Table tennis starts

Press, 21 April 1979, Page 23

Table tennis starts

Four of the strong contenders for the A grade winter table tennis title recorded wins when the competition began at the Selwyn Street hall on Wednesday evening.

University and the young Avonside II team both had comfortable wins over Riccarton II and Selwyn-Dallington respectively with no particularly surprising individual results. Avonside I beat Linwood 11, 8-4, with Trevor Flint filling in for Canterbury’s top player. Wayne Adamson. Stephen Dixon had a sjood win over Les Stewart in one of his singles matches but with Maurice Burrowes w’nning three singles and Avonside winning two doubles matches, the powerful Avonside team had a fairly easy win.

There was one surprising result in Riccarton Fs 9-3 win over Avonside 111. Stuart Armstrong, who won the Easter open singles title on Monday, was beaten in three games by Mike Warren, back after a lay-off during the summer. Linwood I. another strong title prospect, had the bye. Points: Avonside I, Avonside 11, Riccarton I, University 2, Selwyn-Dallington, Avonside 111, Riccarton 11, Linwood II 0. University S, Riccarton II 4 Singles.—H. Redmond beat P.

de Boer, 13-21,' 21-13, 21-16; beat C. Tipper, 21-13, 21-15; beat G. Lamb, 21-16, 21-17. T. Y. Tai lost to Lamb. 16-21, 11-21; lost to de Boer. 18-21. 21-18. 17-21: lost to Tipper, 21-15, 16-21, 16-21. L. Richards beat Tipper, 22-.2U, 22-20: beat Lamb. 19-21. 21-15, 21-16; beat de Boer, 21-13, 21-17. Doubles. —lai and Redmond beat Tipper and Lamb. 21-17. 21-19: Richards and Redmond lost to de Boer and Lamb, 17-21. 17-21; Tai and Richards beat Tipper and de Boer, 21-19, 21-19. Avonside II id, SelwynDallington 2 Singles.—S. Cairns beat D. Kalin, 21-7, 21-10; lost to W. Scott. 21-17, 10-21, 13-21; beat X. Brightwell, 21-15, 21-14. J. Richards beat Brightwell, 21-15, 21-14; beat Kalin, 19-21, 21-10, 21-13: beat Scott, 21-9, 21-15. M. Clasper beat Scott, 21-16, 22-20; beat Brightwell. 21-8, 21-17; beat Kalin, 21-10, 21-9. Doubles. —Clasper and Cairns beat Kalin and Brightwell. 17-21, 21- 21-19; Richards and Cairns beat Scott and Brightwell, 23-21, 23-21; Richards and Clasper lost to Scott and Kalin, 19-21, 19-21. Riccarton I 9, Avonside 111 3 Singles.—S. Armstrong lost to M. Warren. 20-22, 21-13, 19-21; beat B. Thompson, 21-13, 21-18; beat B. Radford, 16-21. 21-13, 22- J. Armstrong beat Thompson, 22-20. 8-21, 21-14; beat Radford, 10-21, 21-16, 21-9; beat Warren, 21-18. 21-18. G. Gall beat Radford. 14-21, 21-19, 21-16; lost to Warren, 17-21, 13-21; beat Thompson, 21-15, 12-21, 21-17. Doubles.—J. and S. Armstrong beat Warren and Radford, 21-15, 21-10; Gall and S. Armstrong lost to Thompson and Radford, 21-16, 17-21, 14-21; Gali and J Armstrong beat Thompson and Warren. 21-16, 20-22, 21-19. Linwood II 4, Avonside I 8 Singles.—M. Prisk lost to L Stewart, 21-19, 19-21, 18-21; lost to M. Burrowes, 7-21. 20-22; beat T. Flint, 17-21, 27-25, 21-15. S Dixon beat Flint. 21-19, 21-13 beat Stewart, 15-21, 21-10, 22-20 lost to Burrowes, 17-21, 21-16 9-21. A. Campbell lost tc

Burrowes, 9-21. 9-21; lost to Flint. 21-16. 14-21. 7-21; lost to Stewart. 12-21. 16-21. Doubles.—Dixon and Prisk lost to Burrowes and Flint. 21-18. 19-21. 10-21; Campbell and Prisk lost to Stewart and Flint. 9-21. 17-21; Dixon and Campbell beat Burrowes and Stewart. 21-18 21-15.