TABLE TENNIS
NATIONAL TEAMS’ TOURNAMENT (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. August 31. Wellington won both the men’s and women’s teams’ titles at the New Zealand inter-association table tennis championships tonight. It was Wellington’s first success in the men’s section since 1946. For the women it was their second successive win. Seldom during the tournament were the Wellington teams hard pressed, though the men would probably have had a struggle in the final against Auckland if W. O. Jaine had played. Results were:— Teague Shield Semi-finals.—Wellington 9, Canterbury 3; Otago 6 (13 sets), Auckland 6 (12 sets). Final.—Wellington 9, Otago 3. Kean Shield Section 2.— Manawatu 9, Northland 3: Hutt Valley 9. Nelson 3. Section 3.—Wanganui 9, Rotorua 3; South Canterbury 7, Hawke’s Bay 5. Section 4.—Southland 9, North Taranaki 3; Waikato 7, Bay of Plenty 5. Semi-finals.—Auckland 12, Hutt Valley 0; Wellington 11, Canterbury 1. Final.—Wellington 10, Auckland 2. Men’s Teams’ Plate First Round.—Southland 4, Wanganui 2; South Canterbury 3 (8 sets). South Taranaki 3 (7 sets); Bay of Plenty 5, Wairarapa 1; Nelson 5, North Taranaki 1; Otago 6, Rotorua 0: Hawke’s Bay 5, Waikato 2. Second Round.— Manawatu 6, Southland 0; South Canterbury 5, Northland 1: Bay of Plenty 4, Nelson 2; Otago 5, Hawke’s Bay 1. Semi-finals.—South Canterbury 3 (9 games), Manawatu 3 (7 games); Otago 5, Bay of Plenty 1. Final.—Otago 4, South Canterbury 2. Women’s Teams’ Plate Section I.—North Taranaki 3 (8 games). South Canterbury 3 (7 games); Manawatu 4, Hawke's Bay 2; Manawatu 6, South Canterbury 0; North Taranaki 3 (222 points). Hawke’s Bay 3 (200 points); Hawke’s Bay 5, South Canterbury 1; Manawatu 5, North Taranaki 2. Winner; Manawatu. Section 2.—Hutt Valley 4, Rotorua 2; Wanganui 5, Nelson 1; Nelson 4, Hutt Valley 2; Wanganui 3 (8 sets), Rotorua 3 (7 sets); Wanganui 4, Hutt Valley 2; Nelson 5. Rotorua 1. Winners: Wanganui. Section 3.—Wairarapa 5, Waikato 1; Waikato beat Marlborough, by default; Wairarapa beat Marlborough by default. Winner: Wairarapa. Semi-finals.—Wanganui 5, Wairarapa 1; Manawatu, a bye. Final. —Manawatu 6, Wanganui 0.
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27443, 1 September 1954, Page 3
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