N.I. title to Morris
PA Auckland , J James Morris, of Northland.!* confirmed his top seeding for the ( North Island table tennis cham-’f pionships when he won the 1 men’s title at the Papakurap Y.M.C.A. on Saturday evening. |] He beat the eighth seed, p Wayne Adamson, of Canterbury, < 2bll, 21-16, 21-15. Adamson H reached the final after upsetting ( the third seed, Robert Blair < (Franklin), in one of the quarter-' finals. The second seeded Richard Lee • did not progress past the second : round, as he arrived too late fori’ his game and was scratched. t Shelly Palmer, the national il champion won the women’s;! title with a 21-17, 21-16, 21-191( victory over her fellow Auck-'s lander, Angela Brackenridge, the 12 top seed. Miss Palmer con-1’ vmctngly beat the third seed, Jan s
(Morris (Canterbury), 21-19, 21-IS' !21-16, in the semi-finals. ( There was an extremely closg .contest in the women's doublet (final with Miss Palmer and Delfi I hie Looms (Marlborough) just (shading Misses Morris and I Brackenridge. 17-21, 21-16. 12-2 L 21-11, 25-23. Alan Tomlinson and I Graham Lassen (Auckland) beat i Geoff Ray and Mike Sanders (Franklin) 3-0, in the men’g (doubles final In an all-South Island mixed (doubles final Miss Morris and Michael Hamil (Canterbury) beat Adamson and Miss Looms. 22-20, (22-20, 21-16. I Canterbury’s Thelma May took | the over-40 women's singles, beating Mrs B. Jackson FrankIlin), 21-14. 21-16. and another (Canterbury plater. John Rich, aids, lost narrowly 21-15, 16-211 (22-20, to John Taylor (Hutt valley) in the under-18 boys’ singles final.
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