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BREAKTHROUGH Congratulations are in order to our

young participants in the 19th European Youth Championships played over the period July 10-19 in Modling near Vienna

Paul Day in particular is deserving oif special mention in reaching three finals being just a Ilittle unfortunate to win just one title----the boys doubles with Andrew Barden-losing out to Zoran Kalinic of Yugoslavia in the boys singles

Again it was Kalinic partnered by Erzebet Palatinus who spiked the EngHsh guns in the final of the mixed when narrowly beating Day and Melody Ludi

But one Gold two Silver and a Bronze -the latter claimed by Graham Sandley a losing semi-finalist in the Cadet boys slingles-add up to the most successful individual results ever recorded by an English team in these annual championshyships

The only cloud was that which cast doubts on the composition of the boys team prior to departure but such sunshyshine as was evident in Austria can be nurtured to last throughout an English winter with duemiddot application from those concerned

ENGLISH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION

middotPatron Her Majesty the- Queen

President M IGolldsrtein

Life Vicepresident Hon Ivor Montagu

rChairman C M Wyles OBE

Deputy IChairman G R Yartes

General Setcretary AIbert W Shipey Hmiddotou Treasuler T B~unn

M1anagement Cornmitltee M Goldstein) L F Landry A E Upton and

K Wfatts

Pa~e 2

NEW EUROIPEAN OIASSIFICATIONS F o]Iowing his triumpn in the mens singl1es

e~elnlt o[ the European Champonshiips in P~ague French ace Jacques ISecretin takes over the No1 spot from ISitvlan jonyer of Hungairy) in thmiddote new rankings issued hy the Cll~assificatiOin Commitltee Of itlhe European Table Tennis Union in JUlne

~n the Iwomens liist Englands Jill Hanunersshylev reltains her No 1 position by virtue of WiUlning the womens singles Itit1le in I1he Czmiddotech (capita and it is good to note the inclusion of Linda Howard at No 12

Amiddotgain in the mens list IEnglalnd Ihave trwo relPresenfta~ives in Denis Neale at No 13 and at No 14 Nicky Jarvis two up fo~ Clevel1and

Yugo~laVias Dragutin ISwrhek is moved up to INo 2 firiOm No6 whille Anatoliy St~oklatov the beaten finallist in middotPrague takes la learpfrom No i13 to INo 7 Apart from arvis the new1comers in the Imens llislt are IClhristiaiD Martin~ Willlfrlied Lieck and Pmiddotat1rick B irociheau

Newcommiddotelfst in Ithe womens list are Br1anika Baltin[c lGlaibrielIla SZaho (I)ubriavka FClIbri Brigitte Th(iriert~ ILiana iMihut and Birgitta OUsson

lOut from the prervious liiSl1 go Alioa Grofova (CzechoslofVlakia) Sveltlana Fedefova (USSR)Astt)aGedlaiitilteStankene (UISISR) Albertina Ralnge1lova (Bulgaria) and Magale~na LelsDiay (Rumania)

Trevor Tayllor the formier EllI~lish ilOiternashytional now domiciled in HOllllandl and Felrelc Timar olf ~Hungary have beelll omlitted from the pr1evious mens list The new cilassificatlions wirth previous positions in bra1ckets a([middoteshyMen 1 acques Secretin (France) (7) 2 [()ralgu)tin Sucrbek (Yugoamplavia) (6) 3 KjeII johlansSon (Sweden) (6)

4 Stell1lan Bengtsson (Sweden) (4) 5 MfilianOrlowski (Czechos1ovakda) (2) 6 AntOu Sltipancic (Yugosll1aviia) (3)7 Analtoliy St~okatov (USSR) (13) s Sarkis Sarkhojran (UISiSIR) (10) 9 jaTos1lav Kunz (Czeichosilovakila) (8)

110 JochenLeiss (Fed Ge~lmany) (12) 111 Chrnsltiian Mlartin (Frlance) (- ) 12 Milivoie Karakasevic (Yugoslavra) (17) 13 Denis Neale (England) ( 14) 14 Nicky Jarws (England) (-) 15 Stanislav Gomozkov (USSR) (111) 16 Wilflried Lieck (FedGelrmlany) (-) 17 Ultf lihorsellil (Sweden) (19) 18 Pmiddoteter Stellwmiddotag (Fed Gernlany) (16) 19 lPatrilck iBilrocheau (F~ance) (-) 20 Janos Borzsei (Hungary) (15)

Jonyer and Gahor Gertgely both of Hungary bav~ nOIt been classlHied owing to insufficient evideuce but ilf they ellIter lany inte([oatiolllalOpen cnalmtpiionships jony-er mus1t Ibe ffanked at 2a (after No2) and Gerigelly at 81a (after No8)

Similarly in the wQlmens listl judirt MalgosshyHavlas middotmust be rlanked alt 8a (after No8) and Hlalna Relidlova at lOa (alfter No 10) Women 1 Jill Hammersley (England) (1) 2 tAnn-Chrisrtiln Helllman (Sweden) (4) 3 Ilnna Uhlikova (Czech1oslovakia) (8) 4 Marila Alexandru (Rumania) (3) 5 Erzetbert Plallatinus (YugoSillavia) (12) 6 Elmira Antonian (USISR) (5) 7 Zoya Rudno~a (USISIR) (9) 8 Wieibke Hendriiksen (Fed Germ1any) (6) 9 Be~artrix Kishazli (IHlUngary) (16)

10 Branka Btatinic (Yugosll1aV1ia) (- ) 11 tClaude Berigemiddotrelt CFrauCe) (14) 12 Linda Howard (England) (- ) 13 Blanka Silhanova (ICzecnoslOvakia) (lil) 14 Tatjana Ferdmlan (USSR) (7) 15 Galbriell~a Szabo (Hungary) (-)

Christian Martin the French defender the newcomiddotmer at No 11 pnotmiddoto by Tony Ross Hess-Ie

16 Durhr-avkla Faibri Yugoslavia) (-)17 Brigilte Thiriet (Fr1ance) (-) 18 iHenriettte LotaIler (Hungary) (10) 19 iLlina IMihut (Rumania) (-) 20 Birlgitta Olsston (Sweden) (-)

A furlthe~ IClasslification rList witH be issued art tlhe lend of December taking into aocount International Open IChampionships up to the SCiandinaviran Open~ and European Leaigue maitclhes

MiIivoje Karakasevic the Yugoslavian penshyholder up from No 17 to No 12

Pihoto Iby Peltr Barta IOstrava Czechosllovakia

NEW METHOD Hence1forward there will be a new method

of assessing results for C[asSifiCialtion purposeS Points for success willI be awarded as under and total points will he rtakeln in1to laccount when preparing the new IClassiification List iin Decembelf

One point willl he awarded for every viotory in the followilng events with fa multipJioation factor as shown

Multiplicatlion Event IFactor European and WOrlid Chamshy

tpionships TimeS 5 EiUropean T~op 12----JMen Times 4

-Women Timles 3 European land WOrlld Chamshy

plionships - Tealm IEvents Tilmes 3 EiUropelan League matrches Tirmes 3 Int-elrnationall Open iChampionshy

ships T~lmes 3 International Oipen Tearm IEvents Times 2

To qua1ify for the (llast tIWO there must be an entry of at least 8 Associa1tiol1s or the draw must conta~n 8 ranked men land 8 ranked women

EUROlPEANCHAMPIONSWrpS The next E uropelan IChampionships in 1978

will (be orrlg1anised by the DTTB and wil(l he held in DUishUTig ~lhe orlganisefs in 19-80 willl be [lhle HWllIgariian AssOciatlion and elitherr Sw1tzerland or Ywgoslavia will fun rtIhe event in 1982

rlJROiPE TOP 12 There was tan elrror in the ifinall Ranking List

issued at the conclusion of last seasons event in ILubeck The correc1t placings in the iWomens event shou1ld have been-1-Heltlman 2shyUhllikova 3---lP1alatiinus 4----Antolllian 5-Alexshyandru~ 6~Rudnova 7--iHellidr~iksen 8--SilhampshynOVia 9~Bergeret~ 10-MiagosHavas ~otaller and Jilll Hrammerslley were fo~ced to wlthdrarw owing to illness

EUROIPE CLUB CUP OF CHAMPIONS in both the Mens and Womens sectttions_ The draw for this evelnt was made by ltlhe Attentaon is drlaJwn to the fact that the

ExecutiVie Committee at their meeting in quarter-finals semi-finals and final in the Vienna during the period of the Eu~oPean Mens evelnt and itthe semi-finals and final of Youth Championships Entries are up by one tlhe Womens event are on scheduled dates

Men Round 1 Round 2

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DIT Sclhifflal1ge [(J) Falkenburgs BiTiK SW) Olympiacos Piitaeus GR) SV ReutHDIgen FD)

7 a 9 Blarcelona iES) middot )Pralmeliras Lisboa PO) Orrmjesby TIC EN)

PTS lSlti~a Hyrylla FS) middot )AZS Glliwice ~)

BP Spatrtacus HU) AS Messine FIR)Akadalmic Sviichtov BU) Vitamirella S Eipidic IT)

CentrlalGlasgow SC) Tempo Teammiddot- NlE)

)CTT Rouillon BE)

11J Spar1ta Prahla CIS)Women Round 1 Round 2

StatisZltika Budiapesl HD) Olympiac~ priraeus bullbull GR) middot ) GBC Barl IT)

ATSV Graz AUY Delta Uloyd Amsterdtam NE) Plarretlte iStave IBIE) Cilub Barcino ES) YOUlng Stars Zurich (CfH) Spartak VIasim Praha laS) Kaiserbeflg Duisburg FID)

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OrmeSlby 1IiC EiN) ZefO Copenhagen l()K) STK Mladost zaigre1b YU) Akademic So~ia BU)

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OpercatiVe dates are- to Roy EVlans President of Itihe ITTF deSCiri~bshy XD A Lyners (T)Luckay CT) Ibt Randereej MEIN ing tlhe efforts which weire being nlade to Jithoo

First Round by IOcltober 14 revive faible tennis activity foHowing the Marigalfelt Luckay Iwas voted tne most2nd Round by November 14 appalling eiar1thquaike ttTag-edy there lit (writes i1mproverd player and rankings areshyQuarter-finals on Deceimber 8 Roy IEvans) was good Ito heair mat some Men-1 Y G H Randeree 2 B Lewis 31 ASemi-finalls on January 15 LTTF mem1belr assoCliatiolns the USTTA in Lyners 4 W Thomas 5 C Y Dmiddotacwjee 6FI~Dial on Feibrllary 16 particu1all ihad alre1ady sent generous help D J INar1an 7~ P Batchelor 8 SBhaigiWan

Neverltrheaess help is srtilll needed and anyWOMlE)N Women-l M Luckay 2 C Levendal 3 T First Round Iby (OCltofber 14 associations whO can send batS ba~ls or nets Fmiddotnnan 4 A Afrilca

to Guatemala wilii he relDderintg a relal serVlilce2nd Round by INOvemher 14 Juniors-1 R Harribhai 2 ~E Steyn 3 Kin helping to middotrelbulilld the sport there alt allQUlalrte~~finals iby [December 8 middotManjee 4 F F~iancis

ISemi-dinals on alDUlary 115 levels The address is---IFederacion Nacional Tenis de Mesa de Guatemaila rPial1acio de LosFinal onFebruary 16 Deportes ICiudad IOlimpiCia Gmiddotua1temala City

EUROPEAN LEampGUE Guatemala middotCentroameriicaOpening matches [n the IEurropean League NATIONAL CLUB

a~e as [oIHowSshy AUSTRALUN CHAMPI0NSHDPS Super Division At tthe Au~tvalian Tahle Tennis Champlionshy AND LEAGUE Septemlber 30 ships held in Sydney Ithe forimter Nortlhumibershy

iCzechosovlakia v Sowet Union land player Blaribara Kearney became t1he firsf CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS Sweden v Hunglary Nelw South WaUes player since 1956 to win France v England the AustraHlan WOmens Silugles title by Keith PontingFederal Ger1many v Yugosilavia BtamiddotrrbaTa who reiceiVled acupunoture Itlrelatshy

Octolber 14 Saturday and Sunday June 5-6 walS ICUPment for a had ba1ck injury prinr Ito the lfinall Fina Weekend fOlr tlbose te1ams invoilved inYugosllavia v England Ovelrcaime the VictorilafDi Vikki Woodwiard lto

Smeden v Czeclhosllovakia the Nationall cllub land Lealgues ICompetitioDs win -3 19 -19 18 19 in a mammotlh 5-gameFrancle v Federial Gerimlany baitltleBarbara pilayed tenrtatliveily tlhen gained In the Olub ChampioDislhips due to unpoundorltushySoviet Union v Hunlgary confiidlence using a variety olf slolw loops then nalte Circumstances tlhe Mens filntaJ tfOIl the

Novem1bei 3 coming in with snme mialgniifioent (drives tbat Ormesby ICUP did not take plaice Howe1verEngland v Soviet Union (Iat llpswich) had tlhmiddote P1a1rltisan Ctrowd appllauding thelre was some fine play in the Womens final

Novemibelr 4 for the Gainsford Cup between OrlmeSlby alndThi~ was dhampalgne ttaible tfnnis and f=w~CzechQislloVaklia v YugOsJaiVia the Omega cJUlb from Brracknell people werre aJWare of the handicap thatFeder1al Ge(rmany v SlWeden Blarlbara was playing under NSW bias been Angela Tlierney -gayene OlrmeShy a solid slt1arltHUngary v Fr1alnce llucky with the acquisition OIf Pat Hopkin and witlh a tWlostrai~t win over Ji1l1 PUris~orw butDivision 1 now this excilting YOUIDlg pla~er then Karlell Witt middotbrought the hOUSle down withSeprtember 30

sUITJerb win Carole rtlalHrp oland v Austiria Neil Wa1rd Who toured with the Australian a ove1r Knight Tihmiddote Berkshire No1 fulmy Ideserved heir win land is Iitally v Belgium Schoolrboys last December and played in Ithe withoUit doubt an oUltlsltandinlg prospe1ct TbisGreece v Ireland ICIevelalnd Open won the Austrlalian Junriorr win cert1ainly llifted Omeiga (and they took ItheBu1gariia v Necl1erlands Boys l1itle jbeating the omstianding NISW lelad when ClaroHne ReeVies p~ayed realHy wellilOctober 14 p1layer Philip Gehauer Kerry Woodwaird WOn to get the better of june Wrilliliams IMiss IKnigjhltAultria v Itiamiddotly tlhe Junior G6rls~ from Dmiddotebbie Anderr-son and again struggled aglainst Miss Purslow bult didBelgium v Greece the worst result from N1SWs ~iew Slt~vmiddote juslt enough to levell tlhe sClQlres aJflter three cl10se Ireland v Bulgaria Knapp Victoria) be1at Paul [PinkelWlicih in the games Misis Tiierney put the IClelveland clubNeitherlands v Polland Mens Sinlgles FinaJtly the NSW pair iPlinkeshyba1ck into the ead by just overclQiming MlissNoVemfber 4 wiichTuclltiettt won the IMens Doubles from R ReeVles in another cilose set Aftelr her fineIt1aly v Netherlands LeeMcICabe win previouslY1 Miss Witt wals e~eQted to ibe1atGrmiddoteemiddotce v Austria Rlidhard Lee the New Zeal1and ini1ernatlioD1a~ June Wii1liams but Ithe teniacious red-head flromBulg1aria v Be~gium is Inow ia resideDit of Vlictoraa and has heen Olr1mesby rwou)ld have none oif ilt and foughtProland v Ireland inoluded in the Jatest Austtrarrian R1ankings h1ard aliI Ithe wa~ Ito Iget home 19 lin rtIhe finalDivision 2 which lare- game Miss Knight put the reisult beyond doubtOctober 114

Splain v Scotland Men-l S Knapp 2 P middotPinkewich 3 R when iP~aying more like herr nOirlma11 slef againtSitTuckeltt 4 R J1avOr 5 middotG Munday 6 R Miss Reeves won middotcomfortlably ~Luxemlboulrg v Swiltzerlland Lee 7 L Skeete 8 A Savirge 9 N WardNOvember 4 This JWas a most interes1ting maltcn and10 -G WarmiddotmsrleyScotland v Walesl

Women-l V Wood-ward 2 KTlhompson 3Switzerland v Spalin M LeIGasslick 4 H Morrow 5~ A Middleshy

The Regional GroUlP (Division 3) will be tOln 6 J Tregea 7 R~ Chambers 8 K Chigshybeld lin C1ardiff on middotFebruary 11-3 1977 in conshy widden 9 L McKeogh 10 A iPannewigjunction with tileStiga Welsh In1ternClItioDlall Boys-l IN Warrd 2 P Gebauer 3 WObalmpiotnship1s on February 4-6 Vickery 4 GTepper 5 W HeginJboltham

INTERNATlONAL CALENDAR 6 D McClintock 7 G R Munday 8 J 1976-77 - EUROPE IPiercmiddote 9 G Thomas 10 J Evans

1976 Girls---Jt K Woodward 2 D Anderson 3 POct 810-Spanish Open (Seville) 1822-Swedish Invitation Tourament Whitehouse 4t N Buckby 5 A McDonald 2224-Pol ish 0pen ( Cracow) 6 ~S Horne 7 R Smith 8 N Okemiddot 9 M

Oct 30- Cannon 10 V SikorlaNov I-Belgian Open (Charleroi) Nov 1214-Italian Open (Milan) AusltraJias team to prlay iln the Commonshy

1820-Yugoslav Open (Novi Sad) wiealtlh land World Chaimpionslhdps is shy2528-Scandinavian Open (Kristianstad) Dec 35 -French Open (Paris) Men R Javoff S Knapp P Pinkewich and 1977 R TuckettJan 68 -Norwich Union International Championships

(Thornaby) Women A MiddJleton K Thonlpson and V 28 I 30-CzechosIovak Open (Brati-Iava) Woodward

Feb 46 -Stiga Welsh Open (Cardiff) 1719-Irish Omiddotpen (Dublin) Officialls E Cos1ter (Coach) K Javorr (Mens 2527-Europe Top 12 (Yugoslavia) Manalger) S Javor (Womens Manalger) D

Mar 1113-Scottish Open (Edinburgh) Stmiddotewart (Assisltant Man-alger) and Mirs Warmthy ApI 910-Federal German Youth Championships (IChapeirone) June 912-Austrian Youth Championships July 2131-European Youth Championships (Vichy France) SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPSAug 2731-Turkish Junior Open

The 14th South Affrican TT Board IntershyOBlifUARY Plrnviuclial and Open IChampionships were sucshy

T1be Hungarian Association rlel~rets to cessiful1ly slt1aged at C1ape Town from July 5-10 announce the death of Mr Jozsef Juhos at me Results shyaigie of 60 After being a pilayer he jOlinled ttibe

Mlen~s I-iP Western Provinceboard of the AssiOciation andwas IDepulty Womens I-P WesteTn ProvinceGelnerial iSe5reitiatry firom 1948-50He was coach Junior I-P Southern IN1atalto the Hunglartian Nationall Team ironl 1952 to Mens Singles Y G H Rlanderee (08 Natal)19616 coach of Central Sporlt School 1916i6-1972 bt B Lewis (WP) 21 19 11 Nationall Dre1ctor of rCoalching 1972-7i6 middotand The only trophy to elude Ormesby at tJteWomens Singles middotM Luckay (TransiVlaarl) btDon-pllayiDig Ciapltain of Hungarian Iteams in 6 National Club and League Championships finalC middotLevendall (WP) 13 19 -13 -17 12Worild land 4 European Championsihips Gabor at Coventry was the Carter Cup for the boysJunior Singles R Hariibhlai (IS Nata[) bt EGergely and Judilt Miagos rreceived theilr first team competition won by Leeds The Cup isSteya (Trans~aal) 16 19coac1hinfg poundrOm him held by coach and npc Colin Morath and tbeMD H NlaidooWThomas (WlP) ht D

players (from left) are IStephen HazelwoodGUATEMALA NfalranRanderee Andt-ew Metcalfe and Robert HazelwoodMmiddotr Juan Jose Rivadeneira Pmiddotresident of tihe WD LuckayjIC Mmiddotohammed (T) brt S jithooj

GualtelmialLan Associlaltiion has wr1tten a letter M Volkwyn (SNjT) Photo by Tony Ross Hessile

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~NATI0INAIL CLIUlB AND ILiEtAIGUrE CHtAlMshyPIIOlNIS[H[P FIINALS worthy of the final Whiist allways ackDlorwle1dgshyiug the all-l1ound strength of Ithe IOrlmesib~ IClulb the Blracknellil c1uib did veiry wel~l to ~Ieach me finall middotand under the able guida1nce of their coach IPeter Charitels win certainly be a [orce to he reckoned with in this competition If10r a cOlllslideraiblle time

Themiddot Sunday progr1a1m1me was devoted Ito the Le-algue ICihlalmpionships Finalls and the trwo Junior eventS started tne p~oceedJings In tlhe Bromfield Trophy it fWalS aig1ain la case of Be~kshyshilre againSlt rCIeveland in tfhe ~orrm of Readdngand Ormestby A brillililant miaxi1mum from Angela Uierney W I3JS too Imuch for the Rmiddotelading girls to IcoUinte~ and Orlmersib~ ran ourt winne~s by 5~2 IlronicallyMiss Witit Ibeat 1Miss) lWi]1Ii81ms in their encoullIter in this match and no1tlched up the ItIWO wins for Rieading

I make no apology in desCirlhing the ICarter Cup final beitwmiddoteen Tibaimes Vailley land ILeediS als the heist finall seen for nlany years Those plreseDlt saw a real classic and the pllay of all six Iboys Wias ourtstanding land it would be quilte wrong 10 single oult any individua1 The boys icoDcerned Garry lStewart IMartlin SihuittJle and Steplhen BoxaIH of Thames Val1ley middotand Andrew Mertcallfe Roberlt and Staphen HiazeJshywood

1 for Leeds showed tremendous fiighting

spirit and were 1t0tlaHy oOlmmitlted Ito fWinninlg The most limlprressive thingwas their rQut~tand~ ing sportslmtanslhip during som1e very dIose glames and they wmiddoterre a glrelalt credit to themshyselves their Ie3gues and mOSit impOirtanlt of allttheir 13almiHes lit was a gre3lt pity that one of the teams h1ad to end up the loser as in my book both te1ams were winners but the honour went to Leeds 5-4

The cllilmax to the season came in rthe afterrnoon when the trwo Seninr Finals were pllayeid and once algain the OlrIlesby Lleague plroved to be too sltrong foil tlhe1r opponents in Ithe Rose Bowl ltney won 5-1 lagi3linslt Bourneshymoulth tihalnks to two WilliS ealcn by Ange1la ~ierrney iand Clarole Knighlt plus one ~om June WiIHiamis Jo~ce Coop wlas the lone winnerr for Bournemouth1 who did velry weill ito reaich the final When one considers that they alIso lhad tlheirr rtrwo Junior teams lin the Semi-iFinalls it is a greajt Itirilbute to Allan Wetltsltein and his coadhing staff for allil tJhe ha~d rwork t1hey h3lve put in over the years

En the Wilmott ICUjp Olrlmesby aigain mett itheir old l1i1va1ls from EaiSrt London and again ran out winners tby 5-1 Denis Nelale and Nicky j1arvis wermiddote lagain in ItOP forlm land won twO e1ach and Stephen Souter in his first Wilimortlt ICUIP final won one D3vid Birown Iwas al~ain the Imainslta~ for the Londoners alnd played Ireally wieal but it was Bob Potton who won their sing1le set

The tfinals were stlalged at th~ Morris Mortors Canteen in Coventry and flllill Imlarks rto the Coventry Lealgue who under the enthusilasrtic le1aderlship OIf theirr Cha1irimian Klefrry MOrlan made a firslt-claSs job of the nrganisaittion The Referee was GeOff Tay~or and con~raltUlaitions tlO lhimand his tela1m of Umpires rwho did ISlterlshyillig wOlrk la111 weelkellld

lihe p1resenrtlatiollis on ISaturday were mlade by MlriS Mo~an 3ssisted by Mr Miau~ice GoldshySI1e1in1 IPreside1nlt of the ETTmiddotA who presenited the lawards on Sunday

Resullts shyGAINiSFORD CUP Ormesby TTC 5 Ome~a TTC 2 A Tierney fbt J Pllrslow 11 20 C Knilght lost to K Wilttt ~15 16 -18 J Wiillilalms lost to C iReevelS 19 middot19 -9 Knlight bt Piursi1ow -17 18 11 Tierney bt Reeves -17 18 11 WilHiams bit Wiltrt -211 118 19 KDiigh~ ht Reeyenes 18 11 WIILMtOTT I CUP Ormes1by 5 East London 1 D Neal1e ht D Brown 211 middot15 11 S Souter loslt to R Potiton -19 -12 N Jarvis bft D Randelll 17 16 Neale bt Potton 12 13 J1arrvis iblt Blrown 11 J15 15 Souter ibt RandeH li5 18 ROSE BOWL Ormesby 5~ Bournemouth 1

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Tierney tbt J ReaJdiDlg 15~ 13 Knight bt T New 10 16 WiIlllliarms doslt to J Coop 15 -20 -116 Kni~hJt bt Readin~ -19 18 14 Tieirney bit ICOOP 16 11 Wiillialms bt Ne1w 19 -20 18 CARTER CUP Leeds 5 Thames Valley 4 A Meltclalfe lost to G Stewart middot20 -12 R Hazelwood lost to 1M Shuttle -22 -17 S Hazelwood ht S Boxaltl 20 15 A Metcalfc bit Shurtlte 116 ~19 20 S Haze1llwQlod bit Slte1wiarrlt 116 15 R Hazell1wood IoSlt to Boxalll -15 ~14 S Hazelrwood lost to Shutltle -120 -19 Meltoalfe ibt Boxallil 201 -17 22 R iHazelwood bt Stewart 12 17 BROiMFIEILD l1ROPHY Ormesby 5 Reading 2 Wii]iams ht A Gordon -20 12 20 Tierney bt IPulrslow 8 17 H Robinson Ilost Ito iWiltt 20 -15 -i16 Tie1rney bit Gordon 9117 8 WiIUilalms lostt to W1itlt -7 -9 Roibinson bit Purslow 23 22 Tie1rney htWitt 13 18

IT~S OFFICIAL APPROiViED BALLS

The fOllllowing rbrands and grades of baill are the onlly ones which la1re licensed for the 1976shy1977 season

Dunlop Barna Super 3-IOrown and 2-1Crown Halex 3-Sitar land 2-Stta1r TSiP tAscot 3-Star land I2-Star

Meim1bers arc renlinded thalt only a brand alnd gJr1ade of balll licensed by the IETTA middotmaY be rusled in play wilthin between middotQir or~anised hy any or~anisations whilcih alre affiJHarted or in Good ISItanding

This is the Iliast season of the current aicensshyIng algreementS and for the 1977-78 seasOIn and onwards the Naltlionall ICoUDicil have agreed an open policy wlhich could result in more brands OIf halils hei1ng licensed for pillay in this counrtry

ITABLE HIIRE SiOHE~ME

We are plleased to slay tthat thiis scheme conshytinues to opeirarte wlhereby affilHated Ciluibs can obtain a top-class ]alques or Dunlop Italble by Ipayillig four annua~ instalments of pound25 (plus VAT art the CUlrrent rlate) and a peppercorn rent of 5p per annum ther1eafter The present wairting list shoulld take albout t1wo Imonlths 110 cllealr hut talbles Wllll be availa1ble throughout the current selaSOill FUllil detad~s and app1ica~ tion forms cain be ohta1ined from Ithe ETTA office at 21 Cllaremont Hastings East Sussex TN34 11IHA

BR RAIL CONiCESSlON IMay we Tlemind allll organisers of Open

TourllIamenlts junior County Imatches alrea Coachling P1anels etc that the ETTA are able to provide Certificaltes of Identrty which will alllow members who are hetween 14 and 18 yela1rs of lalge to obrtain flares at (he Child (Under-14) Irlalte when traveilling to evenrts arranged under t(he auspices of the ETTA We need to know the nalmle of the rtlraveller the departure and aTrlival station land dat1es 01 rtravellThe ceTtifioate must then he signed by the tlraveliler land handed to the booking c~erk al1 l1ihe time of purchase AIIII enquirieS to rthe lEoTTA office rpllease

TOURNAMENT DIARY Tihese diaries contain Idattes of OpeI) Tourrlllashy

ments European League lalnd other lintershynaltional mlaltc(hes and are availablle from the ETTA office prilce 50p plus 9p for posltage p1aickling FOlr orders olf 12 or more the price is pound5 per dozen land lEor multiple ordelrs la cODit~ilbution towards poslt1alge would be lappTeshycialted For alnyone Who has a cover frnm last iseason the printed insert lonily will cosit 30p ealch plus posIt1alge or pound3 pe1r dozen

INTEiRNATIONAL MATCHES Englands home matche~ in the European

Lealgue (Super DivisiOn) are lalgaiinst the USISR on Novemher 3 1 ICzechosllo~aklia on janUialry 19 1977 and Hungary on February 9

WINSiTON CHURCHILL MEiMORIAL TltUST A Ileatflet descriJbing ~he opporltuDliJties for

persotUs to apply for Olne of the Traivell~~Dig Feililowsihips may be obtained from the ETTA office Ong of the categories covers sporlt and complelted l3Jpplllioatioll forms muslt realch the Tlruslt Office hy Novem1ber 1

MASTER POINTS SCHEME This scheme is stilll operiatling and it is urged

that lelagueS who sieem to middothave llosrt inlter~slt to recousideir parlticlipaltilDig as many enquiTies are stilll heing r1eceived from individualls FUlIQ details can be supplied on requ~st

LINCOLN LOTTEJRY This fund-rlaiSlillig exercise MJlil again Ibe

orrgallIised this season and leagues Wlill be receiving detlaHs in tle nexlt few Iweeks The eissentJiafl fact to riemember is thaJt your league can raise money without any risk wharts0ever as by seliling tickets you eiarn a 50 rrebate whetiher your salles amount to pound1 or pound100

INTEBNATIONAL SQUAD EXHIBITIONS Many leagues are llooking rtowards ceIlielbrartshy

ing their 50th or 2Sth annivers1ary and one of the rfunctioDs whiirch courrid provide an interesl1shyilllig middotevening is a delmollstratitQn of Itih~ir ~ki~l by melmlbers of IEnlgllands international squad Deltails of costs land availialbility can be obtained from the Inlternationa Squad M31nager Ken Malthews of 4 Haycroflt Close Old ICoUtlsdon SurTey (Pihone 01-3153 8060 (lQffice) 073-75 S63144 (home)

WI1f1ts on-this month amp next 1976 Oct 9-County Championshi ps ( 1)

lO-Merton I-Star (Bournemol1th) 14-Yugoslavia v England (European League) 16-National Counci I Meeting (London)

1617-Sussex 2-Star Open (Hastings) 22-International Squad (Burnley) 23-North of Scotland Open (Aberdeen)

2324-Dunlop Humberside 3-Star Open (Hull) 24-Aberdare Open

3031-North Middlesex 2-Star (Wood Green London) llov 3-England v USSR (European League) (Ipswich)

34-Leinster Open (Dublin) 6-County Championships (2) 6-Swansea Open (Aberavon) (Junior events) 7-Middlesex Junior Authorised (South Ruislip) 7-Swansea Open (Aberavon) (Senior events)

12-Nissen Invitation Tournament (Sale Leisure Centre) 13-Durham I-Star (ConselO

1314-Southend 2-Star (Rayleigh) 1314-Woodfield I-Star (Wolverhampton)

20-County Championships (3) 21-Midland Counties 2-Star (Walsall) 21-Hastings Tigers I-Star (Bexhi IIgt 21-East of Scotland Open (Edinburgh)

2728-Kent Junior 2-Star (Follltestone) 28-Glasgow Open 2-Star

OIPEN TOURNAMENTiS Paul Day was the winner of the MiS rtiltlle

in I1hmiddote WHsous Brewery-sponsored Norlth of EngIand 12middotStar Open on Septemiberr 25 with the WS tiJtlle going Ito Carole Knight (who allso took the title in the lCwIIlIbrria 2-Sitlar Open on OctOlber 2 Nicky Jarvis Iwas the IMS winner ~at ICarl1islle iRe[ports and detaJiled IresullltiS wBll aiPlPmiddoteaT in the November ilssue

NORTHANTS NmiddotOTES

by De1nnis Millman iNEW CHAI~RMAN

The new season dawns wilth a new (Chairman at the head of the Countys tahle Itiennis Stcene

Phd~ Rivett who had hellid tlhmiddote AsstQlciation together ~ince l1(he deparlture of Don Pelrkins and at a time when officialls lail aliI ~~veils were hard to find fiuaJlily said farewell iat the Cllose season AGIM Ailithough he himlself was relucshytianlt to ladmit it he h1ad played hilS part admirshyably laiS tihe ~CoUtnty moved wi~h the times partticu1arrlly on the pLaying side and his rresignration Wlilll 1eave a considerabile gap all the Imore SO as he was frequenltly tthe ona~ Norrtihaimptron Le1ague spokesman pr1esenlt lart ICounty ICommittee meeitiDtgs

Hamps SUCiceSlSor is Petefr EdlWards who bals Slpenlt much olf his table tennis Ilife in a sinlHar capacity with tihe Southend League Alltlhough (Peltier [ives al1 Oadlby one feels 1t1hat as long as he reltlainlS controll we wliU [have a thriving orlganiSaltion for there can Ibe no gireater table tennis devotee

1 Sohaiil lJIayat-M~enS NialtilQ11al Clha1mp[onANI OFFERS and ralnked PlakiSitlan No1 (ageld 19)

IPakisltians top two men and top two (boys 2 javed HlaYlat-Ranked No2 Palkistan man lare desirous of visitilllg iEnlgland for a 2-3 (alged 21) months period following their participation in 3 Arif Khan~Nat(ional JuniOr Cihalmpliouthe Aftro-Aslilan ILaltin-Amerdcan TourlliCllmenlt in (aged 16)IMexi1ctO during OctOlberr and prior to the World 4 Muns1ari1m Saoiif--iRlanked No 2 Junior Cihampionsh-ips in BirminghlCiim (aJged 16)

Tihey would he- srponsoried for Itr1avel by AIIII four pll1ayers have reguIarly [belen particishyPakistan International Alirrrines ICorPmiddotoration Plating in initernaltionaJI tournaments In fact but becaus1e of tbe heavy financial burden in Javed Hayart and Sohaiil Hayat the Nos 11 anld fOlreilgn e~change wOUild require board and 2 have dominated the Pakislt1an talbIlemiddot tennis lodgiingS being provided scene eVer since 19711 Wlhen JlaVled became the

fSihou1d any club leai~ue or association Ibe Nlational Cha~mpdOn tat il5

WeI Corller H Roy Evans

desirous of playing hoslts to these four young men would they pletas1e Icontalclt Li1-lCo~ Shujaudmiddot din Butt Manager Sports IPakiistan Internashytionall Airllinesmiddot Corporarrion (iPIA) Head Office Pila BuiLdings Karachi Airport Pakistan

The pl1ayers concerned lareshy

As the pltayers sltill have a 1QIt 01pound tafbOe tennis potelllltia~ keeping their lalge- in miiind it is felt rthalt if they la~re proTidmiddoted the rilgt1t quality of Icompetition at a ihigter IcoIllpertiltlive J~Tel Itlhe standard of the players and of the ~ame in Pakistan will impr1orve

Invoveiment in the nerw Second LDivisltgtn of tlhe European Lleague Ihas ladded a new dllmeillshysion lto Welsh talble ttlennis and alllthoUt~ there are only four fixtures in the season Ithere lis laUready considerable speculaltion as 10 our fortune

We IStart off wirth an Cllway ima~tch lamainsIt tScotJand on Novelmlber 4 and with every I~Cll~e of virtaJ importance this is one we muslt strllve Ito win Ito inspire Iconfidence Switzelrland h1ave algr1eed to play us at rtjhe Ahercynon Sports ICentlfe on December 13 after haV11ng played iin lthe Cardiff Open on Itlhe Saiturday befolrle

We go to Luxemhourg on January 19 whillslt our last ma1tch algainslt Spain is to Ibe pllayed all BTidgend on Monday Fehruary 7 This Sp1anish visit win enaJble tlhem to pllay lIn Ithe Welsh Open on Felbruary 4-6

The iStigia Welsh Open itself looks like mainshytaining its international presltige The Hulngarshyians due to play Englla1nd in a IEuropean League matcn on iWe1onesday Fe1bruary 9 at Portsshymouth willI come first ito ptl1ay in the Welsh Open ~[hen irt is hopmiddoted to play tlhem In an exhishybition match in North W1alles on I1he IMonday Tlhe Federall Geifmians lare alre1ady Idelfiniite middotelltalallits~ rwhilslt the Cze-chs havmiddote the e1venit in theiJr inlternational pro~rlalmimmiddotecommiltmefit

AllthoUlg1h we lare not now in ~heEuropean Lelague Regional Group we haive taglfemiddoted Ito st1alge this once al~ain just hefore and in con juction wilth the Stiga Wmiddotelsh OPen Finlland will this time definiteily be comlng Tuckey hope to and with I1he usuall tGuernsey Jtersey and INor1way this wHI he quite a strong tllitl11e group

In the- selalfch for suitaible talent two Assessshymenlt Weekends haive allready belen helld~ tOne ait the National SPOlftS ICentre Cardiff land the Oither iat ILillileshall wihere the hesrt of SoUth and North W1ales potentlial nave rhad a grueUintg tlWO days of round robin play Senior and Junior Squads have been seected to pa1rticlpiate in the comprehensive iWeeklly and weeke1nd training sessions land althoUigh iii cannot be smiddotaid thlal1 anyOne ne1w [has forced his or her way into re1cogniltion for seniolr inteirnationaIl honoursmiddot there lare indioatiOns th1at the biig gap we halve been so worried about is slorwly cloSing

Soule of our juniorS are at iliast beginning to produce a more mature game and rthlils CClIn certainlly lbe slaid of some of our North Wales youngsters whose plrogress Ihas been most encouraging

We shalll undoubtedly have-a proiblem in Alan IGriffithss elDtry into Teesside Polytechnic for two ye1ars His own middotgame should certainly benefit to OUlr middotmUltUlaa adlvanltage but unless he is able to Imake frerijuenlt journeys we inlay nolt allWays See- hiim in County Imialtches Or toQlurnashymelnts Nalturally~ every effo~t will be miade Ito ensure his av~HabHilty at all times but tne problems middotcannot he i~nored

The- Glllamorgan Cilosed on October 10 opens our Tburnalmenrt Season and this is quickly follow1ed by the Aiber1dare middotOp1en on Olcltober 24 The SWlansea Open is on Saiturday Novemlber t(i for Juniors and Sunday November 7 for tlbe Seniors The ICmiddotardiff IOpeill is onDeceimlbef 11~ and the IGlamorlgan Op1en on January 22 The Wemiddotlsh ICllosed CihampilOnshiips land ICIIUJb IChlamshypionship FiluaLs are- on Marich 1213

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Letters to the Editor

~pm Blunns nol1es in your MlayJune issue in no way contriadict my ownearlier Jetter on declinilIlg spectatotr inteffleslt in our sport

My st1altifltics reg1airding the fOTthcoming World Championships were Ibased on an eatr[ieratrlticile by Mijchiae[ Lawless land rthOI$le relglalrd~ ing pre~wlarevel11ts W1ere halSled main~y on Sol Schiffs Tialble Tennis IComes of Alge which is one of tthe hest hooks ever written about our Isport and middotMr Schiff (Ia fornler Worlld Doubles (Champion) mentiolIls gates of l6OOO in resp1emiddotct orf stngle sessiollis The 1954 World Cbampionships quoted iby IMr Blunn slaw the earlielr stages of the sponge bat era land the rolt hlad rthen Ibegun to set in Mr Blunn quotes a gate of 5000 ait middotan internal1ional match in Francte which proves that intrereslt sti1~1 rex~sts in Dur spo-rlt if lit il5 rpllayed in an lattiractive wlay te ia bartlte bel1lween Defence land Attack

SeCfeltin is rthmiddote iWorlds greatest exponent of the barrloon defenc1e and lat any international mu~tli-talble tevent it is we~il known thalt spect1a ilor~ flock Ito the itlahle at which he 1S playing Birocheiau1 as la gr1eat exhibittion pl1ayer knows how laJtltractive table tennis should be played and Mart1in fn another era~ would haVl~ been a world-class pllayer Any mlaltch in which hmiddote particip1atles is aJwaYls a good one but today the odds are he1avilly stacked aglain~t defenders even greart Olles By and large the Frenich hlave not enjOyed the succeSE of others an the EutrOpean Leatgue but th~y have sltill receirved greart land loyal support heCiause they plray alttractive taible tennJis

lrt is precise1ly where lattlractive [abat~ tennis is not ptlaryed eather here Or ahroad tlhait our sport is in rapid deoline This will not be haTted until the TUlles are ftfialmed in such a way as to gtve middotcraft an equal chanoe with poweif and long-riange defence an equal chance against brute force OltherS may have better suggeftliollllS~ but in my v(iew this willI not he achieved unltii we revert to the old net height

Some rule chang1es were mHde in the hard bat era Legisllatorrs had no way of knowing that within a fe1w years hats would be linvented and Petrlmit1ted which wOuld provide infinte1y igfeater IUft with power than the old Ihard bats eVier did and cit was ffom t~hat moment that the penduGum siWung againslt defenders

The alternative would appeiar to be some lirniitlation on lthe ISlalndwich rubber permitted and powerfuJ commercial int~rests would oppose this

Tihe fact reillains that unless and until the game beoomes an equal land more pro[onged cOllite~it between Alttiack land Detfenoe it will not attract spcta110Irs imoney will renl~ain short and pIIayers wHJ be 110st to the game lin lange numbers and at an earlly age Many do noltfind tlhe gla1me as it is pGayed niOW s~atisfying eirthetr to pllay or Ito watch

Mr Blunn alsks Why should top influential AsSoClilation~ support usmiddot Someone hlas to make lta start None Of the problems I menshytioned in mlY last tWin lettlers are confined tiD this Ciountiry Most Wesltern AssociationlS are shont of SP~Cltlators land Itherefore money The rule changes I pro~pos are not radiclall and clOver no new groUind There have been modifishyoatiolnsmiddot in lPlelfmitted bat rubber before Just as the nelt was once 1I0wered so it clan now be raIsed

Forty years ago internattional legisllatorsbanned the finlger-ispilD serv~middotce It was a conshy~roverSi~al land ~ll a sense ullIfak step since It deprIved top players of siOlmlething dtey had

practised for rnlany ye1ars ~o perfect Sol Schaff w(as plrobab~y the grmiddoteaitest exponent of the finger-spin ~erVJice and it Ihellped to defeat Victor Barna then the Igwealtlest rpllayer in the wor[d Neverthe1less the finger-spin service made la mockery of the game as la speict-atoT sporrt To smiddote1e- world-class pJ1ayeTs put four servicle returns out orf Iive off Ithe table became in time las borilDlg al$ the thremiddoteball attacks land 50-50 slho~~ on rWilllich the modern Igame liS based

HiOwever the fing1er-spiin service wias banned whHst rtfhe three-ba[l iattack and brute forcle generlally remlain aln indisrpensable part of world-class p1layers winning methods Ill short the very thin~s Ithait alre sUcCessful in winningmatches h1e1lp to drivi~ away Ithe crowds

Does not flomlething need Ito be done Ito maike our sPOtrt more interesting Do the rulels ([1ot need to be changed

JOHN PREAN 12 Marlborough Road Ryde Isle of Wight P033 1AA

SERVliCE tAW It Wias good to read John Preans percepit1ive

etlter in the April issue He suggests that we look critically at the reasons why tahle ttennifs no longer attralc1s a Imlass laudience and I agree fumy with his di1algnosis that thmiddote lalws currently encour1age arttacking pl1ay to the detriment of speotacle

A major cause of this is the u[e of the slervice as fa point-winning gamhit A servlice which is not returned is never excitling to wal1chExclirtillig table tennis requires specrtacushylar ralHes and the Ilaws shouad be designed to encouralge Ithem

Ther1e il$ another strong argument for a lrerfoTim of the present Siervice laiw Simplicity ohn R Moorhouse dis1cuspoundes the plfohlem olf umpires in inlter[prelting the pot-entiaUy contenshytious law land it [S true that complicated rules a~le usualMy difliculit to middotenforce and thus uns1atiisflactorry The liawn tennis fooltrflaullt rule used Ito ban slwin~ing the free foot ovelr the line and la most unlliatufal styie beCialme oblishygatory to rthe net irusher and the llaw lost northing land Igalined a lot frrom sinlpHficaltion

[ would suggest that the ifollowing laltefnaitive to our sleTvice law is iworth Janexperiiment

If a good relturn is noit imade from the firsf~ gervice tlhe server slball serve a second slervtrce If la good return is not madle from the Stecond Servtic~e lthe slerver wins the point This diiminiSlhe~ by half the advantage of a

fiendish service and tlbus encourages r iall1ies The oossliible d-middotSadvjan~ages deserve to he

eXipllored Would it ellrcourag gla1mesmanship by deJiiberate1y not returning the first service I rthink not This could only aid the server Hnd would be like a server in Iawn tennig deliheralt~ly Serving a fault This does not happen Would iit encOurlage the receaver to imlake a de1ath or glory hit on his firsit return Perhaps~ but if hilS return s off he is at a middotdisladviantage in facing the second servioe

I would suggest that eXIPeriments be cionshyduoted at both senior and grass roolts levels to lassess the effect of the change

KEITH MARTIN 148 Friern Park London N12 9LU

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GLENN STANAWAY 51 David Street Alderley 4051 iBrisbane Queensland Australia

TINiSEL AND GtITTEIR In reply to Alan Ransomes iappe1a for a

pro[essioDial approach to Englands top playeirs the foUorwing poinltlS spring ito mind

I aJgree Ithart it is desirable to miake the playing of Itahle Itennis lin this country for the top p1ayers financiaUy wortlhwhile but the lsources of finance seelm Ito middotme Ito he llimitled

Unlike other proelSsiona Iteam sports the grelalter initetriest is in participation not specshytating whilch pToviides substantilal funds to balck the expeulSlelS 01pound professlouallismTaible tenn~s wiH never he able to hlave such feleshypayin~g supporlters to middotany gre1at extenrt

IOither count~ies are able to ladopt pirofessionshyalism~ eithetr bl1altant or Icovert by tlhe Igrace of their governments I think it willl be somie ime betor1e this Ciountry Punllp1S gr~at ifesources IntO Ithe game

Perhaps middota generaI iDicrease in Associaltion leviiels would not be unanimously welcOimed hut I would lhave tlhought thismiddot w1as a viable optlion if only Ito finance Natjonal Squad eXipenses

rSponsorship is I feel tlhe great hope to ~o many But sponsors generaHy want to appe1al to a Wider pubatic than afliciandos of table tennis Another much-discussed disHdvanltage of Isponsorship is over-sponsorship Another word for 8quad is Ciricus-I wouldnt like to Sl~e too much t~nsell and glitter lOr It1ahle Itmiddotennis se11ling its integrity Still thats la long way off

Thle World IChalmpionships [have a hearing on e~ach of the foregoing Increased specrtaitorshyship the alre1ady raised fees revilta1ised sponshysorship and possihly govetrnment1al encourageshyment iPmiddoterhaplS Mr RlansOime wont Ihle so desshypondtnrt aflterwards Inoidental1y aim I rightIn thlInklng that for the tens of thousands of pounds of financial support given hy the SporltsCrouneill 1tO ~portsl such as the in-vQlgue ~quash mere hundreds go to tlaible itennis If this tis SIO can sommiddote lobbying be done

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by Geoff Newman

Cathy Mowbray (nee Sronell) Romfords attractive womens sing1poundS champion

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ALL BUSTLE

Its all bustle on the Essex front with the Junior Open in the first week~nd of Selltember while our tournament of champIOns bemg due on Sept 25 at the Park Sllorts Centre Rayleigh staged by the Southend League Added to these events we had the Junior trials on the 11th wIth the seniors on the 18th Quite a hectic opening for our hard working officials

This season we say goodbye to two of our llrorninent officials in recent years Ron Locke ha~ retired as Tournament secretary as has DaVId Lush as Competitions secretary Both have given Essex sterling service over the years and our thanks go to both of them New faces this season on the executive committee are Clactons George Meakin who takes over as Camps secretary and Basildons Ron Mackenzie who is the new Senior Match secretary while Mrs Gillian Squier has been cltropted to the executive as Admin secretary Welcome to the mad house Other movements on the committee sees Gordon Lightshyfoot taking over as Tournaments secretary with Pat Dukes combining as vice-chairman and treasurer oJ

Reports from around the county suggest that the season is likely to bemiddot a very busy one with nearly all leagues on the increase This season the Southend League one of the founder members vf the ETTA celebrate their 50th Anniversary and I understand that they intend to celebrate in style in Sept 77

Our County teams are preparing themselves for an onslaught on the County Championships allll

our Junior Squad has been meeting weekly all the summer under the watchful eyes of the county coaching officer Ron Gore and Junior supremo Alan Shepherd Five of them Dave Newman Kenny Jackson Helen Gore Janet Boulter and Yvette Brown were invited to the Final National Trials

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by John Woodford INSTANT ACCEPTION

Sleep wasnt easy for some Sussex administrators on the night of Saturday July 17th-the county had lost their secretary John Wilkes and there were no takers ready to step into the breach at the next days annual general meeting

But fortunately help was on its way the cavalry were advancing over the skyline in the morning mist In fact the rescue operabon got under way the previous evening when a final edition story appeared in the Evening Argus describing the Sussex TTAs plight

Among the readers was Mr John Goss a former table tennis official from the Bristol area and an international umpire Since arriving in the Brighton area some time ago Mr Goss had not been invited to step into the limelight Wlthlll hours the situation had changed-one volunteel proved to be worth the proverbial ten sh~ghaied men A series of telephone calls by the offiCIals led to Mr Gosss name going forward to the meebng and it was instantly accepted-aithough the rescuer himself was unable to be at the meeting as he was umpiring a cricket match

Since then Mr Goss has met both chairman Keith Watts and deputy chairman Bert Fretwell both of whom are confident that the meeting was right to elect Mr Goss before they had even met him

The rest of the Sussex ACM went like clockshywork with no other changes in the faces at the top table But the need for cosy friendly venues for inter-town matches is going from bad to worse Players in neighbouring counties will recall that one such place was the Hailsham Table Tennis Club This is now being turned into a plush disco-diner with soft lights and soft carpets thus ruling out table tennis completely Fortunately the always-powerful Hailsham club has found another home at the Kings Country Club Eastshybourne but the search for Rose Bowl venues for example is narrowed down to the impersonal atmosphere of new sports centres

I suppose that in one way we should be grateshyful for the continuing growth of these centres In Sussex more and more table tennis matches at all levels are becoming guests for the evening at a centre surrounded by squash courts badminton and ali the other paraphernalia associated with mUlti-sports complexes The days of county and town matches in the back-room of a pub or in the village hall surrounded by friendly people interested mainly in table tennis seem to be almost over

Sussex junior selectors have always been firm believers irr trying to run the rule over their talent for the forthcoming season in good time even in the heat of a scorching summer The first junior assessment session was held at Littlehampton late in August and provided food for thought Graham Gillett (Bexhill) was nominated as the new No 1 with Malcolm Francis (Uckfield) as No 2 and Stephen Moore (Bexhill) taking the No3 berth [fhe new top three Sussex girls are all from Crawley-HazelOBrien Diana Phur and Marion Williams in that order

The question must then be asked what has happened to the reigning Sussex junior champion Danny Cammiade of Littlehampton To be fair to Danny [n his last year as a junior he faces mighty tough opposition from his much younger rivals especially the three just named at the top of the Sussex ranlrings However without goingshyinto details the selectors were nOl happy with

Cammiades performances in these trials As a result of which he has been omitted from the rankings and from the opening match against Devon in early October

Its not easy for a big lad of 17 to find himshyself under the sort of pressure that means racing all over the back of the court to retrieve classic drives produced by lads half your size and three years younger Its OK if you end up on the winning side as Camrniade did at the end of last season when he just held out to win the Sussex boys crownmiddot from young Gillett

When you are at the top the pressure is always hotter especially on a sweltering day in midshysummer Perhaps when the heat is all gone Danny will regain his cool and give sterling service to Sussex in his final campaign before senior status is reached

CLEVELAND VIEW by Alan Ransome

STRONGER THAN EVER

With two successful seasons behind us everyone in Cleveland is looking forward eagerly to the new season which promises to be our best so far

With the County Championships Premier Divishysion tIophy firmly set on the mantlepiece the Countys First Team squad of Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight are looking stronger than ever with the backing of Tony Martin Robert Wiley and Stephen Souter who have been practising hard and improving their game throughout the closed season In addition stalwart Malcolm Corking will again be a hard man to beat when the County trials are played shortly and this year ex Durham No 1 Peter McQueen is joining Cleve1and and is looking for a second team place which all adds up to an exciting day at the trials

Our Junior girls excelled at the recent England assessment camps with Jane Skipp finished on top Angela Tierney third and June Williams fourth They are joined this year in the senior ranking list by Irelands No1 Karen Senior who is at present in Germany but likely to Iepresent Cleveland upon her return

Our Junior Boys on the face of it are comshyparatively weak but the Under-I5 players have been practising hard all summer and have made tremendous striaes with the ambition of following in the footsteps of our First Team trio

The tournament nxture list within Teesside is the most exciting in the areas history This years highlight will be the Norwich Union International ChampionShips which are being played in the County for the first time at Thomaby Pavilion from Jan 6-8 1977

In addition our Junior tournament has been given Select status and we were pleased to welcome the SweDish National Team to play an international against England on the Friday evening Sept 17 The Cleveland 3-Star because of the Norwich Union has moved to a February date and h~re too we are hoping for an intershynational entry

Our Closed Tournaments continue to develop the Langbaurgh was first to be played at Guisshyborough Sports Centre on Sept 11 with the total prize fund upped from pound100 to pound250 This will be followed by the Hartlepool Championships at the turn of the year the Middlesbrough in April whilst the County Closed sponsor Doyen has this year promised to increase their prize fund from pound500 to pound750

Our publicity links have been develop~d and strengthened during the closed season so that from September we will have several articles each week in the three local and regional papers with three or four Iadio spots including live reports from tournaments broadcast regularly over both local radio stations

With the World Championships being held in England in 1977 we are planning on taking every advantage in the anticipated upsurge in interest created by the extensive television coverage and Ie are appointing one person in each area of the County for the task of developmrnt work in conshyncction with the Worlds boom

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

ATTACKING ANTI LOOP

OLYMPUS SPORTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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OpercatiVe dates are- to Roy EVlans President of Itihe ITTF deSCiri~bshy XD A Lyners (T)Luckay CT) Ibt Randereej MEIN ing tlhe efforts which weire being nlade to Jithoo

First Round by IOcltober 14 revive faible tennis activity foHowing the Marigalfelt Luckay Iwas voted tne most2nd Round by November 14 appalling eiar1thquaike ttTag-edy there lit (writes i1mproverd player and rankings areshyQuarter-finals on Deceimber 8 Roy IEvans) was good Ito heair mat some Men-1 Y G H Randeree 2 B Lewis 31 ASemi-finalls on January 15 LTTF mem1belr assoCliatiolns the USTTA in Lyners 4 W Thomas 5 C Y Dmiddotacwjee 6FI~Dial on Feibrllary 16 particu1all ihad alre1ady sent generous help D J INar1an 7~ P Batchelor 8 SBhaigiWan

Neverltrheaess help is srtilll needed and anyWOMlE)N Women-l M Luckay 2 C Levendal 3 T First Round Iby (OCltofber 14 associations whO can send batS ba~ls or nets Fmiddotnnan 4 A Afrilca

to Guatemala wilii he relDderintg a relal serVlilce2nd Round by INOvemher 14 Juniors-1 R Harribhai 2 ~E Steyn 3 Kin helping to middotrelbulilld the sport there alt allQUlalrte~~finals iby [December 8 middotManjee 4 F F~iancis

ISemi-dinals on alDUlary 115 levels The address is---IFederacion Nacional Tenis de Mesa de Guatemaila rPial1acio de LosFinal onFebruary 16 Deportes ICiudad IOlimpiCia Gmiddotua1temala City

EUROPEAN LEampGUE Guatemala middotCentroameriicaOpening matches [n the IEurropean League NATIONAL CLUB

a~e as [oIHowSshy AUSTRALUN CHAMPI0NSHDPS Super Division At tthe Au~tvalian Tahle Tennis Champlionshy AND LEAGUE Septemlber 30 ships held in Sydney Ithe forimter Nortlhumibershy

iCzechosovlakia v Sowet Union land player Blaribara Kearney became t1he firsf CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS Sweden v Hunglary Nelw South WaUes player since 1956 to win France v England the AustraHlan WOmens Silugles title by Keith PontingFederal Ger1many v Yugosilavia BtamiddotrrbaTa who reiceiVled acupunoture Itlrelatshy

Octolber 14 Saturday and Sunday June 5-6 walS ICUPment for a had ba1ck injury prinr Ito the lfinall Fina Weekend fOlr tlbose te1ams invoilved inYugosllavia v England Ovelrcaime the VictorilafDi Vikki Woodwiard lto

Smeden v Czeclhosllovakia the Nationall cllub land Lealgues ICompetitioDs win -3 19 -19 18 19 in a mammotlh 5-gameFrancle v Federial Gerimlany baitltleBarbara pilayed tenrtatliveily tlhen gained In the Olub ChampioDislhips due to unpoundorltushySoviet Union v Hunlgary confiidlence using a variety olf slolw loops then nalte Circumstances tlhe Mens filntaJ tfOIl the

Novem1bei 3 coming in with snme mialgniifioent (drives tbat Ormesby ICUP did not take plaice Howe1verEngland v Soviet Union (Iat llpswich) had tlhmiddote P1a1rltisan Ctrowd appllauding thelre was some fine play in the Womens final

Novemibelr 4 for the Gainsford Cup between OrlmeSlby alndThi~ was dhampalgne ttaible tfnnis and f=w~CzechQislloVaklia v YugOsJaiVia the Omega cJUlb from Brracknell people werre aJWare of the handicap thatFeder1al Ge(rmany v SlWeden Blarlbara was playing under NSW bias been Angela Tlierney -gayene OlrmeShy a solid slt1arltHUngary v Fr1alnce llucky with the acquisition OIf Pat Hopkin and witlh a tWlostrai~t win over Ji1l1 PUris~orw butDivision 1 now this excilting YOUIDlg pla~er then Karlell Witt middotbrought the hOUSle down withSeprtember 30

sUITJerb win Carole rtlalHrp oland v Austiria Neil Wa1rd Who toured with the Australian a ove1r Knight Tihmiddote Berkshire No1 fulmy Ideserved heir win land is Iitally v Belgium Schoolrboys last December and played in Ithe withoUit doubt an oUltlsltandinlg prospe1ct TbisGreece v Ireland ICIevelalnd Open won the Austrlalian Junriorr win cert1ainly llifted Omeiga (and they took ItheBu1gariia v Necl1erlands Boys l1itle jbeating the omstianding NISW lelad when ClaroHne ReeVies p~ayed realHy wellilOctober 14 p1layer Philip Gehauer Kerry Woodwaird WOn to get the better of june Wrilliliams IMiss IKnigjhltAultria v Itiamiddotly tlhe Junior G6rls~ from Dmiddotebbie Anderr-son and again struggled aglainst Miss Purslow bult didBelgium v Greece the worst result from N1SWs ~iew Slt~vmiddote juslt enough to levell tlhe sClQlres aJflter three cl10se Ireland v Bulgaria Knapp Victoria) be1at Paul [PinkelWlicih in the games Misis Tiierney put the IClelveland clubNeitherlands v Polland Mens Sinlgles FinaJtly the NSW pair iPlinkeshyba1ck into the ead by just overclQiming MlissNoVemfber 4 wiichTuclltiettt won the IMens Doubles from R ReeVles in another cilose set Aftelr her fineIt1aly v Netherlands LeeMcICabe win previouslY1 Miss Witt wals e~eQted to ibe1atGrmiddoteemiddotce v Austria Rlidhard Lee the New Zeal1and ini1ernatlioD1a~ June Wii1liams but Ithe teniacious red-head flromBulg1aria v Be~gium is Inow ia resideDit of Vlictoraa and has heen Olr1mesby rwou)ld have none oif ilt and foughtProland v Ireland inoluded in the Jatest Austtrarrian R1ankings h1ard aliI Ithe wa~ Ito Iget home 19 lin rtIhe finalDivision 2 which lare- game Miss Knight put the reisult beyond doubtOctober 114

Splain v Scotland Men-l S Knapp 2 P middotPinkewich 3 R when iP~aying more like herr nOirlma11 slef againtSitTuckeltt 4 R J1avOr 5 middotG Munday 6 R Miss Reeves won middotcomfortlably ~Luxemlboulrg v Swiltzerlland Lee 7 L Skeete 8 A Savirge 9 N WardNOvember 4 This JWas a most interes1ting maltcn and10 -G WarmiddotmsrleyScotland v Walesl

Women-l V Wood-ward 2 KTlhompson 3Switzerland v Spalin M LeIGasslick 4 H Morrow 5~ A Middleshy

The Regional GroUlP (Division 3) will be tOln 6 J Tregea 7 R~ Chambers 8 K Chigshybeld lin C1ardiff on middotFebruary 11-3 1977 in conshy widden 9 L McKeogh 10 A iPannewigjunction with tileStiga Welsh In1ternClItioDlall Boys-l IN Warrd 2 P Gebauer 3 WObalmpiotnship1s on February 4-6 Vickery 4 GTepper 5 W HeginJboltham

INTERNATlONAL CALENDAR 6 D McClintock 7 G R Munday 8 J 1976-77 - EUROPE IPiercmiddote 9 G Thomas 10 J Evans

1976 Girls---Jt K Woodward 2 D Anderson 3 POct 810-Spanish Open (Seville) 1822-Swedish Invitation Tourament Whitehouse 4t N Buckby 5 A McDonald 2224-Pol ish 0pen ( Cracow) 6 ~S Horne 7 R Smith 8 N Okemiddot 9 M

Oct 30- Cannon 10 V SikorlaNov I-Belgian Open (Charleroi) Nov 1214-Italian Open (Milan) AusltraJias team to prlay iln the Commonshy

1820-Yugoslav Open (Novi Sad) wiealtlh land World Chaimpionslhdps is shy2528-Scandinavian Open (Kristianstad) Dec 35 -French Open (Paris) Men R Javoff S Knapp P Pinkewich and 1977 R TuckettJan 68 -Norwich Union International Championships

(Thornaby) Women A MiddJleton K Thonlpson and V 28 I 30-CzechosIovak Open (Brati-Iava) Woodward

Feb 46 -Stiga Welsh Open (Cardiff) 1719-Irish Omiddotpen (Dublin) Officialls E Cos1ter (Coach) K Javorr (Mens 2527-Europe Top 12 (Yugoslavia) Manalger) S Javor (Womens Manalger) D

Mar 1113-Scottish Open (Edinburgh) Stmiddotewart (Assisltant Man-alger) and Mirs Warmthy ApI 910-Federal German Youth Championships (IChapeirone) June 912-Austrian Youth Championships July 2131-European Youth Championships (Vichy France) SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPSAug 2731-Turkish Junior Open

The 14th South Affrican TT Board IntershyOBlifUARY Plrnviuclial and Open IChampionships were sucshy

T1be Hungarian Association rlel~rets to cessiful1ly slt1aged at C1ape Town from July 5-10 announce the death of Mr Jozsef Juhos at me Results shyaigie of 60 After being a pilayer he jOlinled ttibe

Mlen~s I-iP Western Provinceboard of the AssiOciation andwas IDepulty Womens I-P WesteTn ProvinceGelnerial iSe5reitiatry firom 1948-50He was coach Junior I-P Southern IN1atalto the Hunglartian Nationall Team ironl 1952 to Mens Singles Y G H Rlanderee (08 Natal)19616 coach of Central Sporlt School 1916i6-1972 bt B Lewis (WP) 21 19 11 Nationall Dre1ctor of rCoalching 1972-7i6 middotand The only trophy to elude Ormesby at tJteWomens Singles middotM Luckay (TransiVlaarl) btDon-pllayiDig Ciapltain of Hungarian Iteams in 6 National Club and League Championships finalC middotLevendall (WP) 13 19 -13 -17 12Worild land 4 European Championsihips Gabor at Coventry was the Carter Cup for the boysJunior Singles R Hariibhlai (IS Nata[) bt EGergely and Judilt Miagos rreceived theilr first team competition won by Leeds The Cup isSteya (Trans~aal) 16 19coac1hinfg poundrOm him held by coach and npc Colin Morath and tbeMD H NlaidooWThomas (WlP) ht D

players (from left) are IStephen HazelwoodGUATEMALA NfalranRanderee Andt-ew Metcalfe and Robert HazelwoodMmiddotr Juan Jose Rivadeneira Pmiddotresident of tihe WD LuckayjIC Mmiddotohammed (T) brt S jithooj

GualtelmialLan Associlaltiion has wr1tten a letter M Volkwyn (SNjT) Photo by Tony Ross Hessile

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~NATI0INAIL CLIUlB AND ILiEtAIGUrE CHtAlMshyPIIOlNIS[H[P FIINALS worthy of the final Whiist allways ackDlorwle1dgshyiug the all-l1ound strength of Ithe IOrlmesib~ IClulb the Blracknellil c1uib did veiry wel~l to ~Ieach me finall middotand under the able guida1nce of their coach IPeter Charitels win certainly be a [orce to he reckoned with in this competition If10r a cOlllslideraiblle time

Themiddot Sunday progr1a1m1me was devoted Ito the Le-algue ICihlalmpionships Finalls and the trwo Junior eventS started tne p~oceedJings In tlhe Bromfield Trophy it fWalS aig1ain la case of Be~kshyshilre againSlt rCIeveland in tfhe ~orrm of Readdngand Ormestby A brillililant miaxi1mum from Angela Uierney W I3JS too Imuch for the Rmiddotelading girls to IcoUinte~ and Orlmersib~ ran ourt winne~s by 5~2 IlronicallyMiss Witit Ibeat 1Miss) lWi]1Ii81ms in their encoullIter in this match and no1tlched up the ItIWO wins for Rieading

I make no apology in desCirlhing the ICarter Cup final beitwmiddoteen Tibaimes Vailley land ILeediS als the heist finall seen for nlany years Those plreseDlt saw a real classic and the pllay of all six Iboys Wias ourtstanding land it would be quilte wrong 10 single oult any individua1 The boys icoDcerned Garry lStewart IMartlin SihuittJle and Steplhen BoxaIH of Thames Val1ley middotand Andrew Mertcallfe Roberlt and Staphen HiazeJshywood

1 for Leeds showed tremendous fiighting

spirit and were 1t0tlaHy oOlmmitlted Ito fWinninlg The most limlprressive thingwas their rQut~tand~ ing sportslmtanslhip during som1e very dIose glames and they wmiddoterre a glrelalt credit to themshyselves their Ie3gues and mOSit impOirtanlt of allttheir 13almiHes lit was a gre3lt pity that one of the teams h1ad to end up the loser as in my book both te1ams were winners but the honour went to Leeds 5-4

The cllilmax to the season came in rthe afterrnoon when the trwo Seninr Finals were pllayeid and once algain the OlrIlesby Lleague plroved to be too sltrong foil tlhe1r opponents in Ithe Rose Bowl ltney won 5-1 lagi3linslt Bourneshymoulth tihalnks to two WilliS ealcn by Ange1la ~ierrney iand Clarole Knighlt plus one ~om June WiIHiamis Jo~ce Coop wlas the lone winnerr for Bournemouth1 who did velry weill ito reaich the final When one considers that they alIso lhad tlheirr rtrwo Junior teams lin the Semi-iFinalls it is a greajt Itirilbute to Allan Wetltsltein and his coadhing staff for allil tJhe ha~d rwork t1hey h3lve put in over the years

En the Wilmott ICUjp Olrlmesby aigain mett itheir old l1i1va1ls from EaiSrt London and again ran out winners tby 5-1 Denis Nelale and Nicky j1arvis wermiddote lagain in ItOP forlm land won twO e1ach and Stephen Souter in his first Wilimortlt ICUIP final won one D3vid Birown Iwas al~ain the Imainslta~ for the Londoners alnd played Ireally wieal but it was Bob Potton who won their sing1le set

The tfinals were stlalged at th~ Morris Mortors Canteen in Coventry and flllill Imlarks rto the Coventry Lealgue who under the enthusilasrtic le1aderlship OIf theirr Cha1irimian Klefrry MOrlan made a firslt-claSs job of the nrganisaittion The Referee was GeOff Tay~or and con~raltUlaitions tlO lhimand his tela1m of Umpires rwho did ISlterlshyillig wOlrk la111 weelkellld

lihe p1resenrtlatiollis on ISaturday were mlade by MlriS Mo~an 3ssisted by Mr Miau~ice GoldshySI1e1in1 IPreside1nlt of the ETTmiddotA who presenited the lawards on Sunday

Resullts shyGAINiSFORD CUP Ormesby TTC 5 Ome~a TTC 2 A Tierney fbt J Pllrslow 11 20 C Knilght lost to K Wilttt ~15 16 -18 J Wiillilalms lost to C iReevelS 19 middot19 -9 Knlight bt Piursi1ow -17 18 11 Tierney bt Reeves -17 18 11 WilHiams bit Wiltrt -211 118 19 KDiigh~ ht Reeyenes 18 11 WIILMtOTT I CUP Ormes1by 5 East London 1 D Neal1e ht D Brown 211 middot15 11 S Souter loslt to R Potiton -19 -12 N Jarvis bft D Randelll 17 16 Neale bt Potton 12 13 J1arrvis iblt Blrown 11 J15 15 Souter ibt RandeH li5 18 ROSE BOWL Ormesby 5~ Bournemouth 1

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Tierney tbt J ReaJdiDlg 15~ 13 Knight bt T New 10 16 WiIlllliarms doslt to J Coop 15 -20 -116 Kni~hJt bt Readin~ -19 18 14 Tieirney bit ICOOP 16 11 Wiillialms bt Ne1w 19 -20 18 CARTER CUP Leeds 5 Thames Valley 4 A Meltclalfe lost to G Stewart middot20 -12 R Hazelwood lost to 1M Shuttle -22 -17 S Hazelwood ht S Boxaltl 20 15 A Metcalfc bit Shurtlte 116 ~19 20 S Haze1llwQlod bit Slte1wiarrlt 116 15 R Hazell1wood IoSlt to Boxalll -15 ~14 S Hazelrwood lost to Shutltle -120 -19 Meltoalfe ibt Boxallil 201 -17 22 R iHazelwood bt Stewart 12 17 BROiMFIEILD l1ROPHY Ormesby 5 Reading 2 Wii]iams ht A Gordon -20 12 20 Tierney bt IPulrslow 8 17 H Robinson Ilost Ito iWiltt 20 -15 -i16 Tie1rney bit Gordon 9117 8 WiIUilalms lostt to W1itlt -7 -9 Roibinson bit Purslow 23 22 Tie1rney htWitt 13 18

IT~S OFFICIAL APPROiViED BALLS

The fOllllowing rbrands and grades of baill are the onlly ones which la1re licensed for the 1976shy1977 season

Dunlop Barna Super 3-IOrown and 2-1Crown Halex 3-Sitar land 2-Stta1r TSiP tAscot 3-Star land I2-Star

Meim1bers arc renlinded thalt only a brand alnd gJr1ade of balll licensed by the IETTA middotmaY be rusled in play wilthin between middotQir or~anised hy any or~anisations whilcih alre affiJHarted or in Good ISItanding

This is the Iliast season of the current aicensshyIng algreementS and for the 1977-78 seasOIn and onwards the Naltlionall ICoUDicil have agreed an open policy wlhich could result in more brands OIf halils hei1ng licensed for pillay in this counrtry

ITABLE HIIRE SiOHE~ME

We are plleased to slay tthat thiis scheme conshytinues to opeirarte wlhereby affilHated Ciluibs can obtain a top-class ]alques or Dunlop Italble by Ipayillig four annua~ instalments of pound25 (plus VAT art the CUlrrent rlate) and a peppercorn rent of 5p per annum ther1eafter The present wairting list shoulld take albout t1wo Imonlths 110 cllealr hut talbles Wllll be availa1ble throughout the current selaSOill FUllil detad~s and app1ica~ tion forms cain be ohta1ined from Ithe ETTA office at 21 Cllaremont Hastings East Sussex TN34 11IHA

BR RAIL CONiCESSlON IMay we Tlemind allll organisers of Open

TourllIamenlts junior County Imatches alrea Coachling P1anels etc that the ETTA are able to provide Certificaltes of Identrty which will alllow members who are hetween 14 and 18 yela1rs of lalge to obrtain flares at (he Child (Under-14) Irlalte when traveilling to evenrts arranged under t(he auspices of the ETTA We need to know the nalmle of the rtlraveller the departure and aTrlival station land dat1es 01 rtravellThe ceTtifioate must then he signed by the tlraveliler land handed to the booking c~erk al1 l1ihe time of purchase AIIII enquirieS to rthe lEoTTA office rpllease

TOURNAMENT DIARY Tihese diaries contain Idattes of OpeI) Tourrlllashy

ments European League lalnd other lintershynaltional mlaltc(hes and are availablle from the ETTA office prilce 50p plus 9p for posltage p1aickling FOlr orders olf 12 or more the price is pound5 per dozen land lEor multiple ordelrs la cODit~ilbution towards poslt1alge would be lappTeshycialted For alnyone Who has a cover frnm last iseason the printed insert lonily will cosit 30p ealch plus posIt1alge or pound3 pe1r dozen

INTEiRNATIONAL MATCHES Englands home matche~ in the European

Lealgue (Super DivisiOn) are lalgaiinst the USISR on Novemher 3 1 ICzechosllo~aklia on janUialry 19 1977 and Hungary on February 9

WINSiTON CHURCHILL MEiMORIAL TltUST A Ileatflet descriJbing ~he opporltuDliJties for

persotUs to apply for Olne of the Traivell~~Dig Feililowsihips may be obtained from the ETTA office Ong of the categories covers sporlt and complelted l3Jpplllioatioll forms muslt realch the Tlruslt Office hy Novem1ber 1

MASTER POINTS SCHEME This scheme is stilll operiatling and it is urged

that lelagueS who sieem to middothave llosrt inlter~slt to recousideir parlticlipaltilDig as many enquiTies are stilll heing r1eceived from individualls FUlIQ details can be supplied on requ~st

LINCOLN LOTTEJRY This fund-rlaiSlillig exercise MJlil again Ibe

orrgallIised this season and leagues Wlill be receiving detlaHs in tle nexlt few Iweeks The eissentJiafl fact to riemember is thaJt your league can raise money without any risk wharts0ever as by seliling tickets you eiarn a 50 rrebate whetiher your salles amount to pound1 or pound100

INTEBNATIONAL SQUAD EXHIBITIONS Many leagues are llooking rtowards ceIlielbrartshy

ing their 50th or 2Sth annivers1ary and one of the rfunctioDs whiirch courrid provide an interesl1shyilllig middotevening is a delmollstratitQn of Itih~ir ~ki~l by melmlbers of IEnlgllands international squad Deltails of costs land availialbility can be obtained from the Inlternationa Squad M31nager Ken Malthews of 4 Haycroflt Close Old ICoUtlsdon SurTey (Pihone 01-3153 8060 (lQffice) 073-75 S63144 (home)

WI1f1ts on-this month amp next 1976 Oct 9-County Championshi ps ( 1)

lO-Merton I-Star (Bournemol1th) 14-Yugoslavia v England (European League) 16-National Counci I Meeting (London)

1617-Sussex 2-Star Open (Hastings) 22-International Squad (Burnley) 23-North of Scotland Open (Aberdeen)

2324-Dunlop Humberside 3-Star Open (Hull) 24-Aberdare Open

3031-North Middlesex 2-Star (Wood Green London) llov 3-England v USSR (European League) (Ipswich)

34-Leinster Open (Dublin) 6-County Championships (2) 6-Swansea Open (Aberavon) (Junior events) 7-Middlesex Junior Authorised (South Ruislip) 7-Swansea Open (Aberavon) (Senior events)

12-Nissen Invitation Tournament (Sale Leisure Centre) 13-Durham I-Star (ConselO

1314-Southend 2-Star (Rayleigh) 1314-Woodfield I-Star (Wolverhampton)

20-County Championships (3) 21-Midland Counties 2-Star (Walsall) 21-Hastings Tigers I-Star (Bexhi IIgt 21-East of Scotland Open (Edinburgh)

2728-Kent Junior 2-Star (Follltestone) 28-Glasgow Open 2-Star

OIPEN TOURNAMENTiS Paul Day was the winner of the MiS rtiltlle

in I1hmiddote WHsous Brewery-sponsored Norlth of EngIand 12middotStar Open on Septemiberr 25 with the WS tiJtlle going Ito Carole Knight (who allso took the title in the lCwIIlIbrria 2-Sitlar Open on OctOlber 2 Nicky Jarvis Iwas the IMS winner ~at ICarl1islle iRe[ports and detaJiled IresullltiS wBll aiPlPmiddoteaT in the November ilssue

NORTHANTS NmiddotOTES

by De1nnis Millman iNEW CHAI~RMAN

The new season dawns wilth a new (Chairman at the head of the Countys tahle Itiennis Stcene

Phd~ Rivett who had hellid tlhmiddote AsstQlciation together ~ince l1(he deparlture of Don Pelrkins and at a time when officialls lail aliI ~~veils were hard to find fiuaJlily said farewell iat the Cllose season AGIM Ailithough he himlself was relucshytianlt to ladmit it he h1ad played hilS part admirshyably laiS tihe ~CoUtnty moved wi~h the times partticu1arrlly on the pLaying side and his rresignration Wlilll 1eave a considerabile gap all the Imore SO as he was frequenltly tthe ona~ Norrtihaimptron Le1ague spokesman pr1esenlt lart ICounty ICommittee meeitiDtgs

Hamps SUCiceSlSor is Petefr EdlWards who bals Slpenlt much olf his table tennis Ilife in a sinlHar capacity with tihe Southend League Alltlhough (Peltier [ives al1 Oadlby one feels 1t1hat as long as he reltlainlS controll we wliU [have a thriving orlganiSaltion for there can Ibe no gireater table tennis devotee

1 Sohaiil lJIayat-M~enS NialtilQ11al Clha1mp[onANI OFFERS and ralnked PlakiSitlan No1 (ageld 19)

IPakisltians top two men and top two (boys 2 javed HlaYlat-Ranked No2 Palkistan man lare desirous of visitilllg iEnlgland for a 2-3 (alged 21) months period following their participation in 3 Arif Khan~Nat(ional JuniOr Cihalmpliouthe Aftro-Aslilan ILaltin-Amerdcan TourlliCllmenlt in (aged 16)IMexi1ctO during OctOlberr and prior to the World 4 Muns1ari1m Saoiif--iRlanked No 2 Junior Cihampionsh-ips in BirminghlCiim (aJged 16)

Tihey would he- srponsoried for Itr1avel by AIIII four pll1ayers have reguIarly [belen particishyPakistan International Alirrrines ICorPmiddotoration Plating in initernaltionaJI tournaments In fact but becaus1e of tbe heavy financial burden in Javed Hayart and Sohaiil Hayat the Nos 11 anld fOlreilgn e~change wOUild require board and 2 have dominated the Pakislt1an talbIlemiddot tennis lodgiingS being provided scene eVer since 19711 Wlhen JlaVled became the

fSihou1d any club leai~ue or association Ibe Nlational Cha~mpdOn tat il5

WeI Corller H Roy Evans

desirous of playing hoslts to these four young men would they pletas1e Icontalclt Li1-lCo~ Shujaudmiddot din Butt Manager Sports IPakiistan Internashytionall Airllinesmiddot Corporarrion (iPIA) Head Office Pila BuiLdings Karachi Airport Pakistan

The pl1ayers concerned lareshy

As the pltayers sltill have a 1QIt 01pound tafbOe tennis potelllltia~ keeping their lalge- in miiind it is felt rthalt if they la~re proTidmiddoted the rilgt1t quality of Icompetition at a ihigter IcoIllpertiltlive J~Tel Itlhe standard of the players and of the ~ame in Pakistan will impr1orve

Invoveiment in the nerw Second LDivisltgtn of tlhe European Lleague Ihas ladded a new dllmeillshysion lto Welsh talble ttlennis and alllthoUt~ there are only four fixtures in the season Ithere lis laUready considerable speculaltion as 10 our fortune

We IStart off wirth an Cllway ima~tch lamainsIt tScotJand on Novelmlber 4 and with every I~Cll~e of virtaJ importance this is one we muslt strllve Ito win Ito inspire Iconfidence Switzelrland h1ave algr1eed to play us at rtjhe Ahercynon Sports ICentlfe on December 13 after haV11ng played iin lthe Cardiff Open on Itlhe Saiturday befolrle

We go to Luxemhourg on January 19 whillslt our last ma1tch algainslt Spain is to Ibe pllayed all BTidgend on Monday Fehruary 7 This Sp1anish visit win enaJble tlhem to pllay lIn Ithe Welsh Open on Felbruary 4-6

The iStigia Welsh Open itself looks like mainshytaining its international presltige The Hulngarshyians due to play Englla1nd in a IEuropean League matcn on iWe1onesday Fe1bruary 9 at Portsshymouth willI come first ito ptl1ay in the Welsh Open ~[hen irt is hopmiddoted to play tlhem In an exhishybition match in North W1alles on I1he IMonday Tlhe Federall Geifmians lare alre1ady Idelfiniite middotelltalallits~ rwhilslt the Cze-chs havmiddote the e1venit in theiJr inlternational pro~rlalmimmiddotecommiltmefit

AllthoUlg1h we lare not now in ~heEuropean Lelague Regional Group we haive taglfemiddoted Ito st1alge this once al~ain just hefore and in con juction wilth the Stiga Wmiddotelsh OPen Finlland will this time definiteily be comlng Tuckey hope to and with I1he usuall tGuernsey Jtersey and INor1way this wHI he quite a strong tllitl11e group

In the- selalfch for suitaible talent two Assessshymenlt Weekends haive allready belen helld~ tOne ait the National SPOlftS ICentre Cardiff land the Oither iat ILillileshall wihere the hesrt of SoUth and North W1ales potentlial nave rhad a grueUintg tlWO days of round robin play Senior and Junior Squads have been seected to pa1rticlpiate in the comprehensive iWeeklly and weeke1nd training sessions land althoUigh iii cannot be smiddotaid thlal1 anyOne ne1w [has forced his or her way into re1cogniltion for seniolr inteirnationaIl honoursmiddot there lare indioatiOns th1at the biig gap we halve been so worried about is slorwly cloSing

Soule of our juniorS are at iliast beginning to produce a more mature game and rthlils CClIn certainlly lbe slaid of some of our North Wales youngsters whose plrogress Ihas been most encouraging

We shalll undoubtedly have-a proiblem in Alan IGriffithss elDtry into Teesside Polytechnic for two ye1ars His own middotgame should certainly benefit to OUlr middotmUltUlaa adlvanltage but unless he is able to Imake frerijuenlt journeys we inlay nolt allWays See- hiim in County Imialtches Or toQlurnashymelnts Nalturally~ every effo~t will be miade Ito ensure his av~HabHilty at all times but tne problems middotcannot he i~nored

The- Glllamorgan Cilosed on October 10 opens our Tburnalmenrt Season and this is quickly follow1ed by the Aiber1dare middotOp1en on Olcltober 24 The SWlansea Open is on Saiturday Novemlber t(i for Juniors and Sunday November 7 for tlbe Seniors The ICmiddotardiff IOpeill is onDeceimlbef 11~ and the IGlamorlgan Op1en on January 22 The Wemiddotlsh ICllosed CihampilOnshiips land ICIIUJb IChlamshypionship FiluaLs are- on Marich 1213

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Letters to the Editor

~pm Blunns nol1es in your MlayJune issue in no way contriadict my ownearlier Jetter on declinilIlg spectatotr inteffleslt in our sport

My st1altifltics reg1airding the fOTthcoming World Championships were Ibased on an eatr[ieratrlticile by Mijchiae[ Lawless land rthOI$le relglalrd~ ing pre~wlarevel11ts W1ere halSled main~y on Sol Schiffs Tialble Tennis IComes of Alge which is one of tthe hest hooks ever written about our Isport and middotMr Schiff (Ia fornler Worlld Doubles (Champion) mentiolIls gates of l6OOO in resp1emiddotct orf stngle sessiollis The 1954 World Cbampionships quoted iby IMr Blunn slaw the earlielr stages of the sponge bat era land the rolt hlad rthen Ibegun to set in Mr Blunn quotes a gate of 5000 ait middotan internal1ional match in Francte which proves that intrereslt sti1~1 rex~sts in Dur spo-rlt if lit il5 rpllayed in an lattiractive wlay te ia bartlte bel1lween Defence land Attack

SeCfeltin is rthmiddote iWorlds greatest exponent of the barrloon defenc1e and lat any international mu~tli-talble tevent it is we~il known thalt spect1a ilor~ flock Ito the itlahle at which he 1S playing Birocheiau1 as la gr1eat exhibittion pl1ayer knows how laJtltractive table tennis should be played and Mart1in fn another era~ would haVl~ been a world-class pllayer Any mlaltch in which hmiddote particip1atles is aJwaYls a good one but today the odds are he1avilly stacked aglain~t defenders even greart Olles By and large the Frenich hlave not enjOyed the succeSE of others an the EutrOpean Leatgue but th~y have sltill receirved greart land loyal support heCiause they plray alttractive taible tennJis

lrt is precise1ly where lattlractive [abat~ tennis is not ptlaryed eather here Or ahroad tlhait our sport is in rapid deoline This will not be haTted until the TUlles are ftfialmed in such a way as to gtve middotcraft an equal chanoe with poweif and long-riange defence an equal chance against brute force OltherS may have better suggeftliollllS~ but in my v(iew this willI not he achieved unltii we revert to the old net height

Some rule chang1es were mHde in the hard bat era Legisllatorrs had no way of knowing that within a fe1w years hats would be linvented and Petrlmit1ted which wOuld provide infinte1y igfeater IUft with power than the old Ihard bats eVier did and cit was ffom t~hat moment that the penduGum siWung againslt defenders

The alternative would appeiar to be some lirniitlation on lthe ISlalndwich rubber permitted and powerfuJ commercial int~rests would oppose this

Tihe fact reillains that unless and until the game beoomes an equal land more pro[onged cOllite~it between Alttiack land Detfenoe it will not attract spcta110Irs imoney will renl~ain short and pIIayers wHJ be 110st to the game lin lange numbers and at an earlly age Many do noltfind tlhe gla1me as it is pGayed niOW s~atisfying eirthetr to pllay or Ito watch

Mr Blunn alsks Why should top influential AsSoClilation~ support usmiddot Someone hlas to make lta start None Of the problems I menshytioned in mlY last tWin lettlers are confined tiD this Ciountiry Most Wesltern AssociationlS are shont of SP~Cltlators land Itherefore money The rule changes I pro~pos are not radiclall and clOver no new groUind There have been modifishyoatiolnsmiddot in lPlelfmitted bat rubber before Just as the nelt was once 1I0wered so it clan now be raIsed

Forty years ago internattional legisllatorsbanned the finlger-ispilD serv~middotce It was a conshy~roverSi~al land ~ll a sense ullIfak step since It deprIved top players of siOlmlething dtey had

practised for rnlany ye1ars ~o perfect Sol Schaff w(as plrobab~y the grmiddoteaitest exponent of the finger-spin ~erVJice and it Ihellped to defeat Victor Barna then the Igwealtlest rpllayer in the wor[d Neverthe1less the finger-spin service made la mockery of the game as la speict-atoT sporrt To smiddote1e- world-class pJ1ayeTs put four servicle returns out orf Iive off Ithe table became in time las borilDlg al$ the thremiddoteball attacks land 50-50 slho~~ on rWilllich the modern Igame liS based

HiOwever the fing1er-spiin service wias banned whHst rtfhe three-ba[l iattack and brute forcle generlally remlain aln indisrpensable part of world-class p1layers winning methods Ill short the very thin~s Ithait alre sUcCessful in winningmatches h1e1lp to drivi~ away Ithe crowds

Does not flomlething need Ito be done Ito maike our sPOtrt more interesting Do the rulels ([1ot need to be changed

JOHN PREAN 12 Marlborough Road Ryde Isle of Wight P033 1AA

SERVliCE tAW It Wias good to read John Preans percepit1ive

etlter in the April issue He suggests that we look critically at the reasons why tahle ttennifs no longer attralc1s a Imlass laudience and I agree fumy with his di1algnosis that thmiddote lalws currently encour1age arttacking pl1ay to the detriment of speotacle

A major cause of this is the u[e of the slervice as fa point-winning gamhit A servlice which is not returned is never excitling to wal1chExclirtillig table tennis requires specrtacushylar ralHes and the Ilaws shouad be designed to encouralge Ithem

Ther1e il$ another strong argument for a lrerfoTim of the present Siervice laiw Simplicity ohn R Moorhouse dis1cuspoundes the plfohlem olf umpires in inlter[prelting the pot-entiaUy contenshytious law land it [S true that complicated rules a~le usualMy difliculit to middotenforce and thus uns1atiisflactorry The liawn tennis fooltrflaullt rule used Ito ban slwin~ing the free foot ovelr the line and la most unlliatufal styie beCialme oblishygatory to rthe net irusher and the llaw lost northing land Igalined a lot frrom sinlpHficaltion

[ would suggest that the ifollowing laltefnaitive to our sleTvice law is iworth Janexperiiment

If a good relturn is noit imade from the firsf~ gervice tlhe server slball serve a second slervtrce If la good return is not madle from the Stecond Servtic~e lthe slerver wins the point This diiminiSlhe~ by half the advantage of a

fiendish service and tlbus encourages r iall1ies The oossliible d-middotSadvjan~ages deserve to he

eXipllored Would it ellrcourag gla1mesmanship by deJiiberate1y not returning the first service I rthink not This could only aid the server Hnd would be like a server in Iawn tennig deliheralt~ly Serving a fault This does not happen Would iit encOurlage the receaver to imlake a de1ath or glory hit on his firsit return Perhaps~ but if hilS return s off he is at a middotdisladviantage in facing the second servioe

I would suggest that eXIPeriments be cionshyduoted at both senior and grass roolts levels to lassess the effect of the change

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GLENN STANAWAY 51 David Street Alderley 4051 iBrisbane Queensland Australia

TINiSEL AND GtITTEIR In reply to Alan Ransomes iappe1a for a

pro[essioDial approach to Englands top playeirs the foUorwing poinltlS spring ito mind

I aJgree Ithart it is desirable to miake the playing of Itahle Itennis lin this country for the top p1ayers financiaUy wortlhwhile but the lsources of finance seelm Ito middotme Ito he llimitled

Unlike other proelSsiona Iteam sports the grelalter initetriest is in participation not specshytating whilch pToviides substantilal funds to balck the expeulSlelS 01pound professlouallismTaible tenn~s wiH never he able to hlave such feleshypayin~g supporlters to middotany gre1at extenrt

IOither count~ies are able to ladopt pirofessionshyalism~ eithetr bl1altant or Icovert by tlhe Igrace of their governments I think it willl be somie ime betor1e this Ciountry Punllp1S gr~at ifesources IntO Ithe game

Perhaps middota generaI iDicrease in Associaltion leviiels would not be unanimously welcOimed hut I would lhave tlhought thismiddot w1as a viable optlion if only Ito finance Natjonal Squad eXipenses

rSponsorship is I feel tlhe great hope to ~o many But sponsors generaHy want to appe1al to a Wider pubatic than afliciandos of table tennis Another much-discussed disHdvanltage of Isponsorship is over-sponsorship Another word for 8quad is Ciricus-I wouldnt like to Sl~e too much t~nsell and glitter lOr It1ahle Itmiddotennis se11ling its integrity Still thats la long way off

Thle World IChalmpionships [have a hearing on e~ach of the foregoing Increased specrtaitorshyship the alre1ady raised fees revilta1ised sponshysorship and possihly govetrnment1al encourageshyment iPmiddoterhaplS Mr RlansOime wont Ihle so desshypondtnrt aflterwards Inoidental1y aim I rightIn thlInklng that for the tens of thousands of pounds of financial support given hy the SporltsCrouneill 1tO ~portsl such as the in-vQlgue ~quash mere hundreds go to tlaible itennis If this tis SIO can sommiddote lobbying be done

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ESSEX NOTES

by Geoff Newman

Cathy Mowbray (nee Sronell) Romfords attractive womens sing1poundS champion

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ALL BUSTLE

Its all bustle on the Essex front with the Junior Open in the first week~nd of Selltember while our tournament of champIOns bemg due on Sept 25 at the Park Sllorts Centre Rayleigh staged by the Southend League Added to these events we had the Junior trials on the 11th wIth the seniors on the 18th Quite a hectic opening for our hard working officials

This season we say goodbye to two of our llrorninent officials in recent years Ron Locke ha~ retired as Tournament secretary as has DaVId Lush as Competitions secretary Both have given Essex sterling service over the years and our thanks go to both of them New faces this season on the executive committee are Clactons George Meakin who takes over as Camps secretary and Basildons Ron Mackenzie who is the new Senior Match secretary while Mrs Gillian Squier has been cltropted to the executive as Admin secretary Welcome to the mad house Other movements on the committee sees Gordon Lightshyfoot taking over as Tournaments secretary with Pat Dukes combining as vice-chairman and treasurer oJ

Reports from around the county suggest that the season is likely to bemiddot a very busy one with nearly all leagues on the increase This season the Southend League one of the founder members vf the ETTA celebrate their 50th Anniversary and I understand that they intend to celebrate in style in Sept 77

Our County teams are preparing themselves for an onslaught on the County Championships allll

our Junior Squad has been meeting weekly all the summer under the watchful eyes of the county coaching officer Ron Gore and Junior supremo Alan Shepherd Five of them Dave Newman Kenny Jackson Helen Gore Janet Boulter and Yvette Brown were invited to the Final National Trials

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SUSSEX NOrrES

by John Woodford INSTANT ACCEPTION

Sleep wasnt easy for some Sussex administrators on the night of Saturday July 17th-the county had lost their secretary John Wilkes and there were no takers ready to step into the breach at the next days annual general meeting

But fortunately help was on its way the cavalry were advancing over the skyline in the morning mist In fact the rescue operabon got under way the previous evening when a final edition story appeared in the Evening Argus describing the Sussex TTAs plight

Among the readers was Mr John Goss a former table tennis official from the Bristol area and an international umpire Since arriving in the Brighton area some time ago Mr Goss had not been invited to step into the limelight Wlthlll hours the situation had changed-one volunteel proved to be worth the proverbial ten sh~ghaied men A series of telephone calls by the offiCIals led to Mr Gosss name going forward to the meebng and it was instantly accepted-aithough the rescuer himself was unable to be at the meeting as he was umpiring a cricket match

Since then Mr Goss has met both chairman Keith Watts and deputy chairman Bert Fretwell both of whom are confident that the meeting was right to elect Mr Goss before they had even met him

The rest of the Sussex ACM went like clockshywork with no other changes in the faces at the top table But the need for cosy friendly venues for inter-town matches is going from bad to worse Players in neighbouring counties will recall that one such place was the Hailsham Table Tennis Club This is now being turned into a plush disco-diner with soft lights and soft carpets thus ruling out table tennis completely Fortunately the always-powerful Hailsham club has found another home at the Kings Country Club Eastshybourne but the search for Rose Bowl venues for example is narrowed down to the impersonal atmosphere of new sports centres

I suppose that in one way we should be grateshyful for the continuing growth of these centres In Sussex more and more table tennis matches at all levels are becoming guests for the evening at a centre surrounded by squash courts badminton and ali the other paraphernalia associated with mUlti-sports complexes The days of county and town matches in the back-room of a pub or in the village hall surrounded by friendly people interested mainly in table tennis seem to be almost over

Sussex junior selectors have always been firm believers irr trying to run the rule over their talent for the forthcoming season in good time even in the heat of a scorching summer The first junior assessment session was held at Littlehampton late in August and provided food for thought Graham Gillett (Bexhill) was nominated as the new No 1 with Malcolm Francis (Uckfield) as No 2 and Stephen Moore (Bexhill) taking the No3 berth [fhe new top three Sussex girls are all from Crawley-HazelOBrien Diana Phur and Marion Williams in that order

The question must then be asked what has happened to the reigning Sussex junior champion Danny Cammiade of Littlehampton To be fair to Danny [n his last year as a junior he faces mighty tough opposition from his much younger rivals especially the three just named at the top of the Sussex ranlrings However without goingshyinto details the selectors were nOl happy with

Cammiades performances in these trials As a result of which he has been omitted from the rankings and from the opening match against Devon in early October

Its not easy for a big lad of 17 to find himshyself under the sort of pressure that means racing all over the back of the court to retrieve classic drives produced by lads half your size and three years younger Its OK if you end up on the winning side as Camrniade did at the end of last season when he just held out to win the Sussex boys crownmiddot from young Gillett

When you are at the top the pressure is always hotter especially on a sweltering day in midshysummer Perhaps when the heat is all gone Danny will regain his cool and give sterling service to Sussex in his final campaign before senior status is reached

CLEVELAND VIEW by Alan Ransome

STRONGER THAN EVER

With two successful seasons behind us everyone in Cleveland is looking forward eagerly to the new season which promises to be our best so far

With the County Championships Premier Divishysion tIophy firmly set on the mantlepiece the Countys First Team squad of Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight are looking stronger than ever with the backing of Tony Martin Robert Wiley and Stephen Souter who have been practising hard and improving their game throughout the closed season In addition stalwart Malcolm Corking will again be a hard man to beat when the County trials are played shortly and this year ex Durham No 1 Peter McQueen is joining Cleve1and and is looking for a second team place which all adds up to an exciting day at the trials

Our Junior girls excelled at the recent England assessment camps with Jane Skipp finished on top Angela Tierney third and June Williams fourth They are joined this year in the senior ranking list by Irelands No1 Karen Senior who is at present in Germany but likely to Iepresent Cleveland upon her return

Our Junior Boys on the face of it are comshyparatively weak but the Under-I5 players have been practising hard all summer and have made tremendous striaes with the ambition of following in the footsteps of our First Team trio

The tournament nxture list within Teesside is the most exciting in the areas history This years highlight will be the Norwich Union International ChampionShips which are being played in the County for the first time at Thomaby Pavilion from Jan 6-8 1977

In addition our Junior tournament has been given Select status and we were pleased to welcome the SweDish National Team to play an international against England on the Friday evening Sept 17 The Cleveland 3-Star because of the Norwich Union has moved to a February date and h~re too we are hoping for an intershynational entry

Our Closed Tournaments continue to develop the Langbaurgh was first to be played at Guisshyborough Sports Centre on Sept 11 with the total prize fund upped from pound100 to pound250 This will be followed by the Hartlepool Championships at the turn of the year the Middlesbrough in April whilst the County Closed sponsor Doyen has this year promised to increase their prize fund from pound500 to pound750

Our publicity links have been develop~d and strengthened during the closed season so that from September we will have several articles each week in the three local and regional papers with three or four Iadio spots including live reports from tournaments broadcast regularly over both local radio stations

With the World Championships being held in England in 1977 we are planning on taking every advantage in the anticipated upsurge in interest created by the extensive television coverage and Ie are appointing one person in each area of the County for the task of developmrnt work in conshyncction with the Worlds boom

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

Our best hopes of a medalcenotred on rhe parltneJrship oif SUSlain land K)aJren although tough oPPosiJtiiOn was eXlpecited from Hiendrikshysen and Zipps and olf course Koripa land J erler TheSe three couplles~ ialong WJith the No 2 Ge1rmians reached the se1mis where thie BlIliitish

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

Sponsored by34TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Presented by the ENGLISH TABtE TENNIS ASSOmiddotCIATION at the

NATIONAL EXHliBITION CENTRE BICKENHILL Near BIIRIMIINGHAM

SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

Eaoh Ticket is a Day Ticket and covers all sessions on that particular day

SEASOiN TICKE-rS (iTransfeirable) pound20 Covering every day and all sesslions - pound28

6ach Day or Season icket guarantees the Holder the Correspondimiddotng Numbeled Seat all day in the Main Stadium

Tickets obtalinable fromshyM GOlDSTEIN 31 iBtENHEliM ROIADM10SELEY BIRIMINGHAM 13

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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~NATI0INAIL CLIUlB AND ILiEtAIGUrE CHtAlMshyPIIOlNIS[H[P FIINALS worthy of the final Whiist allways ackDlorwle1dgshyiug the all-l1ound strength of Ithe IOrlmesib~ IClulb the Blracknellil c1uib did veiry wel~l to ~Ieach me finall middotand under the able guida1nce of their coach IPeter Charitels win certainly be a [orce to he reckoned with in this competition If10r a cOlllslideraiblle time

Themiddot Sunday progr1a1m1me was devoted Ito the Le-algue ICihlalmpionships Finalls and the trwo Junior eventS started tne p~oceedJings In tlhe Bromfield Trophy it fWalS aig1ain la case of Be~kshyshilre againSlt rCIeveland in tfhe ~orrm of Readdngand Ormestby A brillililant miaxi1mum from Angela Uierney W I3JS too Imuch for the Rmiddotelading girls to IcoUinte~ and Orlmersib~ ran ourt winne~s by 5~2 IlronicallyMiss Witit Ibeat 1Miss) lWi]1Ii81ms in their encoullIter in this match and no1tlched up the ItIWO wins for Rieading

I make no apology in desCirlhing the ICarter Cup final beitwmiddoteen Tibaimes Vailley land ILeediS als the heist finall seen for nlany years Those plreseDlt saw a real classic and the pllay of all six Iboys Wias ourtstanding land it would be quilte wrong 10 single oult any individua1 The boys icoDcerned Garry lStewart IMartlin SihuittJle and Steplhen BoxaIH of Thames Val1ley middotand Andrew Mertcallfe Roberlt and Staphen HiazeJshywood

1 for Leeds showed tremendous fiighting

spirit and were 1t0tlaHy oOlmmitlted Ito fWinninlg The most limlprressive thingwas their rQut~tand~ ing sportslmtanslhip during som1e very dIose glames and they wmiddoterre a glrelalt credit to themshyselves their Ie3gues and mOSit impOirtanlt of allttheir 13almiHes lit was a gre3lt pity that one of the teams h1ad to end up the loser as in my book both te1ams were winners but the honour went to Leeds 5-4

The cllilmax to the season came in rthe afterrnoon when the trwo Seninr Finals were pllayeid and once algain the OlrIlesby Lleague plroved to be too sltrong foil tlhe1r opponents in Ithe Rose Bowl ltney won 5-1 lagi3linslt Bourneshymoulth tihalnks to two WilliS ealcn by Ange1la ~ierrney iand Clarole Knighlt plus one ~om June WiIHiamis Jo~ce Coop wlas the lone winnerr for Bournemouth1 who did velry weill ito reaich the final When one considers that they alIso lhad tlheirr rtrwo Junior teams lin the Semi-iFinalls it is a greajt Itirilbute to Allan Wetltsltein and his coadhing staff for allil tJhe ha~d rwork t1hey h3lve put in over the years

En the Wilmott ICUjp Olrlmesby aigain mett itheir old l1i1va1ls from EaiSrt London and again ran out winners tby 5-1 Denis Nelale and Nicky j1arvis wermiddote lagain in ItOP forlm land won twO e1ach and Stephen Souter in his first Wilimortlt ICUIP final won one D3vid Birown Iwas al~ain the Imainslta~ for the Londoners alnd played Ireally wieal but it was Bob Potton who won their sing1le set

The tfinals were stlalged at th~ Morris Mortors Canteen in Coventry and flllill Imlarks rto the Coventry Lealgue who under the enthusilasrtic le1aderlship OIf theirr Cha1irimian Klefrry MOrlan made a firslt-claSs job of the nrganisaittion The Referee was GeOff Tay~or and con~raltUlaitions tlO lhimand his tela1m of Umpires rwho did ISlterlshyillig wOlrk la111 weelkellld

lihe p1resenrtlatiollis on ISaturday were mlade by MlriS Mo~an 3ssisted by Mr Miau~ice GoldshySI1e1in1 IPreside1nlt of the ETTmiddotA who presenited the lawards on Sunday

Resullts shyGAINiSFORD CUP Ormesby TTC 5 Ome~a TTC 2 A Tierney fbt J Pllrslow 11 20 C Knilght lost to K Wilttt ~15 16 -18 J Wiillilalms lost to C iReevelS 19 middot19 -9 Knlight bt Piursi1ow -17 18 11 Tierney bt Reeves -17 18 11 WilHiams bit Wiltrt -211 118 19 KDiigh~ ht Reeyenes 18 11 WIILMtOTT I CUP Ormes1by 5 East London 1 D Neal1e ht D Brown 211 middot15 11 S Souter loslt to R Potiton -19 -12 N Jarvis bft D Randelll 17 16 Neale bt Potton 12 13 J1arrvis iblt Blrown 11 J15 15 Souter ibt RandeH li5 18 ROSE BOWL Ormesby 5~ Bournemouth 1

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Tierney tbt J ReaJdiDlg 15~ 13 Knight bt T New 10 16 WiIlllliarms doslt to J Coop 15 -20 -116 Kni~hJt bt Readin~ -19 18 14 Tieirney bit ICOOP 16 11 Wiillialms bt Ne1w 19 -20 18 CARTER CUP Leeds 5 Thames Valley 4 A Meltclalfe lost to G Stewart middot20 -12 R Hazelwood lost to 1M Shuttle -22 -17 S Hazelwood ht S Boxaltl 20 15 A Metcalfc bit Shurtlte 116 ~19 20 S Haze1llwQlod bit Slte1wiarrlt 116 15 R Hazell1wood IoSlt to Boxalll -15 ~14 S Hazelrwood lost to Shutltle -120 -19 Meltoalfe ibt Boxallil 201 -17 22 R iHazelwood bt Stewart 12 17 BROiMFIEILD l1ROPHY Ormesby 5 Reading 2 Wii]iams ht A Gordon -20 12 20 Tierney bt IPulrslow 8 17 H Robinson Ilost Ito iWiltt 20 -15 -i16 Tie1rney bit Gordon 9117 8 WiIUilalms lostt to W1itlt -7 -9 Roibinson bit Purslow 23 22 Tie1rney htWitt 13 18

IT~S OFFICIAL APPROiViED BALLS

The fOllllowing rbrands and grades of baill are the onlly ones which la1re licensed for the 1976shy1977 season

Dunlop Barna Super 3-IOrown and 2-1Crown Halex 3-Sitar land 2-Stta1r TSiP tAscot 3-Star land I2-Star

Meim1bers arc renlinded thalt only a brand alnd gJr1ade of balll licensed by the IETTA middotmaY be rusled in play wilthin between middotQir or~anised hy any or~anisations whilcih alre affiJHarted or in Good ISItanding

This is the Iliast season of the current aicensshyIng algreementS and for the 1977-78 seasOIn and onwards the Naltlionall ICoUDicil have agreed an open policy wlhich could result in more brands OIf halils hei1ng licensed for pillay in this counrtry

ITABLE HIIRE SiOHE~ME

We are plleased to slay tthat thiis scheme conshytinues to opeirarte wlhereby affilHated Ciluibs can obtain a top-class ]alques or Dunlop Italble by Ipayillig four annua~ instalments of pound25 (plus VAT art the CUlrrent rlate) and a peppercorn rent of 5p per annum ther1eafter The present wairting list shoulld take albout t1wo Imonlths 110 cllealr hut talbles Wllll be availa1ble throughout the current selaSOill FUllil detad~s and app1ica~ tion forms cain be ohta1ined from Ithe ETTA office at 21 Cllaremont Hastings East Sussex TN34 11IHA

BR RAIL CONiCESSlON IMay we Tlemind allll organisers of Open

TourllIamenlts junior County Imatches alrea Coachling P1anels etc that the ETTA are able to provide Certificaltes of Identrty which will alllow members who are hetween 14 and 18 yela1rs of lalge to obrtain flares at (he Child (Under-14) Irlalte when traveilling to evenrts arranged under t(he auspices of the ETTA We need to know the nalmle of the rtlraveller the departure and aTrlival station land dat1es 01 rtravellThe ceTtifioate must then he signed by the tlraveliler land handed to the booking c~erk al1 l1ihe time of purchase AIIII enquirieS to rthe lEoTTA office rpllease

TOURNAMENT DIARY Tihese diaries contain Idattes of OpeI) Tourrlllashy

ments European League lalnd other lintershynaltional mlaltc(hes and are availablle from the ETTA office prilce 50p plus 9p for posltage p1aickling FOlr orders olf 12 or more the price is pound5 per dozen land lEor multiple ordelrs la cODit~ilbution towards poslt1alge would be lappTeshycialted For alnyone Who has a cover frnm last iseason the printed insert lonily will cosit 30p ealch plus posIt1alge or pound3 pe1r dozen

INTEiRNATIONAL MATCHES Englands home matche~ in the European

Lealgue (Super DivisiOn) are lalgaiinst the USISR on Novemher 3 1 ICzechosllo~aklia on janUialry 19 1977 and Hungary on February 9

WINSiTON CHURCHILL MEiMORIAL TltUST A Ileatflet descriJbing ~he opporltuDliJties for

persotUs to apply for Olne of the Traivell~~Dig Feililowsihips may be obtained from the ETTA office Ong of the categories covers sporlt and complelted l3Jpplllioatioll forms muslt realch the Tlruslt Office hy Novem1ber 1

MASTER POINTS SCHEME This scheme is stilll operiatling and it is urged

that lelagueS who sieem to middothave llosrt inlter~slt to recousideir parlticlipaltilDig as many enquiTies are stilll heing r1eceived from individualls FUlIQ details can be supplied on requ~st

LINCOLN LOTTEJRY This fund-rlaiSlillig exercise MJlil again Ibe

orrgallIised this season and leagues Wlill be receiving detlaHs in tle nexlt few Iweeks The eissentJiafl fact to riemember is thaJt your league can raise money without any risk wharts0ever as by seliling tickets you eiarn a 50 rrebate whetiher your salles amount to pound1 or pound100

INTEBNATIONAL SQUAD EXHIBITIONS Many leagues are llooking rtowards ceIlielbrartshy

ing their 50th or 2Sth annivers1ary and one of the rfunctioDs whiirch courrid provide an interesl1shyilllig middotevening is a delmollstratitQn of Itih~ir ~ki~l by melmlbers of IEnlgllands international squad Deltails of costs land availialbility can be obtained from the Inlternationa Squad M31nager Ken Malthews of 4 Haycroflt Close Old ICoUtlsdon SurTey (Pihone 01-3153 8060 (lQffice) 073-75 S63144 (home)

WI1f1ts on-this month amp next 1976 Oct 9-County Championshi ps ( 1)

lO-Merton I-Star (Bournemol1th) 14-Yugoslavia v England (European League) 16-National Counci I Meeting (London)

1617-Sussex 2-Star Open (Hastings) 22-International Squad (Burnley) 23-North of Scotland Open (Aberdeen)

2324-Dunlop Humberside 3-Star Open (Hull) 24-Aberdare Open

3031-North Middlesex 2-Star (Wood Green London) llov 3-England v USSR (European League) (Ipswich)

34-Leinster Open (Dublin) 6-County Championships (2) 6-Swansea Open (Aberavon) (Junior events) 7-Middlesex Junior Authorised (South Ruislip) 7-Swansea Open (Aberavon) (Senior events)

12-Nissen Invitation Tournament (Sale Leisure Centre) 13-Durham I-Star (ConselO

1314-Southend 2-Star (Rayleigh) 1314-Woodfield I-Star (Wolverhampton)

20-County Championships (3) 21-Midland Counties 2-Star (Walsall) 21-Hastings Tigers I-Star (Bexhi IIgt 21-East of Scotland Open (Edinburgh)

2728-Kent Junior 2-Star (Follltestone) 28-Glasgow Open 2-Star

OIPEN TOURNAMENTiS Paul Day was the winner of the MiS rtiltlle

in I1hmiddote WHsous Brewery-sponsored Norlth of EngIand 12middotStar Open on Septemiberr 25 with the WS tiJtlle going Ito Carole Knight (who allso took the title in the lCwIIlIbrria 2-Sitlar Open on OctOlber 2 Nicky Jarvis Iwas the IMS winner ~at ICarl1islle iRe[ports and detaJiled IresullltiS wBll aiPlPmiddoteaT in the November ilssue

NORTHANTS NmiddotOTES

by De1nnis Millman iNEW CHAI~RMAN

The new season dawns wilth a new (Chairman at the head of the Countys tahle Itiennis Stcene

Phd~ Rivett who had hellid tlhmiddote AsstQlciation together ~ince l1(he deparlture of Don Pelrkins and at a time when officialls lail aliI ~~veils were hard to find fiuaJlily said farewell iat the Cllose season AGIM Ailithough he himlself was relucshytianlt to ladmit it he h1ad played hilS part admirshyably laiS tihe ~CoUtnty moved wi~h the times partticu1arrlly on the pLaying side and his rresignration Wlilll 1eave a considerabile gap all the Imore SO as he was frequenltly tthe ona~ Norrtihaimptron Le1ague spokesman pr1esenlt lart ICounty ICommittee meeitiDtgs

Hamps SUCiceSlSor is Petefr EdlWards who bals Slpenlt much olf his table tennis Ilife in a sinlHar capacity with tihe Southend League Alltlhough (Peltier [ives al1 Oadlby one feels 1t1hat as long as he reltlainlS controll we wliU [have a thriving orlganiSaltion for there can Ibe no gireater table tennis devotee

1 Sohaiil lJIayat-M~enS NialtilQ11al Clha1mp[onANI OFFERS and ralnked PlakiSitlan No1 (ageld 19)

IPakisltians top two men and top two (boys 2 javed HlaYlat-Ranked No2 Palkistan man lare desirous of visitilllg iEnlgland for a 2-3 (alged 21) months period following their participation in 3 Arif Khan~Nat(ional JuniOr Cihalmpliouthe Aftro-Aslilan ILaltin-Amerdcan TourlliCllmenlt in (aged 16)IMexi1ctO during OctOlberr and prior to the World 4 Muns1ari1m Saoiif--iRlanked No 2 Junior Cihampionsh-ips in BirminghlCiim (aJged 16)

Tihey would he- srponsoried for Itr1avel by AIIII four pll1ayers have reguIarly [belen particishyPakistan International Alirrrines ICorPmiddotoration Plating in initernaltionaJI tournaments In fact but becaus1e of tbe heavy financial burden in Javed Hayart and Sohaiil Hayat the Nos 11 anld fOlreilgn e~change wOUild require board and 2 have dominated the Pakislt1an talbIlemiddot tennis lodgiingS being provided scene eVer since 19711 Wlhen JlaVled became the

fSihou1d any club leai~ue or association Ibe Nlational Cha~mpdOn tat il5

WeI Corller H Roy Evans

desirous of playing hoslts to these four young men would they pletas1e Icontalclt Li1-lCo~ Shujaudmiddot din Butt Manager Sports IPakiistan Internashytionall Airllinesmiddot Corporarrion (iPIA) Head Office Pila BuiLdings Karachi Airport Pakistan

The pl1ayers concerned lareshy

As the pltayers sltill have a 1QIt 01pound tafbOe tennis potelllltia~ keeping their lalge- in miiind it is felt rthalt if they la~re proTidmiddoted the rilgt1t quality of Icompetition at a ihigter IcoIllpertiltlive J~Tel Itlhe standard of the players and of the ~ame in Pakistan will impr1orve

Invoveiment in the nerw Second LDivisltgtn of tlhe European Lleague Ihas ladded a new dllmeillshysion lto Welsh talble ttlennis and alllthoUt~ there are only four fixtures in the season Ithere lis laUready considerable speculaltion as 10 our fortune

We IStart off wirth an Cllway ima~tch lamainsIt tScotJand on Novelmlber 4 and with every I~Cll~e of virtaJ importance this is one we muslt strllve Ito win Ito inspire Iconfidence Switzelrland h1ave algr1eed to play us at rtjhe Ahercynon Sports ICentlfe on December 13 after haV11ng played iin lthe Cardiff Open on Itlhe Saiturday befolrle

We go to Luxemhourg on January 19 whillslt our last ma1tch algainslt Spain is to Ibe pllayed all BTidgend on Monday Fehruary 7 This Sp1anish visit win enaJble tlhem to pllay lIn Ithe Welsh Open on Felbruary 4-6

The iStigia Welsh Open itself looks like mainshytaining its international presltige The Hulngarshyians due to play Englla1nd in a IEuropean League matcn on iWe1onesday Fe1bruary 9 at Portsshymouth willI come first ito ptl1ay in the Welsh Open ~[hen irt is hopmiddoted to play tlhem In an exhishybition match in North W1alles on I1he IMonday Tlhe Federall Geifmians lare alre1ady Idelfiniite middotelltalallits~ rwhilslt the Cze-chs havmiddote the e1venit in theiJr inlternational pro~rlalmimmiddotecommiltmefit

AllthoUlg1h we lare not now in ~heEuropean Lelague Regional Group we haive taglfemiddoted Ito st1alge this once al~ain just hefore and in con juction wilth the Stiga Wmiddotelsh OPen Finlland will this time definiteily be comlng Tuckey hope to and with I1he usuall tGuernsey Jtersey and INor1way this wHI he quite a strong tllitl11e group

In the- selalfch for suitaible talent two Assessshymenlt Weekends haive allready belen helld~ tOne ait the National SPOlftS ICentre Cardiff land the Oither iat ILillileshall wihere the hesrt of SoUth and North W1ales potentlial nave rhad a grueUintg tlWO days of round robin play Senior and Junior Squads have been seected to pa1rticlpiate in the comprehensive iWeeklly and weeke1nd training sessions land althoUigh iii cannot be smiddotaid thlal1 anyOne ne1w [has forced his or her way into re1cogniltion for seniolr inteirnationaIl honoursmiddot there lare indioatiOns th1at the biig gap we halve been so worried about is slorwly cloSing

Soule of our juniorS are at iliast beginning to produce a more mature game and rthlils CClIn certainlly lbe slaid of some of our North Wales youngsters whose plrogress Ihas been most encouraging

We shalll undoubtedly have-a proiblem in Alan IGriffithss elDtry into Teesside Polytechnic for two ye1ars His own middotgame should certainly benefit to OUlr middotmUltUlaa adlvanltage but unless he is able to Imake frerijuenlt journeys we inlay nolt allWays See- hiim in County Imialtches Or toQlurnashymelnts Nalturally~ every effo~t will be miade Ito ensure his av~HabHilty at all times but tne problems middotcannot he i~nored

The- Glllamorgan Cilosed on October 10 opens our Tburnalmenrt Season and this is quickly follow1ed by the Aiber1dare middotOp1en on Olcltober 24 The SWlansea Open is on Saiturday Novemlber t(i for Juniors and Sunday November 7 for tlbe Seniors The ICmiddotardiff IOpeill is onDeceimlbef 11~ and the IGlamorlgan Op1en on January 22 The Wemiddotlsh ICllosed CihampilOnshiips land ICIIUJb IChlamshypionship FiluaLs are- on Marich 1213

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Letters to the Editor

~pm Blunns nol1es in your MlayJune issue in no way contriadict my ownearlier Jetter on declinilIlg spectatotr inteffleslt in our sport

My st1altifltics reg1airding the fOTthcoming World Championships were Ibased on an eatr[ieratrlticile by Mijchiae[ Lawless land rthOI$le relglalrd~ ing pre~wlarevel11ts W1ere halSled main~y on Sol Schiffs Tialble Tennis IComes of Alge which is one of tthe hest hooks ever written about our Isport and middotMr Schiff (Ia fornler Worlld Doubles (Champion) mentiolIls gates of l6OOO in resp1emiddotct orf stngle sessiollis The 1954 World Cbampionships quoted iby IMr Blunn slaw the earlielr stages of the sponge bat era land the rolt hlad rthen Ibegun to set in Mr Blunn quotes a gate of 5000 ait middotan internal1ional match in Francte which proves that intrereslt sti1~1 rex~sts in Dur spo-rlt if lit il5 rpllayed in an lattiractive wlay te ia bartlte bel1lween Defence land Attack

SeCfeltin is rthmiddote iWorlds greatest exponent of the barrloon defenc1e and lat any international mu~tli-talble tevent it is we~il known thalt spect1a ilor~ flock Ito the itlahle at which he 1S playing Birocheiau1 as la gr1eat exhibittion pl1ayer knows how laJtltractive table tennis should be played and Mart1in fn another era~ would haVl~ been a world-class pllayer Any mlaltch in which hmiddote particip1atles is aJwaYls a good one but today the odds are he1avilly stacked aglain~t defenders even greart Olles By and large the Frenich hlave not enjOyed the succeSE of others an the EutrOpean Leatgue but th~y have sltill receirved greart land loyal support heCiause they plray alttractive taible tennJis

lrt is precise1ly where lattlractive [abat~ tennis is not ptlaryed eather here Or ahroad tlhait our sport is in rapid deoline This will not be haTted until the TUlles are ftfialmed in such a way as to gtve middotcraft an equal chanoe with poweif and long-riange defence an equal chance against brute force OltherS may have better suggeftliollllS~ but in my v(iew this willI not he achieved unltii we revert to the old net height

Some rule chang1es were mHde in the hard bat era Legisllatorrs had no way of knowing that within a fe1w years hats would be linvented and Petrlmit1ted which wOuld provide infinte1y igfeater IUft with power than the old Ihard bats eVier did and cit was ffom t~hat moment that the penduGum siWung againslt defenders

The alternative would appeiar to be some lirniitlation on lthe ISlalndwich rubber permitted and powerfuJ commercial int~rests would oppose this

Tihe fact reillains that unless and until the game beoomes an equal land more pro[onged cOllite~it between Alttiack land Detfenoe it will not attract spcta110Irs imoney will renl~ain short and pIIayers wHJ be 110st to the game lin lange numbers and at an earlly age Many do noltfind tlhe gla1me as it is pGayed niOW s~atisfying eirthetr to pllay or Ito watch

Mr Blunn alsks Why should top influential AsSoClilation~ support usmiddot Someone hlas to make lta start None Of the problems I menshytioned in mlY last tWin lettlers are confined tiD this Ciountiry Most Wesltern AssociationlS are shont of SP~Cltlators land Itherefore money The rule changes I pro~pos are not radiclall and clOver no new groUind There have been modifishyoatiolnsmiddot in lPlelfmitted bat rubber before Just as the nelt was once 1I0wered so it clan now be raIsed

Forty years ago internattional legisllatorsbanned the finlger-ispilD serv~middotce It was a conshy~roverSi~al land ~ll a sense ullIfak step since It deprIved top players of siOlmlething dtey had

practised for rnlany ye1ars ~o perfect Sol Schaff w(as plrobab~y the grmiddoteaitest exponent of the finger-spin ~erVJice and it Ihellped to defeat Victor Barna then the Igwealtlest rpllayer in the wor[d Neverthe1less the finger-spin service made la mockery of the game as la speict-atoT sporrt To smiddote1e- world-class pJ1ayeTs put four servicle returns out orf Iive off Ithe table became in time las borilDlg al$ the thremiddoteball attacks land 50-50 slho~~ on rWilllich the modern Igame liS based

HiOwever the fing1er-spiin service wias banned whHst rtfhe three-ba[l iattack and brute forcle generlally remlain aln indisrpensable part of world-class p1layers winning methods Ill short the very thin~s Ithait alre sUcCessful in winningmatches h1e1lp to drivi~ away Ithe crowds

Does not flomlething need Ito be done Ito maike our sPOtrt more interesting Do the rulels ([1ot need to be changed

JOHN PREAN 12 Marlborough Road Ryde Isle of Wight P033 1AA

SERVliCE tAW It Wias good to read John Preans percepit1ive

etlter in the April issue He suggests that we look critically at the reasons why tahle ttennifs no longer attralc1s a Imlass laudience and I agree fumy with his di1algnosis that thmiddote lalws currently encour1age arttacking pl1ay to the detriment of speotacle

A major cause of this is the u[e of the slervice as fa point-winning gamhit A servlice which is not returned is never excitling to wal1chExclirtillig table tennis requires specrtacushylar ralHes and the Ilaws shouad be designed to encouralge Ithem

Ther1e il$ another strong argument for a lrerfoTim of the present Siervice laiw Simplicity ohn R Moorhouse dis1cuspoundes the plfohlem olf umpires in inlter[prelting the pot-entiaUy contenshytious law land it [S true that complicated rules a~le usualMy difliculit to middotenforce and thus uns1atiisflactorry The liawn tennis fooltrflaullt rule used Ito ban slwin~ing the free foot ovelr the line and la most unlliatufal styie beCialme oblishygatory to rthe net irusher and the llaw lost northing land Igalined a lot frrom sinlpHficaltion

[ would suggest that the ifollowing laltefnaitive to our sleTvice law is iworth Janexperiiment

If a good relturn is noit imade from the firsf~ gervice tlhe server slball serve a second slervtrce If la good return is not madle from the Stecond Servtic~e lthe slerver wins the point This diiminiSlhe~ by half the advantage of a

fiendish service and tlbus encourages r iall1ies The oossliible d-middotSadvjan~ages deserve to he

eXipllored Would it ellrcourag gla1mesmanship by deJiiberate1y not returning the first service I rthink not This could only aid the server Hnd would be like a server in Iawn tennig deliheralt~ly Serving a fault This does not happen Would iit encOurlage the receaver to imlake a de1ath or glory hit on his firsit return Perhaps~ but if hilS return s off he is at a middotdisladviantage in facing the second servioe

I would suggest that eXIPeriments be cionshyduoted at both senior and grass roolts levels to lassess the effect of the change

KEITH MARTIN 148 Friern Park London N12 9LU

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GLENN STANAWAY 51 David Street Alderley 4051 iBrisbane Queensland Australia

TINiSEL AND GtITTEIR In reply to Alan Ransomes iappe1a for a

pro[essioDial approach to Englands top playeirs the foUorwing poinltlS spring ito mind

I aJgree Ithart it is desirable to miake the playing of Itahle Itennis lin this country for the top p1ayers financiaUy wortlhwhile but the lsources of finance seelm Ito middotme Ito he llimitled

Unlike other proelSsiona Iteam sports the grelalter initetriest is in participation not specshytating whilch pToviides substantilal funds to balck the expeulSlelS 01pound professlouallismTaible tenn~s wiH never he able to hlave such feleshypayin~g supporlters to middotany gre1at extenrt

IOither count~ies are able to ladopt pirofessionshyalism~ eithetr bl1altant or Icovert by tlhe Igrace of their governments I think it willl be somie ime betor1e this Ciountry Punllp1S gr~at ifesources IntO Ithe game

Perhaps middota generaI iDicrease in Associaltion leviiels would not be unanimously welcOimed hut I would lhave tlhought thismiddot w1as a viable optlion if only Ito finance Natjonal Squad eXipenses

rSponsorship is I feel tlhe great hope to ~o many But sponsors generaHy want to appe1al to a Wider pubatic than afliciandos of table tennis Another much-discussed disHdvanltage of Isponsorship is over-sponsorship Another word for 8quad is Ciricus-I wouldnt like to Sl~e too much t~nsell and glitter lOr It1ahle Itmiddotennis se11ling its integrity Still thats la long way off

Thle World IChalmpionships [have a hearing on e~ach of the foregoing Increased specrtaitorshyship the alre1ady raised fees revilta1ised sponshysorship and possihly govetrnment1al encourageshyment iPmiddoterhaplS Mr RlansOime wont Ihle so desshypondtnrt aflterwards Inoidental1y aim I rightIn thlInklng that for the tens of thousands of pounds of financial support given hy the SporltsCrouneill 1tO ~portsl such as the in-vQlgue ~quash mere hundreds go to tlaible itennis If this tis SIO can sommiddote lobbying be done

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ESSEX NOTES

by Geoff Newman

Cathy Mowbray (nee Sronell) Romfords attractive womens sing1poundS champion

Photo by Geoff Newman

ALL BUSTLE

Its all bustle on the Essex front with the Junior Open in the first week~nd of Selltember while our tournament of champIOns bemg due on Sept 25 at the Park Sllorts Centre Rayleigh staged by the Southend League Added to these events we had the Junior trials on the 11th wIth the seniors on the 18th Quite a hectic opening for our hard working officials

This season we say goodbye to two of our llrorninent officials in recent years Ron Locke ha~ retired as Tournament secretary as has DaVId Lush as Competitions secretary Both have given Essex sterling service over the years and our thanks go to both of them New faces this season on the executive committee are Clactons George Meakin who takes over as Camps secretary and Basildons Ron Mackenzie who is the new Senior Match secretary while Mrs Gillian Squier has been cltropted to the executive as Admin secretary Welcome to the mad house Other movements on the committee sees Gordon Lightshyfoot taking over as Tournaments secretary with Pat Dukes combining as vice-chairman and treasurer oJ

Reports from around the county suggest that the season is likely to bemiddot a very busy one with nearly all leagues on the increase This season the Southend League one of the founder members vf the ETTA celebrate their 50th Anniversary and I understand that they intend to celebrate in style in Sept 77

Our County teams are preparing themselves for an onslaught on the County Championships allll

our Junior Squad has been meeting weekly all the summer under the watchful eyes of the county coaching officer Ron Gore and Junior supremo Alan Shepherd Five of them Dave Newman Kenny Jackson Helen Gore Janet Boulter and Yvette Brown were invited to the Final National Trials

Our own magazine the Scimitar is now into Volume 3 and increasing in popularity If any foreigner would like a copy priced 15p give me a ring 0621-52099

SUSSEX NOrrES

by John Woodford INSTANT ACCEPTION

Sleep wasnt easy for some Sussex administrators on the night of Saturday July 17th-the county had lost their secretary John Wilkes and there were no takers ready to step into the breach at the next days annual general meeting

But fortunately help was on its way the cavalry were advancing over the skyline in the morning mist In fact the rescue operabon got under way the previous evening when a final edition story appeared in the Evening Argus describing the Sussex TTAs plight

Among the readers was Mr John Goss a former table tennis official from the Bristol area and an international umpire Since arriving in the Brighton area some time ago Mr Goss had not been invited to step into the limelight Wlthlll hours the situation had changed-one volunteel proved to be worth the proverbial ten sh~ghaied men A series of telephone calls by the offiCIals led to Mr Gosss name going forward to the meebng and it was instantly accepted-aithough the rescuer himself was unable to be at the meeting as he was umpiring a cricket match

Since then Mr Goss has met both chairman Keith Watts and deputy chairman Bert Fretwell both of whom are confident that the meeting was right to elect Mr Goss before they had even met him

The rest of the Sussex ACM went like clockshywork with no other changes in the faces at the top table But the need for cosy friendly venues for inter-town matches is going from bad to worse Players in neighbouring counties will recall that one such place was the Hailsham Table Tennis Club This is now being turned into a plush disco-diner with soft lights and soft carpets thus ruling out table tennis completely Fortunately the always-powerful Hailsham club has found another home at the Kings Country Club Eastshybourne but the search for Rose Bowl venues for example is narrowed down to the impersonal atmosphere of new sports centres

I suppose that in one way we should be grateshyful for the continuing growth of these centres In Sussex more and more table tennis matches at all levels are becoming guests for the evening at a centre surrounded by squash courts badminton and ali the other paraphernalia associated with mUlti-sports complexes The days of county and town matches in the back-room of a pub or in the village hall surrounded by friendly people interested mainly in table tennis seem to be almost over

Sussex junior selectors have always been firm believers irr trying to run the rule over their talent for the forthcoming season in good time even in the heat of a scorching summer The first junior assessment session was held at Littlehampton late in August and provided food for thought Graham Gillett (Bexhill) was nominated as the new No 1 with Malcolm Francis (Uckfield) as No 2 and Stephen Moore (Bexhill) taking the No3 berth [fhe new top three Sussex girls are all from Crawley-HazelOBrien Diana Phur and Marion Williams in that order

The question must then be asked what has happened to the reigning Sussex junior champion Danny Cammiade of Littlehampton To be fair to Danny [n his last year as a junior he faces mighty tough opposition from his much younger rivals especially the three just named at the top of the Sussex ranlrings However without goingshyinto details the selectors were nOl happy with

Cammiades performances in these trials As a result of which he has been omitted from the rankings and from the opening match against Devon in early October

Its not easy for a big lad of 17 to find himshyself under the sort of pressure that means racing all over the back of the court to retrieve classic drives produced by lads half your size and three years younger Its OK if you end up on the winning side as Camrniade did at the end of last season when he just held out to win the Sussex boys crownmiddot from young Gillett

When you are at the top the pressure is always hotter especially on a sweltering day in midshysummer Perhaps when the heat is all gone Danny will regain his cool and give sterling service to Sussex in his final campaign before senior status is reached

CLEVELAND VIEW by Alan Ransome

STRONGER THAN EVER

With two successful seasons behind us everyone in Cleveland is looking forward eagerly to the new season which promises to be our best so far

With the County Championships Premier Divishysion tIophy firmly set on the mantlepiece the Countys First Team squad of Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight are looking stronger than ever with the backing of Tony Martin Robert Wiley and Stephen Souter who have been practising hard and improving their game throughout the closed season In addition stalwart Malcolm Corking will again be a hard man to beat when the County trials are played shortly and this year ex Durham No 1 Peter McQueen is joining Cleve1and and is looking for a second team place which all adds up to an exciting day at the trials

Our Junior girls excelled at the recent England assessment camps with Jane Skipp finished on top Angela Tierney third and June Williams fourth They are joined this year in the senior ranking list by Irelands No1 Karen Senior who is at present in Germany but likely to Iepresent Cleveland upon her return

Our Junior Boys on the face of it are comshyparatively weak but the Under-I5 players have been practising hard all summer and have made tremendous striaes with the ambition of following in the footsteps of our First Team trio

The tournament nxture list within Teesside is the most exciting in the areas history This years highlight will be the Norwich Union International ChampionShips which are being played in the County for the first time at Thomaby Pavilion from Jan 6-8 1977

In addition our Junior tournament has been given Select status and we were pleased to welcome the SweDish National Team to play an international against England on the Friday evening Sept 17 The Cleveland 3-Star because of the Norwich Union has moved to a February date and h~re too we are hoping for an intershynational entry

Our Closed Tournaments continue to develop the Langbaurgh was first to be played at Guisshyborough Sports Centre on Sept 11 with the total prize fund upped from pound100 to pound250 This will be followed by the Hartlepool Championships at the turn of the year the Middlesbrough in April whilst the County Closed sponsor Doyen has this year promised to increase their prize fund from pound500 to pound750

Our publicity links have been develop~d and strengthened during the closed season so that from September we will have several articles each week in the three local and regional papers with three or four Iadio spots including live reports from tournaments broadcast regularly over both local radio stations

With the World Championships being held in England in 1977 we are planning on taking every advantage in the anticipated upsurge in interest created by the extensive television coverage and Ie are appointing one person in each area of the County for the task of developmrnt work in conshyncction with the Worlds boom

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

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15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

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12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

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LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

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Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

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Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

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WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

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1 Sohaiil lJIayat-M~enS NialtilQ11al Clha1mp[onANI OFFERS and ralnked PlakiSitlan No1 (ageld 19)

IPakisltians top two men and top two (boys 2 javed HlaYlat-Ranked No2 Palkistan man lare desirous of visitilllg iEnlgland for a 2-3 (alged 21) months period following their participation in 3 Arif Khan~Nat(ional JuniOr Cihalmpliouthe Aftro-Aslilan ILaltin-Amerdcan TourlliCllmenlt in (aged 16)IMexi1ctO during OctOlberr and prior to the World 4 Muns1ari1m Saoiif--iRlanked No 2 Junior Cihampionsh-ips in BirminghlCiim (aJged 16)

Tihey would he- srponsoried for Itr1avel by AIIII four pll1ayers have reguIarly [belen particishyPakistan International Alirrrines ICorPmiddotoration Plating in initernaltionaJI tournaments In fact but becaus1e of tbe heavy financial burden in Javed Hayart and Sohaiil Hayat the Nos 11 anld fOlreilgn e~change wOUild require board and 2 have dominated the Pakislt1an talbIlemiddot tennis lodgiingS being provided scene eVer since 19711 Wlhen JlaVled became the

fSihou1d any club leai~ue or association Ibe Nlational Cha~mpdOn tat il5

WeI Corller H Roy Evans

desirous of playing hoslts to these four young men would they pletas1e Icontalclt Li1-lCo~ Shujaudmiddot din Butt Manager Sports IPakiistan Internashytionall Airllinesmiddot Corporarrion (iPIA) Head Office Pila BuiLdings Karachi Airport Pakistan

The pl1ayers concerned lareshy

As the pltayers sltill have a 1QIt 01pound tafbOe tennis potelllltia~ keeping their lalge- in miiind it is felt rthalt if they la~re proTidmiddoted the rilgt1t quality of Icompetition at a ihigter IcoIllpertiltlive J~Tel Itlhe standard of the players and of the ~ame in Pakistan will impr1orve

Invoveiment in the nerw Second LDivisltgtn of tlhe European Lleague Ihas ladded a new dllmeillshysion lto Welsh talble ttlennis and alllthoUt~ there are only four fixtures in the season Ithere lis laUready considerable speculaltion as 10 our fortune

We IStart off wirth an Cllway ima~tch lamainsIt tScotJand on Novelmlber 4 and with every I~Cll~e of virtaJ importance this is one we muslt strllve Ito win Ito inspire Iconfidence Switzelrland h1ave algr1eed to play us at rtjhe Ahercynon Sports ICentlfe on December 13 after haV11ng played iin lthe Cardiff Open on Itlhe Saiturday befolrle

We go to Luxemhourg on January 19 whillslt our last ma1tch algainslt Spain is to Ibe pllayed all BTidgend on Monday Fehruary 7 This Sp1anish visit win enaJble tlhem to pllay lIn Ithe Welsh Open on Felbruary 4-6

The iStigia Welsh Open itself looks like mainshytaining its international presltige The Hulngarshyians due to play Englla1nd in a IEuropean League matcn on iWe1onesday Fe1bruary 9 at Portsshymouth willI come first ito ptl1ay in the Welsh Open ~[hen irt is hopmiddoted to play tlhem In an exhishybition match in North W1alles on I1he IMonday Tlhe Federall Geifmians lare alre1ady Idelfiniite middotelltalallits~ rwhilslt the Cze-chs havmiddote the e1venit in theiJr inlternational pro~rlalmimmiddotecommiltmefit

AllthoUlg1h we lare not now in ~heEuropean Lelague Regional Group we haive taglfemiddoted Ito st1alge this once al~ain just hefore and in con juction wilth the Stiga Wmiddotelsh OPen Finlland will this time definiteily be comlng Tuckey hope to and with I1he usuall tGuernsey Jtersey and INor1way this wHI he quite a strong tllitl11e group

In the- selalfch for suitaible talent two Assessshymenlt Weekends haive allready belen helld~ tOne ait the National SPOlftS ICentre Cardiff land the Oither iat ILillileshall wihere the hesrt of SoUth and North W1ales potentlial nave rhad a grueUintg tlWO days of round robin play Senior and Junior Squads have been seected to pa1rticlpiate in the comprehensive iWeeklly and weeke1nd training sessions land althoUigh iii cannot be smiddotaid thlal1 anyOne ne1w [has forced his or her way into re1cogniltion for seniolr inteirnationaIl honoursmiddot there lare indioatiOns th1at the biig gap we halve been so worried about is slorwly cloSing

Soule of our juniorS are at iliast beginning to produce a more mature game and rthlils CClIn certainlly lbe slaid of some of our North Wales youngsters whose plrogress Ihas been most encouraging

We shalll undoubtedly have-a proiblem in Alan IGriffithss elDtry into Teesside Polytechnic for two ye1ars His own middotgame should certainly benefit to OUlr middotmUltUlaa adlvanltage but unless he is able to Imake frerijuenlt journeys we inlay nolt allWays See- hiim in County Imialtches Or toQlurnashymelnts Nalturally~ every effo~t will be miade Ito ensure his av~HabHilty at all times but tne problems middotcannot he i~nored

The- Glllamorgan Cilosed on October 10 opens our Tburnalmenrt Season and this is quickly follow1ed by the Aiber1dare middotOp1en on Olcltober 24 The SWlansea Open is on Saiturday Novemlber t(i for Juniors and Sunday November 7 for tlbe Seniors The ICmiddotardiff IOpeill is onDeceimlbef 11~ and the IGlamorlgan Op1en on January 22 The Wemiddotlsh ICllosed CihampilOnshiips land ICIIUJb IChlamshypionship FiluaLs are- on Marich 1213

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Letters to the Editor

~pm Blunns nol1es in your MlayJune issue in no way contriadict my ownearlier Jetter on declinilIlg spectatotr inteffleslt in our sport

My st1altifltics reg1airding the fOTthcoming World Championships were Ibased on an eatr[ieratrlticile by Mijchiae[ Lawless land rthOI$le relglalrd~ ing pre~wlarevel11ts W1ere halSled main~y on Sol Schiffs Tialble Tennis IComes of Alge which is one of tthe hest hooks ever written about our Isport and middotMr Schiff (Ia fornler Worlld Doubles (Champion) mentiolIls gates of l6OOO in resp1emiddotct orf stngle sessiollis The 1954 World Cbampionships quoted iby IMr Blunn slaw the earlielr stages of the sponge bat era land the rolt hlad rthen Ibegun to set in Mr Blunn quotes a gate of 5000 ait middotan internal1ional match in Francte which proves that intrereslt sti1~1 rex~sts in Dur spo-rlt if lit il5 rpllayed in an lattiractive wlay te ia bartlte bel1lween Defence land Attack

SeCfeltin is rthmiddote iWorlds greatest exponent of the barrloon defenc1e and lat any international mu~tli-talble tevent it is we~il known thalt spect1a ilor~ flock Ito the itlahle at which he 1S playing Birocheiau1 as la gr1eat exhibittion pl1ayer knows how laJtltractive table tennis should be played and Mart1in fn another era~ would haVl~ been a world-class pllayer Any mlaltch in which hmiddote particip1atles is aJwaYls a good one but today the odds are he1avilly stacked aglain~t defenders even greart Olles By and large the Frenich hlave not enjOyed the succeSE of others an the EutrOpean Leatgue but th~y have sltill receirved greart land loyal support heCiause they plray alttractive taible tennJis

lrt is precise1ly where lattlractive [abat~ tennis is not ptlaryed eather here Or ahroad tlhait our sport is in rapid deoline This will not be haTted until the TUlles are ftfialmed in such a way as to gtve middotcraft an equal chanoe with poweif and long-riange defence an equal chance against brute force OltherS may have better suggeftliollllS~ but in my v(iew this willI not he achieved unltii we revert to the old net height

Some rule chang1es were mHde in the hard bat era Legisllatorrs had no way of knowing that within a fe1w years hats would be linvented and Petrlmit1ted which wOuld provide infinte1y igfeater IUft with power than the old Ihard bats eVier did and cit was ffom t~hat moment that the penduGum siWung againslt defenders

The alternative would appeiar to be some lirniitlation on lthe ISlalndwich rubber permitted and powerfuJ commercial int~rests would oppose this

Tihe fact reillains that unless and until the game beoomes an equal land more pro[onged cOllite~it between Alttiack land Detfenoe it will not attract spcta110Irs imoney will renl~ain short and pIIayers wHJ be 110st to the game lin lange numbers and at an earlly age Many do noltfind tlhe gla1me as it is pGayed niOW s~atisfying eirthetr to pllay or Ito watch

Mr Blunn alsks Why should top influential AsSoClilation~ support usmiddot Someone hlas to make lta start None Of the problems I menshytioned in mlY last tWin lettlers are confined tiD this Ciountiry Most Wesltern AssociationlS are shont of SP~Cltlators land Itherefore money The rule changes I pro~pos are not radiclall and clOver no new groUind There have been modifishyoatiolnsmiddot in lPlelfmitted bat rubber before Just as the nelt was once 1I0wered so it clan now be raIsed

Forty years ago internattional legisllatorsbanned the finlger-ispilD serv~middotce It was a conshy~roverSi~al land ~ll a sense ullIfak step since It deprIved top players of siOlmlething dtey had

practised for rnlany ye1ars ~o perfect Sol Schaff w(as plrobab~y the grmiddoteaitest exponent of the finger-spin ~erVJice and it Ihellped to defeat Victor Barna then the Igwealtlest rpllayer in the wor[d Neverthe1less the finger-spin service made la mockery of the game as la speict-atoT sporrt To smiddote1e- world-class pJ1ayeTs put four servicle returns out orf Iive off Ithe table became in time las borilDlg al$ the thremiddoteball attacks land 50-50 slho~~ on rWilllich the modern Igame liS based

HiOwever the fing1er-spiin service wias banned whHst rtfhe three-ba[l iattack and brute forcle generlally remlain aln indisrpensable part of world-class p1layers winning methods Ill short the very thin~s Ithait alre sUcCessful in winningmatches h1e1lp to drivi~ away Ithe crowds

Does not flomlething need Ito be done Ito maike our sPOtrt more interesting Do the rulels ([1ot need to be changed

JOHN PREAN 12 Marlborough Road Ryde Isle of Wight P033 1AA

SERVliCE tAW It Wias good to read John Preans percepit1ive

etlter in the April issue He suggests that we look critically at the reasons why tahle ttennifs no longer attralc1s a Imlass laudience and I agree fumy with his di1algnosis that thmiddote lalws currently encour1age arttacking pl1ay to the detriment of speotacle

A major cause of this is the u[e of the slervice as fa point-winning gamhit A servlice which is not returned is never excitling to wal1chExclirtillig table tennis requires specrtacushylar ralHes and the Ilaws shouad be designed to encouralge Ithem

Ther1e il$ another strong argument for a lrerfoTim of the present Siervice laiw Simplicity ohn R Moorhouse dis1cuspoundes the plfohlem olf umpires in inlter[prelting the pot-entiaUy contenshytious law land it [S true that complicated rules a~le usualMy difliculit to middotenforce and thus uns1atiisflactorry The liawn tennis fooltrflaullt rule used Ito ban slwin~ing the free foot ovelr the line and la most unlliatufal styie beCialme oblishygatory to rthe net irusher and the llaw lost northing land Igalined a lot frrom sinlpHficaltion

[ would suggest that the ifollowing laltefnaitive to our sleTvice law is iworth Janexperiiment

If a good relturn is noit imade from the firsf~ gervice tlhe server slball serve a second slervtrce If la good return is not madle from the Stecond Servtic~e lthe slerver wins the point This diiminiSlhe~ by half the advantage of a

fiendish service and tlbus encourages r iall1ies The oossliible d-middotSadvjan~ages deserve to he

eXipllored Would it ellrcourag gla1mesmanship by deJiiberate1y not returning the first service I rthink not This could only aid the server Hnd would be like a server in Iawn tennig deliheralt~ly Serving a fault This does not happen Would iit encOurlage the receaver to imlake a de1ath or glory hit on his firsit return Perhaps~ but if hilS return s off he is at a middotdisladviantage in facing the second servioe

I would suggest that eXIPeriments be cionshyduoted at both senior and grass roolts levels to lassess the effect of the change

KEITH MARTIN 148 Friern Park London N12 9LU

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GLENN STANAWAY 51 David Street Alderley 4051 iBrisbane Queensland Australia

TINiSEL AND GtITTEIR In reply to Alan Ransomes iappe1a for a

pro[essioDial approach to Englands top playeirs the foUorwing poinltlS spring ito mind

I aJgree Ithart it is desirable to miake the playing of Itahle Itennis lin this country for the top p1ayers financiaUy wortlhwhile but the lsources of finance seelm Ito middotme Ito he llimitled

Unlike other proelSsiona Iteam sports the grelalter initetriest is in participation not specshytating whilch pToviides substantilal funds to balck the expeulSlelS 01pound professlouallismTaible tenn~s wiH never he able to hlave such feleshypayin~g supporlters to middotany gre1at extenrt

IOither count~ies are able to ladopt pirofessionshyalism~ eithetr bl1altant or Icovert by tlhe Igrace of their governments I think it willl be somie ime betor1e this Ciountry Punllp1S gr~at ifesources IntO Ithe game

Perhaps middota generaI iDicrease in Associaltion leviiels would not be unanimously welcOimed hut I would lhave tlhought thismiddot w1as a viable optlion if only Ito finance Natjonal Squad eXipenses

rSponsorship is I feel tlhe great hope to ~o many But sponsors generaHy want to appe1al to a Wider pubatic than afliciandos of table tennis Another much-discussed disHdvanltage of Isponsorship is over-sponsorship Another word for 8quad is Ciricus-I wouldnt like to Sl~e too much t~nsell and glitter lOr It1ahle Itmiddotennis se11ling its integrity Still thats la long way off

Thle World IChalmpionships [have a hearing on e~ach of the foregoing Increased specrtaitorshyship the alre1ady raised fees revilta1ised sponshysorship and possihly govetrnment1al encourageshyment iPmiddoterhaplS Mr RlansOime wont Ihle so desshypondtnrt aflterwards Inoidental1y aim I rightIn thlInklng that for the tens of thousands of pounds of financial support given hy the SporltsCrouneill 1tO ~portsl such as the in-vQlgue ~quash mere hundreds go to tlaible itennis If this tis SIO can sommiddote lobbying be done

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Cathy Mowbray (nee Sronell) Romfords attractive womens sing1poundS champion

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ALL BUSTLE

Its all bustle on the Essex front with the Junior Open in the first week~nd of Selltember while our tournament of champIOns bemg due on Sept 25 at the Park Sllorts Centre Rayleigh staged by the Southend League Added to these events we had the Junior trials on the 11th wIth the seniors on the 18th Quite a hectic opening for our hard working officials

This season we say goodbye to two of our llrorninent officials in recent years Ron Locke ha~ retired as Tournament secretary as has DaVId Lush as Competitions secretary Both have given Essex sterling service over the years and our thanks go to both of them New faces this season on the executive committee are Clactons George Meakin who takes over as Camps secretary and Basildons Ron Mackenzie who is the new Senior Match secretary while Mrs Gillian Squier has been cltropted to the executive as Admin secretary Welcome to the mad house Other movements on the committee sees Gordon Lightshyfoot taking over as Tournaments secretary with Pat Dukes combining as vice-chairman and treasurer oJ

Reports from around the county suggest that the season is likely to bemiddot a very busy one with nearly all leagues on the increase This season the Southend League one of the founder members vf the ETTA celebrate their 50th Anniversary and I understand that they intend to celebrate in style in Sept 77

Our County teams are preparing themselves for an onslaught on the County Championships allll

our Junior Squad has been meeting weekly all the summer under the watchful eyes of the county coaching officer Ron Gore and Junior supremo Alan Shepherd Five of them Dave Newman Kenny Jackson Helen Gore Janet Boulter and Yvette Brown were invited to the Final National Trials

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by John Woodford INSTANT ACCEPTION

Sleep wasnt easy for some Sussex administrators on the night of Saturday July 17th-the county had lost their secretary John Wilkes and there were no takers ready to step into the breach at the next days annual general meeting

But fortunately help was on its way the cavalry were advancing over the skyline in the morning mist In fact the rescue operabon got under way the previous evening when a final edition story appeared in the Evening Argus describing the Sussex TTAs plight

Among the readers was Mr John Goss a former table tennis official from the Bristol area and an international umpire Since arriving in the Brighton area some time ago Mr Goss had not been invited to step into the limelight Wlthlll hours the situation had changed-one volunteel proved to be worth the proverbial ten sh~ghaied men A series of telephone calls by the offiCIals led to Mr Gosss name going forward to the meebng and it was instantly accepted-aithough the rescuer himself was unable to be at the meeting as he was umpiring a cricket match

Since then Mr Goss has met both chairman Keith Watts and deputy chairman Bert Fretwell both of whom are confident that the meeting was right to elect Mr Goss before they had even met him

The rest of the Sussex ACM went like clockshywork with no other changes in the faces at the top table But the need for cosy friendly venues for inter-town matches is going from bad to worse Players in neighbouring counties will recall that one such place was the Hailsham Table Tennis Club This is now being turned into a plush disco-diner with soft lights and soft carpets thus ruling out table tennis completely Fortunately the always-powerful Hailsham club has found another home at the Kings Country Club Eastshybourne but the search for Rose Bowl venues for example is narrowed down to the impersonal atmosphere of new sports centres

I suppose that in one way we should be grateshyful for the continuing growth of these centres In Sussex more and more table tennis matches at all levels are becoming guests for the evening at a centre surrounded by squash courts badminton and ali the other paraphernalia associated with mUlti-sports complexes The days of county and town matches in the back-room of a pub or in the village hall surrounded by friendly people interested mainly in table tennis seem to be almost over

Sussex junior selectors have always been firm believers irr trying to run the rule over their talent for the forthcoming season in good time even in the heat of a scorching summer The first junior assessment session was held at Littlehampton late in August and provided food for thought Graham Gillett (Bexhill) was nominated as the new No 1 with Malcolm Francis (Uckfield) as No 2 and Stephen Moore (Bexhill) taking the No3 berth [fhe new top three Sussex girls are all from Crawley-HazelOBrien Diana Phur and Marion Williams in that order

The question must then be asked what has happened to the reigning Sussex junior champion Danny Cammiade of Littlehampton To be fair to Danny [n his last year as a junior he faces mighty tough opposition from his much younger rivals especially the three just named at the top of the Sussex ranlrings However without goingshyinto details the selectors were nOl happy with

Cammiades performances in these trials As a result of which he has been omitted from the rankings and from the opening match against Devon in early October

Its not easy for a big lad of 17 to find himshyself under the sort of pressure that means racing all over the back of the court to retrieve classic drives produced by lads half your size and three years younger Its OK if you end up on the winning side as Camrniade did at the end of last season when he just held out to win the Sussex boys crownmiddot from young Gillett

When you are at the top the pressure is always hotter especially on a sweltering day in midshysummer Perhaps when the heat is all gone Danny will regain his cool and give sterling service to Sussex in his final campaign before senior status is reached

CLEVELAND VIEW by Alan Ransome

STRONGER THAN EVER

With two successful seasons behind us everyone in Cleveland is looking forward eagerly to the new season which promises to be our best so far

With the County Championships Premier Divishysion tIophy firmly set on the mantlepiece the Countys First Team squad of Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight are looking stronger than ever with the backing of Tony Martin Robert Wiley and Stephen Souter who have been practising hard and improving their game throughout the closed season In addition stalwart Malcolm Corking will again be a hard man to beat when the County trials are played shortly and this year ex Durham No 1 Peter McQueen is joining Cleve1and and is looking for a second team place which all adds up to an exciting day at the trials

Our Junior girls excelled at the recent England assessment camps with Jane Skipp finished on top Angela Tierney third and June Williams fourth They are joined this year in the senior ranking list by Irelands No1 Karen Senior who is at present in Germany but likely to Iepresent Cleveland upon her return

Our Junior Boys on the face of it are comshyparatively weak but the Under-I5 players have been practising hard all summer and have made tremendous striaes with the ambition of following in the footsteps of our First Team trio

The tournament nxture list within Teesside is the most exciting in the areas history This years highlight will be the Norwich Union International ChampionShips which are being played in the County for the first time at Thomaby Pavilion from Jan 6-8 1977

In addition our Junior tournament has been given Select status and we were pleased to welcome the SweDish National Team to play an international against England on the Friday evening Sept 17 The Cleveland 3-Star because of the Norwich Union has moved to a February date and h~re too we are hoping for an intershynational entry

Our Closed Tournaments continue to develop the Langbaurgh was first to be played at Guisshyborough Sports Centre on Sept 11 with the total prize fund upped from pound100 to pound250 This will be followed by the Hartlepool Championships at the turn of the year the Middlesbrough in April whilst the County Closed sponsor Doyen has this year promised to increase their prize fund from pound500 to pound750

Our publicity links have been develop~d and strengthened during the closed season so that from September we will have several articles each week in the three local and regional papers with three or four Iadio spots including live reports from tournaments broadcast regularly over both local radio stations

With the World Championships being held in England in 1977 we are planning on taking every advantage in the anticipated upsurge in interest created by the extensive television coverage and Ie are appointing one person in each area of the County for the task of developmrnt work in conshyncction with the Worlds boom

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

ATTACKING ANTI LOOP

OLYMPUS SPORTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

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Letters to the Editor

~pm Blunns nol1es in your MlayJune issue in no way contriadict my ownearlier Jetter on declinilIlg spectatotr inteffleslt in our sport

My st1altifltics reg1airding the fOTthcoming World Championships were Ibased on an eatr[ieratrlticile by Mijchiae[ Lawless land rthOI$le relglalrd~ ing pre~wlarevel11ts W1ere halSled main~y on Sol Schiffs Tialble Tennis IComes of Alge which is one of tthe hest hooks ever written about our Isport and middotMr Schiff (Ia fornler Worlld Doubles (Champion) mentiolIls gates of l6OOO in resp1emiddotct orf stngle sessiollis The 1954 World Cbampionships quoted iby IMr Blunn slaw the earlielr stages of the sponge bat era land the rolt hlad rthen Ibegun to set in Mr Blunn quotes a gate of 5000 ait middotan internal1ional match in Francte which proves that intrereslt sti1~1 rex~sts in Dur spo-rlt if lit il5 rpllayed in an lattiractive wlay te ia bartlte bel1lween Defence land Attack

SeCfeltin is rthmiddote iWorlds greatest exponent of the barrloon defenc1e and lat any international mu~tli-talble tevent it is we~il known thalt spect1a ilor~ flock Ito the itlahle at which he 1S playing Birocheiau1 as la gr1eat exhibittion pl1ayer knows how laJtltractive table tennis should be played and Mart1in fn another era~ would haVl~ been a world-class pllayer Any mlaltch in which hmiddote particip1atles is aJwaYls a good one but today the odds are he1avilly stacked aglain~t defenders even greart Olles By and large the Frenich hlave not enjOyed the succeSE of others an the EutrOpean Leatgue but th~y have sltill receirved greart land loyal support heCiause they plray alttractive taible tennJis

lrt is precise1ly where lattlractive [abat~ tennis is not ptlaryed eather here Or ahroad tlhait our sport is in rapid deoline This will not be haTted until the TUlles are ftfialmed in such a way as to gtve middotcraft an equal chanoe with poweif and long-riange defence an equal chance against brute force OltherS may have better suggeftliollllS~ but in my v(iew this willI not he achieved unltii we revert to the old net height

Some rule chang1es were mHde in the hard bat era Legisllatorrs had no way of knowing that within a fe1w years hats would be linvented and Petrlmit1ted which wOuld provide infinte1y igfeater IUft with power than the old Ihard bats eVier did and cit was ffom t~hat moment that the penduGum siWung againslt defenders

The alternative would appeiar to be some lirniitlation on lthe ISlalndwich rubber permitted and powerfuJ commercial int~rests would oppose this

Tihe fact reillains that unless and until the game beoomes an equal land more pro[onged cOllite~it between Alttiack land Detfenoe it will not attract spcta110Irs imoney will renl~ain short and pIIayers wHJ be 110st to the game lin lange numbers and at an earlly age Many do noltfind tlhe gla1me as it is pGayed niOW s~atisfying eirthetr to pllay or Ito watch

Mr Blunn alsks Why should top influential AsSoClilation~ support usmiddot Someone hlas to make lta start None Of the problems I menshytioned in mlY last tWin lettlers are confined tiD this Ciountiry Most Wesltern AssociationlS are shont of SP~Cltlators land Itherefore money The rule changes I pro~pos are not radiclall and clOver no new groUind There have been modifishyoatiolnsmiddot in lPlelfmitted bat rubber before Just as the nelt was once 1I0wered so it clan now be raIsed

Forty years ago internattional legisllatorsbanned the finlger-ispilD serv~middotce It was a conshy~roverSi~al land ~ll a sense ullIfak step since It deprIved top players of siOlmlething dtey had

practised for rnlany ye1ars ~o perfect Sol Schaff w(as plrobab~y the grmiddoteaitest exponent of the finger-spin ~erVJice and it Ihellped to defeat Victor Barna then the Igwealtlest rpllayer in the wor[d Neverthe1less the finger-spin service made la mockery of the game as la speict-atoT sporrt To smiddote1e- world-class pJ1ayeTs put four servicle returns out orf Iive off Ithe table became in time las borilDlg al$ the thremiddoteball attacks land 50-50 slho~~ on rWilllich the modern Igame liS based

HiOwever the fing1er-spiin service wias banned whHst rtfhe three-ba[l iattack and brute forcle generlally remlain aln indisrpensable part of world-class p1layers winning methods Ill short the very thin~s Ithait alre sUcCessful in winningmatches h1e1lp to drivi~ away Ithe crowds

Does not flomlething need Ito be done Ito maike our sPOtrt more interesting Do the rulels ([1ot need to be changed

JOHN PREAN 12 Marlborough Road Ryde Isle of Wight P033 1AA

SERVliCE tAW It Wias good to read John Preans percepit1ive

etlter in the April issue He suggests that we look critically at the reasons why tahle ttennifs no longer attralc1s a Imlass laudience and I agree fumy with his di1algnosis that thmiddote lalws currently encour1age arttacking pl1ay to the detriment of speotacle

A major cause of this is the u[e of the slervice as fa point-winning gamhit A servlice which is not returned is never excitling to wal1chExclirtillig table tennis requires specrtacushylar ralHes and the Ilaws shouad be designed to encouralge Ithem

Ther1e il$ another strong argument for a lrerfoTim of the present Siervice laiw Simplicity ohn R Moorhouse dis1cuspoundes the plfohlem olf umpires in inlter[prelting the pot-entiaUy contenshytious law land it [S true that complicated rules a~le usualMy difliculit to middotenforce and thus uns1atiisflactorry The liawn tennis fooltrflaullt rule used Ito ban slwin~ing the free foot ovelr the line and la most unlliatufal styie beCialme oblishygatory to rthe net irusher and the llaw lost northing land Igalined a lot frrom sinlpHficaltion

[ would suggest that the ifollowing laltefnaitive to our sleTvice law is iworth Janexperiiment

If a good relturn is noit imade from the firsf~ gervice tlhe server slball serve a second slervtrce If la good return is not madle from the Stecond Servtic~e lthe slerver wins the point This diiminiSlhe~ by half the advantage of a

fiendish service and tlbus encourages r iall1ies The oossliible d-middotSadvjan~ages deserve to he

eXipllored Would it ellrcourag gla1mesmanship by deJiiberate1y not returning the first service I rthink not This could only aid the server Hnd would be like a server in Iawn tennig deliheralt~ly Serving a fault This does not happen Would iit encOurlage the receaver to imlake a de1ath or glory hit on his firsit return Perhaps~ but if hilS return s off he is at a middotdisladviantage in facing the second servioe

I would suggest that eXIPeriments be cionshyduoted at both senior and grass roolts levels to lassess the effect of the change

KEITH MARTIN 148 Friern Park London N12 9LU

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GLENN STANAWAY 51 David Street Alderley 4051 iBrisbane Queensland Australia

TINiSEL AND GtITTEIR In reply to Alan Ransomes iappe1a for a

pro[essioDial approach to Englands top playeirs the foUorwing poinltlS spring ito mind

I aJgree Ithart it is desirable to miake the playing of Itahle Itennis lin this country for the top p1ayers financiaUy wortlhwhile but the lsources of finance seelm Ito middotme Ito he llimitled

Unlike other proelSsiona Iteam sports the grelalter initetriest is in participation not specshytating whilch pToviides substantilal funds to balck the expeulSlelS 01pound professlouallismTaible tenn~s wiH never he able to hlave such feleshypayin~g supporlters to middotany gre1at extenrt

IOither count~ies are able to ladopt pirofessionshyalism~ eithetr bl1altant or Icovert by tlhe Igrace of their governments I think it willl be somie ime betor1e this Ciountry Punllp1S gr~at ifesources IntO Ithe game

Perhaps middota generaI iDicrease in Associaltion leviiels would not be unanimously welcOimed hut I would lhave tlhought thismiddot w1as a viable optlion if only Ito finance Natjonal Squad eXipenses

rSponsorship is I feel tlhe great hope to ~o many But sponsors generaHy want to appe1al to a Wider pubatic than afliciandos of table tennis Another much-discussed disHdvanltage of Isponsorship is over-sponsorship Another word for 8quad is Ciricus-I wouldnt like to Sl~e too much t~nsell and glitter lOr It1ahle Itmiddotennis se11ling its integrity Still thats la long way off

Thle World IChalmpionships [have a hearing on e~ach of the foregoing Increased specrtaitorshyship the alre1ady raised fees revilta1ised sponshysorship and possihly govetrnment1al encourageshyment iPmiddoterhaplS Mr RlansOime wont Ihle so desshypondtnrt aflterwards Inoidental1y aim I rightIn thlInklng that for the tens of thousands of pounds of financial support given hy the SporltsCrouneill 1tO ~portsl such as the in-vQlgue ~quash mere hundreds go to tlaible itennis If this tis SIO can sommiddote lobbying be done

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ESSEX NOTES

by Geoff Newman

Cathy Mowbray (nee Sronell) Romfords attractive womens sing1poundS champion

Photo by Geoff Newman

ALL BUSTLE

Its all bustle on the Essex front with the Junior Open in the first week~nd of Selltember while our tournament of champIOns bemg due on Sept 25 at the Park Sllorts Centre Rayleigh staged by the Southend League Added to these events we had the Junior trials on the 11th wIth the seniors on the 18th Quite a hectic opening for our hard working officials

This season we say goodbye to two of our llrorninent officials in recent years Ron Locke ha~ retired as Tournament secretary as has DaVId Lush as Competitions secretary Both have given Essex sterling service over the years and our thanks go to both of them New faces this season on the executive committee are Clactons George Meakin who takes over as Camps secretary and Basildons Ron Mackenzie who is the new Senior Match secretary while Mrs Gillian Squier has been cltropted to the executive as Admin secretary Welcome to the mad house Other movements on the committee sees Gordon Lightshyfoot taking over as Tournaments secretary with Pat Dukes combining as vice-chairman and treasurer oJ

Reports from around the county suggest that the season is likely to bemiddot a very busy one with nearly all leagues on the increase This season the Southend League one of the founder members vf the ETTA celebrate their 50th Anniversary and I understand that they intend to celebrate in style in Sept 77

Our County teams are preparing themselves for an onslaught on the County Championships allll

our Junior Squad has been meeting weekly all the summer under the watchful eyes of the county coaching officer Ron Gore and Junior supremo Alan Shepherd Five of them Dave Newman Kenny Jackson Helen Gore Janet Boulter and Yvette Brown were invited to the Final National Trials

Our own magazine the Scimitar is now into Volume 3 and increasing in popularity If any foreigner would like a copy priced 15p give me a ring 0621-52099

SUSSEX NOrrES

by John Woodford INSTANT ACCEPTION

Sleep wasnt easy for some Sussex administrators on the night of Saturday July 17th-the county had lost their secretary John Wilkes and there were no takers ready to step into the breach at the next days annual general meeting

But fortunately help was on its way the cavalry were advancing over the skyline in the morning mist In fact the rescue operabon got under way the previous evening when a final edition story appeared in the Evening Argus describing the Sussex TTAs plight

Among the readers was Mr John Goss a former table tennis official from the Bristol area and an international umpire Since arriving in the Brighton area some time ago Mr Goss had not been invited to step into the limelight Wlthlll hours the situation had changed-one volunteel proved to be worth the proverbial ten sh~ghaied men A series of telephone calls by the offiCIals led to Mr Gosss name going forward to the meebng and it was instantly accepted-aithough the rescuer himself was unable to be at the meeting as he was umpiring a cricket match

Since then Mr Goss has met both chairman Keith Watts and deputy chairman Bert Fretwell both of whom are confident that the meeting was right to elect Mr Goss before they had even met him

The rest of the Sussex ACM went like clockshywork with no other changes in the faces at the top table But the need for cosy friendly venues for inter-town matches is going from bad to worse Players in neighbouring counties will recall that one such place was the Hailsham Table Tennis Club This is now being turned into a plush disco-diner with soft lights and soft carpets thus ruling out table tennis completely Fortunately the always-powerful Hailsham club has found another home at the Kings Country Club Eastshybourne but the search for Rose Bowl venues for example is narrowed down to the impersonal atmosphere of new sports centres

I suppose that in one way we should be grateshyful for the continuing growth of these centres In Sussex more and more table tennis matches at all levels are becoming guests for the evening at a centre surrounded by squash courts badminton and ali the other paraphernalia associated with mUlti-sports complexes The days of county and town matches in the back-room of a pub or in the village hall surrounded by friendly people interested mainly in table tennis seem to be almost over

Sussex junior selectors have always been firm believers irr trying to run the rule over their talent for the forthcoming season in good time even in the heat of a scorching summer The first junior assessment session was held at Littlehampton late in August and provided food for thought Graham Gillett (Bexhill) was nominated as the new No 1 with Malcolm Francis (Uckfield) as No 2 and Stephen Moore (Bexhill) taking the No3 berth [fhe new top three Sussex girls are all from Crawley-HazelOBrien Diana Phur and Marion Williams in that order

The question must then be asked what has happened to the reigning Sussex junior champion Danny Cammiade of Littlehampton To be fair to Danny [n his last year as a junior he faces mighty tough opposition from his much younger rivals especially the three just named at the top of the Sussex ranlrings However without goingshyinto details the selectors were nOl happy with

Cammiades performances in these trials As a result of which he has been omitted from the rankings and from the opening match against Devon in early October

Its not easy for a big lad of 17 to find himshyself under the sort of pressure that means racing all over the back of the court to retrieve classic drives produced by lads half your size and three years younger Its OK if you end up on the winning side as Camrniade did at the end of last season when he just held out to win the Sussex boys crownmiddot from young Gillett

When you are at the top the pressure is always hotter especially on a sweltering day in midshysummer Perhaps when the heat is all gone Danny will regain his cool and give sterling service to Sussex in his final campaign before senior status is reached

CLEVELAND VIEW by Alan Ransome

STRONGER THAN EVER

With two successful seasons behind us everyone in Cleveland is looking forward eagerly to the new season which promises to be our best so far

With the County Championships Premier Divishysion tIophy firmly set on the mantlepiece the Countys First Team squad of Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight are looking stronger than ever with the backing of Tony Martin Robert Wiley and Stephen Souter who have been practising hard and improving their game throughout the closed season In addition stalwart Malcolm Corking will again be a hard man to beat when the County trials are played shortly and this year ex Durham No 1 Peter McQueen is joining Cleve1and and is looking for a second team place which all adds up to an exciting day at the trials

Our Junior girls excelled at the recent England assessment camps with Jane Skipp finished on top Angela Tierney third and June Williams fourth They are joined this year in the senior ranking list by Irelands No1 Karen Senior who is at present in Germany but likely to Iepresent Cleveland upon her return

Our Junior Boys on the face of it are comshyparatively weak but the Under-I5 players have been practising hard all summer and have made tremendous striaes with the ambition of following in the footsteps of our First Team trio

The tournament nxture list within Teesside is the most exciting in the areas history This years highlight will be the Norwich Union International ChampionShips which are being played in the County for the first time at Thomaby Pavilion from Jan 6-8 1977

In addition our Junior tournament has been given Select status and we were pleased to welcome the SweDish National Team to play an international against England on the Friday evening Sept 17 The Cleveland 3-Star because of the Norwich Union has moved to a February date and h~re too we are hoping for an intershynational entry

Our Closed Tournaments continue to develop the Langbaurgh was first to be played at Guisshyborough Sports Centre on Sept 11 with the total prize fund upped from pound100 to pound250 This will be followed by the Hartlepool Championships at the turn of the year the Middlesbrough in April whilst the County Closed sponsor Doyen has this year promised to increase their prize fund from pound500 to pound750

Our publicity links have been develop~d and strengthened during the closed season so that from September we will have several articles each week in the three local and regional papers with three or four Iadio spots including live reports from tournaments broadcast regularly over both local radio stations

With the World Championships being held in England in 1977 we are planning on taking every advantage in the anticipated upsurge in interest created by the extensive television coverage and Ie are appointing one person in each area of the County for the task of developmrnt work in conshyncction with the Worlds boom

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

Our best hopes of a medalcenotred on rhe parltneJrship oif SUSlain land K)aJren although tough oPPosiJtiiOn was eXlpecited from Hiendrikshysen and Zipps and olf course Koripa land J erler TheSe three couplles~ ialong WJith the No 2 Ge1rmians reached the se1mis where thie BlIliitish

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

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On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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ESSEX NOTES

by Geoff Newman

Cathy Mowbray (nee Sronell) Romfords attractive womens sing1poundS champion

Photo by Geoff Newman

ALL BUSTLE

Its all bustle on the Essex front with the Junior Open in the first week~nd of Selltember while our tournament of champIOns bemg due on Sept 25 at the Park Sllorts Centre Rayleigh staged by the Southend League Added to these events we had the Junior trials on the 11th wIth the seniors on the 18th Quite a hectic opening for our hard working officials

This season we say goodbye to two of our llrorninent officials in recent years Ron Locke ha~ retired as Tournament secretary as has DaVId Lush as Competitions secretary Both have given Essex sterling service over the years and our thanks go to both of them New faces this season on the executive committee are Clactons George Meakin who takes over as Camps secretary and Basildons Ron Mackenzie who is the new Senior Match secretary while Mrs Gillian Squier has been cltropted to the executive as Admin secretary Welcome to the mad house Other movements on the committee sees Gordon Lightshyfoot taking over as Tournaments secretary with Pat Dukes combining as vice-chairman and treasurer oJ

Reports from around the county suggest that the season is likely to bemiddot a very busy one with nearly all leagues on the increase This season the Southend League one of the founder members vf the ETTA celebrate their 50th Anniversary and I understand that they intend to celebrate in style in Sept 77

Our County teams are preparing themselves for an onslaught on the County Championships allll

our Junior Squad has been meeting weekly all the summer under the watchful eyes of the county coaching officer Ron Gore and Junior supremo Alan Shepherd Five of them Dave Newman Kenny Jackson Helen Gore Janet Boulter and Yvette Brown were invited to the Final National Trials

Our own magazine the Scimitar is now into Volume 3 and increasing in popularity If any foreigner would like a copy priced 15p give me a ring 0621-52099

SUSSEX NOrrES

by John Woodford INSTANT ACCEPTION

Sleep wasnt easy for some Sussex administrators on the night of Saturday July 17th-the county had lost their secretary John Wilkes and there were no takers ready to step into the breach at the next days annual general meeting

But fortunately help was on its way the cavalry were advancing over the skyline in the morning mist In fact the rescue operabon got under way the previous evening when a final edition story appeared in the Evening Argus describing the Sussex TTAs plight

Among the readers was Mr John Goss a former table tennis official from the Bristol area and an international umpire Since arriving in the Brighton area some time ago Mr Goss had not been invited to step into the limelight Wlthlll hours the situation had changed-one volunteel proved to be worth the proverbial ten sh~ghaied men A series of telephone calls by the offiCIals led to Mr Gosss name going forward to the meebng and it was instantly accepted-aithough the rescuer himself was unable to be at the meeting as he was umpiring a cricket match

Since then Mr Goss has met both chairman Keith Watts and deputy chairman Bert Fretwell both of whom are confident that the meeting was right to elect Mr Goss before they had even met him

The rest of the Sussex ACM went like clockshywork with no other changes in the faces at the top table But the need for cosy friendly venues for inter-town matches is going from bad to worse Players in neighbouring counties will recall that one such place was the Hailsham Table Tennis Club This is now being turned into a plush disco-diner with soft lights and soft carpets thus ruling out table tennis completely Fortunately the always-powerful Hailsham club has found another home at the Kings Country Club Eastshybourne but the search for Rose Bowl venues for example is narrowed down to the impersonal atmosphere of new sports centres

I suppose that in one way we should be grateshyful for the continuing growth of these centres In Sussex more and more table tennis matches at all levels are becoming guests for the evening at a centre surrounded by squash courts badminton and ali the other paraphernalia associated with mUlti-sports complexes The days of county and town matches in the back-room of a pub or in the village hall surrounded by friendly people interested mainly in table tennis seem to be almost over

Sussex junior selectors have always been firm believers irr trying to run the rule over their talent for the forthcoming season in good time even in the heat of a scorching summer The first junior assessment session was held at Littlehampton late in August and provided food for thought Graham Gillett (Bexhill) was nominated as the new No 1 with Malcolm Francis (Uckfield) as No 2 and Stephen Moore (Bexhill) taking the No3 berth [fhe new top three Sussex girls are all from Crawley-HazelOBrien Diana Phur and Marion Williams in that order

The question must then be asked what has happened to the reigning Sussex junior champion Danny Cammiade of Littlehampton To be fair to Danny [n his last year as a junior he faces mighty tough opposition from his much younger rivals especially the three just named at the top of the Sussex ranlrings However without goingshyinto details the selectors were nOl happy with

Cammiades performances in these trials As a result of which he has been omitted from the rankings and from the opening match against Devon in early October

Its not easy for a big lad of 17 to find himshyself under the sort of pressure that means racing all over the back of the court to retrieve classic drives produced by lads half your size and three years younger Its OK if you end up on the winning side as Camrniade did at the end of last season when he just held out to win the Sussex boys crownmiddot from young Gillett

When you are at the top the pressure is always hotter especially on a sweltering day in midshysummer Perhaps when the heat is all gone Danny will regain his cool and give sterling service to Sussex in his final campaign before senior status is reached

CLEVELAND VIEW by Alan Ransome

STRONGER THAN EVER

With two successful seasons behind us everyone in Cleveland is looking forward eagerly to the new season which promises to be our best so far

With the County Championships Premier Divishysion tIophy firmly set on the mantlepiece the Countys First Team squad of Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight are looking stronger than ever with the backing of Tony Martin Robert Wiley and Stephen Souter who have been practising hard and improving their game throughout the closed season In addition stalwart Malcolm Corking will again be a hard man to beat when the County trials are played shortly and this year ex Durham No 1 Peter McQueen is joining Cleve1and and is looking for a second team place which all adds up to an exciting day at the trials

Our Junior girls excelled at the recent England assessment camps with Jane Skipp finished on top Angela Tierney third and June Williams fourth They are joined this year in the senior ranking list by Irelands No1 Karen Senior who is at present in Germany but likely to Iepresent Cleveland upon her return

Our Junior Boys on the face of it are comshyparatively weak but the Under-I5 players have been practising hard all summer and have made tremendous striaes with the ambition of following in the footsteps of our First Team trio

The tournament nxture list within Teesside is the most exciting in the areas history This years highlight will be the Norwich Union International ChampionShips which are being played in the County for the first time at Thomaby Pavilion from Jan 6-8 1977

In addition our Junior tournament has been given Select status and we were pleased to welcome the SweDish National Team to play an international against England on the Friday evening Sept 17 The Cleveland 3-Star because of the Norwich Union has moved to a February date and h~re too we are hoping for an intershynational entry

Our Closed Tournaments continue to develop the Langbaurgh was first to be played at Guisshyborough Sports Centre on Sept 11 with the total prize fund upped from pound100 to pound250 This will be followed by the Hartlepool Championships at the turn of the year the Middlesbrough in April whilst the County Closed sponsor Doyen has this year promised to increase their prize fund from pound500 to pound750

Our publicity links have been develop~d and strengthened during the closed season so that from September we will have several articles each week in the three local and regional papers with three or four Iadio spots including live reports from tournaments broadcast regularly over both local radio stations

With the World Championships being held in England in 1977 we are planning on taking every advantage in the anticipated upsurge in interest created by the extensive television coverage and Ie are appointing one person in each area of the County for the task of developmrnt work in conshyncction with the Worlds boom

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

Our best hopes of a medalcenotred on rhe parltneJrship oif SUSlain land K)aJren although tough oPPosiJtiiOn was eXlpecited from Hiendrikshysen and Zipps and olf course Koripa land J erler TheSe three couplles~ ialong WJith the No 2 Ge1rmians reached the se1mis where thie BlIliitish

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

-21 13

Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

Sponsored by34TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Presented by the ENGLISH TABtE TENNIS ASSOmiddotCIATION at the

NATIONAL EXHliBITION CENTRE BICKENHILL Near BIIRIMIINGHAM

SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

Eaoh Ticket is a Day Ticket and covers all sessions on that particular day

SEASOiN TICKE-rS (iTransfeirable) pound20 Covering every day and all sesslions - pound28

6ach Day or Season icket guarantees the Holder the Correspondimiddotng Numbeled Seat all day in the Main Stadium

Tickets obtalinable fromshyM GOlDSTEIN 31 iBtENHEliM ROIADM10SELEY BIRIMINGHAM 13

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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HUNTINGDONSHIRE iNOrrES

by David Deller

POLISHED PERFORMANCES

To begin the new season I first have to finalise the two County Championship events which were played right at the end of last season The senior championships saw youth flying the flag in the two singles events 18-years-old Jean Allinson from Peterborough and lim Speller of St Ives winning the main smgles titles WIth polished performances to overcome experienced opposition

Speller became the first St Ives winner in the MS for 13 years when he defeated County captain Alan Lampreli in straight games each by 2 pts Jean Allinson was in great form and gave Diane Bushby (St Neats) little chance winrung 10 and 9 Mark Fisher (St Ives) and Belinda Chambershylain (St Neots) won their respective junior events whilst Gordon Cockraffi retained his Vets title at the expense of County vice-chairman Ken Green

Other winners were- MD-----Cockram and S Roberts (St Neots) WDi-D BushbyjB Pace (St Neots) XDL-A Lamprell (St Neots)J Allinson Paul Charlton Memorial Trophy (U-21) -A Smith (St Ives)

The ever popular Junior championships held at St Neots brought a profitable day for the St Ives club who took all seven titles at stake Top performance came from 12-years-old Melanie Ringrose who not only retamed her U-14 btle but added the U-17 and U-21 titles as well both at the expense of our No1 player Miss Chamberlain

Other winners were Richard Ballard in the U-11s Paul Roberts took the Cadet boys Mark Fisher the V-17 boys while Speller retained his youth title

The summer months locally have seen quite a bit of activity with the highlight coming in the first week of June with the British heat of the European Superstars competition being staged at St Iva Recreation Centre Table tennis provided on~ of the sports for this event which besides being shown on TV in a number of European countries will be shown in Britain next month

John Conteh and Peter Shilton were among the competitors although Swedens Thomas Magnasson reigned supreme throughout the table tennis comshypetition gaining considerable advantage with heavy side spin services to which none of his opponents seemed to have the answer

Obviously the new purpose built facilities at St Neots are gaining a great deal of rightful attenshytion The building should be in fulll use by the time this issue of the magazine comes out The hard working St Neats TTC committee are to be congratulated on producing this much needed facility

BeEnda Chamberlain was selected to attend the Final Junior trials at Loughborough The Buckden girl finished 16th in the final ~lacings Melanie Ringrose finished 10th in tlie natIOnal U-13 chamshypionships and still has a season left in this age group

NORTHUMBERLAND NOTES by Pauline Jackson

CLOSE SEASON ACTIVITIES Before taking a look at what the new season has

in store for Northumberland I would like to tum back the clock to inform readers what has been happening during the close season

The County Associations Annual Dinner Dance and Presentation of League and Cup Trophies was again held at the Highlight Suite of J T Parrish d Newcastle-upon-Tyne on May 7 and was attended by 175 members and friends Our thanks once again go to Bill and Lily McMaster fo~ taking the trouble to organise what has now become a very popular event

Interest in League play during the summer has increased enormously this year with six Divisions each comprising eight teams operating in the Tyneside Summer League Matches were played en a home and away basis dur~ng the period May 3

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to August 8 and a Knock-Out Cup Competition run on a handicap basis was also organised This was won by Allen Bradley Electronics of Div 3A

This interest extended to the North rryneside Festival Tournament which was held at Norham High School North Shields during the weekend July 17r8 as part of the local Festival of Sport and attracted an incredible entry for the time of year Entries totalled 64 in the Mens singles 42 in the Div 34 singles 36 in the U-Hi boys singles and 32 in the U-15 singles---the last two totals must show a heartening future for table tennis at junior level within the area Our thanks go to Aubrey Drapkin and the various Committee members who have spent a busgty summel organiSshying the League and the Tournament

RESULTS Mens Singles (best of 5 games)

A Clark bt M McMaster 11 16 -16 8 Womens SingJes

Miss B Murtaugh bt Miss P Jackson 15 14 Mens Doubles

R DoddsJ Scope bt ClarkSo Robinson 13 16

Wom~s Doubles Miss K CheungMiss V Smith bt Miss Murtaugh Mrs E Harrison -20 10 18

Mixed Doubles p StewartMiss Smith bt C Robertson Mrs J Harland 14 15

U-1S Boys Singles Clark bt P Ellison 21 14

U-IS Girls Singres Miss Smith bt Miss Cheung -21 13 17

Umiddot15 Singles_ J Anderson bt D Robson 16 -16 16

U-12 Singles N Herrington bt M Schapira (scores not available)

Div 34 Singles S Hills bt S Dickinson 15 -12 10

Moving on now to the new season-and while the long-term prospects appear to be brighter than for some time the short-term position at senior County level must be very wOIrying Both our top players from last season Ian Robertson and Barbara Kearney will be missing from the scene this time--Ian has returned to Essex and Barbara has emigrated to Australia This will seriously weaken the first team and a lot of responsibility will rest on the young shoulders of Andrew Clark in his first season out of junior play

The second team will also be correspondingly weakened and the junior team_ will be largely experimental as Glenn McCardle and Valerie Smith are also over age However it is hoped that Eddie Thomas who missed half of last season with a hand injury will be fit to resume in time for the first match

County trials have not at the time of writing been held but it is hoped to arrange these for lat(l September Or early October

NEW GLOUCESTER GEN

by John Cooper THE CLIMB BACK

The new but reduced Gloucestershire is conmiddot tinuing its endeavours to return to its former greatness on the phuying side and in this will b(l greatly helped by those who have by their efforts contributed during the past year to improving the financial position of the County This gives us a better base on which to stand and enables us tc be more adventurous

On the playing side a Coaching Sub-Committee has been set up and summer sessions were run with the best Junior players of both sexes from thQ three leagues Our thanks are due to Peter Cruwys for spear-heading this and to Bryan Merrett when he can look in

Bryan and Peter organised a coaching course fOl student coaches and the following are now accepted by the RTiTA as qualified to do so Sylvia and Alan Giles Jean Golding Trevor Golding Dave Foulser Bryn Hughes Ray Westshybury Alan Williams and Les Smith

It is good news that the Burford is 10 con1jnue

undeI the new name of Cotswold Open and Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire are to combine again as promoters This is of course a Junior event and its regular date of the last weekend in Jan continues to apply Venue Chosen Hill School Brookfield Road Churchdown (between Cheltenham and Gloucester)

For the sad news Peter Cruwys resigns his Chairmanship of Panel 6 but his succeSSOr is wished well

Cheltenham under-ISs enjoyed a visit during the summer to the stiff Reading competition Cheltenham in the heat managed to complete its summer league commitments and has six divs for the winter Sun Alliance wishing to play there as well as Gloucester In Gloucester St Marks now get Div 1 status

For Gloucester Festival all the six district councils arranged for ent~ies to a mUlti-sport occasion during August including tt The matches had to be played to a strict timetable and give a team ranking order result We thereshyfore played teams of one senior one junior for 10 minutes only the totals of the differences in the scores being ta-ken to give a total team points and placings Cheltenham (5 Moreman and G Greening) were tops The Forest would have been second but they had to scratch because the only team they could raise was the table tennis one so Gloucester (S and D Griffin) took second place

Gloucester Men return to the Midlands League starting with new blood in Div IV

Frank Newell has been made a vice-president of the ET TA and a presentation for his local effOltS was made to him at the Cheltenham exhibition starring ChesteT Barnes- Denis Neale Nicky Jarvis and Paul Day Another Cheltenham success

Cheltenhams Dave Harvey has been doing some useful and sterling work at Butlins holiday camp Filey before returning on health grounds which problem he now hopes he has solved Well done Dave we wish you well

Dave Foulser has now volunteered to take over this job so I have submitted my resignation I thank all for their support in supplying news for this column

THE SUFFOLK SCENE by R C Langridge

JUNIOR RANKINGS

More than thirty of Suffolks top junior table tennis pla1yers recently attended the Dome Ipswich for the County JuniOI Trials As a result of -these trials and past playing records the foJlowing initial ranking lists for 1976-77 have been compiledshyBoys - 1 Stuart Palmer 2 Steve Hender 3

Gary Douglas 4 Michael Shorten 5 Julian HaJI 6 Nigel Douglas 7 Colin Bennett 8 Nigel Hodder 9 Geoff Somerfield 10 Peter Bolland 11 Graham Crown 12 Andrew Bentinck

Girls - 1 Louise Harris 2 Debra Hubble 3 Julie Duncombe 4 Janet Matthews 5 Jane Wilgoss 6 Joanne Rivett 7 Carolyn Francis 8 Maureen Thomas 9 Annette Ginn

At the trials it was good to see players from some of the Countys smaller leagues competing well with the more expe-rienced and established players although Stuart Palmer was certainly in a class of his own

All these juniors will have the chance to confirm or improve their present ranking when the Suffolk Junior Open takes place in Ipswich en Nov 27 IThe ambition of every ranked player should now be to gain a place iIll one or more of the seven County matches which Suffolk will play in Div 2 (Midland) of the County Championships

The juniors start off with an away fixture against Leicestershire but their home fixture against Warwickshire on Nov 6 will be staged at Bury St Edmunds The seniors win have their trials on OCt 10 but have to wait until Nov 20 for their first county fixture

Feb 1977 is at present the date fixed for 1he Suffolk Senior Open

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

Our best hopes of a medalcenotred on rhe parltneJrship oif SUSlain land K)aJren although tough oPPosiJtiiOn was eXlpecited from Hiendrikshysen and Zipps and olf course Koripa land J erler TheSe three couplles~ ialong WJith the No 2 Ge1rmians reached the se1mis where thie BlIliitish

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

Sponsored by34TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Presented by the ENGLISH TABtE TENNIS ASSOmiddotCIATION at the

NATIONAL EXHliBITION CENTRE BICKENHILL Near BIIRIMIINGHAM

SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

Eaoh Ticket is a Day Ticket and covers all sessions on that particular day

SEASOiN TICKE-rS (iTransfeirable) pound20 Covering every day and all sesslions - pound28

6ach Day or Season icket guarantees the Holder the Correspondimiddotng Numbeled Seat all day in the Main Stadium

Tickets obtalinable fromshyM GOlDSTEIN 31 iBtENHEliM ROIADM10SELEY BIRIMINGHAM 13

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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NEW SPONSORSHItp Mileta ISports the new main distributors for Butterfly table tennis equipmient

in the UK have signed under contract twoOrmesby internationals Jimmy Walker and Carole Knight A new range of carefully selected bats are being marketed by iMileta under the name of JC~ (JimmyCarole) In addition Mileta are sponsoring hthe countrys top club Ormesby who will now use Butterfly tables and surrounds for all their home matches The photograph shows Carole Knight with Mr Brian Ward of Mileta Sports

A circus of 14 Butterfly tables is available for hire for tournaments and special events and details can be obtained from Alan Ransome 8 Baker Street MiddlesbroughTelephone Middlesbrough 242914

4th Commonwealth bullbull Table Tennis Championships bull

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GUIERNSiEY 16-22 MARCH 1977 The Channell Island of Guelrnsey lies in the

Bay olf St Mallo just 30 milles from the coast orf Franoe and 80 mHes from the south east coast of Englland Guetrnsey togetnelf rwith its smailletr dependencies of Alderney ISark Herro and J eithou for(m a group of the Channel Isilands known las the Bailirwick of Guernsey The archipellago is completed by the TSlland oif Jersey

The IBailiwick of Guernsey lis plalrt orf the British iIsles but unllike Scotland Wailes and NOtrthern Ireland is not part of Ithe United Kingdom Guelrnsey hlas itS own Government its rties with Brit1ain l~inrg in a cnosen Joya~y to the EDlgllislh Crown datling back to the daysof WHHam t[he Conqueror

While the island and the islanders are British Ithe Noriman-Frendh rbackground is sitHIl in evidence---with street names in French as well las Enrgilish and tlhe ancient GueifDsey Fifench piatois still spoken Iby o~der dsliandel1S

W itth a land larea of only 24 siquare miles land a popullation of 52000 GuernEey is a slmalB and sometimes bustlling island IThe majority of islanders elarn their living from the thrirving horticultur1al industry and from tourdslm Visishytors lalre attracted Iby the mi~d cllim1aite (average Mafch temper-ature is 118C) the c~ean beacihes and clear waerS1 the magnificellit coastal scenery the wide range oi shops sleUing ~tax free goods and rt1he unique a1Jmosphere of tne island

MESSAGE Guernsey for the Commonrwalth then iBirshy

mingham for the World Th1at is the messaJge orf this our filrst Builileitin in prreparation~ for rthe Fourth (COimmonweallith Table Tennis ~Cham

pionships So on beihalf of the AStsOciation I moslt cordially invite you to participarte in these Championships (writes Horace Mallelt President of the Guernsey Talble Tennis Assoshydilation)

Beau SeJour Lesure (Centrc will be the venue Its a hlfand new spo~ts enteritaniment and conrference complex situated in fine parkshyland overlooking the mlain town St Peter Porrt Guernsey is allrways callled the ICha1rminlg lChlannel ISlle not only for its scenery its shops land its cuisine but alIso beoause oif the wiarmth and the sincerity of itts peoplle Come to the Chlampionshtips and find out for yourseJf Your visit would be memorlabIe

The IChampionships win take p11a~Cte from the l6th to 2i2nd Malfch having been delibelfaltely Sciheduled to take place timmediaitetly Ibefo~e the Wnrld Championships This Igives you a wonderlful Oppo~tunirty to pariticipalte in both tournaments We expect a record entry So make lit Guernsey for the Cornmollwealtih tnen Birmingiham for the World

ACCOMMODATION ACcoimimodation has been hooked in a nUimshy

belr of -good standard hotells Pilayers officials and supporters can shalfe the sa1me hotel or diffe~ent oneS as requestted iBed and breakfiast wHtl be provided at the hotels lunch land dinner willll be served at Beau Sejour Supshyporters should apply through their nationall Alssociation AIIII IWeICOiIl1e

TRAVEL Guetrnsey has relgulalr aitf and sea ainks with

the United Klingdom and France Frequent scheduled ailf flights connect lthe island with Britiains Imain airpo~ts including bOlth London Heathrow land London Gatwick The flight time

from London is one hour land the present cost is about pound35 return but by buying alil-inclluslive itifiavel tickets this may Ibe considerably reduced The Associattion is liaising with the 1977 Worrtld Clhamplionships org1aniselfs ito enSure the smoothest traivel ar~alllgements betMTeen Guernsey and iBirmingham It ds hoped that Wayfalfers Travel Agency Ltd~tihe o~c~al algency for the W or1ld Chaimplonshlps-wlll be able- to offelr la comp1eite travell piackla-ge covering t(flaJve1 to both Chalmpions~ips Detlails willl be forlWlarded as soon as posslblle

COSTS TO GUERNISEtY A package is lbeing or~anised for visitors

who willtl not be catered for free under Rulle 17 The ptaJckalge willlCovelr hote~ aocommodaton (hed and breaklfast) lunch land dinner talt Beau Sejour transport bettween airportt lhotell and Befau ISejour a sI~ht~sl~ellng tour middoton e fr~~ day and paiftIlclplatlon Ill the farewelll paifty plus of course admission to aB tlaiblle tennis sessions jnciluding the finalls It is re1ckOned tnat the package WiIlil cost about pound65 A nlrm cost wiN be quoted in lthe next Bullletill

EQUlPMENT Stiga t1able tennis talbles Wlill be used and

the balls wliJIl be Nitrtaku 3~Star

VENUE Beau Sejour is a Ibrand-new Leisur~ compilex

situated in tbeautiful parkland with brelathshytaking views olf the Clhannel ISles seaJSlClapes yet within la few minuttes wallk from the centre of St lPeter Port Besides the primary sportls haIB Beau Sejour has a swilmming pool squash COUiftS1 a gymnasium a theatre a top-cllass festaurant shops and vairious subsidiary SPOTts haHls

UMPIRES The Guernsey Table Tennis Association will

be supplying lsome umpi1res Ibut umpires from olther AssociatiOns will be needed Umpires invted Ito IGuernsey WilH receive hospitality on the same basi~ as eliigible pllayeTs and officialls

COMMUNICAXIONS AliI communicattions should be addreslsed to

Mr Horace Ma~Het Brackenhurst Les HUibilts St Martin (Guernsey Channell ISIIands PhoneIGuetrnsey 38972 ICables Tentmiddotab Guernsey Telex Chacom Guernsey 41445

2nd WORLD UNIVERSITIES CHAMPIONSHIPS FOU~R MED~ALS FOR GRIEAT BRITAIN

By Derek Olldman

From the experiences glCllined at the 1slt championships he~d in Hanover three y-e1ars argo there was an alpprehenSiive feeling when the Britlish party flew OUlt to Ilsrael to complete iln this yeaifs tourna1menit On the fotflmer occashyslilon both the Russi1ans and the Czechs tUlrfiled out international squads the British ltelamiS finlished well down with only a cOlllisollartion sing~es win Ito show for their efforts

No deitJails -of LfildiVlidualiS were availalble prior to this trip but it was known that neithmiddoter the Russians nor the Czechs were pllayilllg but thatt Yu~os[lavila land Federal Ger1many hlad entered The initjiaa IfeeliJllg was rfjhat we could certadJl1~Y achieve more lthis 1t1ime plalfitiicUIIar~y in the Womensmiddot events wiltih SUSl3ln ILlislle and Karen Rogers spetarheadillig the team The Mens squad (Wlas led by Donald Parker lSUpshyported by Alall Fleltcher lohn Fuller and (Peter Edon llanet Carr WaIS the third ml~mber of the Womens team

Any fealfs head welre soon plroved wellshyJfoUnded On middotarriVlaJ we met tlhe iWestt German No1 lochen Leiss with the No7 Klaus Scnlmilttinger Also in tlhe Germlan [gtarl1y wals their leading Jady Wielbke Hendriksen rlanked No 8 lim Europe whilst lw~th the exception of

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

Our best hopes of a medalcenotred on rhe parltneJrship oif SUSlain land K)aJren although tough oPPosiJtiiOn was eXlpecited from Hiendrikshysen and Zipps and olf course Koripa land J erler TheSe three couplles~ ialong WJith the No 2 Ge1rmians reached the se1mis where thie BlIliitish

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

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34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

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On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

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srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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lelall Krier the Luxemhourg natioDla[ team iWlas intact The Austrian contingent ilooked formidshyahle with iHeinz Schluter Rudoif Wehmnann alnd cllosed champion1 Herbert Suda Very HIttle was known labout lthe YUlgoSlav men exceplt that their top pl1ayer Bella Mesaros was ranked iNo 7 Amongst their WOimen were EVia Jelelr and Erzelbet IKorpa ranked 2 and 5 respectlively

Tlhese countries were obviously glowng to provide the stliffest opposition whilLst we had Ito iwait and see what Ithe likes of BIf~azil USA Greeoe and ThaiIand had to offer Mens Team

The seedings were based on resUllts in Haillover and las much wiater has Ip1assed under the hridge since then the gradilll~ wlere not neoess1arily going to be accuralte Tlhe flOur groupls were headed by Feder1a1 IGerlmany Austlrlia Great Britlain and Yugoslavia As it turned OUit Luxemibourlg were the unl1ucky team being dratWn wth the IGermans AIJ tlhe seedred tea1ffiiS won their groups but middotLuxe1mshybourg SIilpped up ibadl1y agiainst Brlazil after ian umpirirng error ohvilOusly upselt theim Thlis resulted in their finishiug third in the group anld only alble Ito compete for a place ibetween 9 and 12

Great Brliibains firsIt match was ag)ainst USA which laplarlt from ulncert1ainty at the beginning we won easily With IEdon replacing FulHer for the Finliand mlatcn we q uickIy sperl to 5-0 and quaJified for at least fourth pJlace

On the seciOnd day the reall problems belgian The filrst maltch was againlst F elder1all GermalIly and Edon was reltained Apart from Plarkers viotOry over No 3 ISrchindller we h1ad littlle ito show fQtr lSome fine p~ay Against Yugoslavlia hopes w1ere hilglber las tthe Austrlians ibad already tlaken them apart At one Etiage we led 3-2 alnd it c~ould have been 4-1 when Fletche1r Iwent down -18 in the third to MesarQis Mal1lterls rather wient against us IIatler and the final score WlCllS 3-5 Melanwhile~ Austrila conshyttillued tiQ domilnate land heat ItheGermrans by fa similar score alB the IGe1rimian sets heing WiOn by ILeiSis To finilsh higher than fourltill we now thad to bealt the Austrians whrich wasnt very prorbaible Our only Ic~Ill~lQllation wlas that Edon took a glaime off Welnm1ann and Parlkerr tltok both Schilurterr and Suda to three After leladlng 3-2 Welsit IGe)rimany wetre surprisingly belaten 5-3 by YugoSll~avia thus surrendering secOlnd plaoe The turning point came in the seventh set when LeisS faBed to come to terms wlith the dmiddotefensive Mesaros

AIthough we were f1avourahly drarwn the te1aJm pl1ayed well enough to take ~fuH advanshytalge OIf this rand rrea1istica~ly we couldnlt jusrtliflY a highe~ placing Womlens Team

Therle were only eight entries and the lasltshyminute rwithdralWlalI of IMexiCo didnt improve mlartte1rs IHere again Grealt BrJitlCliin iaVloided Federal Germany and Yugoslavia beling drawn with BralzU rGreece and USA

Apart f~om the sudden shock orf sleeing Susan hit off by ~a Ivery good AmeriC1aln Allice Sonne we encountered few proble1ms G~eece and Brlazil we~e rbolth belaten 3-0 and anet was Igiv1en fa game lin the doubles ia~ainstt Ithe Greeks In the Almeriloan mlatch Karen qUlickly found that a defensive chop deep to tlhe backshyhand Iwas more tha1n Sonne could cope rwlith

lin rthe other group Yugosl1avia swrprisringly beat the IGernlans1 ia1though by the lend of the week they had plroved ItO ieveryone lthlalt lilt wasnt a fluke and indeed well-meriited Henshydrilksen heat eIe~ on this oCCIasion Ibtm this turilled out to be one of her few sucCiesses againsrt tlhe YUlgiQislavs The stage wias now set for the play-off for first and smiddotecond pJaces Having studied the Yugoslavs we ~~lckol1ied that it waiSnt Ian iimpiOsSlirble talSk In the openshying selt Ka~en ~ok the first Iglalme off ~orlPa but rwas U1nab~e to maintain the impetus and 1QS1t rather easily in the end SUJslan 1reSl1iOred the balance with a fine victory over Jele~ The doubles WJaS ObviOusl~ going to he of parashymount importance but aJthough our girls batt1ed 3111 the way we were eventually worn d-olwn atnd lost in the third Je1ler tlhen made the maltch safe by defeating Karen

In the end we had to setltle for a silve1r Imedarr

but no one could begrudge the Yugoslavs their moment of glory Jeler land Korpa are fine pllayers Korpa in particuar Still it wias no mean achievement to finish runnersup allld this succeiSS pr()Jvided the incentivie for tlhe forthcoming indiividual elVlents

GREAT BRITAIN~ RESULTS Men-Round 1

v UJSA - won 5-2 v Finland - won 5-0

Round 2 v Federall German~ - lost 1-5 v Yugoslavia - loslt 3-5 v AuStria - Ilost 0-5

Flinal PIacings 1 AuSltrila 8 Beligium2 Yugos1la1vi1a 9 Luxemibourg 3 Federal Gerrmany 10 I(SlraeJ 4 Great Britain 11 Fin~and 5 Brazil 12 Greece 6 Netherlands 13 Tihailliand 7 USA

Women-Round 1 v USA - won 3-1 v Greece - won 3-0 v Brazil - won 3-0

Final v Yugosaavia - Jost 1-3

Final Placings 1 YugosJavUJa 5 USA 2 Great Britain 6 [srae~ 3 Federal Germiany 7 Gr1ee-ce 4 Brazil

Mens Singles With such a strong entry any sucoess for

iBrrirtain was middotgoing to be very hard to come by Parker was seeded at No 8 but (after belalting Ogialsawari (a strrange name fOrr a BirazIHliain) he caimmiddote up against one of the Germlans Fialshybrun land after a long hard battile ihe could considterr himsel1f r1alther unforltunaite ito go down -18 in the 5vh Fletcne~ FumIer and Edon 311 fel~l aJt the firlst hurdle

Both semilS went thle fU]1 dilstance The f1avourite Leiss1 tbe1at rthe No 2 seed Schiliite1r whilst Meslaros seeded 4 finailly wor1e down iSclhmititdnger afrter giving Ihim trwo games Sltart

The buHd-u[p to the final was tremendous Qive teleVlision coverage and a packed gallery

Unforltunately the Imaltcn did not Mve up to eXJpeC1ations Lleiss bedng Iar too e~perienced for the unlfortufllalte Yugos1lav whose p~edictshyahle defence was never Itiigihlt enough In no ti1me at alB it was alB over and we were Jeft wondering just how Mesaros had ibeatetn Leiss in the Iteam leivenl VVonnens Singles

Wirth aCOlmpalraltive sDlalrr ently this event was probahl~ the elasiest to predict (Hendrikshysen w1as an obvious top seed rfoll1owed by Jleler

land Korpa with SUsan at No4 All justified this ranking Hendriksen meeting Korpia land SusalIlJ lhaving Ito meet Jele~ in the se1misi Kalflen was a Hendriksen iictim in the qUarter-finad wh~IISlt Jianet a1sO feal eiar~y Ito anotlber IGerlman The all-round sitrength of iKOrpa prlQived too much for the top seed and fthe 3-0 marlgin in no way flaltltered her The Olthelr se1mli was la much lourger affair and at one Slt1aige when leadinlg 2-1 it rtOoked as if Susan woUld make the finial Horweve1r it wmiddotas not Ito be_ but -16 lin the fifth emphasised juslt hlOw netar sheClalme to wrinnri11lg Klo~pa continued Iher winning way by bealtinlg Jreler ral~hough a~~aiill it look fiVle Igam1es to aclhiie~e it Mens Doubles

Th[s was expected to be la tussle betlWeen the No 1 plairs of Ge~many Ausltria land YUlgOshyslalvia although Parker andFJetcnerr scrap1ed linto the se~dings A~II three pairs reached the semis along with t)he Ausiuilan No 2 plair SUJda and Rotte1nberg ~he Bril1iislh paiJ sUrrWved the firslt round but wetnt out to Mesa~os and Rak tlhe Yugosllarvs The ~mlClJtch Iwas nolt decided until rtlhe fifth game and conside~ing thalt the BiriJtolliS lost two gla1mes laflt1er Ile1adi1fllg 20-19 we could easilly have gone further After two decisive 3-0 wins in the sielmils Leiss and Scnmlilttil1lger and Schliitelr land Weinlmann reached the final TIhis mat1ch was probably the Ibest of the W1eek land (after hoilding a 2-0 lelad the Ausitrialns just flailed land e1Vieduallly lost -16 dn the fitth Womens Doubles

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

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Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

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11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

ATTACKING ANTI LOOP

OLYMPUS SPORTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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pair lWere fortunalt1e itO avoid the top paJirs Both matches ended 3-0 the Yugosd1avs beating HelndTiksen atnd Zipps with compa1at~ve eaSle as did Susan rand Kiaren algainst Ptocnic and 19th Europeon Youth ChompionshipsSudlmlann AIas we ihad Ito be content wiJtlh a siilver medal going down 1-3 alflter Ilooking in Ithe e1a1rly stalges as if a gold was a reall possishybilli~y

Mixed Doubles As was to be expeclted the siame countries

domlina1ted this event as in othelfs although the Austrians hadnt entered a womens Itearn Donarrd land Susan were No 3 seeds land relached the slemis a~ftterr bealtiDlg Brazili1an and Germtan p1airs However iLe1iss and Hendlr1ikshyseln pfroved a Ilittt1le 11010 good a~lthoUigh with a Hltlt~e mlQimiddote alggrlession the scores could hlav1e heen ImUich cllosefr-the finall margin heling 3-1 Allan land Klalfen reiached the quafitef-finals losing to the bealtien fil11alliSits~ Lucic and Korpla over five IgalmeS Leiss and Hendriksen were in no mood for IClhalriity iill the filnal Leiss taking hilS third title dill vrery rqUlick tdlme Conclusion

The Briltish telalmClan oertaliDlIy feel satisfied with its perfof1mlance ove~ Ithe eight days winshyning medals tin four of the ~Ieveill eventlS The obvious sltar was Suslan Lils~e pralltic~platli(ng in alll fou~ of these alWards~ but Donald piarker aaslO meriltsi la Imention wilth 10 silllg~les wins out of 15 AliI seven pl1ayers pilayed ltheir P1art in one w1ay Oll another welfe ian eXlcelHenit squad to mlanage lalnd middota clfedit Ito the sltudent body in Britain

There was adequate time for socilal functions alnd rthe olf~anisation of thelse wmiddotas sU[perb allltfhoUlgh a trip to Jefuslal1eim was Itempered by the tension in the city Th~ Isr1aelis stilJl have a few things to lelarn about promol1ing major events land the occlasionall umrpilling decisioill was father dubious lbut at lealst they acknowshyledged this welakness land were al1ways wilUng to JiSiten to mlOifle expelfienced voices Such was the spirilt olf IthesechJampiolllsihips that very few cOIm[painlts were flegisltelfed anyway

Tiber Univeirsil1y of Haiifla wlas an excelNeilllt venue t1he p1llayring conditions and other faci~ishytiles beilng firslt cilass The plaYle~s IHvied in a guest hOUise on a lt~piCiall lsraeai kibbultz ailld any spare time aVlailabIe wlalS usuaillY Isp1enlt in or nealf the lSlwimlming pootEverycountry was allot~ed a guide1interpreter which made Hfe very Imucih easier

The fin1arr impressions of ISrael are rlather blu~rredl broUghlt aiboult by llack of slleep lafter a ~Iaslt nigiht piarty land halving ~iQ larise middotat 5 middotam in ordef to c1alt1ch a tiaxi to the airport

RESUL~S

Mens Singles----Semi-fiDialsB MeslalrOs (Yu) ht IK Sclhmlititingerr ((NSR) -19_

-17_ 16 10 16 J Leiss (NISR) bt H Sch~lutlerr (Au) -16 12 15

-11 13 Final LIElSiS ht Meslaros 11 21 12 Womens Singles-Semi-finals E Korpa (Yu) bt WHendrikEen (NSR) 19

1915E eller (Yu) bit S Lisle (IGIB) -20 16~ -14 5

116 Final KIORPA bit jellelf 18 -17 12 -20 16 Mens Doubles~Semimiddotfinals Leiss Schmi~ttingerr bit J RottenbergIH Suda

(Au) 23 13~ 19 SchluterR Weinmlann (Au) bt L KurltesV

Lucic (Yu) 17~ 16~ 16 Final LEISISISiCiHIM[IIiTINGEiR bit Schtlulter Winshy

mlann -18~ -19~ 13~ 16~ 116 Womens Doubles-Semi-finarls LisleKRogefs (GiB) bit G PotocnikI Sudshy

mlann (NSR) 12~ 10~ 14 elerKofpa ht HendriksenB Ziprps (NSR)

17 16 13 Final JELERKOIRlptA bt (LisIeRogers 16 -16 11~ 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals LuoicKornpla Jb~ IKurtels ID Dafdic (Yu) 19 14

16 ~ LeissIHellldriklsen bt D Plarke1r (GB)(Lisle 16

-17 1~1 14 Final LIEIISiSiHENIDRill~SEN bt LucicKorpa 19 19

-21 13

Medals galore in Modling by George R Yates

One Gold tIWO Sillver and a Blronze was Engllands medal take alt the 19th European Youlth iChalmrplionships pllayeid Ove1r thmiddote pefiod ulry 10-19 in (Modilting siltuated nealf th~ Ausitlrian caplital of Vienna

Although unsuccesslfu1 in theilr queSit for media~s in Ithe team evenrts the championships p1fovided England with their best-ever return in Ithe individuatl cormpmiddotetlitions

Paul Day reached no less itlhan three fi11lals losing ito Zoran Kalinic of Yugos1r avlia in the boys si~lgles but sharing triumph wi1th Andrew Barden In the boys doubles~ with finall viotory over RUSSIas Vareli SchevchenkOv land Walssili Putsilovsky

(Par~tnered hy Melody Ludi the CamhsYarks conlhlne prospered to the final of ithe mixed losling na1rrow1y 23-25 in the deciding game t~ YUigoslllavs Kalinic land Erzebet Palatitius having held three matlch points

Grlahlam Siandley hecanle tlhe (fecipient of a bronze meda1 as a losing semi-finalist in the Oadet boys slingIeS Iwhen beaten by Jlirgi EZf of ICzechoiSiloVlakia

BOYS

Russian melt Russiian in the finall of the girlls singles with victory going to Tatjana Romanshychina over Valenltina Popov1a and Yugoslavias Dubravka Fabri and Erzebet Palatinus triumphed in the gifl~s douibles bealtling IE1va Sitromvall (Sweden) and Liana Miihut (Rulmania)

In the ICladet events Anders Thunstrom of Sweden took lthe bOYls tiitle land Gordana Pershykucin of YugiQsllavia the gi1rls

Engl1and had (another winner in the gifIIS consolation slingles Iwi(th Angela Mitchell finallly accounting for Annelli Hernvall of Swelden but in the counlt2rp1art boys eV~nt Swedens Andefls Bylund redressed the halance with middota finall vicl1ory Qiver Schevchenkov of Ithemiddot Sovieit Union

Russia made a cle1an sweep of the four team titles an achievement underlining their strength in depth and a measure of their prosshypects for the future

Fil~tih place was the Ihilghest achgtieved by Ian Engillsh te1am-ithe boys~borth the girls and cadelt boys having to content themselves with one pl1ace lower We were not represented in the cadet girJs compeitirtions

Englands individuall Irecords in the te1am events wereshy

P Day A Barden M Shuttle C Sewell D Johnson F A Opponents 2~O 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 1-2 0-2 1-2 2-1 0-2 3-0 1-1 2-0 1-1 2-0

15-3 9-7 3-3 1-3

There was disappointment in rthe English calmrp (wr1iites Brian Burn) lafter the team eVienrt because in no match did aliI playelrs pllay weill England only lost rtwo mlatches~ to Ru[sia and Hungia1fY bortih 3-5 These two countries finished first and second respectively Y2rt Englliand ortlly finished 5th

This siltuation occurired because of the group sysrtelm which is very unfair heoause the standards of te1ams vary greatly from yea1r to ye1alf in junio~ pllay It i~ intBreslting to note tbat Ithe ~roup Englland wlas in consisted of

~FederalGerma~~s Hans Joachim Nolten the second seed bebind Ivan Kavka (Czecho) who was surprIsIngly defeated 17 and 19 by Stefan Stefanov of Bulgaria in the third round

2-0 5 0 Gire2ce 5 1 Turkey 5 3 Fed Gerimany 3 5 Hungary 3 5 USSR

1-1 5 2 Bulgaria 5 1 Yugosllavia

3-1 31 17

Photo by Geoff Newmlan

teams that finished 1st 2nd 5th and 6th and the other glroup teams finislhed 3rd 4th 7th and 8th These resullts show Ithat the first tWiQ

teams easHy beat tthe best tlWO telams in Ithe othe~ group and the 3rd and 41th tetalmlS elasilly ~ealt the 3rd and 4th tea1ms in the oitlhelr ~roup le England beat BUIIgaria (5-2) and YugoshyslHvia (5-1)

Tlhe rnatches againslt G1reece and Turkey welre won ve1ry Convinoingly but tihe m1atlch agalns1t F ederal1 Gelrmany was very close Andrew Barden was not playing weB and it

was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

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11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

ATTACKING ANTI LOOP

OLYMPUS SPORTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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was fortunralte thalt Mlarltin Shuttle managed to be1at NOllten even though he loslt ~to Horsch Against Hungar~ Blatrden was stl~ll pl1aylng badly and this was one of the Imialn trelasons fOtr not quallifying for th~ finall flltur pllJaces However in the Imlatch lagalnlSt IRu~iSlla AndrelW did pay fWieU and ilt was Day who could only win one set

~n the Ipl1ayofs lOtr plQS~ltioDs 5 tlQ 8 E~Digland had a reasonalb1ly e~asy Wlln over Bullgarla bUit this Iwas assisl1ed by thewi1thdtraMnaJ of Hasapov iu Ithe Stet iagainst Day In Ithe Imatlch lagainst YUigoslavia the oppoisitrion se~mled de~ated and Klainiic lthe evenrtual slngles Wlnner seemed disintelrested

Finall SICOTesshyUSSR 5 Hungary 4 SO~IOPrQiV bt Potari 12 15 Schevchenko bit Pekar 12 18 PultsHovsky lost to Molner 19 -10 middot22 ScheVchenko lOSI1 tO IPortari -9 -20 Sollo(plorv loslt to Molnar -21 -10 Putsilovsky bt PekiClJr 24 18 Schevchenko bt Mollnar 20 -15 14 PutsillQlvsky lost 1t0 Potatri -17 ~16 Solopov bt Pekar 14 11

Both p1re1iminary maltches welre won ifeaSiQnshyably comfortlaJbly (writes Bryan Merrett) alltlhough it must be relmemhetred thalt Ithe Dutch did not hiave ltheir strongest te1am pr1eshyferring that Vrieskoop the IEnglish uniol chalmpi01n played in the Cadets

In dIe defeat by Russi1a Melody Liidi played welll Ito bealt Rnmanchina who illaitelr won the GIRLS

K Witt M Liidi LiidiWitt1-0 1-0 1() 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 0-1

C Romanescu (RU) bt T Danielsson (SV) 10 19 3-5 7-5 4-2 1-0 15 12 J Ziamal (CS) bt S Stefanov (BU) 16_ 17

girlls singles Klairen rWitlt lied Popova 18-16 in 17 -14 -17 the 3rd Against Hungary we were nelver Popova bt Palatiillus 13~ -17 17 relaJly in it lalthough the dIQurblles kept the mlatch alive BOltlh orf our cadet bo~s (Wlrites Brian Burn)

gave credita1ble peirformances throughout theBy winnling the itnPortlant doublelS against chalmpionships 11f IEnl~latDd bad belaten the

Belgium the reSulit Iwas nOIt in dOUlbt The USSR rthe eveDltuial winnetrs instead ofinahNiltY lof our Igirls Ito pllary againslt the defenshy losling 2-3 the~ IWOUq have mJanaiged a silversive Marie~France Germiiat twas a disturlbiDg medal Their IgtrOUIP was verry iSltrOng land It waSfelaturel hut by finishing 3trd in the glrOUp the only on ~aimeiS average that tlhey did not obtlaingiir1s qualified to play off for positions 5-8 a bronze medal

AI~ainst the Set~baick OIf Ilosing the openinlg Colin iWilson played veiry nervoUlslly art theElet againSlt Ftrauce the gitrlls pilayed well eispe beginning of the tetam evenlt but by tlhe endciaBy IMellody who won both siDgiles but rthe he WlaiS pllaying better than Graiham Sandleyensuing loss to Beilgium WlalS oaused by def1ealt in They Iwerre Ithe on1ly rtealm in the competitionthe doulbles But there seelms to me that theremiddot that had both players eligible next yearr andis something wrong with the syst1em willen I am sUtre that the good Slixtih position clan behaving pllayed a team you have to play Ithem improved on next nmeagain Karen pl1ayed supetrfblly itopspinn1inlg (l(~ainSit Gelrmiat [iOr 15 minutes to get e~pedite Finall slcoresshy

USSR 3 Czechoslovakia 1FinaJ scoresshyAsarr1chenko bt Ezr 11 11

USSR 3 Yugoslavia 1 Ovclharov Ibt Tenista 13a 13 Romanchina bt Pia1altinus 15 l8 ASIClJrchmiddotenkOO71chlalrOiV lost to iEzrIJenista -1S Popova bt Flaibri -119 16 10 J18 PIQPovajRomanchina lost to LFaJbrijP1alartinus ASIarchenko bt Je1nislta 13s 11

CADET BOYS GSandley c Wilson SandleyIWilson F A Opponents

2-0 0-1 1-0 3 1 Poliand 1-1 1-1 1-0 3 2 [France1-1 2-0 0-1 3 2 Sweden11 0-1 0-1 1 3 Yugoslavia 0-2 1-1 1-0 2 3 USISR 1-1 2-0 ()1 3 2 Austtr~a 0-1 1-1 0-1 1 3 ISweden 6-7 7middot5 34 16 16

LiidiMitchell F A Opponents 19TH EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 3 0 Netherlands INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

1-0 3 0 Fed Germiany Boys Singles-Round 4 1 3 USSR I Iltavka (CS) bt I Solopov (SU) 14 19

Hungary L Kucharski (PU bt B Andersson (SV) 9 151 3 Z Kalinic (VU) bt A Barden (EN) 19 213 2 ~BelgiUJm H J Peters (FD) bt G Bisi ltIT) 18 21

3 1 Fiflance P Day (EN) bt J Pansky (CS) -14 19 12 1 3 Bellgium D Johnson (EN) bt K Tegner (SV) 1420

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[Clothing and Accessories] Joola market a full range of smart practical and comfortable clothing Shorts and shirts are available in tournament and training models The Joola tracksuit the most popular amongst the top German players and the world famous Koyo Bear shoe are also available

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

Sponsored by34TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Presented by the ENGLISH TABtE TENNIS ASSOmiddotCIATION at the

NATIONAL EXHliBITION CENTRE BICKENHILL Near BIIRIMIINGHAM

SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

Eaoh Ticket is a Day Ticket and covers all sessions on that particular day

SEASOiN TICKE-rS (iTransfeirable) pound20 Covering every day and all sesslions - pound28

6ach Day or Season icket guarantees the Holder the Correspondimiddotng Numbeled Seat all day in the Main Stadium

Tickets obtalinable fromshyM GOlDSTEIN 31 iBtENHEliM ROIADM10SELEY BIRIMINGHAM 13

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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Duggie Johnson Warwickshires surprise package at Modling Photo by Geoff rNewman

Quarter-finals Kavka bt Kucharski 13 16 Kalinic bt Peters 16 16 Day bt Johnson 18 18 Ziamal bt Romanescu 16 14 Semi -finals Kalinic bt Kavka 16 16 Day bt Ziamal 16 12 Final KALINIC bt Day -20 17 14

Girls Singles-Round 4 E Palatinus (VU) bt D Hermanova (CS) 14 10 T Romachina (SU) bt Z Ruzsenszki (HU) 18 17 P Germain (FR) bt M Ludi (EN) -12 17 17 G Szabo (HU) bt B Lehr (FD) 1814 Z Olah (Hu) bt L Zeimet (LU) 16 17 K Witt (EN) bt I Balogh (HU) 1112 K Bogyo (HU) bt M Lindblad (SV) -20 1420 V Popova (SU) bt M-F Germiat (BE) -12 13 29 Quarter-finals Romachina bt Palatinus 17 18 Szabo bt Germain 11_ 10 Olah bt WiU -19 18 16 Popova bt Bogyo -IS 18 5 Semi -finals Romachina bt Szabo -14 9 12 Popova bt O-Iah II 9 Final ROMACHINA bt Olah II 9 BOJs Doubles-Quarter-finals Barden Day bt R Horsch (FD) Peters -16 13 11 D Hassanov (BU) Romanescu bt L Franklin(SV) Tegner 9 14 W PutilovskyV Schevchenko (SU) bt JohnsonI Kenyon (EN)

-16 18 13 KalinicZ Tot-Ho-rgosi (VU) bt H J NoltenJ Schirrmeister (FD)

12 -14 13 Semi-finals BardenDay bt HassanovRomanescu -19 14 12 PutJilovskySchevchenko bt KalanicTolt-Horgosi 25 -13 9 Final BARDENDAV bt PutilovskySchevchenko 16 16

Girls Doubles---Quarter-finals L Mihut (RU)E Stromvall (SV) bt GermiatV Germiat (BE)

20_ 10 Bogyo-Szabo bt N AntonianL Baschutova (SU) 19 21 PopovaRomachina bt OlahRuzsenszki 14 7 D Fabri (VU) Palatinus bt S Cimflova (SC) Heranova 19 16 Semi -finals MihutiStromvaU bt BogyoSzabo -16 20 19 FebriPalatinus bt PopovaRomanchina 19 20 Final FABRIPALATINUS mt MihutiStromvall -14_ 17 15 Mixed Doubles-Quarter-finals RomanescuMihut bt M Potari (HU)Olah 10 -520 DayLudi bt PanskyHermanova 19 21 Kucharski J Szatko (PU bt Schevchenko Popova 22 17 KalinicPalatinus bt G Pekar(HU)Bogyo 10 14 Semi-finals DayLudi bt RomanescuMihut 16 17 KalinicPalatinus bt Kucharski Szatko 20 9 Final KALINICPALATINUS bt DayLudi 19 -19 23 Cadet BOJs-Quarter-finals N Asarchenko (SU) bt L Jenista (CS) IS -19 21 A Thunstrom (SV) bt Szoghy (HU) 15 6 J Ezr (CS) bt M Fische-r (FD) 17_ 16 ~m~~fi~~~ (EN) 9t B Veren (VU) 17 -19 10

Thunstrom bt Asarchenko 19 11 Ezr bt Sand-ley 16 19 Final THUNSTROM bt Ezr -18 IS 19

Cadet Girls-Quarter-finals G Perkuchin (VU) bt Antonian 16 13 C Sava (RU) bt G F0gelberg (SV) -16 16 13 E Ferencz (RU) bt B Vrieskoop (NL) 17 17 Baschutova bt H Lindvarl (SV) 9 17 Semi -finals Perkuchin bt Sava 10 17 Baschutova bt Fe-rencz 16 14

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Final PERKUCHIN bt Baschutova 14 13

BoyS Consolation-Quarter-finals Horsch bt G Edberg (SV) 12 9 A Bylund (SV) bt Pekar 18 18 Schevchenko bt D Kumru (TR) wo Schirrmeister bt E Amp-Iatz (AU) 13 19 Semi --finals Bylund bt Horsch 12 8 Schevchenko bt Schirrmeister -IS 11 13 Final BYLUND bt Schevchenko -13_ 22 19 Girls Consolation-Quarter-finals S Huskova (CS) bt I Willems (NU 29 24 A Hernvall (SV) bt Szatko 16 19 W Sikora (PU bt Vujadinovic (VU) 12 13 A Mitchell (EN) bt C Verachtert (BE) 17 16 Semi -finals Hernvall ht Huskova -19 7 11 Mitchell bt Sikora 10 16 Final MITCHELL bt Hernvall 13 -16 18

FINAL TEAM PLACINGS ( Previ ous posi ti on in brackets)

Boys Girls 1 USSR (1) 1 USSR (2) 2 Hungary (8) 2 Yugoslavia (1) j Czechoslovakia (2) 3 Hungary (3) Sweden (7) 4 Czechoslovakia (4) ~ England (4) 5 Belgium (6) 0 Yugoslavia (3) 6 England (7) i Federal Germany (5) 7 Rumania (5) 8 Bulgaria (6) 8 France ( 8) 1 Poland (9) 9 Sweden (9)

10 Rumania (-) 10 Poland (12) 11 France (10) 11 Netherlands (-) ll ~pain (16) 12 Austria (14) 1$ Austria (12) 13 Luxembourg (13) 14 Finland (15) 14 Turkey (17) IS TurkeY (13) 15 Soain (15) lb Netherlands (-) 16 Denmark (16) 11 Denmark (14) 17 Federal Germany (11) 10 Italy (11) 18 Switzerland (18) 1J Scotland (23) 19 Italy (19) 20 Belgium (22) 20 Finland (22) 21 Luxembourg ( 19) 21 Greece (23) l2 Norway (18) 22 Wale~ (21) 23 Switzerland (17) 23 Norway (-) 24 Greece (21) 25 Wales (24) 26 Jersey (25)

ddet Boys Cadet Girls 1 USSR (-) 1 USraquo 1) 2 Czechoslovakia (3) 2 Netherlands (7) 3 Vugoslavia (4) 3 Rumania (2) 4 Netherlands (11) 4 Czechoslovakia (5) 5 Sweden (1) 5 Federal Germany (8)6 England (10) 6 Hungary (4)7 Austria (7) 7 Vugoslavia (3)8 Hungary (2) 8 Sweden (6) 9 Soain (17) 9 Finland (-)

10 Denmark (13) 10 France (9)11 Belgium (18) 11 Austria (-)12 Turkey (-) 12 Italy (-) 13 France (9) 13 Turkey (16)14 Italy (-) 14 Spain (-) 15 Finland (12) 15 Scotland 05)16 Walei (20) 17 Federal Germany (6)

18 Poland (-) 19 Luxembourg (8) 20 Scotland ( 19)

ENGLISH lNDIVIDUAL RESULTS

BOVS SINGLES P Day

Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Schevchenko (SU) 19 22 Round 3-bt Iltrottmaier (AU) 15 10 Round 4-bt Pan sky (CS) -14 19 12

Q F-bt Johnson (EN) 18 18 SF-bt Ziamal (CS) 15 12 Final-lost to Kalinic (VU) 20 -17 -14

A Barden Round I-Bye Round 2-bt Renverse (Fr) 14 13 Round 3-bt Iharos (HU) 8 12 Round 4-lost to Kalinic (VU) -19 -21

M Shuttle Round I-bt Majid (SC) 10 9 Round 2-lost to Kavka (CS) -20 -13

D Johnson Round I-bt Jongmans (NU 10 15 Round 2-bt Lonardi (IT) -15 9 20 Round 3-bt Hanonge (FR) -17 19 11 Round 4-bt Tegner (SV) 14 20 QF-Iost to Day -18 -18

C Sewell Round I-bt Van Spanje (NU 15 -II 17 Round 2-lost to Ziamal (CS) 13 -13 -17

I Kenyon Round I-lost to Huber (GH) 15 -16 -20

GIRLS SlNGLES A Mitchell

Round I-bt Backman (SF) 12 12 Round 2-lost to Palatinus (YU) 10 -8 -11

M Ludi Round I-bi Paun (RU) 13 -13 19 Round 2-bt Risch (LU) 14 9 Round 3-lost to M-F Germiat (BE) 17 -17 -17

1lt Witt Round I-bt Bohm (AU) 12 11 Round 2-bt Mihut (Hu) -12 11 20 Round 3-bt Balogh (HU) 11 12 QF-loSlt to Olah (HU) 19 -18 -16

CADET BOVS SINGLES C Wilson

Round I-lost to Testiera (Itgt -18 -18 G Sandh~y

Round I-bt Thomas (WA) 8 8 Round 2-bt Farkas (HU) 10 17 Round 3-bt van Gasteren (NL) 19 10 QF-bt Veren (VU) 17 -19 18 SF-Iost to Ezr (CS) -16 -19

National TrainerCoach Forllowing the resignation of Brian Burn at

tlhe end O(f Augusit Peter Simpson ibas been seconded las INaltionall Trainer Coach of the ETTA

Peters previous duties were l1hose 01pound Nationail Coach for the North of Englalud and his ne1w appointment wi1il last untill the end of Ithe Wor~d IChampionships next April

The main ta1sk of the Naltiolual Trainer Coacnwill be tlhe p~eparlaltion of IEngllandis lnternaltional smiddotquad players for Ithe 1977 World tChampionships in Birmingham

Wril1iJng in the London Evening SI1andard Don ISimp1son reportls ~B~ian Burn who hias resigned after two years as iETTA Nial1lionla1 Coach leaves in Septelmher to take up la coach ing -and lecturing pOSit iln -Saudi Ararbia

Dufham-born Burn 28 who quilt the ~fTA job Ibecause he felt tlhere was insufficienlt fiTIIance lavaiiable 110 oarry OUlt the progr1amme he Wianl1ed willil be on a 2-year contracl1 at the Uniyenersity of Petroleum and Min~ralls in DihahralIl

Im 100lking forward to the cha~llenge he slaYS I sha~l he in complete dhaxige of Itable tennis coachin1g land wirH be lerfit ito do things the way i[ wanit 110 do tlhem They hlave the biggesrt sports complex in the Middle East and I shiaH have 10 rtablles Igoing alB the timeshyin faot just the selt-up I wOUlld halve liked [herein ETIiglland

IWith the Worrld Ch-ampiolnships in Bhomingmiddot ham cominlg up next M1arch the (ETTA are planning to spend more on the ETIlgand squads preparation th-an erver befor1e but t[he ambitious Burn fellt frustrated

I redkoned Id got 1SO far with the plaiyelflS in te1rnlS of results-up to European stt1andardshyTo Iget Ito the I10P in world class we needed a lot mor1e money

Our top p~tayers ne2d to he full-timers I wou~d like Ito see la squad of labout lIline gdven a guarantee of -~ay pound5000 a yeiar each and aN (living in tthe same aremiddota Then you could reallly Igo plJaces

In the elirghrt-month run-up 110 next ye1arsWorld Chiampionships I wlalnted 120 days with the naltioTIial squad But this figure kept getting chopped down unti1 in the end I cQuld visuailise us h-aving to m-ake do wiltlh aibout halif ltfual1 amount

Burnsmiddot wife Linda lalso has a job lined up in Dhahran-teaching ait the Am1erican Aoademy there for clhildren of the universitytul1ors and oil cQmpany staff e1tc

County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

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12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

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LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

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BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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County Supplement continued

srrAFFOROSHIRE NOrrES

By Jack Chalkley

ANNlVERSAIRY TIME One hundred offidals members and guests

of the County Association spernt au enjoyab~e evening celebrating the 2-Sth Anniversary at la Dinner _and Danceat the Mount Hotel Wl()lvermiddot hamplton Guest af Honour was Mr Maurice GOldstein who recaliled ithat he had attended the foundation meeting of -the Sitaffordshire Assodatioln hack Ju 1951 when he was ETTA Midland Repesentaotive Mr Goldstein took theopp-ortun~ty of mentioning neXit years Worild ChampionshiJps in Birmingham and the need middotfor -local vo~ul1JteefS- from the Midlands to- fiU Vlarious Etaff jobs -and asS~t generaily_ Over 300 would be required and he hoped Sitaffordshire would contrihute

County President Mr A T Finney welf-ed to Mlaurice Goldstein as Mr Tablle Tennis and eJGPressed the pleasure his app-omiddotintmen1t as EfTA President gave to Stafforoshhe He went on gtto lSay rhart Sponsorship and spectator supporlt was now almost a necessky for any tpOl1t to survive and ~ seemed to hint tIhltalt we might lake a look at the I]aws of talble tennis_ Cricket laws had Ibeen changed to make the game mClIe entertaJuing in tihe- onemiddotday match end he thougihlt we could learn from lhe POPU arity of Itennis as a Epectartor spon with ilts succels-sionof crisis points which maintained excitement land tension One coulld nOit imlagine tennis having the same entertainment value w~h a 21-up scoTing system and tabl~ tennis might Iprofit from a change an~ pfOvlde the increased spectator mterest which the game surely had in itt to give

The success omiddotf the evening was largely due to the efforts of iMlls Marion Colclougjh the splendid arrangements including a slhe~ry reception before ithe dinner at which lamiddotdles were pres-ente-d with flower buttonholes

Fdna~ pos~tiom in tihe County League wereshyDivision 1

IP W L F A Pits W-est BrQII1Jwicn 6 6 0 37 17 12 Wolverihampton A 6 5140 114 10 P-ollteries A 6 4 2 39 15 8 POltlterie-s B 6 3 3 24 30 6 Walsatll A 6 2 4 20 34 4 Stone A 6 1 5 17 37 2 Sitafford A 6 0 6 12 412 0

Division 2 IP W L F A Pits

Wolverhampton E 5 5 0 33 12 10 Wolve-rhampto-n middotC 5 4 1 33 12 8 Potteries C 5 3 2 24 21 6 Cannock A 5 2 3 24 21 4 IWiRls~ll B 5 l 4 15 30 2 Sitone B 5 0 5 6 39 0

CLWYD REPORT

By Roy Williams

100 COUNTY TEAM INCREASE C~wy-d County stant the nem seias-on with a

new dettermination to ~middotaise tlhe amptiandard -of table tenn-is in N-o[lh Wales First step has been to- d-ouble- the number of Cou~ty teams at senior junior and vete~~n level In a bold effoft Ito increas1e th-e enrhuslasm of a1tl pLayers RegullaT coaching and trainillg sessions alIe to be thelld and a(l plliRyers are Ito be enooufa1ged to play in more open t-Qurnamenlts

Last s-eason our seniomiddotr team finiShed irheir County prltow~~e ~s runnersmiddotup the junirside won their dlV1SlOn and the veterans did faiJJlly iWelJl but Olwyd haVe a long road to travel berore lIeaJ succeiss oan c()me

Keitth FitzsimmonS is in- charge of both senior teams with Dave Murr-ay looking after Ithe junio~ teams with tihe amiddotssistrance of Stuart IConway Yours tnrlY iS in the driving seat fol Itthe two velternns teams

The cosit of [unning rthe teaIDS las well as

the intensiVe coaching and -t(laining pr-omiddot grammes thatt are p-lanned are a major headshyache fOT ithe officials concerned The main source of income being the County Team Supmiddot porters Club which was formed last SeaSon The full membership is pound5 and to be an laSSOshyciate member the charge is only pound1 At least pound500 is hoped toO be raised by tlhe club

The five aeaogues in tihe Counlty aJl ihave fun proograII1Jmesand most teams in tlhe NortIh wiH be inVoved wilth Welsh National compeltiuons R~yls john Hook w~th Flt1ints ChalIlie Ports Rlchard Liloy-d Keitlh Fitzsimmons Ivor jones and Wrexhams Phil and iMlike Jones wi11l be l1ard pushed to keep tiheir senior ~ankings with itlhe influx of younger players who hrltwe sh)Wn a ma-rked imploVemenit in their play during summer training

It is w~th regiret that we in Noritlh Wa1es have ltIccepted the resignation of Len Elias as t1he capl1ain and oach to our junior squad Lennie a young ald keen coach lhas for pershys-onal reaso_ns -deCided to -leave us and we can only wish him luck in his new post and saytlhan-k you for aiM his eff-orts

Four Rhyl boys represented Wales at the Euwpean Youlth Championsihip lheM in Ausltria ecent~y Greg poweN and Gary Jones played III the Junio[ team wlhHsit Mun WiNiams and Mark ThomaS were- in the cltadet team Matv I congraltulate them on m-aking tthe te-am

SHROPSHIRE NOiJiES

By Alan Cavell

QUIET SATIiSFACTION The mood 0pound members at the- County ACM

was of saltisfaction that County aotivities are p[ospering ltat -~ll levels Over the lltast year the accounlts -shoiwed a plIofit the scrength of lhe CG-unity teams improved more playamps quahfied as umpires and ltoodhinlg activities ~ncreas-ed Indicaltions are tthalt ~he top players i~ ithe COoUTlty are now having too many middotahernamiddot tlVe comnlltmenmiddot1S -at weekends land delegates from Ilealgues were asked to consider whether Counity team players shouUd be excluded If[Oiffi County Lea-gue matches i[t was la-greed to a-liter the County rules to make them comply with a-lil tthe -recommendaltians -0pound rhe ETTA Rwes Committee and to ceoroganise me County dub tournament in accordance wiillh tihe Oounty Management Committees recommendation All -officers and officiaIs were re-elected as foUows

President A J Cavell Chairman fIN E G Harris Vice-Chaerman T Fellton Secretary P K Parklhurst Treasurer Mrs G Gee InrtershyLeague Secretary M C F Jones County competiti-on Secretary j A Burke CoachingSecrelttary P -jackson Umpire ISec~etary W iE G Harris

The summer coaching programme ananged tby Pa-ddy Jackson has been enlalfged ithis- year--ithlt1 tWEave m-ost promi[[llg -gi-rls in tihe County have been formed into a squad and willI receive regular coaching at the New College Telford Ooaohing sessions lOr boys and ginls under 12 under 14 under 17 and for senior pIayerS -wiH be ihelmiddotd at the Sun-dorne Games Hall Shrewsbury

SE MIDLANDS LEAGUE CHAtTIER

by Leslie Constable

NOTABLE OMlJSSION Fourteen teams have entered the MenS

Division of the League with a new Iteam in the shape 0pound TowceSitltl who wiltl operaite in the second diVision A simi-Iar number have also entered the Junior Divisions -and this season should see some exceltlltlentt play in the League as a whole One notable omission laquoom the Womens Division is that of CaJmbddgewho are finding it hard to produce a team rrlIat can cmnpete altthou-gh they won the title two years ago

The AGM of ilie League poundor season 19-77middot78 will be held at St N~ots -as willI the Annual Tournament on a datte to Ibe fixed laltelI

The 15th AGM opound the ILeague was held at

St Neots on June 1st 1976 with BedfoTd Daventry Dunsecttable EllV Hunts CentlI~ Nortlhampton NolIith Helfts St N~s -and We11ingiborough being represenlted

Mir Welbib in his Chailfmans reporlt gave an account of table tennis in AusttaJia where he had spent six montlhs on hOliday He was nnw weUl and fit after a seri-ous opelfation juslt prior to his departure

IMr Fox reported that Norith Hertts won the Me-ns Div 1 Wisibech--Mens Div 2 North Herts-junior Div 1 and iD1v 2 Cambridge won the Veteran DiVision and Davenrry ilfue Reserve Division Fifty-seven teams from 16 le-agues took part in the competition duringthe season

Owing 10 high cosits and lower entries -a loss was incurred on tournaments

Mrs Cornwell] had decided Ito remre middotfrom the office of Tournament Secretary havingdevoted a tremendous -amount of rime and work fo itlhe League since its formation in 1981 It Was hoped her retirement would be oMy temporary A vote od thanks was passed to Mrs Cornwell shy

Eltlection of Officers Ilesulted ChairmanshyM H Webb Vice-Chainman-R R In~e Hon SecretaryDreasurer---ltH Fmc Hon Tou[nashyment lSecre1ary~D RawiLinS-on Hon lP[ess Office--iL R J Consltalbl~ Hon Scorecard Sec-rerarY--iD Rawlinson

The Tournament ICOJIDmittee welfe re-elected Chairman Secretary Ifour-namenit lSeCTeitary Messrs L SaywelU R HarpmiddoteT J Jeffs and R Whiffin

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS 1976 MS G Daviesr(IW1Sbech) Ws A Wams (IWeJHngboroltugh) lS R jermyn (North HertS) VoS G Cockram (Sit iNeOlts) MS Div 2---oA LamPn~JJ] (Sit iNeots)jS Div 2-T Pleasance (North Hampts) MD M PalmelfB Jones (Ely) WiD A WIaillisM Wa-llis (W~lIlingborough) JD jermynG Harding (Noritih Herits) VD CochamS Roberts (St Neots) X-D JermynK Morton (Nortlh Herts)GJS M Wai1lis (Wel1ingborough) GD M WallisL 1B00~h (North Herts) jxn B Ohiamber1lwn (1St NeotsS Fisiher

(Hunts Central) Team Event WelHngborougih

SURREY NOTES

By Ted Simpkin

CA~CULATED GAMBLE As foreshad()wed in the Jaslt contribution of

the 1975-76 season the game in Surrey was due to kick off witlh the County ICIosed Chamshypionships- in the SPOIts HaH of Surrey Unive-rshys~ty and organ~sed largely by tlhe GuiIdfo-rd League This is somewhat of a gamb1e as by the weekend of September 25middot26 some Iloca] 1eagues would not even have held theilf AGMs let alone dusted off rrhek haltS ibm we are al1wayS hopeful in this part of the country

Anrangements lare also in hand to resunect one of the Inter-League compeltitions and to illltroduce a new County Ciluib Inv~taltion Tourshynament to be run on a knockout hasis later in the season

BOb Pearson from the iLeatherhe-ad and Epsom League sends -cheelIfull n~ws of aremiddot birth of interest in his alfea not only wiIl the ileague be larger with five divisdons Ibm with recent entrants Graham ISpicer TTC and new arrivals Rl()sehiH the $Jtandard is rising too News that Peter Corner has come forwalId to run -the junior team is most encouTaging

Guildfolld where tJh-e season started on Sepmiddot tember 20 will field 11 divisuons of 12 teams each -and one with 13 the Ilatlter necessiMting a key of its own in the Associations lhandbo-ok Theuro County Mana-gement Committee sltill chaired by Ron C~ayden is now showing moe life and with encouraging interest from I1he RerdMH League Itlhe administraitive oUllook appears good

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

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15 15

9 8

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N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

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LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

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BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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County Supplement continued

WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

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Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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ESSEX JUNIOR OPEN 1976

SPARKLE LACKING

by Geoff Newman

This seasons Essex Junior Open MtracJted a lll~ge and vaded entry Ibut the overaIl impilesshysion was tbat i1Jhe play lacked that l1iJttlle sparkleltihat has been apparenil for tilie past few yefcllrS Top seeds Marrin Shutit1e and Angela lMiitcheU duUy -won the ilespective U-17 singles events but Sh11tde dn particuillar was hard Pfessed by Keith Paxtonbefore the Durham boy cracked in the run-in Angela WIa$ a comfortable winneii in the gids eveIllt but Essex girl Helen Gore did weB tomiddot take her Ito a thkd game in ~he semis

In the boys singles home supporters were bitlterly d~sappoinJted by the eI1imination of fanded Dave Newman to Chris Reed who has often proved a thOilD in the side of the Essex plliiyer Home hopes were raised however by two fine wins by Sltuart Kimm over Richard Jermyn and by Leon Smith over Ian Kenyon Leon lPiIobably unknown outside Essex dashed Kenyons hopes wioth hds big hitting and gave Paxton plenty Ito tlhink about in the sem~s This popular coloured hitter from Silvertown could weIll knock a few over this Seiison

Anoither boy to ilaike the eye WiiS Kenils Joe Kennedy who has made V1aJSt stddes duringthe summerand is proba1bly We most improved ()f alii the junioils In tlhe iOadet events a thoughltfull displlay by Collin Wi]son saw him home well against Old adversary Graham Sandley John Souter also had a good run in this event

Allison Gordon annexed the Cadet girls tiitle when she proved a Hittle too experienced for Essex starlet Jullie Dowsett Julie had had III very good tournament with wins over booth Mandy Reeves and Helen W~I1Hams III good omen The U-12 events went tQ Alan MQore and Sarah Gresswel1l1 lWith the Surrey girl in particular looking a very mature player for one so young Clactons Janice Clark tllIlso looks anOither useful proSJPect Resmiddotu~tsshylBoys Sjn~les-Quarter-finals M ShuHlle (Sy) bt S BoxaU (Sy) 2016

Susan Clark from Clacton who apart from playing is one of Essexs youngest County

Umpires Oito by Geoff Newman

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J Kennedy (Kt) bt C Reed (Cu) 1315 K Paxton (Du) bt S Kimm (Ex) 16 15 L SmLth (Ex) bt S YtllI1I1op (Dy) 19 11 Semi-finals Sh11lttle bt Kennedy 11 -16 12 iPaxton [bit Smith 19 19 Final SHiUTmLE bt Paxton 19 -18 17 Girls Singles-Quarter-finals A IMiilchelJ (Mx) Iblt H Wiililiams (Mx) 11 16 H GOTe (lEx) bt E Bolton (Kt) 12 17 J PUI~Ow (iEk) bit S Jones (St) 19 16 J New (Do) bt W Parker (Wi) 138 Semi-finals Mitchell bit Gore middott24 110 11 New bt Purslow 201 16 Final MII110HELL Ibt New 8 15 Boys Doubles Semi-finals T DowsettD Newman (Ex) ht K Edwards

(iWi)IR Jermyn (He) 17 -16 15 BoxaililShuti1le ht S Harmer (Bd)C Leslie

(iEll) 17 17 16 Final BOXALLSiHUTI1LE bt DowsetltNewman 12

17 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals PIarker IM Smith (iBk) bt J Douglas (Bk)

MitcheM 014 15 JonesNew ht GoreM Wallis (Np) -171112 Final JONESNEW bt ParkerSmith 19 16 Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals I Kenyon (Kt)Mitdtell bt B Tyler (Mx)

iSmitili 17 12 J SouterM Reeves (Mx) ht NewmanDougllas

22 -16 21 Final KBNYONMiITCHEiLL bit Souter Reeves -18

1420 CAOET (V-14) EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals C Willson (rHa) ht M Oakgtley (Sy) 16111 G ampmd~ey (IMx) ibt SoUiter -18 18 9 Final WIlLSON bt Srandley 14 11 Girls Singles-Semi-finals A Gordon (IBk) bt E Boullton (Kt) 10 12 Dowsetlt 1bt WHIliams 10 -11 14 Final GORDON ht DOoWsett 19 8 Boys Doubles-Semimiddotfinals SandleyWilson ht OakleyG Russelll (Sy) 16

7 R Bergemann (Ha)Souiter bt B Johnson

(IBk)IM Owers (Hr) 20 16 Final SAJNDIJEYWILSON btBergemannSouter 17

19 Girls Doubles-Semi-finals ReevesWiiHiams ht J DeakinL Fenner (iCh)

17 19 S CresswelIL Barbet (Sy) ht Gordon L

middotThYIOT (IBk) 12 11 17 Final ORlEISSIWIELiLGARIBET ht ReevesWiIliams

21 -18 17 U-12 EVENTS Boys Singles-Semi-finals A Moore (Sx) bt A Dixon (St) 17 14 Russellll bt N Hards (Kit) 20 14 Final MOORE bt Russell 13 16 Girls Sin~les-Semi-finals CresSlWeU ht J Ctlailk (lEx) 14 14 Y Hailil (lLe) Ibt J Bellinger (Bd) 9 16 Final CREISSiWELL bt Hall 9 6

EXHIBITIONS OF WORLD CLASS TABLE TENNIS

STAGED BY THE ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL

SQUAD DETAILS FROM SQUAD MANAGER KEN MATHEWS co ETTA OFFICE

DOYEN CLEVELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

By Alan IRansome

ANOTHER DISPUTE Denis Neale won the Mens Singles with a

disputed poiIllt on May 9 in the pound500 DoyenCleveland IChamp~onships at Middlesbrough Town HalJ beacing his England colleague Nicky joatvis in an exciting final

Tfihe lead constanl1y Changed hands as Neoae cleverly moved the hall round the taible forcshying Jarws out of position whiiolsit Jarvis hit some sizzling loop ddves whiich Jeoft Neale standing

Jarvis appeared to have the matoh sewn upwhen he led 18-15 in Ithe decider but Neale won the next foUl points Jarvis ptIQduced two spelctacular spin s~rvJces which Neale could DiOt reituTn but NeaJe 1hen saved the maJtch befomiddotre gaindng four matdt points himself

A great rally followed the Iast Oof these in which Neale darimed Jarvis made a douhle hit After a stoppage Jarvis a-greed and Neale was the winner

iIn the semis Jimmy Walker also came verydose tQ beating Neale when he led 18-15 in the deciding game but Neales ~eat~r ~xpershyience pu[led him hack into the match and he went on to win 21-19

The Womens Singles was won by Carole Kndgihit who heat Jane Skwpp easily fin the finral after Jane hlld beaten Angela Tierney in 1he semds but Angela gained hell rmiddotevenge on het way to winning the Gids Singles

In the Handicap SInrgles event June Williams tbeat Jane SkJpp in the final at1ter Jane- had ousted larvas whilsit Neale overcame Glen Skipp and Angela Tierney before gQing out to Stephen Holden

The Handioap which wal the most popuIar event in the Championship atuacted almosit 100 entiIies A new system was uSeo giving every player an even chance of winning but stilll keepcng the game on a 21-up baSltis

Jarvis and IWaI1keT combined well to win the middotdoubles heating Neale and Carole Knightin an interesting 3-garme fimiddotnral

Ian Plummeif just pipped Michael Laird in the Boys Singles but Lairmiddotd won the Cadet Boys singles beiitinrg Michael Low who did well itO oreach the finat Helen Robinson pTeshydictably was the winner of the Cadet GarIs dngles The sponsor Mr Des DaVies (Jf lOoyen waS plea-sed with the exposure that his Company was given from the Ohampionshyships and has agreed with the County Council1 joint sponsorshiP on Smilar lines fOT the Oleveland Closed next season

The trophies which included two magnifishycent solid ~ilver cups given by Doyen for the Mens and Wom~ns Sdnglesmiddot and an impressivestatuegiven for the Inter-BOrough Trophy by Cleveland County Council were presented by County CounrciHor A McIntosh Chairman of Cleveland County Council and other Council leaders

The Ilnter~Borough Trophy was wron by Langhaurgh District whose player~ included Nicky Jarws Robert Wiley Stephen Souter Angela Tierney June Wdlliams and Michael Laird

INTERNATIONAL TT CLUB by Laurie Landry

As usual during the summer the annmill eIlectiQns for rthe Clwb committee were held It was no change for the third year running but the six nominations fur commIttee mem belS were aill accepted Iby the Officers

The new set-up will be Chakman-Les Cohen Hon SecreltaryLarUilie LandTy Han TreasureT~Bdan Wright and committee mem bersect iLen Adams Derek Burddge A~ec Brook

Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

WiDoIling team

LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

Sponsored by34TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Presented by the ENGLISH TABtE TENNIS ASSOmiddotCIATION at the

NATIONAL EXHliBITION CENTRE BICKENHILL Near BIIRIMIINGHAM

SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

Eaoh Ticket is a Day Ticket and covers all sessions on that particular day

SEASOiN TICKE-rS (iTransfeirable) pound20 Covering every day and all sesslions - pound28

6ach Day or Season icket guarantees the Holder the Correspondimiddotng Numbeled Seat all day in the Main Stadium

Tickets obtalinable fromshyM GOlDSTEIN 31 iBtENHEliM ROIADM10SELEY BIRIMINGHAM 13

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

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JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

ATTACKING ANTI LOOP

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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Ron Crayden Ral1ph Gunnion oand lPhylilis Lauder

Therewa5 also a special sub-committee elected which wilildecide on tlhe winner of the Geoff Hanower Tro-phy lit was pleasing that qouite a number of nOllBnation5 were received and it was Les Cohen Laur1~ Lanmyand Len Adams who- were fmoaffly eIlected

Quite a number of enquiries have been received concerning lrhe activici~s of the Inter nationa Club and in fact during ithe summer an exlrlbitiOoIl afternoon was ()tganised at Manor Place Bath~ in London where the aU-London coaching gIOUp meets on Saturdays

The Internationail Club exists to heLp Tahle Tennis in any way pOSsible and has 50me 150 members aliI of whom are or have ibeen Intershynaitional pIayers at iSenior or Junior levels [nformalttion can be otbtaioIled from me aIt 29 Ravenshaw Street London NlW6

In the Coaching Field

by JOHN OSULUVAN

During the recent Olympic Games there were many complaints from the competitorsand offidals from this country middotdeploring ilihe lfacil~tlies made avaHablle fo-r training

lt was obvious ftrom the shirts many of the 6tlthllees were wearing where their training had been done It is tlherdore od great interesit to all athletes ltto note The opening in Octo-ber m a Centre ltIf iSpo-rting Excellence situltlitemiddotd ail Leeds -serving Yorkshire and Humberside

This centre run lin conjunction witil rlIe University of Leeds Polytechnics Sports Council and local government wi] cate-r fur a number of sports but dIe moS1l interesting as far as we aTe conceltrned is Thble Tennis

AppilicMions can be made by b-oth males and femaJes over 14 years Of age who sho-wd attain inlternaotionaJ standard within 3 years and I1ive or could ij[ve witihin one hours tnavedc

ling time from Leeds It will be staffed by National Coach Peter

Simpson rtagether with Hans Soova Steve Worsman and iSyffvia Broadbent Hans being a 3-Star Coach Steve and Syalia r2-ampar TlfainingwHl reke pI1ace at Leeds Arthlletic Institute on Mondays IWednesdays and Fridays from 6-30 to 9-3Q pm

Top athletes requare something more than the loca sPOrts hadl and at last tihe power5tfhat be have recognised this May Leeds prove the first of many

There is aJready in existence the Shea] Oentre for Table Tennis in the So-uth-East supervised by Peter Hirst In the Birmingham area middotthere is aaso a sponosoTed scheme and in Bolton Hawker Siddeley Dynamics (Losrock) have launched a squad of Ibudding aspirmiddotants

As can be seen table tennis is being taken more seriousily by natioonal and looall indusm-y who ihale sho-wn lttheir failth in the sport bY providing bOth faciIi-ties and cash

You will prohalbly have read in the national press of Brian Burns resignation I am sure many people wmiddotm be sony to see Brian go r wiU certainly miss him His duties dn the meantime wiU be carried oUI by Peter Simpson

This wi o-f course put extra pfessure on Peter hut to prevent Ithe North poundrom being l1eglected because of rthe double burden Peter Hirst willl be helping out in the NOluhern area

We have in hand albout six months before Ithe World Championships and whalt shouild be a gaMen oppOOtumty for coaches to study the rtop pgtlayers from aH over rthe world which may give them new ideas to assist with their own Coacl1ing This could be the onlly WoTld Championshipmiddots many wilt1 ever have the chance 00 see SO do not deilay witlI your tick-ell appHshycaltions

Whilst visiting a tournament at rthe end of

last season I witnessed agt 5ltr()ke nhad not seen bemiddotfore_ It was delilered with tihe edge of ithe bait aimed oat tihe collJar bone just below tih~ righlt ear It was refen-ed to as the HoazellW1OOd ch()i)J

Its effect was instantaneous middotand most effecshytive Anyone wishing to Jearn more about 1lhis sDroke shoul1d consult Miss Julie McLean of Hull

The Junior Assessment Camps and Finlll1 Tdals have new come ItO olin end witih BryanMerrett looking a shadow of his fOIiIIler seilf iRe had been working non-stop fo-r many weeks on vhe organisation and write-ups culminalting in the new Junior Rankin~s

In Ithe recent past I have visited a number of junior tfialls and to me it is becoming eVldent ltthat the gap between the top juniors and Jthe hopefuls has naw narrowed ro a pointwhen a top paayer hmiddotaving a slightly off day an lose to quite a number ltlif the lesser 11ghl-s

This- siltuation has 1 hope come about not only because of improved cGaching techniques but ltthat more juniOTs are receiving coaching1M the IVlta1 beginners stage

Salford Super League

by Brian Kean

Run along similar Uines to the Sunday Times Super League SaJfordEccles tihanks to Graham Compton-the new Lancashire County Match Secretary----and his committee arttraoted the top players in the No-nth West to LittUeton Road to compete in a summer compeltiotion Hal~x provided the balls Mapsport the

Itabiles and Attack Spo-rts me shirts such sponshysorsh~p considerably reducing ltthe financ1al burden pJaced on the shQulde-rs of the Sallford Eccles and District TT League

The championship -wa-s decided on the total number of setc won whioh of cour5~ made every Se1 vital Six teams oompeted and the [act that 8 of rthe 15 matdhes played ()over 5 nights in JUJIJe July and Au~t finished 5-4 highlights the even balance of the tmiddoteams in contention

N1gell Eckersleys was the team to succeed by 5 sets on that of Roger Hampson poundckersshyJeys team had a -significant 9) win over Denis NeaIes team whO on the night were with-ouit Denis and PaUll Tsang who were away On holiday

Other than Neales faulcless performance in remaining unbeaten for which he received a tankard that of Scottish internationaJI John McNee who only Joost lttwice is worthy of menrion tHe lost only to NeaJe middotand a disapshypointng Da-vid Constance

All~hough the competition was an overwhelm ing success poundrom a playing viewpoinlt there Was little rellurn from that of the OOganisers except perohaps to stimu~ate interest in loea] pastures J was surprised to see a c()ompJete lack of interest from officiails o-f Lancashire and Cheshire and of the larger local leagues

FINAL PLACINGS tP W F A Pis

N Eckersiley 5 4 31 14 31 R Hampson 5 5 26 19 26 P Bowen 5 3 25 20 25 N HaLlows 5 J 18 27 18 ] HiJ1ltton 5 1 18 27 18 D Neale 5 0 117 28 17

Leading Individual Records (p W I

D Neale 12 12 o ] McNee 15 13 2 N Eckersley 15 12 3 T rHplusmnlton li5 11 4 R Hampson 15 11 4 B Johns 15 11 4 D SlchQneldl 15 10 5 P Bowen 12 8 4

] MaB Kean

Tslha-JIl

15 15

9 8

6 J

N ilIaLlows 15 5 10 C HemiddotapI ITC Be

sang nson

bull bullbullbullbull 0

12 9 9

4 3 3

8 6 6

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LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES

AMATEUR SPORTS ASSOC by FRANK CLAY

Inflation has claimed auOllher victim The LBHASoA is 1IegretfuJly having Ito terminaltteshyits activities due largelly to rthe terrific increase in the rentaJ Gf office premises in London

The Associatdo-n was fOTmed in 1696 and eventuaHy thTough its 10 sports secltionsect oaltered for Ith-~ sporting activiltties of 150 affilishyatemiddotd clu1bs In fact througJh its Table Tennds Section the Association was a founder member of the ETTA

However all is not lost At its AGM in May the Table TeDoIlis Section 0pound the LBHASA unanimously agreed iVhe propoSalt1 that rtahle Itennis shouId continue and Jthat in future the section SmiddothouJd Ibe kltown as the London Busines-s Houses TlIble Tennis Lea1gue

J1he first ~resident Gf rthe iLeague willil be A E H C1ewer a name weB known to manyolder tabJe tenruis enthusiasts wirth iL T C B-ulpont and Stuart iDane as Ithe Vice-PresidenJts Cha~lesect Shepherd and Frank Clay will be ChalTman and ViceJ()hJairman respectively roUes that they have fulfiUed in tile old Ass oialttiltln for many yoors whilst the Hon Secreshytary will be Mrs lJris Sotihern

The AGM was also sign-mcant for another happening Lesliemiddot BulpoTit regretfuHy decided to calll ~t a day after 25 years unbroken service as Hon Sec of tihe TaMe Tennis iSec~ion bot asmiddot a player and an official bedng a Vlcewr~dent of tihe LBHiASA an officiall of the now defunct London Tablle Tennis Fede-ra1tion a member of ltthe Referees Comshymittee ()of the English Open Clhampionships for many years and the Hon Referee opound numerous Open and CJosed tournaments in the Soultth of Engtland

A suitalble presenltation was made to him as a token of appreciation for his 5eTwces and in his -reply Leslie stressed middotrhat TaJble Tennis had brought him a weallth of happiness and many good friends and ltihaJt he woulld stiJl kefIP in the game through the London Business Houses Table Tennis League

The Hon Sec-retary of Jthe League is Mrs 1 M SOtihern co McK~nna amp Co Soliciltto-rs 12 Whitehall London SJW1A 2DZ and Iris will Ibe ve-ry pIleased to hear from any dubs who wish to join tobe League and fuiHill the qualJifications of a London Business House Like the Ilegendary Phoenix Jthe -London Business Houses Table Tennis Lague has indeed risen again fram the ashes

INTERNATIONAL SQUAD The English Table Tenns Associations

Internationall Squad are ItO give an exihilbition at llhe WiUiam Thompson Recreation Cenm-e Burnley on Fdday October 22 aIt 7-30 pm Tickets priced at H (Under-16 and OA Ps 50p) can be had fmm B Ingham 24 Ra~an Road BurnUey Lancashire

fTS WONDERFUL -Were ina whilfl

Announcing weve a baby g1irl To Ken and Karen2ia Mathews a daughter

Jwia weigh

Emma t 6 lbs

Karenza on 0 ozs

July 12 1976shy

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

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On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

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Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

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1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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MIDDLESEX NOTES

By Don Kenny

REMARKABLE SURVIVAL For a tCounJty ltlhat middotdoes nOit actua~ly exist

Mid-dlesex Ire sUTmiddotviving Temarkalbly wen Faced as are most ltJther olfganiSJaltion-s with ever-increasing costs Dave Groombridge has ibeen appointed to aot as PromOJtIions Officer to try and middotget a few mltJoney-making if possilble sociamiddotl events moving A hundred Club hM been smiddottJarted and the Finance COlffimittee Igiven fairly urgenJt instruotions to eXaJlIIine the hapennies

SaJes of TT NewS may well be lessenedshywith the lltJss of its most energetic Sallesman iLou Hoffimlln famillioar face and voice ail the tournllments feells tihat he mustt have a Test ror a IWihLIe Warm words of appreciation for his past efforts iWere eXIPressoo at i1he recenlt AGM

Following a most smiddotuccessfwI InJter-County season last yeaT Ken Mathews also tgtakes his departure from the smiddotce-ne with ft1hanks No ~ess sucCess is anticipated tlhis year and tlhe additiomiddotn of a Iteam of VeteraniS should give the ltJthelI olldsters a SpOil of compet~tiOl

The Middlesex Open iWill1 lagain ibe at Picketlts Lock December 4-5 alinhougih the venue of the JunioT events is changed to RuisHp Sports Centremiddot

Memlbers 0pound the well-known 1ElllenborltgtugJh dluJb have been wltJrking hard duTing tihe SUinuner montlhs nO so much to keep fit for the coming season as to have a headquarters fur it Although assisted wiIth vaiiOus sectants linuch of the coa~1h fltJT their brand new buikling has had to be raised Iby their OiWn efforts The end middotresu~t slhowld be a sectfeat new haJl wtith all mod cons on the siile of tlheiT ood somewhat ltremshackle hut and a renewed erutihusilasm on the part of itheir members The County have made a co-ntribution to vhe funds and win it is hoped siVage some future County matches there There oan be no dourbt that the piLace wiill make a very nice addition to Table Tennis faciHtJies in tlhe iNorth Middlesex area and wHH enaible a great deal of cQlldhing ito take place whicih sihoUId produce even mOTe promising youngstters

STIVO SPORTS FESTIVAL

by David Deller

The second annliversalIY of Sit Ivo Recreamiddot tion Ceilitre (Carobs) from September 1-8 brought a week Jong SpONS festival which included a furN prOglIamme of tablle tennis In ala over 60 hOurs around 400 players and ov~r 650 matches contributoo to ithe proshyglIamme

FiTst event omiddotn the opening evening was mhe St Ivo Inter-Club junior tournamenJt in whioh nine leams competed Each team played in an opening group Of [three and comprised 2 boys and 2 19irls The winner-s of each group tlhen contested the finall section

The ithree group winners were Braugihing (Herts) St lives (Hunts) and Rothborough (iNOIftJhants) The home club proved succeSSful by noarrowly overcoming Braughing (oR iWil~ liams A SmiJth J Glazebrook and C WebSiler) 3-2 and Roithhorough 3-1 The ampt Ives i1e-am was Steven Fisher Mark Fisher Melanie Ringrose and Julie Cundelll Mark being unbeaten

Througihout tlhe week matches iWer~ pilmiddotayed in the Baadrys rournament (sponsomiddotred Iby Jaok Baldry of Cambridge) Over 150 enltlies wemiddotre received for vhis individual CompeltitiOn

Allan Lamprell (Sit iNeots) Teversed his County Championships defeat iby oveTlhauIing Tim Speller (St Iv-es) in Ilhe final Losing semi-finaaists were Mark Fisher and Ken GreeTI Other awards in the competition welIe Top women-Me~anie Ringrose TOIP juniorshyMark Fisiher Top Non-League iPlayershyTony Albbot with a spedaJ award going ito

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Derek Smitlh British AthaetieS captain Alan Pascoe presented ilhe prizes

The senior inter-olub ltournamenJt Ihad nine olubs competing with a igltlod iLetchwordh side winning vhe tlfophy In the fingtaJl group they beat Soham 3-1 and MilIton Keynes 4-0 Letclhmiddot worth WeTe represenlted Iby R Jermyn 1M Harper S Felamptood and S H-arper and for SOlham K Richards-on M Pa1mer J Palmer and P Everitt

A~middottthough i1able tennis took a big poot in the festivll OitIher sports were Well represented with star names such as amp-ian OIOSe (cmiddotrkket) Malcolm Macdonald Don Masson and lBolb WiIson (footbaJl) GiJlIian Gilks (Ibadminton) Dave Boy Green (boxing) not fltgtrgeittting Joe Loss and his Band who supplied tihe music fOT Ithe dIosing nigiht dance I am sure thail this towns ~malJIiish POPulattion of around 10000 must ihave Swelled somewhat durirug Ithe annishyver5ary festivaa

1st FYLDE I-STAR OPEN

DOUGLAS ON TARGET

by Geo R Yates

Hot favourite Desmond IDougtlas won ltIhe mens sirugles titJle in ItIhe liSt Fylde l-Sitalf Open played at AnsdeN County Seoondary School Lythatrn on Sunday September 12 hut not at tlhe expense of Dends Nemiddotale who was Ousted by Lanca~hires Donald Parker

Parker staged a storming recovery aipoundter being hilt off in tlhe opening game of the final enoounter but after equating the set score was not equal to maintaining the pressure in bhe final

Another Lancastrian to hilt the high sporn was Stephen Cowley who in vhe firstt middotround of the boys singles sltruck out the top seed Clhris ReeC of -Cumbria It was Ian Reed vhe youngelI ibrovher of Chrds who eventuao1Iy capshytured the Iti ITe alt ttlhe final expense of Lancamiddot shires Steve Turner Cowleys conqueror

Anita Stevenson and Stephanlie Jones swept aU bef-ore them in ltIhe female singles events in whaJt turned OUt rOO Ibe a first-rCIJtl i1ournashymerut played undelf ideal conditions with possibily Ithe Ibest gtHghting to be found in any sports hall Prize money exceeded BOO-some effoI1t for a l-Sta~ affair-tihanks to Ken Westshymoreland and Bolb Wood not to mention the after-fmaJs supper Laid on Iby John ~an~ Irene FIa-rrer Great show mackpooI and DlsttrtCit

Resmiddotuilts Mens Singles-Quarter-finals D Noole (CITe) bt N Eckersley (Clhes) 19 12 D parker (Lancs) bt A Hydes (Yks) 15 -16

9 J Hilmiddotton (lOhes) bot I WarnelI (Sltaff-s) 13 24 D Douglas (Wks) bt A Fletcher (Yks) 114 112 Semimiddotfinals Parker Ibt Neale 19 -10 15 Douglas bit gtRillton 11 9 Final DOUGLAS bt Parker 7 -19 15 Womens Singles-Quarter-finals A Stevenson (Leics) bt M Turner (Ches)

5 11 S Jones (StJaffs) bit G SmiotIl (ICum) 15 12 D Schofield (Ches) bt A Lloyd (Wks) 11 14 D Johnson (Lancs) bt 1 Farrer (Lanc-s) 1611 Semi-finals Stevenson ibt Jones -19 12 9 Johnson bt schofield -18 9 14 Final STEVENSON bt Johnson 11 18 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals DoouglasFletciher bt EckersleyB JoIlmS

(Ches) -17 19 18 P BotWen (Lancs)H~lton Ibt HydesParker 15

16 Final DOUIGLASFlJETiCHER bt BowenHllton 19

-15 16 NO WOMENS DOUBLES EVENT Mixed Doubles-Semi-finals ParkerSltevenson middotbt D SchOfield CChes)

JohnsOn 15 15 DougilaslJones bt R Hampson (Ohes)Schoshy

fielld 13 19 Final PlARKERsrrEVIENiSOiN bt DouglasJones 28

17 Boys Singles-Quarter-finals S Cowley (ILancs) bt E WiIkes (Staffs) 4 16 S TUIIner (Lancsmiddot) bt K Godfrey (Lanes) 8 7 D Gray (Ieum) bt R Weatherby (Ches) 15

-19 12 I Reed (Cum) bt B ICamey (lLanes) -13 18 11 Semi-finals Turner bt Cowley -18 19 12 Reed bt Grav -15 15 13 Final RiElElDln Turner -17 18 16 G Is SiDides-Semi-finals Tones bt A Cornwell (Lancs) 12 9 Smith ~t B Gray -(Cum) 15 12 Final JONES ht Smith 15 16 Veteran Singles-Semi-finals Schd1eld In W Harris (iLanc-s) 19 le M Tew (Ches) bit D HiB (Lanes) 1822 Final SICHOF[IELD ibt Tew 21 16

LANGBAURGH TT CHAMPIONSHIPS

by ALAN RANSOME

TRIPLE CROWN OrmeSbys Angela Tierney produced her

bestmiddotever table tennis to win a triple mown in the Langbaurgh Championships at Guisshyborough on September 11 highlighted by a shltJck viotory over Carole Knight in tihe Omens singiles tina1 In addition to ila~ing her first senmiddotior singles tit-Ie AngeJa won ilihe jurniOif girIs Singles and the ihandicap event

At the halfway stage in the final of the womeiIls smiddotingiles competition Miss Knight held c()lmplete command and appeared ItO have the titfie sewn up She led by a game and 10-5 in tthe second but jUst fora momerut CaIole a1lowed her concentradon 10 relax md paid itJhe penailty

Angcla who is 15 rook full advantage of heil cihance oand went on Ito win 21-11 taking 16 of the remainirug 17 points Once on top Ange~a refused to middotlelt go aiIld werut on i10 be a decisive Champion winning 21-11 in tlhe decider

In her other gttwo fina-IS Angela never 10Oked in tTouble She beat Jane skipp comfortmiddotably in the junioT girl5 final and in the finail of the handicap she showed her adaptability a~ainslt Stockiton)s defensive veterRn Alan Wiimams a~ain winning dedsively

Nicky Jarvis Won the mens si-ngles ibeating Jimmy Wlaaker in tlhree in an enltervaining finall Jarvis beat giantkiIIer Andrew Kilburn in the semis although KiJburn put upa spirited disp-lay and did weB considering the wide gap in standards KillbUlIn ousted Tony MaTitin and Robert Wiley to reach ilhe semishyfinall Jimmy Wlalker dropped 18 game in Itbe other semi against Stephen S-outer but was an easy wi-nner in ilhe decmiddotiding game once he had established a lead

The junior boys singles was Won by Ian Pilummer who beat Paul Hindle in a goo-d final Hindle did well to overcome Michael LiiId in vhe semifmall winning 22-20 in the decider

The top seeds Jarvis and Walker won the doutbIes evellt beating MaIitin and Ma~colm CQirking in ano-ther good finaJ MaTttin and Corking defeated Souter and Wiley in l1heir semi-fil1at

(Entries doubled Ila-s-t years and the chammiddot pioiIlshipS weofl~ sponsored by Langbanrgih iCounci~s Recreation and Amenities iDeparitmiddot ment Tihe tplfizes and awards Were presented by the Mayor middotof Langbaurgh CoundIIOf J S DylbaIl The PIfize money for the champioiIlsthiPiS totalIIed pound250 of which Nicky Jarvis and Angela Tierney tOok the lions share winninpound pound60 each

Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

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On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

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Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

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1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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Impact Ascot Butterfly Under-14 Team Competition

by ALAN DINES

Once again invited teams from all over Enlgland asseimlbled in ReadiDig on June 19 to battle for the championSlhip titles middotof rh1s annuaJ compeltition sponsored by Ascot Sports (Sussex) ILilmited and organised by IMPACT (Institute of Match Play and Coaching Tecnshynlics) This year the main honours went to Readings girls and PlymoUths boys who were the winners of their events

In the g1iirlls event Reading w1ere clear-cut winners for the third Year ~unning wilth the sttrong -aJII-round team of Alison Gordon1 JiB Purslow ~Leslley Taylor and Alison Burke Their championship success w1as smiddot~curied by beatillig Barking 8-0 INewrbury 6-2 Plymouth ~ 8-0 ISwindon 6-2 land Guildford 8-0 Reading ha1ve three of this team sitil in the under-14 age 19rOUP ne~t year -anld with a tgood supply of rising sltlatrs aim tomake iJt 4 suclcesses in a row Bec-ond place in the igirls event went tlo Guildfordl representted by iSariah ClressweH Kerry IMerritt Micheile IBland and Karen Gosllinlg1 who heat pa~moUitlh A 5-3 Rmiddotelading lB 7-1 NeMTlbwry 5-3 drelw with Swindon 4-4 and lost tO Reading 0-8 The Swindon girlsClaire ~MailseY Pawldne TowDsend Delbr1a Smitlh land Joanne Gardne1r were equal on match resullts with GUliildJford with whom they drew 4-4 hut the 8-10 games ratio was not in their favour land they had to Ibe conltentt with third place Newbury aclhieved fowrth Iplace with a 100 record flrom Mandy Smith and usefuJ Ibackinlg from G Heath K MCiKenzie and J Ridhlardson

[Plymouth boys were Iconvincing winners of their eVient land their team of P Whiting1 G Hodges 1M Hodlges C Bunch and G Wiltshire beat Nelwlbury 8-0 Corvenitry 7-1 Barking 7-1 Mlaidenhead 7-1 Woverhalmplton 6-2 Guildford 6-2 and Actton 6-2 Tihis Iteams imprestsive pershyfOTmance justified the efforts in Plymouth to derve~op junior table tennis and iiS an exampe to aLI those other not convenienlttly situalted towns Who use their loclation as a reason why they could noll do welll and consequenttly make little or no effort ICongratullatlions Plymouth on your SUiCicess and prorving that success is poss1ibile

Second p-lace went Ito Guildrford rreprrelsented by s Woodg1ate M Oakley s Baig~ott and D Oak1ley with wins (against Acton 8-0 Reading

8-0 rDelrby 7-1 Coventry 7-1 Maidenhead 6-2 a 4-4 draw againslt WolverhaJmptoll and a 2-6 Joss againstPilymorutih Th-e battle for the- next three places was ve1ry fie~rce and the rmiddotesults very close- The IMaidenhead tealm of D Giloster~ M BartholomelW N Simpson R IMetlclalf manlaged to Isecurmiddote tthilrd place The Aclton telam (M Les D (Pillling D Uhan and R Lies tied on fina~ glIOup maltmiddotcn pointls with Wolvershyhampton A BelHillighalm P Platell P Dawes and tAo D1xon but the 5-3 WIn by Acton giave thelm fourth position

Finall positions wereshyGIRLS

l--IReading 2-GuHdfOtrd 3~Swindon 4shyNelwbury 5~lymoutlh 6---Reading B 7 shyBarking 8--lPII~mouth B BOiYS

1----4PIIYlmourth 2-Guilldford 3~Maidenh-ead

~Aclton 5~WollverhamiddotmptiOn 6~Coventry

7~WemibleY amp Hair~ow 8-Derlby 9---1Barking 10---JC(heltenham 11----1Reading 12~Newbury

This competition is parlt 01pound the IMIPACT rlange OIf tournaments and competitions and ha~ the specific obje1cltive oif middotenciOuralginrg inshydepth devellopment at town level of players under tihe age of 14 This competition has proved verry popular and successfuI and witl1 be repeatted again nett yeal1

Ealch pilayer olbtained la valluahle dayls tlalble [ennis with alB tea1ms playiDlg at lelasrt five matches and some ipliaying seven Teams conshysisted of 4 [gtliayetrs lin a (maltch with the first and second pIairs pQaying the 0PPostinlg pairsfor a total of 8 singlles Eac(h tealm played in a preliminary group olf 4 to dellermine tthe top 2 teams who wenrt into final grourps of 6 for the boYS and 4 fOlr the Igirlls

When the final shots had been pllayed the plresentations were made by Judy Sihalrp from Ascot Sporlts All the competitors land team managers treceived pennants land the fiimiddotlst and second teamS in boys and girls events were p1resented with eqUlipment prizes Referee for tibe comrpetition was John Freeman The orlgan isers Alan Dines and Brian HallJiday would be pleased to hear from anyone interrested in next years competition

Reading Girls Team (from I to r) Judy Sharp (Ascot Sports) Alison Gordon Jill Purslow Lesley Taylor and Alison Burke

At the AGM At the AGM of lthe ETTA held lat the

Imperiia~ London lin July the ETTA Trelasurer Tiom Blunn CChairman Life Memibers and ViceJPlresidents lCommilttee) proposed 011 belhallf olf the National ICouncill one netW IHon Life Mellllher Mr A ] H Ton~ Wickens Tony had served BuckiDighatmShire in numerous capaloiities for imany years plasit and had given inva1luable IIelgail adNice ~o the Assoshyciaition for some 15 years He was also well known las a meimiber of various standing comshymiltltees This proposlal was carried with accllaim land Tony acknoW1ledged the preSentiashytion suitlaibly

Hlaving completed his three-year Iterm of office as IPresectident ~f the IETTA it wias proshyposed by Tom Blunn and seconded iby the AssO~iation Ch~irman Chairles Wylels thalt MaurIce Goldstein be re-elleclted for la furrther term of office Maurlilce wlas Ithlanked fur [his support and advice Over the past lthcee ye1ars He hadcarried Out his duJties in an lalbsolutely first-class manner and his wife Gladys hiad ~upported him nobQ~

TomBlunn then proposed on bethalf of the Nlationaa ICouncil that Mrs A K Nora Vint Mr Frank Newell Mr A Gordon SteggalI Mr ~Derek Tyler and Mr E Bill Worsley be eleclted Vice-Presidenlts

It is with sorrow that we have to rieportthe death of Frank Charles NewelI at the Nuffield Nursing Home on Se1ptember 9th 1976 Table ~ennis had been his life and in a letter from hIS son Mr ] A Newell the information was passed that his father was deeply moved when he was honoured by being made a ViceshyP~esident of the ETTA Frank had been ill with cancer for some time and his death though deeply mourned was not unexpected

The IVlQr Montagu Awaird wlas iPresented to Alan Ransome of ICleve]and fiQr his rwork i n talble itennis~arti~Ullarly among younger peoplle Mr GoldsteIn presented rthle Mallcoflm Scoltlt Award to Charles Wyles remarkillig on the ChalirmanS long service ito the game and the indeibtedness of laB memlberS IBoith alWlards were 19reeted wilth laclclaim

DUMBEllSIltE 3middotS~AR OPEN The 42nd Humberside 3-Star Open or~anshyIsed iby the HUlll and District TT Association willl this season receive sponsorship from lth~ HUilnberside County LeisUre Serrvices Commitshytee and Dunllop sportls Company

Prize- money almountS to pound520 with pound120 going to the winner of the mens singles and pound60 to the 1Vomens singles winner The tournashyment wloll be played over tlbe weekend of Olctober 23-24 all the YPJ~ Ferens Recrelaltion C~ntre rChanterlands Avenue North Hullll PlayWIII begin lat 9-30 lam elach day wirth the finals scheduled for 6-30 pm on tihe Sunday

fhe siPOnsOt~ship by Ithe IHlumrberside County Lelsur~ Serylces Commiltte~ j~ parrticllla~ly appr tc1alted In a season wlhlch ]s ltihe 50th in the hI~ltory of the Hullland Disltrict AssOciatio-n

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Page 22 BUILD YOUR OWN BAT FROM THE BUTTERFLY RANmiddotGE

prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

Sponsored by34TH WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Presented by the ENGLISH TABtE TENNIS ASSOmiddotCIATION at the

NATIONAL EXHliBITION CENTRE BICKENHILL Near BIIRIMIINGHAM

SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

THE TABLE TENNIS SPECIALISTS

WE CARRY A WIDE RANGE OF BATS RUBBERS AND OTHER ITEMS OF TT EQUIPMENT IN STOCK- PLEASE QUOTE ITEM REQUIRED - NO LISTSbull

JOOLA STIGA SRIVER DUNLOP JAQUES Etc TONI HOLD BACKHAND BAT pound12middot99 RUBBER pound4middot50 PER SHEET RED THE

ATTACKING ANTI LOOP

OLYMPUS SPORTS

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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prnrnise to be a sporting spectacular such ha~ nOlt ben seen in this countiry since the 1966 World Cup As prnmoiters of the championship for ithe Internationa1l TaJble Tennis Federaltion the ETTA bas accepted Ithe lbiggeslt chaQlenge of all

Public inlterest in the 34th Worlld Table

34TH Tenn~s tChampionships is bel~ifinlng to awaken

Tlhe demand for tickets is allrerady beginning to hOit up and sales for the diays of the finals and sefmi-finalls are aIrelady very shOO-It

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS The itahle tennis world are still being

afforded excl~usitiiVity in tl1cket sales Ibult this

BIGGEST CHALLENGEOIF ALL

On 26th March 1977 one of the biggest eIVenlts in Ithe inlternational sporting calendar swings into action wilen the IEngaish Table Tennis Associlatiion piresenlts the 34th Woifld Talble Tennis Championships lin BiirimiDigham

More than 70 nal1ions wil~ be competing for the worllds top Itlable Itennis honours-a far cry from the first-ever World Table tennils Ciha1mpionslhips which were helld ~n London in 19126 Then just seven cQIunltrdes took pa1rltshyEDlglland AU~Sltria Czechoslovakia Gerlmany HungailY Inrdia and Wales

Taible tennis IiS just one of the sports that England hasl given to ltlhe world and 50 yea1rs later the compiliimenrt will be returned when the championships are staged in one of Ithe giant halls lalt the N1ational lExhiJbiltion Centlre

Witih fclsSdstrance from major sponsorS includshying the Sports lCounc~l Norwich Union Insu(fshyance ICompany Ntational Wesltminster Bank and Imany others the IETTA halve tiaken on the trmiddotemendous taSk of organising this mlamshymotihevenlt

ChampioDiship Director Mlilke Lawless has tlhe unenvilalble jolb of looking aJflter lthe intershyests 01pound not only the compeitiing nataons but alIso speclt1altors Ithe media and ~mlany olther lintershyes1ted p1arties

A huge efforlt awaits the oiflglaniselrs and the army of helpers in BirmiDlgham Buit for IIuany of them ilt MdU be a Ilabour of aove as they become iPart of the largest Singe sport event elVer held For Imany orf the oflicialls ilt will he the hil~IH~1t of ltheir envi1re careers in rtaible tennis laldmilnilStlriation

Themiddot sClale of the opelraltion is enOiflmou~ Tihousands of p~ayers officials and flans wiH conve1rge on Biriminghalm for the IClhampionshyships which wilJll be cofilclurled on 51th ApriL wilth the indivlidua~ finals All competitors will be housed at the UniverSlilty of Birmingham where 1400 beds halve been provisionaHylIeseirved And a fleet 0pound coachelS will rnainltlain a serlvice between the INational Exhibliltiorr Centre each day land the Unilvetrslity

The venue fOil middotthe Championships is HaU S of Ithe pound5~miHion exbilbition ICentife This hlal~l has middotan ar1ea of nearly 215000 Sfq metres equivalent of five soccer pitches side by side In Ithis shelll will be builtt two arenas with seating for nearly 10000 spectialtors toge1tner with adminiSl1ifation offices pllayetrs land officiaas lounges fa plress land television tarea and taU the other fac~lities required Ito accomshymodate title arimy of people who willll Ibe drawn from aB COIrners of the world by this mlagnetic spectacle

Also linked to 1tlhe championshitPs W1ill be the firs~ pulblllic sport land (Jeisure exhibition ever to bemiddot Staged at the INECFor nine he1cltic dlaysHlaIrr 5 wiH be the [oCiall poinrt of tille sporlting Iworld and Sporta1cus 77 willI felature the Cha1mplionships as its cenltrre pilece lIt win also provide la firslt class opporitunity for manushyfalclturers and supp1lie1rs tO displaiY tiheirrproducts land serwces to the igenera~ public And more r~nI13OOO enthusiasts ar1e expeclteid to Visit the lexhifbition eracih day

iI~ liJamp olf tCQlurse lexpected Ithlat t~he reigniDig world cha~mpions wH1 tbe defending ltheir ltiitlles jmiddotn IBirrmiDigham The Peoplles rRepubliic of China are wiJthout ia doubt the Igre1altest Itiaib~e tennismiddot nation wiltn a deplth and strenglthunequa1ed by any other ctQtunltry They are the hoIderls of Ith~ World Team Champaonshipsthe SWiaYlthlling anld ICorbiIIIon CUPS for men

and women respecltiveJy and are bound rto stlairt favourites poundor the inteirnait1ional rteaim comlPetiitions which preceed Ithe individual eventc betlween 26 and 30 IMalrdh The p~ayelrs then have la full days rest hefore tlhe Igrealtest exalmination of aU the world indlividuall Ichamshypionships shy

Istl~an Jonyerr (Hungary) is Ithe reilgning mens clhalmpion of the world and Plak Yong Sun (Korea DiPIR) is the global women~ champion BUit six years ago Swedens Stelllan Bengltsson won tilleworld s~Dgles I1liltle and orienltail teams Iwill not have elverything their own wiay The p1ayer on whQm the most fervelllt patriotlc hopes will flaIl is sure Ito ibe iEuropean Champion Jilll HammersJey land Birmingham could Ibe her chance to win tihe Igreateslt prizeof all shy

Bultwhether an EngII~h [Jlayer Ian orienl1all or a European eventually reilgns suprerne the 34th rworld Tiable Tennlis IChampionshiplS

is a situation iwhiCih wilil shorltlly come to Ian end

ITalble tennis fans must oirder ti1ckets now Ito be surle of a seat iat this internaltionall specltacushylar Oncle the order book is open to the general puibl~JC Itihere wdil~ be no gua~ranltee for seartingfur anyone

ISend your order form and ffemilttance as soon las posSilble to Mr Maurice Goldsrtein 13 Blenhei1rn Road IMoseley IBirlmiDlgham B1117

EQUljPMENT FILLrIP The equipment to be used at the NiaJtionaJI

Exhiibiltion Cent~re for the 34th World C[haim~

pionships will be provided by Stilga AlB the Swedlisih firlm whose tables nets ~and POSIts have bemiddotenadoplted ~he Ibal1 to be used wiml he provided Iby

Ha1lex Table Tennis Ltd Ithe main comimeTshyciall sponsors being Ithe Nmiddototrlwich U nilQn Insurshyance Groulp

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SATUiRDAY MIARICH 26th to TUiESIDAY AlPRIL 5th 1977

TEAM EVENTS-26th-30th March-Starting Time 9-00 am Saturday March 26th-Opening Ceremony amp Teiam Events pound2pound3 Sunday March 27th-Team Eve~nts pound2pound3 Monday March 28th-Team EJenrts - pound2pound3 Tuesday IMarch 29th-Team E~ents Closing Stalges shy pound4pound5 Wed March 30th-Team EJents Closing Stages amp FinalS pound4pound5 Thursday March 31 st NO PLAY

INDIVIDUAL EVIENTS-1st-5th Apriil Friday April 1st-lndividua1 Events pound2pound3 Saturday April 2nd-Individual Events pound2pound3 Sunday April 3rd-lndividual Events - pound2pound3 Monday Aprill 4th-lndiJidua1 Events Closiing middotStages - - pound4pound5 Tuesday April 5th-lndividua1 Events Closing Stages amp Finals pound4pound5

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

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Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

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1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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WORLD CHAMIPIONSHIPS EXEICUTIVE COMMIiTTEE

C M Wyles OBE A K Vin OBE G R Yates~ T Blunn

Director M J Lawless SuboiCommittee Chairmen

11 Goldstein (Local and Venue) K Watts (Finance)S T Lrnton (Promotion and Publicity) C J Clemett (Technical) G M Daniels (Administration)

Referee J M Wright At the 1975 Biennial General Meeting of

the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in ICalcutta it was agreed that the English Table Tennis Association should stage the 34th World Table Tennis Chamshypionships in England in 1977 It is particushylarly appropriate that the season 1976-77 marks the 50th Anniversary of the founda tion of the ITTF and of the holding in England of the first-ever World Table Tennrs Championships

The Sixth International Junior Team Tournament

AT WOLFHAGEN WEsrr G8RIMIAINY - 23-24 July 1976

by Alain Shepherd

Black in the good oJd days 01pound 1970 when I was lalblle to beat Andy Bairden (dont Jaugh our 11-yea1roololds are pretty good in the North Middlesex League) I took an assorlted bunch o~f young hooligians from Essex land 1tyIiddle~elx for four riotous days In Ha1mlburg durIng whIch ~Salm) ICostetr Blrian Petch Me1lvyn Wlaldman and l laclted tas te1am oaptaiins while Ian Horslbam~ Micky Read land Bob Helllaby carried off the Trophy in the big Tieaim Tournament we had entered

This year we decided to take the Tlrophy back to Germany and while we werle there play in another Tmiddotournament under the North Middlesex Lleague banner Aill aTranlgemmiddotents having been made the fOllllowing party set out from VictOlria Coaoh Station Ilate on Saturdayniglht ISylvia Tylerr and Allan Shepherd (Te~lm CatpIt1ains) ~)lavid iWells Bryn Tyler Susan Dove and Jil(1 C1ampion (Team Players) HopeshyfU1lly We would colHe1clt AllI~ella Mi~cihela and Graham Sandley off la Itrlain fronl Vienna 011 the folllowing Monday they having been t1aking ptart in the IEurop~lan Youth IChaimpionshiJps

So off we went on a Nation1all coach which would t1ake us via FOllkestone land Qlsltend Ito Frankfurrt Att Folkestone we joined up with a Kent tealm whose entry ihad unaccountalbly also been accepted by the GerlmaniS This coDsisted of lan Kenyon~ Vinoe OIBrien JoeyKnnedyGary PUlgh IClaroil lCole-gate~ IGillian BaHard E[aine Bolton and IMtr and Mrs FIrank Blallard FoBowing the metrgelr 0pound the two parties ithe cross-cnannel felrry lWla~ fOifced Ito entertain the wholle bunch otf us Delspilte tthis the crossing was [fairl1y une1ventful

We alrrived laft Fifankfurt on Sunday afltershynoon and said goodbye to our Kentisih friends We iwere to Imeet up again on the rOlllowing Flriday at the tournament but meanrwhile wou1ld be staying in dlifferrent pants of IGe1rimany Our hosts wereat Karllsh1afen a beautiful litltle 1spa town1 near K1arssrr Getting thelre now invollved Uamp in a two-hour J1rlain journey and JJy the t~lme we arrived we had been ~)ravelltliDg for 24 hours

At Kassel ranway stialtion we welre met by Bernd Schindeiwnll1f Seoretary of itihe llocral olulb land lanolther committee memiber GernalId Mantell t1wo very wonderlful people with whom a close friendship was to grow Olver the next

alII too few days They drove us to Karlshafen Itakinig us directly to the Town HaH for a civic rlecepitlon Much needed food and drink was HberlaHy aIVlajIaib~e land the BurgerImeislter welleolmed us officially Our alrrival in the town was olbviously hot nelws heoalUse ta Ireporteif turned up from the local newspaper land took photogrlaph~ of the gaithering Jill ICampion(the most highly eduoated me1mlber of the slquad) siaid bhat the building we were in Wfas called the Ratihaus Iburt I oannot lleally believe that

TO BEID Apoundtelr the treception we Ithlankfuily found our

bilI1eltis and got Ito ibed for the first timle since Friday The boys were wlith memibeifs of the RocaJ clulb~ tlhe rest of us in guest hous~s After typicaUy Germlan breakflasits of roBs and coffee (the highlight olf It~he weelk-la hard-boiled egg -WI8S to come a few day~ later) we asSelmbled ait the K1arlshafen SPOifts Rall for a pr1actlicesession Considering that this was a tiny little town 101pound sOme 4000 inhalbiitiants the presence of a well-equipped halIJ about the size of lPicketits Lock iwas Cuite remarkaib~e

That afternoon the entir ~ parity plus the complete persouuen of the Town C1U1b enjoyed themse~ve[ at the iSwimming Pool Wihich while not OlYlmplic sized appeiared to have no sh1alow tnd so I kept well alway from the more boisterous nlelllhers of our par1ty (Ilike Sue DOve)

Aflt1e1r th~ swimming Bernd took Sylvia and I IllIto Gottutgen to coIrIelct Angell1a land Graham Ailithough tIred after hIS jlollig Journey from Vienna Graham still m1anaged to burble cheershyfulIy fo~ most of the- return journey We went straIlghlt to the Kar~lShiafen (Club HQ the Glasltshyhaus IHessischer Hof otherwise known as the IocaJ boozer IncidentlaBy we had [plrior to the la1cquiSiition of GIfah1am spent hours lthtumh ing thlrough Jills phrasebook lookinlg for I have- Ilost my batp3sSpOrltcontact lenses tlra~eHers Iciheques luggage etc More of this llater Thalt night Ge~hard-the Laoyd Lewis olf KalrIshafen--middotwas a riot His capaciitY is in the region of 20-30 beers an evening land he has the girth 110 prorve it Our people did nolt do too badly but as they IWelre in training I made them stop at 10 each IBernd rtollld us that he and Gerhard welle melmibers of the town

Sitanlmtisch This is a group olf 13 sportsshymen who meet evetry ISunday morning at this GaslthiaUIS and discuss la varieity of sporting tiQP1ics Ilt is a regulation of ~he Sltammtisch trhat each Imemlbetr must also drink 13 ~lasiSes of be~r during the meelting

Tuesd1ay morning SlaiW us al1l pracltisJilllg intensively I gave a rlather good impression (I thought) Of Marie-tFIfance IGerlmiat aJgiainst Angel1a1 who was very wortri1ed that she might turn up almong the Belgians ILunch w1as the salme ev~ry day due Ito our fifilancilal pIlilghtshyocmmeiS frites pIus Fanta-and thalt cost aJbouJt GOp The apoundteirnoon wias spent on Ithe RiveIr Weser Our hosts drove us 110 the ancient ltown of Hannmunden from where we returned on the IrliverbQlat a foUlf-hour joOurney Tha11 night we were elllterltained at IClub HQ Ito la mlarveIshylous Imeall pilenlty 01pound beer and great jol1lity all round

BIG MATCH Wednesday was ItO he the day of the Bilg

Match~ Karlshafen v London The town was p11astelred with posters announcing tJhalt our te1am would include superstlars of the European Chamtpionships There was much sltelrn wotrk to be done before the evening however First there was achaltlenge match between Belrnd and myse1lf for 5 beers At 19-16 toBetrnd in the thrird I had visions of borrowing some money from Gralham ItO pay for the fbeers Ibut fortulliately a series of sweat serves and other bits of luck helped me to win Befotre Ithe mlaltch Ithat evening all of us were entelrtained to la beautiful meall in the hOmes of club me1mshybers which Wias a lovely gesture A large crowd slaw us take on the town team ( unibeiaten f10r 2 ye1ars) but the expertise of AngelIta land Co sarw us hOlme by 11-0

Thursday was spenit in pracltising shopping and packing1 before lending in a party to end a1l1 parties at Ith1e home of Gerhard lit is halrd toO desCiribe the spirit of [riendship th1art bad glr~lWn up between our two iJialrties during this brIef few days The Karllslhafen boys had become very atta1ched to Sue Jill and ADlge~la and were very up-set that (We had ito go Bernd Gerhard SylvIa and I became close flriends despllte Ithe (language barrier (none of us spok~ ot-heiI tlhtan pidgin versions of the others tongue) and we just iliad to decide on invilting

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

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Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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the entiilre Karlshafen CJub over to England next Augus1t Now all we have to do is make tlhe arrangements

So fait last we came lto Ithe tournamenlt w1e thought wias the miain purpoSe of our j~Urney but so h1appy were we in KalflShafen wIth our new sporlting friends that it was with very mixed feelings that we took our Ileave The tournament was held at IWollfhagen lalboUit 50 mjiles away~ and off we wenlt Alfter an iUCiredshyiible serieis of idellltioall speeClhes of welcome 110 the te1alms frnmEngllland Germiany Austria Holland Bellgium Switz~rland Denmark Sweden land Bullgiariia things got under way and our girlswelre art once locked in contesit with fa very imuscular tealm Of young women from far off Bulga1ria Angela was ItOO good fOir her opponenl1s but Jilll coulld not get itt together land ilt was left rto Sue at 4-4 to see us through

This was just rthe first ~Iatch in a -te1all glroup with only group WInners figurIng ~n the IFinal PnolL so we coulld not afford to slhp up anywhere Match 2 wlas an el~sy one SQ againstBerlin land nearly alIa ~Illlge figure scoreiS Wurttemberg prov~d shgihrtlly more difficult J iU rand Sue elach losing one in a 5-2 victory This one concluded Ithe days aCition for Ithe rgirlls who had tlWO more matches on the foBowing day

SEPARATE H1LlL ISO over to the boys in a sepairlate halllTlhey

kicked off ag1ainstt Schleswig-Holstein oddly enough the teiam Essex lhad bealten in lthe 1970 Final at Hamburg They were oerltainly only a shadow 01pound that pOwerful slid~ as oUir rrads eased home 5-1 The losS WHS a ItYPloall Sandley aff1ailr He had played will against IPer IHollm and at 19-19 in the third wlOn la hrilHant IraJly to reach set point He then concentrated mighltily and served into the nett Anot~ler tremendous railly rthils tilme slaw Holm re1ach sat point More extreme concentral1iiOn and Grrahiam tlhen served into the net Looking onlly ~Iligihtly puzzlled Graham came off to announce 1 oant do that serve

OUir selcond matcih was ag1ainslt Brayern which I beHevewlas a team represenlting lth~ whole of Bavialfia They were oibvioustly a powerfull squad land appe1ared to Ibe ea~Hy as glond lalS NOllten Peters land Schiermeistter1 the fGelrman national Iteam Our boys fought reaJlly hard Ibut thmiddote necess1ary good fortune was not with us Bryn losrt -19 -20 to Sohneider and David lo[t -19 10 -22 tlO Voilglt So it was 5-0 Ito Bayern and our only hope wias that now Den middotmark Iwould beart iBayern and we coulld then beiat [)enmark As iii happened lIJenmarkshyvirtuailily a NaltiOinal side land a velry fine one at that-ilost 4-5 aflte1r being 4-2 up while we kept ill the running by beating Hessen II 5-3

The next morning was rather Ian anlti-c1imax as Denimark fielding a Ir~selrve he1at us 5-2 One felt sor1ry fior theim as they were so c1earll~ the second Sitrongesrt side anl0ng tlhe hoys yet were ellimilllated Iby vi1rtue of not winntng their group We felit sorry for ourselves because we had Ito play both Bayern land Defilmark in our grroup

Our flriends from Kent meanwhille had Imixed fortunes Their girls found ithemsellves in a very tough group and had suffered 50 delfealt1s at the hands of Hessell I land Bayern Against this they had beaten Be1gium (no Germiat here) by 5-1 land INorth West SWltzerlland by 5-41 (losing iby the same score to Wurttenllberlg 111 ISo Kent gilrls joined our boys in the ranks of the speota1tolfs Not so t~he Kent boys They were shocked in their opening match by ian Austrian tearm ito whom they lost 4-5 but tlhere1after had easy wins by 5-1 over Halmrburig 5-2 over Wurtrtem1berg and 5-1 Over Norltn Weisit Switzeril1and

PRIOGREISS In the Gfrils Ha1l1 Angela and com[)any

were continuing It[heir Itriumphant progresS and they dlindhed a pllace in the Final (Pool by defeating Viellina 5-3 and Ha1m1burg 5-1 To this point Angeloa had 13 wins out of 13 ISue 8 OUit of 11 and JilIT whO was EtruggIing 4 lOut of 11

The Boys semi-finals saw Kellyon~ Kennedy and OiBrien come through very Icrediltahly against WTTV (Iwho were to he fair (minus

all tlheir international stars) whille Bayern snl00lthly Slaw off Ithe chraHenge of iHessen In the final Bayern shlOwed their undoubted ellass by repeliling the Kent chalHenge 5-0 ISo at fleast we had done as weill as them

Our girls now had to conteslt Itheir Finail Pool against WTTV land Bayern The fOffimeif included internationas Seidler and Lenr Sue Dove Ihad perlhaps a career-best victory over Seidler -161 19 19 while Angela ouily just b~alt the same girl -19 18 23 The long-pllaylng schedule on top Of her EUirotpcan Tournament at laslt seemed to be catohing up with Angel1a heeause ~he now lost her firstt selt Oif rtlhe week itoLehr 18 -13 -15 Sue took ILehr alll the wlay losing 20~ -13 -13 Jill found the oppo~itiop la bit too hot and we went down 3-5 AJgaInsrt Bayern we traliled 1-3 and AngeJa j UlSt kept us allive by improbably beating a girll oailled DIUl -19 13 19

Sue Ilost the next one but tihen la vxy tired Angel1a slumped -13 -18 to Sedlmayr and the maltcn wias over 5-2 to Bayern As Bayern also beat IWTTV they achieved lthe gr1and Sllralm of winning bOlth Boys and fGir1lseventis

The -day ended with a Grand [Pialrty[)isco at whilch ICupS were presented ito aM Isort$ of people Orbviousl1y B1ayern received the it~wO Chalmpions Cups but IKent took a Cup for belng runners-up and our girlS one for beling tlbird Ian Kenyon and Angela Mitcheill both received Cups for the second best individual perlfo~mshyances As an the announcementswere beIng made in IGerman IW-e could not quite undershystand why the Bullgarian tealm ([~ceived la ICurp since they had not won anythIng and theIr averiage age lappeared to be nearer 27 than 17 but it rwlas stUlggested th-at the Cup WiaiS arwlarded for having tfravel1l1ed faTtiher than anyfbody else

Our overall ilmpression of the tournament was th1at of the very frliendly and sporting atmosphere in which it was pllayed AIIll the Ulmpires were youngsters of very limilted expershyi2nce Ibut alll iattired middotalike in I-shirts land shorts and evelrybody was very goodshyhumoured about their Imisitakes Apparently no Enigilish tteams had evelr played in tlhiiS touruashyment befolre and it would be wonderfull to see more in actlion when the tOturnament is next held in 1979 I can assure anyhody interested that they will receive wonderifurr hospitality and will reaHy enjoy their trip

ISo ended a memorable trirp for us alB and we middot~mbarked on our long journey home fun of stories rto tell of our experiences and detershyrnlined to rmake those arrange1ments to bring our Karlslhafen hosts Over to London next year Bernd has prom)ised to show me Big Ben and the Tower and I am looking forward to that

LAURIE LANDRYshyA legend in his own lifetime

By DAVID LUIDDY

As each season pfoduces a new hriigade Off sponge loopers and la new gen2fation ibreaks through into the top riankings perhaps many of tihem have never heard of Laurie ILlandryshymiddota gienuine table tennis legend in his own lifeshyltimJe

A legend not only because of his exemplary skills att Ithe gammiddote Ibut Ibecause of his cOUirage land determlina1tion that overoanle the toughest of disasters Fifteen YlelaifS ago at the age of 22 Laurie was an aspiring Hght in English table tennis

He was r-anked sixrth in the country a current inrternaltional~ and had won numerous

open titles (careful research shows 72 in 115 finals)

But on a May day in a successful attempt to prevent his four-yealr-old nephew from heiing run ove~ he Lin turn was hit suffering mUlltiple injuries

Lauris was gilven only half Ian hour to live and telegrams were sent to his p1alrenlts in West Gerlmany

BUit miraculously he survlived He remained unconslcious fOr Iten days and was in hospital for a total of 23 weeks Slowly his body mended from the Ithree fractures orf the skull la broken left shoulder blade a fractured pelvis land a broken right leg apart from Eevere brllstng and bad cutts Laurie attended a rehabitlitation ellltre but was (told he would never be able to play Itable tennis a-gain

But Ito everyones amazement propping himself up with crutches he returned tlO the It1ournamenlt scene only months after his laccidenrt

L1aurie although never quite managing I~O

btreak back intO the rankings despite s elveral wl~ns over ranked players in recenlt seasons middotcelebrated his 25th ye~af in tiable 11ennis by winning his 10th open title excluding rubber bat eV~nts partnered Iby Tony ClaY1ton1 in the Imens doubles at Bournemouth last ISeptember Since rthen he has ladded anoltner tiit1e also in doubles w[th Oliayton lalt Newbury in now a grand total of 175 finalIs

With Olaylton Laurie ihas won 12 tittles and in 1973 produced a remarkable performance Tieaching the IEnglish closed doubles final hefore losing to Denis INe1ale land T(revor Taylor

But the viotolry that gave me the most satisfaction~ he told me was winning the mens singles art the MidlandOpen in 1965 from a top olass field IxeJuemher I defealted Gloucstershire and Engarldranked pl1ayer alt that t[lme Roy Morley in the final

L1aurie who played 52 timef for Middlesex hefore his aiccident has nnw reached a girand toltal of 98 fOtr the County with the icentury hopefully to be completed this season

Whilst I do nolt retain my former consistmiddot ency II harve stH1 been abl to produce the odd sucoess over leading players he ladded

Laurie however is not just totally comshyImitlted to the playing side of [he game for he has held several posits in the (English Tahle Tennis Assnciation [He was forrnerly the England junior non-playing oaptain for eight years andcur~efiltly is a member of the Management Committee an middotEngland selector on the National rCounciJ secreltary of the Inltershynational 11 Clu~b in EugJand plus v1arious other posts Lauri is also a three-stlar coach guiding several players in recent yealrs in their proglre1SS towards international level

I will continue to pl1ay table tennis he added uDtil I no longer enjoy it

Perhaps thalt is the secrelt of success and the glame

SCHiQIQLS AWARD Although the Hallex Proficiency Award

Scheme continues to serve tlable ltennis in generall with a system of lmeasuring progress tthere have been a numher of enquiiries wiheire large numibers of children just starting to pllay talble tennis requi-re some incentive to aspire to higher levels

With this in mind a pilot scheme of the new ciSchools Award is Ito be run in Essex and West Yorkshire stariting in Sepltember Itt must be underlined that for the present the scheme is confined to these two arelas untill results can be ana~lysed when if poundavouralble the scheme could become nationwlide

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WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

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WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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County Supplement continued

WESTERN LEAGUE NOTES

by Grove Motlow

SAD ENDING

We ended last season on a sad note with the loss of Kay Waters of Salisbury Bill Spry of Exeter and early in June we in Newport lost our president Stan Jones the old Welsh international who played for Wales so many times and comshypeted in world championships along with Walter Sweetland of Cardiff Stan died in Lowestoft whIlst on holiday

In the same month we also lost Tommy Lisle who played for Wales prior to the last war and played in the Western League before he moved to Birmingham Our sincere condolences to theIr loved ones At our recent AGM we paid homage to their memory by standing in silence

At the AGM our president John Ford from Shirehampton Avon was re-elected as was chairshyman Reg Salway and yours truly as Han Secreshyta ryTreasurer

We were all pleased to welcome back into the fold BristOl men and Plymouth women but much regretted losing Exmouth men last seasons runners-up Paul Stone is now at university and Mike Rattue and Mike Putland I am informed have returned to Exeter whose popular match secretary Val Addicott is having difficulty in linding a volunteer to arrange matches

The same problem has beset West Wilts due to illness in the Edwardsgt family Bill Moulding was hoping to revive Salisbury but to date without luck Salisbury women have withdrawn for without the services of Kay Waters they are finding it hard with both Alison Boyce and Helen Rusby unable to devote much time to the cause

Out too are Devizes women and my own league Newport have also withdrawn Newbury who last season had two womens teams will this season only have one

The mens division will have in competition this season Bournemouth Bristol Newbury Newport Plymouth Poole Swindon and Weston And a newly-formed youth division (U-17) will comprise teams from Boumemouth Newbury Plymouth Swindon and West Wilts

Many thanks to all those who have written to make enquiries about my sight I am still battling on with restricted vision in my left eye my right having been lost two years ago I have retired from the only firm I have worked for-48 years I was with them

Naturally I have had to give up a number of my table tennis commitments and appointments but continue as secretary of Newport and start out on my 32nd season as secretary of the Western League

Les Gosling the leagues oldest vice-president who did so much for the game in Weston has had to return to hospital We wish him an early disshycharge with improved health

Finally a gentle reminder to match secretariesshyonce your dates have been finalised please let me have them on your leagues notepaper and christian names of your players would be further welcomed It is so much nicer to have them in print along with match reports

NORFOLK NOrES

by J S Penny

WONDERFUL YEAR

In Norfolk tes for the MayJune 1976 issue of Table Tennis News it was reported that Douglas Bennett had achieved the unique record of becoming the Norfolk senior and junior and the Norwich senior and junior champion in the same season All this at 15 years old

We can now record that Douggie crowned a wonderful year by being selected to represent England in the Schools international versus Scotbnd at Meadowbank Stadium Edinburgh en

26-27 June He came fourth in the intermediate individual championships and won all his games in the match between the two countries This is the first time that a Norfolk player has represented his country at any level at Table Tennis

At the Norfolk County AGM at Norwich CEYMS on June 8 the Treasurers accounts revealed that the Juniors great effort of raising pound8384 by a sponsored walk had turned a substanshytial deficit into a profit of pound12 for the year ending May 31st 1976 Now in the close season Vic Bennett the County Junior Coach and Douggies father tells me that our youngsters have held yet another sponsored walk this time netting pound55 Congratulations Juniors And mary your senior follow your example

At the ACM there was great enthusiasm from one of our smaller leagues Fakenham who had arranged an exhibition tournament between four of Englands leading players at their Community Centre on Aug 27 At that time it was stated that the players concerned were to be Denis Neale Trevor Taylor Chester Barnes and Paul Day This will be the third major exhibition tournament staged by this go-ahead league

Table Tennis players will be glad to know that the sponsorship by the Norwich Union Insurance Group (whose Head Offices are of course in Norwich) is to continue for another three years It is now four years since the Group have been associated with the English and International Championships Including the World Champion ships the total cost to the Group over the next three years is likely to be about pound50000

THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE SCENE

by Leslie Constable ALLOUT TO RETAIN

Cambs have again entered four teams in the County Championships and bearing in mind the success of the first team in Div 2 (East) they will again be all-out to retain the title again with the servicesmiddot of the old brigade After his successes in the European Youth Championships Paul Day should again be in good form and backed up by Keith Richardson Mick Harper Sally Hirst and Valerie Scripps with Geoff Davies in reserve they should give a good account of themselves Although they failed in their quest for promotion the second team should again have a good chance of challenging in Div 3 (East) with Geoff Davies Brian John and Brian Richardson again available

Last season both junior teams finished bottom of their respective divisions although it must be remembered that Day was not available for the first Bearing in mind their success over Kent and also the availability of many up-and-coming players they should be able to hold their place in the Premier Division The second team is so far an unknown quantity but here again the standard of many juniors (particularly Wisbech) should enable them to do well

The Cambs League will consist of eight divishysions this season with 96 teams which is comshyparable to last season One new team is Pye (TVIf) and Wesley have increased their number of teams to five Last seasons champions Soham I will again have the services of last seasons players and it will take a very good side to topple them Telephones now have two teams in Div 1 which is an innovation for this club Cambridge Evening News have withdrawn ftom the League after 14 years but their players have joined other clubs The season runs from Sept 27th until April 18th 1977

The following officers were ejected to conduct the affairs of the Cambs Leagueshy

W J Rogerson (President) G Waters (Chairshyman) F W Pettitt (Vice-Chairman) L R J Constable (Gen Sec) A A Brotchie (League amp Comp Sec) A A Brotchie (Treasurer) Pat OBryne (Coaching Sec) Messrs R Pettitt G Peck K Lloyd A Adams (League Committee) A Brotchie R Pettit (AGM Reps) L Conshystable C Cushen (County Committee) B Bean (Auditor)

The position of Match Sec is in aLeyance

Ruth Puddick has once more been elected County Secretary with Margaret Cornwell as Treasurer and Tournament Sec Keith Rudland has been elected Chairman and Ian Marshall as Coaching Sec Geoff Waters has been re-elected Match Secretary a post which he has held with distinction for several years

In the final of the Cambs League Knock-Out Handicap Soham I defeated Wesley (Parkside) II 5-4 after trailing 0-4 This result was too late for insertion in the June issue of the magazine but I feel that this was an incredible result between a newly-formed side and the champions of Division I and deserves mention For the record the teams were Soham I Keith Richardson Steve Palmer and Mick Palmer Wesley (Parkside) II Reg Goddard Tony Ashdjien and Geoff Hudson

Cambs teams have again entered the South East Midlands League namely Cambridge Wisshybech and Ely Wisbech and Ely wili be competing in Div I (Men) and Cambridge in Div 2 All will be competing in the Junior Division and Cambridge and Ely in the Veterans Wisbech have also enterec teams in the Womens and Reserve DIvisions Ely should have a good chance of winning the Mens title having lost it last year to North Herts by a single point

Camoridge have entered the Wilmott Cup but owing to a dearth of players not the other National competitions They have also dropped out of the East Anglian League--for the same reason-----although they won the title last season

The Wisbech League started out on its 27th season in mid-Sept with a slightly reduced number of teams but still maintaining five divisions

Enmes have again been made in the South-East Midland League also three representative sides in the East Anglian League and one in the North Norfolk League

March have entered teams in the East Anglian League and are to stage two County matches this season

CUMBRIA COMMENT

by John Taylor

EARLY BATHS

Most of the activity during the summer months has centred around Millom and the Millom School Club in particular John Reed held his annual summer course for junio-rs in early July and apart from selected Millom juniors invited players included D Newman (Essex) R Jermyn (Herts) M Laird (Cleveland) A OConnor and S Cowley (Lanes) and A Summerscales (Yorks)

The weeks programme consisted of intensive training systematic practices free play match play Stiga Robot etc 8 am starts were made to each day with two beginillng with dips in the sea and River Duddon~ rrhe club itself has undergone an expansion and basically membership has been opened to the many former pupils who have passed throught the club thus allowing school leavers of past ana present to continue to enjoy facilities similar to which they had become accustomed

The county has twelve new club coaches as a result of a course held by Peter Simpson helped by Eddie OHara and John Reed at Barrow Conshygratulations are due to the following- Keith Edwards Keith Allen Mike Yardley Jim Geldart Colin Davies Roy Gordon Neil McKinnon and Ted Rockley from Barrow and Jennifer Pachul Colin Taylor John Taylor and David Bell from Millom

The county trials held at Millom School resulted in no change at the top of all four lists Jennifer Pachul however had tel fight to regain her top spot with Helen Addy and Gail Smith both challenging strongly ali three in fact finished the day with one defeat Pachul beat Smith who beat Addy who beat Pachul

Neil Smith must be disappointed with his No5 position in the senior list alter showing such good form towards the end of last season The senior No1 Chris Reed however goes fro~ strength to Mrength and although demoted from tlw England ranks at the end of lSt season he looks certain to

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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have gained a respectable position in the first list of the new season following his good showing at the final English junior trial for the countrys top 20

Chris recovered well after a poor start to record wins over Reeves (Berks) Newman (Essex) Kennedy (Kent) Rogers lLeics) and Jermyn (Herts) to name five of his nine successes which put him in 11th equal place Rankings in Cumbria areshy

Men 1 C Reed (M) 2 B rowell (K) 3 D Kirkpatrick (C) 4 1 Reed (M) 5 N Smith (M) 6 S ONeil (C) 7 D Gray (M) 8 A Manson (B) 9 E ORara (B) 10 P Buxton (B) 11 W Robinson (B) 12 A Craib (C) 13 1 Oliver (C) 14 L Merner (W) 15 R Stewart (C)

Women 1 J Pachul (M) 2 H Addy (C) 3 G Smith (M) 4 M Gray (M) 5 E Mathie (M) 6 M McPortland (B) 7 J Sephton (M) 8 B Gray (M) 9 C Tyson (M) 10 J Davies (B) 11 P Bickerdike (M)

Boys 1 C Reed (M) 2 1 Reed (M) 3 N Smith (M) 4 D Gray (M) 5 M Wallace (C) 6 A Pachul (M) 7 S Sharp (M) 8 M Cairns (M)

Girls 1 G Smith (M) 2 M Gray (M) 3 E Mathie (M) 4 M McPortland (B) 5 J Sephton (M) 6 B Gray (M) 7 C Tyson (M) 8 J Davies (B) 9 P Bickerdike (M)

Key B-Barrow C-Carlisle K-Kendal M-Millom and W-Whitehaven

YORKSHIRE NOTES

by Tony Ross SUPER LEEDS

Leeds completed a season of success at Coventry on June 6 with a nail-biting 5-4 win over ffhames Valley in the final of the Carter Cup and became the first Yorkshire league apart from O=esby to win a national title For the first time since 1950-51 Leeds topped Division 1 of the Yorkshire League and the Leeds second team winners of Division 3 in 1974-75 are Division 2 champions Leeds are also champions of the Juniol Division 1 and Leeds YMCA won the mens and junior Yorkshire Club Championships The chief reason for this string of Leeds successes has been the emergence of twins Stephen and Robert Hazlewood and Andrew and Brian Metcalfe into the ranks of the countys leading players

In the final of the Carter Cup it was Andrew Metcalfe who stole the show First rather surprisingly he lost the opening set of the match to Gary Stewart Then he more than made amends by beating Martin Shuttle 23-21 in the third to level the score at 2-2 But the climax carne in the eighth set with the score at 43 to Thames Valley Stephen Boxall led 20-15 in the first but Metcalfe won the next 7 points and the game Boxall won the second 21-17 The deciding game was evenly balanced throughout with neither player dictating the play From 19-all Metcalfe held the first set point but Boxall then had two set and match points before the game swayed back again and the Leeds boy got home 24-22 A fine entertaining match with Leeds all-round strength finally just outweighing the individual ability of Martin Shuttle

In the Yorkshire Club Championships Leeds YMCA had a 6-3 win over Hermits (Bradford) in the mens final where Stephen Hazelwood was unbeaten for YMCA who also comprehensively defeated Hull YPI 6-0 to take the junior title Hull YP1 however won the womens final beating Bradfords Unity by the surprising margin of 8-1

The Yorkshire League and Club Championships tropIiies and awards were presented at the very successful Annual Dinner Dance at the Aire Leisure Centre Horsforth Leeds on May 7 where ETTA 100 Club Chairman and Yorkshire Vice-President Brian Kennedy and Mrs Kennedy

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were chief guests The Forrest Memorial Award went to Sheffields international umpire Alec Head for yeoman service at county matches The J A Cram Award presented for the first time to the most improved junior over the season was awarded to Bradfords Sally Midgley

For health reasons Bradford Chairman and County Secretary Frank Briggs did not seek reshyelection as the countys National Councillor though he is continuing in his other posts Frank was first elected as Yorkshires national represenshytative in July 1968 and for a time occupied one of thehot seats of the national sub-committees-that of Secretary of the Tournaments Committee I am sure that players and officials would like me to thank Frank for his work on the National Council and to hope that it is not too long before he overshycomes his health troubles The county Executive Co=ittee elected yours truly as Franks successor on the National Council

The Brook Motors club in Huddersfield lay claim to a record which they feel is rarely achieved in the larger leagues Last season th~ club first team finally broke Huddersfield YMCAs long grip on the Division 1 title and have now won every division title (all 10 of them) since the Huddersfield League was founded in 1933 The YMCA club has always been a force in Huddersfield table tennis with names like Hinchliff Dyson Wadsworth Hirst Kedge and Mear to call upon over the past 20 years but Brook Motors finally achieved the elusive Division 1 title by six clear points The four players responsible were Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

At the county AGM at York on June 23 Malcolm Hartley and Ken Park were elected ViceshyPresidents and Mrs Evelyn Hart was awarded a Special Badge for exceptional service to the county Malcolms work at Bradfords Telegraph amp Argus over the years has meant that table tennis events be they local county or national have riot gone unrecorded on the Telegraph amp Argus sports pages A former county player from Leeds Ken Park has been Auditor for the county since 1970 and has also served on the Executive Committee Evelyn wife of county Treasurer Ron Hart has been a meticulous Minute Secretary since January 1972

In the Yorkshire Summer League individual championships at Moor Grange Leeds on Aug I Andrew Metcalfe representing Trinity Cavaliers of Knaresborough won the individual title and also took the under-20 singles title Biggest upset of the tournament was the quarter-finals doubles triumph by Richard Scruton and Keith Bell of

Brook Motors-Huddersfield League champions for 1975middot76 (1 to r) Chris Mear Stuart Sykes Alan Rennison and Philip Schofield

second division Knaresbrough SC over the Metcalfe twins 17 -19 20

LINCOLNSHIRE NOTES by Joan Robinson NEW JUNIOR OPEN

The Lincolnshire AGM held at Lincoln in May produced no major surprises all the Officials offered themselves for re-election and were all unanimously elected

The County has decided to run a 2nd Junior Team this season to glve mOte up-and-coming youngsters a chance to show their potential abo the Association are running a new Tournament called the Lincolnshire Junior Open This will be held at North Kesteven Sports Centre North Hykeham near Lincoln on Sunday Jan 2 1977 Entry Forms will be available in the near future from the Organising Secretary Mrs J Robinson 13 Croppers Way Freiston Boston Lines This will be the first Tournament of the new year and we look forward to a bumper entry

The first of the seasons Coaching Sessions took place at the North Kesteven Sports Centre on Sept 12 when Dennis Worrall and his band of helpers start their monthly sessions With three of the top four junior boys now over age and an extra junior team to fill places in the teams are there for the taking The Junior Girls will be hoping to maintain last seasons 100 record in Singles and Doubles and with Suzanne Hunt (Grantham) and Cheryl Buttery (Lincoln) leading the field we hope to be successful

At the moment the senior team looks much as before unless some of the younger players can make an early impression However after being so close last season to reaching the Promotion Challenge Matches they will be determined to gain those extra vital rubbers With a second Womens Singles in place of the Mixed we hope to stand a good chance

In the local inter-town competitions the Haigh Cup has 10 teams entered the Butlin Cup six and the Butcher Cup 11 A welcome return to these ltltgtmpetitions is given to the Louth League who has entered all three events These matches will start early October with Wyberton Spalding and Grantham out to retain their middottrophies won respectively last season

The County Junior Closed ITournament will be held in Louth on Oct 24 1976 This Tournashyment is organised by Mr A Norman and the Louth League and they hope that last years record entry can again he broken

CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

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srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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CONTROVERSY JOHN WOODFORD

DEPUTY TABLE TENNIS CORRESPONDENT

DAIL Y TELEGRAPH

opens the sealson with thoughts on T1HE LOING HOrr SUIMIMIEIR

burt IINO GO IN THE NAlTIONAt IPIRIESS

One of the more merciful happenings during the long holt sum1mer of 1976 is ithiat lin some areas of the country there [has helen less enthusiasm for summer Itable tennis leagues I have no doubt that there are fanaticall groups whO believe tha1t our sport should Ibe pilayedon an organised basis- all the year round I thInk Itha[ is crazy lit makeiS much more sense for players to take ~at least rfout ~onths complete break from serIOUS competitlou to sto~e uptheir mental and physical energy fOlr the masshysive programme ahead I am nOlt suggesting that players should not practice IBy alll means keep fit prefera)bly at other su~mer sportswith limited periods of easy piractlce at tahle tennis makes slense Rather than hours of slogshyging away alt thel table resu]tiDig in exhauJSti-on and almost swiimlming in sweatl

Talking of perspiration when the minutes of both the ETTA AGM and the first Nationall Councilmeeting arrived rthrough my letter-lbox tnelre was a tre1mendous thump I notice thlat the AGM ltook Inearly four hours and the Council meeting including the meal-breaks finished about seven and a half hours after a 10 alm start 111 has been said Ibefore the whole National Councill formtat is unwieldy with 40 0[[ ISO persons presenit If I Iwore a hat I would take iit off to thesmiddote ded[carted adminisshyl1rators who givie up their weekends during the year to represent their counl1ies and to air their views many [raveilling huge distances

True the World Championships are tast approa~hing and tiherefore much business is to be done but when the minut1es run to 20 foolscap pages I think the person who takes Ithe m)inutes deserves a special medal It took well over harlf an hour to read through the report of the business With so much to dilgest it ltlakes another half an hour to refer back to special points of interest or to see where a possible press story might he hidden

At the meetings I attend I always obsterve closely the opposition rfrom the floor I feiel its a healthy sign that alt almo1st eve1ry gathershying there are one or two memhers constantly on their feiet continually proibing Deimocrati cally they are doing a fine job In middotcontrast you see many some in higih offices iaddi11lg nothing to the debaltes when you are sure that their experience could be of value But then you look again and see that they are nodding off as the temlperature soars into the middoteigJhties II ohserve that the elade~r of Ithe opposition at Nationall Council was John Wright His name appeared about nine times in the minutes and 1 suspect he was involved in more than tnine different discussions hut to recOrd eiveryithing would lleave that heroic minute-itaker with ahout 40 pages of single-spaced typescript A close sleJCond for the opposition (was Alan Ransome whose involiviement in table tennis always totial stUll see1ms to he growtillig day byday

Finishing this articJe where I began wilth this scorching Imarathon Of a sumlmer I see thaJt John Wright was upstanding on the quesshytion of the lack of na11ional publicity conclern~ ing thle Europe~n Youth Champiionships held in Vienna in mid-July IDepUity IChair-man George Yates is quoted as Saying cth1alt there was Ino press interest in the North John Wright said toat he considered the publicity obtained wlas diaJholical I agree one hundried per cent but I would go further it shows a diabolical lack of unders1anding rwhen organisers expect full reporting tin the middle of thle siummer let atlone a summier llike the one- we have just

experienced Damn itt laIl talble- tennis is a winter sport IOUlr program1me of mador elvents extends now fronl early in September untH early in June~over eight molllths

How clan you middotexpect nationall newspapers 110 omit and cut back the SUlmlmer sporlts most of whom on~JY nJave a fivemonth season at the most in order tocover such Ian event

I iadnllit ithat even I cynic1aland hardened as n am on this subject was disappo~nrted to find that the Prelss Associaltion declined to accept ev1en thriee lines of results from the Worthing International IChampLionships on ~May li6th1tAnd we halve tablle tennis friends lin the corridors of power at the Press Association

What chance therefQlrie had the Europe1an Youlth Championshlips tin the middle of July tfhese evienlts ll if tthey are going to he reported hav1e got to bemiddot held during the recognised seas-on If that is not possiblle and I do nOil berrieive it is ithen tlhefe never will be a clat in hemiddotllschance of g~etting mid-sumnler table tennis eiven alt continental level Teported in the national plresS

RANKING POLICY FOR 1976-77

by ROIN CRAYDEN (Chairman of Nat Selection Committee)

The new Selection committee met iecentlly and discussed in detiail litiS (fanking pOilicy for the 1976-77 Season It is imporltanl1 Itherefore~ for botlh aspiring and reGosectniSed playe1rs Ito take note lot the deliheraitions of the Sellectors They are las fo~loWs

For the (guidance of Tournament orlganisers the ISeleCitiion Comimittee intends tlO iproduc1e tihremiddote ilan~ing (or seeding) liStS coveriiDig C1adets Juniors and Seniors during the course 0pound the selason The timing of the compilaltio11s must Obviouslly be related Ito tih~ calellrdar of events therelfore Ithmiddote tanking of C[adets~ JUlliiors and Seniors wiH not necessariHy be m1ade lat the Siame time

SPElCWIED EVENTS It as 01pound course~ iT1itally imporllant for players

to be relwHrded for outstanding r~sults_ but iit also must be borne in mind thalt no paayer can be middotexpeclted to be at la peak continually The over-crowded calendar puts tremendous demiddotmlands upon thmiddote top pilayers and the profumiddot sion of results received by the SerretCItors makes ilt difficullt pound0([ tlhem to judge l(JJccufatelly the vaJidity and importance olf many of those relSuats Ill an endeavour to be flair to the overshypllayed competitor and consistent in ranking ill is now the pollicy OIf the National Selection Committee Ito compile rlanking lists with most credit Ibeing given ito Ithe results obtlained in the eventts specified below SEINIORS

3-Star Tournaments Norwich Union English Championships Norwich Union Internation1al Championships International Open Events

JUNiIORS Assessment CampsJunior SELiECT Tournaments Wayfarers English Junior Closed Worthing Jun International Championships International Junior Open Events

CADE1TS Cadet events in SELECT Tournalments English Cadet IClosed Championships International Cadet Open Events It i~ imporltanlt to note thlat piliayers willI be

assessed rfor rlanking within their own clatemiddot gories For example when ICadets middota([e bednig flanked their results against Juniors or Seniors wilH nolt be taken into consrideration Likewise when J unions are being lassessed their wins or losses algainst Senior plaYerls will ha~e no bearing upon itheir finall ranking To some thi~ ffiay seelm abstrUise bUlt as mentioned e1arlier it is the job of the Selectors itO prrmiddotoduce llists for the gUidance of Tournam1ent origaniserris land an organiser wiants to know thecorreCt o([der of the pllayers in rthe particUilar event he ris stiaging In Iconolusion may I wish you all a moslt successtful season

STAMIPIS Tlhmiddote [posit Office ~e to i1ssue a set 0pound four

srtamps marking racquelt sporits and tahle te-nn~s in Jfanuary

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

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tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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IVl2tUlfIIILI~ Ais pla~rt of the buHid-wp Ito tthe World Chamshy

pionships in Birmlilllglham next 1March a new 5eries sitlarts in Talblle Tennis NelWlS this mo-nlth callled Profile iEacn monrth middotone of the England squad willI be featured and we st1arit tihe Series w~th Desmond Douglas who pulls DO puncihes ~n middota f~ank inlte1rvielw with JiOHIN P[[E Birthpilace Wood Hlalll St Catherine J almlaica

Weslt Indies Birlthdate 20th Juay 1955 Which school did you iarttend---4Gower Stlreert

iBoys Secondary LozeI1s Bi~millgham

Hobbies iFootlbal11 and Cricket Fa~olurite TV agtrogoc-al111rne Shaflt [bUlt lthe

series ended some Itilme algo now FaVlourilte Food Cuir1ried Ricle land King

Prarwns Favour~te DIfink Pop Lalgelf and LIime and

Rum Punch Farvoulite IColour lBIlue Flavoulfite Silllger ElltlOn Jo[hn Favourite Holiday Resort Jamai1ca Flavourite ICai Jlaguar XJ6 Which pierson lin the wor~d would you most

Hke to meelt---lPele Bilggesrt influence on your oareer West IMidland

IPlalSsefilger Tra11lspo~t for giving me time off Ito play ta1ble tenn~s

Ambition At the mome11lt I have no amibitlion because I aIm pessimistic and ~iVoe from day to day and not for the future

EtalrllieSit Representlative Honours PIayed fOlf Enl~land J uniors in Mlardh 1972 and for the ISe11iOirS in a friendly mtatdh la~ainslt France the [oUOiwing yealf

Greiatest momeDlt in table tennis Be1alting Kjell Johansson of Sweden in a Euro(pean lLelalgue 1blait1ch alt Be1lper

Most dHficult opponent Another lSwede Steflshy~Ian lBengtsson

Finallly what are your thoughts Ion the Wocld IChalII1lPionslhips land the future O[ EngUisih talbile tennis---Alt Itlhe momenlt 1 am filot thinkling too much aboult the W1orrlds I have my doulbts on iWhether the event mllil b~ stalged weH and in flact ilf it wi~1 lbe as good as PIaSlt WolIld Chtamp1ionsihips

The future of IEnglisih ltJarble tenn~s ciQu~d resrt on eVe1fYinfiies perfortmance indludi11lg players and officialls at the rWo~lds There will he la lot of pressure on the England team land myself las the IOicail ibo~ IPeltsonshyally I do not think we WiIH do very weIQ land 1 know that is nott beling vefly Iconfishydent but iilt is my opinion I willI not Slay how I lam going to [llay (art Ithe Worids because I know I have a aot of cr~tic5 but I hope to do quirte weH iIf England want to become a top natiiQ11 in tlClJbile ltel1nis they will hlaiVe to (put ia lloit olf money linto the Igame and give beltltelr ince11ltlives Ito the p1laye1rs (Jihe ETTA should Dot expeict players to lattend calmps land pay thelm only pound3 a da~ I[ I wals Imlairlried I oOllld not afford to pllay for England and if thrings continue las they are only the Paull Dlays olf thils world wilH ibe allle to represenlt ltheir country

~oUlgh words from the En~lland No1 hUlt thalt is what this new series is all Ialbout Next Imonlth the spotilsectht falls on JiU HarnmerrslleY

BENSON amp HEDBES LOVE BIRDJ

TOURNAMENT TWO TITLES IFOR JILL liN J~MAICA

by IILawyalt

Co-slponsored by The House O[ Benson and Hedges and Air Jamai1ca tfhe NaitionaJ Arena Kingstoll agaill provided Ivhe setlting for this inyenitaJtlion tournalmenit which brought Ithe stlars flrom Asia and Europe Ito deli~t the assemhled thronlg Qiver ltIhe perriod June 11-4

Englands Jill Hammersley the new Euroshypelan ichampi1on Wlas successfUlI in both the womens middotand mixed doullles Iher [parrtnerls being In Sook Na-Bbushan (USA ) land her felllow trarveller1 Desmond Douglas hack in his 11Ialtive land

Ian Horsham was lalso an invitee and [he wilth DOUlglas lined up with 14 olth1ers to COilV teSlt the mens singles title last won but not defended by Anrton Sitip1ancic of Yugosllavia But the tirtle was destined ItO return ItO that cOunltry w~1h Dragutin Surbek (lJ hMd-pr~ssed winner over his cOimpart~iot 1Milivoj Karlaika servic in a five-i~amle final

floTshiCllm fai1led to ICllear [he first hurdle wIlten beaten by Charllie Wuvani1ch a former Thai and A uslt1f1allian int~rnaltiona now res denlt in the United Stlates [)ouglals Prolgressled to Itlhe semis wilth wins orver Evan Willlilaims~ ()if Jamaicta (113 13) and Danny SeemHler Of the Unirted ISt1a1tes before losing to Su~beik

In the ciQunterplart womlens eve-nt Jilll Ham1merslley afrter Ian easy fvicrtory (7 and 16) over Tina Wallter la 16-yearJold J almaiclan schoolrgirl fel~ to In SoOk-Bhushan a forme~ c1aprt1ain of the Korean team which won tihe Corlbilloll IClup in the 1973 rWorllds in Yugoshyslllavia She nOW plays for the USIA

Kartsu~ki Ahe land Yukie IOhzeki (Japlan) were- rtJhe finall Vlictims of Dougl1aJs and IMrs Hammerslley iln the mixed wlhilstt Ithe CanaJdshyians Irene Co~dias (fiQT1merJy Yugosavi1a) and Violetta Ne5ukaitios were the beaten finallisrts in Ithe Iwomens doubles Resullts shyMens Singles-Quarter-finals D Suribek (Yu) bt lE Caetano (ICa) -19 15~

17 19

tn Apology Our sincere apologies to those coaches and

organisers whose Bronze badges have been held up relcently due to delays at the badge manufacturers We are now informed that the supply of Bronze badges will restart from October 10 and all outstanding despatches will be cleared immediately

HALEX TABLE TENNIS LTD

D iDOug1las (lEn) bit D Seemiller (UISA) 16 9 -19 15

M Karrlakase1vic (Yu) bit C WUV1anich (USA) 11 13 -18 17 14

z Cordas (Ca) ht K Abe (jta) 19 ~14 9 18 Semi-finals SU~bek bt DougJ1las 17 l16 17 -15 19 Karakas-evilc bit Cordas 15) 18 -19 -14 121 iFinal SURBEK rbt Kalrakasevic -14 19 -21 16 15 Wome-ns Singles-Semi-finals Y Ohzeki (Ja) bt ll ICord-as (CIa) 19 It7 12 In Sook Bhushan (USA) bit J Hlammelfs~ey 17

12 19 Final OHZ1EIKII Ibt In Sook-lBihushan 19~ -17 15~ -116~

14 Mens Doubles-Semi-finals CaetanoICOrdJas bet IKiarakaselVlicSurhek 19 17

18 SeemillIerjiWuvanich 1M AbeT Furukawa (Ja)

13 18 14 21 Final SEIE~MrLILERWUVANICH bt ICaetanoIICordlas

211 11~ -15 26 Womens Doubles-Final HlAIMIMlERSiLEYlIN SOOK - BiHUISiHlAN bt

ICordalsV iNesuklaitis (ICia) ~13 11 14 Mixed Doubles-Final DQIUIGLAS IHAIMMEiRS1LEY Ibt AheI Ohzeki

1 11 t8 -18 15 JAMAIICAN RANIKINIGIS

Men 1 E v1an W illliams 2 Roberlto Bylles 3 Cornel Flr1anceshy4 Hector Bennertlt 5 Dennis Du11Ican

Women 1 Shlaron Spence 2 Tina Walrter 3 Sandra Riettie 4 In~rid Spe-nce 5 Adlytth EHis (Trelawny)

Boys 1 Roberto Byles 2 IOolin MdNeisih 3 BlaSi~1 Coombs 4 Anthony Dlln1kley 5 Ernest Vi~go

Girls 1 Siharon Spence 2 Tina Waillter 3 I1ngtlid Spence 4 Alldi~h Elilis 5 Denise ICalmpbe11

Previous winners OIf the B amp H Love Birrd Inlternaltlional shy

1970 MS OrviIUe HaslllCllm (jamaioa) 1971 MS Orville Has1lam (jamlalilca)

WS AHee IGr1een (UISlA) 1974 MS Danny Seemlilller UISA)

WS lirene COirdas (YUlgosllavja) 1975 MS Anton Stip1ancic (Yugosavila)

WS In Sook-Na (Korea)

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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Mart~n Shuttle (rSiurrey) and KJaren Witt

Stiga Schools International Championships

~ll smiles from the English Schools noniP1aying captains Back (1 to r) Bob Wood (Junior Boys) Rea Balmford (Senior Girls) Bryan Merrett (Intermediate Girls) Front (1 to r) Phil Burwell (Intermediate iJloys) John Remiddoted (Senior Boys) Dolly Harmer

(Junior Girls) and Eddie Mitchell (Team Manager)

England BORlinte by David Lamlas

Meadolwhank ISports Centre Edinburgh was the magnificenlt venue fOir the second IStiga Schools l1nternatioual Chatmpionshlips held on June 26-27

English players dominated the Championshyships winning aH the six Indi1vidual titles middotand winning the team evellIts 6-0 with la final sets ratio of 202-14 this being the siame mar1gin las tthe first inrternaitional held at Eston last year

Tlh1e concept of mass parl1icipation which was so sUCicelssful1 llasrt ye1ar was continued wlith tealms being made up of six pllayersmiddot from Scotshyland and six from England on middotan a1ll-play-a111 baslis In the Individual e1ve11l1s thelre were nine players from Scotlland and seven frtom England

Any poundears that the iScottish ~S~hools Tlaible Tennis Association officials have had about llheir ahility to organise such a rprestilgiousevent were soon dispelled for their organisashytion middotand hospitalirty were superb

rnhe Local Authority Loth~lan Regional Councilt played their pairt too and the Civic Receptiotn given for alU players land officiails on Saturday evening at the Regional Cha1mhers Pa1rliament Square was a m3lgnificent gestureand a new experience for lthe majority of players

Although the Scottish Pllay~rs were generaBy outoassed there were outstanding pe~formshy

ances from ItIKree of their players who reached the final group in the Indiidual (Championshyships IDavid IMcIlroy Jost only to Richard Bergemann in the Junior Boys team eV~lnt Carol D3Ilrymple won four of her six matches in the Junior IGirls and Anwar Madid came fourlth in the Seniolr BoyS Individual There was no doubt rthat there had been a general improvementt in the standard of the Scottish players

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IMand~ rMellor-mak~ing her farewell appe1arshyance iln schools table tennis activities and la participant in the Nartional School Team Chamshypionships for the last seven years-receivedthe IStiga Tirophy from Mr Brian He1arn Stigas Export IMarketing Manager

The wilthdrawal of Englands senior players

(CBe~kshire) threw the Individua~ titles wide open [I)avid Newlman Won his final group matches in straight Igames againslt StepnenHazelwiQod land Anrwar Majid hut faced la stiff task against Douglas Johnson in the finall enicounlter In a fine Imatch which was a irepeat of the Elliglish ISchools Individuall Ch1ampionshysnip Final Newlman cmiddotame from behind to take the third game 22-20 with the spelctaltors on the edge lof their seats

Janet New IDorset) also came from behind Ito middotwin the Senior IGirIs event middotover Julie Readshying although- the (finall game (which lalmoSlt went itO expedite) was very cJose A pointscounlt-Uip was necessmiddotary to determ)ine pTace1silwo to Ifour

Stephen BoxaU gained sweet IIlevenge over (Kleirth Paxl1on (to whom he Ilost in the Enl~lish Schools I ndividual ClhaimpiolltshipS) in winshyning the Boys Inlter-mediate tirt1~ Whilst AngelaTieirney was in good form when sllccessfullydefending her Girls IlnterID1eddarte rtirtle wilthout dropping a game

Richard Bergemann collJfirmed his grelat promise1 winning the Junior IBoys titJe middotand Allison GoTdon retained her Junior (Girls crown

RESULTIS Team Championships

SICOTiLAiND 0 Senior Boys SICiOmLAN[) 2 (B Grundy 1 A Majid 1)

ENIGLAN[) 34 (D Nmiddoteiwman 6 D Johnson 6~ S rHazelrwood 5 A Wellman 4 J IProffitt 6 s ICllaxton 6)

Senior Girls SCIOf1LANID 1 (M Cuthberltson 1) EINIGLAND

35 (1M Mellor 6 J Skipp 16 J tRelading 6 J New 6 J McLean 6 J Thorpe 5)

Intermediate Boys SlOOITILAN[) 2 (K Rodger 1 K McLean 1)

ENiGLANll 34 (K (PaXJton 5 IS Boxall 5 C Rogers 6 C Reed 6 K Edwa~ds 6 D Bennett 6)

Intermediate Girls SCOTLtAND 0 EiNIGLANID 36 (S HUnit 6 A

Tielrney 6 L HlrYlszko 6 M Sm~th 6 J Pur-slow 6 S Jones 6)

Junior 1B0ys SC10TILAND 5 (ID MClIIroy 5) ENGLAlND 31

(R Berge1mann 6 P Whiting 5 J Souter 5 B Johnson 5 J Duffield 5 M Oakley 5)

Englands Intermediate Girls team who were unbeaten in Scotland Back (1 to r) ~ryan Merrett (captain) Angela Tierney Suzanne Hunt Mandy Smith Front (1 to r)

Suzanne Roebuck (reserve) Linda Hryszkos Stephanie Jones and Jill Purslow

senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

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Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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senior player Mandy Mellor receives congratulations from Stigas Export Marketing Manager Mr Brian Hearn on winning the team trophy

GIRLS FINAL PLAClNGIS

Englands

JuniorGirl~

SICOTLANiD 4 (IC DaJrymple 4) ENIGILAND 32 (A Gordon 6 L Gartbet 6 M Abbot 5 J iDolWsett 5~ H Robinson 5E Bolton 5)

BOYS FINAL PLACINIGiS

Senior 1 David Newman (Essex County) 2 Douglas Johnson (West M)dlands)3 (Stephen Hazelwood (West YorkshIre) 4 Anwar Majid (Lothian)5 Simon Claxton (Hereforrd amp Worceslter) 6 Andrew Wellman (Berkshire) 7 Jonathan Proffitt I (lMiddlesex)8 Michaell Stuart (Granlpian) 9 Richard Mountford GWest Midlands)

10 Walter Clarkson (Cenrtiral) 11 Graham Lundie (Lanarkshire) 12 iRonald Motherwell (Lothian) 13 Brian Grundy (W Dunbartonshire) 14 Gariry McKenzie (W Dunbartonshire)15 Ca1Ium Gerrard (RenfTewshire) 16 Miathew Wallace (iDumfriie1sshir1e)

Intermediate 1 ISltephen Boxall (Surrey Metropolitan) 2 IKeith Paxton (Tyne amp Wear) 3 Chris Reed (ICumbria) 4 IDouglas Bennett (Norlfolk) 5 Chris Rogers CLeicestershire)6 Adam p1roffitt (IMiddlesex) 7 Kenneth McLean (Lanarkshire) 8 Michael Aitken (Grampian) 9 Keith Rodger (Lothian)

10 ICoHn Harkins (Centra)l)11 Willlilam Murphy (GlastgiQiw) 12 Kevin Edwards (Somerset) 13 Edward Scott (Lorthian)14 Robert Faulds (IGlasgorw)15 Charlie Rodger (Lolthian) 116 Ja1mes Taylor (JGlasgow)

Junior 1 Richard Bergemann (Dorset)2 IDa1vid MCIIlroy (Glasgnw) 3 John ISoulter (Miiddlesex) 4 Paul Whiting (IDevon)5 lMalrk Oaklley (Surrey ICounty) 6 Bryon l0lnson (Oxfordshire)7 rDavid ILee (W Dunbarrtonshire) 8 iPhilip IMaltthew (iGr1aimlpian) 9 Kevin Grundy (IWesjtIMiidlands)

10 J eremy Duffield (IHereford 1amp Worcester) 11 James Leishman (Central) 12 iPaul Quaiil (fGlasgow)13 Alasltlailr Davidson (Gralmplian) 14 David Morrice (IGralmpian) 15 Tom Reid (W [)unbartons1hire) 16 IDavid Paton (IGralmpian)

Senior 1 anet New (IDorset)2 Mandy Mellor (IDeflbyshire) 3 J U1lie Readting (Hampshire)4 Jane Skipp ICletveland) 5 Julie McLean (Humberside) 6 Janet Thnrpe (iOxford-shire) 7 Karen Groves (West Midlands) 8 Belinda ~Petherick (Lorthian) 9 Margarlt Cuthbe~tson (Centrall)

10 ISusan Ferguson (IRenfrie1wshire)11 Carolyn Byres IGrampian) 12 Jaoqueline MclFarlane Glasgow)13 WendyPulleD (Lothian) 14 ICarolyn Hearns ICentTal) 15 Fiona Rae (Lothian) 16 Helen Moir CWo Dun1bartonshire) Intermediate

1 Angela Tierny (Cleveland) 2 Linda iHryszko West Yorkishire) 3 Suzanne Hunrt (Lincolnshire) 4 Mandy Snlith (Berkshire) 5 Suzanne Roebuck (ISurlrey County) 6 Stephanie J ones (~West Midlands)7 Jilll lPurslow (IBerkshire) 8 Eleanor iHard~ (Cenrtra1)9 Kay MoKay (Central)

10 Yvonne Laird (IOenrtral) 11 Fiona Hyde (IW Dunbartonshire) 12 Wendy Snlilth Grampian) 13 Kirstie Hammond (Cenrtral)14 Karen McPhie Grampian)15 Marian GallJoway (IGrampian) 16 Pauline McLaughlan (Renfrewshire) Junior

1 Alison Gordon (iBerkshire)2 Lorraine Garbet (Surrey COunty) 3 Carol DalrYlmple I(ICentrall)4 Elaine IBolton (Kent County) 5 Helen Robinson (Cleveland) 6 Maxine Abbott (Essex IMertropolit1an) 7 Julie Dowsett (Essex ICounty) 8 Jane Stewarrt (Lothian)9 SaTah Cress~well (Surrey County)

10 Francesca Corrigan (W [l)unbalrttonshire) 11 Hilary Ca1der (Cenltral)12 Ann [nness 1(IGrampian) 13 Suzanne Slack (Lothian) 14 Mar~ Stuart (Grampian) 15 Debbie Jones (Lothian)16 Hellen Glass (Lothian)

Alithough m-emlb~lrship totals halve increased steiadi1ly during the for1ma1Jive years oif the Englhih Schools Table Tennis Association there are still severall areas in the country where there is littlc sign of any SignifiCantschools tahle (tennis lactliv1ties

Wr1itiing in the new edition of the Associashytions Official Hfand1book the Ch1aLrlman Mr T L iMatthews m1akes an apPe1all forr more suppOrt-Wirth the cOiming World Talble Tenns Chaimpionships and thc intereslt and publicilty lilt Iwilllllcrealte~ now wouud be the ltilme for evelry member or inltereslted ItelacheT tiO exercise twhateivcir influence he (Oir she) has to persuade another school town city 10ff county to join us ILine~ of apprnach such las these mighlt well help 1 Try the game in your own school and

artrange matches wiltlh other schools 2 Mlake contaCIt with yOUT IP IE Advis1er and

Leipoundure Service Activiity Dilrelctor 3 Flind out who is SeoretariY of the nealreslt

Talblle Tennis ~Lealgue and iliaise closely 4 Miake Icontact with one of ttlhe ETTA

8taff CGlaches 5 Write to ~the Secretalry of thi ISchools

Afsocialtion fQir inforlmaltion or help The slllandards of pllay fait the top oif schools

tlablle tennis are now high-lthey can become even higher if the Ibase is broadeneld Lett your policy he ~Be a memher 01 gain ia meifillberr

The Annual Gne1rall Meetilllg rapPlroved the new affitiation proceduffes wherehy melmlber AssQicilait~ion~ wil~ he asked to pay la ~hlock affili1ation fee Ito lthe ESTTA thus affilliila~iDig their member Sichools It is expected fthialt Ithe new set-up w~ll rp1rove to be a much imore realistic administratrive task

The Associations competitive prOglfamme wilil foillow the successful form1at Of last Season w~itih the main ermphasis on the iNationa[ Schooll Telalm Championships Iwihich laire open Ito teams 0pound four players gilrillS land boys in seven differshyent age C1ateigories ranging firnm Under-01l to Under-19

ABcounties are irequi1red to nominate~hy Octolber 31--the events in whi1ch they willI hlave entries with actuail enltlriies in Iby Decemlber 11t7 so now is the time to mtake sure ~~hat your local sehool Itakes p 1a1t

The qualifying t~ams trom elacn of tihe 50 county areas will tiake plairt in one of 12 are1a final[ Ibeing heild on January lSmiddotJ6 witlh the winners going forward ito one of three iRegional Finals on SundalY January 23 laud lthence to the Nati0nail Finails which lare again he1iug hellid at Lea IGreen Cenltre Matlock~ Derbyslhi1re----on Sat1urdayFebrUiar~ 12

Liaitelr in the sejalson~on Sunday May 8shyCairnes Ithe Individuall Chamipionships lart ILuton Relg~onal Sports Centre

Negotliations are in progress for the ho~ding of the third annual SchoQls inlterDialtional Championships English Schools v Scoltltisih Schools at la Norlthern venue in Jate June or early July

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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11976 US OPEN by Mallcolm R Ande~rson

(UIST~TA Recording Secretary)

Fhe 19716 US Open didnt have quite as many foreign l1eams las did our last two Nlaltionals but there was a trespectahle entry noneitheless We had Iteams frOim Etlllgland Yugoslavia C1anada Ilran iSouth KOlfe1a MexdcQ and the Dominician LRjlpulblic The EngJlish team was Desmond Douglas and Ian Horsham Jill Hammerslley also oame but she played in only the individuall evenlts

The Mmiddotens Tearm event had 11 entries divided into four groupS Englland was grouped with the USA Youth te1am and Iran 1 The English duo stlar1tedwith a 3-0 win ove1r USA Youthl with IHnrsham bealting Dean Gaillardi (of California laiter won the U8 Open Junior Mens ltitle) -13 15 18 Douglas then Ibealt Dennis Blarish (of CaEforniJa llater Ilost to Galardi in the Junior finarrs) 17 18 land England I1rhen won the doubles over Barish and Perry Schwrartzberg (iTexas) 16 -20 114 Nexlt to fall was Iran l---1Dou~llas heat HoUshalllg Bozo(fgzadeh (nnw a US citizen liV1ing in ICedalf Rapilds IOfWa) 18 -8( I) 13 IHorsham beait Hamid Hayatghaliib (presenrrly studying denltal surge1ry at the Universi1ty of PennSytlvlania in Phillladellphi1a) 16 -20 13 and the English pai1r Ithen finished off the transplanted Tranians in the doubles -14 11 12 to reach Ithe selmds against fOanadta 1 who got there by bealting Irlan 2 and the Dominican Repubilic bolth 3-0

In the sem[s Zlato ICoridtas (noiW the Clanadilan TTA INational COadh) won the first sel1 from Deslmond Douglas 15 -6 18 Horsham then eVened the score at 1-1 hy bea1ting Elfroij Caeltlano 18 -14~ 19 ICanadla then won the doubles 16 and 17 itO Jead again but DQlUi~Ias evened it again by beating Gaetano 12 and (14 Cor1das then won the tie for C1anada beatingHorsham 15 13

In the other semi YUigoslavia helat UISA 1 as Dr1aguitin 8urbek belat Ray IGUlHllen (of Calishyfornia later the US Closed MenS Singles winner) 9 9 M~livoj Karakasevlc beat Dial loon Lee (who in the laslt monlth beCalme la

Ian Horsham (Essex) who reached the quartershyfinal of the Mens Singles losing to Ka~aka~

sevic of Yugoslavia Photo by Malcolm Anderson

USTTA VicePresideIllt land got married) 15 18 land Ithe Yugosilavs took me doubles 10 18

Yugosl1avia took the MensTeialm tiltle (and $500 apiece) by beating Canada l---1Karakashysevic heat ICortdas 8 14 Suribek beat Caetlano 13 11 and lthe Yugos1lavs won the doubles 19 -16 19 -

The Wornens Team title Wias won by Korea 1 (-Korean Air ILlines sent two wOtmenamp teams) over USA 1 3 matcnes rto 1 In Sook Bhushan (nee Na) stlarted things with a win for the US belating Yang Sook Hee 15 land 20 Kim Scan Ok then took over She bemiddotat Angelilta Rosall 16 and 18 team~d wiitih Son Hye SOOIlaquo to beat EhuSlhan and Patty Martinez (who fir[t WOn the US Open Womens Singles tittle in ~1965 at alge 13) 16 and 14 and then belat In Sonk -18 13 10

n Mens SClli~Jes Douglas beat Boh-dan DawidGwitcz 10 9 and 13 and D J Lee 18 18 land 12 to reach the semis against Surb~k That resUlIted in a Iflantastlic mlait1ch----grealt hit shyting spinning lQ1bbing-3 of lthe ga1mes went to deuce Douglas won the first game at 20 SUlrlbek took the next tlWO at 19 and 151 Douglas tded the match laJt 2-an middotby winning the fourtth ga1me tat 20 and he lIed 20~18 in the filflbh Surbek lthen tied it i~itth two saV1age loop klllls Douglas led algaln 8Jt 21-20 but Surhek then won it (the best match in North Ammiddoterica aliI year) 23-21 In tthe ol~her balf HorslhalJIl rearched the quairter~finalS where he lo~t Ito Karak1asevic 10 16 -10 -9 Cordas then Ibela~ Kariaklasetvic 19 18 111 19 to reach the finals where he won the n1rs1t galme at 19 Suribek then took cihalfge and won the next three galmes 19~ 17 17

Jill Hammers1ley was seeded firsit in the Womens Sin~Ies and she started impresosiveYltJ bealting ltlloria NesukJailtis 7 7 7 next to rfaU was MiaiMann Domonkos (who upset Kim Hye lung) 14 10 17 and finally Lee 8000 Joo 17 -13 15 -15 18 Weve se~n Ilog -chops over here but nothing like Jills - aggtressive ofteOslve chops from 20 feeft out that rise just enough lat the Iaslt inSrtant to cllear the nelt then dive on to the rtable - imJpressive- lIhe only person who wasnit lim~)iressed was Sorimiddot Hye Soon who patientlly rolled and hit through Jial in the seimjs 17 15 land 19 Jilils pick shots werent on mis m~ticih In Ithe other hal

if2 In Sook Bhushan beart Kirm Kye Soon 16 9 -20 9 and Kim Soon 10k bealt Shin Myullig Sook 18 15 -17 13 J~jm a left-handed hititer then beat In Sook a chopper in the semli 10 11 20 Kim is the only pllayer Ive seen Iwho knows whefre In SOOkS pick hitis are going~ Kim returned about nine oult of to Of tlhelm Most pil1ayers including the top US men miss itlhem all In th1e finalls Kim beat Son -15 17 18 ~3 18

In Men~s Doubles IHorsham and Douglas beat Sanchez and QuiniterlQ (iMexico) and IGalardi and Gui~len tlO relach the semis where C~aetlano and ICordas heat theml -14 12 17 19 Surbek and Karakasevic beat Ali O~eissi and D J Lee in the o~her semi 10 11 12 land ~hen beat the ICanadilans jn the lfina~ -18 -17 16 14 15

In Womens Doubles Jlill land In Sook chopped down Yang lSook Hee and Kim Kye Soon in one semi land Kim Soon Ok land Son Rye Soon out-hirt Lee Soon Joo and IChoi Kyullg Mee -20 20 15 18 in the other se1mi In the final Kim and Son iagain showed that they know how to play against chop winning it lalt 17 -15 6 land 10 Kim Soon 10k and iDr1arguitin Surlb~k were certainly the oUltstanding players at tthts ltournament----both of them entelred three elVents their respective singles doubleS and lteaim events and both won all thr~middote of them

Ill the Mixed DoubllesHamlmersley and Douglas beat Horsham and Yiang Sook Hee liln the semis 12 15 19 tand Caetano and Ilrena Cordas -belalt D J Lee and Cihoi Kyung Mee Jillil and Desmond then WOn rthe tiltle1 beating Ithe IClanadians -12 19 19 middot8 201

Weve added two US crlosed events this year-in the Mens Dean Galardli upset D J Lee in the quarterS -19 18 21 17 118 then lost to Barish -19 -21 -16 Rray Gui11eln reacneci the finall by beatinrg Bozorlgzadeh 13 13 13 and he then beaft BarlilSh 22 -18 12 19 ~o

hecommiddote the first Us CJosed champion In the Womens Olgia Soltesz upselt jpatty M~artinez 19 14 19 12 then losit to Bhushan 15 18 14 Angelita Rosal reached the finalISt by heating AHce Sonne (nee Green) 112 J5 14 -14 24

New Role for Development Committee

By ALAN RANISOIME Have Youcomplained about the way Table

Tennis is organised in England Do you want to do something lalbout it Ilf so now is yourchance to put forwmiddotard your ideas on how the game in thiis count~ry Should he organised

The ETTA Development Commiltltee has re1cently been given a nmiddotew tasmiddotk That of lookshying into Iwhat changes are desirable to develop Itable tennis as fa sport and how they should he introduced leading up to and foUowing the WOfld Championships in IBirmingham in 1977 In other words how can the ETTA best capiltalise land benefit from lthe incremiddotased iDiterest in table tennis which the World Championships will create

The Comimittee has (appointed 6 sub-commitmiddot tees each with a tChairmmiddotan responsible for forming proposals in leach section together with a number of individuals who willl be invited to serve on a sub-commiittee The 6 sections areshy

1 Competitions-Altl kinds of tournamenits National Championships County IChampionshyships Nla1ional League and CIUlb Competitions Calendar Working Party Chairman - Tony Ross

2 Coiacbing--Coachiing English Sclhools Regionall Sports middotCouncils lChairman - Eddie Mitchell

3 ISelection-Team training professional players Chairman-Ken Mlathews

4 Constitution - ETTA Constitution National lCommittees profe~ sionaJ staff fee structure and affilliation IChairmmiddotan - Allan middotCram

5 PublicitY----INational and local press ETTA Imagazine grass roots rChairman shyNorman Reeve

6--lSponsorship-Finanrce income communishycations fund raising mmiddotanUlfacturers Chairman ---Sltan LentoD

All the aboVe-nam~ed Chairmen will be invit ing others whom [hey fee have a conttriibution to make to at least one meeting of the subshycomimittee to which ideas middotand proposals can be pout foriward which willI in turn be pmiddotassed on to the fulJ Developm~nt Committee

Where do I come into middotalil this FOlr m~ sins I haVie been given ~he job of Developme11lt ICOshyordinarto~ which means thralt I have the task of attending allI 6 meetings then at the end of the day along with t1he sub-cotmmiddotmittee Chairshymlan Ibringing the proposarls hack ItO the De-ve1lopment ICommittee

If you have any ideas that you would like ito be icollisidered Iby the Development Comimirtshytee then please let me nave these as soon as possible and I wilH see that they are iconsidered by the appropriate subComimittee IPlease send ithemiddotm first-class posit to my home at 211a Church LaneOrmesby Middlesbrough middotClevetland

EiUiRiOPEAN L~UE

DEFlEAT IN TOVIRS Taklen in conjuncltionwiith the other results

on ttlhe nighlt olf Septemher 30 (Englands clef-elat tby 61 to Prance iln Tours was a ISlad ibei~inning to their ISuper Division fixtures an the Euro-Ipean League

Nlicky Jarvis was our lone winner largainst Christian Martin~ and with Jill HamimersleyJrecovetriing f~om the remova[ of lain appendix Lilndla lHoward failed itO Imalke her Imlark

Othe~ resull~s-CzechoSoloviakia 3 ISoviet Un10O 4 Swedmiddoten 3 Hungary 4 Federail Ge1rm1any 5 Yugoslllavia 2 Division 1 Burrlgarlia r1)- Netlherlands 6

10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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10 Richard Jermyn (iHerts) (A) 11 Grlanam Sandley (IMiddllesex) (A)county Championships Round-up 12 IChris Reed (ICumbria) (A) 13 Steven Mil~s (Yorksh1ire) (-) 14 Adam Proffitt (Middllesex) (A)by BOB BRIDGES 15 Stephen Box-all (Surrey) (16)

NEW LOIOK

A nerw season and a neiW IQok for lthe ICOUDIty Cha1mpionships (h~ving alIso ~ee1 ousted from the baick page) wIth a few slignllncant amendshymellts to IChlampionship Regullations

Moslt important 110 I1he Numher 2 women is that they now play la singles allong with Womelns Doubles instiead of IMixed Doulbl1l~s this lamendment sllylly incorporaites all J unlOf maltches as well but Preimie1r Divislion middotand Velterlan Divisions remain [he Slalme as before

As I look back one year and read John Wrilglts Preview of the Seiason I cannot predict wiith the sam~ c~nfiden~e and the sa1me lengths (John WtrIlght S predIctIons were aail correctl) eXloerpit to slay that Cieyenelanid will force the pace in Ithe PreJ1iea and lany olther County on top of that DtlVISlon next March Wlilltl Ibe a surprise to most

ILooking ait the Premier pivision IC~impetition llaslt season doeS not Ihellp In predlctlng who IS pound011 the [drop although Leicest~rshire are comshypelting up there for the filfst tlme middot middot middot

and its la disl1inct possliibiHlty that Camshybridgeshire mlay find themselves in that posishytion (nolt necessarHy at Leicesterslhires expense) next season

Yorkshire and Surrey milghrt be favourite~ for the Junior Premier Title tbut Middlesex have ia ifadI splrinkling olf ItlaIenlt and thiis selasons hattIe for honours at l1ihis leivell milght be one of ithe best

The Veterran Competition received la boost with four neiw teams but Staffordslhire have drop(ped out Veteran Champions Essex who g1aMe NiQltitiDighamshi~e an 8-1 healting in lla51t seasons Challenge wiIll have to Overcome ~he pOssilbiaiities of a Middlesex team lin th~ Vertelflaln Competiltion for the first time wthich is clapable of fiellding one or two good pillayers

COUNTYTABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONiSlIJPS

FO~Ulation of Divisions 1976-17

P~emierDivislion 2nd South Cheshire lEssex II Clelveland Ha~npshire Elssex Kenlt Lei1cestershire Middlesex II Middlesex Surirey - II SUrre~ Sussex W Clir1wilckshilre Yorklshire

2nd North 2nd Mid~and

CIeveland DI Cheshire II DUrlhalm IClwyd Lancashire Deribyshire Lincollnshire GIlamorgan Northumberland Sltaffordsihilre Y orkslhire III Warwickshire II

2nd East 2nd West Bedfordslhire Avon Buckinghamshilre Berkshire Camlbridgeshire Devon H e1rtfordshire Gwent Norfollk Some~Selt

Nor1thamptonsihire Wiltshire W orcestershire

3rd South 3rd North Bedrfordsibire II Cle-veland IIJ Buckingha1mshire 1[1 Deribyslhi~e III Essex 1111 Cunl[bria Helrtfordshire AliI Lancashire IIII Kent II Northu1mlbelrlland III Sussex 1[ Noltltinghalmshire

3rd Midlland 3rd East CllwYld [II ICalmibridgeshire II Gltamorlgan II lfleTtlfordshire II Leicelstershire II HuDltlingdonsnlire NorthiamlpitlQnshire liI Norfolk II ShroipShire Suffoilk StaffordSlhire III

3rd IWest Junior middotP~emie~ Avon [Il( Belrkshire CorDIWafI C1leveland IDorset Elssex Gloucestershire Herltfordshmiddotire Hererfordsbil1e Kenlt W OIrcesrtershire II Middlesex

Surrey Yorkshire

Juni10r 2nd South Junior 2nd North Berkshire iJiJJ Cleivela-nd II Devon OlwydDorset Cumbria HIampshire I)urnamKent [II De1ribyshire Middlesex I[ Lancashlire Surrey 11 NorJthumherllHnd Sussex Yorkshilre II Junior 2nd Midland Junior 3rd South Oambridlgeshire BuckinghamShire II Essex II Essex ImI NorfoUlt Hampshire 111 Norltlhamptonshire Hertfordshdre II Sitafforldshke Sussex II iLeicestershire Suffolk Wlarwickshire Junior 3rd North Junior 3rd Midland Cheshire Gloucestershimiddotre Cileveland III Herefordshire Cllwyd II Q~fordshire Curm)brdJa II Shropshi~e L1incolnshire Staffordshire Ii NOtitiughamshille Worcestershire-Junior 3rd East Junior 3rd West Bedfordshire Avon Buckinglhamsihirre CoriDwall CambTildgeshire II GlalmorganHunitdngdonshire Gwent Lincolnshire II Somerset

Wlltshire Veteran Midland Veteran East Cheshire Essex C~wyd Es~ex lIT Clwyd III HeTtfordshire Leicesltershire HtlntingdonshireNoitltingha1mshire Kent Warwickshire MliddleSex

Veteran West Dorset H1ampshire OxfordslhireVviJ-tshire Worces1tershire

NEW JUNIOR RANKINGS

FoHOlWing a series of assessment evenits alt regionaft il1termediate land nat0 nal levell through~Ult the sumimer the National Selection Committee have issued the first junior rankling list of the 1976-77 season

No ranking lists for the Oadet cateigOiry (under-14) have been comprilled owing toO insufficient evidence at this ealrly slta1ge of the season Full lists with previOus posliitions irn bracketts are shy

BOYS 1 M1alrtin Shutltle (Surrey) (3) 2 Keith Pa~ton (Durhalm) (12) 3 David Reelves (Berks) (9) 4 Joe K~nnedy (Kent) (-)5 David Ne1Wimlan (Essex) (15) 6 Tony OCOnnor (Lancs) (A) 7 Ian Kenyon (Kent) (6) 8 Chris Rogers (ILeics) (7) 9 Kevin Beadsley (Yorks) (11)

16 DHvid Wells (Middlesex) (A) 17 Joe Naser (Yorkshire) (-) 18 COllin Wlilson (Hanrts) (A) 19 Gary Ailden (INolrthants) (-) 20 K1ennetn J aokson (lEssex) (-)

GROUP A A BOl1tom~ley (Yorkshire) D Calmmiade (ISussex) S ICowlley (Lancashire) K EdWla~rds (WiiJltshire) G GiLlelf~t (Sussex) M Green (IShTopshire) M Harrison (yenorkshire ) J James (Middtlelsex) R Johnson (B1elrtksn1ire)S Kiimm (Essex) M Qwen (~Herefordsniire) I iPlummer (Clleiveland) L Smith i(Essex) N Smith tCumlbrlia) A ISummerlsc1aJeiS (Yorkshire) B Tyler (tMiddlesex) D Ward (fWarrwickshire)

GIRLS 1 Klarell Witt (Be~kshire) (1) (2 Angela Mliltcihell (IMiddlesex) (3) 3 Angela Tietrney (Cl1eveiland) 1( 5) 4 Jane Skipp (C1evelland) (12) 5 June lWilHilams 1(ICleveland) 8) 6 L1inda Hryszko Yol1kshilre) (11) 7 JanetNew (Dorset) (6) 8 ISUztanne HUDIt (ILincolnshire) (4) 9 Mlandy lSmith (Berkshi1re) (A)

10 EIaine Lamb (Dervon) (A) 11 Sue- Roe~buck (Surrey) (114) 12 Ji~l Pursllow (Berkshire) (A) 13 Stephanie- Jones (Staffordshire) (13) 14 rCarOll fColegaite CKent) (-) 15 Helen GOlfe (IEssex) (15) 16 Sally Diickerson (Yorkshire) (A) 17 SaHy Midge~ley (Yorkshille) (-) 18 Carol Buttery (Lincolnshire) (-) 19 Berlind)a ChamlberJiaiJn (Hunts) (A) 20 Wendy Plarker (Willrtshire) (A)

GROUP A E Bolton (IKenlt) J Borulte~ (Essex) Y Brown (IEslsex) J DOIwsiett (Essex) s Gillson (Dorset) A Gordon (Berkshilfe) IC Maisey (Wiltshi~e) H OBlrien (Sunrey) M Reeves (Middlesex) H Robinson (Clleveland) E Sayer (Es1sex) 1M WalIIHs (Norltlhants) H WHIUalms (IMiiddlesex)

Playerls marked were unable to ialtitend c final -asseSSiment Cia-mop and hiave been pl1aced in aCicordance with Selection Com1milttee otpinion

NISSEN INVITATION This seaslQns N~issen Invitation Tournalment

featuring the leading piliayers of iEDigland~ Scotlland land W1a1les will be head at iSaJle Leisure Centre Broad Road Sale CheShire OiD Fridlay NoVelmber 12 tat 7 pm

Admission is by numlbered p~ogrialmlme only (pTice l5p) which clan be oibtlained rom Sale Leisure middotCentre or D Welbsiter 8 [)rOnfielld Road Northendell Mancihesiter 22 and R N Buckley 23 Swarn ROrad Timperley AI~rincJ ham CheShire

One of the two tiablies used in the rtiOurnashymenlt will he aiW1arded to the larlgeslt group from one association (club schIQol1 eJtc) present on the evening-so ISlta1rt orgiClJnisiDlg now Tihe other tlabl~ willI be the prize for the holldJer olf the lucky number progr31mme

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