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TABLE TENNIS NEWS ----35th--- Published each month, October to May in clusive. Postal subscriptions £2.75 for eight issues. Overseas airnlail £4.50. Advertisements: Mrs. Christine Wilkes, English WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Table Tennis Association, 21 Claremont, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 1HA, 'Phone: Hastings (0424) 433121. MAGYAR MAGIC IN Subscriptions: Mrs. Bessie Clark, English Table Tennis Association, 21 Claremont, Hastings, East PYONGYANG Sussex, TN34 IHA. 'Phone: Hastings (0424) 433121. by George R. Yates Distribution: Mrs. E. Doreen Yates, 43 Knowsley Road, Smithills, Bolton, Lancs. BLI 6JH. 'Phone: Bolton 42223. Editorial: George R. Yates, 43 Knowsley Road, ROLL OF HONOUR Smithills, Bolton, Lancs. BLI 6JH. 'Phone: Bolton 42223 (h); 061-228 2141, Ext. 2698 (b). SWAYT'HLING CUP MARCEL CORBiLLON CUP (Men's Team) (Women's Team) ·HUNGARY CHINA ST. BRIDE VASE G. GEIST PRIZE UNEASY COMPROMISE (Men's Singles) (Women's Singles) Inevitably it would seem that sport and SEIJI ONO GE XINAI politics ca.nnot be set apart and this was (Japan) (China) again evident in North Korea when both South Korea - for reasons which were IRAN CUP w. J. POPE TROPHY constantly thrust down the throat in (Men's Doubles) (Women's Doubles) Pyongyang - and Israel were refused ANTON STIPANCIC and ZHANG DEYING and entry visas. DRAGUT'iN SURBEK ZHANG LI (Yugoslavia) (China) Despite a strong condemnation from a sizeable block of mainly European HEYDUSEK PRIZE countries, not one went to the extreme (Mixed DOUbles) of pulling out and so the championships LIANG GELIANG and GE XINAI proceeded just as they did in Calcutta (China) back in 1975 when South Africa and Israel were refused entry into India. it was back in 1952, in Bonlbay., that Hungary doubles with Yugoslavia's Dragutin Surbek and No host Association, with the best last won the Swaythling Cup when represented by Anton Sdpancic beating Klampar and Jonyer of intentions in the world, can operate con Josef Koczi-an" Ferenc Sido and Kalman Szepesi Hungary in a 3-straight final. But for the two trary to its government's dictates and - they beat England's Richard Bergmann, Johnny remaining events it was all China with Zhang much as this contravenes the Rules o'f Leach and Aubrey Simon 5-4 in the final --- but Deying and Zhang Li winning the women's doubles that prott'acted gap was well and truly bridged ill and Liang GeUang and Ge Xinai relieving Jacques the I.T.T.F. one cannot but agree with the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on April Secretin and Claude Bergeret of France of their the compromise of accepting what is 30, 1979 when Tibor Klampar, Gabor Gergely and mixed title in the s'emis and going on to beat their considered best for the most. Istvan Jonye1r added the world men's team title compatriots Li Zhenshi and Yan Guili in the final. to that of Europe which they won last se'ason at And so it was in North Korea, the England's expense in Duisburg. MEN'S TEAM EVENT Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Two victories over China, the first in the initial In equating with their tenth position obtained where it was patentry obvious, despite group matches by 5-2, and the second by 5 sets to in Birmingham, England could and should have prior promises, that there was no way 1 in the final, did the trick with a 5-1 success over done better but for a disastrous result against Japan sandwiched between. At last Asian Denmark which was lost 2-5 and afforded the that players from the Republic of Korea dominance was smashed and doubly so for in that Danes only their second win of their seven initial (the South) would be admitted as a first encounter in the group, two wins each for encounters. seperate entity. Re-unification was the Klampar and Jonye'r with a solo from Gergely But, firstly, it was Sweden who provided the constant theme and nothing short of that brought triumph and, in the final, a repeat per opposition spearheaded by their former world could have resolved the impasse when formanc.e from Klampar, together with two from champion Stellan Bengtsson but lacking the it came to the crunch. Gergely and one from Jonyer, burst the balloon. services of Ulf Thorsell, conqueror of Desmond But, in the counterpart women's event for the Douglas in the Stiga Welsh Open, who had been Marcel Corbillon Cup, it was still the People's left behind for reasons one could only speculate Israel presented a different problem on. one of security - although without any Republic of China who, in winning the trophy for the third successive time, still reigned supreme. 1n going down 2-5 England's only winner was great outward show one was always Their final victory, after eight successive 3-0 Douglas with victories over Vlf Carlsson and the aware that Big Brother was sufficiently victorieiS in the group matches, and another such fledgling Mikael Appelgren. Both Nicky Jarvis and in the background to create apprehen win over the V.S.S.R. in the cross-over encounter, John Hilton went under to Bengtsson, as did sion in a country whose way of life is was against the host nation who succeeded only in Douglas, Jarvi,s also losing to Carlsson and Hilton far remote from that of Western Europe. taking one set when the defending women's singles to Appelgren but desperately -22, 19, -21. champion, Pak Yung Sun beat Ge Xinai in the' More positive play against the Russians in the opener. second match brought a 5-2 win with three wins ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION Never to be forgotten in the final of the' men's for Douglas, against Valeri Shevchenko, Igor singles was the first time retirement of a finalist Solopov and Bagrat Burnazian, and solos for Patron: Her Majesty the Queen. when, suffering from a torn thigh ligament, China's Hilton. against Burnazian, and by Jarvis over President: M. Goldstein, O.B.E. Guo Yuehau - he lost to Mitsuru Kohno of Solopov. Life Vice-President: Hon. Ivor Montagu. Japan in the Birmingham final - threw in the Then followed the disaster of the season when towel after repeated stoppages affording victory Chairman: T. Blunn. Denmark inflicted that 5-2 re~verse which should to Japan's left-handed No. 2 player Se:iji Ono. Deputy Chairman: G. R. Yates. have had England's trio of Douglas, Jarvis and China's Ge Xinai, recovering from her team's Paul Day hanging their he,ads in shame. Not so Hon. Treasurer: M. S. Greatrex. only set loss in the Corbillon Cup matches, was a much Douglas who had stemmed the tide with General Secretary: A. W. Shipley. comfortable winner of the women's singles event wins over Palle Rud and Johnny Hansen but Management Committee: her final victim being North Korea's Li Song Suk finally succumbed to the be·arded and bespectacled (Vice-Chairmen) whose compatriot, and defending title holder, Pak Claus Pede'rsen after double defeats for Jarvis C. J. Clemett, R. J. Crayden, A. E. Ransome, Yung Sun had fallen foul of Tong Ling one of and Day. Morale was extremely low after the N. K. Reeve and E. G. White. four Chinese to contest the quarter-finals. encounter. Europe came into their own again in the men's But all credit to the fighting qualities of the Page 2 team who, doubtless after a blasting from n.p.c. Peter Simpson, came back with a vengeance to blast Australia 5-0 which had Paul Pinkewich, Steve Knapp and Robert Tuckett shaking their heads in disbelief with only two of the five sets going into a deciding game. Next came an encounter with Japan which was lost 3-5 but not in any abject way for Douglas had wins over Hiroyuki Abe and Ono with a narrow loss to the defensive wiles of Norio Takashima. Hilton too, despite losses to Ono and Takashima, played well and succeeded in beating Abe 22, 22 leaving Jarvis without success although he did take Ono to three. The penultimate match in the group was against the Commonwealth champions, Hong Kong, who were beaten 5-1 with Hilton going down to the Commonwealth men's singles champion Vong Iu Veng who lost to both Douglas and Jarvis. Finally it was Czechoslovakia, who won 5-2, that gave England their fifth placing in the group and a second stage target for positions 9 to 12. In the Czech match Hilton had a notable succ,ess against Josef Dvoracek followed by a win for Douglas over J indrich Pansky giving England a 2-0 lead. But from then on it was the Czechs who took command with Orlowski winning his three to which Dvoracek, in beating Douglas, and Pansky, in beating Day, decisively augmented. A nail-biting penultimate encounter against Federal Germany kept England in with a chance of finishing 9th. In winning 5-3 Douglas, after wins over Jochen Leiss and Peter Stellwag, secured the win with a final victory over the lank haired Engelbert Huging. It was a set reminiscent of that at Preston~s Guild Hall, in the European League, and again it was Douglas who, after walking the tightrope, regained his balance to win 24-22 in the third. Prior to Hilton had succeeded against Leiss and Jarvis showed commendable spirit in bettering Huging. Came the final encounter, against Yugoslavia, for positions 9 and 10 but with Douglas complain ing of a foot injury and benched prospects were virtually nil against the might of Surbek, Stipanclc and Zoran Kalinic.