Table tennis still close

Press, 19 August 1978, Page 23

Table tennis still close

Avonside I kept alive its hopes of retaining its winter inter-club table tennis title with a decisive 10-2 win over Avonside H in the fifteenth round of the competition. Linwood still has a two-point lead over Avonside I, with the other A-grade teams out of the running. The top two teams will meet each other in the final round and a win for Avonside 1 would force a play off. The Avonside I trio of Wayne Adamson. Maurice Burrowes. and Les Stewart did not concede a singles. Bert Thompson did best for Avonside II extending Burrowes and Adamson to a third game. Avonside H's only w’ins were tn the doubles when its opposition defaulted. A surprise win bv Richard Tan against John Armstrong played a big part in University’s 7-5 win over Riccarton 11. Tan also beat Alistair Armstrong and University had a further bonus when Richard Dixon upset Stuart Armstrong. Although Stuart Armstrong beat Yee Chow Boi and Alistair Armstrong beat Dixon, the students pressed home their advantage by taking two of the three doubles. Dallington. with only two players was unable to hold Avonside

IV and Selwyn, with the experienced Neville Brightwell and Bill Scott in good form, comfortably disposed of Avonside 11. Results: Avonside II 2, Avonside I 10 J. Richards lost to M W. Burrowes. 17-21. 20-22; lost to W. D. Adamson, 10-21. 14-21; lost to L. A. Stewart. 18-21, 19-21. H. Thompson lost to Burrowes, 19-21. 21-12. 18*21; lost to Adamson 16-21. 21-12. 12-21: lost to Stewart. 19-21. 18-21. M. Clasper lost to Burrowes, 15-21. 14-21: lost Adamson. 15-21, 15- lost Stewart. 14-21, 20-22. Thompson and Clasper beat Adamson and Stewart by default. Richards and Clasper lost to Burrowes and Stewart, 19-21. 19-21: Richards and Thompson beat Burrowes and Adamson by default. Riccarton II 5, University 7 J. Armstrong lost to R. Tan, 19-21, 17-21; lost to Yee Chow Boi, 19-21, 11-21; beat R. H. Dixon, 21-18. 20-22 . 22-20. S. G. Armstrong beat Tan, 21-5. 23-21: beat Yee. 21-10. 21-19; lost to Dixon. 21-23, 15-21. A. J. Armstrong lost to Tan, 19-21, 17-21; lost to Yee. 19-21, 16- beat Dixon. 21-19. 22-20. S. and A. Armstrong lost to Yee and Dixon, 20-22, 21-18, 19-21; J. and A. Armstrong beat Tan

and Dixon, 21-13. 17-21, 21-19; J. and S. Armstrong lost to Tan and Yee. 17-21. 19-21. Avonside IV 8, Dallington 4 J. Yang lost to D. J. Kalin, 15- 17-21: beat G. E. Condliffe, by default; beat B. Tamatea, 21-13. 22-20. G. J. Rhind lost to Kalin, 16-21. 18-21; beat Condliffe by default: beat Tamatea. 21-16, 22-20. G. Haszard lost to Kalin, 23-21, 16- 15-21; beat Condliffe by default; beat Tamatea. 21-13. 2115. Rhind and Haszard beat Condliffe and Tamatea by default; Yang and Haszard lost to Kalin and Tamatea. 16-21, 21-12. 15-21: Yang and Rhind beat Kalin and Condliffe by default. Selwyn 8, Avonside ill 4 V. N. Brightwell beat S. Dixon, 21-17. 21-18; beat M. Kelly, 15-21, 21-16. 21-13; beat P. Ward. 21-19. 21-14, W. T. Scott beat Dixon 21-17, 21-14; beat Kelly. 21-14. 21-19; beat Ward. 21-15. 21-13. J. Moen beat Dixon, 21-13, 22-20; lost to Keily, 18-21. 22-20. 13-21; lost to Ward. 12-21. 17-21. Scott and Moen lost to Kelly and Ward. 16-21, 13-21; Brightwell and Moen lost to Dixon and Ward, 17-21. 21-17. 19-21; Brightwell and Scott beat Dixon, and Kelly. 21-4. 17-21 21-6.