Disappointed player
GV.Z. Press Association) AUCKLAND. Inadequate preparation for the contests, lack of technical advice during the matches, and some “wretched” play all contributed to the failure of the New Zealand table tennis team at the Commonwealth and world championships, Miss Anne Stonestreet I said on Thursday. Disappointed in her own play, although she lost her matches narrowly in the third set, Miss Stonestreet said that the three weeks prepara-
tion in Christchurch for the tour was not enough to bring • a team into top form for such | important tournaments. , The women had played ■ well in the 1973 Common- : wealth contest, due to hard : matches in Europe before- ■ hand. In Melbourne and Calcutta, : while other teams received help from their coaches, the : New Zealand teams did not. • Miss Stonestreet thought that until such officials were ap-i I pointed to tour with a team, ] victories would _be rare.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33776, 24 February 1975, Page 20
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