TABLE TENNIS NEWS Published each month, October to May inclusive. Postal subscriptions £1.35 for eight issues. llrd WORLD Advertisentents: Miss Cynthia Scrivens~ English Table Tennis Association, 21 Clare­ mont~ Hastings~ East Sussex~ TN34 lHA. 'Phone: Hastings (0424) 433121. CHAMPIONSHIPS Circulation: Albert W. Shipley~ Administra­ tive Secretary, E.T.T.A., 21 Claremont, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 lHA. 'Phone: ~-.------~-._----_ Hastings (0424) 433121. .. Distribution: Mrs. E. Doreen Yates, 43 !(nowsley Road, Smithills, Bolton~ Lancs.~ Men's Si,ng,les Women's Singles BLl 6]H. 'Phone: Bolton 42223. ISTVAN JO(NYE:R YU'NG SUN KIM Editorial: George R. Yates, 43 Knowsley ( Hungary) (Kore'a to.P.R.) Road, [\mithills, Bolton, Lancs., BLl 6JH. 'Phone: Bolton 42223 (h); 061-228 2141 Ext. 2698 (b). Men's D10ulbles Womlen's iDouble,s GABOIR GE.RGELY MARIA A,L,EXAN,D'RU and ISTVA,N JO'NYER and SHO'K,O TAKAHASHI DYNAMIC (Hungary) (Rumani,a/Japan) DUO M'ixed Doubles STA,NISLAV GOMOZKO,V and TATJANA FERDMAN The retention of all seven Common­ (U.S.S.R.) we'alth titles in Melbourne was quite: a feat in itse'lf, but for our women to go on Swaythling Cup Corbinon Cup and Nft the'mse'lves five positions in the Corbillon Cup competition in Calcutta, is CHINA CH:IINA deserving of special praise. Jubile,e Cup They now rate fifth in the world and KARL NO'ELLER second only to Hungary of the European (Luxembourg) contenders, the two players mainly res­ L~-.-r -...r _ ponsible be1ing Jill Hammersley and Linda Howard. It was these two players who, at the he'ight of an Australian summer, fought Rhapsody for Jonyer out a magnificent women's singiles final in Melbourne Town Hall, in front of an . appreciative audience who, it is doubted, had ever seen such a standard of play In Calcutta from the' fair sex. Harmoniously paired as a doub!es bV GEORGE R. YA TES combination in India, they were without defe'at in eight Cot1billon Cup matches, the only pity being that because of prior Hungary's Istvan Jonyer, coming back from and Corbillon Cup events, China - perhaps arrangements, they were split in the a 0-2 deficit against Anton Stipancic, of Yugo­ content to rest on their laurels-did not have women's doubles event for the G. Geist slavia, won the men's singles title in the 33rd a winner in the five individual tourneys. W·orld Championships played in the newly­ Champions Hsi En-ting and Hu Yu-lan were Prize. completed Netaji Stadium, Eden Gardens, beaten, respectively, by Stipancic, in the Calcutta, over the period Feb. 6-16. lquarter-finals of the men's singles, and by Having regard to the subsequent Russia's Asta Gedraitite in the first round ot failures of Jill, paired with Hungary's It was the first all-European final since 1953 when another Hungarian, the legendary Ferenc the wo,men's singles. Beatrix Kishazi, and Linda with Ann­ Sido, beat Ivan Andreadis, of Czechoslovakia, Hsi En-ting was the top seed in the men's Christin Hellman, of Sweden, such part­ in Bucharest. event with Surbek at No.2, the Yugoslav of nerships for future high leve,1 events must North Korea's doll-like Yung Sun Kim) the mighty mus1cles surviving until the now be considere,d at an end. ·making her first World Championships quarters when he, like Hsi En-ting, was elimin­ appearance, won the counterpart women's ated at the hands of Mitsuru Kohno, of Japan, event with final victory over a most docile who was the beaten finalist in Stockholm Chang Li, of China but, so easily could have (1967) when Nobuhiko Hasegawa won the title. ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION gone out in the first round when she just got ANOTHIER FALLER home 21-18 in the fifth game decider dgainst Third seed, Kjell Johansson, of Sweden, the Patron: Her Majesty the Queen. England's Jill Hammersley. beaten finalist in Sarajevo, was another faller Jonyer took his second title in the ,men's in the quarters, his conqueror being yet President: M. Goldstein doubles when, with his compatriot, Gabor another J ap, Norio Takashima. But Li Chen­ Gergely, more sorrow was heaped on to the shih, the fourth seed, who plays a fast attack­ Life Vice-President: Hon. Ivor Montagu drooping shoulders of Stip'ancic and his Yugo­ ing close-to-the-table game, fell in the secop.d slav partner, Dragutin Suribek. round to Miran Savnik, .of Yugoslavia. Chail'1nan: C. M. Wyles, O.B.E. In the women's doubles event Rumania's Jonyer was the other quarter-final winner, Deputy Chairman: G. R. Yates Maria Alexandru exchanged her Japanese his victim being Sarkhojan, as had been Inge­ partner in Sarajevo, Miho Hamada, for Shoko 'mar Vikstrom (Sweden), Jar()Slav lKunz Hon. Treasurer: T. Blunn Takahashi, to again come out on top against (Czechoslovakia), Errol Caetano (Canada) and Chu Hsiang-yun and Lin Mei-chin, of China. Jochen Leiss (Federal Germany) before him. General Secretary: E. R. Taylor And, in a Russian-dominated mixed doubles Both Jap contenders surrendered in the event, Stanislav Gomozkov and Tatjana Ferd­ semis when J onyer, of the fair complexion, Management Committee: man had a final straight games victory over thumped off Kohno a.nd the left-handed I. R. Crickmer, M. Goldstein, A. E. Upton Sarkis rSarkhojan and Elmira Antonian. Stipancic finally put paid to the aspirations ot and K. Watts. Although success,ful in both the Swaythling Takashima, the Kinki University student who,

Page 2 World m,en's singles ch~ml?ion, .Istvan jonyer, displ'!ys Yung Sun Kim, of Kore,a D.P.R., with the W. J. Pope the St. Bride Vase. To hIS rIght IS the defeated finalIst, Trophy which she won as a result of beating Chang Li Anton Stip'ancic, the Rosing semi-finalists being Takashima in the final of the women's singles. 'and the bespectacled Kohno, of Japan. Photo by ajoy dey, Calcutta.

I Photo by "The Statesman," Calcutta. it may be recalled, figured in that epic ~uel aside, in straight games, the challenge of 1st round of the women's singles, the path in Sarajevo against Li Ching-kuang, of ChIna, Herman Hopman (Netherlands), Bagrat looked golden for Jill Hammersley, who was in the Srwaythling Cup. Burnazian (USSR) and Li Ching-kwang. drawn in the same quarter. After taking, the 'Of the big na1mes to fall in the early rounds "Tomahawk" went down -20~ -11, -5. But then first game, at 18, over Yung Sun Kim, of the perhaps that of the European chamrpipn, Milan Bengtsson, after holding a 2-1 lead over Kohno, Korean Democratic People's Republic, it Orlowski was the most notable, lOSIng as he was snuffed out like a candle. appeared more so. did in the third round, to Takashima -12, -14~ Jarpan'ls new top man, Katsuyuki Abe.. after But squeaking like a cornered mouse as -7. But there was an excuse for Orlowski, just wins over Ulf Thorsell (Sweden) and Tiao she emerged sucrcessfully from each tight as there was for many other players, who Wen-yuan (China) let slip a lead of 2-1 ovel encompass, the North Korean girl took the contracted that most prevalent of Indian Hsi En-ting, whilst Anatoliy Strokatov, winner next two games only for Jill to fight ba'ck and diseases, the "Calcutta Gut." of the Norwich Union International Champion­ squared the set at 2-all. 'Gomozkov, of the whiplash backhand, took ships title, after beating Federal Germany's Peter Engel, lost to Takashi1ma. Tactically mature in ,breaking, Jill's concen­ a turrltble to England's Trevor Taylor, who, tration, even to the extent of taking bet1ween­ enigmatic as ever, with more downs than ups Jacques Secre'tin endeared himself to the points advice from her bench, the diminutive In the Swaythlin!? Cup event, also acc~Llnte.d Indian spectators, all 12,000 of them, with his Korean won the day and with it, I felt, the for Witold 'Woznlca (Poland) and, beheve It spectacular high-lobbed returns, which had cha',mpionship itself which ,could otherwise or not, Heinz Schliiter, of Austria, who Trev the stadium in an uproar time and time again. have been destined for the Englishwoman, may have had occasion to remember in Sara­ The Frenchman got into his rhythm against who lost 18, -14, -13, 19~ -18. jevo! Dal Joon-Lee, of the U.S.A., and maintained I In that same ill-fated round Linda Howard Taylor, who was by ~ar our ,most successfl:ll it against Laszlo Foldy (Switzerland) and was beaten by Birgitta Olsson, of Sweden (13, player in the men's SIngles, finally took hIS Borszei, but Takashima was having none of it 1·13, 21, -21, -16), and Karenza Mathews by leave when despatched summarily by Stipan­ when he brought matters to a s.wift end in the 'China's Huang Hsi-ping (-11, -13, -15). Carole' cic. Nicky Jarvis, who had performed so wep fourth game after exchanging compliments in Knight failed to emerge from the qualifying in the team events, blotched hIS copy book the previous three. competition when beaten by Dubravka Fabri, t~e and might well have put .himself out .of Danny See1miller, the States champion, met of Yugoslavia, 13, 17 and 10. running for a World rankIng when lOSIng, In up with a "Pickwickian" companion in Claus Tatjana Ferdman emerged as the JIllost the first round, to E'mpie Wuisan, of Indonesia. Pedersen, of Denmark, who, in Round 2, won promising ne1w'con1er on the scene with spec­ Denis Neale, alfter beating Paul Pinkewich 15, 20 and 9. Nigeria's Babatunde Olbisanya tacular wins over Ludmilla Smidova (Czecho), in Round 1, took an unexpected fall to Petel had good wins over James ,Morris (NZ) and Sung Nak So (Korea Republic) and Yuki Stellwag, but neither Desinond Douglas nor Z. Fraczyk (Poland) before losing to Sark­ Ohzeki (Japan). The Russian girl continued Jimmy Walkei' covered themselves in glory hojan who also took care of Jean-Denis her 'winning w'ays in the quarters by account­ either. De,s, after accounting for Zoran Kosano· COllrstant~ of France. vic, of Yugoslavia, ran foul of Hungary's ace ing for such formidable opposition as Maria Welshman Alan Griffiths, another "tummy" Alexandru~ who went under -12, -15, '-16. defender, Janos Borszei, whilst Ji,m,my, after casualty, fell in the first round to Chan Ching beating Rodjak, of Indonesia, then encountered Hing, of Hong Kong, at which stage Errol SQUEAKED ANEW Johansson with the not unexpected -9, -17, -9 Caetano had a good win over "Charlie" Wuva­ result in favour of the Swede! But it was Yung Sun Kim who squeaked nich followed by success over India's J agan­ ,anew in coming out on top of a 5-game semi­ SNUFF'ED OUT nath. final encounter, Erzebet Palatinus, of Yugo­ Sweden's Stellan Bengtsson looked set on a GOL,DEN PATH slavia, was the other European to take the eye second holding of the title when brushing After the fall of holder Hu Yu-lan in the in reaching the qua·rters, especially in her win

Page 3 was built in 9 months, five of which were in the monsoon season, the Table Tennis Federa­ tion of India, led by their President, T. D. Ranga Ramanujan, can be justly proud, as can every single person in no matter what capacity who had a hand in bringing the championships to a successful conclusion. What a task England------now face in preparation for the next! Cover Picture Hungary's ·Istvan J onyer holds aloft the Iran Cup to the accompanying wave of his com­ p:atriot, Gabor Gergely, after their men's doubles victory over a dejected-looking (Dragutin Surbek and Anton Stipancic, of Yugoslavia, occupying the No.2 pedestal. In the semi-final the Hungarians beat Secretin and ,Constant, of France, the other losing Iselmi-finalists being Itoh and Abe, of Jap1an. 'Shri T.D. Ranga Ranlanujan, President of the mabie Tennis Federation of India, presented the medals after Amir A. Amin had made the ------presentation of the donor country's trophy. Individual Events • Resul~s

Men's Singles-Round 3: Hsi En-ting (Ch) bt K. Abe (Ja) -17, 14, -16, 11, 16. G. Gergely (Hn) bt P. Stellwag (Gr) 12, 13, 18. T. Taylor (En) bt S. Gomozkov (Su) 18, -14, -19, IS, 18. A. Stipancic (Vu) bt Lu Yuan-sheng (Ch) 18, 10, 13. Korea D.P.R's Yung Sun Kim on her way to winning the women's singles title N. Takashima (Ja) bt M. Orlowski (Cz) 12, 14, 7. at Calcutta. J. Secretin (Fr) bt J. Borszei (Hn) 6, -15, 11, 16. Liang Ko-Iiang (Ch) bt C. Pedersen (Dn) 11, 17, 9. Photo by "The Statesman," Calcutta. 1(. Johansson (Sw) bt M. Karakasevic (Vu) 19, 9, 17. J. Leiss (Gr) bt M. Savnik (Yu) -19, 18, 14, 8. over ,China's Cheng Yuai-ying, who had beaten an even more disnlal failure in losing to S. Sarkhojan (Su) bt B. Obisanya (Ni) 9, 9, 20. Lee Ailesa, of Korea Republic. Tuckett and Helen Morrow (Australia) (20, Li Peng (Ch) bt Chan Shing Hing (HK) 16, 23, -22, 13. 1. Jonyer (Hu) bt E. Caetano (Ca) 7, 16, 14. Czechoslovakia's Alica Grofova beat the -13, 12, -19, -16). S. Bengtsson (Sw) bt Li Ching-kwang (Ch) 20, 11,5. By this time, of course, the over lengthy M. Kohno (Ja) bt Chul Yun (KD) 14, 15, 19. European champion, Judit Magos (Hungary) Hsu Shao-fa (Ch) bt P. Sandstrom (Sw) 9, 15, -25, 12. but then lost to Chu Hsiang-yun, of China, spell a'way from home was really telling and D. Surbek (Yu) bt F. Timar (Hu) 18, IS, 18. three of whose players dominated the bottom there wasn't a smiling face missing as the Round 4: half of the draw, with Chang Li coming team gathered in the departure lounge of Hsi En-ting bt Gergely II, 9, 18. through for that inglorious defeat in the final. Dum Dum Airport, Calcutta, all being nlore Stipancic bt Taylor 19, 17, 18. Takashima bt Secretin 21, 6, -19, 18. Biggest shock of the men's doubles was the than ready to climb aboard the Air India Johansson bt Liang Ko-liang 17, 17, -12, 17. eclipse of the holders, Bengtsson and Johan­ flight to Born'bay and the subsequent Singa­ Sarkhojan bt Leiss 7, 13, 22. pore Airlines Boeing 717 for Heathrow. Jonyer bt Li Peng 12, -14, 16, 10. sson, by Soewindo and Sutedja, of Indonesia, Kohno bt Bengtsson -18, 19, -18, 16, 10. :who triumphed -11, 15, 22 and 19 and yet Memories of Calcutta will be retained for Surbek bt Hsu Shao-fa -16, 19, 16, -18, 19. many years to come. The night the rains came Quarter-finals: were cast out on their ears by Secretin and Stipancic bt Hsi En-ting 8, -21, -21, 7, 17. 'Constant, of France, 19, 9 and 3! 'with play held up for 90 minutes as the roof Takashima bt Johansson 18, 23, -21, 12. leaked ("It never rains in Calcutta in Jonyer bt Sarkhojan 19, 16, -16, 20. i Taylor, paired with Kohno, began with a February")! The overpowering heat within Kohno bt Surbek 7, 10, 18. "fine win over "Tomahawk" and Wang Wen­ Semi-finals: hua (18, -17, -10, 10, 15) but lost in the next the stadium itself and the dust which caused Stipancic bt Takashima 10, 6, -20, -19, 13. so much chest and throat infections; but to Jonyer bt Kohno 13, IS, 23. round to the event winners, J onyer and offset all the discomforts the wonderful hospi­ Final: Gergely. tality shown by the Indians, who really took JONYER bt Stipancic ·17, -12, 14, IS, 19. Neale and Douglas also began on the right Women's Singles-Round 2: the cham,pionships to their hearts and made H. Lotaller (Hu) bt A. Gedraitite (Su) -12, 17, 14, 16, 11. key by accounting for Karakasevic and Kosano­ each and everyone of us welcome and no Yung Sun Kim (KD) bt B. Thiriet (Fr) 14, 10, 3. vic, of Yugoslavia, and fought well before request impossible. H. Riedlova (Cz) bt I. Puri (In) -10,7, -12, IS, 16. .losing in the next round to Orlowski and .T iri Chung Hyun Sook (KR) bt A.-C. Hellman (Sw) 16, 18, 13. ,Turai, the Czechs winning -15, 19, 17, -18, 19. When one considers that the Netaji Stadiunl Huang Hsi-ping (Ch) bt J. Siswono

Page 4 M. Alexandru (Ru) bt A. Rangelova (Su) 6,7,9. T. Boggan (US) bt I. Levine (US) 7, 13. Dobosi bt Bajaj 15/ 17. T. Ferdman (Su) bt Sung Nak So (KR) 19/ 16, 13. Semi-finals: Final: Y. Ohzeki (Ja) bt Yen Kuei-Ii (Ch) IS, 19, -12,22. Poon Weng Hoe bt Roland 9, -19, 12. DOBOSI bt Knapp -17, 6, 17. Cheng Huai-ying (Ch) bt N. Bakker (Ne) 13, 17, 13. Noeller bt Boggan 16, 13. E. Palatinus (Yu) bt B. Olsson (Sw) 12, -18, 14, 6. Final: Consolation Singles-Women Ke Hsin-Ai (Ch) bt Sim Kyung Ok (KR) 12, IS, -21, 13. NOELLER bt Poon Weng Hoe 14, -12, 22. Quarter-finals: E. Antonian (Su) bt T. Edano (Ja) 12, 6, 17. E. Korpa (Yu) bt V.Moldevan (Ru) 7, 14. Chu Hsiang-yun (Ch) bt A. Grofova (Cz) IS, 17/ II. Consolation Singles-Men M. Zizkova (Cz) bt M. F. Germiat (Be) 16, 17. S. Yokota Ja bt B. Calinska (Po) IS, 14, 16. Quarter-finals: M. Kneip (Gr) bt D. Tejasukmana (ld) II, 9. M. Lezay (Ru) bt C. Ono (Ja) 16, 13, 17. E. Knapp (As) bt M. Firaneseu (Ru) 19, -II, 18. C. Little (As) bt I. Puri (In) 19, -13, 17. Chang Li (CIl) bt S. Federova CSu) -18, 19, 14, 8. G. Bisi (It) bt R. Tuckett (As) 17, -17, 19. Semi -finals: S. Dobosi (Ru) bt S. Feldstein (Ca) 10,8. Korpa bt Zizkova 11/ 18. Round 3: N. Bajaj (In) bt Z. I(osanovic (Yu) 8, 5. Kneip bt Little 11/ -18, 13. Yung Sun Kim bt Lotaller -21, -17, 17, II, 16. Semi-finals: Final: Chung Hyun Sook bt Riedlova 9, -17, 17, 22. Knapp bt Bisi 14, 15. KORPA bt Kneip 14, -18, 20. Alexandru bt Huang Hsi-ping -17, 18, 18, 18. Ferdman bt Ohzeki -IS, 10, -16, 19, 23. Palatinus bt Cheng Huai-ying -19, 13, -14, IS, 17. Ke Hsin-Ai bt Antonian IS, -16, 18, 11. Chu Hsiang-yun bt Yokota -II, 7, 8, 11. Chang Li bt Lesay 12, 14, 8. Quarter-finals: Yung Sun Kim bt Chung Hyun Sook -13, 19, -20, 16, 21. Ferdman bt Alexandru 12, IS, 16. Ke Hsin-Ai bt Palatll1us 9, 9, 8. Chang Li bt Chu Hsiang-yun 7, 17, 16. Semi -finals: Yung Sun Kim bt Ferdman -10, II, -17, 19, 11. Chang Li bt Ke Hsin-Ai 17, 13, 13. Final: YUNG SUN KIM bt Chang Li -24, 12, 14, 15. Men's Doubles-Round 3 U. Soewindo/G. Sutedja (ld) bt Bengtsson/Johansson -II, IS, 22, 19. J. D. Constant (Fr)/Secretin bt. Leiss/Stellwag 19, -20, -IS, 16, 19. Hsi En-ting/ Lu Yuan-sheng bt Orlowski / J. Turai (Cz) 12, 16, 10. Gergely / Jonyer bt S. Fraczyk/W. Woznica (Po) 10, -18, -12, 17, 15. ~tipancic/Surbek bt J. I(unz/ P. Ovcarik (Cz) 20, 12, -18, 15. I-i Cho-min (Ch) / Liang Ko-liang bt B. Grimstrup (Dn) / Pedersen II, 9, 4. Abe/S. Itoh (Ja) bt P. Pinkewich/R. Tuckett (As) 7, 18, 13. (iomozkov/Sarkhojan bt B. Persson/ I. Wikstrom (Sw) 9, 13, 18. Quarter-finals: Constant/Secretin bt Soewindo/Sutedja 19, 9, 3. Gergely / Jonyer bt Hsi En-ting/ Lu Yuan-sheng IS, 20, 18. $tipancic/Surbek bt Li Chow-min/Liang Lo-Iiang -16, 16, IS, -IS, 14. Abe/ltoh bt Gomozkov/Sarkhojan 20, -13, -16, 16, 22. Semi-finals: Gergely/Jonyer bt Constant/Secretin -18, 10, -10, 12, 22. Stipancic/Surbek bt Abe/ltoh 16, 14, -22, 13. Final: GERGELY /JONYER bt Stipancic/Surbek 14, -19, 16, 16. Women's Doubles-Round 2: Ozheki /Yokota bt Hu Yu-Ian (Ch) !I(e Hsin-Ai -13, 17, 14, 11. E. I(orpa/D. Fabri (Yu) bt E. Neykova (Su)/Rangelova 17, -5, 17, 9. Chu Hsiang-yun/Lin Mei-chih (Ch) bt M. Lesay/V. Moldovan (Ru) 5, 19, 17. Chung Hyun Sook/Sim Kyung Ok bt E. Jeler (Yu)/Palatinus -19, 13, IS, 21. Grofova/Riedlova bt Chang Li/Cheng Huai-ying 14, 12, 13. Alexandru/S. Takahashi (Ja) bt C. Bergeret (Fr) /Thiriet 17, 9, 14. Edano/Ono bt J. Eberle/W. Hendriksen (GR) 19, IS, 17. Antonian/Ferdman bt Son Hye Soon/Sung Nak Sok (KR) -19, 19, 16, 17. Quarter-finals: Ozheki/Yokota bt Korpa/Fabri 12, 14, 18. Chu Hsiang-yun/Lin Mei-chih bt Chung Hyun Sook/Sim Kyung Ok 13, 7, 12. Alexandru/Takashima bt Grofova/Riedlova -17, -14, 13, 18, 20. Antonian/Ferdman bt Edano/Ono -17, 12, 18, -19, 16. Semi -finals: Chu Hsiang-yun/Lin Mei-chih bt Ozheki-Yokota 16, 14, 12. Alexandru/Takasllima bt Antonian/Ferdman -17, 12, 18, -19, 16. Stanislav 'Gomozkov and Tatjana Ferdman, of Russia, with the Heydusek Prize Final: for the mixed doubles winne·rs. ALEXANDRU/TAKASHIMA bt Chu Hsian-yun/Lin Mei-chih 18, -9, Photo by ajoy dey, Calcutta. II, 14. Mixed Doubles-Round 3: Liang Ko-liang/Chang Li bt A. Strokatov (Su) /Gedriatite IS, 16, 16. Li Te-yang (Ch)/Huang Tsi-ping w.o. Orlowski/Grofova (ser.>. Sarkhojan/ Antonian bt Stipaneic/ Palatinus 20, 16, -16, 16. Li Peng/ Ke Hsin-Ai bt Jonyer/J. Magos (Hu) -13, 21, 12, 15. Gomozkov/Ferdman bt Gergely/Lotaller 14, 17, 16. Lu Yuan-sheng/Hu Yu-Ian bt Li Ching-kuang/Yen Kuei-Ii 18, 14, 17. Ito'h/Ozheki bt T. Gheorge/V. Moidaval (Ru) 16, 14, 9. Li Cho-min/Cheng Huai-ying bt Secretin/Bergeret 19, 18, 17. Quarter-finals: Liang Ko-ling/Chang Li bt Li Te-yang/Huang Tsi-ping 8, 13, 12. Sarkhojan/ Antonian bt Li Peng/Ke Hsin-Ai IS, 16, -IS, 15. Gomozkov/Ferdman bt Lu Yuan-sheng/Hu Yu-Ian -9, IS, 14, 13. Itoh/Ozheki bt Li Cho-min/Cheng Huai-ying 12, 9, 22. Semi -finals: Sarkhojan/ Antonian bt Liang Ko-Iianq/Chang Li 14, 19, -IS, 16. Gomozkov/Ferdman bt Itoh/Ozheki 20, II, 15. Final: GOMOZKOV /FERDMAN bt Sarkhojan/ Antonian 13, 13, 21. JUBILEE CUP Quarter-finals: Po on Weng Hoe (Sn) bt Chat Mei Van (VR) II, 15. G. Roland (Be) bt D. Stuart (As) 17, 17. K. t\()e Iler (Lu) bt Leah Neuberger (US) 9, 20. ()LlJB BA.DGES * Attractive Cloth Badges, made to your own design, in any quantity from 10 upwardS': * Suitable for Blazers, Sweaters, etc. * LOW PRICES AND QUICK DELIVERY s. A. CORY & CO. LTD. 23a Mile End, Brandon, Suffolk, Jonyer awaits the outcome of this return by his Hungarian compatriot, Gergely, IP27 ONX in the men's doubles final. PhOtO by ajoy dey, Calcutta.

Page 5 of their dress and deportment and the utter 33rd World Championships professionalis,m they displayed. In the final re·ckoning it did not matter that the first encounter, against the Germans, went TEAM EVENTS against us, although at the time it was a bitter pill to swallow. Carole Knight, who had, at Brighton, beaten China back in command : England's women shine both Ursula Hirscn,miiller and Weibke Hend­ riksen, ,was a Imust for inclusion, and her two losses the harder to take. Jill, too, was by no by George R. Yates means at her best against Hendriksen, who really won the day. Our sole singles victory was obtained 'by Jill, against Hirschmiiller, with the doubles being won by Jill and Linda against the latter paired with Monica Kneip. BACKLASH Rumania it was who caught the backlash with J,ill beating both Magalena Lesay and Maria Alexandru and sharing a doubles win with Linda. Against Japan, Jill accounted for Yuki Ohzeki, losing to Tomie .Edano, but again comhining with Linda for the doubles. But with Carole losing both her singles it was victory to J ap,an 3-2. China was a lost ,cause, or so it was thought, and Jill was rested with Carole and Linda contesting the singles and Karenza and Carole the doubles. China won 3-0. From then on not a single match was lost, the breakthrough Ibeing accomplished against Czechoslovakia in the second stage encounters which were won 3-2. Hana Riedlova had wins over .Till and Linda but that was all, as Ludmila g,midova twice took the count, as did Riedlova and Alica Grofova in the doubles. No explanation was forthcoming as to why Grofova did not play singles nor, after the win, was the question pursued. And so it was for positions 5 and 6 that we finally took on Russia ''\Tho, in the absence of Zoya Rudnova-having a baby I was told­ were represented by Elmira Antonian and Tatjana Ferdman, the latter a beaten senIi­ finalist in the girls' singles event in the last European Youth Championships played in Greece, where she lost to Lidia llie, of Rumania. An impressive lin.e-up of dignitaries in the Netaji Stadium, Calcutta, for the Jill opened the proceedings by beating the ,opening c'eremony. From I to r: Shri A. L. D'ias, Governor of ~West Beng'al; H. Roy Russian senior new'comer, and Linda, striving 'Evans, President I.T.T.F.; iShri F:akruddin Ali Ahmed, President of India., who might and main, only just went down to inaugurated the ch.ampionships; Shri Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Chairman, Organising Antonian -23 in the third! The doubles was Committee; and Shri T. D. Ranga Ramanujan, President, Table Tennis Federation taken, now as a matter of' course, leaving Jill of India. with the not impossible task of beating Pride of place in the tea'm championships write-up must go to England's women who, from finishing tenth in Sarajevo, reached the dizzy heights of fifth nation in the World, following wins over Rumania, Poland, Yugo­ slavia, Bulgari,a, Czechoslovakia and last, but by no means least, Russia, in the Corbillon :Cup. All this was ac'complished after a shock opening defeat at the hands of Federal Ger1many and was directed hy non-pliaying captain Bryan Merrett who, forsaking Karenza Mathews and Carole Knight in the last five matches, put his faith, and rightly so, in the hands of Jill H,ammersley and Linda Howar.d. It is now a matter for the re,cords that JIll and Linda never, in eight doubles, tasted defeat and that Jill, in eight matches, lost only 3 of her 15 singles. Praise must naturally go to the event win­ ners, China, who recaptured the 'Corbillon Cup lost in Sarajevo to Korea Republic, who were the beaten finalists in Calcutta, with Japan retaining third place. The final was fitting two such ,contestants and the outcome had to await the meetin~ of Ke Hsin-ai and Lee Ailesa in the final set which the ,Chinese girl won with the ,convincing scores of 14 and 10. It will be re'called that Korea Republic's Lee Ailesa went through the whole of the Cor1billon ,Cup competition in 8araievo without loss and yet in the ,Calcutta final she tasted defeat twice, in the first set on court, to Chang Li. But back to England's girls, who did their Scene from the cultural programme which formed part of the opening ceremony country credit, all four of them, in the manner in the Netaji Stadiunt. Photo lby ajoy dey, Calcutta. Page 6 Continued from Page 6 'China, with seven wins in a row, topped the All this followed Czechoslovakia taking a 2-0 group, as did Czechoslovakia in the parallel lead when Kunz beat Stipancic and Orlowski Antonian, which she did 13 and 14. So there one, with a similar record. Runners-up, re,s­ beat Karakasevic. Turai won their other set we were fifth in the world and feeling on top pectively, we.re Yugoslavia and Sweden, the in ,beating Karakasevic. of it. Swaythling Cup holders, whose one loss was Alas, Yugoslavia seem fated to occupy the SECOND O,NLY to the Czechs. role of runners-up, for despite taking a 2-1 Despite 'the' failure of the opening gambit, Shocks abounded in the Second Stage play­ lead against China in the final encounter, they the smile on Bryan Merrett's face was one that offs for Positions 1 to 4, with Yugoslavia subsequently found the.mselves 2-4 in arrears, could not be washed off. I'll bet it is there yet! 'bea'ting the Czechs 5-3 and China, going one alleviated when Surlbek beat Li Chen-,shih but Well done, girls, you were great, and second better, winning 5-2. Sweden's only winner made absolute when Hsu Shao-fa thundered only to Hungary of the European. teams. home against Stipancic, who, as events turned against China was Johansson, who beat Liang out, was to suffer twice nl0re before the cham­ By contrast, the efforts of our men, in the Ko-liang and Li Chen-shih, Bengtsson gOling pionships were concluded. Still to finish in Srwaythling Cup left a great deal to be desired, down to the latter as well as to Usu Shao-fa. second position is no mean feat and I feel with two exe'mptions, na.mely Denis Neale and sure that Dusan OS'managic is in no danger of Nicky Jarvis. In the Czech/Yugoslav encounter, Surbek had wins over Turai .and Kunz with Orlowski losing his job as Trainer/Coach of the Yugo­ Neale had a singles set analysis of 11 to 6, conceding with the start of his illness. Stipan­ slav team. with Jarvis running him close 9 to 6, both cic had wins over both Orlowski and T'urai. Continued on Page 12 having a bout of sickness in the latte.r stages when we might well otherwise have retained tenth position or even bettered it. The first stage series began with four suc­ cessive defeats at the hands of Hungary, Yugo­ slavia, Japan and China, with Neale England's only winner in the first t1wo. Against Japan, however, it was Jarvis who came into his own, and like Trevor Taylor in Sarajevo, rattled up an i,mpressive treble at the expense of Abe, T'akashima and Furukawa. It was great stuff and one felt, that at last, the England No. 1 was really justifying that rank­ ing. Neale succeeded only in ,beating Ahe-no mean feat----put poor old Trev, who had lost t1hree against Hung,ary, failed to improve or even commence a credit balance. China, again, seemed a lost cause, as it turned out, ,but what a blooding for Jim,my Walker in this, his only match. India, Indonesia and Rumania were all subsequently beaten with the loss of but one set, by Jarvis to T'eodor 'Gheorge, and we went forward to the second stage grouping for positions 9 to 12 with every confidence. ST'RUCK DOWN But alas, Neale was struck down with a chest infection and a high te1mperature, as was Brian Burn, the n.p.c., tbut both were at the ringside for the match against France. First on court was Taylor who, in desultory fashion, went under to Patrick Birocheau. Jarvis restored the balance with an easy win George R. Yates, Deputy Chairman E.T.T.A., presents the Sway.thling Cup to over Christian Martin, whose compatriot, China's non-playing captain, Li Fu-jung, with captains Dusan Osmanagic (Yugoslavia), Secretin, then accounted for Douglas, who had /Hans Alser (Sweden) and Vlado Mike (Czechoslovakia) looking on. taken tme first ganle at 19. Photo by ajoy dey, Calcutta. For the second time Jarvis levelled the match score with a 2-straight victory over Birocheau, but thereafter the rot really set in with Taylor and Jarvis both falling to Secretin, and Dougl,as a poor second to Martin. With positions 9 and 10 not now a target, it was a renewed match with Rumania (,beaten 5-1 in the Stage 1 match) for positions 11 and 12. Jarvis, suffering a strong dose of the "runs," had joined Neale on the sick list, but the latter, showing a slight improvement, was preferred to Walker, who remained fit throughout though somewhat inactive. T'aylor started us off on the right foot by ac,counting for Serlban Dobosi, ,but then followed three unexpe,cted defeats with Douglas going down to Gheorge; Neale to Firanescu and Taylor affording Gheorge a second win! The fight was truly on when Neale defeated DO'bosi and [Douglas won his only Swaythling Cup set in beating Marin Firanescu to bring the match score to 3-3. Back came Neale for his last set, against Gheorge,...by which time the England No. 2 was be.ginning to .feel the strain, not being up to the mark, and despite winning the first game, fell away in the .next two. CUR'TAINS Down ralttled the 'curtains in the next set when Taylor, victorious in the first ga,me, also fell away ,badly and the Rumanians, much to their surprise, were the winners by 5 sets to 3! It was a reverse that put us in a final twelfth Japan's Shigeo Itoh serves to India's Vilas Menon in a Swaythling Cup encounter position, a drop of two places from Sarajevo. which Japan won 5-1. .

Page 8 record with a 12, 11 win over Taylor to give to show substantial progress but needs to think ************************ Wyberton the points. out her tactical play more. She seemed all at It is appropriate that the two players who sea, despite some fine retUl'ns, against the COUNTY NOTES head the current County ranking lists, Jean 'bomb" hitting of Oiane Gard. White and Brian Hill, should be the two Linda's lack of progress at this stage was players yet to be beaten in inter-town compe­ not helped by her continual looks of appeal SUPPLEMENT tition. to well-wishers in the crowd. Gainsborough, who dr01Fed only three Despite holding a 19-17 lead in the third •••••••••••••••••••••••¥ points in last year's Hai Cup matches, game of the men's doubles final, Chandler and started where they left 0 with convincing Stace fell to Chichester's Steve Marley I8Dd wins over Skegness and Scunthorpe, but since Crawley's Keith Horton -16, 16, 19. Robin's LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES then injury has robbed them of the services forehand let him down at this crucial stage by Alan G. Birks of their No.1, B. Edlington, and they have and this allowed the Chichester/Crawley com­ had no more successes. It is pleasing to see bination to snatch sweet revenge fOl' last SPOTUGHT ON SUZANNE Mabletborpe in thiro place in the league. Last season's defeat at the same seRge. The County No. 1 girl, Suzanne Hunt season they managed only four points alto­ The unfortunate Stace was also on the (Grantham) has reached the highest ranking gether but this term they already have five. wrong side with Linda Wales in the mixed ever achieved by a Lincolnshire girl. After It is sad to note that C. Judson (Lincoln) who final. The winners here were Suzanna Kaval­ being ranked sixth in the Under-14's Suzanne, is playing so well for the County this season, is lierou and Sam Ogundipe, who came through she ttH'ned 15 on Mac. 1, came into the not turning out for his 'home town. 19, 19. Junior rankings at No.8 in September. The Wyberton Butcher Cup players are not A triple success looked very much on the Now, following her wonderful performance enjoying the same success as their seniors and cards for Miss Kavalliel'ou when she, in part· at iLougfJ'borough, where she played some are pointless at this stage. Just above them in nership with Margaret Dignum, led Pat and excellent table tennis to win the title, she has the league are Lincoln, with two points from Linda Wales -13, 15 and 20-19 in the women's been promoted six places to stand second to a victory over Wy·berton. Lincoln are follow­ doubles final. Tbe mother and daughter l'air­ Yorkshire's Melody Ludi, beaten by Suza'nne i.ng a youth policy which 'Must ,produce results ing kept their heads, however, and the ball in the quarter..final of the championship. In in rite future. on the table to save two 'Match points before the final she met Angela Tierney, who had Last year's second placed team in the winning it M 23-21. won the U-14 title the previous day. Both girls Butcher Cup, Boston, have full points from This was a most .popular win as Pat and sta·rted nervously but Angela settled down their first five matches but still have to meet Linda have gone close on a number of occa­ quickly to win the first game 21-9. Suzanne the two teams one point behind them, sions in the past. then took the initiative with some fine attack· :Grantham and Grimsby. For Boston, M. ing play to level at 1-1 and take a lead in Vaughan and N. Fossitt are playing very con­ Other Results:- the decider. Again nerves began to show and sistently. Vaughan has lost two sets, to A. G. InteMlediate Singles: G. Pugh (Crawley) bt Aniala fought back to reduce the lead but Birks (Skegness) and J. Beaumont (Spalding), M. Douglas (Crawley) 16, 19. Suzann~ finally triumphed. After this fine win ,the old County player. Fossitt has been beaten Women's Intermediate Singles: Miss A. Terry she went on to -n.n .ne Yorkshire 2-Star at only by Beaumont. bt Miss C. Randall (Eastbourne) 11, -13 5. Hull, beating Julie McLean in the final. When holders, Grimsby, travelled to Veteran Men's Singles: J. Mileham (Craw\ey) .Grantham, the home team took a point, thanks bt G. Batt-Rawden (Brighton) 18, 7. Suzanne came into the County Junior team Women's Veteran Singles: Mrs. P. Wales in December, 1972, when she played in the largely to the efforts of the County No. 1 junior, N. Neal, who won his three singles and (Worthing) be: Mrs. I. Gillett (Bexbill) 10, girls' doubles with her sister, Christine, and -20, 19. in the mixed with J. Smith, against Derbyshire. helped in the winning of the doubles. All of Both sets were lost. In the next match, at hoMe his singles went to three and he won two of There was a shock at the top of the Men's to Nocthants, at Spalding on Jan. 20, 1973, she them on deuce. Neal's only defeat so far has Division 1 of the Inter-League where a rather tasted County victory for the first time in the been 'It the hands of another member of the :weak Crawley side left their clash with doubles, when she partnered her Grantham County Junior team, C. Burlinson '(Scun­ unrated East Grinstead 8'S 5-4 losers. friend, Marie Featherstone. to a -12, 15, 14 .thorpe) ·19, 18, -22. This defeat seems to have handed the title win over A. Wallis and V. Feakin. to Brighton on a plate. In the same match she lost the singles in SUSSEX NOTES Littlehampton have also been knocked off straight games. In March, 1973, Suzanne had the top rungs following a 5-4 loss at the hands her first County singles win when beating Miss by Robin Pierce of Hastings. R. Hodgkiss (Staffs) 13, 16. Since then she Thel'e is still all to play for in the women's has played the singles in every County Junior RECORD BREAKER section as Hastings, without Susan Franklin, match and has the fine record of winning fell 5-4 to Eastbourne. A lot now depends on all but one of these, going down to Kathleen Brig,hton's Roger Chandler, who has domi­ the Eastbourne/Wortbing clash. Cropper~oming a cropper to Miss Cropper! nated Sussex play since 1962, won the Sussex The Lanes. girl won 19, 11 on Mar. 30, 19.74. "Closed" men's singles title for a record­ During the same period of time, Suzanne has ~reaking eighth time at Brighton's Corn STAFFORDSHIRE NOTES . played in every girls' doubles, usually 'Exchange on Jan. 12th. par.tnered by Marie, and has been on the Chandler, who had some minor trouble by Jack Chalkley losing end on only two occasions. against Crawley junior, Gerald Pugh, in the EARLY BLOODING Her remarkable record is a tribute to the semi, winning it 11, 19, coasted throughout encouragement of her parents, the hard work the tournament. His final victim was his A little luck would have made a world of of .those who have helped with her coaching, Brighton colleague, Robin Stace. difference to the Staffordshire senior teams in and her own dedication to the game. Con­ Stace and Chandler have been firm friends their. recent County matches. Against the gratulations, Suzanne-and continued success. since their junior days. But Chandler displayed strong Leicestershire side, which included two England-ranked women, Staffs. "A" were able LlNCS. LEAGUE ROUND-VP little friendship in seeking revenge for his defeat earlier in the season at the Sussex Top to hold them to a draw and with Steve Rowe With five rounds of the Lincolnshire Cham­ Eight Tournament. going down to Maurice Newman 20 -22, -19 in pionships completed, one title is already the key match, the home side couid consider decided; another looks to be almost settled; The Sussex champion splattered Stace all themselves unlucky not to have gained both and only two regular performers remain over the hall with a succession of powered points. Brian Keates was the star for Staffs, unbeaten. Spalding, having won all their four loops and crashing kills. It was all over in winning his two singles and with Janet Carr, matches, have retained the Butlin Cup by a ten minutes and the champion won 9, 15. taking the mixed fmm Newman and Karen distance and their captain, Miss J. White. has Stace had played well in .the earlier rounds Rogers. again proved unbeatable. Last year's runners­ and put paid to the chances of men like Keith County Junior Stephanie Jones turned out up, Grim9by, without the services of their Hocton (Crawle~), Steve Marley (Chichester) for the "B" side against Northants and after a No.1, Mrs. C. Moran, who is not yet fit to and, in the semI, Sam Ogundipe (Brighton). long trip to Kettering, they w&e unluckl to play following an operation, bave so far Littlehampton's Suzanna Kavallierou, lose 4-6. Three sets went against the viSItors managed to gather only one point. runner-up to the absent Judy Williams so on 19 in the third, including both doubles in In the Haigh Cup, newcomers Wyberton look often in the past, claimed her just reward by which Stephanie took part. Nevertheless, this more than likely to 'put a new name on the out-smarting Eastbourne's Diane Gard, -19, early "blooding" at senior level will be useful trophy at their first attempt, which is hardly 17, 13. experience, and judging by her performance surprising as they are able to call on the Diane hustled her opponent well in the the County can consider her a bright prospect two top·ranked men in the County. Their first but Suzanna, having the greater tourna­ for the future. match against holders Grimsby, seemed to ment experience, was able to slow things The Veterans have yet to gain a point after hold the key to the ultimate destination of the do.wn and force her rival into all sorts of three matches this season, but not to worry, championship. Wyberton opened up a 5-1 lead errors in .the last two games. they enjoy their table tennisl For the next but Grimsby fought ·back by winning the next match, however, A. Buxton and P. Hancock three sets with P. Taylor beating G. King -22, All four seeds reached the semi-finals in join the team following recent trials, and with 13, 17; B. Allison again proving too good for this event. Margaret Dignum did well to take Don Pritchard and Barbara Hall, we wish them M. East 12, 5 (East's only defeat to date), and the first game from Suzanna but was well out well against Oxfordshire. The Juniors took a M. Sheader overcoming King 9, 19. In the of things by the end. hammering from Warwickshire, failing to win deciding set B. Hill maintained his 100% Worthing teenager, Linda Wales, continues a game, but with 'a 7·3 win over Shropshire

Page ~ earlier, the picture is not too gloomy, particu­ on Jan. 5, also at the University of E. Anglia. Cornwall 10-0, especially as the Wiltshire sidt! larly as they have yet to field their strongest This time, Musson, seeded No.1, went down were lying in a mid-table position. side. in the semis to Thornton, No.3, who had pre­ Brian Reeves was in fine fOI'm. He won both County entries in the National Inter-League viously turned the tables on Turner, No.5. In singles against Bill Moulding and Terry Bruce Competitions are unfortunately few-in fact the other semi Fuller, No.2 seed, beat Stan respectively. The expedite rule was used on only two. The Potteries team of Steve Rowe, Honor, ,but lost to Thornton in the final. Thorn­ two occasions, Somerset getting the "upper­ Tony Isaac and Trevor Burr(}ws have reached tton also 'Won the Men's Doubles. In the hand" on both. For the visitors Alison Boyce the third round of the Wilmott Cup with a Women's Singles, Judith Langridge, the 16­ played 'Well in her win over new Somerset sound 5-2 victory over Derby, but West Brom year-old Bury St. Edmunds and Suffolk player, Alma Taft-Heath winning 21-15 in went out of the Rose Bowl in a close contest player, had a fine victory over Edna Fletcher deciding game. with Stockport, last year's finalists, the score 10 the semis, before losing to Betty Cassell in being 5-4. the final. She also joined with Edna to take The Somerset Junior team are still looking the Women's Doubles. A word (}f praise is due for their; first win of the 1974-i5 season News from Terry Phillips! Potteries Press to Mike Parker, the league secretary, for his recently suffering an away defeat at Cornwalf Officer, shows that table tennis is still thriving organisation. Results:­ and a home defeat at Swainswick against in the North of the County with 49 clubs M.S.: R. Thornton (Norwich) bt J. Fuller Wiltshire. Junior secretary.. Fred Laidler, is entering 135 teams in the ten divisions. At the (Yarmouth) 14, 18. doiug a grand job of worK with some keen half-way st'age only three teams retained a W.S.: Mrs. B. Cassell (King's Lynn) bt Miss J. youngsters and I feel sure they will get their 100% record-Dept. of H. & 8.S. (Div. 9), Langridge (Bury) -19, 15, 9. first victory before the season closes. Great Chell C.C. (Div. 6) and Carmountside M.D.: R. Thornton/S.Francis bt J. Fuller/M. "c" (Div. 5). In the Somerset Inter-Town League, Weston­ Musson 17, -18, 19. super.Mare 'A' head the first division table, Norton "A" have a clear lead in the Premier W.D.: Mrs. E. Fletcher/Miss J. Langridge bt with Taunton "B" and Chard level-pegging in Division, their needle match against their close Cassell/Simpson 16, -12, 20. Division Two; Bridgewater lead the Junior rivals, Spode "A", last year's champions, X.D.: S. Barrett/Mrs. L. Simpson bt M. Division. The following players have 100% proving to be a one-sided affair. The Norton Broughton/Janet List 16, 17. playing records in the league: B. Reeves, M. squad of Tony Isaac, Steve Rowe and Ray Restricted Smgles: K. Savage (Lpswich) bt M. Baker, Mrs. L. Baket', Mrs. B. Dickason, Mrs. Booth overwhelmed the Spode team (}f John Archer (Yarmouth) 12, 19. R. Weeks, Miss S. Beazer, Miss N. Mason, Riley, Adrian Higgs and Brian Keates by 9 Norfolk Juniors made it four wins in a row Miss V. Neale, Mrs. P. Watson, Miss Jill sets to 1. Meir C.1. "A" are the third team when they beat Lincolnshire 7-3 at Norwich Wilson and Miss R. Knight. in contention at the top of the Premier Divi­ C.E.Y.M.S. in Division Junior East of the sion, and Meir "B" and "c" are also in the County Championships. For Norfolk, Doug Mrs. Doreen Henderson is working hard on running for promotion from Div. 1. It could Bennett. Paul Durrant and Mike Archer won the coaching side, and recently held a suc­ be a good year for Meir! Outstanding player in all their singles, but it was hard going for our cessful course in the North East Somerset area the Premier Division is Trevor Burrows, a 17­ Girls. Wendy Hogg, awarded her Junior at Writhlington School, Radstock, when year-old from Crewe, who has played for Brad· county colours before the start, had to face eighteen promising youngsters turned up. well "A" for four years, during their progress Grantham's Suzanne Hunt. recently ,promoted As stated in my last notes that I would fr()l1J Div. 7. After losing to Brian Keates at to EnJdand's No. 2 Junior foll(}wing her eat .my hat if Dunkerton beat Oldfield Park the beginning of the season he has since triump6 in the Wayfarers English Junior Baptists "A" in the Stiga National Club Cham­ remained unbeaten in the league and earlier Championships at LoughborouJili. For L1Ocoln­ pionships, there was no chance, as the Oldfield in the year he added to his successes by shire, Miss M. Featherstone also played well. side ran out easy winners, and met Weston­ winning the Yorkshire Junior Open, beating Our Juniors have to play Northants at home super·Mare Y.M.C.A. in the next round away, three ranked juniors 10 doing so. Under­ and Cambridgeshire II away. Both matches Oldfield, the Bath Champions, came out on standably, the Potteries select him for their will be followed with keen interest. Can a top with a good win and n(}w meet the Exeter Wilmott Cup team, and perhaps we shall see Norfolk team head a Junior Division for the champions, Heavytree, who recently beat the him in the English ranking before the end of first time? West Wiltshire champions, Studley, at Trow­ the season. In the King's Lynn championships, held at bridge. My bet is on Oldfield, the Bath cham­ I must apologise for my error in misquoting their Y.M.C.A., Steve Barrett (Y.M.C.A.) pions, who include stars Tony Clayton and John Dainty last month. In the Wolverhamp­ became the first Lynn player to 'Win this event Junior-ranked Chris Sewell. ton League, teams are composed of four for over ten years when he beat the holder One of the main topics of conversation in players, so whilst W(}Odfield "c" have three Ba'l"ry Wilson (Tydd.). Mrs. Betty Casself this area at the moment is the formation of a women in their team, the fourth player is that (Downham Market) regained her crown and new Table Tennis County called Avon County. oh-so-lucky man, Tony Phillips. They tell me was successful in two out of three finals. She The Bristol and District League and the North­ he has been in very impressive form this has been singles champion for 24 out of past East Somerset League have already opted to season. Well, no wondec! Who wouldn't be, 25 contests. Results:­ go Avon. but what about the rest? And is under such circumstances. Enough to bring a M.S.: S. Barrett bt B. Wilson -12, 19, 19. there going to be any advantages or disadvan­ veteran out of retirement. W.8.: Mrs. B. Cassell bt Vivien Rowell (Isling­ tages? Does changing county status make any ton) 22, 13. difference to the player who enjoys his one M.D.: B. Wilson/No Rains ,bt J. Moorhouse/P. evening out a week and a drink at the local? NORFOLK NOTES Gaskin -21, 19, 17. by J. S. Penny W.D.: Vivien Rowell/Mrs. Patricia Tingey bt B. Cassell/Mrs. A. Alden 18, -18, 12. ·THE SUFFOLK SCENE The Norfolk Closed Championships at the X.D.: J. M(}Orhouse/Mrs. Cassell bt D. Tiddle/ University of East Anglia saw the No.4 seed, Mrs. P. Tingey -17, 21, 14. by R. C. Langridge Mick Musson. of Norwich, retain both his Veterans' Singles: Gordon Wood bt Peter singles and Men's Doubles crowns. In the Saunders. WHERE IS mE SUFFOLK "PUNCH"? semis, he overcame the No. 1 seed, John Divisional champions were: 2, C. Hawks­ .Following their five-all draw when away to Fuller, at 22-20 in the third, after being 15-19 worth; 3, R. Mitchelson; 4, K. Sutton; 5, T. Norfolk in mid-December, the Suffolk Senior down then, in the final. against No. 8 seed, Smith; 6, J. Bensley, and 7, R. Goldsmith. side were hoping for a favourable result at Bob Mitcham. he lost the first game at 18 home against Hertfordshice. Their hopes were and was 13-17 down in the second before In the Wilmott Cup, Dereham did very well dashed, however by a very fast and fit Herts rallying to win it at 19. and the last game at only to go down 4-5 to Ely, since Ely have team who took mel match easily ·by seven sets 13. Mitcham had beaten the No.3 seed. Neville England's No. 1 Junior, Paul Day, who duly to three. Graver. then No.7 seed. John Turner, who 'Won his three. In the next round, the third, had previously knocked out the No. 2 seed, Ely, with Paul Day, put paid to Norwich John Kitchener had to struggle to overcome Bob Thornton. 8-1 to enter the zone final. Norwich, in the a subtle Chris Pickard, but against Barry second round, had beaten Cambridge 5-4. White he was quick to spot and exploit a Edna Fletcher, of Yarmouth, regained the weakness and ran out an easy winner. Women's title, against her old opponent, the There is a very dose struggle in the holder, Betty Cassell, and in the semi-final Premier Division of Norwich league. The two Kathy Brierley, making her debut for the she ousted a newcomer from Yorkshire, Mrs. leaders, C.E.Y.M.S. and Lads' Club. fought it County, teamed well with Mick Palma' to win Linda Simpson, n(}w of King's Lynn. Linda out on the "Church" table, and "Church" the Mixed and, despite losing in the W()I1Jen's won the W.D. with Betty Cassell and the Mixed nosed home 6-4, Mick Musson, the Norfolk Singles, Kathy also fought very hard against with Stephen Barrett, and was awarded the champion, winning three of the six. the experienced Sue FeIStead. Victor Ludorum. Results:­ Hertfordshire 'Won the remaining seven sets M.S.: M. Musson bt R. Mitcham -18, 19, 13. SOMERSET NOTES in an easy and relaxed fashion and obviously W.S.: Mrs. E. Fletcher bt Mrs. ,B. Cassell -18, Suffolk must add more fire and steel to their 8, 15. by Mike Hawkins game if they are to remain in the Second East Division. V.S.: G. Wood bt K. Edwards 13, 15. NAIL-BITER M.D.: M. Musson/J. Fuller bt R. Thornton/ S. The Juniors also suffered a 7-3 defeat when Francis 19, 13. In a really exciting, nail-biting match, at home against Norfolk. In this match the W.D.: Mrs. B. Cassell/Mrs. L. Simpson bt Mrs. Somerset Seniors were held 5-5 at the Suffolk boys had a most unfortunate time R. and Miss W. Hogg 16, 16. Y.M.C.A., Weston·super-Mare, by local rivals, against the impressively-coached y~ung Norfolk X.D.: S. Barrett/Mrs. L. Simpson bt R. Thorn­ Wiltshire, in their last Second Division West trio. Only when their girls, Judith Langridge ton/Miss W. Hogg -17, 16, 18. game. and Debbie W(}Otton, were mvolved did the The East Anglian League Senior Champion­ This result was expected to go the "Cider­ Suffolk team pick up their three consolation ships, revived after several years, were held men's" way after crushing Dorset 9-1 and sets. Page 10 Continued from Page 8 Y. OhzekilYokota bt N. Lotaller/Magos 21, 14. Yokota bt Magos 19, 7. CORBILLON cUP RESULTS Takahashi bt Kishazi 17, 17. CATEGORY 1 -- GROUP A For Positions (5-6) 12 34567 8 W L Place U.S.S.R...... 1 England , ...... 3 1 Korea R. . . x 3-0 3-0 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 7 0 1 2 HungaTY . 0:3 x 3:2 3:1 3:1 3:0 3:0 3:0 6 1 2 Hammersley bt T. Ferdman 13, -18, 18; bt 3 U.S.S.R. . . 0:3 2:3 x 3:1 3:1 3:1 3:0 3:0 5 2 3 E. Antonian 13, 14. 4 Czechoslovakia . 0:3 1:3 1:3 x 3:2 3:2 3:0 3:1 i!_ 3 4 Howard lost to Antonian -13, 18, -23. 5 Sweden . 0:3 1:3 1:3 2:3 x 2:3 3:0 3:0 2 5 6 Hammersley/Roward bt Antonian/Ferdman 10, 12. 6 France . 0:3 0:3 1:3 2:3 3:2 x 3:1 3:0 3 4 5 For Positions (7-8) 7 Indonesia . 0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3 0:3 1:3 x 3:2 1 6 7 Yugoslavia 3 Czechoslovakia 2 8 India . 0:3 0:3 0:3 1:3 0:3 0:3 2:3 x 0 7 8 For Positions (9-10) GROUP B Rumania S Germany FR 1 12 34567 8 W L Place 1 China . x 3:1 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 7 0 1 For Positions (11-12) 2 Japa,n . 1:3 x 3:0 3:0 3:2 3:0 3:0 3:1 6 1 2 France ...... 3 Sweden...... 2 3 Rumania . 0:3 0:3 x 3:1 1:3 1:3 2:3 3:1 2 5 6 4 Germany FR . 0:3 0:3 1:3 x 3:2 1:3 3:2 3:1 3 4 5 For Positions (I :{-14 ) 5 England . 0:3 2:3 3:1 2:3 x 3:1 3:0 3:0 4 3 3 Poland ...... 0 Bulgaria...... 3 6 Yugoslavia . 0:3 0:3 3:1 3:1 1:3 x 3:0 3:0 4 3 4 For Positions (15-16) 7 Poland , . 0:3 0:3 3:2 2:3 0:3 0:3 x 0:3 1 6 8 8 Bulgaria . 0:3 1:3 1:3 1:3 0:3 0:3 3:0 x 1 6 7 Indonesia ...... 3 India...... 0 ENGLISH RESULTS v Federal Germany (lost 2-3) CATEGORY 2 ---- GROUP A C. Knight lost to U. Hirschmuller -14, 20, -14; lost to 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W L Place W. Hendriksen 8, -10, -14. 1 U.S.A. . . x 3:0 0:3 1:3 1:3 w.o. 0:3 3:0 2 4 5 J. Hammersley lost to Hendriksen -22, -14; bt 2 Australia . 0:3 x 0:3 0:3 1:3 w.o. 0:3 3:0. 1 5 6 Hirschmuller 12, 11. 3 Belgium . 3:0 3:0 x 3:1 1:3 w.o. 3:1 3:0 5 1 2 Hammersley/L. Howard bt Hirschmuller/M. Kneip 13, 17. 4 Singapore . 3:1 3:0 1:3 x 1:3 w.o. 2:3 3:1 3 3 4 5 Hong Kong . 3:1 3:1 3:1 3:1 x w.o. 3:0 3:0 6 o 1 v Rumania (won 3-1) 6 Denmark . x x x x x x x x x x x Howard lost to M. Alexandru -14, -14. 7 Netherlands . 3:0 3:0 1:3 3:2 0:3 w.o. x 3:0 4 2 3 Hammersley bt M. Lesay 13, 13; bt Alexandru 11, 18. 8 Nigeria . 0:3 0:3 0:3 1:3 0:3 w.o. 0:3 x 0 6 1 Hammersley/Howard bt Alexandru/Moldovan 13, 19. GROUP B v Japan (lost 2-3) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 W L Place Hammersley bt Y. Ohzeki 16, -18, 20; lost to 1 Malaysia . x 1:3 3:1 3:0 3:1 3:1 w.o. 3:0 5 1 1 T. Edano -20, -19. 2 Canada . 3:1 x 1:3 3:2 3:1 1:3 w.o. 3:0 4 2 3 Knight lost to Edano -13, -12; lost to Ohzeki -4, -9. 3 New Zealand . 1:3 3:1 x 3:2 0:3 1:3 w.o. 3:0 3 3 5 Hammersley/Howard bt Edano/Ohzeki -17, 19, 16. 4 Greece . 0:3 2:3 2:3 x 0:3 1:3 w.o. 2:3 0 6 7 v China (lost 0-3) 5 Switzerland . 1:3 1:3 3:0 3:0 x 0:3 w.o. 3:1 3 3 4 Knight lost to Chang Li -23, -5. 6 Luxembourg . 1:3 3:1 3:1 3:1 3:0 x w.o. 3:0 5 1 2 Howard lost to Hu Yu-lan -15, 15, -15. 7 Ghana . x x x x x x x x x x x Knight/K. Matthews lost to Chang Li/Cheng Huai-ying 8 Brazil . 0:3 0:3 0:3 3:2 1:3 0:3 w.o. x 1 5 6 -9, -17. CATEGORY 2 - SECOND STAGE v Poland (won 3-0) C. Hammersley bt Noworyta 13, 14. For Positions (17-20) CATEGORY 2 ---- THIRD STAGE Howard bt Calinska 9. 13. A1 Hong Kong 3 B2 Luxembourg g For Positions Hammersley/Howard bt Calinska/Norowyta 15, -9, 14. A2 Belgium 3 B1 Malaysia 17-18 Hong Kong 3 For Positions (21-24) Belgium 1 v Yugoslavia (won 3-1) A3 Netherlands ...... 3 B4 Switzerland ...... 1 19-20 Luxembourg...... 1 Malaysia 3 Howard lost to E. Palatinus -14, 17. -17. A4 Singapore ...... 0 B3 Canada 3 21-22 Netherlands ...... 2 Canada 3 2 Hammersley bt E. Jeler -20, 6, 17; bt Palatinus 14, 8. For Positions (25-28) 23-24 Switzerland .....•••• 3 Singapore ...... Hammersley/Howard bt Jeler/Palatinus 15, 14. A5 U.S.A. .. 3 B6 Brazil. 0 25-26 U.S.A. . ..0...... 2) Australia '0' • 0 2 27-28 Brazil 0 ••• 0 ••• 1 New Zealand 3 A6 Australia 0 3 B5 New Zealand 0 v Bulgaria (won 3-0) 29-30 Nigeria 1 Greece 3 Hammersley bt A. Rangelova 15, 5. For Positions (29-32) 31-32 Howard bt E. Neikova 9, 19. A7 Nigeria w.o. B8 Ghana Hammersley/Howard bt Neikova/Rangelova 10, 15. A8 Denmark B7 Greece w.o. CATEGORY 1 -- SECOND STAGE CATEGORY 3 For Positions (1-4) 1 2 3 4 5 6 W L Place Al Korea R. 3 B2 Japan ...... 0 1 Kenya ...... x 0:3 0:3 3:0 0:3 0:3 1 4 5 A2 Hungary...... 0 B1 China ...... 3 2 Macao ...... 3:0 x 3:2 3:0 0:3 1:3 3 2 3 For Positions (5-8) 3 Nepal ...... 3:0 2:3 x 3:0 0:3 0:3 2 3 4 A3 U.S.S.R. . 3 B4 Yugoslavia J 4 Lebanon ...... 0:3 0:3 0:3 x 0:3 0:3 0 5 6 A4 Czechoslovakia . .. 2 B3 England ...... 3 5 Thailand ...... 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 x 3:2 5 0 1 For Positions (9-12) 6 Vietnam R...... ~ ...... " " .... 3:0 3:1 3:0 3:0 2:3 x 4 1 2 A5 France ...... 0 B6 Rumania 3 A6 Sweden ...... 1 B5 Germany FR ...... 3 Final Overall Placings For Positions (13-16) (previous positions in brackets) A7 Indonesia 0 B8 Poland ...... 3 A8 India 2 B7 Bulgaria 6 1 CHINA (2) 10 Germany FR (7) 19 Malaysia (19) 28 Brazil (37) 2 Korea R. (1) 11 France (12) 20 Luxembourg (28) 29 Greece (24) English Result 3 Japan (3) 12 Sweden (9) 21 Canada (20) 30 Nigeria (38) v Czechoslovakia (won 3-2) 4 Hungary (4) 13 Bulgaria (16) 22 Netherlands (30) 31 Thailand (-) Howard lost to H. Riedlova -16, -18; bt L. Smidova 13, 5 England (10) 14 Poland (15) 23 Switzerland (27) 32 Vietnam R. (-) 18. 6 U.S.S.R. (5) 15 Indonesia (13) 24 Singapore (25) 33 Macao (-) Hammersley bt Smidova 13, 11; lost to Riedlova 7 Yugoslavia (11) 16 India (17) 25 U.S.A. (18) 34 Nepal (-) 9, -14, -16. 8 Czechoslovakia (8) 17 Hong Kong (26) 26 Australia (21) 35 Kenya (-) Hammersley/Howard bt A. Grofova/Riedlova 18, 15. 9 Rumania (6) 18 Belgium (22) 27 New Zealand (23) 36 Lebanon (--) CATEGORY 1 -- THIRD STAGE For Positions (1-2) INDIVIDUAL RECORDS, CORBILLON CUP Korea R...... 2 China...... 3 Lee Ailesa lost to Chang Li -18, -14. Hammersley Howard Mathews Knight Ham/How Kni/Mat Opponents ft' A Chung Hyun Sook lost to Ke Hsin-ai 19, -10, -20. 1-1 0-2 1-0 Germany FR . 2 3 Chung Hyun Sook/Lee Ailesa bt Hu Yu-Ian/Ke Hsin-ai 2-0 0-1 1-0 Rumania . 3 1 15, 21. 1-1 0-2 1-0 Japan . 2 3 0-1 0-1 0-1 China . o 3 Chung Hyun Sook bt Chang Li 16, 20. 3 0 Lee Ailesa lost to Ke Hsin-ai -14, -10. 1-0 1-0 1-0 Poland . 2-0 0-1 1-0 Yugoslavia . 3 1 For Positions (3-4) 1-0 1-0 1-0 Bulgaria . 3 0 Japan 3 Hungary 2 1-1 1-1 1-0 Czechoslovakia ., " . .~ 2 S. Takahashi lost to J. Magos -19, -15. 2-0 0-1 1-0 U.S.S.R . 3 1 S. Yokota lost to B. Kishazi -19, 13, -19. 11-3 3-5 0-5 8-0 0-1 22 14 ------_...... _------­ NOIRWICH UNI'O:N ENGLISH S)GEs·r~ CHA,MPI,OINS,HIPS A.~ ,~tlNAN'$. 0 .... .~ ~. ~ ~~ Our own national cha,mpionships con­ ~~ ..~ 13 # WRITE FOR '\ ~ tinue under the paitron'aige of Norw'ich ;:: ~ CATALOGUE ~ '" Union with the Crystal Palace National 'Sports Centre as the venue on Ap,ril 3-5, , 1975. ALEC BROOK Admission is SOp (25p 'children) e:ach da'y (pa,ya:ble at the do,or) and the finals will be shown on IIWorld of Sport" on the Sa!turday a,fternoon.

~-----_..--_------Page 12 SWAYTHLING CUP RESULTS For Positions (5-6) CATEGORY 1 - GROUP A Japan 1 Hungary 5 1 2 3 4 567 8 W L Place For Positions (7-8) 1 Sweden . x 5:2 3:5 5:2 5:3 5:2 5:0 5:0 6 1 2 U.S.S.R. . 5 Germany FR 0 2 U.S.S.R. . . 2:5 x 2:5 5:1 5:2 5:2 5:0 5:1 5 2 3 3 Czechoslovakia . 5:3 5:2 x 5:2 5:0 5:3 5:1 5:0 7 0 1 For Positions (9-10) 4 Korea R . 2:5 1:5 2:5 x 1:5 5:3 5:1 5:2 3 4 5 Korea R...... •. 2 France ...... 5 5 Germany FR. . . 3:5 2:5 0:5 5:1 x 5:1 5:1 5:0 434 For Positions (11-12) 6 France . 2:5 2:5 3:5 3:5 1:5 x 5:3 5:3 2 5 6 Rumania ...... •.• 5 England...... 3 7 Austria . 0:5 0:5 1:5 1:5 1:5 1:5 x 3:5 0 7 8 Dobosi lost to Taylor -19, -16. 8 Denmark . 0:5 1:5 0:5 2:5 0:5 3:5 5:3 x 1 6 7 Gheorge bt Douglas -11, 17, 17. Firanescu bt Neale 12, 14. GROUP B Gheorge bt Taylor 12, 15. 1 2 3 4 567 8 W L Place Dobosi lost to Neale -19, -19. 1 China . x 5:3 5:2 5:0 5:0 5:0 5:1 5:0 7 0 1 Firanescu lost to Douglas -18, -16. 2 Japan . 3:5 x 3:5 3:5 5:4 5:1 5:1 5:2 434 Gheorge beat Neale -11, 16, 15. ;3 Yugoslavia . 2:5 5:3 x 5:1 5:1 5:2 5:0 5:1 6 1 2 Firanescu bt Taylor -19, 16, 15. 4 Hungary . 0:5 5:3 1:5 x 5:2 5:0 5:1 5" 5 2 3 5 England . 0:5 4:5 1:5 2:5 x 5:0 5:0 5:1 3 4 5 For Positions (13-14) 6 Indonesia . 0:5 1:5 2:5 0:5 0:5 x 5:4 4:5 1 6 7 Denmark 1 Indonesia...... 5 7 India . 1:5 1:5 0:5 1:5 0:5 4:5 x 0:5 0 7 8 For Positions (15-16) 8 Rumania . 0:5 2:5 1:5 1:5 1:5 5:4 5:0 x 652 India ...... •• •• 5 Austria...... 2

ENGLISH RESULTS CATEGORY 2 -- GROUP A v Hungary (lost 2-5) 1 432 567 8 W L Place 1 U.S.A . x 5:2 5:1 5:1 5:2 5:0 4:5 5:1 6 1 1 N. Jarvis lost to G. Gergely -14, -13; lost to 1. Jonyer 2 Netherlands . 2:5 x 5:0 5:2 5:1 5:1 5:0 5:0 6 1 2 -12, -15. 3 1:5 0:5 x 3:5 0:5 5:4 3:5 5:1 652 T. Taylor lost to F. Timar -16, -15; lost to Gergely 4 gf::~iea ...::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1:5 2:5 5:3 x 1:5 5:0 2:5 5:0 3 4 5 -16, -14; lost to Jonyer -10, -16. 5 Hong Kong . 2:5 1:5 5:0 5:1 x 5:1 5:1 5:2 5 2 3 D. Neale beat Jonyer 18, 19; bt Timar 11, 19. 6 Belgium . 0:5 1:5 4:5 0:5 1:5 x 4:5 5:2 1 6 7 7 Italy . 5:4 0:5 5:3 5:2 1:5 5:4 x 2:5 434 v Yugoslavia (lost 1-5) 8 Wales . 1:5 0:5 1:5 0:5 2:5 2:5 5:2 x 1 6 8 Jarvis lost to D. Surbek -20, 17, -10; lost to A. Stipancic 17, -10, -18. GROUP B Neale bt M. Karakasevic 18, 14; lost to Surbek 17, 1 432 567 8 W L Place -20, -11. 1 Malaysia . x 2-5 5-3 5:3 5:3 0:5 w.o. 5:3 4 2 3 D. Douglas lost to Stipancic -12, -14; lost to 2 Poland . 5:2 x 5:0 5:1 5:1 2:5 w.o. 5:0 5 1 2 Karakasevic -16, -17. 3 Iran . 3:5 0:5 x 5:3 2:5 1:5 w.o. 4:5 1 5 5 4 Canada . 3:5 1:5 3:5 x 3:5 1:5 w.o. 5:3 1 5 6 v Japan (lost 4-5) 5 Singapore . 3:5 1:5 5:2 5:3 x 0:5 w.o. 5:3 3 3 4 Taylor lost to K. Abe -19, 19, -18; lost to N. Takashima 6 Australia . 5:0 5:2 5:1 5:1 5:0 x w.o. 5:1 6 0 1 -13, -15; lost to T. Furukawa -14, -2I. 7 Israel . x x x x x x x x x x x Neale lost to Furukawa 12, -17, -14; bt Abe -21, 11, 14; 8 Switzerland . 3:5 0:5 5:4 3:5 3:5 1:5 w.o. x 1 5 1 lest to Takashima -13, -14. Jarvis bt Takashima 21, 16; bt Furukawa 16, -18, 20; CATEGORY 2--SECOND STAGE CATEGORY 2--THIRD STAGE bt Abe 19, -9, 17. For Positions (17-20) For Positions v China (lost 0-5) Al U.S.A. .. 4 :82 Poland 5 17-18 Poland 5 Australia 4 A2 Netherlands 1 B1 Australia 5 19-20 U.S.A. 5 Netherlands 3 Douglas lost to Liang Ko-liang -5, -15; lost to For Positions (21-24) 21-22 Hong Kong 3 Italy . 5 Li Chen-shih -11, -14. A3 Hong Kong 5 B4 Singapore o 23-24 Singapore 2 Malaysia 5 J. Walker lost to Li Peng -10, -9; lost to Liang Ko-liang A4 Italy 5 B3 Malaysia 3 25-26 Nigeria 3 Iran . 5 -19, -8. For Positions (25-28) 27-28 Canada 3 Greece . 5 Neale lost to Li Chen-shih -21, -11. A5 Nigeria 5 B6 Canada 3 29-30 Belgium 4 Switzerland 5 t\6 Greece 4 B5 Iran 5 31-32 Wales W.o. Israel v India (won 5-0) For Positions (29-32) Neale bt S. Phadke 12, 17; bt N. Bajaj -15, 12, 12. A7 Belgium W.o. B8 Israel Taylor bt Bajaj -21, 9, 14. A8 Wales 1 B7 Switzerland 5 Jarvis bt V. Menon 15, 8; bt Phadke 20, 13. v Indonesia (won 5-0) CATEGORY 3-GROUP A 1 2 3 4 5 W L Place Neale bt E. Wuisan 15, -17, 18: bt U. Soewindo 24, 13. 1 Ghana . x x x x x x x x Jarvis bt Soewindo 12, 14. 2 Mexico . w.o. x 5:0 0:5 2:5 223 Taylor bt A. Rodjak 17, -19, 17; bt Wuisan 19, 12. 3 U.A.E. . . w.o. 0:5 x 0:5 0:5 134 4 Vietnam R. . . w.o. 5:0 5:0 x 5:0 401 v Rumania (won 5-1) 5 Nepal . w.o. 5:2 5:0 0:5 x 312 Jarvis lost to T. Gheorge 19, -20, -10; bt S. Dobosi GROUP B 17, 11. 1 2 3 4 W L Place Taylor bt Dobosi -11, 18, 11; bt M. Firanescu -20, 13~ 16. 1 Brazil . x 5:0 5:1 2:5 212 Neale bt Firanescu 16, -15, 15; bt Gheorge 19, -4, 17. 2 Yemen PDR . 0:5 x 2:5 0:5 o 43 3 Palestina Gaza . 1:5 5:2 x 0:5 1· 2 3 CATEGORY 1 -- SECOND STAGE 4 Macao . 5:2 5:0 5:0 x 301 For Positions (1-4) GROUP C W L Place Al Czechoslovakia 3 B2 Yugoslavia 5 1 2 3 4 1 New Zealand . x w.o. 5:0 w.O. 301 A2 Sweden 2 B1 China 5 2 Sth. Africa Bd .. x x x x x x x 3 Sri Lanka . 0:5 w.o. x w.o. 212 For Positions (5-8) 4 Chile . x x x x x x x A3 U.S.S.R. 2 B4 Japan ...... 5 GROUP D A4 Germany FR 1 B3 Hungary ...... 5 1 2 3 4 W L Place 1 Lebanon x 5:2 w.O. 0:5 212 For Positions (9-12) 2 Kenya 2:5 x w.o. 0:5 123 x x x x x AS Korea R...... • 5 B6 Rumania 2 3 Khmer x x 4 Egypt 5:0 5:0 w.o. x 301 A6 France ...... •. 5 B5 England 2 GROUP E Taylor lost to P. Birocheau -14, -15; lost to 1 2 3 4 W L Place J. Secretin -9, 5, -II. 1 Luxembourg . x 5:2 5:0 5:0 301 Jarvis bt C. Martin 16, 8; bt Birocheau 21, 13; lost to 2 Turkey . 2:5 x 5:0 4:5 123 Secretin -10. -15. 3 Mauritius , . 0:5 0:5 x 0:5 034 Douglas lost to Secretin 19, -12, -14; lost to 4 Thailand . 0:5 5:4 5:0 x 212 Martin -19, -13. CATEGORY 3 - SECOND STAGE For Positions (13-16) For Positions (33-37) Al B1 C1 D1 El w L Place A7 Denmark 5 B8 India 3 Al Vietna·m R ...... x 3:5 3:5 3:5 3:5 o 54 A8 Austria '2 B7 Indonesia 5 B1 Macao 5:3 x 0:5 2:5 1:5 1 3 4 Cl New Zealand 5:3 5:0 x 4:5 2:5 2 2 3 CATEGORY 1 -- THIRD STAGE D1 Egypt 5:3 5:2 5:4 x 3:5 3 1 2 E1 Luxembourg 5:3 5:1 5:2 5:3 x 4 o 1 For Positions (1-2) For Positions (38,-42) Yugoslavia 3 CHINA...... 5 A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 W L Place Stipancic bt Lu Yuan-sheng 26, 17. A2 Nepal . x 3:5 4:5 5:2 3:5 1 3 4 Karakasevic lost to Li Chen-shih -16, -19. B2 Brazil . 5:3 x 3:5 5:1 4:5 2 2 3 Surbek bt Hsu Shao-fa -21, 16, 14. C2 Sri Lanka . 5:4 5:3 x 5:1 4:5 3 1 2 Stipancic lost to Li Chen-shih -12, -8. D2 Lebanon . 2:5 1:5 1:5 x 0:5 o 4 5 Surbek lost to Lu Yuan-sheng -10, -20. E2 Thailand . 5:3 5:4 5:4 5:0 x 4 o 1 Karakasevic lost to Hsu Shao-fa -14, -17. For Positions (43-47) Surbek bt Li C~n-shih 20, 17. A3 B3 C3 D3 E3 W L Place Stipancic lost to Hsu Shao-fa -16, -13. A3 Mexico . x 2:5 x 5:1 0:5 1 2 2 5:2 x For Positions (3-4) B3 Palastine x 1:5 0:5 1 2 4 C3 x x x .x x x x x Czechoslovakia ...... •• 4 Sweden...... 5 D3 Kenya 1:5 5:1 x X 0:5 1 2 '3 P. Ovcarik bt S. Bengtsson 19, -15, 18. E3 Turkey 5:0 . 5:0 x 5:0 x 3 o 1 J. Kunz bt U. Thorsell -15, 15, 18. For Positions (48-53) J. Turai bt, K. Johansson 15, 19. A4 B4' C4 D4 E4 W L Place Kunz lost to Bengtsson -19, -19. A4 U.A.E . x 0:5 x x 0:5 o 2 3 Ovcarik lost to Johansson -19, -10. B4 Yemen PDR 5:0 x x 2:5 x 1 1 2 Turai lost to Thorsell 15, -14, -10. C4 x x X x x x x x Kunz bt Johansson -16, 19, 19. D4 x x x x x x x x Turai lost to Bengtsson 20, -14, -13. E4 Mauritius 5~0 5:2 x x x 2 o 1 Ovcarik lost to Thorsell -14, 20, -8. A5 x x x x' x x x x

Page 13 FINAL OVERALL PLACINGS (previous positions in brackets) WELSH NOTES 1. CHINA (2) 25. Iran (23) 2. Yugoslavia (6) 26. Nigeria (25) 3. Sweden (1) 27. Greece (22) 4. Czechoslovakia (5) 28. Canada (24) 5. Hungary (7) 29. Switzerland (33) 6. Japan (3) 30. Belgium (30) 7. U.S.S.R. (4) 31. Wales (35) 8. Germany FR (9) 32. Luxembourg (42) 9. France (12) 33. Egypt (-) 10. Korea R. (8) 34. New Zealand (38) 11. Rumania (15) 35. Macao (-) 12. England (10) 36. Vietnam R. (-) 13. Indonesia (11) 37. Thailand (-) 14. Denmark (16) 38. Sri Lanka (-) 15. India (14) 39. Brazil (37) 16. Austria (13) 40. Nepal (-) 17. Poland (19) 41. Lebanon (39) 18. Australia (29) 42. Turkey (45) 19. U.S.A. (17) 43. Mexico (-) 20. Netherlands (21) 44. Kenya (48) by H. ROY EVANS 21. Italy (31) 45. Palestine Gaza (47) 22. Hong Kong (26) 46. Mauritius (-) Another County success, this time against 23. Malaysia (18) 47. Yemen PDa (-) Bedfordshire, without Trevor Taylor, and 24. Singapore (27) 48. United Arab Emirates (-) .Gla'morgan's fight to sltay in the Premier INDIVIDUAL RECORDS, SWAYTHLING CUP Division is on the way to success. ENGLAND It was a good ,match against the tea.m which Jarvis Neale Douglas Taylor Walker Opponents F A gained promotion at the same time as 0-2 2-0 0-3 Hungary 2 5 Gla'morgan, and an ,enthusiastic crowd had 0-2 1-1 0-2 Yugoslavia 1 5 3-0 1-2 0-3 Japan 4 5 plenty to keep them .occupied at the well­ 0-1 0-2 0-2 China 0 5 equipped Sports Centre at Albercynon. 2-0 2-0 1-0 India 5 o 1-0 2-0 2-0 Indonesia 5 o Alan Griffiths and Graham Davies (both lost 1-1 2-0 2-0 Rumania 5 1 to Peter Taylor, ;but won their othe,r singles 2-1 0-2 0-2 France 2 5 and the doubles. With Betty Gray coming hack 1-2 1-1 1-2 Rumania 3 5 with a good win, and Johnny Mansfield gain­ 9-6 11-6 1-7 6-10 0-2 27 31 ing an important success against 'P,aul Harmer in expedite, Gla·morgan just got home 5-4. WALES The Glamorgan Open, although lacking the A. Griffiths G. Davies J. Mansfield B. Everson Opponents F A usual Lancashire and ,Cheshire players who 1-1 0-2 0-2 U.S.A. . 1 5 were in the Ponte1fract Open, nevertheless 0-2 0-2 0-1 Nigeria 0 5 0-2 0-2 1-1 Greece 1 5 sparkled ,with some excellent mat,ches in the 1-1 1-2 0-2 Belguim 2 5 closing stages. 0-1 0-2 0-2 Netherlands . 0 5 2-0 2-1 1-1 Italy.... 5 2 Alan 'Griffiths retained his title with a fine 0-3 0-2 2-0 Hong Kong 2 5 win over England Junior, ,Chris Sewell, in a 1-1 0-2 0-2 Switzerland 1 5 nail-,bitingfinal in which there was never 4-8 4-14 4-12 0-3 more than three .points ,between the players. 12 37 Chris had earlier had anothercliff.hanger with Graha'm D'avies, just winning 25-23 in the third, and had then beaten Alan Fletcher, of York­ LANCASHIRE NOTES Friday, February 28, whilst participating in a shire, with ,more conviction. Alan had a close L:ancashire and Cheshire League match, for affair with a much-improved Mike Owen, and by George Yates Salford against Barrow, Roy Crusha·m-a tihen dropped a ga.me to John Mansfield before former Lancashire player who came to the fore striking his best ,form in the Final. HORWICH THE MECCA in the Manchester League-collapsed and Youthful visitors from Staffordshire, Heather died at the early age of 31. Round and Janet Carr, were most unkind to All roads should lead to the re,cently-o,pened the Welsh women, and they fought out a Horwich L'eisure Centre, near Bolton, on Roy was the dearly loved son of the late wonlen's singles final which saw Janet demon­ Thursday, April 10, when, in the Pre·mier Nellie and Tho,mas Crusham, and very dear strate that she is just that much more in Division of the European League, England brother of Carol and Thomas. Roy was buried control. Heather took the girls' singles, but play France, in what could well ,be described at Phillips Park Cem·etery on Mar. 6, further Welsh Junior, Pat Allen, had her chances to as a "crunch" 'encounter, with the losers mourned by his tea,mmates and many friends win. Pat and Julie Ralphs also went ,close with destined for relegation. in northern table tennis circles. Heather land Janet in the women's doubles. Tiered seating providing accommodation for "Die-hard traditionalists who insist on having Ken Bull and 'Geo,rge Evans took yet another over 900 spectators will ,be available and their w·eekly wages handed to them in cash men's doubles title, ,whilst Ken and his already sales are going well. Tickets, priced opened the way for a £371 snatch in Liverpool" partner of many years-Sandra Pickering, took at £1, 75p and 50pcan be had ,from Mr. Gordon . . . so read a report in the "Liverpool Daily the mixed. Southworth, at 86 Hill Lane, Blackrod, Bolton 1>os'1" of Feb. 14. At the receiving 'end of the Amongst good perfor1mances were some fine ('Phone: Bolton 691883), but please also grah was Lancashire County Secretary, John wins by 15-year-old Jonathan Hardiker, Cheryl include a stamped addressed envelope with MC1Kim, who was knocked to the ground in J e,well's de,feat of Margaret Phillips and Kim postal applications. the process. Luckily he escaped serious injury Johnson's win over Betty Gray. The probability of France including their 'and he didn't have any County monies with him at the time! Scores:­ super star, Jacques Secretin, should be a Men's Singles-Semi-final: draw in itself but there is so much at stake, According to John, "'It was all over in the Alan Griffiths !beat John Mansfield -19, 6, 14. with the Frenchmen victorious 5-2 when t,winkling of an eye. They didn't really hurt Chris Sewell beat Alan Fletcher -19, 13, 13. England last ,crossed swords with them in ·a ime. But it was all so quick. One put his ar.m Final: Swaythling Cup match in Calcutta, not to around me and thre,w me to the floor while GRIFFIT'HS ibeat Sewell -18, 17, 19. mention the female element. the snatch took place." That~s what comes of Women's Singles-Se,mi-finals: Sadly the news must Ibe imparted that on using High Karate. Janet Carr Ibeat Ki'm Johnson 17, 11. Heather Round Ibeat Glenys Thomas 17, 17. Final: Q. Where can you get a good quality Table Tennis shirt (as worn by the CARR beat Round 10, 16. Men's Doubles-Final: England squad) for £1.65 inc. VAT? George Evans/Ken Bull beat Alan FletcherI Pat Glynn 16, -16, 17. A. Only from Alec Brook. The Alec Brook "Be'ar" shirts ava'ilable in: Women's Doubles-Final: Navy, Red, R·oyal Blue, Lime Green. 5 1izes from 32" - 42". Heather Round/Janet Carr beat Pat AlIeni .." Julie Ralphs -18, 19, 19. HURRY whilst stocks last. Mjxed Doubles-Final: Ken Bull/Sandra Pickering ,beat George Evansl Order and paymelnt to:­ Heather Round 12, -10, 19. Junior Boys' Singles-Final: Chris Sewell -beat Trevor Bu.rrows 10, 15. Alec Brook of ADB (London) Ltd. Dept. TTN Junior Girls' Singles-Fin,a!: Heather Round beat Pat Allen -14, 18, 20. 57 Blandford Street, London W1 H 3AF IOn the Sunday ,after the tournament, squad players from South and North Wales combined Telephone: 01-486 2021 in an intensive work-out, the seco.nd O'f these' imlportant get-togethers.

Page 14 WESTERN LEAGUE N'OTES Another fine performance was that of Rattue The awards were presented by Mrs. Frances and Stone to dispose of Parkins and Mike Jarvis, the popular President of the Associa­ by Grove Motlow Short in the Men's Doubles. In the Mixed, tion. The venue was cleared up by 9 p ..m., one EXE'TER WITHDRAW Rattue and Pam Mortimer had to pull out all of the earliest finishes ever, due, I have no the stops to halt the ,challenge of Short and :doubt, to the splendid organising of the It is with regret I have to report that Exeter, Elaine Lamb. Referee, Bill Spry. through administrative difficulties, have had to withdraw their ,men's and women's teams Aliter her win in the Plymouth Champion­ THE EXETER JVNIO,R 1-STA'R at this late stage of the season. ships the week before, Barbara Pearson was Results:­ full of confidence against Mavis Scott, also Keith Ponting, who infor,med m'e by letter, from Plymouth, in the Women's final. This U-13 B.S.: G. Sandley bt P. Whiting 12, 4. deeply regrets having to make this decision, was a dour, defensive struggle with Mavis U-13 G.IS.: _A. Gordon bt 'N. Pine 9, 13. as they have long been associated with us, but matching her opponent stroke for stroke U-15 B.S.: K. Edwards bt I. James 18, -18, 11. the hope is that they will return once again throughout a long match. Barbara eventually U-15 G.S.: E. hamlb 'bt W. Parker 15, 20. next season. won through to take the title she has not won U-17 B.S.: R. Jermyn bt S. Claxton 20, 16. Bourne:mouth men's home match with for many years. U-17 G.S.: Lam1b bt J. Wilson 15, 18. EXlmouth gave them a 7-2 vi,ctory. Paddy U-17 B.D.: W. Dawe/M. Hodgetts bt Edwards/ Shepherd opened the match with a good win In the ,Men's Singles final former holder, ,Claxton -18, 20, 19. over Cyril Bush while Paul Stone (ex-Exeter) Rattue brought the house down with some U-17 G.D. Parker/Wilson ht S. Jones/S. Watton also beat the same opponent. But these wins brilliant play. Parkins had no answer to the 16, 15. were all that Ex,mouth could get. "Bunny" power of Mike's strokes and went down in U-17 X.D.: Edwards/Parker bt Claxton/Watton Ellis, coming in for Steve Wilson, played well straight ganles. 16,16. to secure three good wins, as did Trevor Smith. New,comers Poole had an excellent match with Newbury, who just got home 5-4. Poole went into a 2-0 lead with Neville Thorley and Michael Hughes successful over David and Tony Reeves. But then Paul Trott and David Reeves levelled matters with wins over Graham Hill and Hughes. Trott then put Newbury into the lead by :beating Thorley, but back came Hill with a win over Tony just great Reeves. Newbury too a winning lead through Trott and David Reeves with Thorley winding up the proceedings by beating Tony Reeves. Bournemouth, at home to Newbury, went down 3-6 with the visitors including Simon Heaps. Trevor Smith was again Bourne­ mouth's star with a treble, Heaps, Trott and David Reeves sharing the visitors' successes. In the Women's section Newbury "A" had a 6-3 home win over NeWiport,whose Elizabeth J ones was in great for,m, 'beating Carol Hough­ ton, Mandy Smith and Christine Rogers. New­ bury's wins were registered against Joan Evans and Pat Perrett. In my January article I gave Jim Andrews, of Weston, as beating, Bob Parkins, of Plymouth, whereas Bob actually had a 'maxi­ munl of three victories while in the December issue Parkins lost to Mike Darlington, of Exeter. Sorry about these errors, lads, but my eyesight is not, or ever will be, as it should be.

DEVON NOTES by Keith Panting BARBARA AND MIK,E ARE THE :CHAMPIONS Line Bats This year was the turn of Exeter to stage Fitted with the finest Japan2se 'Backside' rubber. Choose from the ICounty (Senior Closed at Exeter College this great range the ideal bat for your personal style on Sunday, Feb. 9. This is an event enjoyed by ,many players from ,all parts of Devon, sometilmes m'eeting each other for the first SRIVER ANTI-LOOP ti.me in a year and old and friendly rivalries BUTTERFLY YOSHINO were evident throughout the day. As in most tournaments there were some YAMATI TWO-WAY shock results, most notable being the defeats from all good sports shops of top seeds in the Men's and Women's singles, Barry Davis and Elaine Lamb, fronl Plymouth, Made by the and a first time win for Barbara Pearson over T.T. former England International, Pam Mortimer. Trendsetters Elaine went out to Nancy Hollywood, whilst Barry fell to the holder, Boh Parkins, again from Plymouth. Bob has not had one of his best seasons, but he certainly found his fornl on the day to make his seemingly endless number of appearances in the final. The finals started with the two Men's Singles Semi-lfina]s in which IMike Rattue easily beat hiQi' tea.m-mate from Exeter, Paul Stone. Parkins had yet another hard match against Plymouth"s Keith James,but just came out on top in the third ga.me. David Bazell from Exmouth, making his first entry in th~ VE;terans' event, just had the edge over Colin MItchell, from Plymouth. A very popular win was that of Elaine Lamb and Kathy Rowe from Plymouth, who beat the 'holders of th~ Wo,men's Doubles, Nancy Hollywood and Barbara Pearson.

Page 15 ESSEX 2·STAR OPEN w.s.: S. Henderson (Surrey) bt J. Coop (Hants) 18, 12. OPEN TOURNAMENT Men's Singles-Semi-finals: :M.D.: B. and D. Johnson (Warwks) bt Bruce/ Barden bt Day 19, -18, 7. W. Moulding (Wilts) 18, 19. Johns bt Boasman 15, 13. W.D.: CooP/J. Reading (:Hants) bt K. Groves RESULTS Final: (Warwks)/Henderson 16, -20,12. BAR',DIEN bt Johns -15, 9, 12. X.D.: Clayton/Henderson bt S. Smith (Hants)/ compiled by Women's Singles-Se'mi-finals: Coop 14,20. S. Lisle (Ches) bt K. Witt (Berks) 17, 9. B.S.: D. Johnson bt I. Collins (Kent) 19, 14. L. F. LANDRY & G. R. NEWMAN S. Hession (Essex) bt A. Mitchell (Middx) G.S. Reading bt J. Mitchell (Surrey) 10, 19. 7, -14, 20. Final. LISL,E bt Hession 19, 13. CHAN,GE OIF ADDRESS Men's Doubles-Final: JOHNS/PARK,E,R bt Barden/Day 20, 20. As from Feb. 24, Johnny, Daisy and Jeffrey Women's Doubles-Final: Le,ach changed their address from 8 Tangle­ LiJSDE/STiEV,ENSON bt Court/Hession 10, 12. wood 'Close, Shirley, Croydon, to 18 High Mixed Doubles-Final: Elms, Manor Road, Chigiwell, Essex, lG7 6NF PA,R,KEIR/SliEVEINSO,N bt Horsham/Hession (,'Phone: 501 1966). -21, 9, 12. I.S.B.-Final: HALEX PROFICIENCY AWARD TA~L,OR lbt :Horsham -17, 19, 7. I.S.G.-Final: SCHEME SliEVE,NSON bt Hellaby 17, 12. Some news for entrants for the Silver and Vete'ran Singles-Final: Gold Award Standards of the' HaJex Proficiency FO'U,NllAIN bt Herber 19, 13. Award Scheme. 'From M~ch 15th a fre'e Halex Te,e Shirt will be given a,way with each Silver or Gold Certificate and Badge awarded. Full TITLES FOR TONY details are being sent to all relevant County ,Coaches and Umpir'es connected with the AND SUE 4Award Scheme, so enter now as the offer Icloses on July 15th. by B. C. CasheU In the North Bournenl0uth Club l-Star Open E.T.T.A. SALE.S played at Winton Y.M.e.A., on Feb. 9, six of the seven events were won by seeded players, All sale iteims such as ties, ,books, etc., are with Tony Clayton beating Terry Bruce in a now available from the E.T.T.A. Office and not well-fought men's singles final and Sue Hender­ from Mr. F. J. Inch, of Durham, who, for business and health reasons, has relinquished 16-years-old Andrew B,arden, of Middlesex, son aCrcounting for Joy,ce ,Coop in the counter­ part women's ,event. Results:---.. the task of handling all E.T'.T'.A. sales. made hay whilst the SUD shone on England's Enquiries for sale ite;ms should therefore be elite in Australia and India, by winning the M.S.: A. Clayton (Yks) bt T. Bruce (Wilts) directed to the E.T.T.A. Office in Hastings, and men's singles titles of the Ken.t, Lancashire 17, 12. not to Mr. Inch. and Essex 2-Star Opens all within the space of three weekends. KENT 2-STAR OPEN CLOTH CLUB BADGES Men's Singles-Semi-finals: Barden bt Horsham -14, 16, 15. made to your own design - Low prices - Quick Delivery Hilton :bt Taylor 8, 25. Final: BARD,EN bt Hilton 19, 17. S. A. CORY and COMPANY LIMITED Women's Singles-Semi-finals: 23A MILE END, BRANDO'N, SUFFOLK, IP27 ONX S. Hession (Essex) bt S. Harness (nee Beck­ :with) (Essex) 22, 20. S. Henderson (Surrey) bt J. Hellaby (Essex) 19, 19. Final: HIEND,ERSO'N bt Hession 16, 9. Men's Doubles-Final: BAR,DEN/,DAY bt Horsham/Mitchell 16, -17, 15. medallion table tennis tables Women's Doubles-Final: H,END'E,RSON/HESSION bt Hellaby/Tarten 13, 14. (The "COMPLETE" range for CLUB or HOME user) Mixed Doubles-Final: JOIH,NS/HESSION bt Tan/Dove 19, 18. U-20 B.S.-Final: TAY:L,OiR bt Day 14, -17, 18. U-20 G.S.---..;Final: Special Features Special Bene,fits GR,EE!N'OD'G'H bt Witt 17, 10. Veteran Singles-Final: * Totally British Made * SPECIAL direct from factory D'ARCY bt Batterick 12, 12. * Excellent Playing Surface PRICES LANCASHIRE 2-STAR OPEN * Sturdy, Durable-Guaranteed! * Genuine Part-Exchanges Men's Singles-Semi-finals: * Metal or Tim'ber Leg * Wide range to suit most Parker bt Johns 13, -26, 11. budgets Barden bt Hilton 9, 11. Assemb'Hes Final Fully Painted-Hand Finished Ex-stock-4 weeks denvery BARDE,N bt Parker 19, 16. * * Women's Singles-Semi-finals: S. Lisle (Ches) bt L. Hryszko (Yorks) 8, 16. All Standard Club Models (as well as Special Sizes) conform to the A. Stevenson (Lei,cs) bt K. Rogers (Leics) 17, 15. current re,co,mmendatJions and requirements of the E.T.T.A. Final: ~ STEVENSO'N bt Lisle 15, 16. Men's Doubles-Final: For full details, please send S.A.E. to:­ BARDIE,N/LA'NDIRY bt Johns/Johns 17, -20, 17. J.N. (MEDAtLIO'N) ENTEIRPRISES LTD., Women's Doubles-Final: MEDLOW HOIUSE, HEATH RO'AD, LISLE/ST'EVE,NSON bt Ludi/Rogers 19, 18. Mixed Doubles-Final: O'XSH,Q:TT, SURREY, KT22. tHAM,PSO,N/LISLE bt Robertson/Hryszko 23, 19. Telephone: Oxshott 2113 (24-hou-r service) Veteran Singles-Final: 1SCHOFIELD bt D'Arcy -12, 10, 16.

Page 16 borough and Kettering faring equally well in girls attended Ray Neal's coaching session fOl' the Men's section, particularly the latter, who schools at Newcastle Polytechnic on Feb. 2, County Notes for so many years have languished near the and there was every reason to hope that the bottom. However, if the League is to be next course, on Feb. 16, would be as success· CoatiauecI from page 10 divided into First and Second 'Divisions at ful. the end of the season, it would appear that Wellinp>orough and Northampton should NORTHANTS NOTES qualify for the upper section, with Kettering LEICESTERSHIRE NOTES by Dennis Millman just failing to make the grade. While on the subject of South East Midland by Phil Reid BACK ON BEAM League matters, it was encouraging to see so HOPES RISE Victory at last for the County First team, many Northampton competitors at the first and a best of the season performance from Reserve Tournament, led by Compton's Leicestershire's hopes of tOJ?ping the 2nd wh~ enthusiastic trio Mick Edwards, Romano Gallo Division (Midland) rose conSIderably when No.1 player, Rod Marchant, threw. off and John Horne, who did so well to reach his recent lethargy to take all hIS sets 10 a they beat Warwickshire II 9-1. The opening set style reminiscent of his brilliance of two the Men's Final. A smaller party travelled between two highly promising juniors-Chris years ago. This display, including a memorable from Kettering and Daventry, but Welling­ Rogers and Duggie Johnson-set the tempo borough was not represented, and missed the for the whole encounter. Rogers, 9·2 down in straight games win over. Eng~and .No. 11, jo.hn opportunity of taking part in an interesting Kitchener, has come Just 10 time to gIve the third, recovered to lead 19-14. Johnson venture, in the palatial atmosphere of the fought back then to level at 200all before losing Marchant the necessary confide~ce to def~nd new St. Ivo Recreation Centre at St. Ives, an his County title in the forthcommg champlo~· 22·20. The final point will be talked about for impressive building possessing excellent all· a long time by all who saw it. Rogers hit five ships, to be staged at Northampton on Aprd round facilities, ,but unfortunately not purpose 5-6. magnificent drives, each of which looked a built for table tennis, as some competItors certain winner-yet johnson contrived to Rod's was not the only top class perfor. undoubtedly found out. return the first four but even he couldn't mance, for the 'Women, Connie Bane !'ond Anne manage the fifth one. Wallis were much too good for theIr Suffolk counte'r,parts.. and won all t.heir sets without NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES Another incident worthy of note-in the bein~ unduly troubled. WIth john Palmer second set Paul Randell v Barry Hayward. winmng his opening debut set, and Ste,:e by Pauline Jackson Randell, having won the first 21·19, led 20.17 Lyon also registering a sin~es success, thIS in the second. A long rally followed and it was the home team's ~est dIsplay ~o! a lo~g HONOUR WELL DESERVED culminated when Haward suddenly picked up time. With County jumors also reahsmg. theIr the ball, saying he played it twice. A fine piece Northumberland officials and players were of sportsmanship-particularly when it was potential the future is perhaps not qUIte so very pleased to see that at long last Andrew black as 'it looked earlier in the year. clear that neither the eagle-eyed Cambridge Clarke has been included in Group "A" of the umpire, Mike Jackson, nor his opponent had The Kettering & District ~ague Closed w.as latest England Junior ranking list. the slightest inkling what had happened. the first to be completed thIS season, and Its 15 events produced some 300 entries from well This is an honour which is well deserved. as The Veterans had a nerve.tingling win over over 100 competitors. Individually the honours Andrew has had several good games in both Staffordshire with Phil Overend proving a County matches and tournaments this season. real hero. In the final match he beat P. went to Geoff Atkinson, wh~ took the Me.n's His approach to the game sets an example Singles against John Palmer, 10 an outstandmg Hancock 27·25, 20.22, 22-2o--they don't come final and then the Men's Doubles partnered that some of the other players would do well much closer than thatl triu~phed to follow, and with one more season as a by Graham Feakin, who also in the junior, there is every possibility that he will The Junior 1st team took another step Premier Division Handicap S1Ogles.. Anne eventually arrive in the top flight. 'towards relegation when they could only Wallis was in a class of her own 10 the bring ,back one win from Essex, that being Women's events, taking all thre~ titles, sup­ The County teams fared only moderately when Chris Rogers beat Robert Potton. It is ported in the doubles, first by sIster Mandy, in their fixtures for January and February. unfortunate but the real facts are that there and then by John Palmer. The second team, without Dave Armstrong are just not sufficient juniors of Premier Divi· Results: Pauline Jackson and Pat Small were weIi sion standard for Leicestershire to have a bea,ten 0.10 away to Cheshire III, but the real chance of survival. The Junior 2nd team Men's Singles: Geoff Atkinson bt John Palmer juniors were highly delighted when a 4-6 were narrowly beaten when Steven DaY' lost ·16, 20, 20. . h' . defeat at home to Lancs. II on the same day to Bilton 23-25 in the third. Two wins by David Women's Sinldes: Anne Walhs bt G nstme was turned into a 6-4 win, because Lancs. Gannon were the highlight of the match. Dilley 12 11. fielded an ineligible player and forfeited two Men's Doubles: Geoff Atkinson a~d Graham sets. Andrew Clark turned in his usual con· The Rose johnson Bowl has now reached Feakin bt Dick Cole and Denms MIllman sistent performance to win two singles, but the concluding stages with King Richard's Rd. III~ S~. 14,14. . d M d credit must also be given to Ann Henderson W,M.C. I, Jones & Shipman Belgrave Women's Doubles: Anne Walhs a.n an y and Valerie Smith, who won their first·ever Michael's and Great .t!len I beml the seD!l­ Wallis bt Tina Coleman and DIane Doyle girls' doubles, and Valerie rounded off a good finalists. Some unfalDlhar names there but 10 a handicap competition that's what it should 18, 18. W II' day by partnering Eddie Thomas to win the Mixed Doubles: john Palmer and Anne a IS mixed. This result can do nothing but good all be about. The young jones & Shipman team bt Terry Sutton and Pa~ Rix!»n 19, 18. . for the juniors, who are improving with each look hot favourites to take the title but Veterans' Singles: Denms MIllman bt DIck match. Belgrave St. Michael's could be the "dark horses." Cole 10, 20. . The first team, meanwhile, did not have a junior Singles: Mandy WallIS bt Stuart fixture until Feb. IS, when they entertained The Leicestershire Towns League was again Rollings ·22, 15, 18. Lincolnshire at North Shields Y.M.C.A. It was succesHully held at Louliliborough and once junior Doubles: Valerie Feakin and Ma.ndy anticipated that this would be a close match again Leicester retained their title. With Paul Wallis bt Chris Millman and Stuart Rolhngs and in fact the final result was a 5-5 draw. Randell, Chris Rogers and Graham Hughes 18, ·18, 12. This, however, was a match that Northumber· (ranked I, 2 and 4 in Leicestershire) in their Under·15 Singles: Adrian Mann beat Gary land really should have won, as Lincolnshire team, this was hardly a shock, but Hinckley Robinson 15, 17. were without Brian Hill and Mick East. Ian put up a good fight in the last match, Chris Under-13 Singles: Ken Nicoll bt Graham Ball Robertson and Andrew Clark-the latter given Brewer and Maurice Newman both beating 22, 6. a further opportunity of senior playas there Leicester skipper Graham Hughes. On the league front, the major iSliues are was no junior fixture-both played well to All is now in hand for the "Leicestershire still undecided. In Northampton, U.T.C. "A" take two singles each. Peter Hoyles surpris­ Closed", this season being handled by the continue to lead Y.M.C.A. "A': in the inevit· ingly lost both his singles, although he and very competent Hinckley League. able two-team contest. Kettermg also has a Ian Robertson combined well to take the two-horse race, with Rothborough's Geoff men's doubles. The committee meetings at Leicester League Atkinson Graham Feakin and Steve West meetings seem to get shorter and shorter­ t~, In the Stiga National Club Championships, the last one lasted 15 minutes-but with no looking likely to bold on, their p'resent lead Northumberland were successful in two power cuts or postal strikes and all clubs keen over Kettering Town 'A . Wellin~orouJP1' too sees the probability of youth tnumphmg rounds of the Wilmott Cup. Their first match to Jiiay their fixtures, there hasn't been much ove'r experience, for follo~ing ~othborough's was away to Carlisle, where they just scraped to discuss. WI~ Ke~ter. home 5-4, the sets being won by Malcolm surprising, yet merIted agamst a McMaster (2), Dave Donalson (2) and Ian This enthusiasm is noticeable in other ing Town trio, never preVIously beaten 10 a leagues, particularly Hinckley and Lough· Robertson (1). In the next round the team of borough, but increased postal charges, etc., league competi-;ion of any kind.. it would seem Robertson, Peter Hoyles and Andrew Clark that Boro' or Compton Nomaas have only to had a convincing S-O win over Aycliffe, who must cause headaches. The abolition of County win their forthcoming league clash to make Rebate too, will cause problem~-almost reasonably sure of the title. Gary Alden, wh!»se included Durham County players Stephen certainly there will be a pruning of County haHrick against Town "A" /Was the VItal Haughney and Jimmy Crawford. teams-by far our ·biggest item of expenditure. factor, could well prove the trump card. The juniors reached the next round of the se~s However, there is no point in being unduly The South East Midlands scene c01?tinues Carter Cup by beating Carlisle 8-1, the pessimistic-more representative table tennis !being won by Andrew Clark (3), 'EddIe than ever is being played in Leicestershire to shine ·brightly for Northampton 10 the Thomas (3) and Glenn McCardle (2). Veterans' Division and to a lesser e?tten~ f~r and with many enthusiastic helpers, it is pretty Daventry with their Reserves, whIle It. IS Still with the younger generation, it was clear that an answer to all our problems will interesting to see Northampton, Welhng. most encouraging to hear that 70 boys and be found II Page 11 HERALDING HEREFORDSHIRE them less secure-either Village Farm team, Burrows, who won the Yorkshire Junior Open. Challengers or Dodgers, could take advantage QUICKSNIPS by Ian R. Crickmer of any further slip. John McNee-has been rewarded for his FIRST FOOTS At the foot of the table, R.A.F. are grounded fine performances this season by being without a point-likely to replace them in the included in the Scottish Senior squad. First champions reported for the 1974-75 top flight are Rank Xerox. The Mitcheldean DonCollester, Fred Hepple and John Wood­ season are those of the Leominster League­ side has maximum points, but below them any in their individual events played at the begin­ ward-all doing great work on the 'coaching one of five sides could capture second spot. scene.~Well done lads! ning of February, the titles went as follows:­ Currently Civil Service Ravens have 20 points, Singles Final: M. Richards. beat M. Charters. followed by their feathered friends(?) Civil MIKE JOHNS-as you may well know. was Doubles Final: M. Richards and R. Cooke Service Hawks, on 18-the former have a far married earlier in the year, and on behalf of beat B. Davies and G. Mytton. superior games average. A 7-3 victory for the County Management Committee, I extend Under-17 Singles Final: K. Leddington-Hill Pembridge 'B' over Night Owls in the top of our best wishes to both him and wife Annette. beat M. Conod. Division Three ·battle put the former three TREVOR GATLEY-has been banned flOm A very tililit situation exists at the top of points clear. Night Owls are themselves five the kitchen at home since he allowed the Leominster Oivision One. After playing eight points ahead of Bulmers Strongbow. chip pan to catch fire-the result-kitchen matches each, Little Hereford 'A' have 33 An identical position in Division Four sees burned down! When asked of his pa,rents' points, and Leominster 'A' and Little Hereford Post Office 'A' three points in front of reaction, he replied-"I don't know, I went to 'B' 32 each. Similarly, with five points at stake Saunders Valve 'B', who in turn lead South bed before they came home"! in each match, Division Two sees Leominster Wye Hintonians by a further points margin 'B' with 43 points from nine matches and of three. Little Hereford on 38 .points after eight NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NOTES 'c' M.E.B. have an unassailable eight .points fixtures. advantage in the Fifth, and the main question by Colin Hammond At County level, the Western Division pro­ is, who joins them in promotion? College Hill DEPRESSION CONTINUES gramme finished with two heavy defeats at Youth Club 'A' (18 points) and Mother's Village Farm-both visiting. teams were Pride 'D' (16 points) are current contenders. I start, as always, wiil:h rite latest County involved with the neck and neck struggle for The second M.E.B. side are also leaders in matdt results, and for the second time running this title. Worcestershire II left Allensmore Division Six, where three points separate them vhey make rather depressing reading, with 8-2 victors, and Gwent went one better with from a chasing group of five teams, covered three defeats and one victory. a 9·1 success. Of eight sets won by Hereford­ 'by a range of three points only. At the other The Senior first team were hosts ,to a shire in their four fixtures, five were captured end of this Division, Commercial Road Ladies stronger .than usual Derbyshire team, and went by Mike Prosser in singles. With an eye to took likely to take the wooden 9poon, but no down 2-8. Alan Croome was unfortunate in the future, it was decided to include Linda culinary quips lest I be accused of being a that after a c()mfortabie WlO over Maurice Owen as the second lady versus Gwent. This male chauvinist. Billington, he was leading Eric Hall early in proved a particularly hard match as the Welsh In conclusion, my Hereford correspondent. the first game, only to dislocate his shoulder county was intent on building up its sets and retire. Brian Mayfield enjoyed the only record to maintain a Championships challenge. Geoff Davies, has recently left the area, and I wish him well in his new appointment in my other success over Ivor Warner. Martin In contrast, the winning of Division Three home city, at Worcester Department of KinseHa, aged 18, making his first team debut, of the Junior Midland League has given a Employment and Productivity. wasn't overawed and came close to 'beating welcome fillip to Hereford fortunes. A 9-1 Warner. As expected,-Pat Hopkin and Dianne victory away to Leamington, in which the only Maxfield had a fruitless evening against t.Jhe borne win was by Adrian Sankey at the CHESHIRE NOTES more experienced Sandra Walters and. Jackie expense of Jeremy Bower, was followed by Billington. The experiment of bringing in an the vital home match versus Stratford-on· by Brian Kean extra player, Bob Nelson, for the doubles, did Avon. A hair's breadth-or a coat of cellulose NIGEL COMES GOOD not succeed, and the dismal run of doubles -separated the visitors from the title; needing losses continues. a draw to concede only one point compared Since these notes last appeared so much has The Senior 2nd team, at home to Warwick­ with Hereford's two, they trailed 4-5, but happened it is impossible to give mention to shire 3rd, lost 2·8 on the table but 4-6 even­ Steven Cull led by a game and 20-19 against everything, so please don't think you've been tually, due to the visitors playing an unranked Mark Owen. A missed kill now cost him overlooked. The County first string is riding player. Rod Corbett was the only Notts winner dearly, as Mark then levelled at 23-21 and 'high in the County Championships with in the singles. Nicky Kirkland and Tony Rusi­ took the third 21-15. Winners .by 6-4, Hereford wins over Yorkshire and Lancashire keeping nowski both performed well on their debuts, made no mistake in their final fixture with a us close on the tail of front runners, Essex. Nicky combining -with yours truly to win the 7·3 victory on the long journey to Derby to Nigel Eckersley at last came good in these Men's Doubles. As in rite first team, the meet the homesters' third team. two victories, collecting three wins from four women, Sue Osborn and Dianne Chapman, had There has been no recent activity in the matches, whilst our ever faithfuls, Mike a disappointing match. Open Division of the Worcestershire County Johns, .lohn Hilton and Sue Lisle contributed The Junior team travelled to North Wales League, but Hereford look forward to the generously' to the successes. and los.t a close mail:ch 4-6, the decisive factor second part of the Junior-Intermedial.e Divi­ Competition is hot for places on our veteran once again being doubles. The boys did well sion to be played on April 6th. In the first team at present. There are so many good to win 4 of the 6 .singles, Glen Stredder win­ section at Worcester, in January, they headed players available it must be a headache for ning two, with Dave Bilton and 'Chris Stock­ the table with three wins, Evesham were the selectors. dale winning one each. However, the girls, beaten 8-2, with Linda Owen defeating new A contrasting situation arises in the Junior Karen Mayfield and Jackie Wright were out­ Worcestershire girls"champion, Mandy Mytton ranks, where only Trevor Burrows is produc­ played, and the all-important .boys' doubles 21-16 in the third-then the .families 'clashed Ing the magic touch; however, that duo from was lost. . again, Mark Owen beating Nicky Mytton 11 the Wirral, Neil Roberts and Ann Hepple, are The only success, once again came from and 10! 7·3 was the scoreline versus Redditch. still improving. our extremely consistant Veterans' team, who, Mark moved up to the intermediates but could although deprived of the services of John not contain Richard Warby, the latter winning Our main hopes lie in Trevor Gatley, who Ellis and Pat Hammond, beat Worcs. 6-3. Ron 21·11 in the third. However, Mark and Michael could shortly explode on the success trail. He's Bolton and' John Burraston continued their Owens recorded a fine doubles win over Warby tremendously dedicated and enthusiastic, so personal successes with maximums, and Betty and Simon Gray, and Stephen Halford had that's 75% of stardom's requirements. Marriott won her singles convincingly in her the encouragement of his first representative Middlesex's Andy Barden has proved a first County match of the season, as well as success when beating Gary Dunning. Linda spanner in the works of Cheshire's success combining with Bolton to win the mixed. surprisingly went down to Mandy Hough, of machine. Twice in tournament finals he's Unfortunately, Don Horton, in his first County Worcester, but on loan to Redditch. In the halted the gallop of John Hilton, who has been Match, had an unhappy night, and went down Worcester match, Linda had another close causing havoc on the national ranking list by in all three of his sets. encounter to beat Melanie Dilley 23-21 in the 'collecting the scalps of braves in higher An attempt has been made by Alan Packer, third, but the turning point in the 6-4 Here­ places. ford su'ccess was the capture of two doubles local sports shop owner, to improve playing against home predictions. The mixed event In all the "AFRO BOMBER" has 3 times fell conditions locally. He 'has instigated a compe­ was won 21-18 in the third, and Halford proved under the "INDIAN SIGN" in the penultimate tition with £100 prize money, but with entry a good partner for Richard Owens in over­ round. restricted to regIstered clubs who can boast coming Simon Claxton and Sheila Foley. County standard conditions, and who have a Contrasting tales to tell in the case of Nigel junior eligi,ble to play. Amidst this welter of activity, the Hereford Eckersley, who has won 5 open titles this youngsters have still managed to attend the season, .bringing his total to 8. I.f this trend The Inter-town leagues have just re-started nearer Open tournaments. Michael Owens continues he'll be chasing the records of after a lapse of a year. The Competition is 'lplit recorded a fine win in the Burford Junior ageing tournament heroes Mike Johns and into four leagues-Men's, Women's, JUl1lors Derek Schofield. and Veterans, and the final positions will be Open, ousting the top seed in the Under-13 aggregated and a cup presented to the most Boys' Singles, Graham Sandley, who is No.8 Tournament champ this season must be successful league. Nottingham must be on the English cadet under-14 ranking list. Pete D'Arcy, who has collected 13 veteran favourites, but it is encouraging to see an On the domestic scene, Ledbury lead Divi­ titles, one being the English (Norwich Union) entry of 19 from the 4 leagues, with Retford, sion One in Hereford by two points with a Open. Worksop, Newark, Mansfield and Nottingham match in hand, but two recent defeats make Another tournament champ is Trevor all entering teams. Page 18 REVISED SENIOR RANKINGS INTRODUCING NEALE RE.GAINS HIS THROINE Meeting in 'Basingstoke over the weekend of the South of England 3-Star Open, the National Selection Committee, 'with the results of the '3rd Commonwealth and 33rd World Championships before them, revised the senior rankings and restored Denis Neale to the No. 1 position after the brief reign of his Or:mesby clubmate, Nicky Jarvis. Trevor Taylor, who for the third time run­ ning won the Comlmonwealth men's singles title and reached the last sixteen in the World Championships, was also elevated to No.3, displacing Desmond Douglas who, like Jarvis, is demoted one position. Men MIDAS SILVER SPOT Table Tennis bats represent 1. D. Neale (Cleveland) (2) 2. N. Jarvis (Cleveland) (1) a genuine advance in sandwich rubber. Top players 3. T. Taylor (Bedfordshire) (4) have been amazed at its versatility, for it helps both 4. D. Douglas (Warwickshire) (3) attacking and defensive shots without any sacrifice 5. J. Walker (Cleveland) (5) 6. A. Barden (Middlesex) (14) of ball control. This special blend of natural and 7. I. Horshalm (Essex) (6) sponge rubber was developed in Japan by a 8. D. Parker (Lancashire) (9) leading manufacturer in consultation with 9. D. Alderson (Cleveland) (7) Johnny Leach. It is endorsed by such British 10. P. Taylor (Bedfordshire) (12) 11. J. Hilton (Cheshire) (17) stars as Chester Barnes and Denis Neale, 12. D. Brown (Essex) (10) and is marketed exclusively by S. W. 13. P. Day (Camibridgeshire) (13) Hancock. The MIDAS SILVER SPOT bat 14. M. Johns (Cheshire) (11) 15. J. Kitchener (Suffolk) (11) features a specially constructed ply 16. A. Clayton (Yorkshire) (16) blade, to take maximum advantage of 17. N. Eckersley (Cheshire) (-) this super rubber, and also a sntooth­ 18. M. Mitchell (Middlesex) (-) grip waisted handle. It is available Women in either Leach or Barnes shape 1. J. Ham1mersley (Buck'gha,mshire) (1) 2. L. Howard (Surrey) (2) and style in four different thick­ 3. S. Lisle (,Cheshire) (4) nesses-1mm, 1.Smm, 2mnt, and 4. C. Knight (Cleveland) (6) 2.Smm. MIDAS SILVER SPOT 5. K. Mathews (Middlesex) (3) Rubber is also available as a 6. A. Stevenson (Leicestershire) (8) 7. K. Rogers (Leicestershire) (9) separate pack, so that a player 8. S. Henderson (Surrey) (7) may, if he prefers, affix it 9. S. Hession (Essex) (5) to his own favourite blade. 10. J. Hellaby (Essex) (-) FRIENDL Y MATCHES Mr. Borje Bergqvist, former Secretary to the Swedish Table Tennis Association, has MIDAS SILVER SPOT IS THE CHOICE OF CHAMPIONS, including: been in touch with the E.T.T.A. O'ffice regard­ ing a possible visit to England by the junior JOHNNY LEACH (twice world Singles Champion), players from his Club, IFK Osteraker, of Bt­ JILL HAMMERSLEY (En~lish Champion and No.1 player), sektionen, Lansmansvagen 5, 184 00 Akers­ CHESTER BARNES (S times English Champion), berga, 8weden. D'ENIS NEAL,E (4 times English Champion and No.1 player). LINDA HOWARD (England's No.2), It is planned ;that some twelve/fifteen RICHARD YULE (Scotland's No.1). youngsters between twelve and sixteen years will journey to England during early May for a stay of one wee~. During this time they ? WHY ARE THEY ALL SWITCHING TO MIDAS SILVER SPOT ? would very much like to play sonte friendly matches against our own Clubs. Ask your local sports dealer for MIDAS SILVER SPOT, the bat with Mr. Bergqvist advises us that his girls' team the magic sandwich surface that Chester Barnes, and his fellow British belongs ;to the Second National League in Champions, are all switching to. Sweden and his boys are members of the Denis Neale is switching because: Fourth National League. "MIDAS SILVER SPOT gives me extra speed AND spin Would any interested 'Club please contact without sacrifice in ball control." Mr. E. R. T'aylor, General Secretary, E.T.T.A., Jill Hammersley says: 21 Claremont, Hastings, East Sussex, "It's ideal for girls." T,N34 lHA - telephone number "Hastings But let Chester Barnes have the last word: 433121, by the 9th April, 1975, at the latest. "MIDAS SILVER SPOT is the best thing to happen in table tennis for ten years," he says. And he's not kidding. GWENT OIPE,N TRY IT - AND GIVE YOUR GAME A TOUCH OF MAGIC One tournament not listed in the E.T.T.A. ANSWER: THEY'RE ALL SWITCHING BECAUSE MIDAS SILVER SPO'T IS 'Tournament ,Diary is the ,Gwent Open, to be [fun on Satl.U'day, April 19, and for which THE BAT OF THE FUTURE entries close on Saturday, April 5, to Mr. G. E. Motlow', 29 Carishrooke Road, Newport, Mon. (,Phone: Ne1wport 71964). After being held for 23 successive years at .5. W. HANCOCK LIMITE'D the premises of Standard Tele,phones and 119 THE CHASE CLAPHAM LONDON SW4 ONS ENGLAND Cables, the venue is s'witc'hed to ICiwmibran Telephone: 01·622 3345/6 Stadium Sports Centre, off Oakfield Road, 41 HOLLANDS ROAD HAVERHILL' SUFFOLK ENGLAND C'wmbran. Prize money totals £100 and play Telephone: 0440 5666 & 5566 will he on 8 Dunlop Barna tables with TSB balls.

Page 19' UNDER-13 EVENTS YORKSHIRE JUNIOR OPEN Results Boys' Singles-Semi-finals: UNDER 13 SINGLES S. Harmer (Beds) bt S. Binns (Yorks) 6, 7. UNDER-17 EVENTS R. Albutt (Derby) bt I. Reed (Cumbria) 16, 17. Boys' Singles-Quarter-finals: Final: CHAMPIONSHIPS T. Burrows (Ches) bt B. Baxter (Yorks) 7, 17. HARMER bt Albutt 7, II. These events are to be sponsored in 1975 by I. Girdler (Surrey) bt S. Hazelwood (Yorks) -19, 17, 17. Girls' Singles-Semi-finals: M. Harrison (Yorks) bt K. Richardson (Cambs) 17, -18, 17. Gordon bt J. Hunter (Norfolk) 8, 14. Alfred Reader and Co. Ltd., the United R. Hazelwood (Yorks) bt I. Kenyon (Kent) 19, -19, 12. L. Beadsley (Yorks) bt E. Mathie (Cumbria) IS, 7. Kingdom agents ;for Cor du Buy equipment, Semi -finals: Final: and will be known as the Reader-Cor du Buy Burrows bt Harrison 19, 16. GORDO Iv bt Beadsley 17, 11. Girdler bt R. Hazelwood 21, -16, II. English Under-13 Singles Championships. Final: Some changes in organisational structure have BURROWS bt Girdler 12, 2I. BURFORD JUNIOR 2-STAR Results been made, and sixteen hoys and sixteen girls Girls' Single5-Semi-finals: S. Hunt (Lines) bt R. Newman (Cambs) IS, -21, 14. UNDER-11 will contest the National Finals at Reading on J. McLean (Yorks) bt L. Hryszko 17, 17. Boys' Singles: May 24. Final: B. JOHNSON (Berks) bt M. Oakley (Surrey) -18, IS, 17. ~welve of these are players nominated by HUh••T bt McLean 10, 17. Girls' Singles: Boys' Doubles-Semi-finals: H. WILLIAI\llS (lVIiddx) bt P. Townsend (Wilts) -19, 16, 17. the National Selection Committee, whose Hazelwood/ Hazelwood bt Burrows/G. Hoy (Lanes) 22, -16, 14. choice is:­ K. Beadsley/J. Naser (Yorks) bt A. Metcalfe/B. Metcalfe (Yorks) UNDER-13 -II, 21, II. Boys' Singles: Boys: Simon Hall (,Leicester), Sam Harmer Final: A. PROFFITT (Herts) bt C. Wi Ison (Hants) 18, 15. (Aylesbury), Adam Proffitt (Barnets), Ian HAZELWOOD/HAZELWOOD bt Beadsley/Naser 17, 13. Boys' Doubles: Girls' Doubles-Semi-finals: S. HARMER (Bucks)/B. JOHNSON bt G. Sandley/A. Proffitt Reed (Barrow), 'Graham Sandley (North B. Chamberlain (Hunts)/M. Heffernan (Kent) bt C. Haworth IS, 14. Middlesex), Colin Wilson (Bournemouth). (Yorks) / Hryszko 14, -17, 15. Girls' Singles: A. Gordon (Berks)/Newman bt M. Oddy (Yorks)/J. Inch (Durham) M. SMITH (Berks) bt A. Gordon (Berks) -IS, 18, 18. Girls: Alison Gordon (R'eading), Sharon 17, 14. Girls' Doubles: James (IWest Cornwall), Jill Purslow (Read­ Final: GORDON/J. PURSLOW (Berks) bt Smith/G. Heath (Berks) 16, 14. ing), Mandy Reeves (North Acton), Helen CHAMBERLAIN/HEFFERNAN bt Gordon/Newman IS, 17. Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals: UNDER-15. Robinson (Middlesbrough), Mandy Smith S. Hazelwood/McLean bt Burrows/Chamberlain 9, II. Boys' Singles: f lSf ewbury). Beadsley/Hryszko bt P. Masters (Durham)/ Inch 14, -18, 12. R. JERMYN (Herts) bt J. Robinson (Dorset) 13, 17. Final: Boys Doubles: Entries closed on March 1, and ,at the time of S. HAZELWOOD/McLEAN bt BeadsleY/Hryszko 20, 15. IVI. DEXTER/D. WARD bt Jermyn/K. Edwards (Wilts) 19, 15. going to press, thos'e regional details which UNDER-15 EVENTS Girls' Singles: had been definitely settled were:­ Boys' Singles-Semi-finals: J. NEW (Dorset) bt Gordon -17, 13, 14. C. Reed (Cumbria) bt Harrison -22, 14, 19. Girls' Doubles: Region 1: April 20-Belllfields Youth Centre, Beadsley bt Kenyon 16, -17, 13. GORDON/PURSLOW bt B. Chamberlain (Hunts)/J. Thorpe (Berks) Hazel Avenue, Guild£ord. Final: 14, 14. Region 8: April 13-Stret'ford Sports Centre, REED bt Beadsley 13, 14. UNDER-17 Great Stone Road, Manchester. Girls' Singles-Semi-finals: Chamberlain bt Gordon -16, 19, 17. Boys' Singles-Semi-finals: Region 9: April 12-North Kesteven Sports Hryszko bt Newman 10, 13. D. Johnson (Wks) bt P. Trott (Berks) 18, 13. Centre, North Hykeham, Lincoln. Final: J. Proffitt (Herts) bt K. Edwards (Wi Its) 16, 17. CHAIVIBERLAIN bt Hryszko IS, 7. Final: Region 10: April 27----0rmes,by T.T.C., Middles­ Boys' DOLibles-Semi-finals: JOHNSON bt Proffitt 18, 11. brough. Reed/N. Smith (Cumbria) bt Harrison/M. Thirkettle (Yorks) Boys Doubles: 17, -13, 18. JOHNSON/MOUNTFORD (Wks) bt G•. Stewart/P. Smith w/over. Negotiations w,ere then in progress for the Beadsley /T. Bottomley (Yorks) bt S. Yallop/J. Hibbert (Derby) Girls' Singles-Semi-finals: six other Regions-all subject to confirmation. II, 8. J. Reading (Hants) bt New 18, 15. Region 2: East London. Final: B. Green (Wks) bt W. Parker (Wilts) 11,20. REED/SIVIITH bt Beadsley/Bottomley 16, 9. Final: Region 3: Wisbech. Girls' Doubles-Semi-finals: READING bt Green 14, 18. Region 4: Reading. Haworth/ Hryszko bt A. Lutkin/ A. Hudson (Yorks) 10, 10. Girls' Doubles: Region 5: Exeter or Plymouth. Gordon/L. Holmes (Derby) bt S. Jones/S. Watton (Staffs) 19, 18. NEW/READING bt GOi'don/Purslow IS, -18, 16. Final: Mixed Doubles: Region 6: Cheltenham or Swindon. HAWORTH/HRYSZKO bt Gordon/Holmes 10, 11. J. PROFFITT/READING bt Robinson/New 18, 8. Region 7: WoIrverhampton.

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Page 22 pointed out that Kent Juniors Nos. 1 and 2, without their number 1 player, Trevor Taylor, Ian Kenyon and Ian Collins, did not partici­ and are now going to have to fight really hard County Notes pate. in the remaining two matches against Lanca­ shire and Cheshire to retain their place. Continued from page 18 N.W. Kent also seem to have the league sewn up in the Veterans' section, as Reg The second team have had greater success Williams and Bill Chittock have been "spot in the Eastern Division, and at the time of KENT NOTES on" for every match. writing, have won 3 matches and lost 1. They The Girls' division one title is still in strong still have a very good chance of winning the by Eileen Koutikoff dispute between TOIIIbridge and Gravesend. Division and, if the first team remain in the Lynn Surman·Wells has been this season's out­ Premier Division, gaining promotion to the MISSION IMPOSSmLE standing player for Ton-bridge but Gravesend's Second -Division East. The main issue in the first division of the Gillian ,Ballard' has also been playing A great deal of coaching activity has been Kent League this season has been that of the extremely well. taking place iii the County during the current e~rimental idea of playing 8 matches, on season and this was highlighted by a coaches' the sa.me day, a.t a 'Central Venue." This 'course, held in Luton, at the end of January, scheme originated from the players themselves GLOUCESTERSHIRE NOTES when 18 coaches and potential coaches had 2 ane appeared to 'be a good idea in theory, as days of intensive instruction from national it gave the players a full day's play and drasti­ by John Cooper ,coach, .Peter Hirst, abJ:y assisted ·by Paul cally ,reduced the amount of weekends indi­ IHarmer. Now that the County is running two vidual .matches took up. Whereas in the past Chris Sewell won the Glamorgan Open Boys' senior teams the need for coaching juniors each league ,provided its own venue, and Singles title and was runner up in the men's has never been greater and very determined indeed refreshments(!), with the Central singles. efforts are being made to ,bring on the next Venue system the responsibility of finding a In the County field we drew with Leicester­ generation of County players. hall witlh space and conditions to accommo· shire (after they gave us 2 start) whilst the date 8 matches of first division standard, fell juniors beat Devon 6-4. The current Bedfordshire Junior team are into the lap of Development Committee memo having a fairly good season and in their latest ber Henry Buist. But the niceties of being W. Dawe, P. Lewis, P. Webb, A. Golding, match defeated Hunts by 6-4. Alan Chandler supplied with a cup of tea and a sandwich M. Hodgetts, Jane Dovey, Vanessa Cruwys and was the mainstay of the Beds team. He was had to be thrown out the window. Wendy Simmons went down to Exeter to try successful in winning both his singles and Had it been realised how impossible this their luck and WebbjHodgetts won the teamed up with Martin Harlow to win the task would be, I am sure the new idea would doubles. Lewis was runner·up in the under· men's doubles. This will be Alan's last season ;never have been adopted. At 'the first session, 15's and Dawe lost in the semi·final of the as a junior and he will no doubt be fighting 'held at Ashford, a tournament venue the under-17's. This party stayed down in the area for a place in the senior team during next players were familiar with, the first few cries to go on to the Cornwall match, which they season. of discontent, regarding cramped space, began. won 7·3. Hospitality was excellent. The County recently organised a fund­ Unfortunately venues from then on further Bristol had difficulty in the Carter Cup raising night at .Cesar's Nightclub, at Luton, at deteriorated. It was suggested at one session, against Newbury, going down 0·7. Sewell had which the star ()f t'he show was Frankie which was 'being held in a hall built in a sprained ankle. Bristol girls (Wendy Vaughan. A most enjoyable evening was had iapproximately 1780, whh gas lighting :to Simmons, Donna Vowles, Susan Lovell) played by all and the County funds are now in far match! that the next Central Venue be in well to go down only 3-6 against the strong better shape as a result of this evening. Colin Ken Baker's 16' x 16' garage! The humour Bromfield side, whilch included Julie Reading Crowe, who was for many years the Bedford­ displayed at this suggestion, however, did and Janet' New. shire number one, worked very hard to make illustrate ,that the situation was not near the In readiness for the coming E.T.T.A. under· this evening a resounding success. mutiny stage. 13 competitions, Bristol have had their But the organising of these .matches was under-13 competition and Cara Rowe and Kim becoming more and .more of a nightmare as Morris came forward again, Kim for the third WORCESTERSHIRE NOTES not only space, conditions, loca.tion, had to be time. by Doug Moss taken in consideration, -but also dates so as A large contingent from the Leagues .ven­ not to clash with other important events. As tured out to Burford. Dawe, Webb, lMorgan, HEREFORD JUNIORS LEAD a last resort matches then were being organ· Lane, Smith Patterson, Johnson, Jane Dovey, ised for Saturdays and this brought forward j The County K.O. competitions have been an influx O'f protests as many of the players Jackie Bulock and Julie PhiUips from proceeding satisfactorily with the handicap either wor'ked or were otherwise commItted. Gloucester; Paul Lewis, T. and K. Morris, competition, particularly interesting with Wendy Simmons and Cara Rowe, Bristol (the entries from Bromsgrove, Evesham, Hales­ The ·players, I am sure, appreciate the probe latter frightening the life out of ~:;illian lems but nevertheless have put forward their owen, Hereford, Kidderminster, Malvern, Heath); V. Cruwys, Greening, S. Slack, M. Redditch and Worcester. protests strongly and it is likely that for next Hodgetts and I Cooper, of Cheltenham. season matches will revert to the old system. Having completed the first round it seems It might be suggested that the Central Venue Stroud men beat St. Kirby's 'B' 7-3 and drew the handicapping was well done. With team syste.m continue but with the number of with Oxford. In the Rose Bowl, Stroud did handicaps ranging from scratch to plus-300, 'matches cut by half but . . . I am sure this well to only go down 4-5 to Basingstoke. there were some close finishes. The average tIme a rather careful research into availability Cheltenham lost to West Brom 8-2. The two lead {or winning teams ,was 31. In one match of venues able ·00 cater for 4 matches will bt came from Boyd and Collier, with Mick Collier between S.D.F. "AU (Kidderminster-receive carefully looked at first. particularly being on form, nearly taking 80) and Needle Industries, Studley (Redditch In the first division or the Kent League, Colley. -receive 130) the scores finished up exactly Bromley 'A" are topping the division with Gloucester boys beat Birmingham 'B' 9·1, level! The Committee agreed the match be W(lolwich 'A" right behind them. The title and the Vets, after beating Stratford, went on replayed with a reverse venue. will be fought out ,between these two when to excel with an 8·2 win over Oxford. In the In the ,County League Div. 1, the Hereford they .meet in ·the fi·nal match of the season. As County Junior League our girls beat Bristol team is at present carrying all before them. these two neighoouring teams have battled it 'B'. They have, however, not yet played Hales­ out so many times in the past, this local Jan. 24 was the second annual Glos. and owen and the clash of these two teams will "derby" again promises to ·be "The Game" of :Dlst. Schoolgilrls' competition, and despite have a significant effect on the championship. the season. The WO(llwich side will likely be handicap starts being given to the weaker The Junior Division of the County League Paul Beck, Barry Meisel and Clive Morris. is being played on two occasions at Lea & Bromley's team may well include Terry Farlie players, the County Nos. 1 and 2 girls came through to the final with Jane Dovey repeating Perrins, Worcester. In the first half of the and Ray Tilling, the third member usually CGmpetition Hereford did very well to take the being Les Etheridge. her triumph over Vanessa Cruwys. The general response from schools was 'Poor but an inter­ lead. Table:­ The Kent League Secretary has been battling esting and restricted under-IS event was won P W L F APts with hoards of results and SoCore cards to come by Julie Phillips. up with the first division player who has had Hereford ...... 3 3 0 21 9 6 the best season so far and after going through A Junior sports time for youngsters 8-14 Worcester 3 2 1 19 11 4 on Saturday mornings, including table tennis, the results and judging them against the Evesham ...... 3 1 2 11 19 2 standard of players that have been beaten, at the Leisure Centre, has prospects. he assures me that Ray Tilling has had by far Redditch ...... 3 0 3 9 21 0 the best seasC'n. As Tilling is in the Bromley BEDFORDSHIRE NOTES The second part (If the competition will also squad, look out WooIwich!! be played in Worcester on April 6. The exhor­ In the Women's first division, Medway have by O. A. Reeves bitant price of petrol naturally causes the walked away with the title, a lot of their County Committee some concern, 'especially success being due to Kent No.1, Joyce Ellis, "STRONG AT THE TOP" having to undertake such long journeys, such holding a 100 % record. After an excellent start in their first-ever as to Cornwall, involving overnight stay. In division one of the Junior League, N.W. season in the Premier Division when they However, the policy is not to entertain any Kent are way ahead of their nearest rivals. defeated Yorkshire 5-4, the Bedfordshire team cur,tailment of the programme but to find Vince O'Brian and Robert Brown can claim have found competition to be exceedingly more money-making enterprises. Beryl Sham­ a great deal of c~ediJ1: for this: Although "strong at the top." Unfortunately, for 3 of mon, County Sec., is looking at competitions. Bromley were fieldmg a team, It must &e the 5 matches played so far, they have been It is hoped the ·players who benefit most

Page 23 fr()m the Association's activities will do their 'Daventry 9·1. The form of young Peter Berna, and certainly at the moment he appears to be best to help. playing at No.1, continues to show great reaping the due rewards. It is also intended to hold a Dance at encouragement, averaging a win per match in The Cou-nty 2nd team, under its new skipper, Bromsgrore w1hich ~ay Cope ·(Bromsgrove the last few games. 'Terry Morran, have to date collected five delegate) will ()rganise. This may be towards Local players figured in one final, four semi­ points from three matches. Arthur Downer the end of March or early April and is finals and one other quarter-final at the Bur­ has been the star player to date-what a joy intended as a real social occasion and also ford Junior Open. Belinda Chamberlain (St. to see him doing so well after the terrible make a contribution to the finances. Neots) partnering Janet Thorpe (Berkshire) accident he was involved in not lon~ after reached the final of the Under-15 Girls' movins north from Sussex. With VIctories Doubles, losing to the Berkshire pairing of over Clwyd, Northants 2nd and a draw against HUNTINGDONSHIRE NOTES Alison Gordon and Jill Purslow. W1arwicks 3rd, the team is full of confidence Special note for our youngest competitor in for the remaining matches. by David Deller the tournament, Melanie Ringrose (St. Ives), The Juniors are keeping up the promise who reached the semi-final of the Under-11 s'ho;;'11 last season when they reached the ,TWO TITLES FOR BELINDA event ·before losing by two points in the decid­ playoffs. To date Shropshire have 'been The New Year started wi.th great success ing game to the No.2 seed, P. Townsend. emphatically beaten, a draw aohieved against for the County's top tournament competitor, C].wyd, and in the latest match, a magnificent Belinda Chamberlain, winning two titles at the victory over a strong Warwickshire side. Mark .Yorkshire lunior Open. She carried ()ff the MIDDLESEX NOTES Jenki-ns, from Det'lby, and Robert Allen, from V-15 singles beating Yorkshire's Linda Chesterfield, have each won 5 singles ()ut of Hryzch() 15, 7 in the final after a stiff semi by Laurie ,Landry 6, while Stephen Webb (Chesterfield), Allyson encounter against Berkshire's Alison Gordon. AMAZING RECORD Marples, Lindsey Mellor-both Chesterfield­ The Buckden girl's other title came in the Main talking point in the County in recent and Linda Holmes, from Derby, have all played U-17 Girls' Doubles when partnered by N. weeks !has been the continued progress of our their part in achieving the excellent results. Hefferland. 16-years-old No.1, Andrew Barden. Three Peter N()rman reckons that this year the team In South East Midland League matches St. senior lIDen's singles titles in consecutive weeks could go one better than last season. NeotsVeterans, winners of the title the season is his amazing record. A big improvement on In a recent round of the Rose Bowl compe­ before last, have again Sltarted well, winning his No. 14 nati()nal ranking is now very much tition, the top 6 ladies in the County came up their first four matches and have amassed 32 a .possi.bility. against each other, and on this occasion the points including a drubbing (1()'() over near The County Inter-League competitions are Chesterfield trio of Jackie Billington, Sandra neighbours Hunts Central. The latter are having varied success but there is no doubt Wl8lters and Mandy Mellor got the ·better of doing well in the Juni()r Seotion. Alan Smith, that the new Victor Barna competition (3-a-side Susan Holmes, Carol Downer and Marilyn the Fisher twins and Leno Coppolaro have for men) is ,proving quite popular. The top Deakin, from Derby. The winners now have a won four out of their five matches played, division in this appears to be a three-h()rse very attractive home fixture against Leicester. beating Kettering and Wisbech by maximum race between the two strong North Middlesex The Chesterfield men's team were cruelly scores, Peterborough 9-1 and Dunstable 6-4. St. telmlS and Willesden. The second division of ·eliminated from the Wilmott Cup by the ~eots were good 7-3 winners in the Men's tlbe Victor Barna looks to be out of their organising committee after the match at Section against Hunts Central with ,Alan depth for the young teams of Willesden.II and Chester had never got off the ground, due in Lamprell and Len Say:well d()ing their part. Staines II, whilst promotion is on the cards no way whatsoever to the Chesterfield secre­ St. Neots made their exit from the Rose for Wembley and S.W. Middlesex. tary, Neil Marples. As both the junior teams Bowl, losing 3-6 to Cheshunt, Belinda Cham­ The Norman Pegg Trophy (2 men and 2 are already out, the ladies now carry the sole berlain taking all the local sets. Hunts Central women) is over the half-way stage. Acton are hopes of the "spire" town. Juniors .travelled to Derby and went down 1-8, the only unbeaten team but there are still Alan Smit'h winning the one. some important matches to come. North Acton The County Association have decided to hold seem set for promotion from Div. 2 in this BERKSHIRE NOTES an annual wmpetition in memory of Paul competition. The Junior Division looks like .by Peter Charters Chariton, Hunts' most successful youth player, another win for North Middlesex and there­ who was tragically killed last year. The trophy 'fore retention of the D. W. Birmingham LION'S SHARE FOR READING will be played for by youngsters between the Trophy. In the Berkshire inter-town competition, ages of 17 and 21 a.t the County Tournament . A friendly match was played between a held over two weekends, one in October, the on Mar. 23. The trophy is to be bought from Middlesex Select and the Universities' other in January, Newbury took the main donati()ns received after his death. Athletic Union (U.A.U.) as well as the event, Bracknell tAe Junior Boys' Division Two St. Neots men, at home to Harlow, were W.I.V.A.B. (Women's Inter-Varsity Athletic and Reading teams won all the other six narmwly beaten in rhe second round of the Board). The Middlesex men (David Tan, David Divisions. Wilmott Cup 4-5. Lamprell won two with Jemmett and Laurie 'Landry) beat UA.U. Men's Division 1 was a clear _victory for "Gus" Albon and Gordon Cockram taking one (Donald Parker, John Fuller and David Newbury, Simon Heaps, Garry Roberts, David apiece. Boulter) by 5-4 whilst the women (Beryl Reeve'S and Dave Wise being too stron~ a Five juniors have been selected to join the Clayton, Molly Prowen and Barbara Devine) group of players for any of the oppositIon. Eastern Region squad, these being Alan Smith, lost to W.I.V.A.B. (,Pat Hammond, Val Duffin Newbury won all of their ten matches. Steven Fisher, Mark Fisher (St. Ives), Belinda and Christine Iacona) 4-5. The matches were The Ladies' Division was an equally con­ Chamberlain (St. Neots) and Gregg Baker played at N.C.R. and proved most enjoyable. vincing victory for Reading, winning all their (Peterborough). matches, although on occasions they needed With the change of the year, a change of DERBYSHIRE NOTES a good all·round team effort to pull through. fortune for the County Senior team. After The new Berkshire town (not table tennis) defeats at the hands of Essex III and Hertford­ by Derek Oldman of Slough was invited to take part in the shire II, Hunts gained their first win of the TOUCH OF SADNESS events and although they did not get III season at the expense of Norfolk by a 9-1 winning team, the Slough players seemed to margin. Representing the winners were Alan This month's County notes are tinted with enjoy the competition. Lamprell, Stephen Andrews, Tim SPeller, a touch of sadness due to ·the sad and sudden Barbara Pace and Diane Bushby. Onfy the passing of their former author, Walter Reeves, Full league tables are:- men's doubles went against the Hunts quintet who collapsed during a tournament and died Jun. Boys' Div. 1 this being the largest win recorded in the in hospital two days later. A tribute to him Reading 'A' . 710399 County Championships by Hunts Seniors. a·ppears elsewhere in this magazine. Maidenhead 'A' . 5 1 2 31 17 Reading 'B' . 2242028 The Veterans were less successful. When With the season well into the second half, excitement is mounting with the possibility Didcot 'A' . 1 3 4 17 31 visiting Kent they finished on the wrong end Slough . o 3 5 13 35 of a 6-3 result. A mixed doubles success along of all three County teams remaining unbeaten with singles gains from Cockram and Ken and indeed becoming clbampions of their res· Jun. Girls'. Div. Green finished the scoring for Hunts. pective divisions. Without "counting our Reading 'A' . 600324 chickens, etc." we are keeping our fingers Newbury . 4 0 2 30 6 Sunday, Jan. 19th, saw two coaching rallies crossed and hopi.ng. Maidenhead . 1 0 5 7 29 within the county boundary. At St. Ives, 44 Reading 'B' . 1 0 5 5 31 Cadets joined together from all three member Only Gloucestershire and Leicestershire are barring the way to a place in the play-off for Men's Div. 1 leagues of the County Association. A success­ Newbury 10 0 0 50 10 ful coaching session under the direction of a premier positions at the end of the season. If the former can be overcome, then we would Reading 'A' 7 0 3 41 19 dozen coaches was forthcoming, 11 tables being Didcot ',A' . • ...... '5 0 5 22 38 used to the full. At nearhy St. Neots the go to Leicester with at least a two point advantage. In the latest victory over Stafford­ Bracknell 'A' 4 0 6 25 35 Eastern Region squad session was held under Slough 3 0 7 -22 38 the direction of Staff Coach Peter Hirst. shire, Maurice Billington was in magnificent form, winning both his singles, and at times Maidenhead 'A' 1 0 9 18 42 In the latest South East Midland League bringing an enthusiastic "audience" to its feet. Women's Div. 'tables, high positions are held by Hunts Sandra Walters and Jackie Billington also Reading 'A' . 8 0 0 37 11 Central Juniors and Reserves, but both fell gave 100 % support and Derbyshire jjust Newbury . 4 1 2 129 19 heavily to North Herts, unable to gain a point scraped home by 6-4. A lot of the credIt is Maidenhead . 4 0 4 28 20 in either section. Peterborough's men's team due to new captain David Smith, who 'builds Reading 'B' : . 2 1 5 15 33 recorded their first victory recently, beating up a dossier of opponents before each match Slough ; ...•....• o 2 6 11 37 Page 24 3r d Commonwealth Championships

Nigerian team, coached by two Chinese, Tseng and Chiang, deserved a better fate than to ROLL OF HOINOUR be beaten 5-0. The first three sets all went to three and in losing them the Nigerians seemed to lose heart a1so, for both Lekan and Fenuyi Men's Singles Women's Single,s aQd Babatude Obisanya, on their second excur­ sions to the table, were but a pale' shadow of TREVO:R TAYLOR JILL HA,MMEiRSLEY their former selves. ( England) (Engtand) Again at 9 a.m., on Monday morning, only token resistence was encountered in meeting I the representatives of Singapore, which left Womle'n's D'oubles Men's Douibles just one more river to ,cross for the men's I D,ES,M10IND DO,UGLAS and title and, appropriately, it was Australia who JILL HA,M'M'ERSLEY and barred the way. The Aussies, too, had suffered LIND'A H,OWARD DEN'IS NEAtE no defeat but had shed three sets to Singapore I and one each to Canada, India and Nigeria. (England) ( England) I Here then was the chance for Australia, before their own crowd, to improve on the Mixed Doubles four sets they obtained against England in I Cardiff when ",Charlie" Wuvanich carried his DE,SM:O'NiD D,O,UGLAS a,nd bat and Paul Pinkewich got the better of Nicky I LI'ND'A HO'WARD Jarvis. (England) The teams only differed in one respect with I Douglas, by the toss of a coin, joining Jarvis and Denis Neale to the exclusion of Taylor. I Men's Te'a,m Women's Tea.m Jarvis, opening the proceedings for England, avenged his loss at Cardiff with a 2-straight I E'NGLAND ENGLAND win over Pinkewich, who proved difficult to 1 _ shake off in the first game. Next on to the scene was Australian cham­ pion Wuvanich, the ex-Thai international, who '7-up' in Melbourne by GEORGE R. VA,lES

Successful in retaining all their seven Commonwealth titles in Melbourne over the period Jan. 25-31, England's table tennis players had just cause in redressing the balance of Anglo-Australian sporting conflicts following the mauling suffered by Mike Den­ ness and the touring M.IC.C. cricketers. Landslide victories in both team events­ the men dropped only two sets in nine matches and the women none at all in six-were followed by a clean sweep of the five individual titles with both Trevor Taylor and Jill Ham­ mers~ey retaining their singles crowns first won in Singapore (1971) and successfully defended in Cardiff (1973). It was all so easy in the team matches and never more so for the men in their opening encounter against Papua-New Guinea ,who, on the eve of independent nationhood, were com­ peting in the Conlnlonwealth Championships for the first ti,me. Indeed, it was the first time that the players had travelled outside their homeland. All were students ,at the University of Papua-New Guinea, where their captain, Neil Roberts, is a lecturer. The late arrival of the Kenyan team resulted in a walk-over and a stand down in the ,after­ noon session to be followed, in the evening, by ca romp honle against Canada, whose Errol Caetano was credited with the only game dropped and that by Douglas in the penulti­ mate set. At 9 a.m. on the Sunday morning Fiji were seen off in quick sticks and only Gary Murphy succeeded in taking a game, off Taylor, in the aftern.o~n wh~n New Zealand provided the OPPOSItIon. And so to the evening session and the fifth match against India who, it will be recalled, gave us the fright of our lives in Singapore when they led England 4-1 and lost! Not so on this occasion, for apart from Niraj Bajaj, who beat Taylor 2-1 in the third set, no other loss was incurred. Commonwealth men's doubles champions, Denis Neale (foreground) and Desmond Douglas, on their way to victory over Paul Pinkewich and Bob Tuckett, of IMPROVED Australia. Later that sa,me night a much-improved Photo by courtesy of "Herald-Sun," Melbourne.

Page 25 was taken ill on the flight out from London and failed to recover sufficiently to c'Ontinue on to India and the World Champs. Regrets to Ray Carlile, lie Transport in Melbourne, who (was involved in a car crash on the eve of the Championships and could view them only through the medium of TV alongside his hospital bed. Trust you have both recovered gentlemen. And the salme goes for ex-inter­ national Ron Jones, another of our genial hosts in Australia, who was to enter hospital for an Ope directly the Championships were over. SOA,KING Wednesday, Jan. 29, brought an intensifica­ tion of the heat ·conditions which shot the thernl0meter beyond the 100 degrees mark! Soaking shirts were the order lof the day with more than a few nairne-tagged Steve Kn'!pp who, like England's TrainerlCoach in his halcyon days, perspired profusely. That the seeding for the men's singles was done correctly was evidenced in 7 out of the 8 reaching the quarter-final stage. The only faller was Wuvanich who, having beaten England's Jimmy Walker in the first round, (-14, 18, -14, 21 and 15), was ousted by Obi­ sanya, of Nigeria. In failing to shake hands with his victor, who triumphed 19, 18 and 18, Wuvanich incurred the wrath of the Australian officials and subsequently, after much speculation as to his sentence, was the recipient of a severe reprimand. All the major shocks occurred in the quar'ters as a result of which the title became Taylor-made, for he alone of the four English­ men engaged succeeded in winning. Neale, puffing like a grampus and growing more wea'ry by the nlinute, succumbed to a grafting Pinkewich, whose stolid play finally broke the Clevelander. On the next court in Ex-Thai international, "Charlie" Wuvanich, Australia's No.1, who suffered a the spacious Mel,bourne Town Hall, a perspir­ first round defeat in the men's singles at the hands of Babatunde Obisanya, of Nigeria. ing Knapp triumphed over Jarvis in a titanic Photo by courtesy of "Herald-Sun," Melbourne. be.gan where he left off in Wales !by beating Douglas 2-1 to level the match score and the battle, or so it seemed, was well and truly on. But it was flattery only to deceive, for the Englishmen took the next four sets only one of which-Wuvanich versus Jarvis-went the distance. Truly anti-climax for home sUjJ­ porters whose whe,tted lips were crystalised .dry. If the ,men had it easy, what of England's women? They played magnificently and indeed dropped only two singles games throughout their 6-match series, Linda Howard losing her first to Kek Hiang Tan, o:f Singapore, whilst Carole Knight was taken to three by India's Shailaja Salokhe. MEDIOCRITY The final 'match was against ,Canada who, having lost 0-3 to India, posed no threat nor, in reality, ever rose above mediocrity in again losing by the same s,core. Jill Hammersley drove in the all-important first nail with Carole Knight, no mean swinger herself, accounting for a sluggish Violetta Nesukaitis. The doubles brought proceedings to an end with Jill and Linda Howard easy winners over Violetta and Mariann Dormonkos. Australia's women disappointed in finishing no higher than fifth, their only suc.cesses being against the "old enemy", New Zealand, and Nigeria. New Zealand were the "wooden spoonists" without a win to their na,me and only 4 sets on the ,credit side. Tuesday was the free day with a sunshine barbecue in.l'Albert Park where the steaks fairly sizzled and the beer was real cool! It 'was good to have the sun on a back that had been starved of it, especially in the genial company of Australia's Keith Bowler and Len Haycraft, Marge Waldron, Jose Tomkins and Art Werier, of Canada, and, from New Zealand, Ken Wilkinson and the indefatiga'ble Frank O'Gor,man, Timaru's "Mr. Table Tennis." Babatunde Obisanya, who was finally ousted by Eng,Jand's Trevor Taylor, third A word of comimiseration here f'Or Canada's time winner of the Commonwealth men's singles title. Roy Powell, his country's team manager, who Photo by courtesy of '''Herald-Sun,'' Melbourne. Page 26 5-ga1me encounter, as did Ohisanya over a flagging ,Des Douglas in the far distance. Taylor, opposed by Bajaj, avenged his defeat by the Indian No. 1 in the tea1m event in three comfortable ga1mes and continued his winning way Iwith a like victory over Obisanya in the semis. Pinkewich had given his all in denying Neale and proved no 'match 'for the younger Knapp in the other penulti,mate set. Knapp won the opening ga1me against Taylor in the final but thereafter play never reached gre'at heights with Taylor always the master and tactically sound. RESOLVED A similar situation at the quarter-final stage of the ,counterpart women's event was resolved very differently with all four Englishwomen winning through, Jill against Salokhe, Carole against Ethel Jacks, of Nigeria, Linda at the expense of Nesukaitis and Karenza Mathews beating Ann Middleton (nee McMahon), of Australia. There followed two hard-fought semis, none better than the set-to~ between Linda and 'Karenza which the Surrey girl won at 18 in the 5th. Jill di.d not have it much easier against Carole, who fought like a tigress before going down 20-22 in the fourth. And then came the final with Linda going into a 2-1 lead and looking very much like taking the title from her compatriot. But every credit to Jill, who 'fought back in the true tradition of a cha1mpion to take the next two Ifor victory. This set was by far the best of the final session and really had the crowd buzzing. It was table tennis par excellence and worthy of the TV screening it got and deserved. IPredictalbly all three doubles titles were won by English pairings, the men~s by Neale and Dougla1s, whose final victilms were Pinke­ wich and Bob Tuckett, of Australia. Jarvis and walker went out to Obis,anya and Sunmola, of Nigeria, whilst Taylor, playing with Alex Polisois, of Canada, who fell to India's Niraj Bajaj in Round 2. Williams, of Australia, succum,bed to Alex Photo by courtesy of "Herald-Sun," Melbourne. Polosois and Eddie Lo, of Canada, who won 3-2. Jill and Linda retained their women's doubles title at the final expense of New Zealand's Ann Stonestreet and Neti Traill, who in the se'mis had ·beaten Karenza and Carole. In the mixed 'Neale and Karenza, the holders, went out in the third round when beaten -17, -10, 15, 20, 19 by Bajaj and Indu Puri, of India, who subsequently lost to Caetano and Nesukaitis, victors in the previous round over Walker and Carole. CLINCHED Douglas and Linda eventually clinched the title after five hard games with Jarvis and Jill to make it a celebration affair in a local night-spot. All in all a memorable championship despite the absence of Ghana, which reduced the

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Page 27 men's teams to 10, resulting in a round robin RESULTS Australia 5, New Zealand 0; Nigeria 5, Kenya 0 (w.o.). instead of a t'win group systeim of play. Men's Singles: Round 3: Australia 5, Kenya 0; India 5. New Zealand 0; D. Neale (En) bt G. Munday (As) 7, 15, 7; Singapore 2, Nigeria 5; England 5, Fiji 0; A,ccomimodation was of the highest order in P. Pinkewich (As) bt M. Dua (In) -6. -19, 17, 22, 17; Canada 5, Papua-New Guinea O. the most modern of hotels and the problems S. Knapp (As) bt A. Savige (As) 15, -17, 19, 15; Singapore 5, Kenya 0; Australia 5, Papua-New Guinea 0; of feeding, both players and officials was over­ N. Jarvis (En) bt R. Javor (As) 12. 11. 13; England 5, New Zealand 0; Canada 5, Fiji 0; D. Douglas (En) bt S. Phadke (In) 11, -13, 21, 17; India 5, Nigeria O. come by the allocation of Imoney s,o that one B. Obisanya (Ni) bt P. Gonda (Ca) 12, 14, 6; could feed oneself, and the steaks, if nothing N. Bajaj (In) bt R. Tuckett (As) 14, 18, 13; Australia 5, Singapore 0; England 5, India 1; T. Taylor (En) bt A. Shahara (Ca) 7, 13, 11. Nigeria 5, Papua-New Guinea 0; Uew Zealana 5, Fiji 0; else, 'were cheap. Quarter-finals: Canada 5, Kenya O. Long may the trams rattle along the wide Pinkewich bt Neale -16, 17, 15, 17; Kenya 5, Papua-New Guinea 0; Australia 5, India. 1; Knapp bt Jarvis 18, -17, 18, -12, 16; England 5, Nigeria 0; Canada 5, New Zealand 1; thoroughfares of Victoria's capital city and Obis.anya bt Douglas 14, 18, -17, -12, 12; Singapore 5, Fiji O. thanks, one and all, for the memories of Taylor bt Bajaj 14, 15, 14. 'Nonderful hospitality and such places as Semi-finals: New Zealand 5, Papua-New Guinea 0; England 5, Knapp bt Pinkewich 9, 20, 17; Singapore 0; Melbourne Cricket Club, the R.A.C.V. Club and Taylor bt Obisanya 18, 14, 9. Australia 5, Nigeria 1; India 5, Canada 2; the Beachcomber, at St. Kilda's. We Pom!mies Final: Kenya 5, Fiji O. enjoyed every minute. TAYLOR bt Knapp -22, 12, 14, 15. India 5, Singapore 1; Nigeria 5, Canada 4; Women's Singles: Round 3: New Zealand 5, Kenya 0; Fiji 5 Papua-New Guinea 0; ENGLAND 5, Australia l. ------~--:- J. Hammersley (En) bt G. Hsu (Ca) 7, 5, 9; S. Salokhe (In) bt J. Morris (NZ) 15, 6, ]JJ; English Results: C. Knight (En) bt H. Morrow (As) 11, 12, '14; v. Papua-New Guinea (won 5-0) E. Jacks (Ni) bt Tan Kek Hiang (Sn) -17, 14, -20, J. Walker bt N. Roberts 8, 11; bt D. Petelo 11, 9. 12, 9; T. Taylor bt R. Purai 9, 9; bt Roberts 10, 10. V. Nesukaitis (Ca) bt A. Yee (Sn) 10, 14, 7; L. Howard (En) bt M. Le Gassick (As) -14, 16, 17, 17; D. Douglas bt Petelo 8, 10. A. Middleton (As) bt P. Vatsala (In) -15. 9, 17, 5; V. Canada (won 5-0) K. Mathews (En) bt J. Brown (As) 6, 8, 8. N. Jarvis bt E. Caetano 15, 18; bt A. Polisois 12, 11. Quarter-finals: Douglas bt E. Lo 15, 13; bt Caetano -20, 16. 13. Hammersley bt Salokhe 15, 13, 16; D. Neale bt Polosois 16, 15. Knight bt Jacks 14, 10, 12; Howard bt Nesukaitis 15, 14, 14; v. Fiji (won 5-0) Mathews bt Middleton 18. 13, 12. Neale bt S. Yenkanna 6, 2; bt A. Traill 5, 12. Semi-finals: Walker bt Traill 7, 12. Hammersley bt Knight 14, -19, 13, 20; Douglas bt J. Buksh 5, 10; bt Yenkanna 10, 9. Howard bt Mathews 17, -11, 21, -18, 18. v. New Zealand (won 5-0) Final: 'Taylor bt G. Murphy -16, 21, 13; bt R. Blair 6. 10. HAMll'IERSLEY bt Howard 16, -19. -19, 19, 15. Neale bt Blair 9, 12. Men's Doubles: Quarter-finals: Jarvis bt J. Morris 10, 17; bt Murphy 8, 10. Douglas/Neale bt F. Ayinde/L. Fenuyi (Ni) 12, 12. -18. V. India (won 5-1) 16; Neale bt G. Jagannath 10, 19; bt N. Bajaj 12, 15. Dua/Bajaj bt E. Caetano (Ca) /Gonda 20, -10, 18, 18; Jarvis bt Dua 12, 7; bt Jagannath 17, 16. Obisanya/L. Sunmola (Ni) bt Jarvis/J. Walker (En) 18, Taylor lost to Bajaj -14, 16, -19; bt Dua 18, 13. -7, -18, 11, 17; Pinkewich/Tuckett bt E. Lo/A. Polisois (Ca) 12. 7. 7. v. Nigeria (won 5-0) Semi-finals: Jarvis bt B. Obisanya -19, 13, 18; bt L. Fenuyi 8, 10. Douglas/Neale bt Bajaj /Dua 15, 15, 18; Neale bt Fenuyi 17, -18, 9. Pinkewich/Tuckett bt Obisanya/Sunmola 20, 15. 24. Douglas bt L. Sunmola 17, -19, 14; bt Obisanya 11, 10. Final: v. Singapore (won 5-0) DOUGLAS/NEALE bt Pinkewich/Tuckett 11, 15, 19. Douglas bt Tan Khoon Hong 19, 14; bt Tan Kai Kok 9, Message from the Right Honorable The Prime 8. Women's Doubles: Quarter-finals: Neale bt Tan Kai Kok 12. 15. Minister of Australia, Mr. Gough Whitlam, Hammersley/Howard bt Y. Fogarty/K. Fraser (NZ) 10, Taylor bt Sen Poh Lin 7, 10; bt Tan Khoon Hong 7. 13. Q.C., M.P. 11, 6; 1. Puri (In) /Salokhe bt Brown/S. Rapken (As) 15, 13, v. Australia (won 5-1) 12; Jarvis bt P. Pinkewich 20, 14; bt C. Wuvanich 16, -18, Australians have always prided themselves Knight/Mathews bt A. Brackenridge (NZ) /Morris 16, 13. .on Itheir love of sport. 14, -17, 13; Douglas lost to Wuvanich -16, 15, -19; bt S. Knapp 19, A. Stonestreet/No Traill (NZ) bt Jacks/O. Majekodunmi 14. Australian participation in international (Ni) 11, -17, 18, 7. Neale bt Knapp 14, 10; bt Pinkewich 9, 20. cOlllLPetition has dominated our sports pages Team Records 'and 'often our front pages, especially when Individual Jarvis Neale Douglas Taylor Walker Opponents F A our sportsmen and women have enjoyed 1-0 2-0 2-0 Papua-N.G. 5 0 success out of an proportion to our numbers. 2-0 1-0 2-0 Canada 5 0 2-0 2-0 1-0 Fiji ...... 5 0 But many Australians have been content to 2-0 1-0 2-0 New Zealand 5 0 bask in the reflected glory and re,ad about our 2-0 2-0 1-1 India ...... 5 1 athletes' prowess, or take the easy way out by 2-0 1-0 2-0 Nigeria 5 0 1-0 2-0 2-0 Singapore 5 0 becom1ing television spectators. 2-0 2-0 1-1 Australia 5 1 For too long we have paid only lip service 10-0 10-1 7-1 3-0 40 2 to that cherished saying of Baron Pierre 10-0 Coubertin: "The important thin,g is not to win Semi-finals: FINAL PLACINGS but to take part." Hammersley/Howard bt Puri/Salokhe 18, 15, 14; (Previous positions in brackets) stonestreet/Traill bt Mathews/Knight 19, 19, -16, 19. However, our increasing consciousness of the Final: 1. ENGLAND (1) HAMMERSLEY/HOWARD bt Stonestreet/Traill 14, 11, 7. 2. Australia (3) dangers of too sedentary 'a life, and our aware· 3. India (2) fness of the prospect of increasing time for Mixed Doubles: Quarter-finals: 4. Nigeria (7) recreational opportunities, have helped us to Bajaj/Puri bt Neale/Mathews -17, -10, 15, 20, 19; 5. Canada (8) recognise the importance of personal partici. Caetano/Nesukaitis bt Walker/Knight -19, 17, 19, 17; 6. Singapore (6) Jarvis/Hammersley bt Dua/Salohke 9, 11, 12; 7. New Zealand (13) pation in sporting activities. Douglas/Howard bt A. Webb (As)/Woodward 19, 18, 18. 8. Kenya (-) Semi-finals: 9. Fiji (-) Personal particip,altion does not have to be Caetano/Nesukaitis bt Bajaj /Puri 17, 14, 11; 10. Papua-New Guinea (-) at world or even neighbourhood championship Douglas/Howard bt Jarvis/Hammersley 14, -15, 13, -17, Malaysia (4), Hong Kong (5), Ghana (9), Wales (10), level for it to be both enjoyable and beneficial 11. Scotland (11), Ireland (12), Mauritius (14), JersEY to the individual. Final: (15) and Guernsey (16) competed in the 2nd Common­ DOUGLAS/HOWARD bt Caetano/Nesukaitis 12, 17, 16. wealth Championships in Cardiff but not in Melbourne. Table tennis is a classic example of a sport TEAM EVENTS WOMEN 'that is at once easy to play at one level and MEN England 3, Singapore 0; Canada 3, New Zealand 0; yet capable of devastating sophistication when Nigeria 5, New Zealand 1; Singapore 4, Canada 5; India 3, Nigeria 1. played by the great exponents of the game. England 5, Papua-New Guinea 0; Australia 5, Fiji 0; India 3, Australia 0; England 3, Nigeria 0: India 5, Kenya 0 (walk-over). Canada 3, Singapore O. Australia 3, New Zealand 1; England 3, India O. These Third Commonwealth Table Tennis Singapore 5, Papua-New Guinea 0; Australia 5, Championships, hosted for the first time by Canada 1; Singapore 3, Nigeria 0; India 3, Singapore 2. Aus,tralia, have brought to our shores men England 5, Kenya 0 (walk-over); Nigeria 5, Fiji 0: Canada 3, Australia 0; New Zealand 2, Nigeria 3. Singapore 5, New Zealand 0; Papua-New Guinea 0, England 3, Australia 0; Canada 3, Nigeria 0; and women of great skill and artistry and with New Zealand 0, Singapore 3. world rankings and reputations. India 5. England 5, Canada 0; India 5, Fiji 0; Continued on Page 3) Understandable admiration for their skill should not obscure the message that table ~ennis is a wort that most Australians can play-irrespective of age or sex. Whether the game is enjoyed in sophisti. MILLWAY (SPORTS) LTD. cated table tennis centres or in our own back· Stansted, Essex. yards during summer holidays, it has a great deal to offer us. T.S.P. Three Star Balls at bargain price - less than 11 peach. Australia is fortunate to have been selected to stage such an important contest and we £1.30 per dozen - boxe'd. Post free. welcome the many nations that have responded Ito our invitation to attend. Same day despatch.

Pa~e ~8 Continued from Page 28 v. India (won 3-0) Men's Singles-Semi-fi.nals: Knight bt S. Salokhe 13, -17, 16. N. Eckersley (Ches) bt R. Yule (Scot) 18, -12, Canada 0, India 3; England 3, New Zealand 0; Hammersley bt I. Puri 18, 8. Knight/Mathews bt Puri/Salokhe -17, 17, 15. 22. Australia 3, Nigeria O. India 3, New Zealand 1; Australia 0, Singapore 3; v. Australia (won 3-0) R. Kerr bt I. Robertson (Nthld) 18, 15. ENGLAND 3, Oanada O. Knight bt H. Morrow 20, 14. Final: Hammersley bt C. Little 15, 9. Eckersley bt Kerr 18, 16. English Results: Hammersley/Howard bt Little/A. Middleton 16, 19. v. Singapore (won 3-0) W.S.: E. Smith bt P. Fleming 9, 13. L. Howard bt Kek Hiang Tan -19, 15, 18. v. New Zealand (won 3-0) M.D. Eckersley/ J. Graham bt A. McCulloch/ J. J. Hammersley bt Ai Suan Yap 11, 8. Howard bt Y. Fogarty 13, 6. C. Knight/K. Mathews bt Kek Hiang Tan/Noi Hwoy Peck Hammersley bt K. }4'raser 8, 17. Wilson 19, 15. 19, 15. Knight/Mathews bt Fraser/A. Stonestreet 11, 17. W.D. Fleming/Smith bt Craig/McKay 15, 11. v. Nigeria (won 3-0) v. Canada (won 3-0) X.D.: Yule/Smith bt Svenson/Murtagh 14, 18. Mathews bt O. Majekodunmi 13, 15. Hammersley bt M. Domonkos 13, 12. Hammersley bt C. Arinye 5, 11. Knight bt V. Nesukaitis 18. 16. B.S.: K. Paxton bt R. Brown 17, 20. Hammersley/Howard bt E. Jacks/Majekodunmi 7, 8. Hammersley/Howard bt Domonkos/Nesukaitis 7, 10.

Individual Team Records

Hammersley Howard Mathews Knight H/H K/M Opponents F A 1-0 1-0 1-0 Singapore 3 a 1-0 1-0 1-0 Nigeria 3 o 1-0 1-0 1-0 India . '" 3 o 1-0 1-0 1-0 Australia 3 o 1-0 1-0 1-0 New Zealand 3 o 1-0 1-0 1-0 Canada 3 o by MAX McNEILL 3-0 3-0 3-0 18 0 6-0 2-0 1-0 Tommy Caffrey returns to the joint No. 1 position in the Irish rankings following his 3 FINAL PLACINGS tournament victories this season over his main 1. ENGLAND (1) rival, Jim Langan. Ji'm's brother, Tony, who 2. India (3) 3. Canada (2) has ,been out of the game for 3 years, comes 4. Singapore (6) in at No.9. 5. Australia (4) 6. Nigeria (8) The full list is as follows:­ 7. New Zealand (5) (L-Leinster V-Vlster M-Munster) Malaysia (7), Ireland (9), Scotland (10), Hong Kong (11), Wales (12), Jersey (13), Ghana (14) and Guernsey Men Ladies (15) all competed in Cardiff but not in Australia. 1. J. Langan (L) 1. K. Senior (D) 1. T. Caffrey (L) 2. K. Stewart (V) 3. A. Cairns (V) 3. B. Stewart CD) W.D.: P. Fleming/E. Smith bt E. Craig/McKay 4. K. Keane (L) 4. S. Fildes (L) 9, -7, 6. 5. D. Weir (D) 5. B. Thompson (D) iEdinburgh Oilen Junior and Youth, 2-2-75 6. S. Tracey (D) 6. B. Cody (M) (Meadowbank) 7. K. Leonard (L) 7. V. ,Moore (D) B.S. V-15: K. Paxton (Durham) bt G. Sandley 8. !P. O'Brien (L) 8. E. Cash (U) (Middx) 5, 8. 9. T. Langan (L) 9. M. Ryan (M) 10. B. Larrigan (L) 10. P. Maguire ('4) B.S. V-17: Paxton bt T. Gelder (Durham) 18 12. ' 10. D. Addy (D) 10. T. Carton (L) Y.S. V-21: J. McNee bt A. Mathew 21, 19. Cork City Hall provided a most suitable G.S. V-17: G. McKay bt S. Jenkins (Durham) venue 'for the Irish Closed ,Championships on 20, 11. Jan. 31-Feb. 1. Jiim Langan carried off the G.S. V-21: P. Fleming bt G. McKay -13, 11, 12. treble and in winning the men's singles slcored seoTTISH NEWS his first tournament win of the season over G.D.: E. Craig/G. 1\.fcKay bt P. Fleming/C. Tommy Caffrey (15, 15). Karen Senior con­ by DENIS GEORGE Walker (Durham) 15, -13, 14. fir'med her No. 1 position in the country with X.D.: I. Svenson/B. Murtagh (Durham) bt an impressive win over Kyra Stewart (W!~.)l). The S.T.T.A. Inter-League Competition was P. McQueen/Walker 19, -15, 15. The tournament provided a ni~51 ~\i . in held at Meadowbank, Edinburgh, on Jan 4. The B.D. U-17: R. Brown CW. of S)/A. Mathew bt Irish Table 'Tennis 'with SOp being "cdi men's event Group "A" was won by West of Gelder/Paxton 18, 19. for each match won in both the 1. - J d Scotland, for whnm Jim Graham and Douggie Y.D. V-21: B. Mullin/J. McNee bt R. Brown/ A. wonlen's singles events. ,. The idea... d Mullin were undefeated; Aberdeen were ,Mathew 18, 17. very popular amongst the players. . second. BENEAGLES PERTH OPEN The Norwich Vnion International Cham­ In Group "B" Edinburgh were top with Bert pionships in Brighton brought very little Kerr and Terry Forker undefeated; Dundee This tournament, played on Feb. 9, turned out to be a resounding success with a large suc,cess for the Irish team of Jim Langan, Tom were second. In the semis, West of Scotland Caffrey, Karen Senior and Kyra Stewart. Best beat Dundee 5-0 and Edinburgh beat Aberdeen entry, a knowledgeable, interested and generous sponsor----

Page 30 set fair, but in Sheffield a coaching centre final matches when ,J.)urham play LancashIre project has hit local authority resistance. In II at home and Yorkshire (away) and Cleve­ County Notes the east, however, Humberside County Council land travel to Cheshire. is offering financial support towards coaching The "V.G. Club Ohampionship" will be held Continued from Page 24 schemes, whilst .plans are afoot in Harrogate Ithis year as a one-day event on April 19. The for a centre on local authority premises. trophies, as well as those for the ''V.G. YORKSHIRE NOTES Lo! A ·pen-holder who's writing his name. Awards" and the Durham County Closed, will Thus ran Malcolm Hartley's cryptic table be presented -by one of the Directors from by Tony Ross tennis headline in Bradford's "Telegraph and Josihua Wilson & Bros. lAd., the V.G. Food­ Argus". The pen-nolder referred to was Brad­ stores wholesalers in the North-East. HUDDERSFIELD TITLE BID ford University's No.1, Clem Lo, who won the Congratulations are also due Keith Paxton Hudciersfield's men's team look favourites Hong Kong Universities' championship an on his England Junior GROUP "A" ranking, to regain the Yorkshire League Division 1 March last year and generated the Bradford and to Geoffrey Inch (Philadelphia) for 'title they last won at me end of !the 1967-68 headline by leading, undefeated, his Division attaining No. 12 positio.n in the Cadet ranks. lSeason, since when the "Yorkshire Evening 3 University team to a shock 7-2 cup win over Post" Cup has gone exclusively to Middles­ a Hermits "A" team which included the Nos. 3 brougb, no.w, of course, part of Cleveland. and 4 Bradfard players. Hermits had previously SURREY NOTES Huddersfield's hopes were much improved by won the trophy 5 times in the last 10 years. a close 6-4 win over closest rivals Sheffield, at England's European League fixture witlh by Ted Simpkin Hillsborough B.C. in February. Sheffield were Yugoslavia on Thursday, 24th April, will be CONVINCING 0-4 down and 1-5 down, but recovered to 4-5 played in Hull at the Y.P.I. Ferens Sports WIN before the unfortunate Roy Bro.th·well went The Senior side seem almost certain to s~ts Centre, Chanterlands Avenue North, at 7-15 down to Malcolm Mear, who won his 2 p.m. T~ckets, priced £1.50 (ringside) and £1 finish at tne top of the 2nd Division South for the visitors. The top two players on each are avaIlable from Mr. C. R. Pawson, 75 Rivers­ after maintaining their 100% record with a side were evenly matched, with Sheffield's dale Road, Hull, HU6 7HB. Tel.: Hull 856844. convincing win against Sussex at Guildford. David Rayner losing to David Hirst but beating The 8-2 margin was not flattering, as can be John Kedge, and County No.1 Junior, Brian The County dinner-dance will be in Knares­ seen by the fact that only one of the seven Baxter, losing to Kedge but beating Hirst. borough on Wednesday, 30th April. Tickets (£2.25) are available from social secretary singles won by Surrey went to three, Susan Essex County player, David Boulter, cur· Alan' Cram, 8 Heath Drive, Boston Spa. Tel.: Henderson just pipping Sue Kavallierou 18 rently at Hull University, is finding success Boston Spa 842829. in the third. Richard Yule was particularly difficult to come by in Division 1-ne lost his ~arP' The attendance again was meagre, and two sets in Hull's 4-6 defeat ·by Leeds at Hull. YORKSHIRE LEAGUE It IS clear that the spectators who stayed County No.2 boy, Mike Harrison, was the only (Leading positions at 19-2-75) away following lack-lustre performances in home player undefeated. Other "foreign" Div. 1 the past have not yet been wooed back by the players in the Yorkshire League include P W D L F A Pts more challenging displays now being put on. Chesterfield and Derbyshire's Neil Marples, HUddersfield I . 5 4 1 0 34 15 9 The Wandsworth League did not come Bob Allen and Lindsey Mellor, who are turn­ Sheffield I . 5 4 0 1 36 14 8 forward with the news which was promised in ing out for Sheffield. Bradford I . 5 3 1 1 32 18 7 t~e ll.lst issue, but Sutton has stepped into the Answers to a questionnaire sent to leagues in Leeds I . 4 2 1 1 21 19 5 hmehght. The Sutton and District League the Yorkshire League have provided some Div. 2 which caters for the activities of clubs withiIi interesting results. By 10 votes to 3, a change Doncaster I . 5 5 0 0 47 3 10 Sutton, Cheam, Banstead and surrounding from 4 to 3-a-side for the men's and women's Hull II . 7 4 2 1 40 30 10 areas, was formed in 1948. Of that inaugural divisions is favoured; the veterans' division is Barnsley 1 . 6 4 1 1 37 23 9 committee, Chairman Frank Priest still keeps already 3-a-side, whilst the Junior divisions Sheffield III . 6 2 3 1 32 28 7 the~ in order from the chair, and Iris Boover are arranged particularly for mixed teams of cont~nues to produce the Handbook. It is 3 boys and 1 girl. Two up and two down Junior Div. 1 partIcularly good to note that the first Men's promotion and relegation rules are supported Sheffield . 5 4 0 1 33 12 8 champion, Dennis Rivett, has not yet seriously by 11-2, but the idea to award a point for each Halifax . 6 3 0 3 28 26 6 thought of hanging up his .bat. set woo split the leagues 6-7. With 19 leagues Hull I . 3 2 0 1 18 9 4 Leeds I . 3 2 0 1 17 10 4 The League began with three men's divi­ competing and the usual indifference to sions and one women's, but it was nat until ques·' Jonaires, competition secretary Graham Hull II . 4 2 0 2 15 21 4 Doncaster I . 3 2 0 1 12 15 4 mixed teams joined in that Sutton's successes Ca' "a~ '''ell pleased by t'he response. began. The team of Mary Wright, Jean Head, ''1ppointing 6-3 defeat of the County's Veterans' Div. Clarice Rose and Shirley Prior, joined later .. by Lancashire means that YorkshIre Barnsley I . 8 8 0 0 63 9 16 by 'Pauline Piddock and Betty Bird, became r.o. ..:very set they can get in their remaining Leeds . 7 6 0 1 49 14 12 pretty well invindble, and three times in matches against Middlesex and Essex, On the Bradford I . 7 6 0 1 39 24 12 rapid succession the National Rose Bowl found credit side, the second team, with Bradford Bradford II . 8 5 0 3 47 25 10 its way to Sutton. S. & D.W.S.A. 8 5 0 3 33 39 10 match secretary, Richard Priestley, on debut, The men also have had their share of suc. and David Hirst recalled to captain the side, Women cesses, and whilst not winning any National registered an impressive 10-0 victory over an Bradford . 6 6 0 0 48 12 12 titles, have produced International or County experienced (hut somewhat long in the tooth) Sheffield . 7 5 0 2 40 30 10 players in Michael McLaren, Jackie Head, Cheshire II side. Highlights of the Junior first Leeds . 6 3 1 2 30 30 7 Eric Filby, Gordon Chapman and Emil Emecz, team's excellent draw against Surrey at Hull Halifax . 6 3 1 2 27 33 7 ;and it was from the Sutton stable that were Mike Harrison's long opening set with "Connie" Warren started his volatile career Martin Shuttle, narrowly won by the Surrey and became the County number one. boy, and Brian Baxter's wins over Shuttle and DURHAM NOTES Max Crimmins, the only below par perform­ The League now has four divisions and ance 'being Melody Ludi's loss to Kay Green­ by Fred J. Inch while the strength of the first division is not what it was, there is always hope that true ough. The junior secood team continues to TREMENDOUS J?rogress, with Steve Hazelwood now challeng­ WIN competitiveness will lead to further success ang the top ,boys for a place in the first team, Durham County Juniors had a tremendous in the long term. .but there must be some concern at the low win over Cleveland at Newton Aycliffe on standard of the girls behind the top 4. Feb. 15, and on behalif of the County officials SHROPSHIRE NOTES Arranging Wilmott Cup, etc. matches is and Executive Committee may I congratulate often a .problem with .players committed to the team and N.P.C. Alan Jenkins on their by Alan Cavell tournament and inter-league and county accomplishment, especially Keith Paxton, of matches. In the case of the Hull - Sheffield Sunderland, who beat England-ranked Junior, NEW TOURNAMENTS Round 3 Carter Cup tie, it had to be played Stephen Souter. The changes in the boundaries of District in the evening following the Yorkshire-Surrey Detailed results (Durham names first) Councils that took place in Shropsohire last junior match, and it was the home team's were:­ year have also altered the areas covered by Mike Harrison who stood the pace, registering P. Masters (Philadelphia) lost to S. Souter the local sports advisory councils. The Telford 3 wins in Hull's 6-3 victory, including one over -15, -24; bt I. Plummer 12, 14. Table Tennis Association has now changed County colleague Baxter. Showing an encour· IK. Paxton bt S. Rowlands 19, 18; bt 'Souter its membership to the Wrekin and District aging improvement in form Mike won the 19, 18. Sports Advisory Council and the Albrighton junior titles at the Pontefract and Sbuth A. Gelder (Sunderland) bt Plummer 12, ·18, Table Tennis .club has joined the Bridgnorth Yorkshire Opens against top-seeded opposition 17; bt Rowlands 17, 18. and District SPOl'ts Advisory Council. Clubs provided by Leicestershire's Chris Rogers. Miss S. Jenkins (Murton) lost to A. Tierney and Associations taking a full J?art in the A dream has been realised for E.s.T.T.A. -11, -16. developmen.t of local sporting actIvities often Chairman, Tom Mathews, headmaster of Moor Paxton/Gelder lost to Souter/Plummer -21, become eligible for grant aid from local Grange School, Leeds, where a 10-table centre 18, -20. authorities. In Shropshire over £20,000 will be has been installed by the Leeds League with Masters/Miss J. Inch (Murton) lost to Row­ available to clubs in 1975. the backing of the County and the Yorkshire lands/No Carne -6, -19. The Albrighton T.T.C. has now arranged and Humberside Sports Council. With existing Jenkins/Inch bt Tierney/Carne ·19, 18, 16. tournaments for local hoys and for local girls; coachin~ centres at Bradford and Halifax, the The 6-4 -win certainly opened up the Junior age groups for each will be Under-ll, Under­ West RIding's table tennis future should be Division North with much to play for in the 13, Under-15. Thes'e will be American tourna·

Page 31 ments, based on groups 0If 4, followed by a a triple champion, bis final win in the men's Under·17 knock·out, and will take place at the Club on singles being agamst young Claxton who, in B.S.: Sewell bt J. Musselwhite 11, 18. Saturdays, March 1st, March 8th and March the first ga,me, outhit his senior colleague. B.D.: P. Lewis/Sewell Ix C. Mayow/N. 15th. Financial backing for these is being BrowoJl combined with Nick Bottom1ey to Stopher 14, 17. given by Sheba World Travel (Midlands) Ltd' J take the men's doubles and it was with Joyce G.S.: W. Simmons bt D. Vowles 15, 16. of W.olverhampton. Members 0If the club wilJ Lloyd that Brown achieved his ha·t·trick. handle the tournament arrangements. G.D.: S. Lowell/J. Wilson bt Simmons D. Results:­ The first tournament organised by the Vowles 18, ·20, 24. Telford T.T.A. for players who have not flayed M.S.: R. Brown bt S. Claxton ·15, 15, 14. Under-1S in any town team was very successfu. This W.S.: J. Lloyd bt J. Hunt 10, 17. B.S.: P. Lewis b't R. Wolfe 13, 11. was also played as an American tournament in M.D.: N. Bottomley/Brown bt S. Gray/J. Nix B.D.: Lewis/Wolfe bt I. Crew/G. Totterdell groups of 4, followed by a knock-out. The last 13, 16. 12, 11. eight were C. Neo (R.A.F.), N. Austin and R. G.S.: Simmoos bt D. Vowles 14. 9. Spencer (Albrighton), T. Evans and C. Hems­ W.D.: S. Foley/J. Watte bt Hunt/Lloyd 17, -17, ley (Decca), M. Langford (Burnhill Green), L. 14. G.D.: Simmons/Vowles bt C. Rowe/G. Sperring Stephan (Owens) and P. Collier (Madeley). In X.D.: Brown/Lloyd bt Bottomley/Hunt. 15, 13. the final defensive Tony Evans beat attacking V.M.S.: M. Wood bt D. Reynolds -19, 9, 22. Under·13 Malcolm Langford 21-10, 21-6. V.W.S.: B. Shammon bt D. Moss ·16, 16, 11. B.S.: K. Morris bt M. Smith 17. 9. V.D.: J. Cukerman/J. Meredith bt F. Heritage/ G.8.: G. Rowebt L. Crandon 7, 2. L. Jobson 14, 15. X.D.: P. Lewis/Simmons bt Musselwhite/J. Shropshire Closed Wilson 15, ·16, 14. by Alan Cavell Bristol Closed Ponte&aet I-Star Open The organisation of the County Closed was simplified by the use of Harlescote Youth by Dennis Pope by Tony Ross Centre, Shrewsbury, and this year's senior events were well run by Bill Harris and Barry The Bristol "Closed" Championships took It was almost a Leicestershire benefit day Taylor. ~ntries ~ere:-M.S.-73; W.S.-1!!.; place on the weekend of Saturday/Sunday, at the Pontefract 1-8tar Open on Jan. 25. Paul M.D.-34, W.D.-8, X.D.-18 and Veterans-I. February 15-16. Randell won the men's title after a marathon There are few outstanding men in the The Senior events were played on the Satur· battle with Cheshire's Nigel Eckersley, baving County and two seeds were eliminated in day and many eyes were on the progress of beaten his County colleague.l Chris Rogers, in Round 1. Only three, A. Hiscock, C. Neal and the present Bristol "star", Chris Sewell, and the semis. The other semi-nnalist was Leeds. G. Samuel reached the quarters. In the final as the holder 0If the Men's Singles title and junior, Steve Hazelwood, a much·improved top seed Hiscock beat Samuel 15, -10, 8. also Bristol No.1, he was top seeded, and fully player recently. The women playing in the County team justified his ranking, winning all his sets two­ Karen Rogers beat Melody Ludi to win the were both elimi'nated in their first singles straight, including the final against Brian women's singles, and the Leicester contin~ent matches. Mrs. S. Rogers lost to Mrs. M. Robin· Reeves. Incidentally, Brian had beaten Chris also took a·way the men's doubles and mIXed sha.w and Miss S. Evans to Mrs. C. Ashley. in the final of the Gloucester&hire Closed trophies, with Randell finishing the evening Neither of these winners reached the final in earlier in the year, but this time Chris made as triple champion. In the boys' singles it was 'Whioh Mrs. J. Jones beat Mrs. G. Gee ·18, 20, no mistake, winning 21·12, 21·11. With con· Hull's Mike Harrison who checked the 13. thlUed progress it is hoped Chris will once Leicester .band·wagoo by out-hitting Rogers in again put Bristol back on the table tennis map. All four seeded pairs in the men's doubles the semis, going on to beat Hazelwood in the reached the semis and last year's winners, The only real shock in the Men's Singles final. Neal and K. Walton, beat Hiscock aud Samuel ca·me when juniOl' Jerem'y Musselwhite beat Men's Singles-Semi-finals: in the fiIllal 14 and 19. Neal achieved another Colin Feltham 15, -17, 11, but Jeremy was well P. Randell (Leics) bt C. Rogers (Leics) 16, success in the mixed when he and Miss Evans beeten in the next round by Sewell. Chris also -19, 16. beat W. Davies and Mrs. Ashley 16 and 10. took 1'he Men's Doubles title when partnered N. Eckersley (Ches) bt S. Hazelwood (Yorks) Mrs. Ashley was again a losing finalist in the by clubmate Gordon Mildred. 13, 19. wOll1len's doubles when losing with Mrs. M. Due to illness, Pat Reeves only played in Final: Cartwright to last year's winners, Mrs. Rogen the Mixed, and despite her absence from the RANDELL bt Eckersley ·17, 17, 19. '8Jld Mrs. Jooes, who won 18 and 21. game for many weeks, won this title partnered by her hu&band, Brian. With Pat absent from Women's SiDJIes-Semi-finals: Both seeds reached the final of the veterans K. ~ogers (LeIcs) bt J. Walker (Yorks) ??? wilth the No. 1 seed, J. Bishton, beating R. the Women's Singles, we saw two familiar M. Ludi (Yorks) 'bt S. Broadbent (Yorks) -21, Smith 12 and 17. Beiore the veterans' final was faces in the final, those of Pat Rowe and Janet 9, 17. played, Smith had also reached the semis of Achurch, with the latter winning the final in Final: the men's singles (including victory over last "three". Janet was not so succes9fu:l in the ROGERS bt Ludi 16, -19, 12. year's men's champion, M. A. Smith) and of Women's Doubles when partnered by Pat Rowe the men's doubles. The result ()f the veterans' they were defeated by June Watts and Muriel Men's Doubles-Final: fiIllal was t1he reversal of the fint round Lewis. RANDE,LL/ROOERS ibt K. Guy/K. Beadsley encounter in dIe men's singles between The Junior events took place on the Sunday. (Yorks) 19, 19. Bishton and Smith, which the latter had won and despite the presence of Sewell, who won Women's Doubles-Final: 20, 14. the Under-17 Singles and Under-I7 Doubles LUDI/J. McLEAN (Yorks) bt Rogers/B. Voss artnered by Paul Lewis, the day belonged to (Lincs) 12, 12. r5-yeer-old Wendy Simmons, who reached five Mixed Doubles-Final: Woreestershire Closed finals, winning four of them and losing the RANDELL/ROGERSbt Eckersley/Voss 18, 12. other 24-26 in the thirdI A word of praise for Boys' SinlD!es-Semi·finals: by Doug Moss 12-year-old Kim Morris; he lost a game 21-0 M. Harrison (Yorks) bt Rogers 20,11. to Paul Lewis in a round of the Under-15 Hazelwood bt Beadsley 17, 10. These Championships, played at the Leys Singles, but came back to win the Under-13 Final: . Stadium, Redditdt, attracted a rather reduced Singles event. Kim shows exceptional promise HARRISON bt Hazelwood 14, -17,11. entry ,but there was certainly no falling off in for his age, and together with his younger Girls' Sindes Final: me standard of play, and a remarkable brother, Todd, one feels in the future a lot LUDI bt McLean 18, 17. number ()f surprising results. will be heard of the Morris Brothers. Apart from the players, a welcome sight Veterans' Singles-Final: The outstanding example was the perfor­ was the number of Vice"Presidents who D.MARPLES (Deroys) bt A. Hanson (Yorks) mance of Sheila Foley (Worcester) and Jill attended the Championships, and together 15, 15. Watte (Evesham) in wmning the women's with the Bristol Association President, Aubrey doubles event, beating the very experienced Simons, they gave the Juniors every encour· pairing of Jt?ycE; Lloyd an~ Janet Hunt, who TWO TITLES FOR NEALE have won thIS tItle many tImes. agement. Last, but not least, a big word of thanks to Denis Neale was quick to ,make his recovery Another exceptional performance was Referee Pat Archdale. following his return from Australia and India achieved by Jeff Nix and Simon Gray (Red­ by winning the men's sindes title both at ditch), who reached the final of the men's Results:­ Leeds in the Yorkshire 2-Star Open and at doubles, beating on the way, Simon Claxton Basingstoke in the South of England 3·Star. and Andrew Oakley 22-20 in the third. M.S.: C. Sewell bt B. Reeves 12, 11. W.S.: J. Achurch bt P. Rowe ·9, 19, 16. Jill Hammersley was the women's singles In the men's singles, seeded County team M.D.: G. Mildred/Sewell bt R. Bowles/Reeves winner at Basin~toke, beating Linda Howard players bit the dust. Brian Belcher, after beat­ 19, 17. in the final, WIth Susan Lisle successful at mg Brian Jarvis 21-4 in the first game, lost the Rothwell Sports Centre, where the beaten next two, and Mike Sykes fell to Steve Taylor w.n.: M. Lewis/ J. Watts bot Achurch/Rowe fi·nalist was Karen Rogers. (Bromsgrove). Andrew Oakley was beaten by -15, 13, 18. GrahanI Collier (Malvern). . Neale's final victims were Nigel Eckersley, X.D.: Reeves/P. Reeves bt P. Lewis/M. Jubb in Yorkshire, and Desmood Douglas, in Hamp­ But the really outstanding performance was ·20, 9, 8. shire. (Full reports and detailed scores will by Bob Brown, the County No.1, ,who became V.S.: D. Rowe bt N. Thompson -18. 10, 17. appear in the April issue). Page 32 ESSEX NOTES CAMBRIDGESHIRE NOTES UNIVERSITY by Geoff Newman by Leslie Constable In the County Championships all our teams It is with much pleasure that I report that TABLE TENNIS appear to be having a good season and we Camhridgeshire have iWon the Eastern Division have high hopes of li,fting a few titles. Our of the County Championships. They achieved by DERE.K OLDMAN . senior Pre'mier team is still going strong with this by beating Hertfordshire 6-4 at Waltham a 100 % record we are hoping will stay intact. Cross. Keith Richardson achieved victory by The spacious sports hall at Salford Univer­ The second team are also going 'great guns winning 25-23 in the last game of the last set! sity twas the venue for the U.A.U. and 'with Graham Blomfield, Dave Bowles and The tea:m of Paul Day, Mick Harper, Keith W.I.V'.A.B. annual tournament. The event David Randall in good form. Ri'chardson, Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps attracted a record entry of 124 men and 46 The Selection Com,mittee have ,been busy must be congratulated on this brilliant women for the five events. Twenty-six Univer­ and have revised the ranking list's as follows:­ achie,vement. sities and University Colleges were repre­ sented out of a total of forty, this in itself 'MEN-l, I. Horsham; 2, D. Brown; 3, R. ICa,mbs Juniors drew 5-all with Middlesex at indicating that at last table tennis is beginning ,Potton; 3,L. Eadie; 5, D. Iszatt; 6, ,G. Blom­ East Finchley, and this was mainly due, once to compete with the major sports such as field; 7, D. Bowles; 8, D. Randall; 9, D. New­ again, to Day, who won both his sets, to Keith soccer and rugby, etc" at University level. m,an; 10, D. Sehmbi; 11, lB. Mailey; 12, K. Richardson, who won a singles, and to the 'Caldon; 13, P. Hunt; 14, K. Beamish; 1~, D. girls"Ruth Newman and Susan Ellis, who beat The No. 1 seed for the men's singles was Boulter.; 16, R. Melling; 17, N. Brierley; 18, F. the England-ranked pair Marilyn Sangster and Donald· Parker, now r,esident at Loughborough Mauthoor; 19, A. Bawden; 20, G. Drew. Sue Dove in the Girls' Doubles. This meri­ College. As expected, he had little difficulty torious draw should enable Cambs to hold in winning the title; in fact the· highest WO,ME·N-l, S. Hession; 2, J. Hellaiby; 3, E. their position in the Pre,mier Division. ~ number of points he conced,ed in any g.ame 'Tarten; 4, S. Sutton; 5, L. Barrow; 6, J. Live­ was 14. David Boulter, of Hull University and sey; 7, M. Nash; 8, L. Budd; 9, J. Boulter; 10, In the Eastern Division Cambs II were Essex, and John Fuller, the Norfolk County P. Ahbott; 11, S. Smith. beaten 6-4 by Hunts, at Duxford, but the player, from Warwick, 'were unfortunate' to BOYS-Potton, Eadie, Iszatt, Newman, heartening feature was the singles wins of be drawn in the same half as Parker, Fuller Sehm,bi, Caldon, Hunt, Bawden, 9, A. Ahbott; Wisbe,ch Juniors, Tony Holmes ,and Geoff being defeated in the quarter-finals and 10, S. Newman; 11, T. Marsh; 12, T. Heeney; Davies, who were playing in their first senior Boulter in the semi. More fortunate were 13, K. Owens; 14, J. Taylor; 15, M. Allen; 16, nlatch. This augurs well for the team in next Tony Morris, from Leeds, and Paul Tsan~, A. Stonell; 17, J. Iszatt; 18, K. Boulter. season's competition. from Liverpool, who both reached the semI­ 'GIRLS-Sutton, Boulter, P. Abbott, 4, A. Prior to this Cambs had a good 8-2 win over final, although Morris had a long match with Maye; 5, ,C. Taylor; 6, H. Gore; 7, S. Smith; 8, Northants and at one stage led 8-0! D,ay won Andy Holdsworth, of Hull, and Tsang had if L. Chamberlain; 9, E. Sayer; 10, M. Abbott; 'both his singles, against Hamilton and close victory over Clement Lo, from Bradford. 11, J. Dell; 12, J. Reynolds. Marchant, 'but Harper had it tougher, although The superior serving of T~a:t;lg was suf!icient In the Fairs Cities Cup, administered by the beating .Marchant, he lost to Lyon 20-22 in the for him to over-conle MorrIs In the semI-final, E.T.T.U., Fellows lCranleigh stor.med into the third. Richardson beat Lyon but lost to Hamil­ but he was no match for Parker in the final. third round by virtue of an excellent 5-1 suc­ ton. With Linda Woodcock heating Miss Wallis M.S.----D. Parker (Loughborough) bt P. Tsang cess at home to the Federal German side, F.C. and Day and Richardson accounting for Hamil­ Saar,brucken. ton and Lyon, ,Ca'mbs were all set for a big (Liverpool) 10, 13. victory. As it was, they won both the Mixed W.S.-V. Duffin (Leeds) bt P. Ham.mond INTER-LEAGUE RESULlTS and Women's Dou:bles to complete a fine (Kent) 14, 12. M.D.-J. Fuller/M. Shahan (Warwick) bt A. Senior Division 1 evening's work. Taylor/A. P. McCarthy (Lancaster) 21, 11. Dagenham "A" 8, Chel,msford "A" 2 Cam,bs Junior II are going along very nicely W.D.----C. Jacopi/L. Stalbow (Nottingham) bt BasHdon "A'" 4, Harlow "A" 6 in their division and have had recent victories Duffin/J. W'atson (Leeds) 12, 16. Romford "A" 3, Southend "A" 7 over Beds (7-3) and Hunts (9-1). In these X.D.-A. Morris/Duffin (Leeds) bt P. Crane/ Junior Division 1 encounters Mike Crowson won all his singles H. Beeson (Birmingham) 17, -18, 13. iDagenham "A" 8, Walthamstow 2 and Tony Holmes and Derrick KiddIe only Southend "A" 8, Ro,mford "A" 2 lost one each. The ,girls also did well, winning Many of the players who figured in the Chelmsford "A" 6, Dagenham "A" 4 all their e'vents against Beds and only losing U.A.U./W.I.V.A.B. ,Championships again came Veterans' Division 1 one against ,Hunts, whose Belinda Chamber­ face to face at Leeds University over the Dagenham "A" 7, .BasHdon "A" 2 lain beat Vivienne Rowell 21-13, 21-16. This weekend 18-1.9 January on the occasion of the Southend "A'" 3, Romford "A" 6 series of wins puts the team at the top of the British Universities' Cha1mpionships. Many Thurrock "A" 8, Southend "B" 1 division with Norfolk---well done Juniors! students fro'm Scottish Universities, together with a small contingent"from Ulster, gathered in Leeds to do friendly battle with their English and Welsh ,counterparts. With Jean Krier having completed his studies and Elaine A FILM TO AID THE Smith, now the Scottish No. 1 lady, being ,engaged on international duty, all titles were bound to ,change hands, and as Donald Parker, being a college student, was not eligible, the HARD-PRESSED COACH! tournament became the most open for many years. Results:­ ,Men's Singles: C. Lo (Bradford) bt J. Fuller (Warwick) 15, 22. l\1en's Doubles: J. Fuller/M. Shaban (Warwick) TABLE TENNIS bt C. Lo/M. Douglas (Bradford) 15, 20. Ladies' Singles: P. Ha,mmond (Kent) bt C. A FOUR-PART FILM PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH 'Jacopi (Nottm) -17, 10, 18. Ladies' Doubles: C. Jacopi/L. Stalbow (Nottm) THE ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION bt V. Duffin/J. Watson (Leeds) 21, 14. Mixed Doubles: E. Nelson/E. Meenan Script and Technical Adviser (Queen's) bt M. Bishop/IC. Jac,opi (Nottm) 17, 11. LES GRESSWELL A feast of table tennis is in store at Sheffield University on 13-14 April when British Univer­ "/ am of the opinion that these films can only sities are staging a Quadrangular International do good wherever they are used. " tournament for students. Lining up alongside Great Britain 'will be teams from Western John O'Sullivan, Table Tennis News Germany, Holland and Belgium. Both team and individual events will be played and play will take place on.,both days from 9-30 a.m. until Each film is 13 minutes in duration * in Eastmancolour 7 p.nl. Each competing country is entering 16mm with optical soundtrack * 8mm with magnetic soundtrack teams of four men and four women and the British tea.ms are: delivered with teaching notes Men-Clement Lo (Bradford), John Fuller (Warwick), David Boulter (Hull) and Paul Bishop (Oxford) with Philip ,Crane (Bir,ming­ All these films are for sale OR hire. For full details write or phone ham) as reserve. 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Page 33 Obituarl' WALTER REEVES In an age dominated by an attitude of ~'What's in it for me?", the altruism of 'Walter Re'eves w'as an example and inspira­ tion to his many friends. He gladly gave 'of that most valuable of all com,modities, time,. 'Tim'e to consider and help his fellow men. His e'arIy death places in true perslPec­ 'live how gre:at was his contribution to the game he loved-table tennis. , A player of considerable ability, Walter ,Reeves represented D'erby on a number of occasions and more recently was one of the outstanding veteran players of the county. He devoted much of his time to fostering interest and ability in young players and there are many who remeulber with affection and gratitude the help and guidance they rece.ived from Walter. His organisational gifts were of great value to the Derbyshire Associa.tion and many of its tournaments and competitions have benefitted from bis willingness )to 'tackle any task which would contribute to the success of a particular venture. Whether it was playing, organising or umpiring, Walter could be relied ,on to give of his best. LINCOLN LEAGUE 40th ANNIIVERSARY He wiill be sadly missed by his many The Lincoln and District Table Tennis League recently celebrated its 40th friends in Derbyshire and indeed in table Anniversary. The c.elebration w:as in the for'm of a social evening for offi'cers of the tennis circles throughout Britain, for few League both past and present, at which presentations were made to Mr. S. Haigh have that quality of determination without and Mr. IG. E. Sendall, the President and Chairman respectively. histrionics which characterised him,. Our very sincere sympathy goes out to Carol, These presentations were made to co:mm,emorate ,a unique re,cord in local his daughter and his wife, Elsie, who for sporting circles in that both Mr. H.aigh and Mr. Sendall have served as officers of so long has shared his activities and pro­ the League throughout its 40-year existence; and indeed, were the driving force vided that background encouragement and resulting in the L,eague's formation. Both have had a long and distinguished career practical assis,tance which made his efforts in table tennis. so very worthwhile. Mr. Haigh w'as Chairman of the League from its conception until 1959, when he became President. He, along with Mr. Sendall, was a founder member of the FRED MO'ODY. Lincolnshire Table Tennis Association, which has Mr. Haigh as its current and only President, and also instigated the East of England Championships. Mr. Send-all served as both Vi,ce-Chair,man and Treasurer until 1959, when he succeeded Mr. Haigh as Chairman. As the League's representative to the County European League Associ.ation, Mr. Sendall has been tireless in his ,efforts to further local table tennis. Mr. W. Smalley, one of the League's Vi'ce-Presidents, presented Mr. Sendall NOif YET OUT OF D'ANGER with a garden seat and Mr. Haigh a wall plaque as a nlark of the League's appreciation by George R. Yaltes of their servi·ce. The photograph of the presentation to Mr. Sendall is reproduced tby courtesy Faltering only in the final set of their of the "Lincolnshire Elcho," Lincoln. European League Premier Division match against Federal Germany at Gillingham on Felb. 27, when Nicky Jarvis lost to Jochen Leiss, England had cause to rejoice in the unexpected ease of their 6-1 victory. TROPHIES -. ENGRAVING PRIZES But following France's surprising 4-3 win -- over Russia, who England play in Moscow' on Mar. 20, England's match ,with France at BADGES- Horwich Leisure 'Centre, near Bolton on Metal, Plastic, Cloth, Blazer-Wire, Etc. Thursday, April 10, nolW becomes of para;JI~ount importance, for two teams will be relegated Competitive Prices .. First Class QuaUty this season. Denis Neale was England's strong ,man at WE ARE SPECIALISTS Gillingha,m, 'with wins over Leiss and Peter Stellwag. Individual scores were:­ D. Neale Ibt J. Leiss 15, -18, 12. N. Jarvis bt P. Stell,wag -14, 18, 13. J. Ha'mlmersley bt W. Hendriksen -20, 14, 10. Ne'al/Douglas bt Leiss/Stall'w'ag 18, -8, 7. Douglas/L. Howard ht Leiss/M. Kneip 14, 15. Neale bt Stellwag -17, 12, 14. Jarvis lost to Leiss -20, -11. Other results:­ Sweden 5, Hungary 2 Czechoslovakia 6, Yugoslavia 1 Table:­ P W L F A Pts Czechoslovakia 4 3 1 19 9 3 Sweden ...... 4 3 1 18 10 3 Hungary ...... 4 3 1 1.5 13 3 Russia ...... 4 2 2 14 14 2 F. CORDELL & SONS (Trophies) LTD. Yugosla,via ...... 4 2 2 12 16 2 France 4 1 3 13 15 1 25 KINGLY STREET (Oxford Circus), LONDON, W1R 5LB England ...... 4 1 3 12 16 1 Tet:: 01-437' 8893/1921 Federal Germany .... 4 1 3 9 19 1 Other fixtures on March 20 are:­ COURTEOUS, PROMPT SERVICE. NO NEED TO GO ELSEWHERE- Hungary v Czechoslovakia, Federal Germany v Yugoslavia and France v Sweden.

Page 34 what would happen if other ,counties attenlpted STIGA GAINSFORD CUP si~milar moves. R,O;UND 2 It would, I am sure, lead to chaos and (Completion date March 30) inconvenience, especially as 'more counties are Or'mesby (Ormeshy) v now running senior and junior County matches B,ritish Legion "A" (Grimshy) on the same day at the same venue and even Gatley Y.M.C.A. (Stockport) v simultaneously. Bolton Colleges (Bolton) I have strong doubts if John Wright, as Central Y.M.IC.A. (Birmingham) v secretary of the County Championships, would Conservative Club ('Chesterfield) tolerate a batch of similar requests from other Blue Circle (London B.H.L.) or counties, so these Middlesex junior matches Northwood & Oxey (We.mbley) v should not have been moved this season, or *Gainsford (Central London) any future season. Maldon Wanderers (Chelmsford) v Letchworth Settlement (N. Herts) Gidea Park (Rom,ford) or Dunstable Vauxhall (Luton) v ASCOT BUTTERFLY Fellows Cranleigh (E. London) Byfleet L.T.C. (Byfleet) v NATIONAL LEAGUES Woolton Hill Newbury) Exeter Community Centre (Exeter) v Merton (Bournemouth) CHAMPIONSHIPS * Defending Champions. John Woodford Herewith listed are the fourth round draws The winners of all the foregoing matches to be completed ,by Sunday, March 30:­ will enter the Quarter-,Finals and will be Disco,u,rses on Fixture Manipu:ation WILM'OTT CUP (MEN) required to play in the "Stiga Weekend" at Northumberland v *Ormesby Aston University, Birmingham, on Saturday, When the County chanlpionships organisa­ Manchester v Sheffield April 19. tion be,comes merged with the E.T.T.A., it Stocl{Jport or 'Chester v Potteries OCicurs to me that it 'may, I hope, not be so Oxford v Birmingham N,EW SERlE,S easy for counties to nlanipulate num'bers of Cheshunt v Ely The Pelha;m Pictorial Sports Instruction fixtures so that star juniors like Andy Barden Willesden v North Middlesex Series is a new collection of sporting hand­ and Mark ,Mitchell, of Middlesex, can, if Brighton v East London books aimed at both the beginner and the selected, appear for both junior and senior Bournermouth v Central London keen player. Each book, written by an expert sides. I.M. ROSE B,OWL (WOMEN) in the sport concerned, has a fully-instructive This is an old chestnut, but one I haven't Ormeshy v Northumberland text complimented by photographs specia1}y taken up before. It happens throughout the Bradford or Live'rpool v Blackpool taken by a top-class photographer. As well as structure of table tennis and no doubt in most Chesterfield v Leicester e~plaining every aspect of the sport, the :books other sports. It happens most frequently in Cheshunt v \Cambridge deal comprehensively with the equip'ment and local league play where a team cannot field Wembley v St. Albans training required to reach a high standard of its strongest Iman, or men, or women on the Central London v Southend proficiency. The first six titles in the series agreed date. I suppose, that up to a point this Eastbourne v Guildford are:­ is acceptable, providing the 'match is played Basingstoke v Bournemouth 'Chester Barnes: Ta.ble Tennis within the limits laid down. Henry Cooper: Boxing CARTER CUP (BOYS) There can Ibe few leagues these days who John Da'wes: Rug;by Union Northumberland v *Ormeshy or Barrow Richard Hawkey: Squash Rackets do not have a time-linlit on postponed matches. Hull v Leeds In e1very league, in my ,experience, there are Barry Richards: Cricket Lei'cester v Birmingham Bob Wilson: Soccer a few clubs who are frequently up to this Dunstable v Ely or Norwich little game, giving their opponents plenty of North :Herts v Wemhley E,ach £2.50 net. Fully illustrated. ,Published in trouble. The trouble comes when a secretary Barking v North Middlesex March, 1975. or a team captain announces he cannot raise B.ronlley v Thames Valley Further information nlay be obtained from a side on a particular night and then the Bournemouth v Ne.wibury Pelham Books Publicity Department. opposition say that they have no spare nights BROMFIEL,D TROPHY (GIRLS) available at their pre1mises. WO'RtD CONGRESS If this doesn't happen too often then O.K., Liverpool v Ormesby but it seems to be on the increase. As a team Wolverhampton v Birmingham Due to pressure on space a report on the captain ,mysel,f, I am -beginning to' harden my Granthaim v Chelmsford tlWO sessions of the World Congress, held in attitude ,by saying, "Either you play a reserve North A'cton v Newbury Calcutta, will appear in the April issue. player or you forfeit the Imatch, because my North ,Middlesex v St. AI;bans players a.re not going to ,be messed about." Southend v Dagenham Gravesend v Guildford Please send for At the ,middle level, Ascot National League Bourne-mouth v Basingstoke our Table Tennis Competition or inter-league matches, the Price List 1M S problem is even more acute because here you * Title holders Ormesby (formerly North com'e up against the star players who are Yorkshire). Navy Bri-Nylon involved in tourna1ments most weekends, local Stretch Shorts- matches two or three nights a week and so on. Unisex (as illus­ Personally, I regard the requirements in STIGA trated), 2 Side these fixtures, of offering four dates as a Pockets £1.80 laugh! Hnw many star players, possibly involved in County matches can be sure of NATIONAL CLUB being available for their league or town at Toni-Hold Anti­ four different times? Very ,few have I come CHAMPIONSHIPS Loop Bats­ across. Fixture secretaries at this level have Black, Red or one hell of a task in trying to muster their STIGA ORMESBY CUP (MIEN) stars, especially when they get as far as Round Green £7.50 3 in the Wilmott Cup, for example. INTE,R-ZO,NE FI,NA,LS (Completion date March 30) My experience has been that it pays to get on the 'phone to the opposing secretary and *Ormesby (Ormesby) v Club-named reach mutual agreement on one date. Not long Kings Cross Libs. No.1 (Halifax) Shirts (as illus· ago I claimed a tie against a league for not Gatley Y.M.,C.A. (Stockport) v trated). Please agreeing a date because his star females could English Electric (Liverpool) ask us to Quote. not be tied down to a certain day. This man Hewitts "A" (Grimsby) v took tinle efi work to travel 33 miles by train Sheepbridge (Chesterfield) to plead his case for a last chance! Soham (Cambridge) v All our prices But now, I hear fixture manipulation has Handsworth Victoria (IBirmingham) include Postage, spread to the County championships. I under­ A.W.R.W. Aldermaston (,NeW/bury) v Packing & VAT. stand that a number of mat'ches in the junior Dunstable Vauxhall (Luton) divisions, involving Middlesex, have been Ellel1lborough (N. Middlesex) v moved from the usual Saturday reserved dates Fellows Cranleigh (East London) ma.dla.ren sports so that these wonder boys ,can nlake double Chadwell Heath (Ilford) v appearances. Heavitree "A" (Exeter) 10 ARCADE ROAD LITILEHAMPTON My admiration for the efficiency of John St. Annes (Staines) v WEST SUS$EX Tel.: L'ton 7610 Wright never ceases, ,but I cannot wonder Snows T.T.C. (Southampton)

Page 36 County Championships continued Z North: Cleveland 8, Durham 2 JUNIOIR P'REMIER Warwickshire 4, Derbyshire 6 Z Midland: Gloucestershire 5, Derbyshire 5 P WD L F A Pts ESisex . 5 4 1 o 34 16 9 Three of War1wicks wins in straight games, 2 West: Berkshire 9, Somerset 1 all the other s,ets went the distance. Middlesex . 5 4 1 o 34 16 9 Eastern: Hertfordshire II 6, Essex III 4 Berkshire . 5 2 2 1 27 23 6 Clwyd 6., Warwickshire 4 Western: Worcestershire II 3, Glamorgan 7 Yorkshire . 5 2 2 1 26 24 6 Translport difficulties meant Warwicks had Veteran Midland: Cliwyd 5, Wor,cesterslhire 4 Surrey . 5 2 1 2 25 25 5 to concede the first 3 B.S.-Clwyd could have Cam!bridgeshire 5 o 2 3 21 29 2 claimed ,more but preferred to play them. Lancashire . 5 1 0 4 21 29 2 Derbyshire 6, Staffordshire 4 DIVISIONAL TABLES Leicester'Shire 5 o 1 4 12 38 1 The undefeated Robert Legge made Derby's (up to and in,cluding February 16th, 1975) work h,arder for this one than they had JUNIOR SOUTH Middlesex II . 4 4 0 0 36 4 8 eXJpected; clinched ~y Robert Allen over Neil PREMIER Rafferty 14, -19, 11 In 10th set. Sussex . 5 4 0 1 34 16 8 P W D ,L F A Pts Hampshire 4 3 0 1 30 10 6 Leiceste'rshire II 4, Nottinghamshire 6 Essex . 5 5 0 0 32 13 10 Hertfordshire II .. 4 1 2 1 19 21 4 All decided on the last set, lost at -23 in 3rd. Cheshire . 5 4 0 1 25 20 8 Essex III . 4 1 1 2 21 19 3 A very good match by David G,annon~ but h0.lne Middlesex . 4 2 0 2 21 15 4 Buckinghamshire .. 4 0 1 3 7 33 1 girls were not quite giOod. enough to gIve Yorkshire . 5 2 0 3 22 23 4 OXJfordshire 5 0 0 5 3 47 o Lei,cs the point they otherWIse deserved. Glamorgan 4 2 0 2 16 20 4 JUNIO,R DIIVISION EAST Lancashire 5 2 0 3 18 27 4 JUNIOR NORTH Bedfordshire 3, Cambridg:eshire II 7 Warwicks . 5 1 0 4 20 25 2 Cleveland ...... 5 4 0 1 35 15 8 Bedrfords 5 1 0 4 17 28 2 Yorkshire II 5 4 0 1 31 19 8 Norfolk 7, Lincolnshire 3 Durham 4 3 0 1 26 14 6 Lincolnshire 4, Suffolk 6 2 SOUTH Cheslhire ...... 4 2 1 1 24 16 5 Surrey . 4 4 0 0 31 9 8 Huntingdonshire 4, Bedfordshire 6 NorthulTllberland 4 1 0 3 10 30 2 Middlesex II . 4 3 0 1 26 14 6 CUlmbria 4 0 1 3 11 29 1 Norfolk 5, Northamptonshire 5 Sussex . 4 2 1 1 21 19 5 Lancashire II 4 0 0 4 13 27 0 JUNIOR DIVISION WEST Essex II . 4 1 0 3 16 24 2 Glamorgan 9,Cornwall 1 Kent . 4 1 0 3 16 24 2 JUNIO'R SOUTIH·EAST Hampshire 4 0 1 3 10 30 1 Essex III ...... 4 4 0 0 33 7 8 Somerset 2, Wiltshire 8 Surrey II 5 3 2 0 34 16 8 Gloucestershire 6, Devon 4 2 NO'RTH Kent 4 2 2 0 29 11 6 Dorset 8, Worcestershire 2 Yorkshire II 3 2 1 0 23 7 5 Hertfnrdshire 4 1 2 1 19 21 4 Cleveland . 2 2 0 0 15 5 4 Cornwall 3, Gloucestershire 7 Berkshire II 4 1 0 3 19 21 2 Lincolnshire 4 0 3 1 18 22 3 Hamp/shire II 4 1 0 3 9 31 2 Dorset 6, Wiltshire 4 Northumberland 4 1 1 2 17 23 3 Sussex II ...... 5 0 0 5 7 43 0 Glamorgan 10, Somerset 0 Cheshire II . 3 0 2 1 10 20 2 VETERAN DIVISION SOUTH Durlham . 2 0 1 1 7 13 1 JUNIOR MID'LAND Clwyd . 5 4 1 0 31 19 9 Essex II 5, Hampshire 4 2 MIDLAND Both Ray Lush ,and Daphne Gray unbeaten Derbyshire 4 3 1 0 27 13 7 Devbyshire . 3 3 0 0 22 8 6 War'wiickshire 5 3 0 2 38 12 6 in a real nail-biter. The all left-handed Men',) Leicestershire 4 2 2 0 28 12 6 Doubles (very rare?) went the distance with Nottinghamshire 4 2 0 2 16 24 4 Staffordshire 4 2 1 1 22 18 5 Staffordshire 4 1 0 3 15 25 2 Roy Coussens providing the steadiness t,o keep Gloucestershire 3 1 1 1 15 15 3 Vic Ireland going. Vic, not really recovered Leicestershire II .. 4 1 0 3 13 27 2 Warwickshire II 4 1 0 3 13 27 2 Shropshire 4 0 0 4 10 30 o from illness, looked as if he would not last to Nottingha.mshire .. 4 0 0 4 10 30 o t1he end of his s,econd singles, but did, and JUNIOR EAST made the score 4-all for Laurie Fountain to 2 EAST Norfolk . 5 4 1 0 36 14 9 clinch victory in the 9th set. Camlbridgeshire .... 3 3 0 0 21 9 6 Cambridgeshire II .. 4 4 0 0 29 11 8 Kent 6, Huntingdonshire 3 Hertifordshire 4 2 1 1 22 18 5 Suffolk . 4 2 0 2 18 22 4 NnrthaJmptonshire .. 3 1 1 1 14 16 3 Essex 8, Wiltshire 1 Bedfordshire 4 2 0 2 16 24 4 Norfolk . 3 0 1 2 12 18 1 ~orthamptonshire .. 3 1 1 1 16 14 3 Hamjpshire 4, Essex 5 Suffolk . 3 0 1 2 11 19 1 Lincolnshire . 4 0 0 4 14 26 o Essex trailed 2-4 but the highlight, and Hunting'donshire 4 0 0 4 11 29 o matich-clincher, Ken Be.amish v Ray Lush, went 2 WEST -18, 14, 16 to Beamish ,and Essex took the De,von . 3 3 0 0 25 5 6 JUNIOR WEST other two as well. Berkshire . 3 3 0 0 25 5 6 Dorset . 5 4 1 0 37 13 9 Somerset . 3 2 1 0 24 6 5 Huntingdonshire 3, Essex II 6 Gla,morgan . 540 1 38 15 8 Wiltshire . 5 2 1 2 28 22 5 Worcestershire . 5 2 2 1 30 20 6 Kent 6, Hertfordshire 3 Wor!cestershire . 3 2 0 1 19 11 4 Wiltshire . 522 1 28 22 6 A really awful muddle by Kent who were Cornwall . 4 0 0 4 6 34 o Gloucestershire . 522 1 27 23 6 without their usual captain, and managed to Dorset . 5 0 0 5 3 47 o Devon . 6 2 1 3 30 30 5 play their 3 men in reversed order. 8-1 on Cornwall . 5 104 15 35 2 the table became a less flattering win. SOUTHERN Surrey II . 3 3 0 0 23 7 6 Somerset . 6 0 0 6 8 52 o VETERAN DIVISION MIDLAND Kent II . 3 2 0 1 23 7 4 Clwyd 0, Cheshire 9 VETE,RAN SOUTH Sussex II . 4 2 0 2 20 20 4 Essex ...... 4 4 0 0 26 10 8 Nottinghamshire 8, Leicestershire 1 Oxfordshire 3 1 0 2 10 20 2 Essex III ...... 5 4 0 1 29 16 8 Staffordshire 6, Oxfordshire 3 Berkshire II 3 0 0 3 4 26 o Kent ...... 5 3 0 2 26 19 6 Warwickshire 4, W'orcestershire 5 NOR,THER,N EIanlpshire 4 2 0 2 21 15 4 Cleveland II 3 3 0 0 25 5 6 Wiltshire ...... 4 1 0 3 14 22 2 W orcestershire's 18th Veteran match, and 0 their first win! I promised Doug Moss a big Cheshire IIJ 3 2 1 0 21 9 5 Hertfordshire 4 1 3 11 25 2 write-up when it happened, but War:wicks Durhalm 11 . 4 1 1 2 18 22 3 Huntingdonslhire 4 0 0 4 8 28 0 didn't send me anycom,m,ents. Two singles Cumlbria . 3 1 0 2 12 18 2 VETE,RAN M,ID'LAND wins for Malcol!m Crane, and X.D. with Diana ·Northumiberl'd ![.. 3 0 0 3 4 26 o Cheshire 5 5 0 0 42 3 10 Moss; a singles for B. White, and M.ID. with J. MID!LAND Nottinghams\hire .. 5 5 0 0 33 12 10 Smith gave them a 5-2 lead bef,or Warwicks War;.vickshire 5 3 0 2 23 22 6 picked off tlhe last two. All two-straight. D,er:byshire II 4 3 1 0 30 10 7 Warwi,ckshire III .. 4 2 1 1 20 20 5 Leicestershire 5 2 0 3 17 28 4 Cheshire 9, Oxfordshire 0 Nottingh'shire II .. 4 1 2 1 23 17 4 O~fordshire 5 1 0 4 19 26 2 3rd consecutive maximum victory for Staffordshire II 4 1 1 2 19 21 3 Clwyd 4 1 0 3 12 24 2 Cheshire, with Alan Summerfield and Mary Clwyd 4 1 1 2 17 23 3 Staffordshire 5 1 0 4 15 30 2 Leigh hoth continuing in excellent for;m. Northamptonshire II 4 1 0 3 11 29 2 Wor1cestershire .... 4 1 0 3 10 26 2 Leicestershire 5, Staffordshire 4 The hard luck Leics had in Junior Midland EAST'ERN about levelled out here. Phil Overend beat Hertfordshire II . 3 3 0 0 21 9 6 FOR SA.LE Dnn Pritcha:r:d -16, 22, 22; paired with Charli~ Bedfordshire . 4 3 0 1 23 17 6 Jacques to take M.D. 23, -18, 18; then clinched Essex III . 3 2 0 1 18 12 4 STIGA ROBOT FOR SALE the match 25, -20, 20. I exp,ect he slept well Huntingdonshire 4 2 0 2 20 20 4 that night! Norfolk II . 4 1 0 3 17 23 2 Anyone interested please contact­ Cambridgeshire II .. 4 0 0 4 11 29 Nottinghamshire 7, Warwickshire 2 o WESTERN R. Pendleton, COUNTY CIHAMPIONS,HIPS-ST'OP P'RESS Wor1cesterslhire II .. 3 3 0 0 22 8 6 22 lMalrion Court, 136 Tooting High Stre1et, GWENT WIN WESTERN DIVISION Gw,e'nt . 4 3 0 1 27 13 6 Tooting, Bro1adway, Results (not shown in tables):­ Glamorganshire II .. 3 2 0 1 19 11 4 Shropshire . 4 1 0 3 14 26 2 London, S.W.17. Premier: Middlesex 8,Glamorgan 1 Here,fordshire 4 0 0 4 8 32 o Page 38 County Championships continued in the business?) CriJm,mins. Geoff Davies so Middlesex 5, Cambridgeshire 5 close to Ian Girdler. A. Barden lost to P. D,ay -19, -16; bt K. Richard­ NOIRTHERN DIVISION Essex 8, Yorkshire 2 son 18, -16, 16. Cheshire III 10, Northumberland II 0 M. Mitchell lost to Day -19, -17; bt M. Crowson Nothing needed a ~eciding glame, althou&h R. Potton bt B. :B,axter 17, 12; bt M. Harrison 13, 10. M.D. did reach 28-26 In first. Good play ag,aln 13, 17. M. O'Mahony lost to Ridhardson -12, -14; bt from T'revor Burrows, ,and nice debut by D. Iszatt bt Baxter 19, 18; bt K. Beadsley 13, Crowson 13, 14. Wendy Shaw at a ne1w venue for Cheshire 19. Mit,chell/O'Mahony lost to Day/RiC'h.ardson -14, (Owley Wood, Weaverham). Cheshire want D. Newlman bt Harrison 17, 14; bt Beadsley 18, -21. to spread the,ir matches around, and would 18, 20. Miss A. Mitchell bt Miss R. Newlman 8, 9. welcome offers. Newman/Potton bt Baxter/Harrison -13, 14, 11. Barden/A. Mitchell bt Crowson/Miss S. Ellis Miss S. Sutton bt Miss M. Ludi -14, 18, 10", 9, 8. Cumbria 7, Durham II 3 Iszatt/Sutton lost to ,Beadsley/Miss J. McLean The first ever win for Cumhria ,at Senior Miss S. Dove/Miss M. Sangster lost to Ellis!, -17, -15. New,man -17, -20, -14. level (as 'Cumlberland they managed one Miss P. Abbot/Miss J. Boulter lost to Ludi/ draw). And it came against a useful Durham A ,bitter disappointment to Middlesex, who M,cLean -7, -8. must now win their last two matches to be teaim, so it imay be the sign of things to come! All three Essex boys gave good, consistent John WiUis and Peter Polczynski played a certain of the title. The "'banker" of Girls' displays in their singles, and Bob Potton and Doubles never really looked ,as good on the lar,ge part, each winning 2 x M.S. and combin­ D,avid Ne'wlman did well to get back into B.D. ing to take 'M.D. at 19 in 3rd. talble ,as on paper and despite ,a brave effort with fine aggressive play. Star was Sandra by Mark Mitchell and Mike O'Mahony in B.D., Cumbria 4, Cheshire III 6 Sutton, encouraged by her te,a,m mates, who a valuable point dropped. A very tight m.atch, with -Cumbria most got better and better v Melody Ludi and unlucky not to add at least a point to the pair looked the only possible winner in the 3rd. JUNIOiR DIVISION SOUTH taken v Durham. John Willis went down 15. This was the first "girls" set dropped -by Oxfordshire 0, Essex III 10 -11, -22 to C. Benson (the only unde,feated Yorks this season. But Sandra poor in X.D. Hertfordshire II 2, Sussex 8 player) ,and M.D. w'ent to the visitors at 20 which gave Kevin Beadsley a deserved success The whole team contributed to this r 'esult. in 3rd. for much 'hard work. For Herts, Gavin Booth pi.cked up both singles, Durham II 3, Cleveland II 7 Middlesex 7, Berkshire 3 and l1-year-old J.anice Harding looked promis­ Durham came back from 0-4 Ito 3-5 but A. Barden bt G. Roberts 15, -16, 12; bt P. Trott ing in her first match. former Durham player, Malcol,m C-orking 13, 6. Middlesex II 7, Hampshire 3 (ea,rlier fortunate to beat Peter Masters), M. IMit,chell bt Roberts 15, 10; bt D. Reeves An excellent win for Marilyn Sangster 22, ended the recovery. Excellent 20, 14 .win for 18, 21. 15 over Linda Wales. M,asters over Tony Martin, and a team per­ M. O'Mahony lost to Trott -11, -18; lost to Hampshire 10, Buckin&hamshire 0 for,mance which promises well for the host's Reevies -17, -14. future. Mitcihell/O'Mahony lost to Reeves/Roberts Essex III 3, Sussex 7 MIDLAND DIVISION -17, -14. Middlesex II 10, Buckinghamshire 0 Clwyd 5, Nottinghamshire II 5 Miss A. Mitchell bt Miss C. Reeves -18, 12, 16. No trouble here for the hosts, who did not Barden/A. Mitchell bt T'rott/Miss K. Witt 9, drop a game. Poor Bucks, let down for a Derbyshire II 10, Northamp,tonshire II 0 -16, 15. second tirne by their girls, only one of whom Staffordshire II 7, Warwickshire III 3 Miss S. Dove/Miss M. Sangster bt Witt/C. arrived. Nottinghamshire II 9, Northamptonshire II 1 Reeves -17, 19, 19. Oxfordshire 3, Hertfordshire 7 A competent performance by Middlesex, Warwickshire III 6, Clwyd 4 The 20, 17 ,win ,by David Burnett over Gary who won all the 4 sets which went the distance, Harding put Oxfords in the le,ad and gave Staffordshire II 3, Derbyshire II 7 including ,a fascinating Girls' Doubles. them their first set of the s'eason. Triumph EASTERN DIVISION Leicestershire 2, Lan.c:ashire 8 short-lived, however, as in the next game Essex III 4, Bedfordshire II 6 C. Rogers lost to N. Hallows 16, -20, -13; bt 1. Gavin Booth allowed Adam M'c:Collin 1 point! Huntingdonshire 9, Norfolk II 1 Smith 13, 15. JlJNIOR DIVISION NORTH G. Hall lost to H,allows -19, -18; bt G. Hoy 24, Cleveland 7, Yorkshire II 3 Cambridgeshire II 2, Hertfordshire II 8 -20, 17. Cumbria 1, Durham 9 Herts all the way, with clean sweeps for K. Hall lost to Smith -11, -12; lost to Hoy Simon ,and Jonathan Proffitt. Valerie Scripps MUlch closer than 1-9 suggests, with 5 sets -13, -8. going the distance (all won by Durh,am). won W.S. ,against her old ,County, though, beat­ Rogers/G. Hall lost to Hallows/Smith -19, -15. ing Linda Towler -16, 9, 15. Miss G. Sinkinson lost to Miss K. Cropper Lancashire II 4, Northumberland 6 Cambridgeshire II 4, Huntingdonshire 6 -17, -11. The careless fielding of Keith Williams, "Digger" Laimprell too experienced for this K. Hall/ Miss J. Revill lost to Hoy/Miss J. ranked 3 and not eligilble for 2nd team, cost Cambs team with 4 Juniors, and his maximum Dixon -21, -16. Lancs the two sets he won on the taible and salw Hunts home. Good senior debut for Geoff Revill/Sinkinsoill lost to Cropper/Dixon -15, -14. changed 6-4 into 4-6. Daviels with 2 x M.S. Nigel HallO'ws a trifle fortunate to emerge Cumbria 5, Cheshire 5 Bedfordshire II 6, Norfolk II 4 unbeaten, but fortune favours the brave! The first two sets lost at -20 and -19 in 3rd or Cumbria might have had both points. WESTERN DIVISIO·N Essex 9, Leicestershire 1 Gwent 7, Shropshire 3 Durham 6, Cleveland 4 Lancashire 3, Berkshire 7 What a shock for Alan Ransome on his Herefordshire 2, Worcestershire II 8 N. H,allows bt G. Roberts 13, 8; bt P. Trott return from Calcutta! Durham back in the title Sets 2-7 all went the full distance, with Mike 17, 20. race although Cleveland must still be f,avour­ Prosser's set with Mervyn Wood going to 1. Smith lost to Roberts -17, 17, -20; lost to D. ites. A. Gelder, in his first County ,match, WOll expedite 'with Prosser leading 14-12 in 3rd. Reeves -19, -18. 2 x B.S., as did Keith Paxton. Peter M,asters W,oodcame back to win 18, -21, 17 ,and the K. Williams lost to Trott -6, 14, -13; lost to weighed in with one, and Shirley J.enkins and whole tl11atch lasted 4 hours. Reeves -15, -7. Julie Inch picked up vital G.D. v Angela Here'fordshire 1, Gwent 9 Hallows/Smith bt Reeves/Roberts 17, -20, 15. Tierney and Norma Carne -19, 18, 16. Miss K. Cropper lost to Mis'S C. Reeves -22, -19. After ,an uncertain start, with John Bloomer Lancashire II 3, Yorkshire II 7 dropping a game to Richard Owellis and Williams/Miss J. Dixon lost to Trott/Miss K. Andrew Evans unable to clinch a 20-18 position Witt 19, -18, -14. JUNIOR DIVISION SOUTH-EAST ,in 3rd v Mike Prosser,G-went crushed !the Cropper/Dixon lost to Reeves/Witt -12, -13. Berkshire II 4, Surrey II 6 home team to keep alive Championship hopes. Yorkshire 5, Surrey 5 All three of the girls' events taken by the hosts in a good match. Stephen Boxall and A difficult m,atch for junior Linda 'Owen, on B. Baxter bt M. Shuttle 18, -21, 18; bt M. de/but. Keith Seager had another impressive day for ICri,mmins -17, 18, 18. Surrey JUNIOR PREMIER DIVISION M. Harrison lost to M. Shuttle -21, 19, -19; bt Cambridgeshire 4, Surrey 6 I. ,Girdler 11, 21. Kent 5, Hertfordshire 5 P. Day bt 1M. Shuttle 9, 12; bt 1. Girdler 12, 5. K. Beadsley lost to Crimmins 15, -17, -17; bt Sussex II 0, Essex II 10 K. Richardson bt Shuttle 18, 14; lost to M. IGirdler 16, -17, 17. Very few problems posed for this useful 'Crim'mins -18, -17. Baxter/Harrison lost to Crim,mins/Girdler -14, Essex te.a:m. -19. G. Davies lost itO Girdler -16, 18, -20; lost to Hertfordshire 6, Berkshire II 4 Crimmins -19, -12. Miss M. Ludi lost to Miss K. Greenough -15, -9. First win for Herts, with 5 from Jon P,roffitt Day /Richards-pn bt 'Crimmins/Girdler 10, -18, Beadsley/Miss J. M,cLean lost to Shuttle/Miss and Richard J er:myn. 18. ./' J. Mitchell 18, -21, -18. Miss R. NeWlman tlost to Miss K. Greenough Ludi/MlcLean bt Greenough/Mitchell 21, 17. Kent 5, Surrey II 5 -8, -9. The high st,andard of the opening 'set Hampshire II 6, Sussex II 4 . Davies/Miss S. Ellis lost to Shuttle Miss J. between Mike Harrison and Martin Shuttle was An even matIch, which looked like a dra\v Mitchell -10, -12. not generally maintained. Brian Baxter's power until Kevin Batt recovered to take the last Ellis/Newman lost to Greenough/Mitchell -16, game gave hi1m two B.S. wins, but Melody Ludi set -18, 20, 16 v Gr,aham Gillett. -13. was off-song and capitulated to K,ay Greenough. JUNIOR DIVISION MIDLAND 'Canlbs led 2-0 and 4-3 with usual three from Max Crim.mins in trouble v Kevin B1eadsley Nottinghamshire 6, Staffordshire 4 Paul Day, but in the last set Keith Richardson when a long 'way down in 2nd game, but (earlier ,a good winner over Martin Shuttle), fought back to give Surrey a 5-4 lead, which Shropshire 3, Clwyd 7 could not ,get the better of Max (best No. 3 Harrison quickly levelled for a fair result. Continued on Page 38

Page 39 SECOND DIVISION NORTII Cheshire II 0, Yorkshire II 10 Cheshire included 4 Veterans and the team age topp'ed the 200 ye,ars. The side was well beaten by visitors who did not relax the p'ressure, and ended the evening feeling even older! ALMOST UNASSAILABLE the defence of Derek Munt to level the score after Paul Judd had given the visitors the Northumberland 5, Lincolnshire 5 Two more Pre,mier wins for Essex put the:m lead. Sylvia Broadbent ended the singles run A close and fluctuating match with enter­ in an almost unass.ailable position, hut at the of young Beverley Green and although Doug prising pl,ay from both sides. Ian Robertson foot of the table things ·are still far f'rolm Johnson played well, Warwick'S clearly missed very impressive, and the unbeaten Lincoln­ cle'ar. Warwicks and Bedfords, each with two Des Douglas. N'ext month's Roses clash will shire women too steady for the home pair. points, .are clearly in gre'at trouble and itl need to see the White Rose in better form! SECOND DIVISION MIDLAND should be noted that :both have been deprived orf the services of their No. 1 man on several Lancashire 6, Yorkshire 3 Derbyshire 6, Staffordshire 4 occasions already. None of the four counties D. Parker bt A. Clayton 19, 17; bt D. Rayner Gloucestershire 5, Leicestershire 5 with 4 points ,can yet feel really s,a.fe, and after 5, 17. A surprise result, and Leics were given 2 the Ros'es m,artch Yorkshi're must also be in P. Bowen lost to Clayton -8, -14; bt J. Kedge st,art when Roy Morley and Bill Daw'e arrived some difficulty as they have m,atches against 12, 16. late, misdirected for a hOlne match! Chris Essex and Middlesex to come. N. Hallows bt R:ayner 21, -11, 16; bt Kedge Sewell in really impress1ive forIn. 13, 18. Warwickshire II 6, Nottinghamshire 4 B,arring the' totally unexpe,cted (Middlesex Bowen/Hallows bt Clayton/R.ayner 20, -17, 19. due' for Pre1mier relegation AN,D a loss by 2-8 Miss B. Kirk,man lost to Miss S. Broadbent Staffordshire 7, Nottinghamshire 3 or worse to Middlesex II) Surrey are in the Senior Challenge', and e,ven Herts feel that -19, -15. Leicestershire 9, Warwickshire II 1 C,a,mibridge will be representing 2 East. At the Parker/Kirkman lost to Kedge/Broadbent -19, A result which keeps Leics in the Champion­ moment of writing, 2 West is wide open, and 17, -19. ship race. Chris Rogers and Doug Johnson Cleveland and Derbyshire see,m likely to com'e Warwickshire 3, Cheshire 6 produced the best set, won by Rogers -16, 4, 23. R. Gunnion lost to J. Hilton 13, -11, -15; lost to Barry Hayward, who later scored the only through from th'e other sections. visiting success, sportingly ad.mitted a "not-up" I oan't f,ancy Leicester's chances of retailn­ N. E,ckersley -10, -12. P. Judd lost to Hilton -16, -18; lost to R. at set point aglainst himself v RandeJl--no-one ing Junior Pre'mier status, and the other ·else in the room had seen it. "drop" position will be Ca,mhs. or Lancs. BUll: Ha,mpson -7, -17. Camlbs II could, if necessary, be ,able to save D. Munt bt E:ckersley 20, 12; bt H,a,mpson 11, SEICOND D,IVISION EAST th'eir 1st team as they are' well placed in J -19, 20. Suffolk 3, Hertfordshire 7 East with closest rivals Norrf.olk still to play. Gun:nion/Judd bt Eckersley/Hilton 20, -17 .. 11. John Kitchener struggled v Chris Pickard, Nice to see Glamorgian with a renewed inte'rest Miss B. Green lost to Miss S. Lisle -10, -5. then "killed" IB,arry White 5, 9. in J West, where' they or Dorset se'e'm certain Munt/Green lost to Hampson/Lisle -16, -11. A Cambridgeshire 7, Norfolk 3 to provide any challenge'r. First outing of the season for Ralph Gun nion, suddenly promoted in the ranking list Norfolk fought hard and held their own to The' tre.mendous strength of Essex Veterans from 7 to 2 (!!). 3-all but Cam:bs fairly comforta,ble \vinners in is shown by V'et. South tables, and in Vet. the end. Cle.an slweep for Paul Day and Keith Midland, Cheshire and Notts can hardly be Bedfordshire 3, Essex 6 Richardson, despite problems posed by John caught. P. T,ay~or lost to I. Horsham 11, -16, -15; bt D. Turner and his plaid wood bat, and Linda Brown 13, 15. Simpson the best-looking wonlan (in more PRE,MIE,R DIVISION F. Nila,m lost to Horsham 17, -18, -20; bt R. ways than one?). Cheshire 6, Lancashire 3 Potton ll-all, retired hurt. M. Johns bt D. Parker 13, 10; lost to P. Bowen P. Harme'r lost to Brown -10, -16; lost to l'ctton Hertfordshire 4, Cambridgeshire 6 -16, -19. -17, -17. The ·match-winner virtually certain to take J. Hilton lost to Parke,r -12, -19; bt N. H!allows Nila,m/Tay.lor bt Brown/Horsha,m 18, 11. the Division and ex-Herts players, Mick Harpe,r 20, -16, 20. Mrs. B. Ham·mond lost to Miss S. Hession -14, and V,alerie Scripps, won the vital X.D. at 14, N. Eckersley bt Bowen 18, -17, 16; bt H,allows -9. -11, 18, over Jack Bender and Bar1bara Peters. 19, 8. Harmer/Hamm.ond lost to Potton/Hession -8, Th'en Keith Richardson took the last set v Johns/B. Johns bt Bow'en/Hallows 18, -24, 10. -17. Chris Pickard -12, 13, 23! A closely-fought Miss S. Lisle bt Miss .B. Kirk'man 10, 16. An unfortunate injury to Bob Potton in the m,atch, worthy of the two top tea:ms in the B. Johns/Lisle lost to Parker/Kirrkman -20, -19. last set led to his having to retire v Firoz Division, although Paul Day in a 'class of his Ex:citi.ng stuff, with Lancashire taking a 2-0 own. ICould be Herts first senior detfe;at ,by Nilam. Earlier, Nilam had just gOlle under to C,almhs. and 3-1 lead, then Cheshire storming back. A I,an Horsham, and Peter Taylor had recorded crowd of 150 s,aw Mike Johns completely a convincing win against David Brown. Northamptonshire 7, Suffolk 3 overwhelm Donald Parker to give Cheshire the Well done Rod Marchant, who beat John le,ad, and then Nigel Eckersley wrapped it up SECON,D DIVISION SOUTH Kitchener 18, 16. He, and the home women, v Phil Bowen and added to his earlier fine win Middlesex II 7, Hampshire 3 Connie Bane and Anne Wallis, kept clean ove'r Nigel Hallows. David Je'mmett, the home star, with two nice sheets in ,a keenly-fought match. M.S. wins, and splendid X.D. result with Sus,an Glamorgan 5, Bedfordshire 4 SE,CO,ND DIVISION WEST A. G'riffiths lost to P. Taylor 19, -19, -19; bt F. Dove over the awkward and experienced Nilam 13, 9. Trevor Smith and Joyce Coop. Angela l\1itchell Cornwall 2, Berkshire 8 G. Davies lost to Taylor -15, 15, -16; bt P. took convincing revenge over Linda Wales for D,orset 1, Devon 9 Harmer 21, -17, 14. the W.D. defe,at, and the other two Hants Splendid win 17, 17 for Janet New over Pam Davies/Griffiths bt Harmer/Nilam 21, 16. wins came f.rom Keith Sum,merf1.eld in .M.S. Mortinler, but little else for the home side to Mrs. B. Gray bt Mrs. B. H,am~mond 17, 20. and M.D. (with Steve Wilson). enthuse over. Mlansfield/Gray lost to Taylor/Ham,mond -14, Surrey 8, Kent 2 Worcestershire 3, Wiltshire 7 -15. The Surrey men in fine forln, taking all 6 Wiltshire 10, Dorset 0 Middlesex 3, Essex 6 M.S. sets at the c.ost of only one game. Joyce A. Barden lost to I Horsham -10, -21; lost to D. E:llis edged out Susan Henderson for the A very comfortable hOlme win. Slack play in Brown -14, -18. second Kent success after they had taken M.D., the second ganle of W.D. and X.,D. caused M. Mitchell lost to Horsham -17, -19; bt R. but they could get no more. First team debut these to be dropped, but nothing else went the Potton -16, 15, 19. for Jenny V,ass, unscathed, and last season's distance. D. Tan lost to Brown -15, -14; bt Potton 15, 22. Division winners still seeking their first point. SOUTHERN DIVISIO,N Mitchell/Tan lost to Brown/Horsha.m 12, -19, Sussex 8, Essex II 2 Berkshire II 1, Sussex II 9 -16. Al.an Hydes making first appearance for The experien,ced Sussex team too strong for Mrs. D. Court lost to Miss S. Hession -12, -9. Sussex (and only one of the season?) dropped complete.ly Junior Berkshire. The sole home Barden/,Court beat Potto!n/Hession 17, 17. a Ime're 32 points in his singles. success from Karen Witt in W.S. David Reeves Yorkshire 6, Warwickshire 3 Essex II 2, Middlesex II 8 and Si.mon Douglas both put up good displays, A. Clayton bt P. Judd 9, 17; bt D. Munt -14, but G,ary Roberts 'right out of touch. 22, 19. Two wins for David Bowles, but the rest all Middlesex. Fine win for Angela Mitchell over Surrey II 10, Oxfordshire 0 A. Fletcher lost to Judd -14, -23; bt D. Johnson Janet Hellably, and another maxilmum for AJter their perfor1mance against Sussex I 9, -13, 19.v" had hoped this se.ason would see an OXlford­ D. R;ayner lost to Munt -12, -5; bt Johnson D,avid J e.m,mett. 20, ..16, 14. Kent 9, Hampshire 1 shire revival, but here they ,are again, back to the dis'mal for.m of re,cent year~. Clayton/Flet,cher btt JOIhnson/Munt 18, 17. First points of the season for Kent, who Miss S. BrO,adbent bt Miss B. Green 16, 8. dropped only Men's Doubles. Oxfordshire 6, Kent II 4 Rayner/B,roadbent lost to Judd/Green 14, -17, Surrey 8, Sussex 2 A very welcome surprise, which ends -19. The 20, 18 win by Steven Lyons over Roger Oxford's run of 12 matches without a win. Not a convincing victory for Yorkshire, Chandler in the first set gave Surrey the Sussex II 4, Surrey II 6 whose players were too tent.ative. Important initiative, and they never looked like letting w'in in the se,cond set for Tony Clayton against it slip. Continued on Page 39 Printed and Published for the English Table Tennis Association, 21 Claremont, Hastings, Sussex Page 40 by Wallace (Printers) Ltd., 37 Rose Hill, Bolton, Lanes.