TABLE TENNIS

Evening Star, Issue 23688, 23 September 1940, Page 6

TABLE TENNIS

SOUTH OTAGO CHAMPIONSHIPS SINGLES TITLES TO W. FOGARTY [Special to the ‘ Stab.’] The South Otago championship and handicap tournament was held in tbo Railway Social Hall on Friday and Saturday nights. 'There were fairly largo entries, including several loading Otago players, and an appreciative audience witnessed some brilliant table tennis. The feature of the tournament was the outstanding displays given by W. J, Fogarty, who decisively defeated M. Friend (Dunedin), the present South Island champion, in both the handicap singles and the open championship. In the final of the open singles event the plav was of a particularly high standard, with W. Fogarty returning M. Friend’s hardest drives with beautifully placed chops and finishing off most of the rallies with devastating backhand flicks. Although defeated in the final, M. Friend played very well m all his games. G. Dowuie (Dunedin) was very unlucky not to win a title, as ho was beaten in the final of both doubles by very narrow margins and in the singles championship he went down to M. Friend, 26-28, 21-15, 20-22. M. Friend and L. Todd, after losing the first two games in the championship doubles, made a brilliant recovery to defeat W. Fogarty and G. Downie by three games to two'. F. Bullen and J. Blair gave very confident displays to defeat W. Fogarty and G. Downie in the final of the handicap doubles. The following are the detailed championship results;— A GRADE SINGLES. ' First Round.—M. Friend beat T. Might, 2.1-10, 21-18; G. Downie beat A. Hunter, 21-8. 21-G; D. Munro beat E. Reid, 21-12, 21-12; J. Blair beat T. Fogarty, 21-17, 21-16; F. (Bullen beat T. Shepherd, 21-16, 21-15; W. Stewart beat F. Coatsworth, 21-15, 21-16; L. Todd beat A. Marslin, 21-16, 21-17; W. Fogarty beat S. Brown, 21-19, 21-17. Second Round.—M. Friend beat G. Downie, 28-26,' 15-21, 22-20; J. Blair boat D. Munro, 21-13, 13-21, 21-17; F. Bullen beat W. Stewart, 21-17, 21-14; W. Fogarty beat L. Todd, 21-11, 21-7. Semi-finals. —M. Friend beat J. Blair, 31-13, 21-14; W. Fogarty beat F. Bullen, 21-15, 21-17. ~ „ . a Final. —W. Fogarty beat M. Friend, 21-14, 21-13, 18-21, 21-16, A GRADE DOUBLES. First Round.—F. Bullion and IK. Marslin heat T. Fogarty and T. Hight, 21-11, 17-21, 21-11; M. Friend and L. Todcl heat S. Brown and D. Munro, 21-13, 21-14; W. Stewart and J. Blair beat F. Coatsworth and E. Reid, 21-12, 21-19; W. Fogarty and G. Downie beat R. Gold and L. Jory. 21-10, 21-7. Semi-finals. —M. Friend and L. Todd beat F. Bullen and A. Marslin, 21-12, 13-21, 21-10; W. Fogarty and G. Downie heat M. Stewart and J. Blair, 21-8. 23-21. Final.—M. Friend and L. Todd hcait W. Fogarty and G. Downie, 11-21, 9-21, 21-19, 21-18, 21-19. (B GRADE SINGLES. First Round.—A. Low beat T. Shopherd, 21-18, 21-19; L. Jory beat IR. Murray, 21-17, 22-20; E. Reid beat A. Willyams, 22-20, 21-12; F. Coatsworth beat A. Hunter, 21-11, 21-12; T. Hight beat L. Hayward, 21-17, 21-18; G. Scott beat R. Gold, 23-21, 24-22. Second (Round.—A. Low heat A. M'Gregor. 21-19, 19-21, 21-17; E. Reid beat L. Jory, 21-18, 21-17; T. Hight beat F. Coatsworth, 21-16, 12-21, 2117; J. Doidge heat G. Scott, 21-17, 2118. Semi-finals. —E. Reid beat ’A. Low. 2116, 21-10; T. Hight boat J. Doidge. 21-16, 21-9. Final.—E. Reid beat T. Eight, 36-24, 18-21, 21-15. B GRADE DOUBLES. First Round.—B. Gold and L. Jory heat G. Scott and R. Murray, 22-20. 21-18; J. Doidge and A. Willyams heat T. Hight and A. Hunter, 21-9, 21-8. Second Round.—F. Coatsworth and E. IReid heat A. M'Gregor and A. Low. 21-10, 21-12; J. Doidge and A. Willyams beat B. Gold and L. Jory, 21-S, 21-7. Final.—J. Doidge and A. Willyams heat E. Reid and F. Coatsworth, 16-21, 21-19, 21-9,