Blog Archives

Winter Interclub: Round #5

24/6/2014

With the completion of round #5 we have reached the play off stages in the top three grades.
In the Premier Grade, Empire Entertainers and Empire Eagles are in the semi finals and Empire Embers are playing off for 5th/6th place.
In Division One, Empire Evils have reached the final.
In Division Two, Empire Elms have reached the final, Empire Engines are playing off for 3rd/4th place and Empire Echoes and Empire Erasers are playing off for 5th/6th place.
Best of luck to all now that the chips are down!
In Division 3, Empire Elves are in the runners up spot with one more round to go.
Full details for all grades appear on the table tennis wellington website.

Manawatu Open: 5th/6th July

21/6/2014

Full details of the Manawatu Open at Palmerston North are available on the table tennis wellington website. Entries are due by Friday 27th June.

Junior Development Tournament: Empire Clean Up!

19/6/2014

We had some excellent results at the recent Junior Development Tournament. This extract from the Table Tennis Wellington Website says it all.
Winner/s & Runner/s Up
Under 12 Singles: Alexander Yan beat Calvin Li
Under 12 Doubles: Alexander Yan & Jimi Nelson beat Thomas Sun (Man) & Hiroshi Mukhopadhyay (Man)
Under 14 Singles: Jack Webb (Man) beat Liam Buckrell
Under 14 Doubles: Liam Buckrell & Calvin Li beat Travis Dyer & Alex Randall
Under 17 Singles: Liam Buckrell beat Jack Webb (Man)
Under 17 Doubles: Liam Buckrell & Calvin Li beat Jack Webb (Man) & Conor McCarthy
All the non Manawatu (Man) player are from our Junior Club. Congratulations to all concerned!

Winter Interclub: Round #4

17/6/2014

Empire Elms are now our only unbeaten team and are currently lying second (on game difference) in Division 2. Congratulations to them! With one more round before the playoffs in the various grades several teams are still in contention. For full details go to the table tennis wellington website.

Website Feedback

12/6/2014

The website has been up and running since the beginning of the year and visitor numbers are increasing, which is encouraging. However we would really like your feedback so that we can make it better and as relevant as possible to our members.
So please let us know what you like/don't like and how we could improve the website.
To do this please talk to your session organiser or a Board member or email [email protected].

Winter Interclub: Round #3

10/6/2014

Empire Entertainers and Empire Elms remain unbeaten after round #3 of Winter Interclub played last week. The following players are either unbeaten or have only lost one match so far:
Depak Patel, Chris Talbot, Paul Brown, Mat Hobbs, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Jonathon Bartlett and Cayden Larson.
Congratulations to them and best of luck to all players for this week. Full details for Round #3 are available on the table tennis wellington website.

Reminder: TTW Junior Development Tournament

9/6/2014

A reminder that the first TTW Junior Development Tournament of the year will take place on Sunday 15th June at Empire. Age categories are Under 17, Under 14 and Under 12 as at 31st December 2013. Entries close on 10th June by post and 14th June at noon by email or phone. See the table tennis wellington website for full details and an entry form.

Winter Interclub: Round #2

2/6/2014

We have four teams unbeaten after round #2 of Winter Interclub. They are the Entertainers (on song), Evils (opposition scarers), Elms (branching out) and the Elves (magic purveyors). Congratulations to them and good luck to all our teams for round #3 this week. Full details are available on the table tennis wellington website.

TTSports Wellington Autumn Open

1/6/2014

This tournament, which was held at Empire on 3rd/4th May, is the first of two national rating tournaments run by Table Tennis Wellington each season. Our successful players are listed below and congratulations to them! The table tennis wellington website has all the results and some action photos.

Depak Patel: Winner Over 30 Doubles; Winner Over 35 Doubles; Runner Up Over 30 Singles; Runner Up Over 35 Singles; Runner Up Over 45 Singles; Runner Up Over 45 Doubles.
Min Su: Runner Up Over 30 Doubles.
Paul Solt: Runner Up Over 35 Doubles.
Chris Talbot: Winner Over 45 Doubles; Winner Over 55 Singles; Winner Over 55 Doubles.
Ian Talbot: Winner Over 45 Doubles; Runner Up Over 55 Singles; Winner Over 55 Doubles.
Tony Rutledge: Runner Up Over 55 Doubles; Winner Over 65 Singles; Winner Over 65 Doubles.
Alastair Naysmith: Runner Up Over 55 Doubles; Winner Over 65 Doubles.
Marcel Kurz: Winner Under 18 doubles.
Liam Buckrell: Runner Up Under 16 doubles; Runner Up Under 14 Doubles; Runner Up Under 12 Singles.
Calvin Li: Runner Up Under 16 Doubles; Runner Up Under 14 Doubles; Winner Under 12 Singles.