North Canterbury News: October 24, 2019

SPORT
The North Canterbury News, October 24, 2019
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Plenty of tight contests in title fights
TABLE TENNIS
The recent North
Canterbury Table Tennis
championshipsproved
competitive, with many
close matches and players
risingtothe occasion to
win their respective titles.
New and existing
players, both juniors and
seniors, from Clarkville,
Oxford, Rangiora and
Kaiapoi, showed their
strengths and proved they
are not to be taken lightly.
There was an upset in
the open men’s singles
event,with Colin Viegas, of
Rangiora,beating last
year’swinner Michael
Sumner, of Clarkville, in a
nail­biting finish.
For the sixth consecutive
year Sumner and teammate
MichaelBonner,of
Clarkville, showed their
strength to win the men’s
open doubles title.
Rangiora team­mates
Viegasand RossTabb
foughthard, but the
Clarkvilleduo were too
strong.
Georgina Walker, of
Oxford, retained the open
women’s singles title for
the 9th consecutive year.
Georgina then teamed
upwithGlenn Ross and put
on an excellent
performancetowin the
open mixeddoubles title,
beating Rangiora duo Ross
Tabb and MikaKawasaki.
The under­18 junior
singles title was won by
newcomer Kawasaki, who
showed her strength in
winning four of the five
junior events.She played
outstandingly to get to the
finals of all the categories
she entered,proving she
can compete with the
senior players.
Josh Lubbers, of
Rangiora, won theunder­
18 boys’singles forthe first
year.Hethen joined with
clubmate Amelia Todd to
win the under­18 junior
doubles title.
New comer Olly
Patchett, of Rangiora,
played welltowin the
under­16boys’ singles title
Rangiora newcomers
Jemima Todd and Amelia
Todd played well, both
taking ajunior doubles
title.
Ross regained the
veteran men’s singles title,
putting on apolished
display to beat rival Terry
Green, of Kaiapoi, in atight
finish. Glennthen joined
with Terrytowin the
veteran men’s doubles
title.
Walker managedto
retain the Areserve grade
singlestitle thisyear,
beatingreturned player
Neil Heron, of Rangiora.
Oxford team­matesIan
Boulton and David Rowe
showed their
determination to narrowly
winthe Areserve doubles
title, beating brothers
Brian and Neil Heron, of
Rangiora.
Kawasaki carried on her
streaktoadd the Bgrade
singles title to her list.
Oxford team­mates Russ
Carmodyand JohnnyCroft
showed their
determination to win the B
grade doubles title,
narrowlybeating Rangiora
junior combination
Kawasaki and Lubbers.
Results
Open men’s singles
Semi­finals: Colin Viegas beat
GlennRoss11­8,13­11,11­5;
MichaelSumner beat Michael
Bonner11­8,11­7,11­13,11­6.
Final: ColinViegas beat
MichaelSumner 11­8,11­7,
11­6.
Openmen’s doubles
Semi­finals:Michael Bonner
and Michael Sumnerbeat
Robert Loudon and Glenn
Ross11­6,11­8, 11­4; Ross Tabb
and Colin Viegasbeat Peter
Borodin and Terry Green11­5,
8­11, 11­9,15­13.Final: Michael
Bonnerand Michael Sumner
beatRossTabb and Colin
Viegas 12­10,11­7,11­3.
Openwomen’ssingles
Winner: Georgina Walkerwon
Hotly contested ... Competitors in action.
theroundrobin. Runner­up:
Mika Kawasaki.
Open mixed doubles
Final: Glenn Ross and
Georgina Walkerbeat Ross
Tabb and Mika Kawasaki 8­11,
11­2,11­2, 11­8.
Open men’ssingles plate
Semi­finals: Neil Heron beat
BryanSampson16­14, 11­2,
9­11, 13­11;Blair Simpson beat
BrianHeron11­5,11­8, 9­11,
5­11, 11­6. Final: Neil Heron
beat Blair Simpson7­11, 11­6,
11­4,11­8.
Under­18junior singles
Semi­finals: MikaKawasaki
beat JemimaTodd 11­4, 11­5;
Josh LubbersbeatAmelia
Todd 11­3, 12­10.Final:
KawasakibeatLubbers11­9,
11­7,11­7.
Under­18boy’ssingles
Final: Lubbers wonthe Round
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Robin. Runner­Up: Olly
Patchett.
Under­18 girl’s singles
Final:MikaKawasaki wonthe
roundrobin. Runner­Up:
Jemima Todd.
Under­18 juniordoubles
Final: Lubbers and Amelia
Toddbeat Kawasakiand
ThomasMcNabb11­5, 5­11,
11­8,11­6.
Under­16 boy’s singles Final:
Olly Patchett beatThomas
McNabb11­5, 11­5,11­5.
Under­16 girl’s singles Final:
Kawasakibeat Jemima Todd
11­4,11­6,11­9
Under­16 juniordoubles
Final: Kawasakiand Jemima
Toddbeat Lubbers &McNabb
11­8,11­7,11­6.
Veteranmen’s singles
Final: Ross beat Green11­6,
11­13, 4­11,11­6,11­6.
Veteran men’s doubles
Final: Green and Ross beat
JeffErickson and Richard
Mason 11­2,11­7, 11­5.
Veteran men’s singles plate
Final: JeffErickson beat
RichardMason 11­6, 11­7,11­6.
Areservegrade singles
Final: Walkerbeat Heron 9­11,
11­7, 11­6, 11­3.
Areserve gradedoubles
Final: Ian Boulton and David
Rowe beat BrianHeron&Neil
Heron11­7,10­12,13­11,11­7.
Areserve gradesinglesplate:
Final: IanBoulton beatJeff
Erickson11­5, 11­5,11­8.
B­gradesingles
Final: KawasakibeatJohnny
Croft11­9,11­9, 9­11,8­11,11­4.
B­gradedoubles Final: Russ
Carmodyand JohnnyCroft
beat Josh Lubbersand Mika
Kawasaki8­11, 11­4,11­8,11­3.
B­gradesinglesplate
Final: John Clarkbeat Arnd
Reimann11­4,11­3, 11­2.
Season results
Open grade: Woodenders
(Graham Ripley, GrantRipley,
MichaelHolland, Joe Kahura).
Runner­up:Rangiora.
Areserve: Oxford2(David
Rowe,IanBoulton, Paul
Borham, Jeff Erickson,Martin
Kircher). Runner­up:
Rangiora.
Bgrade: Oxford4(Warren
Boocock, Barry Devine, Karen
Kelly,ArndReinann).Runnerup:Clarkville.
Aggregate singles winners:
Open grade: Michael Sumner;
Areserve grade: Georgina
Walker; BGrade: Marie
Wilson.