PING PONG

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19024, 26 May 1936, Page 11

PING PONG

DRAW FOR CHAMPIONSHIP ■ t PLAY AT WINTER SHOW The initiative of the Poverty Bay Winter Snow Association in accruing to conduct a ping-pong, ehampionsliip has tier 11 wen received ny local players, wir. nave accepted with enthusiasm me clumec ol trying out their skill in open company, there being no less Ilian 42 entries. jne uiabornc Amateur Athletic ami Harrier Chub's social club is represented hy a contingent of 15, whilst the Church 01 England Men’s .Society, the I’liolic Service, the Gisborne Club, the Badminloyz Glut) amt tlie V..M.G.A. also have, teams. 111 addition, there arc numbers of players not attached to any organisation. Little is known about the form ol some of these men playing privately. The entrants have been divided into seven sections of six men each, numbered one to seven. Tne numbering does not

represent a grading of strength, some, players thought to be strong, and others „f torni unknown, being in each group, m fact, the players have been distributed through all groups with the object ol making the groups of approximately equal strength, and to give tlie entrants as much experience as possible against men not in their own club. This, it is hoped, will give the weaker entrants good experience against stronger men, and at the same tiine prevent two. good tea 111-niatcs from eliminating each other.

RULES FOR TOURNAMENT Every player in tlie-first round wd. play every other man m bis section, tins ensuring that each lias at least five games. The seven section winners will play off for the clemi-scmi-lmals, a- bye living necessary at this stage. Of tne seven, three will be eliminated ill the deini-seini-finals, leaving four players foi Urn semi-finals and two for tlie finals. In sectional play, there will be one game'ol 51 up. the stewards reserving the right to reduce the points to 21 if shortage ol time necessitates this. In the later stages, each match will be three games of 51 up. In all games, two clear points are necessary for a win.

Play will commence on Wednesday evening, the first, night of the show, as soon as the opening ceremony, to he performed by the deputy-Mayor, Mr. Jl. Holmes, lias concluded, about 8 o’clock. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday it will commence at 7.11> p.m. The first three sections are to be in attendance on Wednesday, and sections 4 (any games not completed), 4 and 5 on Thursday, sections 6 and 7 mi Friday, when it. may also be possible to complete some post-sectional piay. The semi-finals and finals will be played on Saturday. Any players not able to attend on lln appointed night through having other engagements (e.g., Savage Ohio on Wed \ nesdav or business on Friday), may play their games oil any oilier night, provided their opponents arc present. Late entries will he received up to the imp of starting any particular section, 'f sufficient entries come before Wednesday, an eighth section will lie arranged, thus avoiding u bye in the post-sectional play.

The list nf competitors arranged according to their sections is as follows:Section 1. It. C. Aires. K. Muir, .1. Algie, FJ. Woodrow. It. Cederwall and C. E. Allen. Section 2.—P. W. Wright. Cl. Dawson. 'I. If. Nicholls. Tl. Rignell. .1. W. Reed, and W. Hutchinson.

Section 3.—C. L. Margolioulli, A. Redmond, C. Stubbs, D. Richardson, A Stichbury and L. Rignell. Section 4.—A. McMahon, .T. Malcolm son. L. Anderson. It. .T. Quinn, W. Kennedy and F. Gavin.

Sccfioti 5.—-T. Muir. A. TTamplon. W Kolin. 0. M. Neale. A. P. Tunes, and R C. Sliehburv.

Section 6. TV. M. Wildish. T). Armstrong. I. Crafts, A. Morrison. E. Chambers, and R. R. Raldrey. Section 7.—L. Lvnskey, G. Reives, S. R. Mnssnm, S. Vincent. T. Harrison, and W. Wallace.