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Results of South Australian tournaments are on the S A Tournaments page. |
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Australian Veterans Championships 2009
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The Australian Veterans Table Tennis Championships were held at the Johnny Warren Stadium, Hurstville Aquatic & Leisure Centre in Hurstville, New South Wales from 17th to 28th October 2009. In these championships, South Australian women continued their dominance on the Australian table tennis scene S. A. Over 60 Women's Team advanced to the semi-final play-offs by finishing second in Group A, after losing to New Zealand in their last group match. In the semi-finals, S.A. defeated Japan 9-2, while New Zealand beat Victoria. The SA team of Julie Coombes, Dawn Darwent, and Cynthia were determined to turn the table against New Zealand in the final and retain the gold medal. |
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S. A. was down 3-5 with the last three singles to be played. New Zealand's top player, Tanya Sulimova had gone through the earlier rounds undefeated, but fell to Julie Coombes earlier, with Cynthia Langley to play her in the last round. Cynthia was down 0-2 but got up to win in 5 games. Julie Coombes started off in a similar fashion and was behind 0-2. Julie fought back, took the next two games and narrowly won in deuce in the fifth. It was up to the last match to decide the team championships. Dawn Darwent played very steady and won the decider in four games. What a marvellous match and come-back! Our other State teams also played well. Over 50 Women's team with Alice Abbas, Lorraine Baker, and Chris Matthews was runner-up, while the Over 70 Women's Team, represented by Betty Bird, Jan Greabner, and Jill Wherry also collected silver medal. S. A. Over 40 Men's team came 6th (12 teams), Over 50 Men's Team was 5th (15 teams), and Over 60 Men's team was 6th (12 teams). In the singles events, Cynthia Langley won the Over 60 Women's Singles, Julie Coombes took the Over 65 Women's Singles gold medal, Betty Bird captured the Over 75 Women's Singles crown, while Jan Graebner secured the Over 80 Women's Singles title. Alice Abbas obtained a bronze medal in the Over 50 Women's Singles. South Australian players were also successful in winning medals in the doubles events. Gold medals went to Cuong Du in the Over 65 Men's Doubles, to Julie Coombes in the Over 60 Mixed Doubles, and to Betty Bird in both Over 70 and Over 75 Mixed Doubles and O75 Women's Doubles. At the conclusion of the championships, Cynthia Langley won the Over 60 Women Best Player award, while the Over 70 Women Best Player was awarded to Betty Bird. The State teams representing South Australia were:
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Congratulations to the following medal winners:
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Australian Junior Championships 2009
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South Australian junior players had their best results at the National Championships in the past few years. They won eleven medals in Kingston, Tasmania, at the Australian Junior Table Tennis Championships held from 27th September to 3rd October 2009. Our Under 18 Men's Team, with Viet Bui, Keyman Liang, Khoa Nguyen, and Duy Nguyen started well. They were undefeated prior to their final gold medal decider match, when they put up a determined fight and lost against a strong Victorian team. SA Under 15 Boy's Team, represented by Daniel Phan, Sam von Einem, and Gareth Ho advanced to the semi-final play-off by coming second in their group. They played brilliantly, beating Victoria 5-4 in semi-final, but went down to New South Wales in the final. |
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Vy Bui, Bridget Ellis, and Ostara Nandori in the Under 13 Girls team also started off strongly beating second seed Victoria 5-4 in the third round. They lost 4-5 in a very close match against the winner New South Wales to take silver medal. In the individual events, Vy Bui was outstanding. She won the U13 Girls Singles and the U13 Girls Doubles, was runner-up in the U15 Girls Singles, U15 Girls Doubles, U18 Girls Doubles, and claimed bronze medal in the U13 Mixed Doubles. One of the notable performance of Vy was in the final of the U15 Girls Singles match against Lily Phan of Victoria, where Vy narrowly lost in deuce in the seventh set. Clarice Phan won two bronze medals in the U18 Girls Singles and the U18 Girls Doubles. Eight of our juniors are included in the Order Of Merit announced at the conclusion of the Championships:
The South Australian Junior teams that participated in this championships consist of:
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Australian Closed Championships 2009
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William Henzell dominated the Australian Closed Championships by completing a clean sweep of the titles. William won the Australian Closed Men's Singles for the record 6th time when he beat Simon Gerada in the final. He combines with John Tawadrous to claim the Men's Doubles and teamed up Miao Miao to take the Mixed Doubles.
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Australian Open Championships 2009
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The 2009 Australian Open Table Tennis Championships were held in Melbourne from 5th to11th July. Two South Australian teams participated at this Championships consisting of:
S.A. Men's team went through their group round-robin matches undefeated. In the semi-final play-off, they lost to Victoria 3-5 and beat Victoria "B" 5-2 in the play-off for the bronze medal. Our Women's team, with two young promising players, came 6th out of seven teams. They were unlucky not to have finished in a higher position after losing two very close matches 4-5. William Henzell won the Men's Singles title for the record 4th time when he beat Justin Han (NSW) 4-1 in the final. William was also successful in winning the Men's Doubles and the Mixed Doubles events. Sharad Pandit took the Over 30 Men's Singles crown by defeating Danny Semmler (Vic) in seven sets in the final. Congratulations to the following medal winners:
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