Empire Events
Veterans Open
On March 29, 22 players from as far away as Manawatu attended the Empire Veterans Tournament. The tournament was intended as a warm-up for the NZ Veterans Championships held over Easter.
All players had a solid workout with about 5 singles and 5 doubles matches each.
Winners on the day were:
| Event |
Winner |
| Over 40 Men's Singles |
Bryan McConnochie |
| Over 70 Men's Singles |
Jim Jarmin |
| Over 40 Women's Singles |
Mary Law |
| Over 40 Doubles |
Bryan McConnochie & Scott Higham |
| Over 70 Doubles |
Jim Jarmin & Ian White |
| Over 40 Women's Doubles |
Melanie Armstrong & Lan Hui |
Although this was a jubilee event, we hope to continue it next year.
Club Championships
The Empire Club Championships attracted only a small number of entries but there were still a lot of keenly contested matches. Sadly, we had to cancel the social competitions, mixed doubles and women's open events due to lack of entries.
Depak Patel triumphed in the Open Singles over Chris Talbot. In the Open Doubles, Chris and Ian Talbot were victorious over Raewyn Young and Depak Patel.
In Division 2, the singles were won by Martin Young who narrowly missed out on the open event after losing in 5 sets to eventual winner Depak Patel. Norman Chan was runner up. The doubles was won by Jason Giles and Diane Hope. Runners up were last year's winners, Allen Tso and Norman Chan. Full Results
| Event |
Winner |
Runner Up |
| Open Singles |
Depak Patel |
Chris Talbot |
| Open Doubles |
Chris Talbot & Ian Talbot |
Depak Patel & Raewyn Young |
| Division 2 Singles |
Martin Young |
Norman Chan |
| Division 2 Doubles |
Jason Giles & Diane Hope |
Norman Chan & Allen Tso |
We held a handicap competition at Monday Club over 2 weeks in November as part of the 2009 Club Championships.
On week 1 randomly selected tables of 4 played a round robin using a new handicapping system. The top 20 were:
Position
|
Name |
Grade |
Wins |
Points (if applic) |
1 |
Joe You |
3 |
3 |
|
2 |
Stan Joe |
3 |
3 |
|
3 |
John Kane |
4 |
3 |
|
4 |
Chris Palmer |
5 |
3 |
|
5 |
Richard Dalziel |
5 |
3 |
|
6 |
Wyatt Tautau |
5 |
3 |
|
7 |
Craig Bailey |
6 |
3 |
|
8 |
Lynton Baird |
7 |
3 |
|
9 |
Martin Young |
2 |
2 |
50 |
10 |
Graham Sole |
4 |
2 |
50 |
11 |
Rush Bhatt |
5 |
2 |
50 |
12 |
Karl Johnston |
7 |
2 |
50 |
13 |
Maggie Dyer |
6 |
2 |
49 |
14 |
Phil Coffey |
7 |
2 |
48 |
15 |
Alex Safronov |
6 |
2 |
46 |
16 |
Wendy Foothead |
8 |
2 |
46 |
17 |
John Alexander |
5 |
2 |
45 |
18 |
Vladimir Vysotskiy |
6 |
2 |
45 |
19 |
Anna Baird |
7 |
2 |
40 |
20 |
Tristian Alay-ay |
5 |
2 |
39 |
On week 2 the top 16 club members competed in a knockout final. In the final Rush Bhatt defeated Chris Palmer.
Midweek Invitational Tournament
The midweek section of the club runs an Invitational Doubles Event. The 2009 event was held on Thursday September 3. The results were:
| Table |
Winners |
Runners Up |
| 1 |
Ji Liang Tan, William Young (Empire) |
Wai Chung, Eddie Moore (Empire) |
| 2 |
John Williams, Frank Leong (Levin) |
Alfie Chin, Kevin Tse (Empire) |
| 3 |
Neil Kerr, Viv Weaver (Kapiti) |
Peter Heine, Charles Chun (Empire) |
| 4 |
Puhi Davis, Margaret Cloughley (Wainuiomata) |
Auhina MacDonald, Alan Sutton (Levin) |
| 5 |
Moy Leong, David Wong (Empire) |
Seu Law, Haaki Wheki (Empire) |
| 6 |
Jill Yap, Margaret Holdsworth (Levin) |
Nancy Chan, Joy Mozer (Empire) |
| 7 |
Phillip and Singlee Yee (Empire) |
Jean Chung, Karen Tse (Empire) |
| 8 |
Nam and Sue Wong (Empire) |
Sam Lister, Elma Johnstone (Wainuiomata) |
TT Wellington Interclub
Download a fact sheet on Interclub.
Go to Winter Interclub
Table Tennis Wellington (TTW) runs three interclub competitions each
year as outlined below:
Summer Interclub (7 weeks from late February – early April)
The final results for Summer Interclub were:
A Section |
P |
W |
F |
A |
Pts |
Waterloo Wasps |
6 |
5 |
49 |
17 |
10 |
Empire Storm |
6 |
5 |
45 |
21 |
10 |
Empire Typhoons |
6 |
4 |
40 |
26 |
8 |
Empire Tempest |
6 |
4 |
40 |
26 |
8 |
Empire Hurricanes |
6 |
1 |
23 |
43 |
2 |
J'vlle Aces |
6 |
1 |
18 |
48 |
2 |
Waterloo Whirlwinds |
6 |
1 |
16 |
50 |
2 |
B Section |
P |
W |
F |
A |
Pts |
Empire Tornados |
6 |
6 |
59 |
7 |
12 |
Karori Kometz |
6 |
5 |
49 |
17 |
10 |
Empire Tsunami |
6 |
4 |
35 |
31 |
8 |
Empire Gales |
6 |
3 |
36 |
30 |
6 |
Waterloo Wolves |
6 |
2 |
26 |
40 |
4 |
Titan Topspins |
6 |
1 |
16 |
50 |
2 |
Waterloo Whales |
6 |
0 |
10 |
56 |
0 |
Individual results
Empire players who played 10 games or more:
A Section
# |
Name |
Team |
P |
W |
L |
% |
2 |
C Talbot |
Storm |
18 |
17 |
1 |
94.4% |
3 |
I Talbot |
Storm |
18 |
16 |
0 |
88.9% |
4 |
D Patel |
Typoons |
18 |
14 |
4 |
77.8% |
5 |
C Williams |
Hurricanes |
12 |
9 |
3 |
75.0% |
6 |
J Giles |
Tempest |
18 |
12 |
6 |
66.7% |
8 |
R Young |
Typoons |
15 |
10 |
5 |
66.7% |
11 |
F Sternagel |
Tempest |
18 |
11 |
7 |
61.1% |
14 |
S Higham |
Tempest |
18 |
8 |
10 |
44.4% |
16 |
G Jackson |
Typoons |
15 |
6 |
9 |
40.0% |
25 |
M Wong |
Storm |
18 |
5 |
13 |
27.8% |
28 |
M Xiong |
Hurricanes |
18 |
2 |
16 |
11.1% |
B Section
# |
Name |
Team |
P |
W |
L |
% |
1 |
A Phillips |
Tornado |
17 |
17 |
0 |
100.0% |
4 |
H Kirkbeck |
Gales |
14 |
13 |
1 |
92.9% |
7 |
M Aldred |
Tornado |
17 |
15 |
2 |
88.2% |
8 |
K Xu |
Tornado |
14 |
11 |
3 |
78.6% |
10 |
G Sole |
Tsunami |
18 |
13 |
5 |
72.2% |
14 |
M Dyer |
Gales |
12 |
7 |
5 |
58.3% |
15 |
C Palmer |
Gales |
17 |
8 |
9 |
47.1% |
23 |
L Xie |
Gales |
14 |
3 |
11 |
21.4% |
25 |
J Cho |
Tsunami |
12 |
2 |
10 |
16.7% |
Winter Interclub 2009(May – June and July - Sep)
Winter Interclub started on May 26-27 for Premier grade teams. B Grade started on June 3. We have 13 teams playing this year, 1 more than last year. Follow this link to the latest TTW results. The teams are as follows:
Premier 1
Empire Storm
Depak Patel (c)
Chris Talbot
Ian Talbot |
Empire Tempest
Paul Solt (cc)
Graeme Jackson (cc)
Tony Rutledge
Felix Sternagel |
Empire Typhoons
Raewyn Young(c)
John Gan
Jason Giles |
Empire Whirlwinds
Martin Young (c)
Malcolm Wong
Dzung Nguyen |
Premier 2
Empire Hurricanes
Bruce Connolly (c)
Chris Williams
Uy Tang |
Empire Cyclones
Norman Chan (c)
Russell Buchanan
Jim Pandelidis |
Premier 3 - Comp 1 & 2
Empire Tornado
Graham Sole (c)
Hayden Kirkbeck
Mike Aldred |
Empire Tsunami
Chris Palmer (c)
Craig Bailey
Tristian Alay-Ay |
Empire Thunder
John Kane (c)
Dawn Dorresteyn
Stefan Vrecic |
Empire Gales
Margaret Cloughley
Margaret Connolly
Maggie Dyer |
Premier 3 - Comp 2
Empire Trojans
Kai Xu (c)
Justin Cho
Lesley Xie |
|
B Grade - Comp 1
Empire Trojans
Hayden Brown (c)
Justin Cho
Lesley Xie |
Empire Crusaders
Stephen Hope (c)
Tony Seymour
Daniel Qin
Angelo Miranda |
Empire Invaders
Richard Dalziel (c)
Cameron Smith
Luke Falvey |
|
B Grade - Comp 1
Empire Crusaders
Hayden Brown(c)
Stephen Hope
Rush Bhatt |
|
The latest TTW results
Composite Teams Competition (Nov – Dec)
Tournaments
Completed Tournaments featuring Empire Players
Masters Games held in Wanganui 2-8 February
Event |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
55+ two person (mixed) team |
Ian Talbot
Brian McConnachie (Wgtn) |
|
|
45+ two person (mixed) team |
Ian Talbot
Chris Talbot |
|
|
45+ two person (mixed) team consolation |
Raewyn Young
Robert Thompson (Wanganui) |
|
|
35+ 3 person (mixed) team |
Ian Talbot
Chris Talbot
Brian McConnachie (Wgtn) |
Raewyn Young
Depak Patel
Joan Munn (Australia) |
|
35+ Men’s singles |
|
Tony Rutledge |
|
55+ Men’s singles |
|
|
Tony Rutledge |
35+ Women’s singles |
Raewyn Young |
|
|
35+ Men’s doubles |
|
Depak Patel
Jim Jarmin (PN) |
Ian Talbot
Tony Rutledge |
55+ Men’s doubles |
Ian Talbot
Tony Rutledge |
|
|
35+ Women’s doubles |
Raewyn Young
Tanya Sulimova (Auckland) |
|
|
35+ Mixed doubles |
|
|
Ian Talbot
Merle Sneddon (Levin) |
45+ Mens singles |
Chris Talbot |
|
|
45+ Men’s doubles |
Depak Patel
Bryan McConnachie (Wgtn) |
Chris Talbot
Ian Talbot |
Tony Rutledge
David Scott (Auckland) |
45+ Mixed doubles |
|
Ian Talbot
Merle Sneddon (Levin) |
Depak Patel
Valerie Scarr (Masterton) |
NZ Veterans Championships, Christchurch
Easter 2009: The NZ Veterans Championships were held in Christchurch over Easter. Midweek club organiser, Eddie Moore, did particularly well, winning four gold medals in the Over 75 Men's Singles, Men's Doubles and Mixed Doubles as well as teaming with Leo Barnett to win gold in the Over 70 Men's B teams event.
Individual Events
| Name |
Competition |
Result |
| Merv Allardyce |
O70 Men's Singles |
Plate Winner |
| Eddie Moore |
O75 Men's Singles |
Gold Medal |
| Eddie Moore |
O75 Men's Doubles |
Gold Medal |
| Eddie Moore |
O75 Mixed Doubles |
Gold Medal |
| Ron Menchi |
O75 Men's Singles |
Plate Runner Up |
Teams Events
| Name |
Competition |
Result |
| Raewyn Young |
Over 40 Women's A |
Silver Medal |
| Graeme Jackson |
Over 40 Men's C |
Silver Medal |
| Eddie Moore |
Over 70 Men's B |
Gold Medal |
| Leo Barnett |
Over 70 Men's B |
Gold Medal |
|
