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National and International Tournaments 2006 |
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Australian Junior Championships 2006
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The Australian Junior Table Tennis Championships were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne on 1st to 7th October 2006. The majority of our State juniors are from the under 14 age group, most of them at the national championships for the first time.
Our under 16 boys' team played magnificently and won silver medals by winning seven matches and losing just one match. Our under 14 girls' team, surprised everyone. They were seeded 5th, but overcame stronger opponents to win bronze medals, losing 4-5 in a critical match to second-place Queensland. Victoria took a clean sweep of all the teams titles and retained their dominance in the individual events as well. Congratulations to the following medal winners:
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Australian Open Championships 2006
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Ten players represented the State at the Australian Open Table Tennis Championships held at the Arena Joondalup Super Complex in Joondalup, Western Australia from 13th to 19th August 2006:
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With players from Singapore, Philippines, and New Zealand participating in the Championships, the standard of competition was very high. The S.A. women's team played very well and came 4th behind two world-class Singapore teams (winner and runner-up) and Victoria (third). Our men's team finished 4th as well. They fought hard and were very unlucky to lose a crucial match against Victoria, when S.A. was 4-2 rubbers up. In the 7th rubber between William Henzell and Simon Gerada, with the score at 2 all, 9-8 points up, victory slipped away when we went down 10-12 in the deciding game. S.A. lost the last 2 rubbers. Singapore won the Men's Team competition, with Victoria second, and New South Wales third. In the individuals competition, William Henzell won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles, losing to the eventual winner Zhong Ze Liu of Singapore in the semi-finals. Scott Houston and Alex Swanson both reached the quarter-finals of the Men's Singles. South Australian women also excelled, with May Cho, Kerry Bungey, and Ann Marie Jolley winning bronze medals in the Women's Doubles event. May Cho advanced to the quarter-finals of the Women's Singles. At the conclusion of the championships, May was awarded the Victor Barna Trophy for the best and fairest player. Congratulations to the following medal winners:
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Australian Closed Tournament 2006
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Top Australian players competed in the Australian Closed Table Tennis Tournament at the Newton Sports Complex on 28 to 30 July 2006. William Henzell collected the winner's trophy for the Men's section by winning all his matches convincingly. Stephanie Sang (VIC) won the women's section, with May Cho securing second place. |
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Oceania Championships 2006
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Seven South Australian players represented Australia at the Oceania Table Tennis Championships held in Geelong from 26 June to 1 July 2006:
William Henzell retained his Men's Singles title. After enduring a very close 7 games match against Ryan Zhu of New Zealand in the quarter-finals, William went on to beat Kyle Davis in semi-final and Fernando Chamara in the final, in straight games. Earlier, he won the Mixed Doubles with Miao Miao, teamed up with Piers Carter to take the bronze medal in the Men's Doubles, and led Australia to victory in the Men's Team event. May Cho also had a successful tournament, winning the Women's Team event, was runner-up in the Women's Doubles, and finished third in the Women's Singles. Piers Carter, Ann Marie Jolley, and Michelle Hodgson also won medals in the Doubles events. In addition to Men's and Women's Team events, Australia won the Under 18 Boys' Team event and came second to New Zealand in the Under 18 Girls' Team. Congratulations to the following medal winners:
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Athletes With Disabilities - Australian Championships 2006
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A record number of 62 athletes competed in the AWD Australian Table Tennis Championships held on 24 and 25 June 2006 at the Woodville District Table Tennis Club. South Australian had a large contingent of around 20 players. Congratulations to the following winners from South Australia: |
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World Veterans Championships 2006
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The 13th World Veterans Table Tennis Championships were held in Bremen, Germany from15 to 20 May 2006. It was one of the biggest table tennis events, with 3,650 players from 60 countries participating. 3 halls of the AWD-Dome were covered with 184 table tennis tables. A large contingent of 64 Australian veterans were at Bremen to take part, including 8 South Australians - Alice Abbas, Lorraine Baker, Gus Bigalske, Betty Bird, Sylvia Farkas, Jurgen Kracht, David Lowe, and Alice Waye. The oldest participant at the Championships was from Australia - Dorothy de Low (95 years). Congratulations to Betty Bird for winning a bronze medal in the Over 70 Women's Singles event! Australia also won a silver medal - Igor Klaf and Barklay Reid in the Men's Over 65 Doubles, and a bronze medal - Joan Munn and Pam Tait in the O65 Women's doubles. |
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World Team Championships 2006
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William Henzell and May Cho represented Australia at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Bremen, Germany from 24 April to 1 May 2006. Australian Men's team won two of their five matches, beating Estonia 3-2 and New Zealand 3-1, and was placed 4th in their Division 2 Group F. They proceeded to the knock-out Stage with William Henzell in brilliant form winning all his matches. They beat Iran 3-1, then Turkey 3-1, and finished strongly defeating Nigeria 3-0 to be in 37th position overall. In the much tougher Championship Division, our women's team went through their Group C matches without a win. In the 2nd Stage play-offs, they lost to Poland 2-3, but recovered to beat USA 3-0 and Slovakia 3-1 to secure 21st position overall. China retained both the men's and women's team titles. Their men's team, consisting of Wang Hao, Wang Liqin, and Ma Lin, overpowered Korea 3-0 in the final, while their women's team, with Zhang Yining, Guo Yue, and Wang Nan, defeated Hong Kong 3-1 in the final. |
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New Zealand Veterans Championships 2006
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Alice Abbas and Lorraine Baker represented the Australian Veterans Team, consisting of 16 players, in an International Test Match against New Zealand on 13 April 2006. The Test Match was the curtain-raiser for the New Zealand Veterans Table Tennis Championships, held in Invercargill from 13 to 17 April 2006. |
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Alice, playing with Belgin Bennett (VIC), won the Over 40 Women's match 3-2. Lorraine, teamed up with Lynne McKeough (NSW) in the Over 50 Women's Team, and went down 2-3 despite Lorraine winning both her singles matches. Australia won the Test Match and retained the Bruce Penberthy Trophy beating New Zealand 30 matches to 10. Betty Bird joined Alice and Lorraine at the New Zealand Veterans Championships and our three South Australian ladies were in magnificent form winning medals in 15 events. Well done Betty, Alice and Lorraine!
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Australian Youth Championships 2006
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The Australian Youth Table Tennis Championships were held outside a State/Territory capital for the first time at the Hamilton Indoor Leisure and Aquatic Centre in Hamilton, Victoria on 9th to 13th April 2006. There was a decrease from previous years in the number of participants with only four States being represented in the competition. The South Australian Women's Team consisting of Michelle Hodgson, Linda Jolley, and Kitty Leung, came third. They played very well but could not match the strength of the New South Wales (winner) and Victorian (runner-up) teams. With the withdrawal of two members from the original team, our Men's Team representatives Roy Abbas, Johnny Lo, Alexander Edmund, and Duy Nguyen, fought hard and managed to come fifth. Victoria won the Men's Team event. In the individuals competition, our players won medals in four events. Congratulations to the following medal winners:
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Commonwealth Games 2006
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Congratulations to William Henzell and May Cho for winning silver medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games! William Henzell advanced to the final of the Men's Singles after defeating the top seed Zi Yang (Singapore) in four straight sets in the semi-finals. In an exciting gold-medal match, William narrowly lost to S. Achanta (India) in the deciding 7th set. May Cho won a silver medal with the Australian Women Table Tennis Team, going down to strong favourite Singapore 0-3 in the Team Final. The Men's Team came 6th. Australia, with Jian Fan Lay and Miao Miao, also took out the bronze medal in the Women's Doubles event. |
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