Canterbury loses table tennis

Press, 24 August 1976, Page 34

Canterbury loses table tennis

PA Tauranga The veteran Northland table tennis player, Garry Frew, was the outstanding competitor in the first round of the inter-association table tennis championships played at Tauranga yesterday.

Northland beat Canterbury, 6-5, in the men’s A grade for the Kean Challenge Shield.

Frew beat both the sixth seed. Wayne Adamson, and the eighth seed, Maurice Burrowes. in straight sets to take Northland to victory.

The only other unsets of the first round was Christine Sole’s two straight wins for North Tamaki over Phillipa Marks, of Canterbury’. Sole and Mez Reamers then paired to beat Miss Marks and Jan Morris, 21-14 in the 'third. . ..

A surprise loser in the second round was Debbie Looms; 21-18, in th'e third set to Judy Brant in the deciding match. Franklin thus beat Marlborough, 6-5, in women’s B grade. Results were:— MEN Kean Challenge Shield A grade —Hutt Valley 6, Franklin 5; Auckland 8, Wellington 0; Northland 6, Canterbury 5; Northland 6, Franklin 3; Hutt Valley 6, Wellington 2; Auckland 7, Canterbury 4. B grade.—Otago 6, Hamilton 5; Waitemata 8, Wanganui 3; Manawatu 7, North Shore 4; Otago 9, North Shore 2; Waitemata 8. Hamilton 3. C grade.—Bay of Plenty 5, North Taranaki 5; Marlborough 6, South Taranaki 5; East Waikato 7, South Canterbury 4: South Taranaki 8, North Taranaki 3; Marlborough 8, South Canter burv ‘3; Bay of Plenty 8, Easl Waikato 3. „ , , D grade.—Northern Hawke’s Bav 7, Kapiti 4; Rotorua 7, Wai. raraps 4: Northern Hawke’s Baj 11, Rotorua 0; Kapiti 11, Poverty Bay 0,

WOMEN A grade.—Auckland 6, Wellington 3; Hutt Valley 6. Northland , 2- Canterbury 7, North Taranaki 4; Auckland 6, North Taranaki 0; ; Canterbury 6, Northland 2. B grade.—Hamilton 6, Wanganui 2; Marlborough 8, South Taranaki 3; B'ranklin 6, Manawatu 5: Franklin 6, Marlborough 5: Hamilton 8, Manawatu 3. C grade.—North Shore 7, Bay of Plenty 4; Otago 8, Southland 3: Kapiti 9, East Waikato 2; Otago 10, East Waikato 1; North Shore 7, Kapiti 4; Bay of Plenty 7, Southland 4. D grade.—Rotorua 5, Northern Hawke’s Bay 4; Waitemata 8, Sth Canterbury 3; Northern H.B. 6, South Canterbury 5; Rotorua 11, Poverty Bay 0. The North Island, as expected, won both the men’s and womens sections in the inter-island competition. The North Island has now won the men’s title 25 times from the 27 contests, and the women have lost only two of their 22 matches. _ , , . However, the South Island fought bravely in the women s ; event and- the title was not decided until the North Island won the last doubles to clinch a victory, 7-S. A feature of the womens ccafc.

test was the defeat of the threetimes New Zealand champion, Ann Stonestreet (Auckland), by Canterbury’s Jan Morris. But Miss Morris was beaten unexpectedly by the junior, Angela Brackenridge. The Marlborough junior, Debbie Looms, made a spectacular debut for the South Island, beating the international, Kath Fraser, and the Hutt Valley No. 1, Ruth Conroy. Th North Island stamped its superiority in the doubles, winning three of the four contests. Led by the two top-ranking national players, James Morris and Gary Murphy, the North was far too strong and won, 10-2. , The South Island wins were , gained by Maurice Burrowes, the Canterbury No. 1, who beat , Murphy for the second time this season, and by Otago’s Gary . Williams, who beat the former ; New Zealand representative, s Robert Biair, 21-9, in the third . game. Detailed results:— 1 MEN i North Island 10, South Island 2 Singles.—J. R. Morris beat M. I W. Burrowes, 21-15, 21-14; beat i W. D. Adamson, 21-13, 21-13. G. B. Murphy beat Adamson, 21-17, . 21-18; lost to Burrowes, 17-21,

21-7, 14-21. G. B. Lassen beat G. J. Williams, 21-15, 21-14; beat Yee Chow Boi, 21-15, 21-12. R. C. Blair beat Yee, 21-8, 21-14; lost to Williams, 21-14, 22-24, 921.

Doubles.—Morris and Blair beat Yee and Williams, 21-12, 21-14; beat Adamson and Burrowes, 21-16, 21-19. Murphy and Lassen beat Adamson and Burrowes, 21-16, 21-13; beat Yee and Williams, 21-10, 21-12. WOMEN North Island 7, South Island 5 Singles.—Miss A. M. Brackenridge beat Miss J. G. Morris, 21-15, 14-21, 21-14; beat Mrs R. Foster, 21-17, 21-14. Miss A. D. Stonestreet beat Mrs Foster, 21-12, 21-17; lost to Miss Morris, 20- 21-14, 13-21. Mrs R. V. Conroy lost to Miss D. J. Looms, 17-21, 10-21; lost to Miss P. A. Marks, 19-21, 11-21. Miss K. A. Fraser beat Miss Marks. 21-16, 21- lost to Miss Looms, 16-21, 21-14, 20-22. Doubles.—Miss Fraser and Mrs Conroy lost to Miss Morris and Mrs Foster, 21-16, 16-21, 4-21; beat Misses Marks and Looms. 14-21, 27-25, 21-19. Misses Stonestreet and Brackenridge beat Misses Looms and Marks, 15-21, 22-20, 21-14; beat Miss Morris and Mrs Footer, 12-21. 21-16, 2146.