Table tennis to Kaiapoi High

Press, 12 August 1985, Page 26

Table tennis to Kaiapoi High

Kaiapoi High School won this year’s Canterbury inter schools teams table tennis tournament held at the weekend after two semi-final upsets.

Its opponents in . the final, Cashmere High School had beaten top seed and last year’s winner, Shirley Boys High School, while Kaiapoi beat the second seed, Christchurch Boys High School. The final was a close encounter, in doubt right up to the final match, won by Dale Gray and Brian Steere.

However, the turning point was Jendy Harper’s 22-26 win in the third set over Stephen Dunn.

The primary intermediate section was won by Cashmere Intermediate which beat Cathedral Grammar 6-5 in a close final. Results — Secondary section.— Quarter

finals: Shirley Boys High School No 1 beat St Bedes No 1 5-0; Cashmere High School No 1 beat Lincoln High School 5-0; Kaiapoi High School beat Avonside Girls High School 3-0; Christchurch Boys High School No 1 beat Burnside High School 5-0. Semi finals: Cashmere beat Shirley 3-1; Kaiapoi beat Christchurch B.H.S. 3-1.

Final: Kaiapoi (Jendy Harper, Dale Gray and Brian Steere) beat Cashmere (Evan Radford, Jane Sayers and Stephen Dunn) 3-2. Primary/Intermediate section.— Semi finals; Cathedral Grammar beat Ellesmere School 5-0; Cashmere Primary red bbat Cashmere Primary black 5-0.

Filial:. Cashmere red (Simon McMillan, Jonathon Button and Sam Mellor) beat Cathedral Grammar (Mark Roberts, Justin Nuttall and Matthew Kaa) 6-5. ■. 1