighting that level-headed young Czech. lady, Neale and Barnes then combined qualities set out to contain this Ilona Vostova, England's Mary to take the men's doubles,' 'the York­ brilliance from Barnes, but well as Wright suffered her second defeat Stanek fought, Chester produced Individual Events of the weekend at the hands of Judy shireman returning for an en~ore with m~lfP. every shot in the book to storm Heaps when, in the second round, Mrs. Wright in the home at 21-19. The tremendous she lost 14, -15, -18. A 5-0 lead possibly caused the ovation given to the players was Neale Supreme ,relaxation which then became evident never more worthily earned. Miss Heaps went on to beat "irt the latter play. Barnes allowed Pauline Piddock and gave an excep­ himself to be taken to a decider by Mary Wright now had to tackle at Eston tionally good account of herself Dubosi, and Neale appeared even the quick-silver play of 14 year-old before losing to the redoubtable Maria more hospitable when losing, in European Champion Ilona Vostova by GEORGE FACKRELL Alexandra in the semis. and after losing the first game to 12, straight games, to Dumitriu,-,n/.", '''I " Completely outclassed on the day jl' i ~-! a lengthy consultation with Johnny and LAURIE LANDRY Taken overall, 'thi~ wasJ not - a Leach produced a 21-18 win in the was Judy Williams, the English second. Although Mary created open­ Closed champion, who took a ham­ match to enthuse abput except per­ IT was a case of "local boy makes mering from Eleonora Mihalca to the haps in the superiority of theEQgland ings for herself in the third, her good" on the final day of the star­ match-tightness was not yet ready tune of 5 and 71 Maureen Heppell team who are now a force"" to be studded Teesside Open when Middles­ lost to Lesley Radford 12, -17, -14 r~ck(med with in Europe. for a win over a player of Vostova's brough-born Denis Neale brought off class, and England were 2-1 down. who, in turn, was seen off by Mrs. Result: ENGLAND 6, RUMANJA 1. his second success of the weekend over Alexandru 6 and 10. Czechoslovakia's J aroslav Stanek to Individual scores (in match order): "Into the arena stepped Denis Neale win the men's singles event. continued.on page 5 G. C. Barnes bt S. Dumitriu 14, 16; for his attempt to prevent Czechos­ D. Neale bt S. Dubosi 18, 15;-Mrs. lovakia gaining a 3-1 win, and to do M. Wright bt Mrs. M. Alexandru 17, it he had to beat J aroslav Stanek for AT THE MAYOR'S PARLOUR -14, 12; Neale/Barnes bt Dubosi/ the first time in his life. No scores Dumilriu 10, 13; Neale/Mrs. Wright can tell the story of this match bt Dubosi/Mrs. Alexandru 17, 17; but this was table tennis at its Barnes bt Dubosi 15, -IS, 17; Neale highest quality and the Teesside lost to Dumitriu -16, -17. crowd cheered Denis home all the way to a fantastic 20-22, 21-18, 21­ 16 win. The ovation given to Chester Barnes earlier was well and truly eclipsed by the acclaim earned by this Team Championships win of Neale's that saved England from defeat and wrote his own name Brilliant Barnes in the record book. -nlllS Chester Barnes was given the chance to clinch the match for Double England, and although he shook our confidence that he would by virtually by ALBERT SHIPLEY making a present of the second game to Koll~rovits, he once again pro­ duced h1S mag1c brand of table tennis THE daJ;~ng innovation of holding to provide a story book ending to an an mternatJonal team event at the evening which will be the talk of Teesside Open paid handsomedivi­ Teesside and. all who were privileged dends, for the final provided the to w1tness, 1t, for a long time to finest team match seen in this country come. ,t?r many years. Results: Of the sixteen teams in this event, 'seven were national teams and nine 1st Round: were County sides, composed of two Czechoslovakia beat Norlhumberland men and one woman playing the best 3-0 Scarborough's Mayor, Councillor N. Fuller, is here seen with E.T.T.A. of five singles. The early rounds Kent beat Lincs. 3-0. officials (from left to right) President T. Austin Harrison Hon. Treasurer provided no shocks in the overall England II beat Middx. 3-1 Tom Blunn, Deputy G1airman Walter Mitton and Chairman Conrad results but amongst the individual Jaschke. results, were wins by John Kedge Scotland I beat Australia 3-1 Photo' by courtesy of of Yorkshire over Silviu Dumitriu of Rumania beat Scotland II 3-1 Scarborough and District Newspapers Ltd. Page 4 Teesside continued AN APOLOGY NO VENUE FOR ,English JUflior In the absence of seeded ilLes" THE President of the U.S.S.R. NO'RT'H-EAST OPEN .I:-Iaslam/Trevor 1~aylor, the Warwks./ T'able Tennis Federation, Mr. Leonid Makarov, has protested to the REGRET at Scarborough's loss of Lanes. combine of P'at Glynn/Bob the North-East of England Open, for Open Kelly reached the semis of the men's E.T'.T.A. about criticisms made by n1any years staged at Wallis's doubles, losing to Stanek and George Brian Mitchell in the Olctober issue T·urai. of TABLE T'ENNIS NEWS concern­ Holiday Camp, Cauton Bay, was ex­ 1968-69 ing the Europea1J.\ Junior Meeting in pressed by th~.Mayor of Scarborough, Leningrad last summer. Councillor N. Fuller at a reception Entry forms for the 2nd English Hydes/Wright had a good win over given to ETT'A officials in the Mayor's Neale/Kollarovits and could have won I wish to make it clear that the Junior Open Championships to be the final in two-straight for, after parlour on February 22. criticisms were Brian Mitchell's own held in the Marine P'avilion, winning the first game, they led 20-17 personal views, not the views of the Staged by the town from the in the second, and at one stage were E.'r.T.A., as indeed is the case with 1930's, the hall is booked at Easter Folkestone on May 3-4, are now 14-all in the decider. when the tournament normally takes all signed articles in this publication. available from the E.1~.1~.A. Secre­ place. Despite the search for a new The rnixed event was not contested It is, of course, regretted if the venue, led by Organiser Walter tariat, 26-29, Park Crescent, London, by players engaged in the team cham­ remarks referred to have caused Mitton, it now looks as though the "VIN 4HA. The closing date for pionships which allowed the IIless offence. championships will have to lapse for entries is Monday, April 7. famous" to claim a little of the lime­ The Editor. this season at least. light. .A.lso doing a spot of basking was Benny Casofsky in the veteran singles, making one of his rare excur­ sions to, _play outside his native Manchester and accounting for former Leeds United footballer Len Browning in the final. Would you like Results': Men's singles: Quarte'r-finals: J. Stanek (Czecho.) bt A. Hydes ('Yorks'~)- 19, 13; G. Turai (Czecho.) bt B. Wright to speak a (Middx.)':14, 11; S. Kollarovits (Czecho.) bt B. Burn (Northld. )9, 16; 1). Neale (Yorks.) bt A. Piddock (Kent) 15, II. Semi-finals,: STANEK bt 'rurai 19, -15, 16; foreign language? NEALE bt Kollarovits -5, 17, 9. Final: NEALE bt Stanek 13, 21. OW often have you wished you could talk to people happily in their own Women's Singles:: Quarter-finals: H language? Perhaps you have even decided to do something about it, and then 1. Vostova (Czecho.) bt !(. Mathews for some reason have put it off. Maybe you even doubted your ability. (Middx.) 13;"',15; E. Mihalca (Rum.) bt J. Williarlls The fact is that everyone has a language in a far shorter time than you ever (Sussex) 5, 7; learning ability far beyond his own thought possible. 1\1. Alexandru (Rum.) bt A. Grofova (Czecho. ) 16, 13; estin1ate, and learning a language can It .is one thing to understand /a J. Heaps (Ches.) bt P. Piddock take a lot less time than you imagine. foreign language when you see it (Kent) 16, 2l. l}sychologists explain that we are cap­ \vritten but quite a different thing to Semi-finals: able of speaking any language-it is VO'STOVA bt Mihalca 22, -18, 18; understand it when you hear it spoken. AL:t:XANDRU bt I-leap 17, 18. SilUply a matter of correct approach Final: and practice. Linguaphone teaches you to under­ VO'.S'I"OVA bt Alexandru 16, -12, 16. Tn'is is why a 36-page booklet pub­ stand the spoken language, and at the same'time to speak fluently with a per­ lVlell's D:oubles: Se:mi-finals: lished by the Linguaphone Institute is fect pronunciation. STANEK/rURAl bt P. Glynnl so important to you. This booklet (Warwks.)/R. Kelly (Lanes.) 11, explains how you can learn a foreign The Linguaphone Institute's free 15; HYDES/WRIGHT bt Neale/Kolla­ language the natural way-the way you booklet tells you all about the natural rovits 19, -11, 17. learri~a your own language as a child; way of learning a language-the Final: by hearing first, then understanding Linguaphone 'Yay. Send for your copy STANEK/TlJRAI bt Hydes/Wright and repeating and finally speaking to-day by con1pleting and posting the -11, 21, 16. yourself. coupon below. Women's D'oubl,es: Semi-finals: Linguaphone language courses use There are Linguaphone courses in 35 GROFO,VA/VOSTOVA bt Mathews/ M. Wright (Surrey) 20, -18, 15; this natural n1ethod so successfully that languages including French, German, ALEXANDRU/MIHALCA bt L. you can master a whole new language Italian, Spanish and Russian. Radford/D. Simpson (Essex) 20, 17. ------~------I Final: ALEXA.NDRU / MIHALCA bt I (Dept. MIO) Grofova/Vostova 10, 9. I NAME I Mixed Doubles: Se~mi-finals: P. BECK (Surrey)/S. HESSIO;N ~·~l~~~~.~ (Essex) bt P. Freeman (Durham)/ I :::: ::: : :..:::•.::: :: ::..:::..: ::..:: ::::..:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: J S. Lee (Yorks.) 12, -10, 16; P. RADFORD (Essex)/RADFORD bt P. Hoyles/P'. Jackson (Northld.) I To The .. ·LingUBphone Institute I 14, 18. (Dept. MIO), LINGUAPHONE HOUSE, 207 REGENT STREET, LONDON, I RADFORD/RADFORD bt Beck/ . WIR BAU Hession 15, -15, 11. I PLEASE SEND' ME YO'U}{ FRE,E BOOKLET AND D'E"fAILS OF THE WEEK'S I Veteran Singles: Semi-finals: FREE TRIAL L. BROWNING (Yorks.) ht l-l. I Dignam (Northld.) 16, 20; 1 am interested in -the ;.. ; language(s) I B. CASOFSKY (Lanes.) bt T. S. for travel, business, literature, science, service with H.M. Forces, adult examinations, Harker (Yorks.) 17, 12. II schoolchildren, very. young children (underline whichever applies). I Final: CASOFSKY bt Browning 14, 17. ------.------­ Page 5 Junior Doubles: Semi-finals: R. BROADMORE/M. DAVIES (Warwks.) bt D. Bradley/}. Tournament Survey Walker (Yorks.) 17, -21, 18; FREEMAN / ROBERTSON bt GunningjM. Hall (Warwks.) 16, Bea Ba'lIIford and Laurie Landry -18, 13. "ll Fin,al.: ALAN HYDES became the "Trans­ YORKSI-IIRE O,PEN Final: HASLAM/JOHNS bt Gunnion FREEMAN/RO:BERTSON bt Broad­ Pennine" champion when, on Feb. /Warren 14, 20. more/Davies -13, 15, 19. 16 at Hull, he added the men's Men's Singles,: Quarter-finals: Women's Doubles: Semi-finals: VeJtercin Sin,gles: Semi-finials: singles title of. the Yorkshire Ope:q D. Neale (Yorks.) bt D. Sykes L. RADFORD/D. SIMPSON (Essex) L. BRO'WNING (Yorks.) bt }{. to that of the LanGashire Open which (Yorks.) 10, 20; bt Heppell/S. Howard (Surrey) Buncle (Warwks.) 12, 21; B. he won at Bolton on Jan. 18. S.Kaufman (Lanes.) bt J. Yeats 20, 12; HEAPS/PIDDOCK bt A. GRIFFITHS (Warwks.) bt F. Taft (Middx.)/Wright 16, -18, 18. Briggs (Yorks.) 14, 16. Hydes was a worthy winner on (Yorks.) 20, 21; A.Clayton (Yorks.) bt P. Glynn Final: RADFORD/SIMPSON bt Final: BROWNING bt Griffiths 8, Humberside when he celebrated his (Warwks.) 12, -15, 5; Heaps/Piddock -13, 14, 18. 14. selection for England's squad bound A. Hydes (Yorks.) bt P. Hoyles Mixed Doubles: Semi-finals: two~ for Munich with a sparkling (Northld.) 8, 20. JOHNS/SIM,PSON bt Williams/T'aft straight win over top-seeded Denis Semi-finals: -15, 17, 18; Neale. NEALE bt Kaufman 10, 11; WARREN / J. FIT'ZSIM,ONS BURFORD JUNIO,R OPEN The Barnsley boy, who obviously HYDES bt Clayton 11, 10. (Ireland) bt L. Landry (Middx.)! Howard -20, 21, 20. benefitted from his solo trip to Final: HYD·ES bt Neale 17, 17. Sweden, was razor-sharp and did not Women's- Singles:. Semi-finals: Final: JOHNS/SIMPSON bt Warren by M. J. Ch!alk /Fitzsimons 20, 20. concede a game throughout the event. P. BASSi\NO (Yorks.) bt V. King His dismissal of fortner junior inter­ (Yorks. )J2,16; // "MOONLIGHT SONAT'A', IN L. BASHFORD, (Yorks.) bt S. Lee national Tony Clayton gave the OXON P'ontefract Open winner much food (Yorks.) 15, 16. for thought. Final: BASSANO bt Bashford 19, MIDLAND COUNTIES 13. THE first Open T'ournament held Clayton was in good form himself at the Grammar School, Burford Men's Doubles: Semi-finals~: OPE,N proved a tremendous success with and gained his semi-final place at HYDES/NEALE bt M. Corking/A. the expense of Warwickshire's Fat nation-wide interest. Entrants came Fletcher (Yorks.) 161 20; Men's Singles: Quarte'r-finals: Glynn. Neale's opponent in the from Lancashire to Kent and Essex D. BARTLETT/C. POLLARD J. Borzsei (I-Iungary) bt B. Burn to Glamorgan and included 15 of other semi was another of last (Yorks.) bt G. Allison/Iv!. Dainty (Northld.) 12, 21; season's juniors out to make his way the nationally seeded players.. (Yorks.) 21, 7. P. Williams (Sussex) bt D. l\Jlunt Around 300 entries were accepted in the senior ranks-Stephen Final:flYD'ES/NEALE bt Bartlett/ (Warwks.) 18, 12; ,Kaufman of Boltori-'[ who, in the and over 50 had to be returned due Pollard 12, 16. }{. Gunnion (Warwks.) bt L. Landry to the necessity of finishing by 10 i absence of seeded Brian Burn, shot Women's Doubles: Semi-finals: (Middx.) 21, -19, 11; p.m. out such experienced men as Malcolm KIN:G/LEE bt P. Hamlett/H. M. Beleznai (Hungary) ht P. Pinke­ Mear and Jim Yeats. Reverchon (Yorks.) 16, 17; wich (Australia) 15, 9. The first players from Essex and Semi-finals: Sussex arrived in bright moonlight Pat Bassano (nee Dainty) gave a BASSANO/A. WATERS (Yorks.) bt M. Green/J. vVhite (Lines.) -12, BORZSEI bt Williams 19 1 11; soon after 7 a.m' 1 and by 8 o'clock stern warning, to those who may be BELEZNAI bt Gunnion 7, 17. 11 tables were in use. inclined to underrate her,by sweep­ 14, 13. Fin.al: KING/LEE bt Bassanoj\Vaters Final: . ing to success in the women's singles BELEZNAI bt Borsei 18, 18. l~he Under-13 Girls' progressed as in the same fashion as Hydes who she 12, 18. expected in the Main Hall whilst the partnered to a mixed "doubles win. Mixed Doubles: .Semi-finals: Women's Singles,: Semi-finals: boys' battled away in the Sports HYDES/BASSANO bt Clayton/King M. HEPPELL (Northld.) bt K. Hall and the possible 'match of the Playing in her firtSt tournament, 25 1 -19, 12; Perry (Warwks.) 9, 9; day' was taking place before a dense since becoming a, mother, Mary P. BOWSLEY/B. WHITFIELD M,. NEMETH (I-Iungary) bt J. crowd between Simon Heaps and P. Wright confirmed her position, in the (Yorks.) bt I. 'Robertson (Northld) Cornock ···.(Warwks.) 17, 15. Guttormsen. seeding list by winning the Bucks. /P. Richmond' (Yorks.) -7, 18, 15. Final: Open, on Feb. 1-2, without dropping Final: HyD'ES/BASSANO bt Bowsley HEPPELL bt Nemeth 16, 12. Meanwhile, news came through 1 a game. /Whitfield 13,; 11. Men's Doubles,: Semi-finals: that John Dabin s car had broken down. Fortunately his events were Veteran Singles: :Semi-finals: BELEZNAI/BORZSEI bt Landry/I. At Slough,husbandBrian made it not due to start until mid-day and L. B,ROWNING (Yorks.) bt K. Robertson (Northld.) 15, 8; a double with ,his victory over Tony he arrived just in time. Mitchelmore ('Yorks.) -19, 16, 10; GUNNION / PINKEWICH bt G. Piddock in the final of the men's Binney (War\vks.)/Munt 15, 20. event. Both Hydes and Mike Johns W. DEYINE (Yorks.) bt N. Lusher He was rewarded by winning the (Yorksl .) 11, 9. Final: lost in the semis, the Yorkshireman U-17 singles beating Peter T'aylor in Final: BROWNING bt D'evine -17, BELEZNAI/BORZSEI bt Gunnion/ having previously beaten uLes" the final. The last final ended with 18, 17. Pinkewich 18, 14. Haslam in 9- repeat of their Lanes. ten minutes to spare before the dead­ Open final. Women's Double'S: Semi-finals: line. However, drama had not HEPPELL/NEMETH bt Cornock/ finished as two cars would not start Johns has some consolation in his Perry -11, 18, 19; and a local garage had to be opened two doubles victories with Haslam BUCKS. OPEN RESULTS D. GRIFFITHS/J. ROB,ERTS up before their wheels were set rolling and Diane Simpson. uConnie" (Warwks.) bt A. Jones/M. Rose back to Kent. Warren found himself on the losing (Warwks.) 12, 11. Men's Singles: Q:uarter-finals: Final: Final Results: side in both finals but Diane also B. W'right (Middx.) bt R. Chandler brought off a double when, with HEPPELL/NEMETH;bt Griffiths/ U-17: (Sussex) 14, 12; Roberts 14, 13. ' Lesley H.adford, the Essex pair A., Hydes (Yorks.) bt O. Haslam , B.S.: J. DABIN bt P. Taylor 14, 12. secured the women's doubles title. (Middx.) 16, 10; Mixed Doubles,: Semi-finals:: G.S.: L. CHESSO'N bt P. Brenchley M. Johns (Ches.) bt P. Williams BELEZNAI/NEMETH "bt B. Hill 13, 10. Marred by adverse weather condi­ (Sussex) 15, 17; (Surrey)/Cornock 9, 10; B.D.: HEAPS/TAYLOR bt Major/ tions-as was the Yorkshire Open­ A. Piddock (Kent) bt C. Warren BURN/HEPPELL bt P. Glynn Norton 18, 12. the Midland ,Counties Open, played (Surrey) 7, -19, 19. (vVarwks.)/P'erry 9, 1.4. G.D.: BRENCHLEY/C,HESSON bt at Warley on Feb. 8, suffered by the Semi-finals: Final: loss of such star entries as Wright. WRIGHT bt Hydes 16, 16. BELEZNAI/NEMETH bt Burn/ S. Hamilton/L. Placitto -19, 18, Johns and Haslam. PIDDOCK bt Johns 18, 11. Heppell 19, 13. 14. Final: WRIGHT bt Piddock -20 19, 1 Boys' Singles: Semi-finals: U-15: It left the way clear for the visiting 16. Hungarians to avenge their defeat by N. JARVIS (Yorks.) bt F. Gunning B.S.: R. HELLABY bt S. Heaps 15, England at Bracknell on the previous Wome'n's Singles: Semi-finals: (Warwks.) 17, 17; 10. night. Janos Borzsei and Matyas M,. WRIGHT (Surrey) bt P. Piddock A. GRIFFITHS (Wales) bt P. G.S.: CHESSO'N' bt}. I-Iellaby 26, 10. Beleznai contested the final with the (Kent) 14, 17; Freeman (Durham) -13, 17, 15. B'.D.: HEAPS/TAYLOR bt R. latter successful. M. HEPPELL (Nthland.) bt J. Heap Final: Broadmore/T. Hayward 12, 18. (Ches.) 16, 11. JARVIS bt Griffiths 20, 16. G.D.: BRENCHLEY/CHESSON bt Maureen Heppell, the beaten Final: WRIGHT bt Heppell 17, 19. Girls' Singles: Semi-finals: Hamilton/L. Pacitto -24, 9, 16. finalist at Slough, defeated Maria Men's Doubles:: Semi-finals: C~~NOCK bt J. Roe (Yorks.) 10, U-13: Nemeth for the ladies' crown and HASLAM/JOHNS bt R. Stevens partnered the Hungarian for a (Essex) /Wright -13, 12, 12; S. CLARK (Warwks.) bt J. Walshaw B.S.: P. GUTTOIRMSEN bt S. Heaps doubles win after being given quite a R. GUNNION (Warwks.)/WARREN (Yorks.) 7, -15, 15. 18, -9, 19. shock by Kath p1erry and Jenny bt :LVI. Creamer (Surrey) /P. Pinke­ Final: G.S.: L. JO'NES bt A. Chesson 14, Cornock in the semis. wich (Australia) 16, 16. CORNOCK bt Clarke 6, 10. -17, 12.

~~ge 6 Carol Chapman captured three Final: CHAPMAN bt Grainger 20, CAMBS. AND ISLE OF ELY titles including the women's singles 13. NORTHBOURNEMOUTH with a victory over the energetic Men's Doubles: Final: CLUB CLOSED Sandra Grainger. S. ANDREWS/THURSTON bt P. Chisnall/Ponder 20, 16. RESTRICTED OPEN by Leslie Constable Results: Women's Doubles: Final: Men's Singles: Semi-finals: CHAPMAN/GRAINGER bt Cornell/ AN attractive entry with players from as far afield as Birmingham, LITTLECHILD CAUSES UPSET A. LITTLECHILD bt J. A. Th urston Miss S. Wakefield 15, 14. Mixed Doubles: Final: Worcester, Oxford and London made 19, 17; for a good standard of play at the A record entry of over 120 in the A. M. PONDER bt K. Muhr 19, 18. ANDREWS/CHAPMAN bt J. Corrall /Bonner 15, 18. North Bournemouth Club on Feb­ men's singles provided for keen com­ Final: PONDER bt Littlechild -14, ruary 2 (writes C. B. Cashell). petition in the Cambs. Closed Cham­ 15, 19. Boys' Singles: Final: pionships. G. COTEMAN bt A. Jugg 5, 9. Results:­ Women's Singles: Semi·finals: Girls' Singles: Final: Tony Littlechild caused a major Miss CHAPMAN bt Miss D. Bonner M.S. S. Smith (Essex) bt C. C. J. STOKES bt J. Ferguson (2-1). Edwards (Hants.) 24, 13. upset by beating former champion 12, 17; Veteran Singles: Final: John Thurston in the semis but then Mrs. S. GRAINGER bt Mrs. M. A. C. ADAMS ht B. P. Adams 17, W.S. J. Coop (Hants.) bt P. lost to Alan Ponder in the final. Cornell 15, -17, 19. 20. Edwards (Hants.) 14, 19. M.D. D. Davies (Hants.)/W. Moulding (Wilts.) bt B. and C. Pickard (Hants.) -18, 12, 20. W.D. C. Davies/P. Edwards (Hants.) bt J. Hudson/J. Smith (Hants.) 8, 16. TOP PLAYERS J.S. J. Hokon (Essex) bt K. Sum­ merfield (Hants.) 19, 18. X.D. D. and C. Davies bt T. SmitJI designed (Hants.)/Coop 9, -17, 15. SMITH "SKIMS" TO VICTORY JAQUES Pete Smith (Southam}lton) won the men's singles at the British Hovercraft 1'.1'. Club's open tourna­ men~ at East Cowes, Isle of Wight. WORLD beatmg N. Badcock (Shanklin) 6, 14 in the final. There were 97 entries and other events resulted:­ CLASS W.S. K. Pierce (Sandown) bt V. Cherriman (Soton) 14, 15. M.D. Smith/R. Hayter (Newport SERIES Vies.) bt Badcock/D: Ferguson (Shanklin) 18, 14. W.D. Cherriman/Pierce bt J. Attrill TOP BATS /J. Stone (Shanklin) 17, 17. DENIS N~ALE CHALLENGE ISSUED ENGLAND No.1 ON behalf of 4 members of the Pulford School Table Tennis Club, MARY WRIGHT all under 8, Mrs. Dolly Harmer of ENGLAND No.1 84, Brooklands Drive, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. (,Phone: Leighton Buzzard 3578) would like to chal­ BRIAN WRIGHT lenge a team of 4 players of similar ENGLAND No.5 age either at Leighton Buzzard or away on a convenient Saturday. TOP TABLES Fitness JAQUES TABLES AGAIN CHOSEN WE learnt with great regret that FOR ENGLISH OPEN Ken Baker's piece in the December CHAMPIONSHIPS Table Tennis News, which was intended to be a humorous send-up GET TO THE TOP WITH JAQUES EQUIPMENT FROM YOUR LOCAL SPORTS SHOP on the question of keeping fit, has caused some embarrassment to George Muranyi.

Mr. Baker has asked us to stress that his article was intended purely rnDooo humorously and that it should not be taken seriously in any way what­ ever. & SON LTD. aq_B& We join him in apologising for any embarrassment which may have been THORNTON HEATH, SURREY, CR4 8XP caused by anyone reading it differently.

Page 7 LOUGHTON RESULTS: WOMEN'S TEAM EVENT ~. s.urprise.finalist in the women's ESSEX SQiOOLS' TABLE' Boys: smgles was Alicia Grofova who Again there were three groups with reached the last hurdle only to lose TENNIS ASSOCIATION Under-13: ST. HELENA, COL­ Czechoslovakia I and Rumania CHESTER, bt Plaistow Grammar 3-0 to Maria Alexandru who she had winning the first two and England beaten in the team event. European School. topping the third with a 3-1 win by David Lomas Girls: champion, Ilona Vostova, went out over Czecho. II and a 3-0 success over in the quarters to ex-international Han. Gen. Secretary. Under-13: PLAISTOW GRAMMAR Slovakia "B". SCHOOL bt Palmer's School, Irena Bosa-Mikocziova who had Thurrock. Jill Shirley was unbeaten in these earlier accounted for Karenza CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 1969 In both events, the Under-19 two encounters and had good wins Mathews in a 5-game set. Jill over Karlikova (18, -IS, 18) and Shirley lost in the second round to THERE was a record total of 57 winners played off against the Under­ Jitka Karlikova who played very 17 winners to determine the COunty's Pauknerova (-22,16,17). Karenza teams from 40 secondary schools Mathews also played well to beat well. involved in the fifth Annual Essex U-18 entry for the South-East Quarter Finals at Stanmore, Middlesex on Pauknerova (20, -18, 18). the The winners of the men's doubles Schools' Championships at Great doubles being our only loss. Baddow Comprehensive School, March 8th. The younger teams won! were Alser and Johansson who beat Chelmsford, on Sunday, Feb. 16. RESULTS: In the play-offs, England finished Neale/Barnes in a close semi-final, Boys: third, losing 0-3 to Czechoslovakia's the Englishmen led 2-1 and 18-17 There were many changes from the Vostova and Grofova, and 1-3 to against the world champions only to well-established routines of the past; PLAISTOW GRAMMAR SCHOOL bt Colchester Royal Grammar Rumania after putting up a much lose. In the final the Swedes beat the Essex Schools' Association's better showing. Stanek/Miko (3-1). decision to organise events for School 5-2. Under-19, 17 and 15 meant there were Girls: Again Jill played very well only Taylor, playing with Rastislav six events to be decided. Twelve of RECTORY MANOR SCHOOL bt to lose to Rumania's Crisan (Euro­ Michl, a Czech, played well to reach the 14 local Authorities were repre­ Palmer's School, Thurrock 8-0. pean Junior champion) after leading the quarters losing -18 in the fifth to sented and the Metropolitan Boroughs 20-16 in the decider. Only partial the' Swedes, Persson and Andersson. of Havering and Newham almost revenge was gained in the doubles The women's doubles proved dis­ swept the board. Czech Invitation with a 17, 16 win over Crisan/ appointing when Karenza and Jill Even though play started at 10 Tournament, Alexandru. had every chance of reaching the a.m. and fifteen tables were in Czechoslovakia won the event by semis but went down (0-3) to the constant use, it was necessary to Swedish pair Andersson and Neidert. Bratislava. beating Rumania 3-0, Alicia Grofova In the mixed doubles we fared arrange the tournament on a strict causing a surprise in beating knock-out basis; the group system A GAMBLE THAT Alexandru 2-0. badly. Barnes and Karenza, who had always been used in the past. were thought to have a reasonable Matches consisted of eight singles, INDIVIDUAL EVENTS chance, lost to Dvorak/Pauknerova JUST HAD TO BE in the second round, and Taylor and there being four players per team. J aroslav Stanek played brilliantly Jill fought hard against finalists (as reported to the Editor) to win the men's singles and Maria With heavy snow falling early on DobosijAlexandru but lost 0-3. Miko/ Sunday morning it was extremely Alexandru disposed of all opposi­ Karlikova won the event without the by Denis Neale and tion, in straight games, to win the creditable for the number of loss of a single game. 'defaulters' to be a single school. Trevor Taylor women's singles. The Association were fortunate Neale was unlucky to be drawn in enough to be assisted by over thirty PLAYED in the P.K.O. Hall, the same quarter as Stanek, his NEW MARATHON County Officials and teachers without Bratislava from January 31-Feb­ "bogey" ,being beaten (20, -IS, -9, RECORD whose voluntary help it would be ruary 2, this invitation tournament -11) after the Yorkshireman had dis­ impossible to 5tage such champion­ proved a very successful one for the posed of such highly-ranked Czechs as ships. Particular thanks are due to Czechs who were favoured by their Stepanek and Benda both by 3-0 by Ian Crickmer horne conditions. They won four margins. Fred Sheldrake who took on the new AT the very moment that the post of Competition Secretary, and titles "out of seven and were beaten . Stanek then, surprisingly, found finalists in the other three. National Council decided at its meet­ national coach, Jack Carrington who himself opposed by his compatriot ing of February 1st to recognise formerly organised the National It was not a very successful affair Vlado Miko who had disposed of top marathon table tennis attempts, Championships. for England whose gamble in playing seed Kjell Johansson (Sweden) 3-2 in three students of the Worcester After many hours of keen com­ Trevor Taylor in the team events did the quarters. College of Education were on the way petition, toil, tears and sweat, the not come off. It was a justified In the final, Stanek cruised horne to setting up a new record for a three handsome trophies were presented to gamble, however, as Taylor was in against Turai, the European Junior men team of 73 hours, 2 minutes non­ the finalists by Mr. David Bungey, need of the necessary experience in champion, 3-0 after the youngster had stop play. Chief Education Officer of Essex. his senior apprenticeship. beaten Stefan Kollarovits in the semis . As part of the College's annual CHELMSFORD RESULTS: England's women came third in after trailing 8-15 in the fifth! Earlier, Charity Week, which raised nearly their team event losing to Czechos­ Kollarovits had beaten Taylor (3-1) £2,000 for disabled and handicapped Boys: lovakia and Rumania. and Hans Alser (3-0) with surprising Under-19: COLCHESTER ROYAL children of the Worcester area, Fred MEN'S tEAM EVENT ease. Chester had a tough first round Hardman (Bolton), Bill Gordon GRAMMAR SCHOOL (holders) bt match against Bo Persson losing (0-3) Burke School, Newham. There 'were three groups of three (Belfast) and Brian Simpson with Sweden and Czecho. winning in a fast and furious encounter which, (Chesterfield) began their stint at Under-17: PLAISTOW GRAMMAR really, could have gone either way. SCHOOL bt Davenant Grammar the first two without any great midnight on January 30th, and School (West Essex). difficulty. The third group consisted passed the previous record of 72 hours Under-IS: S. W. HAM TECHNICAL of Sweden II, Czechoslovakia II and amidst tumultuous applause from SCHOOL bt Davenant Grammar England. many of the College's 960 students at School. The first match resulted in a 3-2 midnight on February 2nd. Playing on a "two games on, one game off" Girls: win for Sweden II over the Czech second string, England then being basis, the trio notched up a total of Under-19: PALMER'S SCHOOL, 473 games before calling a halt. THURROCK (holders) bt William called upon to meet the winners. Morris Senior High School Resting Denis Neale from the singles, (Waltham Forest). Taylor lost to both Persson and Under-17: RECTORY MANOR Andersson although, against the HONOURS SHARED AT SCHOOL, NEWHAM bt Palmer's former, young Trevor had a great SHEFFIELD School, Thurrock (holders). chance of winning when he led 19-16 Under-IS: RAINHAM SECONDARY, in the second after winning the first by The Editor HAVERING bt Plaistow Grammar game at 19. School. Barnes had a comfortable win over DESPITE taking the lead on three The Under-13 events had taken Andersson (12, 16) and paired with occasions England finally had to place at Debden Youth Centre, Neale to take the doubles (-11, 13, settle for a 4-all draw with Rumania Loughton the previous week when 12) but then the plan went awry in a friendly mixed international the Association were greatly indebted when he lost to Persson (-14, -13) played at the City Hall, Sheffield on to Bob Gingell of the West Essex the match going to Sweden II 3-2. February 24. Table Tennis League for providing Switching Neale for Chester, against By special request Chester Barnes the facilities. Czecho. II, England won 3-1 Neale journeyed north once more and al­ The 'stranglehold' of the London beating Dvorak (9, 15) and Turai though sLlccessful against Dumitriu Boroughs was prised open in the (12, -16, 13) and the Neale/Barnes in singles combat failed to win the Boys' event by a strong all-round combination accounting for Turaij Depicted here, in thoughtful mood, match in the final set when partnered performance from St. Helena Secon­ Orlowski (11, 13). Taylor lost his Hertfordshire's young international, by Pauline Piddock. dary School, Colchester whose efforts one set to Turai (-19, -11). TREVOR TAYLOR, will doubtless Both Eleanora Mihalca and Maria to reach the venue through ice and Sweden I won the event beating benefit from his experiences in Alexandru exposed the limitations of snow were rewarded with a fine win Czecho. I 3-1, the losers accounting Bratislava, bitter though they might our women, just as our men had it over a younger Plaistow Grammar for Sweden II for second place by a be. much their own way against the School side. similar score. Photo by John O'Sullivan youthful Dumitriu and Dobosi.

Page 8 last five seasons. Unfortunately, for Oxford 1 Birmingham 5. GOOD "POLICy" FOR NATIONAL TEAM them, they have not won the Bowl Bromley 1 Willesden 8. on any of these occasions. Newbury 2 Southampton 5. ESSEX COM PETITIONS Huddersfield 5 Stockport 4. Eastbourne were well beaten by a by Les Davis very good Guildford team containing J .M. ROSE BOWL by A. J. Robinson the Howard sisters. Miss Woodford, Huddersfield v. Birmingham nevertheless, played well for the ESSEX county players David BOLTON BACK AMONG losers. Lowestoft v. Northumberland THE GREATS Guildford v. London Civil Service Brown and Diane Simpson claimed Against Central London, North Central London v. Southampton the major awards in this season's AFTER Chesterfield's marvellous Middlesex's Diane Simpson beat both Insurance Offices' T.T.A. Champion­ display against Hull in Round 3 of Judy Williams and SheJagh Hession. ships played at the premises of the the Wilmott Cup, their defeat by Results of Round 4: Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society Bolton proved somewhat of an anti­ The only bright spot in Bristol's Northumberland w.o. Manchester. on February 4. Results:­ climax. So Bolton ~ alter being defeat by Southampton was Mrs. Lowestoft 8 Bedford 1. ignominiously beaten by Hull, at Golding's single game success against London C.S. 6 Southend 3. M.S.: D. Brown (Lloyds) bt D. this stage last season-are once again Mrs. C. Davies. Eastbourne 2 Guildford 7 Basden (H.R.G.M.) 14, 10. Harlow 1 Birmingham 8 among the giants. Carter Cup Cent. London 5 N. Middlesex 2 W.S. Miss D. Simpson (Sebrof) bi Incidentally, apart from last The Junior Team Competitions Southampton Bristol Miss B. Peters (Ibis) 15, 7. were commenced in 1965. Since then 9 O. season's lapse, this Lancashire team Huddersfield (Bye). M.D. A. Candy/M. Scudder has reached each of the last five Birmingham have been represented in every semi-final. A very good record (L1oyds) bt B. Halliday/M. season's quarter-finals. Leighton (Ibis) -7, 17, 14. considering the age limit contin­ CARTER CUP (Semi-finals) In this vein it must be recorded gency. W.D. Miss V. Johnson (Ibis)/ that Gloucester have the best record Birmingham v. North Herts. Barking v. N. Middlesex Peters bt Mrs. A. Knowles (Unicit) of all having reached the quarter­ National Club Competition /Simpson -13, 20, 20. finals each season for at least ten Vi'ilJ county secretaries remember years. that I must have entry details by Results of Round 4: X.D. Brown/Simpson bt B. Meisel Mar. 9. (Coop) /Peters 14, 14. In the London Civil Service v. N. Herts 5 N. Yorks. 4. ACiton clash, it was noticeable that Draw and results:­ Barking 6 Southampton 3. V.M. G. Welsh (C.M.G.) bt J. Tuttle (Pearl). though the Service won 5-2, it was WILMOTT CUP - 51th ROUND Birmingham 6 Manchester 3. Bromley 3 N. Middlesex 6. Stuart Gibbs who lost both sets.. R. Watford v. Bolton V.W. Miss V. Palmer (Eagle Star) Lahiri and M. Creamer were the bt Miss V. Lumsden (Liverpool Huddersfield v. Birmingham All the foregoing fifth round ties victors although each set went to Southampton v. London Civil Service Vic.). three. Willesden v. Gloucester are to be completed by Mar. 16. The JBS. R. Meer (Bardhill) bt D. Rose Bowl Results of Round 4: Bromfield Trophy 4th round period Hendle (Reco). Again reviewing the records, Chesterfield 2 Bolton 5. was extended to Mar. 2, leagues con­ Doncas,ter seem to be 1he most Cambridge 3 Watford 6. JGS. Miss Peters bt Miss Johnson. consistent quarter-finalists having London C.S. 5 Acton 2. cerned being Bournemouth v. Slough Minor Singles: A. Cooke (Ukap) bt reached this stage three times in the Eastbourne 2 (;uildford ". and Sitt'ingbourne v. Hull. E. Prowen (Eagle Star).

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Page 9 It was a triumph that Mary could TWICE LEVELLED Semi-finals: ~UI)NOVA rn~@&u~oo not really relish but one that had to Barnes was sufficiently recovered to bt Wright -23, 10, 13, be against the former Di Rowe whose partner Neale in the men's doubles 17; GRINBERG bt Alexandru 16, newly-styled blonde coiffeur matched and they advanced from the quarters -14, 9, 16. @rPrnJill her remarkable fitness. with a 3-straight win over Stanek/ Final: Remarkable indeed, considering Turai, having previously accounted RUDNOVA bt Grinberg 18, 11, 18. continued from page one thall: it was in season 1949-50 that Di, for Pinkewich/Powell and Brown/ Men's Doubles: Qua11ter-/inals: partnered by her twin sister Rosalind, Stevens. Alser/Johansson bt A. Hydes Earlier, the Yorkshireman had won the first of her 18 English Open In the semis, against Gomozkov/ (Yorks.)/B. Wright (Middx.) 15, -18, 9, 19; A. Stipancic (Yugo.)/ figured In an epic quarter-final titles. Amelin, the English pair twice struggle with his Hungarian bogey­ But alas, Mary failed to contain levelled Soviet leads only to lose -18 Surbek walk-over Borzsei/Scholer man Janos Borzsei. the hard-hitting Rudnova despite the in the decider. (scr.); C. Barnes (Essex)/Neale bt morale booster of an opening game Stanek/Turai 19, 20, 16; Amelin/ The chips were down 0-2 when Wright/Hydes were the next most success. Gomozkov bt K. J. BernhardtjB. Neale took a firm grip on the situa­ successful pair, against home opposi­ Persson (Sweden) 11, -IS, 16, -15, 15. Jon to level at 2-al1 and he held a Another to feel the draught of the tion, but Taylor/Gibbs lost to Semi-finals: 14-10 lead in the decider when his Russian's power play was Jill Shirley Ransome/Ness who were immediately opponent had the "towel thrown in" who, having accounted for Hungary's ALSER/JOHANSSON bt Stipancic/ thumped off by Surbek/Stipancic. Surbek 12, 12, -18; 21; and limped from the arena Wlth a Beatrix Kishazi and Olive Hawkins Karenza had young Stipancic as pulled muscle. of Scotland, was swept from the AMELIN/GOMOZKOV bt Barnes/ her mixed doubles partner when Neale ~O, -18, 14, -17, 18. In the previous round, against the quarters as though in the path of a Siberian blizzard. Barnes was withdrawn. And well Final: rising French star, J acques Secretin, they played to oust Johns/Simpson, AMELIN/GOMOZKOV bt Alser/ the English Closed champlOn had LOST IN FIRST ROUND Secretin/Moriceau and J ansen/ Johansson 16, 14, -13, 18. shown his mettle when hammenng Displaying better form than in Buchholz before losing to Amelin/ Women's Doubles: Quarter-finals: home the spectacular lobbed returns recent months, Karenza Mathews suc­ Grinberg. Alexandru/E. Mihalca (Rum.) bt of the left-handed Frenchman. ; cumbed in the second round to Neale and Mary Wright had an Jurik/B. Kishazi (Hungary) 21, 12, Enteritis was the cause of Chester' European champion, Ilona Vostova exceptionally good win over Surbek/ 13; Mathews/Wright bt Leclar/S. Barnes' withdrawal from the singles: after beating Scotland's Lesley Barrie. Mihalca anti-climaxed by their 0-3 Moriceau (Fr.) 14, 10, 15; E. event otherwise he too, on the: Both Judy Williams and Pauline downfall at the hands of Stanek/ Buchholz (Fed. Ger.)/Scholer bt evidence of his later showing in the Piddock, who with the foregoing trio Vostova. GrofovajVostova 17, -14, 20, 14; men's doubles, could have been a have been named for Munich, next Grinberg/Rudnova bt L. Barrie force to be reckoned with. In conclusion, a word of thanks to (Scot.)jHawkins 13, 17, 15. month, lost in the first round to the umpires at Brighton would not Sickness also took its toll of Scot­ Erzsebet Jurik (-16, -8, -7) and be amiss, for they kept going tide­ Semi-finals: land's hopes when both Malcolm Gabriella Voros (-12, 12, 16, -8, -16) strong on an extremely tight schedule. ALEXANDRU / MIHALCA bt Sugden and Brian Kean went down respectively. They join me in wishing would-be Mathews/Wright 12, -11, 19, -22, with tummy upsets, but it was the Of the remaining members of the Assistant Referee, Stuart Dane, a 12; GRINBERG/RUDNOVA bt malady inflIcted by Gomozkov that International Squad, Maureen Heppell speedy recovery from illness and Buchholz/SchOler 16, 15, 21. struck down Ireland's only challenger, was a non-starter with 'flu, Judy trust that his stay in hospital will Final: Jim Langan. Heaps beat Diane Simpson and then only be of sufficient duration for him GRINBERG / RUDNOVA bt Alexandru/Mihalca 17, 15, 11. Of the ten Englishmen to advance, lost to Di Scholer 0-3, and Lesley to decide how to spend £100. Such from the first round only Neale "made Radford fought pluckily but to no was the first prize, at the "100 Mixed Doubles: Quarter-finals: it" over the second fence. avail against Rudnova. Club" dinner, won by "Stew" and Stipancic/Mathews bt B. Jansen (Fed. Ger.)/Buchholz 13, -21, 8, 13; Mary and Karenza had an excep­ draw out by Eddie Minn, the Guest David Brown had a good 3-1 win of Honour, from Halex. Amelin/Grinberg bt Persson/Neidert over Dumitriu of Rumania before tionally good 3-1 doubles win over 17, 19, 11; Stanek/Voros bt Neale/ losing to Amelin, and Alan Hydes Sweden's Marita Neidert and Eva Wright 17, 10, 18; SchOler/SchOler bt cruised home against Australian Paul Johansson and advanced to the semis ENGLISH OPEN: RESULTS: Gomozkov/Rudnova 16, 16, 15. Pinkewich only to lose 1-3 (20-22 in with a 3-0 victory over the French Men's Singles: Round 3: Semi-finals: the fourth) to the Czech. George pair Yveline Lecler and Sonia Moriceau. D. Surbek (Yugo.) bt A. Amelin AMELIN/GRINBERG bt Stipancic/ Turai. (U.S.S.R.) 21, 14, 20; J. Stanek Mathews 11, 20, -6, 15; SCHOLER/ Ralph Gunnion took a 3-0 blasting At this stage Alexandru/Mihalca (Czecho.) bt W. Lieck (Fed. Ger.) SCHOLER bt Stanek/Voros -14, from Johansson and more so was the barred their path and eventually 10, 16, 19; E. SchOler (Fed. Ger.) 10, 20, 17. punishm\(J;lt inflicted on Mauri.ce knocked them from it but only after bt G. Turai (Czecho.) 17, 15, 16; Final: Billington by Stephan KollaroVlts five fluctuating games. K. Johansson (Sweden) bt T. SCHOLER/SCHOLER bt Amelin/ who next accounted for Alser. No other English pair passed Klampar (Hungary) -14, 13, -18, 15, Grinberg 11, 11, 15. Kent's Clive Morris, after beating beyond the first round although 19; S. Kollarovits (Czecho.) bt H. Men's Veteran Singles: Quarter-finals: young Aussie Peter Powell, had the Williams/Shirley held a 2-1 lead over Alser (Sweden) -9, 16, -16, 12, 10; R. Etheridge (Kent) bt Z. Schramm dubious honour of meeting Neale Vostova/Grofova before losing. S. Gomozkov (U.S.S.R.) bt M. (Surrey) 16, 15; C. Bush (Hants.) bt :wd .Roger Chandler fell without dis­ Karaakasevic (Yugo.) 17,20, -15, 15; L. Hoffman (Middx.) -17, 12, 14; grace to Borzsei. D. Neale (Yorks.) bt J. Secretin S. Norton (Essex.) bt J. Nixon (France) 12, 15, -22, 12; J. Borzsei (Kent) 16, 25; K. Snaith (Kent) bt Stuart Gibbs looked to be in with (Hungary) bt M. Ness (Fed. Ger.) L. Laza (Lanes.) 19, -22, 15. a chance when he equated a 2-0 -18, -18, 22, 18, 15. lead established by Federal Germany's Semi-finals: 'Quarter-finals: ETHERIDGE bt Bush 17, 10; Martin Ness only to fade in the SURBEK bt Stanek 17, -18, 15, 9; decider. NORTON bt Snaith 19, 21. SCHOLER bt Johansson 15, 14, 18; Final: Brian Wright fell to Scholer after GOMOZKOV bt Kollarovits -21, -18, NORTON bt Etheridge -11, 17, 19. winning the first game and losing the 19, 13, 13; NEALE bt Borzsei -11, Women's Veteran Singles: Semi-finals: fourth 20-22. Not to be outdone -19, 12, 18 and 14-10. J. WILLIAMS (Bucks.) bt M. Cheshire's Derek Schofield gave a Semi-finals: Whitehouse (Surrey) 17, 15; good account of himself before losing SURBEK bt SchOler -18, 12, 11, 15; M. CUMBERBATCH (Staffs.) bt V. to Stanek. GOMOZKOV bt Neale 14, -14, 15, 19. Cherriman (Hants.) 9, 17. FURTHER EVIDENCE Final: Final: Four International Squad members GOMOZKOV bt Surbek 17, 17, 12. WILLIAMS bt Cumberbatch IS, 14. failed to emerge from the fIrst round Women's Singles: Round 2: Men's Consolation Singles: Quarter­ including Trevor Taylor who suffered Z. Rudnova (U.S.S.H.) bt M. finals: a 3-1 defeat (-6 in the fourth) by Neidert (Sweden) 14, 18, 17; J. T. Taylor (Herts.) bt B. Meisel Klampar. The Hungarian went on Shirley (Bucks.) bt O. Hawkins (Kent) 20, 8; J. Langan (Ireland) to give further evidence of his (Scot.) 14, 12, 10; D. Scholer (Fed. bt Z. Cordas (Yugo.) 11, 19; F. prowess by disposing of Anton Ger.) bt J. Heaps (Ches.) 9, 19, 16; Timar (Hungary) bt M. Johns Stipancic-Tony Piddock's conqueror M. Wright (Surrey) bt A. Grofova (Ches.) -14, 13, 13; P. Pinkewich -and only lost -19 in the fifth to (Czecho.) 19, -17, -17, 16, 17; S. (Aust.) bt S. Marley (Sussex) 18, Johansson. Grinberg (U.S.S.R.) bt E. Johansson 18. (Sweden) 19, 18, 6; E. Jurik Semi-finals: Mike Johns, despite fighting every (Hungary) bt Y. Leclar (France) -23, inch of the way, went down with TAYLOR bt Langan 16, 15; TlMAR IS, 17, -16, 15; M. Alexandru (Rum.) bt Pinkewich 11, 15. guns blazing -18, -19, 17, 18, -20 to bt G. Voros (Hungary) 21, -23, 6, Final: Secretin but "Les" Haslam, after 12; 1. Vostova (Czecho.) bt K. TAYLOR bt Timar 14, 17. beating Karakasevic in the first game, Mathews (Middx.) 22, 10, -14, 16. fell away to lose 1-3. Women's Consolation Singles: Semi· Quarter-finals: finals: In the counterpart women's event, STANISLAV GOMOZKOV, here seen from where he could not be budged, RUDNOVA bt Shirley 9, 13, 15; B. KISHAZI bt Y. Leclar 13, 15; .\1ary Wright .also reached the semis WRIGHT bt SchOler -14, 18, 13, P. EDWARDS (Hants.) bt J. having taken. 47" minutes to account and who retained his men's singles title with a three-straight win. -21, 12; GRINBERG bt Jurik 13, Williams (Bucks.) 16, 16. for her former doubles partner Diane 22, 12; ALEXANDRU bt Voros Final: Scholer. Photo' by Denis Offer. 10, 16, 8. KISHAZI bt Edwards 10, 16. -----_ ...---"

Team Championships by JOHN WOODFORD

A TRIUMPH FOR THE "BLUES" Denis Neale took Gomozkov to THE bright red shirts of the Soviet three and was always in with a chance teams were once again prominent in but the Russian champion made fewer mistakes in the later stages of the the team championship fmals played; third and won 21-15. England in The Dome, Brighton, on Thursday, finished the day when they were Feb. 28. When the finals started, beaten in the doubles. there seemed to be an even chance of a dual Russian victory. Another rough, tough and close Former European champion, Kjel!. semi-final occurred in the women's semi-finals when Czechoslovakia put Johansson, had other ideas, and out Sweden 3-2. Marita Neidert opened the match by thrashing his commenced with a fine win over Without the loss of a single game, ZOYA RUDNOVA and way past Amelin, but then Gomozkov Grofova -18, 21, 14 but this was SVETLANA GRINBERG retained .their women's doubles title. Beyond levelled with a close win over Alser., countered by the young European /the broad back of Rumania's E1eaPl>ra Mihalca, in the picture above, is The Russians did not combine weI\' champion, Vostova, beating Eva Miss Grinberg about !to smash one of her many "kills". in the doubles and were easily beaten Johansson 19, 18. and then Johansson completed victory' Photo' by Denis Offer. for the Scandinavian team when he A doubles win to Sweden put them overcame Gomozkov. in the lead but then the Czech. Men's Championship: England II 3 France O. pair reached the final with two fine ]. Williams bt S. Moriceau 11, 15; It was a different story in the singles successes by Vostova over Round 1: women s final however, where the J. Shirley bt Y. Lecler 10, 19; 'eidert and Grofova agamst U.S.S.R. 3 France 1. WilliamsjShirley bt Leder/Moriceau Russian girls Rudnova and Grinberg Johansson. ran out j-l winners over Czechoslo­ Sweden II 3 Yugoslavia 11 2. 16, 14. vakia. Youthful Ilona Vostova com­ The men's semi-final clash between Federal Germany I 3 Australia 0. Round 2: pleted a fine win in the opening se~ the Czechs. and Sweden proved to be against Rudnova but then Grinberg a great struggle too. Kollarovits England I 3 Wales O. U.S.S.R. 3 Scotland O. put the Soviet team on level terms squared the match at 2-2 with a D. Neale bt R. Bishop 13, 19; C, O. Hawkins lost to S. Grinberg Barnes bt G. Davies 11, 17; Neale! -9, -12; L. Barrie lost to Z. Rudnova with a comfortable victory over Alicia great win over Johansson -19, 17, 18. 11. . Grofova. With the score at 1-1 and fhe stage was then set for a grand­ Barnes bt Davies/Bishop 9, -14, -15; Barrie/Hawkins lost to the tension mounting, powerful pene stand fmish between Stanek and Alser. Yugoslavia I 3 Scotland O. Rudnova/Grinberg -14, -7. holder-hitting by the blonde Rudnova rhe Swede powered his way through M. Sugden lost to D. Surbek -20, -20l Rumania 3 England I 1. tOO'{ Russia into the lead when the the first game to win, at 12, and did B. Kean lost to A. Stipancic -19, -13i M. Wright lost to M. Alexandru -20, Czechs were beaten in the doubles. nearly as well to win 17 in the second Sugden/Kean lost to Surbek/Stipanci~ -14; P. Piddock lost to E. Mihalca to take the world's doubles cham­ -14, -7. , 21, -10, -12; Wright/K. Mathews bt Lack of experience in world-class pions into the final. Federal Germany II 3 Rumania i. ' Alexandru/Mihalca 21, -13, 15; play by Grofova was then fully Piddock lost to Alexandru -18, -18. exposed as she fell to Rudnova giving Sweden I 3 England II O. , PERFECT ENGLISH Czechoslovakia 3 England II 1. the I{ussians an indisputable victory. B. Wright lost to K. Johansson 15, Stanek was the victim of a "net" Shirley lost to 1. Vostova -18, -12; to Sweden in the penultimate point. -12, -19; T. Taylor lost to H. Alser BIGGER STRUGGLE -12, -6; Wright/A. Hydes lost to Williams lost to A. Grofova 19, -9, Alser, seeing Stanek visibly shaken, Vo~tova/ Alser/Johansson -13, -19. -12; Williams/Shirley beat The Soviet girls did, in fact, have turned to the crowd and, in perfect . Grofova -18, 14, 15; Shirley "lost to a bigger struggle to beat Rumania in English, said "It's not my fault!" Czechoslovakia walk-over Ireland. Grofova 8, -19, -10. the semis, recovering from 0-2 down The amused crowd were soon after­ Sweden 3 Federal Germany I 2. to triumph 3-2. Alexandru took wards applauding the Swedish Grinberg, 10 in the third, and Mihalca victory. Round 2: also won, 17 in the third, over Semi-finals: U.S.S.R. 3 Sweden It O. Itudnova. In the first round of the men's U.S.S.n, 3 Humania 2. team event, there was a shock when England I 3 Federal Germany 1 0 .. A doubles victory put I{ussia back Gomozkov fell to the French cham­ Barnes bt E. Scholer 17, -19, 19; Czechoslovakia 3 Sweden 2. into the picture and this was fol­ pion, Secretin -10, 24, -19. In the Neale bt B. Jansen 19, 14; Ne·1 lowed by two more third-game linal few points, the Frenchman used Barnes bt Scholer/Jansen HI, 16. Final: deciders by which the Soviet pair balloon-type defence with returns U.S.S.R. 3 CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1. well and truly turned the tables by Sweden I 3 Federal (~ermany II ° eight feet high. Several of these Rudnova lost to Vostova -17, -17; reversing the result of the earlier so surprised the Russian that he hit Czechoslovakia 3 Yugoslavia I 2. singles. Grinberg bt Grofova 7, 16; Rudnova/ two of the highest into the net to Grinberg bt Vostova/Grofova 20, 11; lose the set. The loss did not prevent This time I{udnova managed to Semi-finals: Rudnova bt Grofova 13, 18. beat Alexandru and, surprisingly the Russians from beating France 3-1 perhaps, Grinberg captured the and Sweden n by the same score. U.S.S.R. 3 England I O. Barnes lost to A. Amelin -6, 12, -18; honours of the night by stopping A clash of two very strong teams Mihalca. Neale lost to S. Gomozkov -15, 18, JOINT AFFAIR also occurred in the first round when -15; Neale/Barnes lost to Gombzkov/ Czechoslovakia beat Yugoslavia. 3-2. Amelin -13, -14. ENGLAND CRASH Stanek brought off a great win over JOINING T. Austin Harrison England's run in the men's event Surbek 19, -10, 4! The match was Sweden I 3 Czechoslovakia 2. and Conrad Jaschke, President came to an abrupt end at 5-50 p.m., won by the same Czech. player when and Chairman respectively of the E.T.T.A., in the presenta­ when they were well and truly beaten he beat Stipancic 10, 19. Final: 3-0 by Russia in the semis. The tion of trophies all: Brighton Soviet pair faltered at one or two England I started off with a 3-0 were Leonid Makarov, Presi­ SWEDEN 3 U.S.S.R. 1. dent of the Table Tennis junctures but overall they were too win over Wales which brought them strong for Neale and Barnes. up against Federal Germany. Here K. Johansson bt Amelin VI, 20; H. Federation of the U.S.S.R., Chester stepped into the limelight Alser lost to Gomozkov -18, -19; Vaclav Vebr, Secretary of the Chester came close to both abject with a cracking win over "Ebby' Alser/Johansson bt Gomozkov/ Amelin Central T.T. Section of failure and a big victory in the Scholer. Denis followed by beating 15, 10; Johansson bt Gomozkov 16, Czechoslovakia and Tibor opening clash with Amelin being 1-10 Bernt Jansen and a. doubles victory -18, 16. Bihari, Secretary of the in arrears and 4-16, losing 6-21. In completed the glittering win. Hungarian T.T. Association. the second, the Essex player turned Women's Championship. In conjunction with the last the tables 23-21, and, in the decider, Brian Wright came close to starring awards, Mr. Makarov made the Round 1: had a great chance to open up the for England II when he·pnly just presentation gifrt of a cut glass match when he held leads of 6-0 and lost -19 on an "edge" and a "net" Scotland walk-over Hungary. vase to the E.T.T.A., which 14-10. But then Arnelin came back in the third to Johansson. But was accepted by Mr. Harrison. to level at IS-all and took the set England II still went down to mighty Rumania walk-over Federal Germany 18. Sweden. II·IL. ....;._...... Page'll In Bournemouth, although the UNCOLNSHIRE NOTES ­ 1969:&.u.S.F. CHAMPION. Y.M.C.A. Club dominate the .Premier SHIPS Division, Merton won both the major events in the Closed tournament. by "Trawler" .., by ~rian Mitchell Trevor Smith turned the tables on Brian Pickard to take the men's title. TOTTERING TIME AT GRIMSBY STUDENT POWER Beryl Brown knocked out the THE remarkable power and fluency favourite for the women's singles, IN one way or another top seeds of Alan Heap (Hull University) Joyce Coop, in the semi-final and had a tottering time in .the Grimsby carried him to the Gold Medal' in the went on to beat junior" Celia and District .cJose<;l. Those who did men's singles at the 196? British Hutchings, in a close final. South­ not find someone playing too well Universities Sports Federation Table ampton's Keith Summerfield beat for them were knocked out by illness. Tennis Championships on January HAMPSHIRE NOTES Philip Crane in the junior singles. One of those who passed comfor­ 24-25 at Liverpool University. This win spotlights the fact that many tably into the later rounds, only to keen players are now entering more After a close quarter-final win over be confined to bed on Finals night, by David Cosway than one league. This has given rise was Connie Moran, confidently ex­ Derek Holman of Sussex, Heap con­ to some criticism from the more throu~h pected to take the Women's Singles fidently hit his way the BOGEY STILL THERE parochial players who claim. that writer (Birmingham) and, III the title for the fourth year running. HAMPSHIRE'S first team gained locals are being deprived of pOSItions She was also top seed with Bernard final, Don Berry of Salford University in top teams and closed titles can go who had beaten the holder, Man­ their expected win against Dorset by Finneran for the Mixed - and the ~o to non-residents. Surely this is a chester University's John Clarke. 8/2. Pete Smith,. h?wever,. lost number two seeds were also elimi­ Cyril Bush and Chnstme DaVIes agam short sighted viewpoint! The nated because Pauline Hale was A big surprise was the defeat. of lost to her bogey player Joyce Coop. presence of top players in a town's under doctor's orders. Welsh international, Graham DavIes, league, whether they are residents or Each time they have met this season The Men's Singles ran strictly to by Morgan of Aberdeen. Another Mrs. Coop has won by the closest not, can only improve the standard Aberdeen player to have a claim to of table tennis in the area. As the form to the semi-finals, leaving title­ of margins. Hampshire second's holder Bernard Finneran to meet Bill fame was Kathleen Angus, who won hopes of retaining . the ?outhern ease of transport improves between the women's singles. Moran in a repeat of last year's final, Division title ended WIth theIr crush­ the large towns it is to be hoped club~mate that this trend will continue and one and Derek Smith to play Miss Angus dethroned Linda Reid ing defeat by Surrey. The visitors' Geoff Plaskitt. of Birmingham University in the final play showed up the inexperience of can visualise in the future super and also took a half share of the some of the young Hampshire team leagues with top players from even The Finneran-Moran clash anti­ women's doubles title. but the policy of including up-and­ further afield participating. climaxed everything that was to coming players in this second string follow with three absorbing games The London pairings of Davies/ all going to "deuce" before Moran Ponder and DaviesjDalton won the must payoff in long-term team building. In the ju~ior match a~ainst WARWICKSHIRE NOTES found sweet revenge for last season's men's and mixed doubles respec­ defeat. He built up a big lead in the tively. Berkshire, HampshIre were WIthout Stuart Tannahill and Nicky Chulk first game--and scraped through Results: but Philip Crane and Colin Seargeant by Ralph Gunnion 23-21. In the second, the lead Men's Singles: Semi-finals: changed repeatedly before Finneran A HEAP (Hull) bt B. Mitchell deputised successfully and not a set IN the Premier Division of the was lost. stole away to 22-20. The third game (Birmingham) 12, -15, 15; County Championships, Warwickshire was a fitting decider and some superb D. J. BERRY (Salford) bt S. Morgan In the inter-town league Bourne­ were given a 9-0 thrashing by Essex, hitting by Moran climaxed tremen­ (Aberdeen) -16, 7, 6. mouth's hopes of wresting the mixed but the second team continued their dous rallies. He deservedly took the Final: HEAP bt Berry 16, 17. or junior titles from Southampton winning ways in Division 2 (Midland) match 23-21. Women's Singles: Semi-finals: with victory over Leicestershire. have virtually ended for the season. After easily losing the first game L. REID (Birmingham) bt J. Dalton In the mixed division they were Derek Munt and Glenn Warwick (London) 11, 19; of his semi against Plaskitt, Smith beaten 4/8 by a re-vitalized Ports­ starred in Birmingham's 5-1 win over fought back well to take the match K. ANGUS (Aberdeen) bt C. mouth team. Ray Lush won his two Shergold (London) 17, 20. Oxford in the Wilmott Cup and the 11-21, 21-18, 21-12. singles and defeats of Brian Pickard ladies too were successful against Final: ANGUS bt Reid 19, 12. by both Mike Borshell and Cliff The final was a somewhat disap­ Men's Doubles: Semi-finals: Harlow. But the really outstanding Jacobs show that Portsmouth at full result was the 6-3 win obtained by pointing with Smith starting in G. DAVIES/A. PONDER (London) strength are a force to be reckoned promising fashion but later falling bt G. Bowman/A. Strong (Queens the boys in the Carter Cup against victim to his own mistakes and the with. Daphne Gray, herself un­ Manchester. College) 18, 14; beaten this season, ended Joyce sharper attack of Moran who took J. K. CLARKEjW. HOWARTH Coop's 100% record. Bournemouth Gunning was Birmingham'S hero the title 21-18, 21-13. (Manchester) bt A. Miller/A. junior team were beaten 6/4 by claiming a treble which took in the Turnbull (Edinburgh) 11, 20. , With Connie Moran out of the com­ Basingstoke, whose all-round strength defeat of junior international Tony petition the way looked clear for Final: DAVIES/PONDER bt Clarke/ in the boys' events is shown by five Boasman, thus advancing his claims Howarth 14, -14, 8. Pat Chadwick to take over the wins out of the six singles. Julie for junior recognition on a national Women's crown. But in a shock Women's Doubles: Semi-finals: Hudson won her singles and two basis. ANGUS/G. KERR (Aberdeen) bt D. quarter-final reverse she went down mixed doubles for Bournemouth. In In the Warwickshire Inter-Town to Second Division player Jennie Grewcock (Birmingham)/Reid -22, the Hampshire Club Knock-out Com­ 20, 18; League, four teams have six points Warwick. This left the way clear petition to decide the counties 'entries from four matches, two of them, West for Nora Locking to take the title by DALTON/SHERGOLD bt S. in the National Tournament, Merton Chambers/J. Griffiths (Bangor) 15, Birmingham and Leamington having beating Mrs. Warwick 21-12, 21-17 (Bournemouth) are to meet Snows in the Final. 12. (Southampton) and Jukes (South­ the same sets average, sharing the Final: ANGUS/KERR bt Dalton/ ampton) visit Bournemouth Y.M.C.A. top spot. The Men's Doubles Final had top Shergold 15, 10. in the men's semi-finals. In the It is pleasing to note that Strat­ seeds Finneran and Moran against Mixed Doubles: Semi-finals: women's competition Four T's ford have gained four points in their the Highgate pair Plaskitt and Mike DAVIES/DALTON bt P. Fox/H. K. (Southampton) will play the winners first season of this competition. North Bridge, who had been seeded No.2. Toh (London) 5, 19; of Bitterne Park (Southampton) and Birmingham, with the easiest pro­ True to the tournament trend HEAP/P. KELF (Hull) bt Ponder/ Merton in the final. A pity that only gramme, would appear to be the Plaskitt and Bridge took the title in an absorbing game by 21-12, 20-22, Shergold -14, 14, 19. three towns, Basingstoke, Boume­ favourites. Final: DAVIES/DALTON bt Heap/ mouth and Southampton entered 21-15. Kelf 9, -20, 13. teams in these events. Fourteen teams entered the War­ The Women's Doubles, again with wickshire (Club) Cup competition and the enforced absence of Connie Moran, In the National Cup competitions, the semi-final stage has been reached was left at the mercy of Pat Chadwick Hampshire's hopes, rest on a South­ with Birmingham Mica and Central and her partner Helen Wilmore who REPEAT VICTORY OVER ampton team in the Wilmott Cup Y.M.C.A. the likely finalis:s. beat N. Locking and M. Lilley 15-21, and Rose Bowl and Bournemouth in Ironically, should Mica win, they 21-11, 21-13. HUNGARY the Bromfield Trophy. The county's will be the club to represent War­ The junior boys and girls' events, interest in the Carter Cup ended with wickshire in the National Club Com­ MARY WRIGHT made a splendid Southampton's 3/6 defeat by Barking which aroused plenty of appreciation return to the international scene in petition with Staffordshire players one from the spectators. were won by S. in the quarter-final. Two wins by and all ! the friendly engagement against Stuart Tannahill and one for Keith Morley and L. Hallberg respectively. Hungary at the Bracknell Sports Summerfield in a disappointing match, Centre on February 7. in which Michael Read was out­ In defeating Maria Nemeth, Mary standing for the winners. South­ FOR SALE showed that she has lost none of her ampton enter the last eight of the skill and looked to be playing even Wilmott Cup with a good 5/2 win better. over Newbury with Chris Edwards CLOTH CLUB BADGES made to your own deSign winning three sets. A surprisingly Denis Neale fought hard and easy passage for Southampton ladies in any quantity. Low prices Quick delivery­ played well, but was not at his into the last eight of the Rose Bowl personal best whereas Chester Barnes with a 9/0 win over Bristol in which S. A. CORY & COMPANY, 35b Tooting Bec Gardens, was in good fighting trim. only the last set extended to a third Result: ENGLAND 5, HUNGARY 2. game. Streatham, S.W.16. Page 12 Even the juniors appear to' have tr'io in the right mood for that vilal some bad...JiP9risinaIlllhip d~ring one MIDDLESEX NOTES turned the corner for they got their grupe wjth Warwickshire. of the flIials of the Woodfield tourna­ first win of the season at Oxford­ ment. A. H. McIlreath, Wolver­ by Laurie Landry shire's expense. From the Surrey notes' in last hampton Chairman, has asked me to month's issue, it would appear they point .

In the inter-league competition, North Middlesex 2nds sprang quite f[@]l~@~® a surprise by defeating Acton 7-2. This means that a win over Wembley will put them on top, equal with - Willesden who have completed their fixtures, and a 6-3 or better score will give them a better sets average. The amusing thing is that if Wembley win this match, North Middlesex 1st team will be relegated. vJhl(Q) Big surprise was the victory of Middlesex 2nd county team over a Surrey side without "Connie" \Varren. We hope that this win will not prevent our friends from across the river taking part in the promotion challenge matches,

Middlesex will be well represented at the World Championships in ]WIlca1JOO Munich next month for apart from Brian Wright and Karenza Mathews, who are in the team, Les Gresswell • goes as the trainer and myself as a member of the International Youth Commission. WIn ... STAFFORDSHIRE NOTES The Champion's choice­ by John Pike Halex 3-star Only the very best equipment is good NEIGHBOURS THE ONLY BARRIER enough for those who play to win. That's why Johnny Leach, twice World WITH all three county teams winning, the Staffordshire success Singles Champion says "I always use s'ory continues, and now only "Var­ wids:1ire can prevent the first team a Halex ball myself. It has 50 years' from reaching the play-off next experience behind it." month. It ta;;es two sides to make a good match and that is why we would like' to thank Gl,amorgan for their fine The largest p:lrformanc'l at the Woodfield Club, Wolverhampton. The Welshmen wenL manufacturers of back to the valleys wilh their firs~ d~feal of the season, bu t if it is any table tennis balls consolation to them, the match was for over 50 years ra'ed the best for many years.

The county second team too:, a s~ep nearer the Midland Division cham­ pionship with their win over Shrop­ shire, but while no comment is HIGHAMS PARK· LONDON E.4. needed on this game, we do congratu­ HALEX . late our neighbours on getting their BAKELITE XYlONITE LIMITED 1'1'1. RID first win in the championships against CONSUMER PRODUCTS OIVISION W D:II Denbighshire.

Page 13 in the Ladies' semi-final but a another upset. Having beaten Beck Little activi1ry has taken place ill SURREY NOirES trernendous future is possible for both (19 and 17) he then went on to put the Lanes. and Ches. League because girls. Susan is ranked No. 2 in the out second team player Gordon of adverse weather conditions and by John Zenth,on England Junior list and equal No. Chapman (17 and 8), but found the snowbound roads. The same went 10 in the Ladies', and Linda, al­ experience of Garland too much with for the county matches against Lines. HOWARD SISTERS M.O'NOPOLISE though only 11-years-old, has already, the latter going through to the final. and D'enbighshire although the Lanes. apologies for giving over my with Susan, represented England in The big question now, was whether v. Ches. junior match duly took NO Ron }J'enfold could maintain his space this month to the Surrey Closed a Junior International match. place at Gatley Y.M.C.A. winning run, but Garland didn't which took place too late for inclu­ On form, uConnie" Warren should really stand a chance and went down sion in February's l~.T. News. I have walked the men's singles, for in straight games. apprechde that some of you may he had a comparatively easy draw to SUSSEX NOTES already have read, something of it a likely semi-final meeting with A new combination of Brennan in the papers, but generally the either Salter or plenfold. Not having and Kercher took the men's doubles local press are extreme!y parochial in been seen around for some time, over Emecz and Schramm. by John Woodford 'their outlook. although shortly to represent the "Connie" , out for revenge and ±t "turned out to be one of the County in a Bernard Crouch match, partnered by Joan Fitzsimons, met "HOME CURED," FILLING most interesting Championships for Salter had earlier disposed of Peter B,rennan and Susan Howard years with every name on the winners' Schramm in two quick games, the in the final of the mixed but it just SANDWICHED in between two scroll a new one, the men's singles latter needing particularly spacious wasn't {(Connie's" day. Having lost world-class events, the English Open seeds falling like ninepins, and the playing conditions to give of his the first -14, they made a tremendous and the. England v. Russia clash, Howard Sisters taking everything for best, but could not settle against recovery to pull back from 7-15 do,vn Sussex players and supporters have which they were eligible. Entries P'enfold whose direct game took him to 16-all and with ((Connie" looking their own biggest event of the season, were well up on last year, possibly through without much trouble. a little happier went on to take the the Sussex Closed on March 2, at due to the change of date, and this, Warren, having a first round bye, second game 21-16. The excitement Brighton Corn Exchange. together with excellent refreshments looked most unhappy against the was nlaintained throughout the third Still unchallenged as the biggest and facilities afforded by Goblins, at renowned Charlie Davis, but came with both sides scoring evenly. one-day event in the U.K.-with its their Ermyn Way Works, Leather­ back after losing the first game to ((Connie" and Joan changed ends 16 tables all in line making an im­ head, combined to make it a memor­ take the next two 12 and 14. The 10-8 up and took the lead at 18-17 pressive sight. Run as always, by ableweekend. next set saw Warren still unsettled but faded to lose 21-18. the Brighton and District League, and unable to provide an answer to It was unforgetable for the Congratulations to the Surrey this year's secretary is David P'enfold who was hitting harder and Woosnam. frowards, with Susan and younger harder to win in straight games 15 Junior Table I'ennis Club who in sister Linda being winner and runnef­ and 13. In the other half Michael ef!'ect took practically all the medals. I{oger Chandler (Brighton up '" respectively in the ~adies' and Creamer, last year's title holder, FINALS Y.M.e.A.) will be making his usual Girls'-Singles, combining well to take had been put out by Tony Miller (21 Men's Singles: bid to win the title and if he does the Ladies' Doubles and then Susan and 13) who, in turn, succumbed to R. PenIoldbt J. Garland 16, 18. it this time, it will be for the pairing up with Peter B,rennan to John Garland, the eventual runner­ Men's Doubles: seventh occasion. The only man take the mixed. up. Paul Bishop (who the day M. Kercher/P. Brennan bt E. Emecz capable of making a real challenge Linda only just managed to beat before had won the Boys' Singles /Z. Schramm 13, 18. to Roger will be England No. 12 Joan Fitzsimons over three games over Stephen Francis) provided Ladies' Singles: P'eter Willialns, who recently spent Miss S. Howard bt Miss L. Howard several months in the England squad. 19, 14. Last year with Williams the We chose Tr:ophies from your Catalogue after reviewing Ladies' Doubles: favourite, Chandler raised his game seven other' catalogues. S. Howard/L. Howard bt Mrs. P. to great heights in the final and George/Mrs. Hayden 9, 7. brilliantly defeated his opponent in -(A customer writ~ng from B,arnst,aple-1968). Mixed Doubles: two sets 21-19, 21-18. P. Brennan/S. Howard bt C. Warren /Miss J. Fitzsimons 14, -16, 18. Current form this time suggests BETTER and CHEAPER Boys' Singles': that the odds return to even and P. Bishop bt S. Francis 7, 20. another great final is expected. Sanl Girls' Sin:gles: Ogundipe is the only other player TROPHIES S. Howard bt L. Howard 9, -14, 15. capable of stopping Roger or P'eter on current showings, but Sam's chop has together with not been biting so heavily of late. LANCAS'HIRE NOTE'S On the premier division scene, three @6urle"us dervice defeats in a row for Sussex makes the by Geo',rge R. Yates early season wins over Warwickshire and Gloucestershire seem more impor­ REGRETABLY Manchester had to tant than ever and should Warwicks. concede their Rose Bowl inter-zone surprise any of their opponents in final to Northumberland and against the late matches, Sussex could be in Birmingham, in the Carter Cup, the relegation trouble once again. young Mancunians surrendered their Find a good angle for a national early initiative to lose 3-6. or provincial daily newspaper (you Sole survivors in the national team press men) and on most occasions competitions from the County you will be well rewarded! A classic P'alatine are Bolton who, in the case has occurred recently here in Wiltnott Cup, accounted for Chester­ Sussex where a Littleha,mpton R.C. field 5-2. John Clarke was a treble priest, Father B. J. Rowley has winner with Bob Kelly successful in entered for the English Open. Father the two sets he contested. For the Rowley is well known as a great losers both John Wallhead and I'ony supporter of juniors in the West Hunt beat Bryn Farnworth. Sussex area and has started a coach­ ing school. Using this as the ((lead Stockport are finn favourites to win the Norman Cook Memoria! angle" I supplied the story of the Trophy in succession to Manchester Sussex entry (14 players) to the 100,000 circulation I (Evening Argus" and Bolton. which based on Brighton circulates As last season, the serni-finals and throughout Sussex. final will take place at Oldham's The ((Argus' , sports editor res­ Clegg Street Community Centre on This is the SIGN ponded in an excellent manner with Saturday, March 29. the brilliant head-line (rp'RIEST The semi-final draw will be made TAKES O'N THE WO'RLD - at on the day and accompanying Stock­ Table Tennis!" The uWorld" refers F. CORDELL & SONS - TROPHIES port into the hat will be Blackpool of course, to the world-class entry 21, KINGLY STREET (OXFORD CIRCUS) (shock 5-1 winners ove)' Burnley), in the English Open. Bolton (whose second team this is­ I am looking forward to reporting LONDO'N, W.l. by rule previous winners cannot call on my first World's Championships on members of last season's winning and the progress of the Sussex cham­ London Showroom: Regd.. Office: team) and Wirral. pion Judy Williams from Munich 21, Kingly Street, W.I. 686, E:astern Avenue, Quarter-final results were:­ next month and look forward to meet­ 01-437-1921. lIford, Essex. 01-556-7356. Bolton 8 Macclesfield 1 ing any county press officers and Blackpool 5 Burnley 1 other England supporters who may Send for FREE Catalogue. Stockport 8 Liverpool 1 be able to make the journey to the Bury 3 Wirral 6 ((Tichtennis" Stadium.

Page 14 work very hard in the second and band, Cyril. As he was deeply in­ the fin",l of the men's doubles for HUNTINGDON AND just scraped home at 27-25 to retain teTuted in the younger players it has the seventeenth time where they met PETERBOROUGH NOTES his unbeaten record in County Cham­ been decided to award the cup to the Lyon and Tony Rowson. pionship matches and win the day for winner of the Junior Boys' Singles. David Berridge gave County junior by David Obee _ orthants. In the Kettering Closed tourna­ Ray Kingston a shock in the Boys' Mr. J. G. Bignell, the Managing ment, the men's singles title went to singles beating him comfortably in SUPER STADIUM FOR COUNTY Director of Weatherby's, who has Terry Sutton who beat Dick Cole straight games. Berridge has im­ TOURNAMENT shown great interest in table tennis in the final. J olm Harrison, who last proved considerably this season and ONLY 18 months since its comple, in the Wellingborough area and on year won three titles, was out of luck should soon be representing the tion, the 'WIRRINA' Stadium at several occasions has made his Sports this year losing in all three events. county. Kingston has since shown Peterborough will be the venue fot Centre available for County matches, The ladies' singles was won by Mrs. that he has regained his form however this season's county championships~ has been unanimously elected as Anne Lenton. by beating Wellingborough's Roderick The sports hall in tllis magnificent President of the Northants County Marchant, the county No. 1 for two stadium is large enough to hold 16 The holder was also deposed in the Association. One of his first duties Northampton Closed when Colin Hogg seasons, in a South-East Midlands tables with ease in its 120ft. x 60ft. will be to present the prizes at the league match. playing area. The date for the was beaten by the promising County Closed tournament to be held Y.M.C.A. player, Steve Lyon. Peter The Northampton veterans are the tournament is March 23 and ilie finals at the Northampton College of Tech­ Wingrove also had a good tourna­ only team in the S.E.M. League with wiII be held at 7 p.m. nology's Sports Hall on March 22nd. ment beating the County champion a 100% record and now look virtually A week earlier, the Peterboroug~ cham~ A new trophy has been kindly Doug Gwillim, and Bryan Bond, certain to win the title for the first League holds its own closed donated for this tournament by Mrs. before losing to Roger Steward in the time since the inauguration of the pionships in the same hall. C. A. Spencer in memory of her hus­ semi-final. Bond and Hogg reached veterans section. Following fine fighting perfoJ~ mances against Herts. II (4-6)'; 1------' Suffolk (4-6) and Cambs. (5-5), ilie county side visited Bedford in Feb~ ruary with high hopes despite thll apparent equality on p~!?er. The match, in fact, was surpnsmgly one~ sided, Beds. registering a 10-0 win:, with only 3 sets going to a decidin~ game.' In the South-East Midlands League; the rivalry between St. Neots and Peterborough was as keen as ever; with honours exactly even under the scoring system used (one point foi' each set won). The men's mate!]. resulted in a 5-5 draw, St. Neots took the ladies' and junior sections 7-~ and 6-4 respectively while PeterT borough ran out 8-2 winners in th~ veterans' encounter. Each town scored 20 points, a just result aftet some exciting fare. : Prospects certainly are looking brighter now for Hunts. in ilie not too distant future. St. Neots are Go to your bringing juniors along under th~ dedicated guidance,of Cliff 01 ver an<;\ Len Saywell and at Ramsey, a small Mitre sports outpost in the country, there is a nucleus of at least half a dozen promising young players who are dealer and making rapid progress at ilie game. It is these youngsters who, give~ get him to the right encouragement, could pu~ the county on the table tennis map 'within a very few seasons. ' show you NORTHANTS NOTES by Gwyn Powell TSOW IN GRAND FORM WHAT an exciting tussle the championship County match against Cambridge­ shire turned out to be wi:h the lead changing hands several times. George bats. Tsow was in good form and gave Northants an excellent start by beat­ ing Alan Ponder in straight games. John Goodall and Hoger Steward kept up the good work to increase the Why settle home lead to 3-0 but Cambridge fought back well with wins in the ladies' singles, ladies' doubles and or less? men's doubles. Ponder then outhit Tohn Goodall to give his side the lead, but the new mixed pairing of John Goodall and Emily Twiselton had ;:lU unexpected win to once more level the score. Roger Steward, al­ thOll ~l! rather erratic in his first game with f' ':eve Andrews, recovered well to WiIl. 21-16 in the third. The last and deciding set between George Tsow and BdJ"ry Wilson was very exciting with Tsow attacking strongly down the wings and Wilson, although being constantly driven back from the table, retrieving well. Tsow took MITRE SPORTS, FITZWILLIAM STREET, HUDDERSFIELD the first game 21-17 but was made to

Page 15 M.D.: P. Graver (N)/C. Fields (Y) WESTERN COUNTIES NORTHUMBERLAND .NORFOLK NOTES bt T. Atkins (N)/M. I{ooney (N) 19, 16. BULLETIN NOTES by J. S. Penny W.D.: Mrs. E. Allen/Mrs. J. Rodwell "HONOR"-ABLE WIN (Y) bt Mrs. B. Cassell/Miss M. by "Geordie" Turner (N) 10, 17. by Grove Motlow NORFOLK Closed Champion for 1968~69 is Stan Honor, who also X.D.: N. Graver (N)/Mrs. Cassell bt DAVIES STOPS RATTUE'S RUN NORSEMEN CONQUERED 'holds the East Anglian League Cham­ P. Gilbertson/Mrs. Allen 19, 18. pionship. It was, however, PLYMOUTH won their away match . A Northumberland party compris­ Earlier, the Norfolk Junior Closed, against Swindon 6-3 with A. Wright lllg county secretary Alan Morpeth, Yarmouth's Mrs. Edna Allen, who the "Senior Junior", for the Under­ beat Mrs. Betty Cassell of King's unbeaten but both A. Wolff (Jnr. team captain Harry Dignan, Brian 17's to Under-IS's, had been held and Sm.) took him to deciding Burn, Stuart Lennie and Alan Lynn for the Women's title, and at Thorpe Youth Centre, whom we abo won the Women's Doubles with games. For Swindon, only the Woltt Ransome assembled on the North have to thank. Peter Vertigan of tamily of father and son were success­ Shields q uayside on a freezing Mrs. 'Joan Rodwell, who took the Fakenham beat the younger but most major award, the Victor Ludorum, ful, Junior winning two against Cliff January atternoon for the 24-hour sail promising John Fuller to take the Hollywood and R. Parkins. across the North Sea to Bergen. presented by Douglas Craske for the Boys' title, and Penny Melton of best overall achievement. This season, Swaffham Y.C. defeated Jean Allen, With expenses being paid by the the. Championships. were held for the Plymouth's match against Exeter daughter of Edna, to win the Girls' produced another 6-3 success when Norwegian Assn., the team were first time at Wensum Lodge, King crown. John Fuller ousted Chris determmed to create a good impres­ Street, Norwi<;h, by kind permission Barry Davies, the present Devon No. Bensley in the Under-15 event, and s~on and register convlllcing wins. of Norfolk Education u)J;nmittee. 1, made a welcome return to win his these two combined for an excellent three sets. Cleve Judson was also 1he luxunes of the tourist bar­ SpeCUlation was rife as to who victory over Vertigan and John prominent for the home team winning appearing to be open at all hours­ would take over Alan Coby's title. Swainson, the County Junior pair, in two. For Exeter Mike, Rattue lost and the team captain spending most 10 . 1 seed, Neville Graver, was put the Boys' Doubles. Yvonne Rose 9f his unbeaten record to 'Davies. of his time in the first class lounge out by John Turner of Norwich, and Denton School won the Under-15 considerably increased the challenge. his brother Phillip was eliminated by Girls' title for the third time. Newport just made it 5-4 at home Gordon \Vood, who fell to Honor. to Taunton when all rested on the . First event, after a day's recupera­ David Skedge beat T)1rner .,before U-17 Boys: P. Vertigan (F) bt J. last set between Terry Roden and tIon, was an American tournament losing to Yarmouth's Paul' Gilbertson Fuller (Y) 19, -22, 17. R. Whitmore 'Yhich the Newport involving eleven players with Burn coming out on top with 8 wins out of in the semi-finals. The other losing U-17 Girls: P. Melton (KL) bt J: player won in straight games. J. semi-finalist was Tony Hipperson, Allen (Y) 17, 18. Philpotts was unbeaten for Taunton. 8 sets, Ransome 6 out of 7 and who had beaten Chris Fields, Tony Lennie, hardly recovered from the Atkins and David Blanch before U-15 Boys: J. Fuller (Y) bt C. The match score in Weston's home sea passage, 2 out of. 7. . (N) 16, 20. encounter with Bristol stood at 4-all falli1'1g to Honor. Bensley U-15 Girls: Y. Rose (D) bt L. when J. Garland was beaten by C. A Bergen team fully. comprising M.S.': S. 'Honor (N) bt P. Gilbertson Read (Y) 13, 15. Feltham. .For Weston, Tony Kinsey Norwegian internationals' was the (Y) -18,21, 15. had a terriJic set-to with Eric Hall Boys' Doubles: Fuller/Bensley. bt second hurdle on the following even­ W.S.: Mrs. E. Allen (Y) bt Mrs. B. before losingin the decider. Hall was ing which was surmounted 5-2. It Vertigan/Swainson 17, 17. Cassell (K.L.) -15, 14, 19. in brilliant form throughout and won was a vastly improved performance V.S.: R. Cooper (Y) bt J. Fuller (Y) X.D.: Vertigan/P. Melton bt P. his 3 sets. " by the home team after last year's 9, -15, 13. Whitley/J. Allen 12, 18. Cheltenham broke their "duck" 5-0 defeat and, with a little luck when, in their home match against the score might have been closer. ' Ta.unton, they won 6-3. Martin . Seemingly baffled by the slow con­ White laid the foundation by winning ditIons, .Lennie lost the opening set all his sets, Philpotts being the only to AsbJom Nessoy and the win player to take a game from him. seemed to act as a spur to the Exeter beat Cheltenham 5-4 with Norwegians whose Gunnar Greve Paul Stone and Mike Rutland winning gave Hansome a wha.le of a .fight one each to augment another fine before gomg down -18 III the decider. maximum by Rattue. For the losers, White and Dave Harvey each won Burn put the Northumbrians in the lead when he beat Kjell Otto Eide, two. eaSIly III the first game, but from Bristol Ladies inflicted a 6-3 home leadmg 19-11 in the second he had to defeat on Weston with Marilyn Jones, withstand a terrific come back before Joan Collier and Jean Golding sharing nosing home 22-20! the spoils. Doreen Henderson was Weston's lone star winning her three The match score was levelled at sets. 2-all when Lennie succumbed to Swindon, in their home match with Greve but this was to be the last Exeter, won 5-4, Gwen Hazell clinch­ success obtained by the Norwegians ing victory in the final set by beating as Burn swept Nessoy aside as did Joan Ware. Ransome with Eide. To complete the 5-2 score Bum beat Greve in a 3­ Bristol, at home to Exeter, were gamer. made to fight all the way before emerging 6-3 victors. 'Eight of the In an individual tournament that nine sets went to a decider but Jean followed on the next night, Lennie Golding claimed a treble, Joan Watts found his legs with a vengeance to two and Marilyn Jones one. beat Halaard Nielson (2-0), Nessoy (2-1). Tore Sehl (2-1) and Ransome THE TABLE In another home match, Bristol (2-0) in the final after Alan had beat Newport 6-3. For the visitors defeated Greve (2-1) and Burn 23-21 Stella Jones and Barbara Roden in the decider. OF TH E FUTU RE both beat Joan Collier, whilst Marilyn CANNOT WARP: EASILY MOVED J ones, for Bristol, won her three, ,During the short tour Burn played IN USE AT OVER 1,000 CLUBS Jean Golding (2) and Joan Collier 18 smgles and lost 2, Ransome lost TODAY (1) . 3 out of 19 and Lennie lost 8 out of • Tubular Steel Jigged Frame and • No More Loose Screws, Chipped Bristol Ladies are still unbeaten in 18. Folding Undercarriage. 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CORY & COMPANY Bristol 7 7 0 50 13 14 Makers f)rFip~ Gymn::istic and Sports Equipment 3Sb, Tooting Bee Gardens Swindon 5 3 2 21 24 6 Streatham, S.W. 16. : Newport 5 2 3 17 28 4 Page 16 KENT NOTES The Kent T.T.A. is planning to With the Women's title-holder 17, 15; Mixed-:-D. mgi>y/Mrs. P. revise completely the Kent Leagu~ llenny Bonner absent, County No. 2 Hawkins bf R. Johnson/Mrs. V. rules at the A.G.M. to be held on seed Gwen Hazell crashed 18, -15, -14 Webb 19, 7; Junior-R. Arney/P. by Charles Wyles June 1. The necessary resolutions to Mrs. K. Leslie (ranked 8) who Nelson bt B. Gronski/F. Potem -20, have been circularised with amend­ in turn was a victim of Wilts. Girls' 10, 17. WELL DESERVED HONOURS ments now being awaited. Champion Helen Rusby in the CONGRATULATIONS to Pauline quarter-finals. A hat-trick by Tony Ward laid the foundations of Salisbury A's feat in Piddock on her inclusion in England's Final Scores-(Men's) J. Candy world championships squad-the first becoming the first side to take a point WILTSHIRE NOTES bt W. Moulding 19, -14, 20; from Swindon "A" in a drawn time a Kent player has been so (Women's) Mrs. M. Alexander bt honoured since the WaL And to County League--top of Div. One Miss K. Waters 12, 17; (Veteran's) clash-at the city. her husband, Tony, on his recall by "Moonraker" R. Yates bt G. Townsend 20, -14, 18. to represent England against Scotland County Junior champion Richard last month. Well deserved honours "NO CANDY FROM THIS BABY" Men's Doubles-W. Moulding/A. Arney lost his hitherto 100% league for both of them in an eventful Wolff (JnL) bt F. Bailey/M. Wolff SAUSBURY'S umanked 30-year­ record 16, -17, -20 to Wilts. No. 3 season. 19, -13, 9; Women's---Mrs. G. Hazell/ old John Candy caused the biggest Ken Harrison when West Wilts. made The annual Kent Schools' Team Miss K. Waters bt Miss D. Onslow/ sure of Divisional honours with a 6-4 ever upset in the 13-year-history of Mrs. B. Moody -19, 16, 19; Mixed­ Championships have again drawn the Wilts. Closed when he beat the win over challengers Swindon. considerable interest when the finals A. Wolff (Jm.)/Mrs. M. Alexander reigning champion Bill Moulding in bt K. Sawyer/Mrs. G. Hazell 12, 13. were played at the E.T.T.A. School the Men's Singles final at Bulford Leading Wilts. League positions Centre at Ashford. The results Camp. During a brief visit to the cham­ (as on 21.2.69). clearly show that Mallory School, pionships a County Vice-President, Bromley are still supreme in both the Candy's shock - but deserved­ Division One victory took 23 minutes, and provided The Han. Sarah Morrison-accom­ Boys' U-15 and U-17 events. Results: panied by her husband the Han. P W D L F A P. U-17 Boys: Mallory School, Bromley. a suitable climax to a day of never­ Salisbury "A" 8 6 I I 58 22 13 to-be forgotten shocks. Charles Morrison, M.P. 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Page 17 and Colin Truman paired up to take \Vest Brom. were also undefeated and "WELL HELLO DOLLY" LEICESTERSHIRE NOTES the Men's Doubles but they came Leicester now have a great chance of uncomfortably close to losing early on topping the league. Certainly their IN the south of the County, a by Philip Reid to the junior pairing of Holdsworth team of John Bryant, Mike Long and Leighton-Linslade and District and Branson. Andy and Tony, how­ Brian Pearn is very useful indeed. Schools' Association has recently been SUSAN AGAIN UNBEATABLE formed, thanks to the initiative of ever gained some consolation by In the Leicester and District taking the Boys' Doubles. Perhaps Mrs. Dolly Harmer. The Harmer LEICESTERSHIRE'S two county League, Division 3B was thrown wide family are, of course, well known the outstanding performance in the open when A.E.I. Lamps defeated te'a'ms met 'with mixed fortunes iI) whole tournament came from Paul table tennis enthusiasts, Mr. Peter th'eir recent matches. The first team Wigston Fields 7-3. Alan Lowe, Roy Harmer being Chairman of the Randell who was positively brilliant Norman and Graham Gibson eaeh could only muster two sets against in the final against Tony Branson. Bedfordshire T.T.A. and one son, Warwickshire II. Steven White beat took two for the winners. Lough­ Paul, a former England Junior Holdsworth beat David Carter in the borough appear to be running away Derek Backhouse two-straight in the final of the Intermediate Singles and it International. first set of the match but the home with 3A and their team of Roger is encouraging to note that both Morley, Terry Hall, Mick Brooks The association has met with county's only subsequent win was in Holdsworth and Randell will still the Mixed Doubles where Charlie and Ivor Billson looks strong enough success, with 390 players from nine be juniors next season. The Under-15 to db well in the second division. schools in the area taking part and Jacques and Susan Baxter won their Singles was contested by two girls, second set in succession. A.E.I. Lamps II have established a its success could well lead on to the S.ally Elsdon and Karen Rogers with narrow lead in 6A whilst Leicester formation of a County Schools' Asso­ A 'happier story for the juniors with the former emerging a close winner. Banks look favourites to top 6B. ciation. Leics. beating Notts. 7-3. All three Mellor Bromley and Abbey are having boys won one (Branson, Carter and In the Leicestershire Town's A tournament was held consisting League, Melton beat Coalville 10-0, a great fight in 7B, both having of both team and individual events. Brewer) and Susan Baxter again lost one game. proved unbeatable in the three sets but there were several close sets. Winners of the team events were-­ in which she participated. Over the Coalville included two of their most In the Loughborough League Boys: Cedars School over-15 team. past two seasons in county junior pn)mising players, John Lenton and Knock-Out Cup, Monitor lost 8-1 Girls: Cedars Schools under-13 team. - play, Susan has only been on the Gregg Nicholl for the first time. to Holy Trinity where Ronny Wright Individual events:-Boys: Brian losing side once in 24 visits to the Both showed great promise. and Male Carrington both recorded Hutchinson, Girls: Janet Kingman, table! This now makes the match The Rose Johnson Bowl is now maximums. Loughborough 'B' had a Under-l1: Sam Harmer. with Warwickshire all-important and reaching the lattyr stages and in the very close match with Polish Y.C. In the County Championships, the no doubt the claims of Andy Holds~ fourth round Loughborough II did 'A'. With the score 4-all, County Bedfordshire team of Colin Crowe, worth and Paul Randell will be well to beat Maccabi by 22 points. treasurer John Grimley played Bill Astburv, Alan Nicholl, Anita considered before the side is finally Terry Jeffcott, who has so often Richard Stabik but on this occasion James and Barbara Hammond had a announced. played in the shadows of Steven it was of no account, Stabik's win convincing 10-0 win over nearby Harding and Peter Main, for once giving Polish Y.C. victory. A mag­ Hunts. In the Y.M.C.A. Invitation Tourna· nificent maximum by Terry Bunting ment an unexpected but well~ outshone them, winning three of his Bedford League are now finally four sets and returning easily the best gave Breedon 'A' a surprise win over deserved winner was John Iliffe who Cottons 'A'. out of all the national cup com­ beat White in a close semi and points aggregate. petitions, ,vith the Ladies losing 1-8 Jacques in the final. Rita Beith did In the Midland League, Leicester to Lowestoft. However, in the the. 'treble', winning the Ladies' had wins for the Men's Seconds and Ladies' section of the South-East Singles. Mixed Doubles (with Mick Ladies', both by a 7-3 margin against BEDFORDSHIRE NOTES Midlands League, Bedford are un­ Porter) al!d. the Ladies' Doubles, Nuneaton, and the veterans won 6-4 beaten and are making a strong bid partnered oy J ose Ro~er.s: "; Jacques against West Brom. Until this match, by Ron Cox for the title.

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THE XXX VILLA BALL Available in three qualities XXX. XX. X" Spalding gives you the professional edge A. G. SPALDING & BROS. LIMITED. DEODAR ROAD. PUTNEY. LONDON. S.W.15. Telephone: Putney 3581 YORKSHIRE NOTES months he has'defeatei:i'TorlY Clayton COUNTY·,. DIARY .(5)-;-Tony got his own back the day by Cliff Dartey'" after~P. Hirst (6), M. Corking (7) FIXTURES AND VENUES FOR MARCH, 1969 and Roy Brothwell (8). PREMIER DIVISION DOWN TO· "BRASS TACKS" David Hirst won the Huddersfield Mar. 15 Gtoucestershire v. Cheshire, Grosveno'I Street Hall. Grosvenor. 7-15 p.m. ~f )~1en's"closed Street. Cheltenham. , A Special General. Meeting title for thE; fifth time Middlesex v. Essex, Southall G-T School; lloyd- Avenue. Sauniall. -7-oo·p.llt:" -s:or)(shue 'teague's is beingcal'led to ' wlI~n l\e' -defeated.. Makelm 'M6a'fK~, Sussex v. Yorkshire, Lewes Boys' Club. Landport Road. Lanclport 7-00 p.m. discuss proposed changes m affiliation, .14 I~ the ~nal. . He had a close call Estate. Lewes. ~n ~s Warwickshire v. Kent, Co-ventey Baths, Pool Meadow. Coventry 7-15 p.m. fees. By this method, leagues willi hIS .serm agamst Crowe, who .. 22 Essex v. Yorkshire, King Edward VI G.S.. Broomfield Road. 7-00 p.m. be aware of such changes in the Is lea,:mg for Can!Lda.m the.s~mmer. Chelmsford. offing, and be in a position to in- I Crowe s consolation came m the Cheshire v. Warwickshire, I.C.!. Ltd.. Hurdsfield Industrial Estate. 7-00 p.m. Macclesfield. corporate the proposals in their own doubles, when he and Geoff Brook Gloucestershire v. Kent, Hoffmans Works Canteen, Bristol Road. 7-15 p.m. A.G.M. agendas. Ron Hart, the be-at Hirst(Mear. Sandr<;t Lee took Stonehouse. Nc. Stco-ud. county treasurer, has done· a deal of the women s crown defeatmg Barbara Sussex v. Middlesex, North Mundham Village HalL North 7-00 p.m. MlUlldham. Nr. <:;pichester. research to provide his estimates and Dunne. oo 29 Yorkshire v. Middlesex. Fields 1':1 Co.. Clayton Road. Bradford. 7-15 p.m. full details will be available at the Finally, a warm welcome is SECOND DIVISION SOUTH meeting. Mar. 13 Essex II v. Middlesex II, GasCO'igne Youth Centre. Howard Road. 7-00 p.m. extended to E. G. White who as a Barking. Congratulations to Rea Balmford Life Member of the E.T.T.A., a .. 15 Norfolk v. Hertfordshire, Y.M.C.A.• Kings Lynn. 6-30 p.m. (Hull) and Ron Richardson (York) Surrey v. Kent II, C.E.R.L.. Glebe Road. Leatherhead. 7-00 p.m. member of the National Umpires' .. i2 Hertfordshire v. Essex II, Cheshunt Drill Hall. Turners HilL 7-00 ".01. on passing their National Umpire and Referees' committee and who was Cheshunt. exam at the first attempt. lneir Referee for the European Cham.eion­ Kent II v. Buckinghamshire, Woolwich Recreation Insto, Kings 7-15 p.m. success brings our total to six, and Park. Eltham Palace Road. Eltham. S.E.9. ships at Wembley. George haS taken Middlesex II v. Norfolk, East Finchley T.T. Centre. 142. High 7-00 p.m. I know that those who did not pass up residence in Leeds having taken Road. East Finchley. N.2. this time will be taking the test over the position of Director of Postal SECOND DIVISION NORTH again. Mar. 15 Lincolnshire v. Durham, The Drill HaIL Victoria Road. Louth. 7-15 p.m. Services in the North-East. We trust Northumberland v. Lancashire, Y.M.C.A.. Blackett Street. 7-00 p.m. Frank Briggs, Bradford's match that both he, and his family, have Newoastle'~upoIll-Tyne. settled in and are enjoying life in Yorkshire 11 v. Cumberland, Y.M.C.A.. Wood Street. Doncaster. 5-30 p.m. secretary, has resigned his office in SECOND DIVISION MIDLAND order to concentrate on other aspects the north. Mar. 15 Derbyshire v. Monmouthshire. The Police Station. New Beetwell 7-15 p.m. of the game. Plenty of work here Street. Chesterfield. Glamorgan v. Warwicksbire II, Wesley Methodist Church. 7-15 p.m. for his successor. Townhill. Swansea. Lumbs "A" and Ansons "A" lead Oxfordshire v. Leicestershire, St. Margaret's HalL Polstead Road. 6-30 p.m. CAMBRIDGESHIRE NOTES Oxford. the divisions in the Castleford/Ponte­ .. 22 Leicestershire v. Derbyshire, Barwell Constitutional Club. Chapel 7-15 p.m. fract League both being undefeated. Street. Barwell. Ansons are to present the league with by Leslie Constable Monmouthshire v. Oxfordshice, Alcan Welfare Hall Rogerstone. 7-00 p.m. Warwickshire II v. Staffordshire. The Drill HaiL New Broad 7-15 p.m. a challenge slueld for the Division Z Street. Stratford-an-Avon. Merit competition. Closed title STILL at the head of affairs in SECOND DIVISION WEST winners were:­ Division 1 of the Cambs. League Mar. 15 Cornwall v. Dorset. St. lves County Secondary School. St. Ives. 7-30 p.m. are New Chesterton Institute now Somerset v. Worcestershire, Sydenham Community Centre. Parkway 7-15 p.m. M.S. R. Bannister (Ferrybridge "C" Sydenham Estate. Bridgewater. almost certain of retaining their title. Wiltshire v. Hampshire. Pewsey Secondary Modern SchooL Wilcot 7-00 p.m. Power Station). At the other end of the scale S1. Road. Pewsey. M.D. B. Frost lB. Nash (Lumbs George's are in a perilous position but .. 22 DevoD v. Cornwall, Plymouth 1':1 District T.T.L.H.Q., Kerr Street. 7-15 p.m. Sports) . Devonport. Plymouth. Hospitals, with a recent win over Hampshire v. Somerset. Tanners Brook Infants' SchooL Millbrook. 7-00 p.m. V.S. H. Peel (Wilkinson's) Handi­ Y.M.C.A. II, with the help of Mick Southampton. cap: B. Nash. Stennett, are intent on maintaining Wiltshire v. Dorset. .. 29 Worce-stershire v. Devon, The Corn Exchange. Kidderminster. 7-30 p.m. Hull's Junior Girls' team won their status. SOUTHERN DIVISION through to the semi-final of the Mar. 15 Berkshire v. Oxfordshire II. Thatcham Church Hall. Newbury. 7-00 p.m. Bromfield Trophy when they beat In Division 2, Soham III are well Hampshire II v. Buekinghamshire II, Boys' Brigade Mission. George 7-00 p.m. on their way to promotion to join Street. Basingstoke. Birmingham 5-2. The Midlanders Mar. 22 Surrey II v. Berkshire, Heinemann Book Publishers. Lower 7-00 p.m. had become second favourite in the their other two teams in the top Kingswood. competition, but 'flu kept their flight. Impington II are in second Woreestershire II v. Hampshire II. Cripplegate Pavilion. Tyebridge 6-30 p.m. position with S.E.M.L. veterans Street. Worcester. junior international Jenny Cornock MIDLAND DIVISION out of the side. Valeria King notched "Lofty" Adams and Bernard Adams Mar. 15 Lancashire II v. Nottinghamshire, St. George of England SchooL 7-00 p.m. up three wins which played a 'big (no relation) in their side. Y.M.C.A. Fernhill Road. Bootie. Liverpool. part in Hull's win. III and Harston prop up the division Sbropshire v. Derbyshire II. the latter without a point to their Staffordshire II v. Denbighshire. Streetly Youth Centre. Streetly. 7-30 p.m. Previously unbeaten in the Premier Mar. 22 Denbighshire. v. Lancashire II, Queens Park Spo·rts Centre. 6-30 p.m. name. Wrexham. Division of the Yorkshire League, EASTERN DIVISION Hull men's No. 2 team lost their Cambridge University II and Mar. 15 Bedlordshire v. Suffolk.. Cryseleo Works Canteen. Woburn Road. 6-30 p.m. first match of the season to a Kempston. Haverhill are neck-and-neck at the Huntingdonshire v. NorthamptollShire., Eaton Socon Institute, 7-00 p.m. Barnsley side strengthened by one top of Division 3A whilst Swavesey Eaton Socon. of the rare appearances of Alan I and Fisons lead the "B" section. JUNIOR DIVISION SOUTH Hydes. Neil Fulstow, making his Mar. 15 Kent v. Middlesex, Milton Old People's Hall. St. Paul's Street. 3-00 p.m. Siuf.ngbourne. debut in the top flight, took one of In their first season M.A.F.F. lead Surrey v. Budtinghaanshire. B.C.U.R.A. Sports 1':1 Social Club. 4-00 p.m. Hull's three singles with a win over Division 4A and look Hkely cham­ Randalls Road. Leatherhead. Roy Ward. pions. .,.' Sussex v. Berkshire. North Mundham Village Hall. Nr. Chichester. 4-00 p.m. Mar. 22 Kent v. Buckinghamshire. Woolwich Recreational Inst.. Kings Park. 3-00 p.m. Coaching is very much in the news North Cambs. Hospital lead the Eltham Palace Road, Eltham. S.E.9. in the city, thanks to the co-operation ~::~~ v. Sussex. Fareham Community Centre. -Queens Road. 2-30 p.m. first division of the Wisbech League of the Local Education Authorities and Downham Market head the Middlesex v. Surrey, East Finchley 1'.1'. Centre. 142. High Road. 3-00 p.m. of both Hull and the East Riding. East Finchley. N .2. second. "'" JUNIOR DIVISION NORTH Centres have been opened at New­ Mar. 15 Northumbc~land v. Lancashire, Y.M.C.A.. Blackett Street. 2-30 p.m. land Avenue Youth Club and Cambridge City still lead the' men's Newcastie-upoJr-Tyne. Willerby County Secondary School. section in the S.E. Midlands League Yorkshire v. Cumberland. Y.M.C.A.. Wood Street. Doncaster. 2-15 p.m. Mar. 22 Yorkshire v. Lancashire. Sedburgh Boys' Club, Odsal Rise. 2-45 p.m. In the Northern Area. British Rail with both Wisbech and Ely doing Bradford. Tourney at York in January, Lynda well, the latter recently holding ex~ Cheshire v. Durham. champions Northampton to a draw.' JUNIOR DIVISION MIDLAND Sutton was in good form winning Mar. 15 Denbighshice v. Oxfordshire. Queens Park Sports Centre. 3-00 p.m. three titles and remained undefeated Coaching sessions are still flourish­ Wrexham. at a subsequent Yorkshire Junior re­ Derbyshire v. Staffordshire. A.G.D. G.P.O.. Chetwynd House. 3-00 p.m. ing at Cambridge Y.M.C.A. with West Bars. Chesterfield. ranking meeting. With Sandra Lee, David Jarvis doing a good job on Nottin'ghamsbire v. Warwicksbire. Notts. T.T.A.. H.Q.. Beech 7-00 p.m. Valerie King is now Joint No.2. Av'enue. Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. Saturday afternoons. Mar. 22 Denbighsbire v. Staffordshire. Queen~ Park Sports' Centre. 2-00 p.m. The "Saints" who had been lee. St. Margaret's Hall, Polstead Road. their march stopped when Barnsley have obtained the Silver Award in; Oxford. the Junior Proficiency Awards scheme Warwickshire: v. Leicestershire" Birmingham City Transport Bus 5-30 p.m. North End beat them 6-4. The win Garage. Yardley Wood Road. Birmingham. Ii. put North End one point clear at and quite a numb'er of other young­ JUNIOR DIVISION EAST the top of the tabJe, and hero of sters have obtained the Bronze. With Mar. 15 Northamptonshire v. Hun.tingdonshire, Weatherby's Sports Centre. 4-00 p.m. a record entry for the Cambs. Closed Dennington Industrial Estate-. Wellingborough. the hour was Roy Ward with victories Mar. 22 Hertfordshire v. Essex. Cheshunt Drill Hall, Turners Hill, 3-00 p.m. over Doug McGarry and, at 5-4, and the wealth of junior talent about Cheshunt. "Chick" Robinson. the future looks exceedingly bright,.. Huntingdonshire v. Bedfordshire. St. Neots Table Tennis Club. 6-00 p.m. Norfoolk v. Suffolk. C.E.Y.M.S. Rooms. Brigg Strcet. Norwich. 2-30 p.m. A 16, 18 triumph over Yorkshire The Cambs. Ladies' League is now JUNIOR DIVISION WEST Mar. 2 Wc>rcestersbire v. Wiltshire, Cripplegate- Bowling Pavilion,. 2-30 p.m. second-teamer Peter Hirst gave in full swing and Y.M.C.A. I are at Tybridge Street. Worcester. Bradford No.1, Jim Yeats the dis­ the top with a clean slate. I am sure Mar. 13 Glamorgan v. Monmouthshire. Jackson Hall. Westgate Street. 7-15 p.m. tinction of having beaten half the that everybody wishes success to.,the Cardiff. Mar. 15 Glouc'estershire v. Somerset, Grosvenor Street Hall. Grosvenor 2-30 p.m. county ranked players although un­ league and to Secretary Linda Street. Cheltenham. ranked himself. In the last two Wisbeach who is doing a grand job.

Page 19 Hutchin~on, and Pat King also won a singles. county Cha~pionships Round-up Suffolk 3 Hertfordshire 7 Essex v.:- Bedfordshire, Norfolk v. I-Iuntingdonshire, Suffolk v. North­ by JOHN WRIGHT amptonshire all postponed. Junior Division W,est NINE POSTPO~EMENTS Bedfordshire excelled themselves by 'Second Division North Somerset 3 Wi!tshire 7 IN 'a month where bad road condi­ taking every game. Never a dull match, as Hunts. put up steady tions caused the postponement of 9 Lancashire v. Lincolnshire­ Monmouthshire 9 Gloucestershire Durham v. Yorkshire II-postponed. resistance throughout. matches, Essex returned to the head Glamorgan v. \Vorcestershire­ of the Premier Division table al­ Northamptonshire 6 postponed. though Middlesex have a game in Second Division Midland CambridgeshJre 4 hand. Surrey's surprise defeat will Derbyshire 10 Oxfordshire ° Northants. saw their 3-0 lead trans­ DIVISIONAL TABLES TO ~6~h FEB., g6) probably not affect their chances of First win for Derbys. this season formed to a 3-4 deficit before taking P W D L F A 1:5 challenging for promotion as the only (at any level) and all in straight the final three for success. P'enholder PREMIER Essex . 5 5 0 0 37 8 10 tea1l1S which could finish above them games too! George Tsow still unbeaten although are 2nd teams of Premier Counties Middlesex . 4 4 0 U jV 6 Leicestershire 2 Warwickshire 8 worned in the vital set by B. Wilson. Yorkshire .. 4 3 0 1 2/ Y 6 now safe from relegation. The home men in good form, and Kent •...... •_ . 5 3 0 2 23 21. 6 Staffordshire 6 Glamorgan 4 Sussex . 5 2 0 3 1/ 1.8 1 Northants. found a winning XD pair CheShire . 5 1 0 4 1/ 2i:S '" Pr,emierDivision An exciting match with Glanlorgan for the first time this season, but Warwickshire 5 1 0 4 11 .)4 L. pulling back from 1-3 and 2-4 to 4­ Cambs. women rather too strong. Gloucestershire 5 0 0 5 Y::>6 0 Yorkshire 9 Gloucestershire ° all. Graham Davies in excellent form ,jECOND SOUTH D. Neale bt R. Morley 9, 16; bt M. Suffolk 7 I-Iertfordshire II 3 Surrey . 5 4 0 1 37 13 8 for the visitors while Dot Deeley and Middlesex 11 . 4 3 1 0 25 15 7 White 10, 12. Brian Keates impressive for Staffs. This shock result makes Suffolk Kent 11 . 4 2 1 1 25 Ij , A. Hydes bt Morley -18, 12, 13; bt almost certain of promotion (Herts. Buckinghamshire . ~ 2 1 2 30 20 5 II can not go up as their first team Essex 11 . 4 2 1 1 1.1. 1~ :> C. F'eltham 12, 14. Second Division West rlertfordshire 4 0 0 4 / 33 u J. Kedge bt White 10, 14; bt Feltham is in 2nd South). Somerset 9 Wiltshire 1 Norfolk ". 4 0 0 4 4 36 U 10, 10. SECOND NORTH Hydes/Neal~,bt Morley/White 19, 8. Dorset 2 Hampshire 8 Junior South NortllUmberland 4 o 0 35 5 Miss L. Bashford bt Miss M. Jones LancaShire 3 U 0 ~6 "1 Veteran Cyril Bush rewarded for his Middlesex 9 Buckinghamshire Lincolnshi re .3 o 2 15 Ij 19, 11. dour struggle with Peter Smith when Yorkshire 11 .3 o L 13 1/ L Kedge/Bashford bt Feltham/Jones he narrowly took the first and got Even though Bucks. were without Durham j o L Y 21 L. Cumberland 4 o 4 2 36 v 25, 16. right on top in the second to win Jill Shirley this was a great win for ,jECOND ~nDLAND Essex 9 Warwickshire 0 19, 9. Dorset's other success in lVliddlesex with Melvin Waldman, Staffo'rdshire 5 5 0 0 40 10 10 WS with Joyce Coop's strong defence Bob Gibson, Ray Jones, Christine Warwickshlf'C 11 ... 4 4 0 U JV 1d C.13arnes bt D'. Munt 4, 10; bt R. Glamorgan 5 4 0 1 35 15 Gunnion li2;, 10. proving just too good for Christine 1\1ann, Sheila I-Ianlilton and Anne Davies. ((Super-veteran" John Dale, Painter an impressive-looking team. Derbyshire 4 1 0 3 17 L3 1). Brown bt·D. lVlunt 15, 13; bt M. Leicestershire 4 1 0 j 14 .dJ in partnership with Joyce Coop then Surrey 4 Kent 6 Monmouthshire 4 0 0 4 11 L.':J Billington'110, 14. OXLOrdshire 4 0 0 4 3 31 S. Gibbs bt Gunnion 16, -19, 15; bt came so close to a third success in . . . XD but 5 powerful forehands from But t!us Kent sl~e too IS.. ~'ery .sECOND WEST Billington 13, -17, 13. Somerset . 4 1 0 0 33 7 Pauline Edwards late in the 3rd I useful WIth John Dabln, Ray 11lhng, Barnes/Brown bt Billington/Munt 15, .tfampshire . 4 j 1 0 ~8 lL saw the Harnpshire pair home 17, -19, Barry Grimwade, Lynda Chesson an,d W orcestershire 1 3 0 1 ~I 13 19. 18. Paula Brenchley. fl:ree of Surrey s Devon " . 4 1 L 1 :il FJ l'vlrs. L. Radford bt Miss J. Cornock Worcestershire v. Devon-postponed. f~ur successes came from ~usan and Wiltshire . 4 IlL 16 :t4 6, 5. Dorset .. 4 0 U 4 8 32 LInda I-Ioward, the other from Paul Cornwall . 4 0 0 4 7 33 Gibbs/Radford bt GunnionjCornock Bishop (v. Tilling). 17, -31, 15. S.outhern Division SOUTHERN Berkshire IIampshire 10 Buckinghamshire II . 4 3 1 0 25 15 7 Essex pulled in over 200 people Buckinghamshire 7 Berkshire 3 ° Surrey II . 4 3 0 1 28 12 6 (best this season) to this Sunday Worcestershire II . 4 1 2 1 19 21 4 Oxfordshire II 5 Worcestershire II 5 Junior Division North Hampshire II 3 1 1 1 16 14 3 Inat~h at Tilbury. A thoroughly BerkShire . 3 0 1 2 12 18 1 cornpetent display by Essex with the Both Alf Davies and Cecil Jackson Cheshire 2 Lancashire 8 Oxfordshire . 4 0 1 3 10 30 1 onlyreal chance of a set for the in great form for Oxfords. taking 2 MIDLAND T'ony Boasman a class above every­ Staffordshire II . 4 1 0 0 29 11 visitors \vhen Ralph Gunnion and singles each and MD. Worcs., the one else and never in trouble. Young No,ttinghamshire . 1 3 0 1 :'1 i.) u Jeriny Cornock led 10-4 in 3rd of XD'. better all-round side, took the lead Lancashire II 3 2 0 1 20 10 4 for the first time 5-4 but Jackson Brian Johns gave a spirited display Shropshire 4 1 0 3 9 31 ~ Kent 8 Sussex 1 gave Mike P'rosser no chance to take against }(ingsley Harrison and Denbighshire 3 0 1 2. 10 20 1 A. Piddock bt P. Williams 12, 16; home both points, beating him 3, prolnises much. Derbyshire II 4 0 1 3 11 29 1 EASTERN bt R. Chandler 19, 17. 13. Oxfordshire table tennis rather Durham v. Yorkshire-postponed. SuffOlk 4 3 1 0 21 16 1J: Basden btWilliams -16, 14, 12; in the doldrums at the morDent and Hertfordshire 11 4 3 0 1 24 16 btS. Ogundipe' 17, 18. more frequent appearances by Northamptonshire 4 2 1 1 18 22 Junior Division Midland Bedfordsnire 4 2 0 2 25 1j II. Buist lost to Chandler -10, -9; players such as Jackson might lift Cambridgeshire 4 0 1 3 16 24 n bt .Ogundipe 16, 13. them. Leicestershire 7 NottinghaIllsh:re 3 Huntingdonshire 4 0 1 3 13 2/ BuistjPiddock bt Chandler/Williams Hampshire II 1 Surrey II 9 Alan Croollle outstanding for Notts. JUNIOR DIVISIONS 7, 16. but Leicesters. had the greater all­ SOUTH 1\1rs. P. Piddock bt Miss J. Williams Definitely Surrey's day against the round strength and Susan Baxter yet Middlesex 4 4 0 0 36 1 8 Kent . l) 14, -21/",15. division champions. MS wins by again emerged unbeaten. 4 4 0 0 31 8 19 in 3rd, 17 in 3rd, MD won 21, 19, Surrey . 4 2 0 2 20 20 "1: Basden/Piddock bt Ogundipe/ Hampshire . 5 2 0 3 23 L.I 4 Williams -14, 14, 21. XD' ,von -24, 16, 17, and the last Staffordshire 8 Oxfordshire 2 Buckinghamshire 4 1 1 2 19 21 3 MS won 20, 19 really rubbed it in. Four of the first five \vent 21-8 to Sussex . 4 1 1 2 18 22 3 Surprisingly easy for Kent after Berkshire . 5 0 0 5 3 47 o Chris Pickard, making singles debut, Staffs. who later took a 4-0 lead. Derek Basden's defeat of Peter the only success for Hants. and NORTH Oxfords. , with J. Rose the steadier Lancashire . 3 3 0 0 24 6 Williams in the opening set. A tight Trevor Campbell for Surrey the most 6 XD',with Kent just getting home and of the two, then opened their account Northumberland . 4 3 a 1 24 6 6 impressive player although rather for the season with a BD' win in a Yorkshire . 2 2 0 0 19 1 "1: a fine WS with Pauline Piddock, Cheshire . erratic. ~- 4 1 0 3 16 24 2 despite faltering in the 2nd after ,set \vhere Mike Stephenson squan­ Durham- . 3 1 0 2 11 19 2 deTed points ,vith overenthusiastic Cumberland . 4 0 0 4 6 34 o gaining a good lead, coming through Midland Division in grand style in the ~3rd. Roger hitting. A second set to Oxfords. MIDLANL when Miss J. Hunt beat debutant Leicestershire . 5 5 0 0 37 13 10 Chandler, with the match score 0-7, Denbighshire v. Lancashire 11­ Warwickshire . 4 4 0 0 40 0 8 scored Sussex's oIlly success crushing postponed. Barbara Eardley who needs to learn Nottinghamshire 5 4 0 1 34 16 8 lIenry Buist. which ball is hittable and which is Staffordshire 4 1 0 3 15 25 2 Nottinghamshire 8 Derbyshire II 2 not (and how many players that is Denbighshire 3 '0 0 3 6 24 0 J' Derbyshire 3 0 0 3 6 24 a S'e'cond Division South A really good win for Notts., field­ true of!). But Staffs. no\v called a Oxfordshire 4 0 0 4 2 38 0 ing tv/a reserves. A great night for halt and reeled off the last 4 sets in EAST I-Iertf~rdshire 3 Buckinghamshire 7 J. G. Ellis who, with Alf Saunders straight games. Hertfordshire 5 5 0 0 41 9 10 and P'at lVlammond, was unbeaten. Essex . 4 4 0 0 39 1 3 Trevor Taylor'S 3 the only consola­ Northamptonshire 4 2 0 2 17 23 4 tion for Herts. against this Bucks. Fine recovery by D. Stills and Miss Junior Division East Bedfordshire 4 1 1 2 17 23 3 P. Wibberley from 7-10 and 14-16 Suffolk . 4 1 1 2 14 26 3 side whi€h could really be challeng­ Bed£ordshire 2 Hertfordshire 8 Norfolk . 4 0 0 4 7 33 0 ing for the title next year. in XD despite having wrong order at end of 3rd. They won 19, -12, 18. Overawed when hearing T'revor Huntingdonshire 3 0 0 3 5 25 0 Surrey 4 Middlesex II 6 WEST Shropshire 2 Staffordshire II 8 Taylor was coming (he was in fact Monmouthshire 4 4 0 0 34 6 3 lVlary Wright back and impressive committed elsewhere) and with no G 1amorgan 3 3 0 0 26 4 6 as ever, but Surrey missed "Connie" local support Beds. tried hard taking Wiltshire 4 2 0 2 18 22 4 Eastern Division S-omerset . 4 1 0 3 16 24 2 Warren (playing against Scotland) 5 sets to the deciding game but losing \Vorcestershire 3 1 0 2 8 22 2 and fell away after leading 4-3. Bedfordshire 10 Huntingdonshire 0 all. Some return to form by Brian Gloucestershire 4 0 0 4 8 32 o

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