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T. BOYD BOYD & CO.ITD. 74/75, WATLING STREET, LONDON, E.C.4 Telephone: 01-248-4433 Official TRAVEL AGENTS IN to the E.T.T.A. Official Journal of the English Table Tennis Association Consult us for your business and holiday travel Edited by GEORGE YATES ALL CAR FERRY BOOKINGS by SEA and AIR No. 13 FEBRUARY, 1968. Price 1/ ENGLISH OPEN PREVIEW by George R.: Yates IVOR EYLES TO RETIRE Brighton Dome I AT the National Council Meeting on Soviet Designs on February 3, Ivor Eyles announced ,OFFICIAL entries from Czecho Gomoskov and Anato'liy Amelin- V. M. Merchant (India) and that he would be retiring as Chairman of slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, they lost 20-22 to Sweden's Kjell Edvard Vecko (Yugoslavia) before the E.T.T.A. at the end of the present Russia, West Germany and Yugo· Johansson and Hans Alser in, losing to Kim Ohang Hoof North season. slavia, together with those of our Stockholm last ApriI-they could Korea. own and from the other home provide the foremost challenger to Such then were the exploits of "Last Great Personality" countries, promises to make this men's singles title holder Jaros'lav the Russians in the World cham year's English Open, to be played Stanek of Czechoslovakia. pionshiips and who now, after an Paying tribute to Ivor for the prodigious at Brighton (February 29-March 2) Posing a simi'lar threat to Mary other year's training and experi amount of work that he has done over the one of the best for some consider Wright's women's singIes title are ence, have set their sights on the years, Tom Blunn, Hon. Treasurer of the able time. ET.T.A. writes: the Soviet's CorbiIlon Cup pair English Open titles. The draw will take place at Shell Zoya Rudnova and Svetlana Grin ~~~~~~ The announcement of the retirement of Mex House, Strand, London, berg who, in Sweden, lost only to MARCH ISSUE Ivor Eyles probably sees the disappearance of the last great W.C.2, on Monday, February 12, Noriko Yamanaka and Naoko personality in English Table Tennis. He is too great a man to be by whi'ch time Derek Tremayne's Fukazu af Japan in the fina'! of the' The March issue will contain overshadowed by his illustrious predecessors and rightly takes his propaganda machine at Park Cres women's team championships. a full report of the English place in the history of the E.T.T.A. Open Championships and con· cent will be working full blast on Such scalps as those of England's sequently there may be a slight Ivor has decided to "call it a day", after serving as Chairman another In1formation Bulletin. Judy Williams, Ciri'la Picc (Yugo delay in publication. of the Association for six years, Deputy Chairman for four years As with the one sent out on slavia), Eva KocZ!ian (Hungary) and national member for seventeen years, together with a lifetime January 18, all League Secretaries and Maria Alexandru (Rumania) of service at local level, not forgetting, of course, his ten years will be the recipients of the yellow dangled from Zoya's be'lt at Stock BOLTON LEAGUE FULLY with the County Championships, firstly as Han. Sec. and later as sheeted duplication and it is to be holm before she was ousted from " ORGAN·ISED " Chairman. hoped that due prominence will be the women's singles event by FIRST-CLASS seating for 500 Such Service is too much to expect from anyone man, but afforded the result of his labours. Fukazu in the semi-finals. spectators, mostly tiered, can Ivor has given it willingly. It is not possible in this small space to Svetlana, after beating Sokha be had in Bolton's Albert Hall for do justice to our Chairman, but tribute will be made on an approAdditionally Crown Posters, Car Chea (Cambodia) went out in the the additional match, England priate occasion. Stickers and Hand·bills are avail fourth round to the red-headed versus Russia scheduled for Wed able on request from the E.T.T.A. Eleonora Mihalca of Rumania. nesday, March 6 (7.30 p.m.). , Office so there is no reason why A novel feature for this attrac every enthusiast in the country In the World men's singles event, tive fixture will be half an hour's European League - R~gional Division should not be aware of what is for the St. Bride Vase, Russia's introductory music by the Bolton going on in preparation for the Gomoskov fell in the sixth round Borough Organist, Mr. -Fred Bal. take-over of the Dome and Com to Mitsuru Kono (Japan) after shaw, who will also oblige with Belgium Clinch Title Exchange at the popU'lar Sussex wins over Zachafliasch (Israel), ,the two national anthems. , resort. Johansson, the European title ' Seats can be booked through the writes Brian Nicolle Of course, the Russian entry is holder, and Richard M :j '1 e s, Edi'tor, who is the M il.t c h one that should capture the imag (U.S.A.). Orga'lliser, at 43 Knowsley Road, BELGIUM are the first winners run for their money and might so ination of the general public for in Ameli'll too, reached I'he same SmithiHs, BoHon, Lanes. Prices are of the Regional Division of easily have beaten them. such 'likely contestants as World sixth round (last sixteen) with wins £1, ISs., lOs. and 5s. (unreserved) the European League. The y Jersey's solitary victory came men's doubles finalists, Stanis.Ja v over Mikael Svensson (Sweden), s.a.e. with orders. clinched the series in ,nhe final from Ken Eloury who won a close match of a Quadr'angular Touma- three-game set against Bishop but ment held at It. Relier BoyS'"" he found the loop an smash of School, Jersey, on January 19-20, Graham Davies too strong. These with a win over Scotland, un- Welsh boys certainly .improved defeated at this stage, by 6-1. since I saw Ken bea't both of them Wales, placed third, beat host at the World Championships in Victor Barna country Jersey 6-:1. Belgium had Stockholm. previous'ly beaten Wales 5-2 and Scotland's hopes were obv,iously can't Jersey 7-0, Sco'tland's wins were pinned on Sugden who impressed 7-0 against Jersey and 4-3 against when winning aU his games against personally Wales. Wales and Jersey, but had admitted Mains'tay of the Belgian team on arrival that he was short of teach you was not Van de Walle, as expected, match practice and could not over- but Maurice Comil whose stub- come the defensive Be'lgians. " born chopped defence proved a lJNBEATEN IN SINGLES to playa stumbling block to all. Not even Malcolm Sugden, just back from Among the women Mrs. Josiane winning Tokyo, could penetrate it. Van de DetaiHe-Comel'is proved unbeaten WaIle, another defensive player, in singles, aIthough experiencing a, game dropped only one set-to Robert couple of close games, and in ••• Bishop of Wales in the first match. partnership with Comil was only ...but Surprise team of the series was unsuccessful aga;inst Scotland. Wales who gave Scotland a real Leslie Barrie had a tough one he'll gladly. aga:inst Elizabeth Gray which went to three and virtually c1inched the ASIAN COACH match. Jersey's Eileen BUlman was do the The English Table Tennis unsuccessful but impressed against Assooiation have applied to the Belgian girl. She was also in next best the Department ()If Education volved in a determined fight-back, and Science for a grant to with Ken Eloury, in the mixed thing enable the Table Tennis puUing back from 14-19, in the Associations of England, Ire third game, only to lose -19. land, Scotland and Wales to John Turner impressed in h'is obtain the services of a top first set with Ian Barclay, extend class Asian coach. ing him to three gam e s, but A few days ago, officials appeared to fade somewhat, after of the four Home Associa this. Scotland's Barclay and Robert tions had extensive talks in Kerr were not in the same class as London with Ichiro Ogimura, Sugden and dropped all their holder of two men's singles singles games to Wales and Bel World Championships titles, gium. who is on a business trip in Present at the Tournament, as Europe. Mr. Ogimura, who guest of the Jersey Association, was one of the outstanding was Mrs. Nancy Evans, Secretary table tennis players of all of the European Table Tennis times, has developed success Union. ful coaching methods, and (Results and Tables - Page 6) his help would be of the greatest value to the Home BARNES REINSTATED Associations. Immediate developments The Selectors have announced Victor Barna gives you the benefit can be expected as soon as it that Chester Barnes will be rein of his vast playing Hxperience. (Who else has is known to what extent stated as a member of the Inter won 15 World Championships!) This experience is built grant aid can be made avail 1 national Squad as from March into every piece of equipment that Victor helps Dunlop develop able. 'I 1st, 1968 -table tennis balls, bats, nets, posts and tables now at your local Dunlop l~~~~~~~ sports shop. Choose Dunlop Barna and you'll have the equipment the Champions Czechoslovakian Open play with. It's the equipment that is being used for most top tournaments throughout the world. Denis and Mary Win Mixed At Prague in the Czechoslovakian Open, Denis Neale and Mary Wright won the Mixed Doubles by defeating the Rumanian pair, Dorin Giurgiuca YOU'LL DO BETTER WITH ~ BARNA and Eleonora Mihalca, IS, .18, 10,8.