TABLE TENNIS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 September 1941, Page 7

TABLE TENNIS

WAIRARAPA ASSOCIATION’S CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGH STANDARD OF PLAY. WINNERS OF VARIOUS SECTIONS. The Wairarapa Table Tennis Associations annual championship fixtures were held in Masterton last night. Entries were good and a high standard of play was reached in all events. Results: — Ladies’ Singles. Semi-finals: Mrs Nicholls beat Miss N. Brown, 21-19, 21-19; Mrs Mead beat Miss Wickens, 21-18, 21-18. Final: Mrs Nicholls beat Mrs Mead, 21-19, 21-12. Ladies’ Doubles. Semi-finals: Mrs Nicholls and Miss Brown beat Misses Masters- and Greenlees, 21-14, 21-14; Misses McGovern and Larsen beat Mrs Mead and Miss Keltic, 21-10, 21-10. Final: Mrs Nicholls and Miss N. Brown beat Misses McGovern and J. Larsen, 21-11, 15-21, 21-19. Men’s Singles. Semi-finals: J. Nicholls beat J. Hayward. 21-11, 21-13; K. Miller beat K. Wood, 21-14, 21-17. Final: J. Nicholls beat K. Miller, 21- 19-21, 21-9, 21-16. Men’s Doubles. Semi-final: Messrs I. Coleman and P. Greenlees beat Lulham and Hawksworth, 21-14, 21-16; Messrs Welch and Daniell beat Jones and Miller, 24-22, 22Final: Coleman and Greenlees beat Welch and Daniell, 21-14, 21-15, 19-21. 22-20. Combined Doubles. Semi-finals: Mr and Mrs Nicholls beat Miss Brown and I. Coleman, 21-19, 21-16; Miss McGovern and Myers beat Miss Masters and Greenlees. 23-25, 21-19. 23-21. Final: Nicholls and Mrs Nicholls beat Miss McGovern and N. Myers, 21-17, 14-21, 21-8.

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