2008 Club Championships
The club championships were held on Sunday, August 31 with a 2 hour finals session held the following Sunday (September 7) from 10 am. This was a great opportunity to see the club’s best players in action. Thom Nguyen, aged 13, won the Open Men's Singles and is believed to be the youngest ever winner of the title.
Results of Finals
| Event |
Winner |
Runner-up |
| Men's Singles |
Thom Nguyen |
Yotam Bar-Shalom |
| Women's Singles |
Diane Hope |
Margaret Cloughley |
| Men's Doubles |
Yotam Bar-Shalom & James Harter |
Ian Talbot & Chris Talbot |
| Women's Doubles |
Jeanette Stanley & Dawn Dorresteyn |
Maggie Dyer & Margaret Cloughley |
| Mixed Doubles |
Diane Hope & James Harter |
Margaret Cloughley & Yotam Bar-Shalom |
| Div 2 Singles |
Ping Chui |
Dong Jiang |
| Div 2 Doubles |
Allen Tso & Norman Chan |
Merv Allardyce & Chas Wong |
Preliminary Round Results:
Open Singles
Open Doubles
Social
Entry Form (PDF version)
TT Wellington Interclub
Empire has teams in all grades of winter interclub. Use the link below to see the latest results.
Empire team results.
Tournaments
Oct 1-11 NZ National Championships Wellington, Walter Nash Stadium
| Event |
Winner |
Runner/s up |
Losing semi finalist/s |
| Over 70 Mens singles |
Eddie Moore |
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| Over 70 Men’s doubles |
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Eddie Moore & Leo Barnett |
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| Over 70 Mixed doubles |
Eddie Moore & Lois McStay |
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| Over 70 Men’s plate |
Leo Barnett |
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| Over 55 Men’s singles |
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Bruce Connolly |
| Over 55 Men’s plate |
Tony Rutledge |
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| Under 18 Boys singles |
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Yotam Bar-Shalom |
| Under 18 Boy’s doubles |
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Martin Murdoch & Thom Nguyen |
| Over 45 Men’s singles |
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Chris Talbot |
| Over 45 Men’s doubles |
Chris Talbot & Ian Talbot |
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| Under 15 Boys doubles |
Thom Nguyen & Martin Murdoch |
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| Over 35 Men’s plate |
Paul Solt |
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| B Grade Men’s singles |
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James Harter |
| B Grade Men’s doubles |
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Yotam Bar-Shalom & James Harter |
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| D Grade Men’s singles |
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Scott Higham |
Wellington Autumn Tournament (24-25 May, 2008)
Event |
Position |
Name/s |
Men’s open singles |
Runner up |
Yotam Bar-Shalom |
Men’s open singles |
Losing semi finalist |
James Harter |
Men’s doubles |
Runners up |
James Harter & Yotam Bar-Shalom |
Mixed Doubles |
Runners up |
James Harter (with B Niermeier) |
Over 40 singles |
Runner up |
Chris Talbot |
Over 40 doubles |
Runners up |
Chris Talbot & Ian Talbot |
Over 40 singles plate |
Winner |
Malcolm Wong |
Over 50 singles |
Runner up |
Ian Talbot |
Over 50 doubles |
Runners up |
Ian Talbot (with B McConnochie) |
Over 60 singles |
Winner |
Bruce Connolly |
Over 60 doubles |
Runners up |
Bruce Connolly & Chris Williams |
Second division singles |
Runner up |
Nola Borrrell |
Second division doubles |
Runners up |
Nola Borrell & Joy Mozer |
Under 21 singles |
Winner |
Yotam Bar-Shalom |
Under 21 doubles |
Runners up |
Thom Nguyen (with M Murdoch) |
Under 15 singles |
Runner up |
Thom Nguyen |
Under 15 doubles |
Winners |
Thom Nguyen (with M Murdoch) |
Under 15 doubles |
Runners up |
Noam Bar-Shalom (with L Scully) |
Under 18 singles |
Winner |
James Harter |
Under 18 singles |
Runner up |
Yotam Bar-Shalom |
Under 18 doubles |
Winners |
Yotam Bar-Shalom & James Harter |
Under 18 doubles |
Runners up |
Thom Nguyen (with M Murdoch) |
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