Table tennis

Press, 28 August 1978, Page 6

Table tennis

A 10-year-old North Aucklander, Gary Traill, stole the limelight in the final events of the Skellerup National Junior Table Tennis championships which finished in Napier yesterday.

On Saturday night he won the under 12 boys’ singles and shared the boys’ doubles with his eight year old brother Murray, and the mixed doubles with Angela White, of H>’tt Valley. Then yesterday morning Traill continued his form in the under 14 grade. reaching the bovs’ and mixed doubles finals. The Traill boys are sons of

Netti Traill, who won the New Zealand women’s singles title eight time between 1960 and 1970.

One of the main upsets came in the under 18 grade where Wellington’s Richard Williment took the boys’ singles title, beating a New Zealand representative Malcolm Darroch, the first seed, 21-18, 21-23, 21-18, in a thrilling final. Results were:—

Under 18 boys’ singles.—Semifinals: R. Darroch (Manawatu) beat S. Edmonds (Hutt Valley). 21-18, 13-21, 21-13; R. Williment (Wellington) beat D. Williment (Wellington), .21-16, 19-21, 21-19. Final: K. Williment beat Darroch, 21- 21-23, 21-18. Boys’ doubles. —Final: Edmonds and Taylor (Hutt Valley) beat Griffiths and Temperley (Auckland), 21-13, 21-18. Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: H. B. Murphy (Northland) beat K. A. Prince (Manawatu), 20-22, 22- 21-18; K. A. Phillips (Hutt Valley) beat R. A. Fogarty (Otago), 21-12, 21-11. Final: Murph.v beat Phillips, 24-22, 20-22. 21-13.

Girls’ doubles.—Final: Murphy and G.Young (Northland) beat S. F Gillett (Marlborough) and W Cuthbert (Otago), 21-17, 22-20. Mixed doubles—Final: D. Williment and R. Lee (Hutt Valley) beat Darrick and Prince 15-21. 21-9, 21-18.

Under 16 boys’ singles.—Semifinals: B. J. Griffiths (Auckland) heat P. Jackson (Franklin), 18-21, 21-18, 21-19; M. D. Steele (Northland) beat J. V. Sanson (Northland), 21-13. 21-17 Final: Griffiths beat Steele. 21-9, 21-18. Boys’ doubles. —Final- Jackson and Jackson beat C. Kitchen (Northland) and Sanson, 21-15. 21-11.

Girls’ singles.—Semi-finals: L. Dyer (Auckland) beat Phillips. 21-1?, 21-15; Prince beat K. Rice (Bay of Plenty), 14-21, 21-12, 21-18. Final: Dver beat Prince. 21-12, 21-14.

Girls’ doubles.—Final: W. Cuthbert and B. A. Fogarty (Otago) beat Phillips and Prince, 23-21. 22-20.

Mixed doubles.—-Final: Griffiths and Dver beat Jackson and Rice. 21-14, 21-9.

Under 14 boys’ singles.—Semifinals: P. Jackson ’Franklin) beat R. A. Young (Northland), 2V5. 21-12; G. L. Palmer (Auckland) beat A. C. Shewan. 21-17, 21-19. Final: Jackson beat Palmer, 21-14. 21-13.

Boys’ doubles.—Final: Palmer and Jackson beat Traill and Young. 21-14, 21-14. Girls’ singles—Semi-finals: W. J. Cuthbert (Otago) beat C. L. Fogarty (Ota”o), 21-16. 21-15; T. Pairaudeau (Hamilton) beat S. Burling fNorthland). 21-14, 21-12. Final: Cuthbert beat Pairaudeau, 21-15. 21-11 Girls’ doubles.—Final: W. Cuthbert and Y. Cuthbert beat Pairaudeau and H. A. Pat’enden (Hrmilfon). 14-21. 21-15. 21-12. Mixed doubles—Final' Jackson and Cuthbert beat Traill and Bn-Ung, 21-15. 21-15. Unde- 12 bovs’ singles.—Semi«nt»!s: Train be*‘ W S»”>w 'H”’t Valiev). ’l-5. i’-’t, 21-13; C.. W. PorVa (M-bawatn) b.--’ D. B. Wright 'Waikato). 21-17. 2’12. iriuai: Traill beat Perks. 21-9-21-12. Ro’ s’ doubles.—Final: Trail) and T-*i” beat Shaw and Perks 21’5. 21-17. Girls’ singlesSemi-fina’s: A (p-’t Vatt.v heat T MeAv’nne W.srni’ri. ?t-’K. ’’l-’ 0 : p Lee i'P'- 4 t Vatip„t baa’ N M. R’evens ’M-nawat”’ 21-6. 21-O-; , Lee beat White, 21-19. 21-15. I

Girls’ doubles.—Final: Lee and White beat McAvinue and Stevens. 21-18, 21-16. Mixed doubles.—Final: G. Traill and White beat Shewan and Cuthbert. 21-12.