Table Tennis
PATON PLAYS WORLD CHAMPIONS There was a fine display of all the trick shots of table tennis _ by the two visiting world champions at present touring New Zealand, V. Barna and R. Bergman, at Tauranga on Tuesday night. Watched by a very large crowd, which included table tennis players from all over the Bay of Plenty, the two champions revealed a wide repertoire of shots and when they played the three'Bay champions, F. Paton, Whakatane, and A. Mcßride and L. Brewer, Tauranga, they were not extended at any stage. Paton played well and although he is considered one of New Zealand’s top players he was obviously not in the same class as the visitprs. Against Barna he lost 1-4—ll and against Bergman 12—6. t
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BPB19490902.2.30.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 33, 2 September 1949, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
126Table Tennis Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 14, Issue 33, 2 September 1949, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Beacon Printing and Publishing Company is the copyright owner for the Bay of Plenty Beacon. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Beacon Printing and Publishing Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in