Impressive early form

Press, 13 June 1984, Page 34

Impressive early form

Maurice Burrowes and John Armstrong have the best individual singles records after six rounds of the A grade club table tennis competition. Burrowes, who will defend his South Island title in Blenheim this week-end, and the still-formidable veteran, Armstrong, have won 17 of their 18 matches.

Armstrong’s sole defeat came at the hands of Burrowes when Riccarton I and Avonside I met in the sixth

round last week. Burrowes had a surprise loss to Graham Lamb, of Riccarton’s No. 2 team. Michael Burrowes has won 15 of his 18 matches, while Lamb and Jan Morris, the province’s outstanding woman, have both had 14 wins from 18 games. Karl Entwistle, one of

Canterbury’s most promising youngsters, has had nine wins from his 12 games, while Lyndon White, of

Avonside 11, has had 13 wins from 18 matches.

Other players, who have played a minimum of five rounds with records of better than 50 per cent success rate, are Les Stewart (Avonside II) and Steven Dixon (Linwood) with 10 wins from 15 matches; and Mark Lockhart (Riccarton III), Alan Alabaster (Riccarton I), John Richards (Avonside II) and Richard Dixon (Linwood) all with eight wins from 15 games.