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.