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RosebuDk Sports THE T.T. SPECIALISTS now at 119 WITTON STREET NORTHWICH CHESHIRE Tel. 0606 48989 Indicative of Destiny SWEDEN BEATEN IN POZNAN Fixtures for Jan. 12/'83 A study of'the results appertaining a't POLAND brought off the shock result of Hungary v Federal Germany the Yugos,lav and Fr'ench Open cham the season when, in the fourth series of Poland v Denmark pio,nships, i'n Split and Strasbourg, aga1in matches in the Super Division of the Sweden v Czechoslovakia underlines the do,miinance of the, European League, played on Dec. 15/'82, Yugoslavia v England P'eople's Republic of China as a table they accounted for previously unbeaten Fixtures for Feb. 9/'83 tennis nation. Sweden 4-3 in Poznan. Yugos,lavia v Hungary It was hearte,ning, of course, to no:te Andrzej Grubba was Poland's hero with Denmark v England an opening set win over Jan-Ove Waldner Federal Germany v Sweden the victory of European champion, Czechoslovakia v Poland B,ettine Vriesekoop of the Netherlands, followed by success in the mixed, with Jolanta Szatko, over Erik Lindh and Marie FIRST DIVISION in the women's s:ingles event in Siras Lindblad and, finally with the match score bourg and the victo,r'ie,s obtained in Split balanced at 3-3 beat Lindh 23-21 in the After two season's in the First Division, by Europ,e,an players i'n the men's, third to give Poland the victory. Scores: the Soviet Union would appear intent on women's and m'ixed doubles. S. Dryszel bt E. Lindh -14, 18, 20; regaining their Super Division status and, following their victory over France, took But four team titles won, not by A. Grubba bt J-O. Waldner -11, 20, 22; J. Szatko lost to M. Lindblad -15, -15; another step towards their target by beating China's top line players, is indicati've of Austria 5-2 in Moscow. Scores: the destiny of bo,th the Swaythl:ing and Dryszel/Grubba lost to Lindh/Waldner 17, -16, -10; A. Mazonov bt G. Bar 17, -14, 15; Marc'el CorbiUon Cups at the forth B. Rosenberg bt E. Amplatz -14, 12, 23; coming world championshi,ps in Tokyo. Grubba/Szatko bt Lindh/Lindblad 20, 14; Dryszel lost to Waldner -18, 16, -25; N. Antonian bt D. Fetter 8, 20; Are we to have a repeat of the blanket Grubba bt Lindh 16, -19, 21. v. Dvorak/Rosenberg lost to Amplatz/ co,verage which desce,nded, like a G. Muller -22, -19; Meantime, in Wurzburg against Federal Dvorak/Antonian bt Muller/Fetter shrOUd, in Novi Sad. Or can Europe Germany, defending champions, Yugoslavia, -12, 12, 15; provid'e a player, or players, to stem the continued their winning ways with a 6-1 Mazunov lost to Amplatz 13, -19, -13; Eastern tide. victory over their hosts whose only success Rosenberg bt Bar 16, 17t; As a postscript how about this item came in the third set when Kirsten Kruger beat Branka Batinic. Scores: France maintained their second position which app!eared ,in the January issue of with a like score against Belgium in Croix China Sports,: IIA natio,nal academi:c con G. Bohm lost to D. Surbek -19,9, -15; R. Wosik lost to Z. Kalinic -15, -15; where Thierry Cabrera opened up for the ference on table t'ennis was held in K. Kruger bt B. Batinic 21, 20; visitors with a win over Bruno Parietti and Chongqing i'n late Se,ptember. Each of P. Engel/Wosik lost to Kalinic/Surbek led 2-1 after Barbara Lippens had beaten the 30 pape'rs presented at the con -14 -13' Brigitte Thiriet. But from then on it was all ference by coaches of national ranking Wosik/S. 'Wenzel lost to Surbek/Batinic France taking the next four sets in a row. conslsted of two parts: 1. an analysis of -12 -12' Scores: the trend of develo,pment of world table Boh~ lost to Kalinic -12, -9; B. Parietti lost to T. Cabrera 18, -13, -22; tennis, and 2. discussions on optional Wosik lost to Surbek -11, -18. P. Renverse bt R. de Prophetis 15, 16; t;op,ics. B. Thiriet lost to B. Lippens -12, 18, -18; In Szolnok Hungary got back to winning Parietti/Renverse bt Cabrera/de Prophetis The reporters put forward different ways with a 6-1 win over promotees Den 17, 18; ide,as about how to maintain China's mark whose Lars Hauth saved the 'white Renverse/P. Germa.in bt D. Leroy/Lippens le,ading p,osition in the table tennis world, wash' in the 'final set when he beat Janos 20, -13, 7; and raised some i'mportant issues Molnar 14 in the third. Scores: Parietti bt de Prophetis -19, 20, 13; demanding prompt solution with respect Z. Kriston bt L. Hauth 13, 14; Renverse bt Cabrera 9, 15. J. Molnar bt J. Hansen 17, 15; 1,0 playing techniques, ways' and means G. Szabo bt S. Pedersen 14, 8; Italy took their second point of the of traininQ and so on. Top coaches L,i Kriston/Molnar bt Hansen/Hauth 10, 17; season with a narrow 4-3 win over Finland Furong, Zhang Xi'lelin and Li Henan we,re Molnar/Szabo bt Hauth/Pedersen 16, 19; in Toronto where Massimo Costantini shone in attendance!!" Kriston bt Hansen 15, 17; with two singles successes and a third win Molnar lost to Hauth 18, -14, -14. when partnered by Giovanni Bisi in the men's doubles. Scores: EN"GLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION As reported elsewhere (by Mike Watts) M. Costantini bt J. Jokinen 20, 18; England, after establIshing a 2-1 lead over G. Bisi bt J. Ikonen 19, 22; Patron: Her Majesty The Queen. Czechoslovakia in Harrogate, disappointed President: M. Goldstein, O.B.E. A. Busnardo lost to E. Malmberg -11, -12; when beaten 4-3. Bisi/Costantini bt Ikonen/Jokinen Life Vice-President: Hon. Ivor Montagu. SUPER DIVISION TABLE -14, 10, 14; Chairman: T. Blunn. Yugoslavia * 4 4 0 22 6 4 Bisi/Busnardo lost to Jokinen/Malmberg Deputy Chairman: G. R. Yates. Sweden ............... 4 3 1 21 7 3 16, -13, -10; Han. Treasurer: A. Drapkin. Czechoslovakia 4 3 1 18 10 3 Costantini bt Ikonen 18, 18; General Secretary: A. W. Shipley. Hungary ............... 4 2 2 11 17 2 Bisi lost to Jokinen -19, -20. Management Committee: Fed. Germany......... 3 1 2 10 11 1 The Netherlands also chalked up their England ............... (Vice~Chairmen) 4 1 3 11 17 1 second win of the season in Brielle, a Poland 3 1 2 8 13 1 historical town south of Rotterdam, before C. J. Clemett, R. J. Crayden, Denmark t 4 0 4 4 24 0 A. E. Ransome, N. K. Reeve, 1,000 spectators, when they just got the E. G. White. * Defending champions t Promotees (continued on page 5) Page 3 (continued from page, 3) and Carole Dalrymple in two doubles tators. In the final Potton beat Rene Hijne better of Norway 4-3 former England player, successes. Scores: -11, 21, 8 and 13 to capture the cup for the Bob Potton, beating Jorgen Gierloff in the K. Rodger bt K. Keane 18, 15; second year running. final set. Scores: D. Hannah lost to C. Slevin -13, -20; Stefien van Gennip was the winner of the C. Dalrymple bt A. Leonard 16, -20, 18; counterpart women's event for the Limburg R. Hijne lost to J. Gierloff 21, -11, -16; Hannah/Rodger bt Keane/Slevin 14, 14; R. Potton lost to T. Johanson -19, 19, -19; Coupe beating Mirjam Kloppenburg 20, 8, Rodger/Dalrymple bt Slevin/Leonard -18, -22, 9 in the 'final to preserve her un B. Vriesekoop bt T. Folkeson 15, 12; -15, 20, 17; Potton/H. v. Spenge lost to G. Gustavson/ beaten record. Last year van Gennip Rodger bt Slevin 20, 10; 'finished second to Kloppenburg. Bettine Johanson 19, -17, -13; Hannah bt Keane 10, 14. Potton/Vriesekoop bt Johanson/Folkeson Vriesekoop, the ·European champion, did 18, 16; Jose Pales was Spain's strong man in not play in Dorrlmelen because of illness. Hijne bt Johanson 13, 13; Ankara with singles wins over Gurhan EUROPEAN CLASSIFICATIONS Potton bt Gie rloff 12, -14, 10. Yaldiz and Oktay Cimen and doubles successes when partnered by Roberto LISA AND CARL MAKE THE GRADE Casares and Pilar Lupon. Scores in Spain's Both of England's up-and-coming young 4-3 win were: sters, Lisa Bellinger of Beds and Carl Prean O. Cimen bt R. Casares 20, -10, 15; of the Isle of Wight, are included in the G. Yaldiz k>st to J. Pales 9, -18, -15; revised classi'fications issued by the Euro K. Poyrazoglu bt P. Lupon -12, 15, 18; pean Table Tennis Union on January 6th, Cimen/Yaldiz lost toCasares/Pales -17, -16; 1983. Yaldiz/S. Dogan lost to Pales/Lupon Under the new chairmanship of Ella -18 -19' Constantinescu of Rumania the committee Cime~ lo~t to Pales -19, 18, -11; have left undisturbed the reigning European Yaldiz bt Casares 9, 19. champions, Sweden's Mikael Appelgren and Luxembourg, in Porto, brought them Bettine Vriesekoop of the Netherlands, in selves up to the three point mark - now the lead positions. shared by five teams - by beating Portugal In the men's list Jan-Ove Waldner of 7-0 with no set requiring a third game Sweden is moved up from No. 6 to No. 2 decider. Scores: whilst Zoran Kalinic, winner of the Italian D.