Empire Events
Veterans Open 2010
On its second year, held last March 20. Tournament results:
| Event |
Winner |
Runner/s Up |
| Yasaka Over 40 men’s singles |
Lindsay Ward |
Depak Patel |
| Joola Over 40 men’s doubles |
Chris Talbot & Ian Talbot |
Bryan McConnochie & Lindsay Ward |
| Andro Over 40 women’s singles |
Raewyn Young |
Maggie Dyer |
| Andro Over 40 women’s doubles |
Bev Astwood & Janette Richards |
Anne Henry & Raewyn Young |
| Butterfly Over 55 men’s singles | Richard Ammundsen | Wanlong Shi | | Andro Over 55 men’s doubles | Jim Jarmin & Richard Ammundsen | Graham Sole & Norman Chan |
Club Championships
These are held every year. The 2010 championships are likely to be held in July.
Handicap championshps will be conducted separately on a Monday night later in the year. There may also be championships held at Monday Club and Friday Junior Club.
Midweek Invitational Tournament
The midweek section of the club runs an Invitational Doubles Event. The 2010 event will held on Thursday September 2.
TT Wellington Interclub Summer Interclub 2010
Winter Interclub 2010
Winter Interclub started on May 18th and 19th. Empire entered 10 (out of 22) teams. Preliminary results:
|
Grade
|
Team
|
Names
|
|
P1
|
Empire
Boomers
Currently 3rd
|
Ian
Talbot
Chris
Talbot
Tony
Rutledge
Paul
Solt
|
|
P1
|
Empire
Strikes Back
Currently 5th
|
Raewyn
Young
Depak
Patel
Jason
Giles
|
|
P2
|
Empire
Hurricanes
Currently 3rd
|
Bruce
Connolly
Uy
Tang
Diane
Hope
|
|
P2
|
Empire
Penholders
Currently 5th
|
Graham
Sole
Tai
Zu
Norman
Chan
|
|
P2
|
Empire
2
Currently 6th
|
Russell
Buchanan
Richard
Dalziel
Tom
Davey
|
|
P3
|
Empire
Avalanche
Currently 1st
|
Vladimir
Vysotskiy
Kai
Xu
Thomas
Recker
|
|
P3
|
Empire
Golden Girls
Currently 5th
|
Margaret
Connolly
Margaret
Cloughley
Maggie
Dyer
|
|
P3
|
Empire
Meatloaf
Currently 7th
|
Stephen
Hope
Rod
Weston
Adam
Xiong
|
|
P3
|
Empire
Tornado
Currently 3rd
|
John
Kane
Tim Hills
Stephen
Benfell
|
|
P3
|
Empire
Tsunami
Currently 2nd
|
Tristian
Alay-Ay
Chris
Palmer
Craig
Bailey
|
Composite Teams Competition
Tournaments
Tournaments featuring Empire Players North Island Open Individual Championships 2010
The North Island Open Individual Championships 2010 was held at Palmerston North from 30th of April to 2nd of May.
Title Winners:
| Competition | Winner | | Over 50 Men's Doubles RoundRobin | Depak
Patel (W) + Bryan
McConnochie (W)
| | Over 40 Men's Doubles Knockout
| Heath Murdoch (W) + Depak Patel (W)
| | Over
30 Mixed Doubles Knockout
| Depak Patel (W) + Raewyn Young (W) |
NZ Open Veterans Championships 2010
NZ Open Veterans Championships 2010 was held at North Harbour from 1st to 5th of April.
Tournament results can be found here: Test results - NZ vs Australia Teams results Individual results
| Competition | Result | Name/s |
| Over 75A Men's Grade |
Gold |
Eddie Moore, Leo Barnett |
|
Bronze |
Merv Allardyce, Ron Menchi |
| Over 70B Men's Grade |
Bronze |
Eddie Moore, Leo Barnett |
| Over 75 Men's Doubles Knockout |
Silver |
Eddie Moore, Leo Barnett |
| Over 50B Men's Grade |
Gold |
Chris Nightingale (ex-Empire), Jack Lin (North Harbour) |
Merit List:
| Competition |
Rank | Name |
| Over 75 Men |
1st | Merv Allardyce |
|
3rd | Eddie Moore |
|
7th | Leo Barnett |
| Over 70 Men |
5th | Eddit Moore |
| 9th | Leo Barnett |
Additional information on TTNZ's website. |