Table tennis to Burrowes

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33806, 1 April 1975, Page 24

Table tennis to Burrowes

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BOB SCHUMACHER)

Maurice Burrowes. for the second successive year, won the Canterbury Easter open table tennis title yesterday, and the 19-year-old South Island representative did not have to expend much energy in defending his championship.

Although Burrowes had a rather easy passage through to the isemi-tinals. his application was evident in the final rounds. His opponent in the semifinals, Dennis Kalin, caused a major upset by ousting the, third seed and champion on; 112 previous occasions, Johnj (Armstrong, in their roundI rnhin cpf'tirin nhv

; robin section play. i The top seed and Canter-j bury champion. Wayne, I Adamson, had some uneasy; moments before winning his section, but he could not sustain his form in the other; semi-final. Adamson had beaten Yee Chow Boi in their two sum-1 mer inter-club fixtures, and! he seemed untroubled to l I reach the final when he quite!! convincingly won the first ■ two sets. But Yee capitalised on a i wane of concentration by] J Adamson to win the next two!" sets. With renewed confi-h dence, Yee raced to a 20-12!-lead in the deciding set. Ini! uncharacteristic fashion, he,; attempted some wild shots to [J allow Adamson to close ton 19-20 before the Malaysian t student induced his oppon- 2 ent to net his serve. j

; He started confidently in the final against Burrowes and won six of the first eight points. But Burrowes, assured with his block shot and • switching play on his fore hand equalised at 10-all, and comfortably took the first set feurrowes, mainlv by better positioning and proper execution of the loose return. [ won the second set at advantage points. In the third set. Yee lost four points on his first serve

tour points on ms nrst serve. •He fought back to 6-7, but .'controlled block shots and attacking forehands by Bui - rowers carried him to victory Open ; Men’s singles.—Semi-finals: Yer Chow Boi beat W. D. Adamson. [l5-21. 17-21. 21-13. 21-19. 21-19; M VV. Burrowes beat D, J. Kalin. 21-6. 21-19. 21-12. Final: Bur Irowes beat Vee. 21-14, 25-23. 21-13, Men’s doubles. — Semifinals. Adamson and Burrowes beat ! Kalin and It. T. H. Kwang. 20-22. 21-19. 21-18: G. <’. Main and II Thompson beat C. A. S. Waines [and C. Gross 21-18, 17-21. 21-11 Final: Adamson and Burrowes •beat Main and Thompson, 21-18, 21-16. 17-21, 21-12. Women’s singles.—Hound-robin I Miss J. G. Morris beat Miss P. A. Marks, 21-18, 21-17. 12-21, 21-19; beat Miss G. M. Marks. 21-11. 21-13. 21-4; beat Mrs T. Mat. 21-10, 21-11. 21-16 Miss P. Marks beat Mrs May. 18-21. 21-16. 12-21. 21-11, 21-11; beat Miss G. Marks. 16-21. 21-14, 21-19, 21-15. Mrs May beat Miss G. Marks, 22-24, 21-16, 21-17, 21-8. Women’s doubles. —Semi-finals Mrs May and Miss G. Marks beat Misses J. Stead and J. R Waines, 21-13, 21-16; Misses P. Marks and Morris beat Mesdames K. Brown and K. Thompson, 21-12, 23-21. Final: Misses Marks and Morris beat Mrs May and Miss Marks. 21-16, 21-12, 21-17. Mixed doubles. — Semi-finals: Yee and Miss G. Marks beat Adamson and Mrs May, 22-20, 21-16; Burrowes and Miss Morris beat Armstrong and Miss P. Marks, 21-12. 21-5. Final: Burrowes and Miss Morris beat Yee and Miss G. Marks. 21-18. 21-3.

Second grade Men’s singles.—Semi-finals: S. V. Adamson a bye; J. Chandler beat B. Clark, 21-16, 21-16. Final: Adamson beat Chandler 21-17, 21-12. Men’s doubles.—Semi-finals: G Halliburton and T. Sargent beat M. Jelley and B. Lilley, 21-16, 21- Adamson and T. Green beat P. Dillon and S. Boyd. 21-19, 22- Final: Adamson and Green beat Halliburton and Sargent, 21-19, 22-20. Women’s singles.—Final: Miss J. Stead beat Mrs 1. Mehrtens, 21-11. 21-16. [ Women’s doubles. — Final: [Misses G. Marks and Waines beat Miss Stead and Mrs Thompson, 121-13, 21-15. ’ Mixed doubles.—Final: Clark and Miss Stead beat Adamson [and Miss 1. Jagersma, 21-16, 21-19. Veteran Men’s singles.—Final: R. G. I Hart beat F. H. Sargent, 21-12, [2l-11. i Men's doubles.—Final: Hart • and Sargent beat K. Watson and N. Dodds by default. Women’s singles.—Final: Mrs May beat Mrs Mehrtens, 17-21, 21-14, 21-9. Mixed doubles.—Final: Sargent and Mrs May beat Hart and Mrs Mehrtens. 21-9, 21-10.