Table€¦ · Sluevens edged in front at 22-21 only . to drop the next three points, the win ning shot being a thin edge 1ess than a . fo'ot f,rom the nero. In the semi-finals Stevens

TennisTable English Table Tennis Association

Edited by W. HARRISON EDWARDS

Published by Walthamstow Press, Ltd., Guardian House, 644 Forest Road, London, E.17

Offioial Magazine of the

Vol. 22 APRIL, 1964 No. 7

THE LIVERPOOL BLEAT FOLLOWING the Mersey Beat comes the Liver­

pool Blea-t, to echo through the table tennis world. But it is hardly likely to prove as popular as ''The Beatles" with the thousands of players, young and not so young, who enjoy organised table tennis.

Once again TABLE TENNIS DIGEST, the official magazine of the Liverpool and Distriot Association is attacking the E.T.T.A. with claims that they are splashing money around like drunken sailors.

They draw a gloomy picture by quoting various items of expenditure from the balance sheet, and make the claim that the North is paying out for the benefit of players from the South.

UP TO REPRESENTATIVES

Of course, North v South rivalry is as old as the hills and it exists in all sports, not table tennis alone, but the B.T.T.A. is an elected body to represent the country as a whole and not just one section of, the community. It is therefore up to the representatives of all areas to fight for their rights in the council chamber.

Liverpool try to justify the absence of some Northern Leagues from the annual meeting on the grounds of expense and .ask: How would the South feel if the annual general meeting was invariably held in Manchester?

Yet there is no reason why the meetings cannot be held there if the NortlJ make the request in a loud enough voice. In other words it is up to them to make their presence felt in the right place.

An expenditure of £54 for the County Secretaries Conference is described as a good night out for the boys with no useful purpose from their point of view. It is all very well to moan in this fashion, yet

COVER PICTURE DORIN GIURGIUCA and MARIA ALEXANDRU, the

Rumanian winners of the singles at the English Open.

Liverpool, by the mere fact that at the Special General Meeting t~ey did not raise a hand in protest, are party to a National Council, whose meretings are going to be a lot more costly.

Northern players are just as .free as those from the South to enj,oy the benefits of affiliation. Ingber, Symonds, Neale, Gunnion, Johns, Ransome and Pat Dainty ar'e just a few players from outside of the South who have had money spent on the'm by the E.T.T.A. this season. So it is not all one way traffic.

Then the North are free to use the services of Jack Carrington, the national coach. And he has done a lot of work in the North this season.

Without an E.T.T.A. there could be no organised "opens," no internationals, no standardisation of equipment or rules. Everyone would be left to their own resources and chaos would reign.

Liverpool should pause and think of this before saying that most of their members would not worry if they dis-affiliated tomorrow.

As far as the E.T.T.A. are concerned they would prefer 30,000 good solid merrlibers than 60,000 who are as disinterested.

One w,onders if Liverpool are perhaps trying to divert attention away from the troubles of their league, which, from reading their magazine, appear never ending.

lIGHTER DISCIPLINE

Recent actions of some top players look like leading to sel'eatofs taking a tougherf di.sciplilllia,ry line rin future. Fi'I:Slt hint of this, is a recomm'endartion Ithalt Oheslter Barnes be suspended from three months from September 1 and Diane Rowe be reprimanded following their absenoe from the Maste:rs Tournament from which the folLowing revisled ranking list has been issued:

MEN: 1, C. Barnes (Essex); joint 2, I. Harrison (Glos.), B. Wright (Middx.); 4, B. Merrett (Glos.); 5, M. Symonds (Lanes.); 6, A. Lindsay (Middx.); 8, D. Neale (Yorks.); 9, R. Stevens (Essex); joint 10, R. Gunnion (Warwicks.), C. Warren (Surrey); 12, J. Ingber' (Lanes.).

WOMEN: 1, M. Shannon (Surrey); 2. D. Rowe (Middx.): 3. L. Bell (Essex); 4, J. Mc'Cree (Essex); 5, J. Canham (Herts); 6, C. Blackshaw (Yorks.); 7, J. Williams (Herts); 8, I. Ogus (Middx.); 9, D. Fitzgerald (Lanes.); 10, A. Taft (Middx); 11, P. Piper (Surrey); 12, L. Proudlock (Yorks.).

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TABLE TENNIS APR I L 1 964

BUCKS OPEN by IAN WHITE

ANOTHER SUCCESS FOR LINDSAY A LAN LINDSAY mark1ed up another , triumph when he beat Bobby Stevens to win the m'oo'!s Isingles in the Bucking­hamshir,e Open at Slough on March 8. Hie also went on to win [the men's doubles with Stan Jacobson.

The ,singles final slowly boiled up into a thriHe:r with Lindsay winner 21-15, 24-22, after Stevens had held points for the second game.

Linds1ay took the first set comf'oritably

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and went ahead to 7-3 in the second when Stevens exploded into' some furio,us attacking to go ahead at 8-7, despllte splendid retrieving by Lindsay.

More excellent attacking and deep defens'ive play by both playe1rs, followed, bringing the cro,wd to ~vs feet as the Essex pllayer m'oved ahead Ito 19-16. It was odds-on a third gam'e being neces-

CHAMPIONS BUT RELEGATED HAMPIONS of the Second Division Mid­C land with a hundred per cent record

but doomed to relegation. That's the dis­astrous state of affairs for WarwickshirE " Seconds."

It comes about because the first team haVE failed to hold their place in the Premiel Division. The ruling is that no county ma~ have two teams in the same division,.

Warwickshire were edged out of the Premier Division on sets aggregate by Yorkshire after losing 3-6 to Surrey.

This has been a great season for thE " Seconds" with Keith Jones, Bill Gallag­her and Roger Morris all finishing with 70 per cent or better. A feature of the 9-1 win over Worcestershire in the final match was the debut of Ingrid Sykes, who beat the experienced Mrs. Lloyd 23-21 in the third.

But this is small consolation for demotion and it would seem as if a change in the County championship rules would be worth­while, for it looks as though the Premier Division may now contain teams weaker than those relegated.

Warwickshire Juniors finished runners-up to Staffordshire in their division. Two of the players, Ray Heath and Phillip Richard­SOl1, are still available next season.

Central Y.M.C.A., who beat the favour­ites, South Birmingham, in the semi-final, meet the young Wagon Lane team of Pressick, Jones and Binney in the final of the Warwicl<shire Inter-Town Cup.

Bernard Mackie, a prominent Birmingham player, was killed in a car accident near his home at Farnworth on February 24.

ROGER MORRIS.

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sary but Lindsay by dint of solid defensive play, and aided by some silly lapses of ooncentration by Stevens, l,eveliledJ at 20-all.

Sluevens edged in front at 22-21 only to drop the next three points, the win­ning shot being a thin edge 1ess than a fo'ot f,rom the nero.

In the semi-finals Stevens beat a strangely out of t!ouch Ian Harrison 21-19, 21-15, while Lindsay annihilated Brian Wright also off form, 21-9, 21-10.

Jean McCree won tbe women's singles 3Eter a s'ee-saw fina,1 with Alina Taft a,t 15-21, 21-18, 21-14.

M,rs. McCree had previously beaten Lesley Bell, while Miss Taft found her way 'comparatively allear in the other half after the withdrawal of Mary Shannon through illness.

Miss Bell and Miss Taft gained so,me consollation by winning \tIhe doubles final. The mix,ed doubles went to Tony Pid­dock and Peggy Piper w'ilth a strai~t games 'win: oV'elr Ralph Gunnion and Pauline Martin.

BUCKS OPEN Men's Singles: Semi-Finals: A. LIND­

SAY bt B. Wright 21-9, 21-10. R. STEVENS bt I. Harrison 21-19, 21-15.

Final: LINDSAY bt Stevens 21-15, 24-22. Women's Singles: Semi-Finals: A. TAFT'

bt I. Ogus 21-13, 15-21, 21-15. J. McCREE bt L. Bell 17-21, 21-19, 21-14. 21~~~.al: McCREE bt Taft 15-21, 21-18,

Men'IS Doubles: Semi-Finals: HARRI­SON / A. PIDDOCK bt R. Gunnion/C. War­ren 13-21, 21-12, 21-16. LINDSAYIS. ~:ti'~BSON bt Wright/R. Morley 21-19,

Final: LINDSAY/JACOBSON bt Harri ­son/Piddock 21-16, 21-13.

Women's Doubles: Final: L. BELL/ ftr8~ bt H. Lambert/S. Hession 21-10,

Mixe'd Doubles: Semi-Finals: GUNNION / Miss P. Martin bt K. Shaw/Mrs. McCree 21-19, 21-19. PIDDOGK/Mis'S P. PIPER bt S. Gibbs/Miss B. Sayer 21-9, 21-14.

Final: PIDDOCK/PIPER bt Gunnion/ Martin 21-10, 21-19.

JAPANESE CHAMPIONSHIPS Men's Singles: Semi-Finals: MIKI bt

Nohira 21-18, 21-12, 22-20. KONAKA bt Kimura 17-21, 21-12, 15-21, 21-14, 21-16. Final: KONAKA bt Miki 21-12, 21-23, 21-16, 21-16.

Women's Singles: Semi-Finals: SEKI bt Nakayama 21-14, 21-16, 21-18. ITO bt Isomura 21-16, 18-21, 21-19, 19-21 21-18. Final: SEKI bt Ito 21-5, 14-21, 21-16, 10-21, 21-6.

Men's Doubles: S e m i - Fin a Is: FAKUSHIMA/YOSHIMOTO bt Yabuki/ Koeda 21-13, 20-22, 21-18. SHINKAI/ KOBOYOSHI bt Nokiri/Morikawa 21-15, 21-17. J!'inal: SHINKAI/KOBOYOSCHI bt F'ahushima/Yoshimoto 21-16, 21-19.

Women's Doubles: Semi-Finals: ITO/ YAMANAKA bt Nagakura/Takeshima 14-21, 21-19, 21-12. NAKAYAMA/ KISHI bt Kurita/Tokushigo 21-14, 21-13. ITO / YAMANAKA bt Nakayama / Kishi 21-17, 21-9.

Mixed Doubles: Semi - Finals: ETO/ YAMANAKA bt Takahashi/Shimizu 18-21, 21-18, 21-13. ITO/ISHIZAKA bt Kata­yama/Hatakeyama 21-17, 21-16. Final: ITO/ISHIZAKA bt Eto/Yamanaka 22-20, 21-17.

SIX ENGLAND JUNIORS

DAVID BROWN became the si~th Essex junior to receive international

recognition this season wben he played for Englland against Wales at Aberd,are lasif month. The ollie'r juniors so honoured in what is undoubtedJ~' a county, and possirbly national record, are: Stuart Gibbs, Chester Barnes, Lesley Bell, Beverley Sayer and Gloria Sayer.

This 'is the reward of seviera,l season's hard work, combining the enthusiasm of the youngSl!:ers, who· are always prepared to travel for the neoessary experience, and the guidance of the Junior Affairs Committee.

Stuart Gibbs won ifhe bOYls' singles for the fi:~st ti,m'e in the East London Le'ague junior championships, which attracted a record ,ootry of 65 for the boys' singles and 46 jjor It/he unde:r-14 mix,ed singles. Gibbs also partnered Keith Lawrence to retain the doubles title he previ,ously held with Chester Barnes.

Linda H,enwood fought ba'ck after losing ~he first game 28-30 to beat Karenza Smith lin the girls' final.

EAST LONDON RESULTS Boys' Singles: S. GIBBS bt D. Hurr 14

15. Gids' Singles: L. HENWOOD bt K~ Smith -28, 16, 10. Boys' Doub'es: GIB,BS/ LAWRENCE bt L. Croxson/Hurr 17, -13, 20. Girls' Houbles: D. SIMPSON/SMITH bt T. Purnell/V. Woodhouse 9, 5. Under­14's Mixed Singles: LAWRENCE bt J. Rouse 21, 19.

Bnlerica!y and I1ford Leagues stage their championships on April 11, whHe :the Essex Cllused Cban1:pionships are at Et~n Man~r, Riseholme Stf,(~elt:, Hackney WIck, Apnl 18-19. The county junior championships are planned for May 9 at Fellows CraI1ille~gh Cilub Harold Road Upton Park. Entry fo~ms from Dick Frost, 223, Church Road, Manor Park, London, E.12.

HULL AND EAST RIDING CLOSED

Men'ls Singles: Semi-Finals: D. Bartlett (City Police) bt W. Devine (Beverley County Hall) 21-12, 14-21, 21-11; D. Meln (Y.P.I.) bt C. Pollard (Y.P.1.) 21-18, 21-17. Final: BARTLET'T bt Mein 21-14. 21-19.

Women's Singles: Seml-Finals: G. Mears (North HUll) bt V. McLean (Reckitts) 21-16, 21-18. K. Morfitt (Y.P.I.) bt I. Pollard (Y.P.I.) 21-16, 21-8. Final: MEARS bt Morfitt 21-18, 12-21, 23-21.

Boys' Singles: P. CANHAM (Y.P.I.) bt I. Middleton (Y. P. I.) 21-16, 22-20.

Girls' Singles: L, TWIDALE (Y.P. I.) bt A. Huzzard (Y.P.I.) 21-19, 17-21 21-11.

Veterans' Singles: DEVINE bt R. Holden (Blackburns) 21-16, 21-17.

Grade "A" Singles: DEVINE bt D. Winn (University) 14-21, 22-20, 21-14.

Grade "B" Singles: P. RENDER (Memorial) bt P. Dossor (Unitarian) 21-10, 21-13.

Men's Doubles: BARTLETT/POL,LARD bt Canham/ Arnold Knaggs (Y.P.I.) 21-10, 21-19.

Men's Doubles: BARTLETT/POLLAUD bt P. Burwell/G. Underwood (Y.P.I.) 21-5, 21-16.

Women's Doubles: MORFITT/POLLARD bt K. King/R. Elliott (Priestmans) 22-20, 21-13. "

Mixed Doubles: POLLARD/POLLARD bt Jackson/Gasser 25-23, 21-16.

APR I L 1964 TABLE TENNIS

fight by the Surrey boys, M,cCartlhy, inSUSSEX JUNIOR OPE-N by 'lAURIE LANDRY 1Jhe quaroor-fina:ls. l:revor TayJor oaus:ed som,e trouble lin ,this age ,group when he heat Stuart Seaholme.

The 'final was good, wilth RansomeA PROMISING 12·YEAR· OLD using the ha:lf v,oUey ,1'0 good effe:ct as

FOR the first time in recent y.ears the Sussex Junior Open at Worthing on

Ma'f'ch 15 was completed before 10 p.m.-thanks to a restriction on tlhe num­ber of len[)rres.

A )'loung p1;ayeT to catc:h my ey'e wa,s Trevor Taylor, from Letchworth. A tiny 12-year-old, his opponents were caught out by his dever use of the 'loop as he won the boys' Under 13 singles, beating the f!avourite Haydn llhJomas of Wa:1es. He also Ishowed his skill in the boys' Under 15 doub1l1es, rea!chiil1Jg the final with hi,s nine-year-old brother.

Kaif,(~.nza Smith shone ,in the gi!lils' events. She 'won the Under 13 singles and 110iSt in the final of the Under 15 ~ singles to Pauline H,em,mings, after hav­ing s:cored a fine win over Linda Hen­wood in the se:mi-fina1. KaIienm has steadied her play and now has a reliable foreh!and.

SUSSEX JUNIOR RESULTS Boys' Singles: Semi-F'inals: A. ROBIN­

SON (Middx.) bt D. McGarry (Glos.) 21-9, 22-20. A. RANSOME (Durham) bt P. Williams (Herts.) 21-12, 21-7. Final: ROBINSON bt Ransome 21-10, 6-21, 21-16.

Girls' Singles: Se,m.i-Finals: G. SAYER (Essex) bt P. Hemmings (Herts.) 15-21, 21-11, 21-18. B. SAYER (Essex) bt E. Canham (Herts'.) 21-13, 13-21, 21-17. Final: G. SAYER bt B. Sayer 14-21, 21-17, 22-20.

Boys' Boubles: Semi-Finals: B. HILL/ G. SALTER (Surrey) bt P. McCarthy/M. Hart (Surrey) 13-21, 21-15, 22-20. J. BEASLEY/M. GREEN (Sus-sex) bt R. Allen/C. Hughes (Middx.) 24-22, 24-22. Final: HILL/SALTE,R bt Beasley/Green 21-17, 22-20. .

Girls' Doubles: Semi-Finals: HEM­MINGS/CANHAM bt J. Heaps (Berks.)/ lVC. Stevens (Kent) 21-17, 22-20. SAYER/ SAYE-R bt K. 8mith/D. Simpson (Essex) 21-18, 21-14. Final: HEMMINGS/CAN­HAM bt Sayer/Sayer 21-18, 15-21, 21-13.

Mixed Doubles: Semi-FInals: ROBIN­SON/K. STOKES (Kent) bt Green/J. Bay­nard (Sussex) 21-9, 21-15. R. COCKS (Herts.) /HEMMINGS bt Ransome/L. Hen­wood (Essex) 21-19, 21-14. Final: ROBIN­SON/STOKES bt Cocks/Hemmings 21-17, 12-21, 21-19.

UNDER I5's Boys' Singles: Semi-FInals: T. RILEY

(Sussex) bt H. Thomas (Wales) 18-21, 21-13, 21-19. COCKS bt T. Taylor (Herts.) 21-17, 21-14. Final: RILEY bt Cocks 16-21, 21-19, 21-11.

GirJn' Singles: Semi-Finals: HEMMINGS bt M. Heppell (Northumberland) 21-5, 21-18. SMITH bt Henwood 21-16, 18-21, 23-21. Final: HEMMINGS bt Smith 21-13, 21-19.

Boys' Doubles: Semi-Finals: SALTER/ W. SILTO (Wilts.) bt Charles/Griffin (Glos.) 21-11, 21-11. P. TAYLOR/T. TAY­LOR (Herts.) bt D. Powell/To Thornton (Sussex) 21-17, 21-14. Final: SAL,TER/ SILTO bt Taylor/Taylor 21-10, 21-19.

Girls' Doubles: Final: HEMMINGS I HJ:1~PPEL bt Henwood/I. Sykes (Warw.) 21-16, 21-16.

UNDER I3's Boys' Singles: Semi-Finals: T. T AYLOR

(Herts.) bt T. Denmam (Sussex) 21-18, 22-20. H. THOMAS (Wales) bt P. Scales (Surrey) 21-8, 21-4. Final: TAYLOR bt Thomas 21-15, 21-16.

,Girls' Singles: Semi-Finals: SMITH bt Heaps 21-11, 21-5. M·. ST'EVENS (Kent) bt J. Walker (Hants.) 21-6, 21-12. Final: SMITH bt Stevens 21-8, 21-7.

the first two ,gam1es were lSlhiared.Pauline Hemmings enjoyed a successful Robinson oam'e through in ,the deeider,

tournament, winning three titles, realch­ but Ransome showed that he fuEying another final and alIso a semi-final. deseTves his first junior hadge againstHer successes in addition to the Under Scotland on Good Friday.15 singles, were in the Unde'r 17 doubles The bo~s' doubles found regular P~Ht­with Evelyn CaDham, wben they bea,t neliships, Sa/her and ,Hill of Surrey, andtwins Beverley and Gloria Sayer, and Beasley and Green o£ Sussex, ge1vting tothe Unde'r 15 doubles" where she part­ the final, the Surrey pair just winning. nered Maureen Heppen to beat Linda I'll the Under 15 boys' singles, HaydonHenwood and Ingrid Sykes. Thomas beat the favourite, Geoff Sallteir,

The SaYier twins fougtht out the Under 19 and 18, but 1n the sem!i-finaJ he Wient 17 singles final, with Gloria ooming out to T,erry Riley, of Sussex, who went through at 14-21, 21-17, 22-20. on1Jo beat 'M1ay Cocks in the final. OOicks

'Jiony Robinson :arnl ~lan R:ansome a.}so reached the mixed doubles fina!l with reached the boys' singles final as ex­ Pauline J-Iemrmings, but ,they found pected, although RIMlsome was given a Robinson aJnd Kay Svokeis too strong.

COACHES BULLETIN By JACK CARRINGTON IGHLIGHT of recent events was the first right up to the final rehearsal on ,March 7H Zone Meeting (Northern) of the Best­ only to go down with 'flu. Assistant coaches,

Trained Youth Group competitors, held at the Bob Wood and Frank Kenny, carried on the wonderful new Derbyshire County Education good work, and, as Bob forecast, the news Centre at Lea Green in the Matlock Hill that Blackpool had won thro,ugh, got Syd to country on March 9. his feet in record time.

Blackpool now await the elimination of theZone winners were BlACKPOOL closely Southern Zone-Swindon, Cheshunt I, Slough, challenged by Chesterfield, Hull and Leicester. Letchworth, Southampton, and Cheshunt 11­Teams o,f 9 pupils under 16, selected from at Slough on May 3.original groups of at least 12, carried out a required 20 of the 60 official exercises of the E.T.T.A. syllabus, under the eyes and guidance Lilleshall * course in* July is* now fully

booked; some places left for adul ts at Bartonof their coaches, but carrying out all duties HaU, Torquay. and at SI<egness in September.of "feeding" themselves. The coaches' work Bookings now being completed for Younghad already been done, back home, of course, Players' Course at Crystal Palace Augustbut the teams were assessed, not only on 23-29; priority age-group 14-17, but a fewtheir ball skill and mobility, but also on their older might be accepted. response to the coaches' leadership~ and their understanding of the purpose of the tests. * * *We hope to arrange the Coaches' Confer-

Saddest man in England that day was Syd ence for weekend August 22-23. 1 shall be Frohlick, who had launched the Blackpool glad to hear from any who are provisionally group, and nursed it along to proficiency interested to attend this.

COACHING DIARY (Director in attendance' except where rnarked *)

April 11 Boumemouth St. Aldhelm's Hall, Coaches' StUdy DayBranksome

12 Yeovil League Coaching 13 Gloucester CoacheS' with juniors 16 Darwen Penholder Coaching 8tudy 17 Preston T'eachers' Intro. Course

18/19 Walton-Ie-Dale Atkinson's Ltd. Lancashire E.C. Mass Rally 22/23 London Schools' Equipment Exhibition 24/25* London Schools' EqUipment Exhibition 24/25 Manchester Manchester E.C. Mass Rally

27 London Salvation Army Leaders' Course 28 Eltham Avery Hill L.C.C. Coaches' Course

College May 2 Aldermaston A.W.R.E. Gym. Coaches Improvement

3 Slough Community Centre Under-16 Groups (Zone Meeting) and Quadrangular Dev. Meeting.

10 Peterborough Orchard St. Centre Coaches' Course 13 Eltham Avery Hill L.C.C. Coaches' Course

College 23 Crystal Palace L.C.C. Centre Y.M.C.A. Championships 24 Srevenage Chells' Gr. Sehool Intermediates---Pressure Training 30 Leigh-on-Sea Belfairs Schools Youth Rally 31 Peterborough Orchard St. Centre Coaches' Course

June 1 West Ham Teachers' Course June 28 Stevenage Chells Gr. School Intermediates-Pressure Training June/July London, W.t. L.C.C. Instructors' Courses

July 17/23 Lillesball C.C.P.R. Centre General Course

August 16 Stevenage Chells Gr. School Intermediates-Pressure Training

22/28 Crystal Palace L.C.C. Centre Young Players' Course and Coaches' Conference.

Sept. 12/19 Skegness Coaches and Players 19/26 Torquay C.C.P.R. Course-General

Any persons interested in attending, assisting, or organising events to fit into above programme, please contact Director of Coaching, E. T. T.A., 24, Worcester Gardens, Ilford, Essex. (Tel. VAL ~838).

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LANCASHIRE and CHESHIRE

MANCHESTER MAKING their singles debut against

Yorkshi.re II at Bamsley on March 13, both Roger Halmpson and Mike Johns tucked in nicely behind Derek Schofield to justify Cheshire's, youth policy to the added deUght of Lancashire w hose second team capitalised on the point extracted from the" Tykes."

P1aying a g a ins t L1ncolnsihiire at Gtri-msby the f'Oltowing evening the Lanoastriians bounced b3Jck from a 2-0 defioit to tak'e a decilsive 6-2 lead and iretaiiI1 their Division 2 (North) ,champion­ship tiNe.

Bolron's Bryn Farnworth 'suffiered an injury a,t work on the Tuesday prior to the ·match and 'eight stitahes in the rindex finger of hilS bat hand ,oaUised his whh­drawal f:rom the No. 2 singJ!es spot.

Ri'Sked in the doubles, however, Farnw()Irth supplied the 'CIiash tactics which won the day.

Connie M'Oore's defeat of Wendy

SURREY NOTES

MILLER RETIRES ,SURREY w'e,re humbled by a fine

Lancashire 'side in their last Premier Divisi'On match of the season, and, with the announced ~etire,ment of Tonv Miner from County play, the outlook for next seaS'o,n is b'llack.

R:on Cflayden summed up Surrey's feeling to'wa:rds Miller 'wi,th: "The're may have been better or more stimulatiu2 players to watch, but never has the County been served by a more dedicated and detennined man.;'

MiHer has served the Oounty some 15 seasons, starting as. a Junior and play.ing through aU ~rades. More than half Ihis 100 ma,tches for the county have heen wi,th the Prem,i'er Division side and he bas scored winls ov·er many top pIlayers.

H'e lis perhaps best remembC['ed for his two 'wins in :the Champion County v Rest match fOIHowing the 1954-5 season but 'we shaU always reoall him as :a thoroughly dependable ,man, who seldom ,lost :a match he wals expected t,o win.

Writin~ on the Bernard Crouch Trophy last month I stated that Gordon Chapman was unbeaten in singles. My sincere apologies to Ra:y Wright, who beat Cbapm,an in the first match of the series.

With only one m:at,ch ,to play, and the s,baggering lagglreglate of 34~11 , Surrey have already won the BemardOrouch Troplhy. All] those who played are to receive plaques to com,m:em'Orare their sU'ocess.

Our Juniors, 'of whom w'e lhad but m'odest hope at the start of the season, have done us proud. But for eady slips they might weill have won their divi~sion.

Sur.rey launch a tra.ining schem1e for youngsters this month, under Ron Cl1ayden, 'who is getting together a panel of senaor p]ayers ,to ass[st IOn a iJ"ota.

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by GEORGE R. YATES

GET REVENGE Eanor :made ,the Hetylwood lass un­defeated in two Iconseoutiv.e Si~asons w1th but one match 'missed---!against North­umbelflland ilast sea!SOll.

Bo:llton''S Wi:lmott Cup success over M;anchester pointed to a .repetition in Division 1 of the Lanoalshir,e and Cheshi!rle League. The pointer was knocked aWlry, 'howeryer, as the Man­cunians set about their ta:sk in earnest Ito :inflkAt a s,h;aUemng 7-3 defeat on theiif hosts. '

Stockport lhiave the chan,ce of o,vc;r­takinlg MaJllchestelf, whom they must beat, otherwise Burnl1ey wiU hand oryer the trophy to the Mancunians once more.

Four ohampi'Onships definitely clinched a!re those appertaining to ,Division 3 "C" -P1rest'on "A" and the Ladies, Division ]-M!anchester, fo,r the fourth suocessive seaison.

Liv,erpool ,c'lam the Youths with maximum points f1"Offi five matches ; Bol,ton the Juniors Wlith a "Full house" from eil~t engagements.

For the record Fred Kershaw is not the BI:ackpool League's closed champion as 'erroneously reported by me in Ia.~t month's issue. The ti,tle was won by Dave Frohlick who beat Roy Frankland 21-15, 21-13.

BlackpoOlI did the county proud by winning the zone competition, at Matlock, f'Or the hest tmined youth group with 216 poin~s out of a possible 250. Ohesterfie:ld finished seoond with 198 f01'lowed by HuH and Leicester.

APRIL·1964

WESTERN COUNTIES

CARDIFF SHATTER BRISTOL RECORD

B'RISTOL'S 100 per :cent record in the Western Counties League was

shattered when they were beaten 9-0 by Cardiff, whose side included three Welsh internatilOnaJs, George Evans, Graham Gear and Ron Davi,es. Cardiff are now the only unberuten side and head the League with eight points and a gam~'1 aggregate of 35-1.

M,eanwhile, Plymouth with an 8-1 win over Bath have the same number of points as Oa,rdiff, having 'played one more ma1tch. B. Richardson continues to improve for Plymouth and with T. Anson won aLl his matches. Bob House secured Bath's win when he beat D. Bulley.

R. Bowden and R. Backes clinched a 5-4 viaUory for Bnstol Seoonds over Cheltenham, bye 'beating P. Crwys and P. Kent in the last two m1atches.

Ian Harrison turned out for Chelten­bam in their 7-2 win over Weston. He won all tbree of his matches but was well tested by Ray Philpott, getting home 21-18, 22-20. Philpott secured Weston's only win, beating J. Smitb.

Bath gained their first win of the season when they beat West Wilts 8-1, House and Jefferies being unbeaten.

Plymouth moved into seoond place in the wom,en':s seotion with a 6-3 win over Weston, foHowing another brilliant performance by Miss Pearson, who was unbeaten and included Mrs. Pettifer among her victimlS.

INTERNATIONAL CLUB CATCHES ON 'THE :idea of an Inrernrutional Club has

certainlv caught on. Hon. ~rea:sur,er Brian Wright was able to report at the first General M.eeting, at Brighton on February 29, that no less than 50 Internationals had already been enrolled as members.

The mood of the 25 members .pres.ent at !the meeting was that they should make an 'effective contribution towards the future of table tennis. Some of the plans to be pursued are:

The sending of /teams to areas wishing to play the Inter.n:3Jtional Club. In this connection the areas would have to pay '90 the International Cilub of the gate, or the profit, to guard against any sug­.gestion that the club were putting on "exhibitions on ,the chealp." The inten­fion was to plough back any profits made. One idea would be to pay the expenses of a leadin~ junior from the area concerned to the EngHsh Open Championships.

Alreadv Donald Hillier has expressed interest in a maltlch against Wiltshire Juniors, and i,t is hoped ,to arrange this match at the beginning of next seas'oo.

It is also hoped to arrange, from time to time, speC'ial matches in which foreign play.ers would 'take part. The International Lawn Tennis C,lub have for many years been prominent in arranging

such fixtures, and the intention was to make :leading overseas players honorary members. This proposition had the .strong support of the Pr1esident, ~he Hon. I vor Montagu, who attended the Com­mittee Meeting held during the morning.

The President and Vioe-Presidents were unanimously r,e-elected, and arrange­ments were made for the holding of e1 ections for the Officers and ExecUltive COlnmittee. Forms of Nomination will be sent out to all paid-up members early in April, and Peter Lowen has kindly agreed to act as Scrutineer.

Whi~st rthe early emphasis wiH be given too bu'ilding- up the m,embership, Mrs. Kydd (Pinkie Barnes) was askJed to try and arrange a socia~ function probably to be held immediat,ely anter the finals of the English C;losed Championsh'ips next season. In due cour:se it is hoped to hold social functions at'severa:l 'SpOTtS with other bodies.

Mernbership of the Cilub is open to any player who has represented England in an official !Senior international match, at :a cost of only 101- per annum. Associat~ Membership, costing 5/- per [lnnum, IS open to any player who has represented England in an offici~l junior international match. The Hon. Secre­ta'ry is G:eoff Ha,rr.owe.r, 1] , Lyneham Road, Luton, Bedfordshire.

APRIL - 1964 TAB L E, TEN N I S

PONTEFRACT OPEN BUCKS.

TRIPLE CROWN FOR PAT DAINTY TOO FAR AHEAD YORKSHIRE junior Pat Dainty was in

brilli:ant form in the Pontefr,ad Open of Ma'rch 7, scoring a triple success in tbe women's and gjrls singles; and the mind doubles.

She accounted for both Ithe !top seeds in the womlen's event, beating Garol Blackshaw (1) In the second round, and Le3l1ey Proudlock (2) in the final. Her semi-final victim was Flo Roliling.

Pat registered her seventh girls title of the season wiitih a straliglht ganles win over Maureen Heppe,l in the finall, then paired wi1th Allan Coby, of Norwich to win the mixed doubles, beaJt~ng rthe favourite:s Mike Symonds and Miss Proudlock in the final.

In addition to these successes Pat played in the junior sing1lles and had the distination of taking the only game from Mike J ohus, the eventual ·winner.

Pete,r Duncombe provided the upset of the men's singles by beating Symonds, the No. 1 s~.ed 21-5, 21-16, '1n the thkd

KENT SCHOOLS DRIVE GOES WELL

t~ drive by Kent to pOpufarise table tennis in the schools is mee1ting with

overwhelming success. AITeady 4S scboOl1s have aftiliated to the county association and no fewer that 86 schools teams are competing in tournaments the county have organised for them.

OffiCials have been surprised at the high average standard and the excelilent playing condi:tions provided.

Special coaching facilities are being provided for affiliated schools.

N'orth-west Klent aadies have set up a vemarkable record of winning the Kent League champlonship for the ninth isuccessive year. The success starts f.rom the time Joyce Ellis joined ithe team in 1955 as a 15-year-old. BeDty Landimore and Susan Thomas have been other regular members of the side.

The men's championsh'ip has still to be decided but the indications are that either Bromley or Woolwich win WTest the tiHe from north-west K'ent, who have been cham·J»ons for the past three years.

BriOm,ley have won the Junior Divi:sion for the first /time.

Kings Park have won the Klent Women's club team championship fior :the second yea,r,

Aillen Fisher, one of the most success­ful coaches of juniors in K,e11lt, has presented a cup for the Bo)'ls' Singles to ithe Bromliey Closed Championship. Favourite <1:0 be the first holder is Bob Harper, one of Fisher's own pupils.

Harper, already winner of the Kent, north-west Kent, and Becken!ham boys' singles this season, is regarded as the most promising boy the county have produced sinoe the days of Tony Pid­dock. At 16 hJe will stilil be a junior next yeaJr when he !is expected to make his mrark ~n the nart1ona:l scene.

round~ only 'to find Brian Hi1Jl, the even­tual winner jt1Sl1\ a !little too strong in 'the semi-final.

Duncombe, however, had the conso[a­tiiOn of winning the men's doubles with Dennis Neale, while the women's doubles went to Miss Blac~shawand Miss Proudlock.

Men's Singles: Semi - Finals: R. CRUSHAM bt G. Livesey 21-16, 21-17. B. HILL bt P. Duncombe 21-10, 25-23. Final: HILL bt Crusham 21-15, 2,2-20.

Women's Singles: Semi-Finals: P. DAINTY bt F. Rolling 21-14, 21-15. L. PROUDLOCK bt B. Cassell 21-14, 21-19. Final: DAINTY bt Proudlock 21-19, 21-13.

Men's Doubles: Semi-Finals: B. FARN­WORTH/LIVE8:EY bt J. Kedge,!J. Bult 26-24, 21-15. DUNCOMBE/D. NEALE bt M. S.ymonds/M. Johns 19-21, 21-12, 21-18. Final: DUNCOMBE/NE:ALE bt Farnworth! Livesey 19-21, 27-25, 21-15.

Women's Doubles: Semi-Finals: C. BLAGKSHAW/PROUDLOCK bt J. Crafter/ D. Johnson 21-18, 15-21, 21-12. M. LEIGH/ VV. SWIFT bt C. Moran/P. Chadwick 21-19, 21-13. Final: BLAC'KSrHAW/ PROUDLOCK bt Leigh/Swift 19-21, 21-3, 21-10.

Mixed Doubles: Semi-F'inals: SYMONDS; Miss PROUDLOCK bt Crusham/Mi:ss Grafter 21-18. 18-21, 22-20. A. J. COBY/ Miss DAINTIY bt Neale/Mrs. Rolling 20-22, 21-19, 22-20.

F'inal: CORB,Y/DAINTY bt Bymonds/ Proudlock 21-18, 13-21, 21-10.

Junior Singles: Semi-Finals: JOHNS bt P. Swift 21-7, 2:1-16. D. SHAW bt D. Hodgson 21-12, 11-21, 21-19. F'inal: JOHNS bt Shaw 21-18, 23-2.1.

Girls' Singles: Final: DAINTY bt M. Heppel 21-18, 21-19.

Veteran Singles: Final: K. MITCHEL­MORE bt N. Ross 21-14, 21-18.

THE Buckinghams;hire notes in the last issue caused something of aflutter lin the dove

cotes, in as much that a statement taken out of context sounded like a 'fait accomplis' being thrown on the laps of the committee. The possible adjustments to the Inter-League Championships are far fr,om being an accomplished fact. They are, in ,fact, only a basis for discussion between now and the A.G.M. The original suggested that promotion and relegation would work between the First and Second Divisions only and would not, at fi rst, include a Premier Division.

The Ladi'es of Slough "A" also pointed out that they have won the championships with 4 wins in 4 games and that the uB" team had one defeat, when they troun'ced them 10-nil.

flD

Having put the records straight, this month can highlight the Division B championship. With Aylesbury "B" home and dry, it r,emains for the two Chiltern teams to fight for the second place. Chiltern "B" can not aff.ord to drop any more points in their last two matches with SI,ough til and High Wycombe

tt , whilst their "C" team have s,till to

face Aylesbury "B" but they should g,et two points from their other match against the disappointing Chalfont side. However these results resolve themselves suffice to say that the Chiltern teams w:ill occupy the second and thi rd places and this is a fine performance in the first season that they have ven.tured into this d,ivision with their younger players. The Aylesbury. High Wycombe and Slough team had one defeat, when they trounced them experience.

Table as at 15th March. Aylesbury B .. ... .... 7 7 0 o 60 10 14 High Wycombe C... 8 5 1 2 48 32 11 ChHtern C •. •.••.....• 6 5 0 1 38 32 10 Slough I" 7 4 1 2 39 31 9 Chiltern B............ 6 4 0 2 34 26 8 High Wycombe 0 ... 7 2 1 4 25 4S S Chalfont •....•......... 6 1 1 4 25 3S 3 Aylesbury C .. 7 1 0 6 27 43 2 Slough Juniors 8 0 0 8 14 66 0

LEICESTER SPOIL CHANCES LEICESTER'S men's team spoilt their

chance of topping the Midland Lea,gue (Northern Section) when they dropped a point to Nottingbam, despite an outstanding performance by Jobnny Burraston. The second team however after two years las runners-up have clinched their division. The juniors finished: bottom of their section.

A reoord murn out is expected for the Leioester-Leicestershire Youth Rally on May 23.

Leicestershire did not fare too well in the ·'Best Trained Group" competition at MaJtl1ock. Coaching continues at various clubs throughout the county, but :the main programme begins after Easter. Garendon School, under the guidance of David ArteIiVon, will be included, whHe next ,season we shaU welcome Glyn Tha,tcher from Bishops Aucklland. mls coaching should be a big asset in the Loughborough aliea.

Wadkins had a tremendous battle wilth Knighton Park II in the Rose Johnson Bowl winning by four poinltls. Bentley Engineering and Leicester Y.M.C.A. hav,e r,eached the semi-finruls of the Rose Johnson Cup, while Rita Beith retained the Rose Johnson M,emorial Trophy, beating all opposition despite a big

handicap. In ~he Leicester and District League

Knighton Park V are almost certain winners of Division 3a, British Railways IV are favourites for DivisIon 5b, while A.E.!. (Leicester II), for ,whom left­bander D. Wadsl,ey is unbeaten, should win 6b. Ind Coope aJIld W.M.B. VI top 7a, with R. Simpson, W.M.B. the most 'impr,essive player in the division.

Knighton Park, bottom of the fins! division, all season, have suddenly won three matches in a 'vow to move off tlhe bottom and may y,et avo[d ,rellegaltion. The improvement stems from the inclusion of John Thompson.

LE:ICESTERSHIRE CLOSED

Men's Singles: E. McLEISH bt J. C. Burraston 14-21, 24-22, 21-17. Women's ~~~N~es: R. E. BEITH bt K. Pearson 21-9,

Junior Singles: J. WELLS bt R. Geary 21-11, 21-10. Under-I5 Singles: WELLS bt D. J. Randall 21-9, 19-21, 21-13. Veterans' Singles: B. S. PEARN bt P. W. Smith 21-11, 21-8.

Men's Doubles: BURRASTON/,JACQUES bt Truman/White 21-16 24-26, 21-14. Women's Doubles: WEBSTER/ROGERS bt Purser/Beith 21-12,' 21-13. Mixed Doubles: WHITE/Mrs. ROGERS bt McLe'ish/Mrs. Beith 21-18, 19-21, 21-17.

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TABLE TENNIS APRIL - 1964

FEE STRUCTURE L IVERPOOL'S views on the benefits: of E.T.T.A. affiliation as expressed in

their official magazine Table Tennis Digest and taken up in last month's leader article are by no means confined' to Merseys,ide. .

Similar points of view are frequently express'ed by the more paro~hlal minded members. of :the Bolton S.S.S. League commJltltee, fOliunately In a n1inority, and by others up and down the country.

In defence 0 f Johnny Leach

, TiHE selectors' "answer" to Jommy

Leach is iliat, since he has play.ed 150 times for Engl,and he should have a " clue lOr two" towards what ,makJes an inltema;tioual.

E~actly, and his SielectiOI! of Lindsay, Miller and C:layton as :havlng outSltand­iug 'olaims thereforecaif1ries great authority.

Lea'ch d~d not pick three plJayelrs having temporary pa1ich~ o~ good f'O;tm but three who have InaUllJta1nied a hugh lev!el Lor yea,rs. .

The selectors have now ,capped Llnd­say; as a LancastI1ian I ~U nOlt .pra~'se C~ay1:oo Ol1J ;groU'llds of 10001 pre]u­d1ce " but surely Miller deserves Ito have a wroJllO' ,righted before his ,oareet ends.

I ca~, recall hi'm p1aying Engl~nd repres100tative games, and even, I think, being a Swaythling Cup rie'serve. He must have won plenty IOf tJOurna'men:ts and beaten hundreds of inte~natiiQ[}a,ls.

Wbat more dothel :!'e~~~J~fN.

English Open-Seating

I SHOULD like to draw attention to the un.fai r treatment of spectators at the recen,t

English Open at Brighton. Having reserved 15/. circle, front row seats opposite the net for the finals, I found that:

( a) The ci rcle was not upstairs, as I anticipated, so as to look down on the play;

(b) The competitors' numbers and !et scores were not visible from my seats, which were the most expensive;

(c) Scorers and their chairs, and two other chairs and a table which were not even used, obscured large. areas of the table and also the scores in pOints, and; •

(d) The glare of the strong table lights prevented unhindered viewing of the play.

Add to this the fact that the score was often inaudible since the umpires were not provided with a microphone, and you have a fairly comprehensive idea of how shabbily a spectator from the most expensive seat was treated.

It is surely not beyond the E.T.T.A. to ensure that the spectator paying the most receives the best view. This must surely be from above; i.e., without obstructions and

wi~~o::'~s~la~:. in interest of the E.T.T.A. and the game in general to rectify this unhappy position, for one feels that if table tennis is to become nationally popular from the spectator angle, this sort of treatment of spectators is going to achieve the exact opposite.

ALAN R. FITZGERALD.

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Make no mistake, like the Apostles of Doom, the" knockers" will gather at the forthcoming A.G.M. of the Association with the sole int,ent of s,ta)T;in~ the hand of the new National CouncIl at 88. pe:r m'ember team.

It will be as well, therefore', to attack now rather than defend on the day by issuing an addendum to the Commission's adopted blue-print with the sole object of pointing out the costs r,elative to the aims envisaged.

Not every league looks beyond i.ts boundaries. Indeed the vision of many reaches no further than their own closed championships.

But the right of any individual pl,ayer to represent his or her country on equal ,terms with the opposition must not be denied ,them because the

money ne:eded to finance s,ehe'mes of player advancement are to be shelved for want of capital.

With the eclipse of our male repre­sentatJon at Brighton what chance do we stand in Sweden and Yugoslavia next season?

The answ,ef, of course, is none, and and it will remain so unless the Liverpool League, and ot~ers h~ving like views broaden theIr horIzons and be:stir themselves from the mists of antiquity and get "with it" to a degree that brought the Beatles from their own particular cellar.

GEO'RGE R. YAruES, Hon. General 3JI1!d Match Seoretary,

Bolton S.S.S. Lleague.

.' * * IF any reader ha,s copies of the E.T.T.A. official handbooks for

seasons 1950/51 and 1951/52, which they no longer vequire, I would be very grateful, if Ithey could forward them to me.

G. YOUD, Secretary (Canterbury and

Distriot T.A.T.), 10, D'elangle Row,

Station Road, Chartham.

• * * 'THROUGH yourself may I please

address Mr. Louis Hoffman:­"Thanks Ma~~CO'RRRRR!!!!!!" If she wants a partner,may I reserve

497th place in the queue? JAMES R. GREEN

(Liverpool).

THE OTHER FACE OF BARNES

RECENTLY there hav,e been many letters 'relating iUO Chester ·Bames­

som:e ,complimentary; some the ~ever'se. May I makie a. ,contributvon which may be of interest?

This weekend, this play-elr, whom Essex ar'e proud of, ,~ve m,e a g:l,impse of pa~t /Of his oharacter that mamlY would ne~r know about. llhe day aftelf playinlg a valiant part in the Essex vi1otory over Lancashire, he Inappened 1:0 meet Len Hoffman, the dub lm'anager of ,the club at ForestGClJte w,bere he filist played and i'S ISti'U a valued member. His first question was: "How are the boys getting on Len? Can I corn'e atlong to the 'club tonight and giiVle them some pra:cti!ce? "

That .ev,ening ,the boys had been invited to St. Luke's Yiouth Olub at Canning Town to take part in a junior t'our.U3Jment for the younger boys and he agreed im,mediately to go along and help in any way he could.

Chester duly turned up as pliomised soon rafter 7 o'olock, and after the tournament pl'ayed every boy (18 in all) for a rfew minutes' knook-up. He then de:lighted aU the boys by presenting the various pl"iZJes, and inciidenta'1ly, was first in the rush for the chocolate edlairs afte·rwards.

'Chester had a reaNy happy evening; all the boys had a happy evening that they 'wiJ:1 rem'ember for a, long time and when he came tto 'say" Good night" to m,e the thought passed through my mind -I wonder how ,many people outs,ide Essex ,know this part of 'Chester. Maybe they will take my word for ,it, and place this kind and sporting Ig,esture to his oredit-,mraybe they won't but it is true nevertheless.

HARRY WALKER. (Uipminster. )

BUCKS OPENI APPRECIAllE the 'work and time

the ,com,mit1Jee Imust put [n to run acoullity 'toumlament. What ra pity that after their ,efforts one ,event (Junior G1ftls') was spoitt because the committee were ;not a;ware of the nation:aJl rankings. b~ lone half were the N'O. 1, the two joint No. Js and the No. 5 (a Buck's junior), whitIs,t the 'seed in the otherr half was the No. 6 (wno never turned up).

The Iseedi,llJgs lin the boys' event were corr:ect. The entrance fees af1e the S!a,me S'O one 'wouLd expect the same oonsidera­ti'On flor the g;irls' event.

Might 1 suggest that in future tourna­ments, if the rank:ings ·ape not known to the ,com,miUee, I am sure the E.T.T.A. wou1d be a:ble 1:0 furnish the information.

J. G. SAYER. (WaMhams'vow.)

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APRIL - 1964 TABLE TENNIS

Michael Maclaren's Glamour Choice-Jacky Napper

MY fourth g,l;amour choice is a re:al hit miss named Jacky Napper who is another of these wel,l-built, girl-shaiped

15-year-olds that happi Iy freq uent the tou rnaments these days.

Jacky has been p,l:aying for o,nly two ye:ars and a'iready is reserve for the Buckinghamshire junior team; who plays at the Sloug,h British Legion Club, and has a 100% record in her division o'f the Slough Le'ague. She says she owes

. her quick success to her three coaches-Leo Thompson, Alf Robinson and Tony Pacitto and to the intensive practice she puts in at the S,lough Co,mmunity Centre.

My photograph w'as taken at the centre during the rece,nt Buckinghamshire Open Tourn:ament and Jacky is see'n showing her versat1ility at sports with a deft

demonstration of bar bi,lliards, having come straight fro'm the tournament hall-they don't usually wear an outfit like this for bar billi:ards.

When at home in Langley, Buckinghamshire, she spends her spare time ,listening to pop mus1ic and watching tele­visio1n; there ,is also plenty o:f schoo,1 ho,me-work to do, as she is studying shorthand typing and would 'like to become a receptionist.

Jacky's family are all sporty type's-both Mum and brot:her Robin, who is 12, play table tennis whHst Mr. Niapper indulges in a game of g'olf. To cap aM these activities the famHy bus,iness i's eng'aged in runn·ing three betting shops-so I think it's a safe bet that we wlill be hearing a lot more from this young ,lady in the future.

HAMPSHIRE NOTES

THE Hampshi'Iie Looa'l Education Auth­ority have been most co-openltiv1e this

season ttO my form of instruction and have welcomed me into three YOUith clubs on the six weeks course principal.

I only wish the E.T.T.A. County, LooaJ Leagues and other L.E.A.'s' were in tbe same happy state for, alas:, until 'this happens in reality, our game can nc'Ver advance as envisaged in the D;ev,elopm,ent Report.

by TEDDY GRANT

Jack Carrington conducts a rally for po'tlential E.T.T.A. Diploma candidates at Bournemouth on Aprill 11. lit is the first of its kind in this a'rea and students from Wiltshire and Dorset wiH be w'elcome.

Two further coaching awards have come to Hlampshire, the Diploma to R. WeHs, of Tadley, near Ba:sings~oke, and the Teachers' Theory certificate to A. Browning of Aldershot.

BERNi\RD CROUCH TROPHY FO;R SURREY

SURREY, still with one match to go, have already won the Bernard Crouch

Trophy. They made certain with wins over Essex (5-4) and Kent (7-2).

Kent, who lost 3-6 to Essex, are stillI pointless.

Table up to date P. W. L. F'. A. P.

Surrey . . . . . .. . . .. 5 5 0 34 11 10 Middlesex . .. .. .. 4 2 2 15 21 4 Essex .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. 5 2 3 21 24 4 Kent. 4 0 4 11. 25 0

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TABLE TENNIS APRIL - 1964

Mary and Di Lose Undefeated Record THE West Geflman' Open ,ChampiofllS'hi'ps at Wo'lfs1burg on f"eb1.'1uary

22-23 - tin scope ailmost ais large as ;Vhe Eu!ropean dhampion­ships - ended Ofll'r :hopes of seeing Diane R,owe and MaTy Shannon oarry off the J'ad'ies' dOiltbles !title lin every ~nternaltiona'1 oha,mpi'o1lJship they enltered r£or a whole season.

~heir wonderlul,run of six suocessive ltilNes was inter1.'1Uipted by an edge ,ban when Ithey 100 20-119 in tlhe fifiuh ga:me of the fin:aI algainst the strong Ruman1ian defensirve pair, Ma'ria Ailexandru and Blla Con­stantines1cu. A fUf,uher 'match point was saved by the Rumanians ibefore they ol:hlJClhed itihe ltiltle '31t 23-21.

DETAILED RESULTS Men's Singles: Semi-Finals: GIURGIUCA

(Rum.) bt Markovic (Yugo.) 13, 21, 12. SCHOELE:R (W. Ger.) bt Johansson (Sw.) 15, 19, 13.

Final. SCHOELER bt Giurgiuca -19, 20, 19, 13.

Women's Single8: Semi-Finals: ALEX­ANDRU (Rum.) bt Rowe (Eng.) 19, 18, -15, 10. CONSTANTINESCU (Rum.) bt Shannon (Eng.) 11, 19, 14.

Final: ALEXANDRU bt Constantinescu -9, 11, 15, 15.

Women's Doubles: Semi-Finals: ALEX­ANDRU/CON8TANT'INESCU w.o. Harst! Kriegelstein (W. Ger.) S'cr. ROWE/S:HAN­NON bt Buchholz/Dauphin (W.G.) 20, 9, 14.

Final: ALEXANDRU /CONSTANT'INES­CU bt Rowe/Shannon -18, 13, -20, 10, 21.

Men's Doubles: Semi-Finals: VECKO / KORPA (Yugo.) bt Fahazi/Rozsas (Hun.) 9, 17, 16. NEGUL,ESCU /GIURGIUCA (Rum.) bt Johansson/Bernhardt (Sw.) 14, 14, -18, 19.

Final: VE:CKO/KORPA bt Negulescu/ Giurgiuca 14, -18, 17, 22.

l\-lixed Doubles: Semi-Finals: G IUR­GIUGA/CONSTANTINESGU bt Arndt/ Dauphin 11, 15, 15. STANEK/CUZOVA bt Schoeler /Kriegelstein (W. Ger.) 14, 22, 5.

Final. GIURGIUCA/CONSTANTINESCU bt Stanek/Luzova -16, 16, 11, -15, 17.

ENGLISH RESULTS

Men's Singles: BARNES bt Gab (W.G.) 19, 16, 11; bt F'ahazi (Hun.) -16, -2~, 11, 10, 12; bt Miko (Czech.) -13, 7, -9, 14, 8; lost to MarkovicS' (Yugo.) -16, -18, -16. WRIGH1~ bt Ramberg (Denmark) -13,

16, 19, -?-o, 19; lost to 8choeler (W.G.) -19, -15, -19.

WOlDen's Singles: ROWE bt Matthias (W.G.) 16, -20, 16, 17; bt Scharfegger (Austria) 10, 22, 19; bt Kriegelstein 16, 19, -11, 20; lost to Alexandru -19, -18, 15, -10.

SHANNON bt Lanterman (W.G.) 10, 14, 18; bt BoS'a (Czech.) 18, 16, -13, 14; bt Foldi (Hun.) 16, 16, 15; lost to Constantinescu -11, -19, -14.

Women's Doubles: ROWE/SHANNON bt Scharfegger (Aust.) /Manner (W.G.) 16, 10, 6; Luzova/Bosa (Czech.) 14, 13, 18; bt Buchholz/Dauphin (W.G.) 20, 13, 18; lost Alexandru/OonsrtantineS'cu (Rum.) 18, -13, 20, -10, -21.

Men's Doubles: BARNES / WRIGHT bt Hansen/Lyttik (Denmark) -12, -8, 17, 13; lost to Weitz/Gab (W.G.) -20, 15, 23, -13, -15.

Mixed Doubles: BARNES/ROWE bt Vecko (Yugo.)/Siebert (W.G.) 14, 23, 16; bt Berger/Berger (W.G.) 17, -17, 15, 14; lost to Giurgiuca/ConstantineS'cu -15, -20, 8, -19.

WRIGHT/SHANNON lost to Michailoff/ Lanterman (W.G.) -21, -13, -13.

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An interesting feature was the choice of order. In the four previous enoounters between thes'e two pairs - lin Yugoslavia and Hungary ­the same order was ttaken for every ga,me, 'w;ith the over-all advantage to Di and Mary of nine games to five. In Wolfsburg the Rumanians chose to start 'w,ith ithe opposite order. and our girls won comforrtably 21-18. With the choice for the nex't game, D'i and :Mary revelted {o the original order and wer,e .foiled by a briHiant speU of hitting from Alexandru. The Rumanians kept the orde'r and lost at deuce. Mary and Di changed again . . . and lost. The final 19ame saw our girls played out of it by the half-way stage, only Ito storm back and lead aJt: match point !then lose.

In ,the singles our gi,rls also con­ceded Vliotory to ,the ,Rumanians in the semi-finals, Di losing 1-3 to Alexandru and ,Mary 0-3 to Constan­tinescu.

The tables were compatfatively slow and dis,tinctly favoured the all­out defensive player, the ultimate singles w,inners being Schoeler, of '¥Ies!t Germany, and Alexandru.

Mary had previously a1ccounted fOtr Lantermann, the G'erman who has wins to her credit over Dli Rowe and Lesley Bell; Eva Foldi, of H'ungary; and Bosa ,~Cz,echoslovakia), who failed to repeat her ~nrternat:ional win over 'Mary, but did take a ga,me in a quick-fire ,encounter.

HARD WORK

Di was made 11:0 work hard agaJinst a succession of defensive players but in turn she disposed of Matthias, Schalfffeger" and Kn~iglelstein, the West German champion, who had eliminated Luzova, the Czech fireworks queen.

It was a very pleasing surprise to see England represented in the quarter fmals of the men's singles, Chester Barnes putting up a magnifi­cent performance against that master tactician Marko~ic. of Yugos,lavia. After trailing 7-16 in the second,

Chcs!ter had an unbelievable spell, and, w,ith the crowd going mad, caught up to 18-19, only to have a net cord go against him. His 16 points in both the fint and third games were well earned against a back-in-form Markovlc.

But to tell the wholle story we must go back to the beginning. Chester's fiifsit opponent was Gab, a clever defensive player with a lightning single hit, Who has accounted for severa1 of our best pIayteTS in the past. Chester neve'r looked back after winning 'a close first game at 19.

COMPLETE DOMINANCE

Round two brought Chesl1:er up against :RahaZJi, the Hungarlian who was se,eded No. 2 ,for the Engl1ish Open. A,f,t,er Fahazi had won the first t\VO games Chester swept through the nexlt three at 10, 12 and 11. This showed his complete dominance over Fahazi, who sta~ted defending be­caus,e he wanted ,to, and ended defending because he was not aUowled to do anything else.

So Chester moved into Round Three againsrt: M1iko, /the Czech seeded No.6 for the iEnglish Open. Once again he displayed his bril­liance of the previous eveIlJing, win­ning two of his games, including the fifth, under ten.

The match hinged on Chester's abili'ty to handle Miko's push, an 'ironic Ithing Ito say about ,this bundle of Czech energy. Like iFahazi, Miko was kept away from the table and could not break Ithrough the blocking and countering, finally being driven to desperate unsuccessful hitting.

This was Ches,ter's last w'in in the tournament, but he had shown us, besides brilliant table tennis, that he also had a big time temperament, in . spite of slow tables, and I am sure tba,t all the English team were proud of his performance, as well as being amazed at his imperturbability on the table.

,B'liian Wr,ight had a close call in a first ~ound encounter wilth the Danish junior 'Ramberg, getting home at 21-19 in the fifth. These days it would appear to he of advantage not to meet a junior in any round, for rthe newall-out attacking style leaves precious little time for experienoe to have a telling effect.

,By cpntrast, B:rian's last !found was agaJinst Schoeler" the present day Bergmann, and eventual winner. The scores 19, 15. 19. were perhaps

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a little flaHering, but Brian stuck to his task with great deter,minart:ion and will no doubt gain considerably f,rom this experience.

In the mixed doubles Brian and Mary fell a!t the first hurdl!e, but it wa'S a I1reat to see 'Chester, partnered by Di, looking as lif he enjo)7ied mixed doubles. Mte:f a couple of good wins they came close to upsetting the top Rumanian seeds, just failing to ,clinch the fourth g.ame.

'Our weakest showing was in the men's doubles, where Chester and B~ian sur'rendefled to a German defensive pair over five games after having beaten Lyttick and Hansen of Denmark.

IN IHE FAMILY JOHN ami ANN WOODFO,RD made

,the Eastbour:ne Closed OIl Maoch 8 a family affair,ooHectinJg four ,titJl'es be­tween ,them. Mrs. Woodford won the women's singles and tIre women's doubles wl1th Mrs. S. 'Diplock; John Woodford won :Dhle meln's doubles w~rth P. Wi:11iams; and husbaIl1d and wife teamed up to rake the mlixed doubl'es.

WiHiams snared with Mrs. Woodford the distiitlotion of bemg a triplie winner for he aliSO won the 'men's and junIor 'sinJgh:~s.

Men's Singles: P. WILLIAMS bt J. Dobell 21-10, 21-14, 19-21, 25-23. Women's Singles: A. WOODFORD bt F. Bourne 21-6, 21-12.

Men',s Doubles: WILLIAMS/J. WOOD­FORD bt A. Southern/H. Champion 21-15, 18-21, 21-10. Women's Doubles: WOOD­FORD IS. DIPLOC'K bt L. Driver/M. Cog­gan 21-6, 21-15. Mixed Doubles: WOOD­FORD/Mrs. WOODFORD bt K. Jarrett/ Mrs. V. Sare 21-16, 21-14.

Junior Singles: WILLIAMS bt A. Men­delson 21-9, 21-15. Junior Doubles: MEN­DELSON/C. KffiKWOOD bt M. Skinner/ W. Murray 21-14, 21-10.

Veteran Singles. J. HEYDON bt A. Franco 21-18, 21-15. Handicap Singles: G. STOUT bt C. Kirkwood (ree. 2) 31-22, 31-26.

WOR-CESTERSHIRE CLOSED M. Hawkins won two titles and narrowly

missed a. third in the Worcestershire Closed. championships a.t Malvern on March 7-8. Another doubles winner was M. Yeates in the boys' singles and juniolr dcub:es.

Men's Singles: M. HAWKINS bt B. White 21-10, 17-21, 19-21, 21-13, 21-15. Women's Singles: B. WILLIAMS bt A. Lawrence 21-10, 21-17.

Men's Doubles: HAWKINSjR. GOODE bt R. Lush/M. Morris 21-19, 21-15. Women's Doubles: D. HENDE'RSON/D. EDWARDS bt L. Bell/Williams 21-14, 17-21, 21-16. Mixed Doubles: LUSH/Ml'ls. J. LLOYD bt Hawkins/Mrs'. D. Turberfield 21-18, 21-18.

Boys' Singles: M. YEATES bt D. Allen 21-14, 21-9. Girls' Singles: A. BAKER bt A. Wood 21-18, 21-15. Junior Doubles: YEAn:S/AL,LEN bt S. Lloyd/M. Gayfer 18-21, 21-10, 21-8.

Veteran Singles: R. HALL bt J. CUkier­man Jfl-21 , 22-20. 21-18.

WILTS ARE UP AND COMING THE Naltional President, The Hon. -IVOR MONIAGUIvor Montagu, pald WUtig the great compliment by describing the Moon­ their full junior team for a ma;tch algainstrakers as "one of the up-aod-coming a combined Wilts/Somerset side atcounties" when speaking at the fourth Swindon.Annuail County Dinner, Presentatio~ and B.R. Staff As~ooi~til()/n "A" aJfeDance, held at Devises. champions of Division 1 of the Swindon

Hirgh'11ght of the evening was the League Iwith B.R. Athletic ASSlOciation presentation by Ivor Montagu of the "A" as ,runners-up whiJe B.R.A.A. "D" Division Two (W'est) Championship Cup a're the Fourth Dtlvision ohamp1ons. to the Witltls team ,captain Allan A:Iexender M:ethodist Oent:ml HaM "B" and (West Wllts) and minil~t1l[ie trophi'es to Cri:ckl:ade "B" 3Jlie fighting :it out for the R. Glade (West Wi,Lts), E. HoweH Fifth Division ttitle whille Westoott Y.C. (Swindon), A. Wa:rd (Salisbury), M!rs. G. "D" seem a'ssured of the Under-16 Haz'ell (S'wmdoo.), Miss D. Onslow title. (Swindon) and M'rs. I. Shenman Miss A. Wheele,r beat Miss B. HOllise (Swindon), Ian of 'Whom have appeaTed 21-8, 21-12, in the Devizes Junior Open

.for the Moonrakers in their season of Championships (under-13 final), while triumph. P. Hunt beat M. Oremm 21-17, 21-10,

Di'ck Clode-u'Ilbeaten in Division Two in the under-17 final. West this SieaJslOn-IieceiVled lhis County Wilts United D:aliries, who a:uave allreadyBadge from Mr. Dick Rees (W±lts won the Bath Premier Division, seem president), who al'so plieseIlJtJed the set for tlheiT most suooessful Iseason eveT aWlaJrds to ,the W,ilts Lea:gue Divisiona,l with IthJcir "A" and "B" teams po1sedCiha,m:pioIlis as fdHows: Division One­ to win the West Wilts Premier and First WEST WILTS; Division Two (Mued) Division tides. Theilr "E" !t'eam aTe-SWIND,ON; Division Two (,Men)­ Four,th Division runners-up. - S WIN DON; Junior Division-SWIND,ON.

When WHts ",hJaU'e:nge Stuffs in the WIN FOR OXFORDplay-off for a pla,ce in the plfem:ier Division on April 5 the M'O()Inrakers 'OXFORD beat Cambridge 7-3 in the Junior T:eam wi;H playa fri,endly ag1ainst Inter-Varsity match at Fenners on Staffs Juniors. Arrangements a,re in hand February 29. to take a 'ooach Iload of supporters (and Koenigsberger played brilliantly for pe'rhJaps bring about a betteif under­ Oxford to beat Ashok, and was wen standinlg between NOIith and South!). backed up by Hamilton and Powell who

Wilts Juniors alcoounted for Devon by won both their singll'es. 8-2, with new ,cltampion Ron L:loyd Dodwell and Tulloch provided the inoluding a 21-14 21-19 win OveT A. Cambridge wins. Both beat Thompson Wright in his hat-trick. Berks are the in the singles, ,then teamed up Ito win the visitors, on AprH 18 'whBe Essex send doubles against Thompson and Powell.

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MASTER POINfTS

MARY-FIRST TOURNAMENT MASTER THE magnificent play of Mary Shannon in 'the English Open Champ,ion­

ships, when she beat both Eva F oidi and Ella Constantinescu, resulted in her being awarded no less than 3,750 points, which raised her total for th~ season to 4,212, and made her the first Tournament Master.

REPRODUCED here in exact size are the new Master's badges. Club Master,

above, is silver lettering on a red back­ground; while the County Master (right) is gold letterinl on blue.

CZECHS TOO GOOD CZECHOSLOVAKIA, represented by

Vladimir Miko and Jaroslav Stanek proYed much too strong for England (Chester Barnes and Ian Harrison), sweeping to a 4·1 victory at EtoOl Manor Boys' Club, Hackney, on Febmary 26.

Barnes tr.aised England'5 hopes when he outpaced Miko but he 'was kept on the tabl:e for three .consecutive matches -a ~otal of 12 gam,es-and found the task too much for him.

In an exciting doubles, Barnes and H I3JlTison extended the Czechs to five games, but tiliey 'lacked the penetraition of shot 'to clinch the issue.

It was thJen Bames's turn :to ffi/etet Stanek, ood here he never fOUl11d the £orffi he had shown a:ga[lllst M'iko. At times he appeared almost resugned to defeat, ai!tihough ,ilI1J the thiird garrl<e he made a Ispectacula,r Iflecovery from 3-13 to take the lead at 14-13 on!ly to find the effort too much.

H;a~rrisiQIn was weB bealten by Stanek in rtihe opening match, but promised betit!er things a'~linst Mik,o, whe.re he w10n the first game but 10,t the next three.

England 1, Cze~hoslovakia 4 (England names first): 1. Harrison lost to J. Stanek -11, -17, -8; lost to V. Mil~o 13, -17, -18, -16. C. Barnes bt Miko -19. 12, 7, 16; lost to Stanek -12, -12, -18.

Harrison/Barnes lost to Stanek/M'kQ -21, 19, -12, 9, -11.

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Diane Rowe has reached the County Masrt1er stage, 1,500 points being her reward for a fine run to the semi-finals of the singles in the Eng­lish Open. Alan Lindsay and Mike Symonds have joined Brian Wright as League Masters, and several other players have also secured enough points for this distinction, but at the time of writing haven't sent in their points.

Many players are waiting for points which they have won in the County Championships and other National and County competitions. These are awarded at the end of the season. In the County Champion­ships, for example" Frank Bateman will send me the complete results, probably over Easter, and I will for­wiard tthe appropriate certificates to C h . f d

ounty matc secretarIes a ew ayslater.

All amendments to the scheme to operate for next season have now b~en approved by the National

- Executive Committee. The scheme, as operating for next season, has now been circulated to all county and league secretaries. If any official has not got a copy, :if they care to write to me at 11, Lyneham Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, this will be remedied.

Eight of the eleven main amend­m'enils we1r1e given ,in the last is/sue, and here are !the other three:­

9. AWARDS FO'R DOUBLES. It has been decided that, for the time being, points will only be awarded for doubles in certain league competi­tions. Points at half the singles scale will be given in leagues where doubles are included, and where not more than two singles matches are played by 'any player. A further proviso is that ,the maximum number of points that can be won in anyone complete match shall not exceed the total which could be won :in a three a side league playing nine singles. Thus, in the first division of a league with three or more divisions, not more than nine points can be won by anyone player in any match.

10. JUNIOR EVENTS. The Com­mittee have decided that points can be won in all recognised Junior cvents~ on an entirely oprional basis. Thus it will be up to Open touma­ITIent organisers to decide whether

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Junior singles are to be: included lin the scheme. They will be asked to clarify whether points are to be awarded, on the entry form.

Similarly ~ Counties and Leagues will have the option of including Junior singles. The numbe'r of points to be awarded will be half that of the Senior scale. As Junior events normally attract a much snlal­ler entry, lin practice the Comm1t1tee expect that the number of points actually awarded will be about one­sixth of the points gained in the equivalent senior competition. Thus whilst Juniors will not be able Ito amass large numbers of points in Junior competitions alone, ,they will have the opportunity of gaining some points, and it is hoped that this will be an incentive to improV'ing their play.

11. VETERANS' EVENTS. The situation here is similar t,o Junior events, inasmuch as inclusion is optional, and that points will be at half scale. In practice here, the en­tries in this type of competition are usually small. Here again, the Com­mittee did not wish tlo discourage 01cler pIaYleTS ['rom oompelt1ing. in the future it may well be that a player m1ay need only a few more points to become a particular grade of Master, and if the incentive keeps him in the game as an active participant, !this is surely good for everybody.

HARRY VENNER (England & Surrey)

Coach to the Champions: Mary Shannon, Chester Barnes. Individual coaching 15/. per hour.

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14, CRANHAM ROAD,

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DI and MARY - PRESTIGE SAVERS RU'MANIA.'S FIRST SUCCESSES

by HARRISON EDWARDS

ENGLA.~D may not be having the EuropeanChampioniships 'this season but the English Open at Brighton from F'ebruary 27 to 29

proved the next best thing. The pick of the 'Continental players were there to make it a memor'able meeting with a high standard of skill.

N,ot surprisingly overseas players dominated the !titles and it was once aga[~n left to Diane Rowe and Mary Shannon to save home prestige. Maintaining the1ir briHiant par,tners'hip,which has dominated Europe for the past two seasons, they marked up their ,third succes­sive win in the women's doubl'es.

The other home successes were confined to the junior and veteran events. Lesley Bell set up a record by winning .the girls' singles for the third successive year and ·also won the mixed doubles with Stuart Gibbs, wihilc Pat Dainty shared the girls' doubles with Jutta Kruger, of West Germany.

Harry Venner brought the m,en's veteran singles home and Doreen Crosby retained the wom'en's veter­ans' title.

Rumania enter,ed the ,championship honours Ust for the first ttime with a double success in the singles. Dorin Giurgiuca was !the shock winner of the '-men's singles, coming through fr9m 'an uns,eeded ,position, and Maria Alexandru hecam,e the new women's champion.

The lion's share of the s'enior crowns went to Hungary with Jano~ Fahazi and Peter Ro\Zsas w:inning the men's doubles, Rozsas and Sarolta Lukacs the mixed doubles; and Mrs. Lukacs and Eva Foldi be­ing successful in the women's team.

Yugoslavia won !the men's team e",ent and the boys' doubles with Dragutin Surbek and Anton Stipan­cic, ,while Kjell Johansson won the boys' singles for Sweden.

SUSTAINED INTEREST The finals night was as good as

anything we have s,een in these chatnpionships, ~ith sustained in­terest lthroughout and none was more thrilling than the WOID·en's doubles where Mis-s Rowe and ,Miss Shannon edged home against Maria Alexandru and Ella Constantinescu, of Rumania, over five fluctuating gam-es.

The -Rumanians are ;·the only pair to have beaten the English girls in an open' championship this season and ithis added to the interes:t, pro­viding just the :right curtain 'raiser to the evening. lIt was a battle of tac­tics 'with many ex!citing rallies to keep the' !tightly packed crowd ap­plaudjDfJ the skill of the ..four girls.

Al'exandru and Consltanltinescu look'ed as though they were going to repeat their vidtory of the West G,ennan Open when they won the opening game :at 19, but Rowe and Shannon im'mediately hit back to take complete control of the second, then recover from 13-16 down to win the third and take a 2-1 lead.

The Rumanians fought back grirrlly in the fourth going out to 16-13. They were caught at 18-all, then Miss Shannon, a little over anX!ious, hit three shots off the table and it was two gam,es all.

The decider opened with a fan­tastic rally of hit and counterhit, with

THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROL~ Men's Singles

DOIRIN G,IIUIRGliUCA (Rumania)

Men's Doubles

JAN,OS FAHAZ,I and PE~E;R ROZSAS

(Hungary) .'

Women's Sif}gles

MARIA AL'EXAND,RU (Rumania)­

Women's Doubles

DI!AN'E RO,WIE and MARY SHANINO,N (Middlesex and Surrey)

Mixed Doubles

PEJER,ROZSAS and SAIROILTA LUKACS (Hungary)

TE AM CHAM£IONSHIPS Men

Boys' Single5

KJELL JOHANSSON (kS'weden)

Boys' Doubles

AN'TO'N Sf:IPANIC:IC and DR,AGUTIN SUtRIBEK

(Yugoslavia)

Women

Girls' Singles

LESL'EY BELL (Ess~x)-"

Girls' D,o,ubles

PAT :D:AIIN,TY and JUTTA KiRUGER"

(Yorkshire and West Germany)

Junior Mixed Doubles

STUA!RT GI1BBS and BEVE'Ril.JEY SAYER (E{jsex)

Veteran Men's Veteran Women's

HiARRY VENNER DORrEE'N CROSB'y (Essex) (Devon)

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ENGLISH OPEN Photo coverage by Michael Maclaren, Denis Offer and Peter Madge

Top: MARIA ALEXANDRU. singles champion. Moment of triumph for MARY SHANNON and DIANE ROWE and for DORIN GIUR. GIUCA. FAHAZI and ROZSAS receive the doubles cup from IVOR MONTAGU. MARY SHANNON. GIURGIUCA. Centre: RADU NEGUlESCU. The Trophies. ROWE and SHANNON in action. VOJISlAV MARKOVIC. Mixed winners RAZSAS and SAROlTA LUKACS. Umpires sit in judgment. JOHANSSON gets t.o a low one. EVA FOLDI. Bottom: EDITH BUCHHOLZ. The women's singles final. CONSTANTINESCU and AlEXANDRU. Wheelchair experts from the Paraplegia Centre. EBERHARDT SCHOElER.

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some Itrem,endous r.etrieving by the English pair before Shannon scored the point with an edge ball. This temporarily knocked the Rumanian's out of their stride. They fell behind '0-4, only to win the next three points, then drop behind again at 4-7.

But they were fighting hard and, to the conoern of home supporters, w,ent ahead at 10-9. Clever play by Rowe took the English pair ahead at 19-17 but they lost the advantage on an edg,e ball and a shot from Rowe which went off the table.

There was much nail-biting with the score at 19-all and the, match likely to swing either way. But two mistakes by Alexandru when she ne:t­ted then hit off provided a home win.

Most of the honours for this suc­cess must go to Diane Rowe. She has seldom played better, showing nerves of steel as she carried the more nervous Mary Shannon over critical points. It was a calmness built up over many years of experi­ence and gave Diane her 17th English title.

Only Victor rBarna, with 20, has won more titles since the champion­ships were started in 1921-22.

Diane has now won the women's doubles 11 times and with four dif­ferent partners. She started her suc­cess with twin sister Rosalind in 1949-50 and they won it for six suc­cessive years. Then came Ann Hay­don in 1955-56; Kathie B,est in 1959­60 and Mary Shannon ,in 1961-62, since when they have been unbeaten.

Dominating The final was the only time ~1iss

Rowe and Miss Shannon dropped a game and they were never more dominating than when beating the Hungarian pair Eva Foldi and Sarolta Lukacs in the semi-final at 20, 10, and 16.

The Rumanians had been ,equally dominating in their run to the final.

Miss Shannon's nervousness on the big occasion was also evident in the final of the women's singles where she was well beaten by Mrs. Alex­andru at 21-9, 21-14, 24-22.

She had a tendency Ito OVler hit and was all too often wrong footed by the poker-faced Rumanian whose concentration was such that it brought her almos.t to b.reaking point when it was all over.

Miss Shannon was never in the first two gam~s and it was nort until de­feat was imminent that she began to play in a ,more relaxed ,mannle!r and began to match her opponent.

Mary raisied hom,e hopes when she took the lead at 19-17 in the third

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only ito tighten up again. She fought off a match point at 19-20; went ahead again at 21-20, then had a cruel stroke of luck with a shot which just missed the edge of the table.

She led again at 22-21 but fail'ed ito bring off the ,winning point against her 'tenacious opponent, who took the 'match two points latex when Mary netted.

Mrs. Alexandru played a lone hand in stopping a home suocess for in the se1mi-final she had well beaten Diane Rowe at 21-18, 21-13, 21-10. Diane never became locked rinto the game, which was ,mostly defensive. Now and again one of the play~ers would hit s!trongly, but the RumanIan was much hett,er at this.

The Chairman's Thanks-I ALTHOUGH rtriburte is made in . the Official Programme of the English Open Championships to aliI the many workers without whom rtlhe Champ10nshlps could not function, I WlOuld like to make a special record of our thankis to PERCY HYDE and FRANK MILLIGAN, m,elnbers of the Hon. Referee's Committee.

Percy, born in 1897 and one of the only three players who have played in every EngHsh Open s'ince the llaSlt war, has the most Isplendid record of serving on the Commit1ee of the EnglishChampionships for 30 yei,u"S.

P,rank. who 'achieved f:ame 'in Civlill Servli!oe sport at rugby and association footbaU, sWli,mming,lawn tennis and table tenni,s, lms seen and served 28 EnglishChampionships. Both have also officiated at four World Cham­pionships.

Furthermor,e P,ercy and Frank have taken great iIlJUerest throughthe years as players and administrators and w'e must 'Consider ourselves v,ery fortunarte that peop]le such as these and no doubt o:lhe,rs have given such loyal and devoted service to our game.

I IVOR EYLES,

Cbainnan, E.T.T.A. ~nIV't"_'" ~__ __,

In the quarters Diane had beaten Sarol:ta Lukacs in Sitraight games.

Mary Shannon had a tough quar­ter-final against Ella 'Constantinescu, 'winning over five games, but showed her best form in the semi-final, dis­posing of Eva Foldi in straight games. Mrs. Poldi had previously ended the hopes of Lesley Bell.

Dorin Giurgiuca crept through to the men's s,ingles titles almost un-

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noticed, a player who made the game look almost too easy. His anticipa­tion and positioning was such that he appeared to have all the time in the world to play his shots. This certainly ap,peared troublesome to his opponents, who always had trouble in getting the ball past him. A left-hander, he has the effect of rolling the ball back.

Johansson, of Sweden, who had already ,won the junior singles, could do little with Giurgiuoa in the final and, although he won the fourth game, he never really looked like winning ithe 'titie.

Eberhardt Sahoele'r, of West Ger­:many, probably the best defensive player in Europe, was similarly non­,plussed in the quarter-final, as was Jaroslav Stanek, of Cz.echoslovakia, in the semi-final. Each time Giurgiu­ca was so much in controL

Johansson, r'egarded by many as the favourite for the title, played brilliantly to dispose of Bobby Stevens, Erich Arndt (Germany), Peter Rozsas (Rumania) then Vojis­lavMarkovic (Yugos,lavia), the offi­cial .favourite" in the semi-final. This was a hard-hitting ,maitch in which Markovic 'could not produce the same cons istency as the tall young Swede.

Narrow Escape

Markovic 'earlier had a narrow escape against another Swedish junior Lennart 'aden, ,eventually win­ning over five ga,m'es. Oden missed his :big chance 'when he failed to clinch a ga,m'e point at 20-19 in the second, for he had already won the first and also won the third. It says much for 'Markovic's skill that he was able to change his ta~tics and wriggl,e out of trouble. H'e ~evealed this ab ility yet again when beating Vladimir Miko (Czechoslovakia) in the quarter-final af!ter :being 1-2 down in games.

Janos Fahazi, the No. 2 s,eed, went out in the !third round to Stanek, who proved much too solid for the spec­tacular Hungarian, who lov,es to play to the crowd.

England's hop e s, centred on Chester Barnes, received a big boost when the Essex youngster opened his campaign with a comfortabl'e win over the seeded Radu N·egulescu (Rumania). He follow·ed this by beat­irig Dragutin Surbek, the brilliant voung Yugoslav junior., only to look tired and overplayed as he fell to P,eter Rozsas ov,er four games.· It was .inde'ed a disappointing exit and Barnes came in for criticism for his lateness in going to hed the previous night.

Barnes lacked accuracy with his placing, too many of his shots going off the table. His lexcuse for this was the change of conditions in the wider

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atmosphere of the Dome. His earlier matches have been in the Com Exchang,e.

"The ball tended to hang in the air more, and I ,was unable to time Imy shots properly," said Barnes.

Ian Harrison was ,equally disa:p­pointing when he crashed to the Swedish junior Bo Persson in his second match, while Mike Symonds went out in the third round to Giurgiuca. It was at !this stage that Brian Wright flell to Miko.

The Hungarians who have been having a rough time in the various Continental championships, came in­to their own when Fahazi and Roz­sas won the men's doublles after an exciting final Iwith the SWedes Johan­sson and B'ernhardt. Fahazi was as excited as a s,choolboy winning his first big event; Rozsas was com­pletely composed, while a big smile brokle out on the fa·oe of Ferenc Sido, their captain and trainer.

It was a ,match of tremendous hit­ting, and fantastic recovery shots, with the Hungarians 'fighting off two match points before getting home at 22-20 in the fifth.

Fahazi and Rozsas also had a five­~ietter !With Miko land Stanek in the sem,i-final, afte,r having disposed of Alan Lindsay and Brian Wright in the previous round, where Barnes lnd Harrison went out to Miko and

Stanek. Rozsas gained a second title - the

only double champion of the meeting - when be partne'red Sarolta Lukacs to win the mixed doubles. They stop­ped the Rumanians Ne,gulescu and Maria Alexandru in the final at 16­21, 21-17, 21-19, 21-14.

Mrs. Alexandru, obviously feeling 'the effeot of her third final of the ·evening, failed to reproduce her earlier brilliance.

The Rumanians had ,accounted for the other ,Hungarian pair Fahazi and Mrs. Foldi in the semi-1final, where ,Rozsas and Mrs. Lukacs beat Giur­gi~ca and Mrs. Constantinescu.

Rozsas and Lukacs opened their 'winning run by beating Harrison and Diane Row,e in their first match.

Wright and Mary Shannon went out to rNegulescu and' Alexandru in the third round and it was left to Peter Duncombe and Plat Dainty, of Yorkshire, and Maudce Billington (Warwickshire) and Jackie Canham (Hertfordshire) to have the best run of the home players, both pairs reaching the quarter­finals, where Duncombe and Dainty lost to the ,ev,entual 'winner, 'and Bil­lington and 'Canham lost to Giur­giuca and 'Consitantinescu.

We ,can look back on these cham­pionships with great hope in the future. of the game. The cycle has

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turned and a new attacking spirit is evident, bringing with it more excit­ing 'Tallies and a g,veater vari,ety of ,play, which is just what the public need. Except for isolated instances, that boring defensive play, which had tended to drive the ,crowds away, is now a thing of the past.

DETAILED SCORES MEN'S SINGLES

First Round: Fahazi (Hun.) bt Stipancic (Yugo.) 10, 18, 13. Morley (Glos.) bt Bad­deley (Warwtcks:.) 11, 12, -20, 9. Rhodes (Middx.) bt Buist (Kent) 6, 13, 10. Stanek (Yugo.) bt Somogyi (Surrey) 10, 13, 13. Warwick (Staffs.) bt Dow (Scot.) 21, -16, 19, 15. Lowe (Surrey) bt Eloury (Jersey) 9, 5, 13. Bernhardt (Sw.) bt Landry (Middx.) 17, 11, 16. Korpa (Yugo.) bt Lindsay (Middx.) 17, 17, 19.

Symonds (Lanes.) bt Maxwell (Scot.) 6, 14, 15. Muranyi (Surrey) bt MacLaren (Surrey) 14, -19, 6, 13. Giurgiuca (Rum.) bt Densham (Heirts.) 14, 19, 18. Pignitzki (Hun.) bt Duncombe 7, 17, 14. Harrison (Glos. ) bt Mansfield 16, 10, 12. Persson (Sw.) bt M. Creamer (Middx.) 13, 18, -20, 15. Venner (E:ss:ex) bt Burman (Middx.) 15, 14, 16. ~hoeler (W.G.) bt Caffrey (Ireland) 8, 9, 17.

Johansson (Sw.) bt Warren (Surrey) 16, -16, 19, 17. Stevens (Essex) bt Shead (Sussex) -14, 17, 16, -18, 16. Gear (Wilts.) bt Chandler (Sussex) 18, -12, 19, 17. Arndt (W.G.) bt Langan (Ireland) 15, 11, 12. Rozsas (Hun.) bt Livesey (Lanes.) 16, 13, 19. Gunnlon (Warwieks.) bt Wall (Middx.) -16, 13, 10, 14. Surbeck (Yugo.) bt Neale (Yorks.) 19, -19, -16, 5, 10. Barnes (Essex) bt Negelescu (Rum.) 14, -14, 11, 13.

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ENGLISH OPEN SPECIAL 15, 11. Whalley (Suss'ex) bt Amouretti (France) -13, 24, 10, -8 (rtd.). Wright (Middx.) bt Turner (Jersey) 4, 5, 7. Pid­dock (Kent) bt Ingber (Lancs.) -19, 22, -8, 17, 15. Harcsar (Hun.) bt Basden (Kent) 11, 19, 19. Oden (Sw.) bt Thorn­hill (Middx.) 18, 19, 19. D. Creamer (Middx.) bt Sugden (Scot.) -13, 21, -17, 4, 12. Markovic (Yugo.) bt Cornish (Kent) 15, 16, 15.

Second Round: Fahazi bt Morley -17, -21, 17, 10, 13. Stanek bt Rhodes 17, 21, 17. Lowe ht Warwick 15, 19, -19, -12, 14. Bernhardt bt Korp'a -19, 13, 20, -13, 16.

Symonds bt Muranyi -14, 16, 9, 15. Giurgiuca bt Pignitski 11, 16, 15. Persson bt Harrison 19, 12, -16, 18. Schoeler bt Venner 16, 10, 22.

Jobansson bt Stevens 14, 6, 11. Arndt bt Gear 8, 12, 18. Roz,sas bt Gunnion 17, 14, 5. Barnes bt Surbeck 13, -23, 10, 17.

Miko bt Whalley 14, 16, -16, 16. Wright bt Piddock 8, 12, 11. Oden bt Harcsar 11, 12, -13, 12. Markovic bt D. Creamer 11, 17, 16.

Third Round: Stanek bt Fahazi -15, 25, 18, 20. Bernhardt bt Lowe 13, 14, 17. Giurgiuca bt Symonds -16, 13, 10, 12. Schooler bt Persson 15, 16, 12.

Johansson bt Arndt 10, 14, 16. Rozsas bt Barnes 12, 16, -19, 15. Miko bt Wright 14, -8, 20, 19. Markovic bt Oden -18, 20, -14, 11, 14.

Quarter-Finals: Stanek bt Bernhardt 12, -19, 10, -18, 17. Giurgiuca bt Schooler 14, 11, 15. Johansson bt Rozsas 15, -19, 10, -15, 14. Markovic bt Miko 13, -14, -12, 15, 12.

Semi-Finals: GIURGIUCA bt Stanek 12, 18, 18. JOHANSSON bt Markovic -17, 19. 22, -12, 18.

Final: GIURGIUCA bt Johansson 14, 18, - -11, 19.

WOMEN'S SINGLES First Round: AlexandTU (Rum.) ht G.

Sayer (Essex) 6, 13, 13. Blacklsbaw (Yorks.) bt Ogus (Middx.) 25, -16, 11, 18. Hicks (Middx.) bt Proudlock (Yorks.) 13, 16, 12. Buchbolz (W.G.) bt McCre'e (Essex) 14, 16, 13.

Lukacs (Hung.) bt P1p,er (Surrey) 11, 7, 15. Taft (Middx.) bt Hawkins! (Scot.) 9, 8, 7. B. Sayer (E,ssex) bt Crosby (Devon) 7, 7, 12. Rowe (Middx.) bt Mor­gan (Wales) 14, 8, 8.

Constantinescu (Rum.) bt Cas~eU (Nor­folk) 17, 9, 13. Williams (Herts'.) bt Bar­rie (Scot.) 14, 71, 17. Gillam (Cambs.) bt Williamson (Middx.) 16, -21, 19, 10. Shannon (Surrey) bt P. Holes (Hants.) -15, 15, 18, 13.

Bell (Essex) bt 8pooner (Devon) 13, 4, 6. Daupbi)n (W.G.) bt C. Holes (Hants.) 19, 11, 15. Hemmings (Herts.) bt Abraham (Middx.) 16, 14, 14. Foldi (Hung.) bt Canham (He,rts.) -20, 16, 15, 9.

Second Round: Alexandru bt Blackshaw 7, 12, 16. Buchholz bt Hicks 12, 6, 7. Lukacs bt Taft 7, 15, 17. Rowe bt B. Sayer 10, 14, 10.

Constantinescu bt Williams 12, 14, 10. Shannon bt Gillam 6, 15, 9. Ben bt Dauphin 15, 11, 19. Foldi bt Hemmings 10, 9, 16.

Quarter-Finals: Alexandru bt Buchholz 14, -14, 12, 14. Rowe bt Lukacs 15, 12, 13. Shannon bt Constantinescu 12, -12, 18, -12, 8. Foldi bt Bell 13, 11, 13.

Semi-Finals: ALEXANDRU bt Rowe 18, 13, 10. SHANNON bt Foldi 10, 15, 19.

Final: ALEXANDRU bt Shannon 9, 14, 22.

MEN'S DOUBLES First Round: Arndt/Sch~ler/ (W.G.) bt

Meisel/Westoby (Kent) 17, 10, 17. Osborne (Susse,x) /Spraggs (Essex) bt Milburn/ Minter (Sussex) 10, 8, 16. Harcsar/Pignit­zki (Hungary) bt M. Creamer (Middx.) / Densham (Herts.) -9, 14, 16, 18. Isbell (Middx.) /Howick (Herts.) bt Collier! DaVies (Sussex) 9, 11, 17. Bernhardt/

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Jobansson (Sweden) bt Cooper/Etheridge (Kent) 17, 20, 20.

Bloy/Cornish (Kent) bt Goodwyn (Sur· rey) /Owen (Kent) 12, 13, 12. Brady (Glos.) /Livesey (Lancs.) bt Seaholme (Herts:) /Whalley (Sussex) 13, 13, 16. Gunn/Ogundipe (Sussex) bt Gunnion (Warwicks.)/Warren (Surrey) -17, 15, -19, 16, 21. Buist/Piddock (Kent) bt Morris (Warwicks.) /Smith (Glos.) 9, 16, 18.

Stipancic/Surbek (Yugo.) bt D. Creamer (Middx.) /Leach (Essex) 16, 13, -16, 14. Badd,eley (Warwicks.) /Symonds (Lancs.) bt F'enwick/Golding (Essex) 10, 17, 14. Chap­man (Surrey) /Kerekes (Middx.) bt Savage/ Sugarhood (Kent) 10, 14, -21, 14. Lind­say/Wright (Middx.) bt Morley (Glos.) / Muranyi (Surrey) 14, 19, 1t.

Somogyi (Surrey) /Wall (Middx.) bt Dow/Sugden (Scot.) 18, -19, -13, 12, 15. Oaffrey/Langan (Ireland) bt Basden (Kent) /Brabrook (Surrey) 10, 9, 17. Oden/ Per.ssOll (Sweden) bt Gear/Mansfield (Wale,g) 18, -16, 11, 20. Duncombe/Neale (Yorks.) bt Hyde (Middx.) /Owen (Kent) 18, 11, 12. Lowe (Surrey) /Shead (Sussex) bt Burman (Middx.) / Jones (Bucks.) 8, 11, -17, 9.

Second Round: Arndt /Schoeler bt Korpa/ Markovic (Yugo.) -14, 11, 18, 6. Harcsar/ Pignitski bt Osborne/Spraggs 17, 11, 11. Isbell/Howi~k w.o. Boxer (E'sS'ex) /McFad­den (Glos.) s,cr. Bernha.rdt/Johansson bt Hurlock/MacLaren (Surrey) 10, 13, -15, 15.

Rhodes/Thornhill (Middx.) bt Bloy /Cor­nish 13, 13, 16. Brady/Liv,esey bt Billing­ton (Warwicks.)/Ingbe1r (Lancs). 15, -16, -14, 14, 17. Gunn/Ogundipe bt Kennerley (Cheshire) /Markwell (Essex) 6, 7, 11. Giurgiuca/Negulescu (Rumania) bt Buist/ Piddock 14, 13, -11, 19.

Fahazi/Rozsas (Hungary) bt Stipancic/ Surbeck 11, 16, 15. Raybould/Stevens (Es­sex) bt Baddeley/8ymonds 21, -12, 9, -21, 6. Chapman/Kerekes bt Eloury / Turner (Jersey) 17, 14, -19, -20, 12. Lindsay/Wright w.o. Cooklin/Mackie s,cr. Somogyi/Wall bt McCarry (Glos.) /Samuel (Wales) 16, 9, 14. Barnes/Harrison (Eng.) bt Caffrey /Langan 13, 16, -21, 12. Oden/ Persson bt DuncOlnbe/Neale 17, -18, -15, 4, 13. MikoiStanek (Czech.) bt Lowe/ Shead 10, -18, 14, 15.

Third Round: Arndt/Schooler bt Harcsar/ Pignitzki 19, -18, 15, 17. Bernhardt/ Johansson bt Isbell/Howick 12, 8, 13. Brady/Livesey bt Rhodes/Thornhill 17, 12, 14. Giurgiuca/Negulescu bt Gunn/Ogundipe 17, 14, 10.

Fahazi/Rozsas bt Raybould/Steven5 18, 17, 15. Lindsay/Wright bt Chapman/Kere­kes 11, 11, 15. Barnes/Harri'son bt Som­ogyi/Wall 7, 17, 18. Miko/Stanek bt Oden/ Persson 18, -18, 12, 17.

Quarter-Finals: Bernhardt/Johansson bt Arndt/Schoeler 12, 11, -20, 13. GiuTgiuca/ Negulescu bt Brady/Livesey 5, 15, 16. Fahazi/Rozsas bt Lindsay/Wright -19, 17, -20, 16, 13. Miko/Stanek bt Barnes/Har­rison 18, 18, 16.

Semi-Finals: BE'RNHARDT / JOHAN8­SON bt Giurgiuca/Neglescu -13, -17, 13, 14, 16. FAHAZI/ROe;SAS bt Miko/Stanek 15, 14, -19, -11, 4.

Final: F'AHAZI/RO~SAS bt Bernhardt/ Johansson 15, -17, 20, -19, 20.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES First Round. Canham (Herts'.) /Carring­

ton (Essex) bt Morgan (Wales) /Taft (Eng.) 14, 13, -17, 16. Bell/Martin (Essex) bt Barontini/Walls (Sussex) 7, 6, 8. Abraham/Cherry (Middx.) bt Bassett (Cornwall) /Hills (Hants.) 13, 6. 16. Crosby (Devon) /WilUamson (Middx.) bt Barrie/ Hawkins (Scot.) -18, -19, 16, 14, 19.

Second Round: Alexandru/Constantineiscu (Rumania) bt Oanllam/Carrington 16, 14, 15. Blackshaw/Proudlock (Yorks.) bt Hicks/Ogus (Middx.) -21, 19, 20, -19, 17. Buchholz/Dauphin (W.G.) bt Bell/ Martin 17, 17, 12. Foldi/Lukacs (Hung.) bt Abraham/Cherry 13, 3, 9. C. Holes/P. Holes (Hants.. ) bt Cassell (Norfolk) /Gil­lam (Cambs.) 8, 10, 18. Sherbourne

(Herts.) /Spooner (Devon) bt Bass/Pearce (Sussex) 17, 15, 20. Rowe (Middx.)/Shan­non (Surrey) bt Crosby/Williamson 14, 9, 18.

Quarter-Finals: Alexandra/Constantinescu bt PIper (Surrey) /M.cCree (Essex) 19, 16, 16. Buchholz/Dauphin bt Blackshaw/ Proudlock l 'l, 13, 15. Foldi/Lukacs bt C. Holes/P. Holes 10, 10, 7. Rowe/Shannon bt Sherbourne/Spooner 11, 8, 9.

Semi-Finals: ALEXANDRU/CONSTAN­TINESCU bt Buchholz/Dauphin 15, 18, 12. ROWE/SHANNON bt Foldi/Lukacs 26, 10, 16. ,

Final: ROWE/SHANNON bt Alexand~U/ ConstantineBcU -19, 12, 19, -18, 19.

MIXED DOUBL,ES First Round: Korpa (Yugo) / Taft

(Middx.) bt Arndt/Dauphin (W.G.) -19, -15, 20, 18, 21. Miko (Czech.) /Hicks (Middx.) bt E'dwards/P. Holes' (Hants.) 18, 15, 16. Stanek (Czech.) /Carrington (Essex) bt Shead/Barontini (Suss'ex) -14, 14, 16, 7. 8tevens/McCree (Essex) bt War­ren (Surrey) /Sayer (Essex) 17, 14, 16. lIarrison (Glos,.) /Rowe (Middx.) bt Davies/ C. Holes (Hants.) 6, 17, 21. Ingber (Lancs.) /Spooner (Devon) bt Baddeley (Warwiick.)/Abraham (Middx.) -18, -21, 13, 21, 14. Ca1frey (Ireland) /Crosby (Devon) bt Brady (Glos.) /Basset (Corn­wall) 16, 21, 18. Schoeler/Buchholz (W.G.) bt Isbell/Williamson (Middx.) 16, 15, 10.

Second Round: Negulescu/Alexandru (Rumania) bt Korpa/T'aft 14, -15, 18, 16. Wright (Middx.) /Shannon (Surrey) bt Pignitski (Hungary) /Wales (Surrey) 12, 12, 13. Harcsar (Hungary) /Piper (Surrey) bt Neale (Yorks.) /Mills (Sussex) 8, -19, 13, 10. Miko/Hicks bt Petch/Cherry (Middx.) 13, 12, 14.

Stanek/Carrington bt Morley (Glos.) / Ogus (Middx.) 13, 21, -17, 12. Venner (E's'Sex) /Gillam (Cambs.) bt Hughes (Middx.)/Napper (Bucks.) 12, 5, 13. Gear/ Morgan (Wales') bt Dow/Hawkins (Scot.) 13, -17, 14, -8, 17. Fahazi/Foldi (Hun.) bt Stevens/M.cCree 13, -17, 17, 14.

Rozsas/Lukacs (Hun.) bt Harrison/ Rowe 14, 12, 20. Lowe (Surrey) /Williams (Herts.) bt Morris (Warwicks.) /Gass'eU (Norfolk) 20, 12, -19, 16. Duncombe/ Dainty (Yorks.) bt Landry (Middx.) /Hen­wood (Essex) 13, 16, 17. Ingber/Spooner bt Sugden/Barrie (Scot.) -13, 13, -17, 17, 12.

Caffrey/Crosby bt Chapman (Surrey) / Camps (Bucks.) 9, 16, 14. Billington (Warwicks.)/Canham (Herts.) bt Bern­hardt (Sweden) /Blackshaw (Yorks.) -18, 13, 17, 11. Gunnion (Warwicks.) /Bell (Es­sex) bt Symonds (Lancs.) /Proudlock (Yorks.) 13, 19, 9. Giurgiuca/C'onstantin­escu (Rumania) bt Schoeler/Buchholz 23, 7, 15.

Third Round: Negelescu/AI~xandru bt Wright/Shannon 18, -17, 15, 20. Harcsar/ Piper bt Miko/Hicks' 16, -11, 12, -18, 17. Stanek/Carrington bt Venner/Gillam -17, 11, l8, 13. Fahazi/Foldi bt Gear/ Morgan 10, 11, 8.

Rozs81s/Lukacs bt Lowe/Williams 13, 16, 14. Duncombe/Dainty bt Ingber/S,pooner 18, -20, 18, 12. Billington/Canham bt Caffrey/Crosby 14, -18, 11, -19, 18. Giurgiuca/CoDstantinescu bt Gunnion/Bell 18, 19, -19, -17, 11.

Quarter-Finals: Negulescu/Alexandru bt Harcsar/Piper 17, 19, 12. Fahazi/Foldi bt Stanek/Carrington 1S, -19, 19, 20. Rozsas/Lukacs bt Duncombe/Dainty 11, 17, 17. Giurgiuca/Constantinescu bt Bil­lington/C'anham 20, 17, 15.

Semi-Finals: NEGULESCU / ALEXAN­DRU bt Fahazi/Foldi -19, 21, -17, 13, 14. ROZSAS/LUKACS bt Giurgiuca/Gon­stantinescu -13, 8, 10, 15.

Final: ROZSAS/LUKACS bt Negulescu/ Alexandru -16, 17, 19, 14.

BOYS' SINGLES First Round: Johansson (Sweden) bt

Harmer (HertS') 9, 10. Hydes (Yorks.) bt T'aylor (Herts.) 8, 11. Jobns (Ches.) bt

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TEAM TITLES for YUGOSLAVIA and HUNGARY by Geoff Harrower

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ITHE EngH:s:h Ope!n Team Oh:ampionis'hips aJutracted, m ~t!S second year, an even stronger entry than II:ast season. More effo'It had

been made Iby the E.T.T.'A. iVO "p'flOjiect " the compet1ition to the pu:blic. Most unfo1tufi!aJtely, a lOlt of ,this efIoflt was waisted by vhe women's Iteam final. One lmowledgeaJble judge said Ito ffi:e thalt vhi:s finaJI had dI1iven mlaJI1Y peopl'e away for good!

TE,AM RESULTS ME:N

First Round: W. Germ,any bt Yugoslavia II 3-0. Czechoslovakia bt Jersey 3-0. England bt Sweden II 3-2. Hungary bt Scatland 3-0. Yugoslavia bt Wales 3-0. Hungary II bt England II 3-1. Rumania bt England III 3-1. Sweden bt Ireland 3-0.

I Second Round: Czechoslovakia bt W. Germany 3-2. England bt Hungary 3-1. Yugoslavia bt Hungary II 3-0. Sweden QI Rumania 3-1.

Sem'i-Finals: Czechoslovakia bt England 3-1. Yugoslavia bt Sweden 3-2.

}'inal: YUGOSLAVIA bt Czechoslovakia 3-1: Details: Yugoslav names first: Korpa bt Miko 12, 9; Markovic bt Stanek 16, 18; bt Miko 19, -1~, 18. Korpa/Markovic lost to Miko/Stanek -18, -9.

WOMEN First Round: Hungary bt Scotland 3-0.

England II bt W. Germany 3-1. Semi-Finals: Hungary bt England 3-1.Rumania bt England II 3-1. Final: HUNGARY bt Rumania 3-2.

Details: Hungarian names first: Foldi bt Constantinescu 13, -15, 13; lost to Alex­andru -7, -12. Lukacs lost to Alexandru -18, -18; bt Constantinescu -15, 14, 15. Foldi/Lukacs bt Constantinescu/Alexandru 11, -13, 15.

ENGLAND RESULTS ME:N: England bt Sweden II 3-2 :

Barnes lost to Persson 26, -20, -22; bt Oden 18, -16, 15. Harrison bt Oden 14, 21; bt Persson 21, 14. Barnes/Harrison lost to Persson/Oden -18, 16.

nt Hungary 3-1: Barnes bt Pignitzki 16, 16; bt Rozsas 14, 16. Harrison lost to Rozsas -12, -15; Barnes/Harrison bt Pig· nitzki/Rozsas 23, 17.

Lost to Czechoslovakia 1-3: Barnes bt Miko -18, 18, 17. Harrison lost to Stanek -15, -15; lost to Miko -15, 18, -15. Barnes/Harrison lost to Miko/Stanek -3, -14.

England II lost to Hungary II 1-3: Wright lost to F'ahazi -16, -18. Lindsay bt Harcsar 14, 23; lost to Fahazi -17, -12. Wright/Lindsay lost to Fahazi/ Harcsar -14, -18.

England III lost to Rumania 1-3: Symonds lost to Giurgiuca -7, -17. Neale bt "Negulescu -17, 20, 16; lost to Giur­giuca -16, -17. Symonds/Neale lost to Giurgiuca/Negulescu -13, -13.

WOMEN: England lost to Hungary 1-3: Shannon lost to F'oldi 19, -18, -18. Rowe lost to Lukacs -19, -17; lost to Foldi -19, -16. Rowe/Shannon bt Foldi/Lukacs 16, 19.

England II bt W. Gennany 3-1: Bell bt Dauphin 13, -18, 8; bt Buchholz 15, -19, 20. McCree bt Buchholz 7, -12, 20. Bell/ McCree lost to Dauphin/Buchholz -17, -18.

Lost to Rumania 0-3: Bell lost to Con­stantinescu -15, 18, -16. McCree lost to Alexandru -15, -12. Bell/McCree lost to Constantinescu/Alexandru -19, -11.

England had five Ibeams IOn view, and theine were some eXlooUenlt indi­vidual perform1ances by home players, but, not unexpectedly, no appearance in either final. The top -men's te!am of Chester Banres and Ian Harrison could hardly have put in a more fluctuating performance.

In the first round they deserved to lose to ,the Swedish Junior team. Only two good singles wins by Harrison enabled the,m to scrape through 3-2. Yet in the next round they beat the seeded Hungarian team 3-1! Harnes, who had fumbled and scraped against the Swedes, beat both Pigni:tzki and Romas tin stm:ight gan1es.

The s.emi-final brought 3-1 defeat at the hands of the holde'rs, Cze'cho­slovakia, who had been all but elim­inated in the firs,t, round by West Germany. In fact, Erich Arndt held ma,tch point ovelf Miko in ftIhe final match.

BARNES BEATS MIKO Things opened well for England

when Chester Barnes repeated his win over Yladimir Miko-he had beaten the Czech in an International match in London the previous evening. Sbanek, however, was much 11:100 good for Harrison, and ithe doubles had better be' swiftly forgotten. Harrison made a brave effort to save the match against M"iko, but to no avail.

The othe'f two England men's teams w,ent out in their first pl1ayed round. The second side found Janos Fahazi" playing for Hungary II, and notl

surpriSlingly Brian Wl1ight and Alan Lindsay could make nothing of this brilliant player. The third teanl we:re never expe'cted to beat Rumania, but at least Denis N'eale was able: to show his vastly improved form with a fine win over Radu Negulescu.

The:re was a fine final between the holde'fs, Czechoslovakia, and Yugo­slavia. The latter side, r,epresenit1ed by Markovic and Korpa, swept through to the final, beating the higher seeded Swedes 3-2 in the

semi-final. The key match here was between Markovic and Johansson, with Sweden leading 2-1. Markovic, undefeated throughout the whole team e'V!eJll't, hit brilliandy, and re­corded a straight games victory.

In fact, the only single game that Markovic dropped was in the final against Miko. Ironically, lit was Miko's inspired play the previous year, when he' was undefeated, which had enabled the Cze,chs to take the title. This time it was Markovic's turn, but before Miko bowed to the Yugoslav there was a mighty game whi'ch was a privilege to watch.

ENGLAND n SHO,CK GERMANY

Only siix teams competed ~n the women's event, and it opened in fine style for England, when the second Itjeam of Jean M,cCree and Lesley Ben ve:ry unexpe:ctedly beat West Germany 3-1. Lesley got us off to a good start with a thre:e' games win over Heide Dauphin" and then Jean put up he,r best ever performance by beating Edith Buchholz. Jean started so well that she actually won the first game 21-7, and, after dropping .the second, held on grimly to take the deoider 22-20. Then Lesley B:ell . also beat Buchholz 22-20 in the third.

This took them to the se,mi-final, and an une'xpeded 3-0 defeat at the hands of Rumania, but not before Lesley Bell had taken the second game from Ella Constantinescu.

Our fi1rsit I1elam, Diane Rowe and Mary Shannon, lost 3-1 to Hungary. Mary Shannon nearly beat Eva Foldi -leaJ"ning enough in the pliooesS to beat Eva in the individual event two days later-and our girls won the women's doubles, but with Diane ROWie losing in straight games to both Foldi and Sar101tta Luka'cs, tthJat was the end.

For the record, Hungary retained the trophy, beating Rumanila 3-2 in the final. Inevitably Mar.ia Alex­andru won both her matches in straight games, but the Hungarians grimly won the doubles and the two singles against Mrs. Lukacs. It would be unfair t,o criticise players who were pl,aying to win-it is just un­fortunate that most of the top Euro­pean women players are so negative.

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(Continued from Page 18) Petch (Middx.) 8, 5. Langan (Ireland) bt Hughes (Middx.) 11,' 11.

Gibbs (Essex) bt Keys (Yorks.) 16, 20. Surbek (Yugo.) bt Heene (W.G.) 14, 14. Persson (Sweden) bt Cook (Sussex) 11, 7. Robinson (Middx.) bt Curl (Glos.) 4, 9.

Oden (Sweden) bt Kocher (W.G.) 18, 7, Warwick (Staffs. ) bt 8eaholme (Herts.) 12, 8. Williams (Herts.) bt McGarry (Glos.) 15, 10. Barnes (Essex) bt Samuel (Wales) 10, 17.

Second Round: Johansson bt Hydes 15, 19. Johns bt Langan 16, -12, 20. Stein­beck (W.G.) bt Ransome (Durham) 22, 11. Stipancic (Yugo.) bt Gibbs 19, 14.

Surbek bt Brown (E:ssex) 15, -22, 17. Persson bt Robinson 22, 14. Oden bt War­wick 11, 13. Barnes bt WiilUams 10, 15.

Quarter-Finals: Johansson bt Johns 14, 15. Stipancic bt Steinbeck 15, 15. Surbek bt Persson 19, 14. Oden bt Barnes 12, -17, 19.

Semi-Finals: JOHANSSON bt Stipancic 10, 16. SURBEGK bt Oden 23, 14.

Final: JOHANSSON bt Surbeck 17, -19, 18.

GIRLS' SINGLES First Round: Sherbourne (Herts. ) bt

Napper (Bucks.) 16, 10. Canham (Herts.) bt Wyles (Sussex) 11, 9. Stokes (Kent) bt Simpson (Essex) 11, 15.

Second Round: Bell (Es:sex) bt Sher­bourne 9, 6. Hemm,ings (Herts.) bt Camps (Bucks.) 19, 10. B. Sayer (Essex) bt Smith (Essex) 15, 14. Kruger (W. Ger.) bt Henwood (Essex) 11, 18.

Canham bt Dainty (Yorks.) 20, -18, 18. Sykes (Warwicks.) bt Welter (W. Ger.) -19, 18, 19. G. Sayer (Essex) bt Mills (Hants.) 12, 16. Stokes bt Lang (W. Ger.) -18, 13, 13.

Quarter-Finals: Bell bt Hemmings 15, 12. B. Sayer bt Kruger -13, 14, 17. Can­ham bt Sykes 13, 16. Stokes bt G. Sayer 14, 19.

Semi-Finals: BELL bt B. Sayer 19, 16. CANHAM bt Stokes 15, -13, 16.

Final: BELl... bt Canham 12, 12.

BOYS' DOUBLES First Round: Beenie/Steinbeck (W.G.) bt

Seaholme/Williams (Herts.) 18, 5. Stipan­cic/Surbeck (Yugo.) bt Harmer/Taylor (Herts.) 12, 11. Hydes/Keys (Yorks.) bt Curl/McGarry (Glos.) 19, 15. Barnes (Es­sex) / Robinson (MiddX.) bt Brown (E's­sex) /Johns (Ches.) 11, 15.

Gibbs (Essex) /Langan (Ireland) bt Kocher (W.G.) /Samuel (Wale,s) 10, 9. Ransome (Durham) / Warwick (Staffs.) bt Corbett (Kent) /Petch (Middx.) -19, 15, 16.

Quarter-Finals: Stipancic/Surbeck bt Heenie/Steinbeck 16, 9. Barnes/Robinson bt Hydes/Keys 19, 16. Gibbs/Langan w.o. Allen/Hughes (Middx.) s'cr. Johansson/ Persson bt Ransome/Warwick 17, 22.

Semi-Finals. STIPANCIG/SURBECK bt Barnes/Robinson 15, 20. GIBBS/LANGAN bt Johansson -19, 14, 13.

Final: STIPANCIC/SURBE'CK bt Gibbs/ Langan 12, 14.

WOM~N'S VE'TEUAN SINGLES First Round: Bell (Essex) bt Schu­

macher (Middx.) 11, 10. Semi-Finals: CROSBY (Devon) bt Bass

(Sussex) -21, 13, 18. BELL. bt Price (Sussex) 15, 16.

Final: CROSBY bt Bell -18, 9, 13.

GIRL'S DOUBLES First Round: Sayer/Sayer (Essex) bt

Sherbourne (Herts.) /S.tokes (Kent) 10, 15. Henwood (Essex)/Sykes (Warwicks.) bt Simpson/Smith (E'Sisex) 17, 16. Dainty (Yorks.)/Kruger (W. Ger.) bt Canham/ Hemmings (Herts.) 21, 19. Lang/Welter (W. Ger.) bt Camps/Napper (Bucks..) 19, 11.

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Semi-Finals: SAYER/SAYER bt Hen­wood/Sykes 19, 19. DAINTY/KRUGER bt Lang/WeHer 17, 16.

Final: DAINTY/KRUGER bt Sayer/. Sayer 23, 19.

JUNIOR l\lIXED DOUBI...,ES

First Round: Steinbeck/Welter (W. Ger.) bt McGarry (Glos.) /Napper (Bucks.) 14, 19. Johns (Ches.) /Sykes (Warwick.) bt Ransome (Durham) /Henwood (Essex) 20. 17. Allen (Middx.) /Simpson (Essex) bt Taylor /Sherbourne (HertS'. ) 1;3, -13, 15. Robinson (Middx.) /Stokel3 (Kent) bt Curl (Glos.)/Camps (BuckS'.) 6, -15, 16.

Heene/Kruger (W. Ger.) bt Seaholme/ Canham (Herts.) 18, 18. Oden (Sweden) / Smith (mssex) bt Hyde/Dainty (Yorks.) 18, -14, 17. Kocher/Lang (W. Ger.) bt Keys (Yorks.) /Wyles (Sussex) 13, 7. Gibbs/B. Sayer (Essex) bt Brown (Essex/ Hemmings (Herts.) 18, -23, 14.

Quarter-Finals: Johns/Sykes bt Stein­beck/Welter 16, -13, 15. Robinson/Stokes bt Allen/Simpson 10, 18. Oden/Smith bt He.nne/Kruger -18, 20, 17. Gibbs/B. Sayer bt Kocher/Lang 13, 15.

Semi-Finals: JOHNS/SYKES bt Robin­son/Stokes 13, 19. GIBBS/B. SAYER bt Oden/Smith 17, 18.

Final: GIBBS/B. SAYER bt Johns! Sykes 19, 13.

VETERAN SINGLES F'irst Round: Venner (Essex) bt Owen

(Kent) 4, 12. Markwell (Essex) bt Thomp­son (Bucks.) 16, 21. Lukowicz (Middx.) bt Woodward (Surrey) 7, 12. Hoffman (Middx.) bt Ford (U.S.A.) 6, 4. Etheridge (Kent) by Hall (Surrey) 6, 8.

Second Round: Venner bye. Pope (Sur­rey) bt Miller (Hants.) 11, 11. Hyde (Middx.) bye. Samuel (Wales) bt Markwell -14, 16, 17.

Brown (Essex) bt LUkowicz 14, 17. Hoff­man w.o. Kennerley (Ches.) bt Howeick (Herts.) -13, 21, 17. Etheridge bt Waugh (Hants.) 18, 9.

Quarter-Finals: Venner bt Pope 14, 11. Samuel bt Hyde 6, 9. Brown bt Hoffman -20, 17, 18. Etheridge bt Kennerley 10, 7.

Semi-Finals: VENNER bt Samuel 7, 16. ETHEHIDGE bt Brown 7, -23, 9.

Final: VENNER bt Etheridge 9, 10.

CONSOLATION S,JNGJ...,J1~S

Men: Semi-}""inals: D. SURBEK (Yugo.) bt G. Gear (Wales) 11, 15; L. PIGNITSKI (Hungary) bt G. Muranyi (Surrey) 16, 17.

Final: SURBEK bt Pignitski 12, -10, 14.

Women: Semi-Finals: J. CANHAM (Herts.) bt A. Cassell (Norfolk) 16, 11. 1. OGUS (Middx.) bt M. Piper (Surrey) 18, 18.

Final: OGUS bt Canham 18, 16.

CHESHIRE JUNIOR OPEN by George R. Yates

NEW INTERNATIONALS ECLIPSED BOTH Yorksbire's newly capped junior internationals, Alan Hydes and

Pat Dainty, came unstuck in the Cheshire Junior Opien, played for the first time at Byrne Avenue Baths, Rock Fe'rry, Birkenhead, a most excellent venue-on February 22.

Hydes suffered his tindignity in the qUJall'iters, going ouit to ,Peter Ealton, of Wes!t B1romwioh, who triumphed 9-21, 21-13, 21-18.

Mis'S Da1inty's blushes were spa;red until the finaJ when, lfOCiom a leading position in the firslt game, she faltered ito let in Pauline Hen1ffiings {o bring off a shock win aftter the Hertrfordshire gi~l had played second fiddle .to Maurc'en Hleppell in ,the' final of the under-I5s.

Paul Canham, ifroom HuH, carried the Whilt,e Ros,e banne,r tinto the final of the under-I? boys', but it was a bedl1aggl,ed e'mhle'm afiter M,ike Johns had broughit his sal~os to bea[' on rite

Johns wliaPP'ed up this evetlll1: with a succeSision off two-stralighlt victories, nobody coming within sltl:iking range of the ,Norrthwich boy.

It was a diffelrent matter in the doubles for, in parltnership Wlirth Alan RJansome, rthe stops had to be pulled out time and time aga,in. FilflS.t it was Bolton's Alan Heap and Keitth Ylates who took them !to 'three, then Keiith Lawrence and Jam,es Ne,vin, an [Essex/Oheshire combination, who demanded a third game,.

Nor lin Ithe fina,l were the vanked pair given any [':espiloo by Liverpool's Gordon Birch and B,ruce Gain of Wirral in :the best final of the even­ing.

Hydes ca.me back into Ithe picture by taking the under-I5 boys' from

Pa~l (Ha,rmer an~ paTttnet:ing Miss Da'lnty to success 'In the mixed.

UNDER 17's Boys' Singles: Semi-Finals: P. CANHAM

(Yorks.) bt P. Eaton (Staffs.) 19-21, 22-20, 21-16; M. JOHNS (Ches.) bt A. Ransome (Durham) 21-18, 21-15.

Final: JOHNS bt Canham 21-13, 21-8. Girls' Singles: Semi-Flnals: P. DAINTY

(Yorks.) bt M. Heppell (Northumb.) 21-10, 21-6; P. HmMMINGS (Herts.) bt L. Hen­wood (Essex) 21-19, 21-16.

Final: HEMMINGS bt Dainty 22-20, 21-12.

Boys' Doubles: Semi-Finals: JOHNS/ RANSOME bt P. D. Pownall (Ches.)/ Eaton 21-16, 21-9; G. BIRCH (Lancs.) /B. CAIN (Ches.) bt D. Hodgson/B. Marsden (Lancs.) 21-15, 21-13.

Final: JOHNS/RANSOME bt Birch/ Cain 18-21, 22-20, 21-16.

Gids' Doubles: Semi-Finals: DAINTY / HEPPELL bt K. Smilth (Essex) /Simpson 21-16, 21-12; HENWOOD/I. SYKES (W'ar­wicks.) bt Hemmings/W. Clarkson (Dur­ham) 21-9, 21-12.

Final: HENWOOD/SYKES bt Dainty/ Heppell 21-7, 7-21, 21-15.

Mixed Doubles: Semi-Finals: HYDES/ DAINTY bt B. Burn (Northumb.) /Hem­mings 21-17, 21-19; RANSOME/HEN­WOOD bt Johns/Sykes 16-21, 21-16, 21-15.

Final: HYDES/DAINTY bt Ransome/ Henwood 2-13, 25-23.

UNDE-R 15's Boys' Singles: Semi-Finals: HYDES bt

H. Thomas (Wales) 21-10, 21-9; P. D. HARME,R (Herts.) bt D. J. Shaw (Yorks.) 22-20, 20-22, 21-13.

Final. HYDE:S bt Harmer 21-15, 21-14. Girls' Singles: Semi-F'inals: HEPPEL,L bt

D. Simpson (Esse,x) 21-10, 21-15; HEM­MINGS bt K. Pembetonr (Lanes.) 21-10, 21-11.

Final: HEPPELL bt Hemmings 21-16, 20-22, 21-18.

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ENGLISH OPEN SPECIAL

LESLEY SETS JUNIOR RECORD by LAURIE LANDRY

LESLEY BELL set up a record, which is likely to stand for several ye'ars, in the junior events when, at her fourth ap'pearance in the final, she won

the girls~ singles for the third successive year. She carried all before her, swe:eping through her matches without loss of a game.

The surprise of this event was Evelyn Canham, of Hertfordshire, Bell much too expeliienced for her in who reached the' final with wins over the final, losing at 12 and 12. Pat Dainty, Ingrid Sykes and Kay Sykes and Stokes beat the German Stokes. However, she found Miss girls Welter and Lang respectively­-• : YORKSHIRE PAIR'S : FINE DEBUT • YORKSHIRE'S Pat D!aWty and • • Allan Hyde miade erx,cellent II • debuts in England"s exci:ting 6-4 • • win over West Gennany at Hexhin II • 00 Febmary 27. • • Hydes, given the task of open- • • ing the ma,tch against Heene, who • • had a win o-y,er Tony R'obinson • • in the Summ,er, was the least • • nervous of the two, and showed • • fine fighting spirit ~n taking the • • second game' f.rom 15-20 down to • • win 21-10, 22-20. Pat beat tlhe • German No. 1 Lang, giving her II

no chance and k,eeping her away • • from the table. • : Hydes and Dainty then teamed •

up lin the mixed doubles, going • • down oVler three gam,es to Heene • • and Kruger. • • Pauline Hemmings, a littlle. • nervous at playing in her first • • international, produced some of • II her best shots, but flailed to hold • • Kruger, who lookled the best of • • 1he German girls. ­• Stua~t Gibbs p~oved the match • • winner, being much too speedy • • for Kocher and Steinbeck, in the •

final rubber. Tony Robinson got •• the better of StJeinbeck but Jost • • in three to Kocher. • Twins Beverley and Gloria· • Sayer crushed Lang and Welter • • in the doubles, but Welter got the • • better of Beverley in a 'long ,SliJng;les • • at 16 in the third. • • England 6, West Germany 4: A. • • Hydes (Yorks.) bt M. Heene 21-10, •

22-20. A. Robinson (Middx.) bt G. •• Steinbeck 21-17, 21-7; lost to G. • • Kocher 22-20, 14-21, 15-21. S. Gibbs • (Essex) bt Kocher 21-19, 21-14; • • bt Steinbeck 21-8, 21-18. •

p. Hemmings (Herts.) lost to J. • • Kruger 18-21, 17-21. B. Sayer • (Essex) lost to I. Welter 25-23, • • 19-21, 16-21. P. Dainty (Yorks.) bt •

• C·S~e~~G:1-~ye;1-~~. Lang/Welter • • 21-10, 21-9. • • Hydes/Dainty lost to Heene / • • Kruger 21-16, 15-21, 17-21. •... ~

. both wonderful wins-while Beverley Sayer accounted for Kruger, the third•

: :

German, before losling to Bell in the se'mi-final.

Dainty and Kruger formed an Anglo-German partnership to win the girls' doubles, just getting home at 23 and 19 against twins Beverley and Gloria Sayer in the final.

Johansson, of Sweden" won the boys' singles, but as always, Surbek, of Yugoslavia, was with him all the way in the final.

The disappointment of this event was the defeat of Chester Barnes by Oden of Sweden. Despite the fact that Barnes appeared to let Oden dictate the game, he stiill took him !to 19 in the :thilrd.

There were good performances by Mike: Johns, who beat the improving Jimmy Langan, of Ireland, before going down to Johansson; Alan Hydes, who earned his points againt the same opponent; and David Brown who took Surbe:k to three games.

Stuart Gibbs, in partnership with Langan, caused the big surpr.ise of the boys' doubles, beating Johansson and Persson. They combined magnifi­cenitly, but oould not pl10duce the same form in the final against Stipancic and Surbek" going down in straight. games.

ENGLAND HAD

TO FIGHT

ENGLAND, with three new interl1!aJtliona:ls in the side, had

to fight aH the way for their 8-2 w'in over Wales art Aberdare on March 6. Four of the matches "vent to three games.

David Brown, of Essex, and Glen Warwick, of Staffordshire, made an encouraging debut, being unbeaten in Ithe singles and shar­ing in a doubl,es success.

Hero of the Welsh side W1aS Dennis Samuel', son of a fonner international. He beat Mike Johns in the final match of the evening, mucb to tbe delight of the home fans, and shared in a doublles win with Wa~ne Smith over JoOOs and Alan Hydes.

This was one of the best rnatchJes between ,the ~wo countries for many years and I think England wiH havie to watch care­fully next season for WaJles will have aU these youngsters available again.

England 8, Wales 2: D. Brown (Essex) bt D. Burridge 21-15, 21-11; bt G. Davies 21-18. 21-13. G. Warwick (Staffs.) bt Burridge 21-7, 21-10; bt Davies 21-12, 21-17. M. Johns (Cheshire) lost to D. Sanluel 14-21, 21-18, 12-21; bt W. Smith 21-11, 21-13. A. Hydes (Yorks.) bt Samuel 21-17, 12-21, 21-11; bt Smith 21-15, 21-15'.

Brown/Warwick bt Burridge'! Davies 20-22, 21-13, 21-18. Hydes/ Johns lost to Samuel/Smith 16-21, 21-13, 12-21.

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T1'\BLE TENNIS APRIL - 964

The Junio[' Division of the BastAROUND EAST ANGLIA Anglian League is becoming established.

N!orwich r,ecellitly beat Yarmouth by the odd tie. Secretary Marion Harrisonby J. S. PENNYNORFOLK hopes thaJt some kind well-wisher ,will present a cup for this new divisiolIl.

GRAVER'S DAY AT NORWICH SUFFOLK

IT was I5-year-old Nevillle Graver's day alt -the Norwich League's Champion­

sh'ips at the Central Youth H:all. He won the junior title and reached the senior semti-finals. On the way, he defeated 'Gordon Wood, who had sensaltiol]ally put out the No.1 seed, Alan Coby.

Coby',s defeat made the rest of the day's play full of interest. In the end, it was the No. 2 seed, Tony Fox, who became chan1pion agaIn after four "easons, following a ding-dong struggle with Les Holdom.

Stella Perry beat Mamon Harrison in two to retain her women's ritle. Coby had oonsolrution by r.etaining his men's doubles title wilth John Turner; la.st season'ls singles winner, and winning the mixed with Norfolk junior Pat Fox.

Mr. Ted BeH, Sports Editor 'of the Eastern Evening News presented the 'trophies.

Men's Singles:.. A. FO~ (St. Barnabas) bt L. Holdom (Gothic) 22-20, 23-25, 21-17. Women'IS Singles. S. PE·RRY (YMCA) bt M. Harrison (Railway) 21-18, 21-19.

Men's Doubles: A. COBY (CEYMS)/J. TURNER (NALGO) bt A. Cooper/D. Skedge (CEYMS) 21-18, 21-12. Mixed Doubles: COBY/Miss P. FOX (County Arts) ) bt Holdom/Miss B. Baker (City Police) 18-21, 21-19, 21-17.

Junior Singles. N. GRAVER (CEYMS) bt D. Blanch (Lad's Club) 21-15, 21-16. Veterans Singles: A. MUNN (Gothic) bi G. Dearing (St. M. Mag.) 18-21, 22-20, 22-20. Consolation Singles: W. MINORS (Gothic) bt B. Hurrell (Bullards) 21-19, 13-21, 21-17.

Wandling the Engli1sh Open on tele­vision between Iml3Jtchet'~ at Norwich C.E.Y.M.S. was Brian Hill, who, two seasons ago becam:e the En,glish Open Boys' Singl,es Champion at Brighton, beating Chester Barnes 17, 20 in the semils, and Mike Symonds 9, 9 in the final. The occ~sion was an Inv,itation Tournam,ent in which the cream of our East Anglian juniors and several seniors participated.

It is Isom,e measure of local progress thalt Alan Coby took 19 points off Hill. in both games of the senior final. In the doubles, Hill and Ray Harmer, his Boston colle~gue, beat 1I0ny Cooper and David Skedge (C.E.Y.M.S.) 15, 19. David Mann (Ipswich) won Ithe junior singJes, de£eating Nevitl!le Graver-19, 20, 17. We hear that Hill willI be teaming with 'Ooby in two com [ n g Open tournaments.

Norf.olk had one player in the English Open-Betity Classell. She feJ.I to the Rumanian finaHsrt, Elila Constantinescu, 17, 9, 13; then reached the semi-finals of the Consolattion Singl,es.

Betty :also visited Ithe Yorkshire Open. With Alan Coby, she ~ost to Rhodes and Alma TafJt 21-19, 12-21, 19-21, but reached the women'\S doubl,es semi-finals

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with ~frs. Browning of Leeds. M1NN TAKES TROPHYAt Pontefract she partnered Brian HiD, but here it was Alan Coby's day. He 'THE fourtb and final leg of the reconl:ed his first success in an Open by Suffolk Top Ten proved something 'winning the Mixed with Pat Dainty. We of an anti-cli.nlax, with David Mann and hear that selT1eral N ortolk players win Brian Buckle,the two leaders, suffering also be at the Cambridge Open, where severe s,et-back. Mann lost in straight Betty's partner will be Stan Jacobson. ~mnes to botb Ray Hubble and CoUn

Tucker, while Buckle was eclipsed byShe lati~ended the Nor£01k Dinner at Ken Perry and Ray Howe.Brundall befof,e ~eavting for Pontefract However, both had accumulatedwith Coby, Bob Perry and Gill'ian

sufficient! points f,rom [he previous three Fowler. W,e congratulate her on a [egs to keep ahead and Mann !took thesplendid season, and /the way in which trophy with 47 points, followed byshe is introducing other NorfOilk players Buck'le 38, Rerry 35, Fleck 34, Tuckerto open tournament play. In the Cam­22 and Bernard C'obbold 19.

br&d~e Open her partner win be Stan Perry's 21-16, 24-22 win ov.er HubbleJacobson. ,enabled him to ,edge Pleck out of third At the Norfolk dinner, Stella Perry place.

was awarded her county ooloUI1s. On In the Leading Ladies event, Brenda display was the. silv,er cup generously Brown maintained her supremacy bypliesented by our President, Mlr. J. W. notching 16 points 'in the second leg to Meadows, for compeltition by our bring her total ·to 29-!- points. Her nnder-ISs. Mrs. Joan Rodwell, our fiI'!st nearest riva'ls are Barbara Kil1ett 23t lady champion, spoke 'Of the need for point!s, Linda Barrett 171-, and Ann further competirion play for our ladies. Pearson 15.. She s11ggested a Top Ten competition as The tournament witU be over by the is held by Suffolk. It should be possible, time these notes appear but it is unlikely of course, for 'some of our l'elading clubs there 'wiH be any appre10iable difference to organise Invitwtlon ~ourn:aments for 'in the order. them. With one m(ll;lch to go· Suffolk are

allmost ·centain ,to' be rel1egated fromBut the great need, we feeL is for an East Anglian Open, eilther at lp3wich or Second Division (South) at the end of Norwich. At present, anter the Norfolk the current 'season. There are no

complaints on I:h.e soore, no,r about anyClosed, there ar1e only league co·mpeti­of the young team ,that strove tofions for the rest of the season. shoulder the burden. Rather do we look

North Walsham have now voted to to the fUJtlure, hoping that we can build affilialte to the E.T.T.A. next season and as other ·counties hav.e done in ,th'e! pa1st, to enter tbe East Anglian League. We and hope Ito r,eturn as soon as possiblie. wel'come this growing lJeague, who held M,eanwhHle we wHil look forward to their closed tournament on March 29. renewing o1d ties with those counties Jim Gould, 9, Trafalgar Terrace, North with whom ·we have clashed 'in previousWalsbsm, would Ilike to hear from times. further teams wishing to join next season. D. J. Barrett.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE by LESLIE CONSTABLE

CATCHING THEM YOUNG SOME 62 youngsters attended the Junior Coaching Course run by John and Margaret Cornwell

• atSwavesey Village College. With several Cambridgeshire players helping out it' proved a big success.

·Cambridge City have won the junior division of the South East Midland League, despite defeats at the hands of St. Neots and Norhtampton. The juniors figuring in' this success are Alan Ponder, already a county player, Tony Littlechild, Sid Dunster and S. Andrews.

Cambridge men, as last year, are unpredictable. Having lost in their last match against Bedford their fate now rests on the performances of Northampton in their remaining fixtures.

Cambridge finished third behind Bletchley and Kettering in the women's division. Valerie Gillam has been the main.stay of the team,

New Chesterton Institute have once again won the First Division of the Cambridgeshire League, scraping hom'e by a sets decision over University Press. who at one ti:me had been battling for the lead with Y.M.C.A. John Tf1urston a major part in New Chesterton's victory, being well backed up by Keke Mistry, Vic Tiplady, andi Reg Dean.

At the other enid of the division Wilburton and Pest Control are doomed to relegatIon. The Second Division had finished with a tie between Great Ouse River Board and Torch.

bearers, both with the same number of points and sets! Both go up next season. The players who in this amazing dead-heat are: Great Ouse River Board: KEITH PUDDICK, RON DOGGATT, ALF HARRIS. Torchbearers: VALERIE GILLAM, MARTIN ·BROWN, JOHN CON. STABLE.

Cambridgeshire gave another disappointing display in their home match with Berkshire, although it was enlivened by Valerie Gillam's thrilling three sets win over Mrs. Burnett.

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YORKSHIRE NOTES by Malcolm Hartley

HYDES GREAT SEASON 'THE line on the progress graph of Alan Hydes rises steeply. It retCords a

memorable success season for the Barnsley boy. Examlne the log. Septenlber-Boy of the Year; October-ranked No. 4 England junior;

November-unbeaten debut for Yorkshire juniors; December-won York­shire junior closed; January-won Yorkshire junior open; February-won .both singles on Yorkshire senior second team debut and his only set, on Eng­land junior debut seven days after his 15th birthday; March-----selected for two

SUSSEX

Whalley Dethrones Chandler 'C,RAWLEY'S Graham Whalley reaped

tine benefits of consistent toulrnament play when !he won Ithe Sussex 'CloSled at Brighton on February 23, det'hroning defending champion Roger C:}}!andlelf in the final.

~railing 4-10 11n the third, Whalley threw loaution to the 'winds with an aH­out atta,ck to win 15-21, 21-19, 21-18.

Whalley was, however, stopped by Tunde Ogundi:pe, the ,Nigerian 'SltJudent f.rom Brighton Y.M.C.A., at 8-21, 17-21 in the Intermediate fina:l.

Terry Ri,ley, 15, 'Of Crawley, won the special awaif.d for the best performance when he beat ex-oounty play.er Paul Yates 21-13, 21-17 lim t1he second round.

AnD Woodford won her fifth Sussex title, heating Joy'ce Cole'm'an, of Halstings, in :t1he women's final 21-12, 21-12.

MissCoileman, however, ooHoct:ed two titles by winning th:e women's doubles with 'M. Beaney land the mixed doubles with Don Shepp3l"d. Brighton Lea;gue chai,rman, Bert Fretwell, k,ept 11he local flag ,flyillig by winning the veteran singles for the eighth ti'me.

RESULTS Men's Singles: Semi-Finals: G. Whalley

bt L. Gunn 21-18, 22-20. R. Chandler bt S. Ogundipe· 23-25, 21-19, 21-18. Final: \VHALLEY bt Chandler 15-21, 21-19, 21-18. Women's Singles: A. WOODFORD bt J. Coleman 21-12, 21-12.

Men's Doubles: R. ST'ACE/R. PIERCE: bt Chandler/Po Yates 21-19, 21-19. Women's D 0 ubi e s : COLEMAN/M. BEANEY bt S. Dunford-Chivers/B. Peer­less 21-5, 21-11. Mixed Doubles: D. SHEPPARD/Miss COLE,MAN bt P. Shead/ Mrs. D. BaronUni 11-21, 21-19, 21-18.

Men's Under-21 Singles: OGUNDIPE bt Whalley 21-8, 21-17. Veteran Single!s: B. G. FRETWELL bt R. Newman 21-16, 21-16. Mac-Consolation Singles: Men: H. DONALD bt D. White 21-13, 21-17. Women: R. COXALL bt J. Brewer 21-11, 21-17.

WINCHESTER CLOSED

MRS. D. HERRIDGE was the only de­fending champion to retain a title in

the WINCHESTER CLOSE:D, comfortably beating Mrs. H. Nash 21-11, 21-6 in the final.

Mrs. Nash had her revenge in the mixed doubles final when ,she partnered A. Cray­mer to bt J. Herridge and Mrs. Herridge 21-18, 19-21, 21-18.

Bob Collins won the men's singles final against Craymer 21-15, 21-10, then part­nered D. Nalchin to win the men's double,s final aJminst G. Kirrage and D. Walker.

further England matches. Well done, Alan-keep it up! Itwas pVeaJsintg to see Part Dainty

givenl alIl England honour she has thoroughly .ea!rned af.ter mlan~ suocesses on :the ,tournament circu~.

Yorkshi'I1e's new s'eniof international is a'lstO due for prai.se. The i,mp:roving Denis Nleale en~oyed his fir:slt success over Barnes in the Irilsh Opoo; was un­defeated for England aJgJaiinlst Scorland, Walles, hie1and and W'est Germany; and Lost a. set I3.tgainst Rumania only to the m~n who two days later won the English Open.

Huddersfield pulled off the YOlkShire inter-league championship when they held Sheffield from 2-5 and batte'red Hull 8-2 to take 12 points from seven lnatches.

David Hirst had fine wins O¥JeT county men Ba:ntlett and Polla'f1d in the last m!a'tch. HisooUea;gues have been former interniationaJl 'Ray HinchlifI, enterprising Makolm Mear and experi!enced Geoff Brook; and wilth the richly pflomiising Jahn K,edge ,ready iUO step up thley wi:U remlam a power.

Sheffield (Doug M,cGarry, Rod 'truffi1aJI11, Ronnie Ridge and Brian BroadJhJurSit) alr.e seoOilld and it is inter­esting tJo no~e that neither of Uhe top two include a Yorksru.if1e-;mnked player.

Doncaster, who ar'e third, have been unbeaten but d.rawn four. They have the s.tar of DliviSiion One in Peter Dunaombe 'who, 'with OIlle matoh 110 play, was unbe:aJten in silllg,les and doub1Jes.

Oyer 100 peopl'e cra,mITIled into Leeds Ci,ty TralI1lspol71J HaJI to 'see the' DhrJision Jiwo decider against Ha'r,rQlga;te. Nea~e selou'red ;his first success against Bervan so HlaJrtrogatJe looked like ,getting thie dra'w 'they needed to s1Jay m front until Pete,r Simpson brought: the house down by edging fOut Eric HaJlJl and prodding Leeds to a 6-4 triumph.

A new overseas nalme has boon added to :the roll of York champions. Frnncis G!re.goiTe (Barlbados), that-trick winnJetr of 1960-61-62, was srUopped before tbJe :fiooJ1 Dor tJhe fi.rst time when Nitin Shah, 18-YJear-old Indian 'Student fIiom Bombay, won the semi-fina:! in two :close games and 'went 10ill to s!UJrprtise Davlid Lamb af,ter hieing a gam,e and 18-14 down wifth some pie!rcing counter-hits in a lfoUls~ng final.

Lamb ,emel'1ged triumphant from the mien's doubles 'wi,tlh Doug Utley. BeUy Senescall made off with thTee titles, beating Ba~bara Hudson in the sdngles and enjoying Isuocessful doubles pantner­ships 'with her husband Jack and Pat Goodwin. BHly Holmes won the junior Oflown.

ALAN HYDES

STAFFS. INTEREST RUNS HIGH

WITH Stafrordshi!re only one matdh a way from the PI1e1mier division­

they have 1:0 beat W'i1tshire to achieve this-l3.nlCl WallsaU's promising youngster 'GI,enn Walrw:i'ck gaining his first junior international cap, it is no wonder interest is running high in the oounty.

By the time th1s i,s in print StJafford­shire should know iif they are joining the elite of English tafblCl tennis JlIeXit setaJson. With a home draw, the match ~s likely to be staged at Wolverhampton, S1JafIord­shire ,must stall1: favourites despite dropping a point aJga~nst Monmouth­shi!I'le at NeWiport.

Not to be outdone by !the first tea!m, the junions a:re :enjoying one of theill" best Iseasons for a IOlllg time.

Pride of plaice in the ~ooall leagues must go to the Cambridge Cub at Wal!S1al1. In the Wiest Bromwich [eague they finished runners-up to Sandwel'l, whi~;e at Wolverihampton th'ey took the limellight a'way from Woodfield when wlinning ,the first division !tide.

Nearby Shropshire a11e to have their own eVeniJllig newspaper in 'October and if there is anyone wlho wou:1d like to write the week!ly table tennis notes fOf tIli:s, 'Would they pleruse contJa'ct me at the Express and Star, Wolverhampton.

John Pike"

Insurance Offices Championships Men's Singles: B. MEISEL (B. and M.)

bt D. Bloy (B. and M.) 21-10, 21-23. 21-17. Women's Singles: A. R. HEWITT (Northern) bt M. Clegg (Northern) 21-19, 21-19.

Men's Doubles: J. BARRY (Royal Ex.)/ J. TUTTLE (Pearl) bt P. Kirkland (Royal London/G. S,avage (L,loyds) 14-21, 21-16, 21-10. \Vomen's Doubles: CLEGG/HE!WITT bt V. Palmer (Eagle Sta:o) /J. Wadling (Royal London) 24-22, 21-19. Mixed Doubles: KIRKLAND/Mrs. WADLING bt Bloy /Mrs. HeWitt 22-20, 21-10.

Junior Men's Singles: M. LAKIN (Corn­hill) bt M. Hirons (E'agle Star). Junior Women's Singles: T. PURNELL (Liver­pool Vic.) bt M. Poole (Temple Bar)

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TABLE TENNIS APRIL - 1964

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND UP By FRANK BATEMAN

MIDDLESEX-BY 0.16 OF A GAME MIDDLESEX are Premier Division

champ,ions once again-but only by a hair's breadth. They take their 15th title in 17 years by the merest margin of 0.16 of a game.

In this closest ever finish in the history of the championships Middlesex and Ess,ex finished level on points and level on sets" leaving the final decision to games average.

Here the final tally found Middle­sex winning 98 games to 42 lost, against the Ess'ex figures of 101-46.

Middlesex grabbed the title with a 6-3 win over Lanoashire in the final match. Anything less than this would have meant the title going to Essex for the first time.

And i,t so very nearly went that way when, amidst mounting excite­ment, in the last but one set Alan Lindsay after losing the first game to Roy Crusham and being down in the second wriggled out of trouble to win 11-21 , 21-17, 21-17.

That was the end of rthe Lancas­txian resistance for Brian Wright wasted no effort in a straight games win over Jeff Ingber to make the margin 6-3.

The tenseness of the match built up early, when Middlesex after taking a 2-0 lead were oaught at 3-3, Mike Symonds playing superbly to beat David Creamer, and joining Ingber in a fine doubles win ov,er Wright and Lindsay.

Lancashire held the key to the championship with three matches in the last two days. Their own chances disappeared when the'y lost 1-8 to Essex on the Friday. The next afternoon they beat Surrey 7-2, then in the e'vening went down to Middlesex.

Earlier :in the month Middlesex beat Surrey 7-2, but Diane Rowe was once again beaten by Mary Shannon. Essex wer,e without Chester 13arnes when they scored an 8-1 win over Hertfordshire, but he was back in the side only to lose to Lan Harrison when they accounted for Gloucester­shire 6-3. The highlight of this match was Harrison's win over Bobby Stevens at 18 in the third.

G loucestershire sadly missed Bryan Merrett, who won both his singles in their 6-3 win over Yorkshire.

Those three games, pluS a 9-0 win over Hertfordshire, enabled York­shire to escape relega.t1ion, g.iving them a better sets aggregate than

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Warwickshire, who finished with the same number of points after losing 3-6 to Surrey.

Warwickshire thus accompany Hertfordshire~ who failed to win a point all season, to the Second Division next season.

This was a double blow for War­wickshire for j,t means that their second team, although winning the Second Division Midland with a hun­dred per cent record must go down to the Re;gional Division because of the rule that no county can have two teams in the s'ame division. Stafford­shire, as runners-up, are now free to challenge the other Second Division winnc'rs for promotion.

Because of that same ruling Ches­hire, who finished third behind Lancashire and Yorkshire, are the team to come through from Second D:ivision North.

Kent, with a 6-4 win over Essex, maintained an unbeaten record to win the Second South, while Wiltshire with a 6-4 win over Somerset are, champions of Second West. A grea.t recovery by Swindon champion Ernie Howell to beat Vernon Adams 25-23, 21-15, after trailing 14-20 in the first, play1ed a big part in the Wiltshire win.

DETAILED PREMIER DIVISION

Surrey 2 ,Middlesex 7 G. Muranyi lost to D. Creamer -21,

-19; lost to A. Lindsay -9, -13. C. Warren bt Lindsay 13, 14; lost to B. Wright -6, -27. V. Ireland lost to Wright -17, -14; lost to Creamer -16, 19, -9.

Miss M. Shannon bt Miss D. Rowe 15, 14.

Muranyi/Warren lost to Lindsay/Wright -20, 19, -18.

Ireland/Miss Shannon lost to Creamer / Miss Rowe -10, -14.

Hertfordshire 1, Essex 8 J. Hunt lost to B. Brumwell 23, -14·,

-10; lost to R. Raybold -14, -16. T. Densham bt Raybould 20, 18; lost to R. Stevens -11, -18. B'. Sykes lost to Stevens -11, -18; lost to Brumwell -10, 17, -19.

Miss J. Canham lost to Miss L. Bell -13, -15.

Densham/Hunt lost to RaybOUld/Stevens -19, -13.

Sykes/Miss Canham lost to Brumwell/ Miss Bell -11, -18.

Essex 6, Glou('este'l"Ishi,re 3 R. Raybould bt B. Brady 14, 9; lost to

R. Morley -13, -13. C. Barnes bt Morley 10, -20; lost to I. Harrison -10, -14. R. Stevens lost to Harrison 15, -14, -18; bt Brady 8, 13.

Miss L. Bell bt Miss P. Taylor 11, 10. Stevens/Raybould bt Harrison/Morley

-14, 15, 15.

Buckinghamshire have won the Southern Division, with an unbeat\.:n record, while Nottinghamshire w~on

the Midland Division by a single point from Derbyshire, whose selec­tors discarded ,their previous experi­ments and re'called old players for a 9-1 win over Oxfor~hire.

There was a thrilling climax to the Junior South when Surrey and Sussex took nearly four hours for a 5-5 draw. But that one point was suf­fi·cient for Sussex to edge Surrey out of the title.

Joe McLeod had his beslt game for Northumberland when he beat junior international Alan Ransome 23-21 in the third for their convincing win over Durham :in the Junior North. Northumberl'and were much stronger in the girls' events. This title, how­ever, goes to Yorkshire.

Essex win the Junior East un­beaten, but, the Junior Midland and Junior South West are still to be completed.

In the February issue I stated that Pe,ter Williams beat Tony Robinson in the Herts-Middlesex match. This was in 'accordance with the result sheet,. but now I am given to under­stand that Robinson is in fact un­beaten this season.

RESULTS Barnes/Mi5s Bell bt Brady/Miss Taylor

8, 13. Yorkshire 3, Gloucestershire 6

P. Duncombe lost to R. Morley -14, -17; lost to B. Merrett -21, -11. D. Bevan lost to Merrett 9*, 9*; lost to 1. Harrison -10, --9. D. Neale lost to Har­rison -21, -19; bt Morley 10, 19.

Miss C. Blackshaw bt Miss P. Taylor 15, 19.

Bevan/Dainty lost to Harrison/Merrett. -19, -20.

Duncombe/Miss Blackshaw bt Morlevl Miss Taylor 9, 19.

* = Expedite. Surre~' 6, Warwickshire 3

V. Ireland bt D. Backhouse -19, 15, 12; lost to D. Baddeley -18, -21. C. Warren bt Baddeley 19, 14; bt R. Gunnion 20, 17. A. Miller lost to Gunnion -19, -18; bt B'ackhouse 20, 16.

Miss M. Shannon bt Mrs. D. Carless 8, 13.

Miller/Ireland lost to Gunnion/Backhouse 14, -9, -16.

Warren/Miss Shannon bt Baddeley/Mrs. Carless -18, 21, 16.

Essex 8, Lancashire 1 R. Raybould bt G. Livesey 19, 14; bt

R. Grusham -15, 18, 17. C. Barnes bt Crusham 18, 16; bt Symonds -25, 10, 6. R. Stevens lost to Symonds -15. -19: ht Livesey 15, 17.

Miss L. Bell bt Miss D. Fitzgerald 17, 13.

APR I L 1 964 TABLE TENNIS

DIVISIONAL TABLES

PREMIER DIVISION P. w. L. F. A. P.

Middlesex 7 6 1 47 16 12 (Games 98 42)

Essex 7 6 1 47 16 12 (Games 101 46)

Lancashire . 7 5 2 38 25 10 Gloucestershire . 7 4 3 30 33 8 Surrey . 7 3 4 30 33 6 Yorkshire .. 7 2 5 29 34 4 Warwickshire 7 2 5 23 40 4 Hertfordshire . 7 0 7 8 55 0

SECOND DIVISION MIDLAND P. W. D. L. F. A. P.

Warwickshire . 5 5 0 0 37 13 10 Staffordshire 5 3 1 1 32 18 7 Oxfordshire . 5 3 0 2 26 24 6 Glamorganshire 5 2 0 3 19 21 4 Monmouthshire 5 1 1 3 17 33 3 Worcestershire 5 0 0 5 9 41 0

SE~COND DIVISION NORTH Lancashire 5 4 1 0 35 15 9 Yorkshire 5 3 2 0 34 16 8 Cheshire .. .. . . . 5 3 1 1 27 23 7 Lincolnshire .. .. . 4 1 0 3 20 20 2 Durham .. . .. .. . .. . 4 1 0 3 12 28 2 Northumberland .. 5 0 0 5 12 38 0

SECOND DIVISION SOUTH Kent .. .. .. 5 5 0 0' 40 16 10 Essex 5 3 0 2 34 16 6 Sussex .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 3 0 1 25 15 6 Hampshire 5, 2 0 3 23 27 4 Bedfordshire 5 1 0 4 14 36 2 Suffolk .. .. . .. . .. .... .. .. 4 0 0 4 4 36 0

SECOND DIVISION WES'r Wiltshire ............... 4 3 1 0 24 16 7 Dorset .................. 4 2 1 1 23 17 5 Devonshire 4 .2 1 1 21 19 5 Cornwall ............... 4 1 1 2 19 21 3 Somerset ............... 4 0 0 4 13 27 0

MIDLAND DIVISION Nottinghamshire ...... 4 3 1 o 31 9 7 Derbyshire 4 2 2 o 26 14 6 Staffordshire 4 2 1 1 23 17 5 Oxfordshire 4 1 0 3 13 27 2 Worcestershire 4 0 0 4 7 33 0

SOU~:RN DIVISION Buckinghamshire 5 5 0 o 37 13 10 Hertfordshire 5 4 0 1 35 15 8 Berkshire ............... 5 3 0 2 31 19 6 Norfolk .................. 5 2 0 3 24 26 4 Cambridgeshire 5 0 1 4 14 36 1 Huntingdonshire ...... 5 0 1 4 9 41 1

JUNIOR DIVISION EAST Essex ..................... 5 5 0 o 41 9 10 Hertfordshire 4 3 0 o 25 15 6 Middlesex ............... 5 3 0 2 30 20 6 Buckinghamshire 5 2 0 3 17 33 4 Suffolk .................. 5 0 1 4 18 32 1 Norfolk .................. 4 0 1 4 9 31 1

JUNIOR DIVISION MIDLAND Warwickshire ......... 5 3 2 0 36 14 8 Staffordshire 4 3 1 0 32 8 7 Nottinghamshire 5 1 1 3 16 34 3 Leicestershire .. 4 0 0 4 6 34 0

JUNIOR DIVISION NORTH Yorkshire •. . .. . .. .. .. .. . 7 6 1 0 39 17 13 Northumherland 8 5 1 2 37 27 11 Durham .. .. . .. 8 3 1 4 30 34 7 Cheshire .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 7 2 1 4 27 29 5 Lancashire 6 0 0 6 11 37 0

,JUNIOR DIVISION SOUTH Sussex .. .. . .. . .. . ... .. .. 4 3 1 0 28 12 7' Surrey ..... .. . .. .. . . .. . . 4 2 2 0 27 13 6 Kent .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. 4 2 1 1 20 20 5 Hampshire 4 1 0 3 19 21 2 Berkshire :. .• 4 0 0 4 6 34 0

JUNIOR DIVISION SOUTH WEST Monmouthshire 6 4 1 1 45 15 9 Glamorgan 5 3 1 1 31 19 7 Gloucestershire 5 3 0 2 27 23 6 Oxfordshire .. .. .. . .. .. . 6 0 0 6 7 53 0

RE.SULTS CONTINUE.D Raybould/Stevens bt Symonds/Livesey

18, 16. Barnes/Miss Bell bt Crusham/Fitzgerald

15, -19, -13. Surrey 2, Lancashire 7

V. Ireland lost to R. Crusham -19, 13, -18; lost to M. Symonds -16, -17. C. Warren lost to Symondsl -11, -19; lost to J. Ingber -16, -17. A. Millar lost to Ingber -17, -14; lost to Grusham -14, -10.

Miss M. Shannon bt Miss D. Fitzgerald -19, 11, 7.

Warren/G. Muranyi lost to IngberI Symonds -14, -19.

Muranyi/Miss Shannon bt. C'rusham/Miss Fitzgerald 10, -20, 7.

Middlesex 6, Lancashire 3 D. Creamer bt R. Crusham 19, 14; lost

to M. Symonds -13, -16. B. Wright bt Symonds 24, 18; bt J. Ingber 18, 15. A. Lindsay lost to Ingber -13, -11; bt Crusham -11, 17, 17.

Miss D. Rowe bt Miss D. F'itzgerald 7, 10.

Wright/Lindsay lost to Ingber/Symonds 18, -18, -15.

Creamer/Miss Rowe bt Crusham/Miss Fitzgerald 15, 14.

Hertfordshire 0, Yorkshire 9 SECOND DIVISION (NORTH)

Yorkshire 5, Cbeshire 5 Northumberland 6, Durham 4 Lincoln 4, Lancashire 6 Durham 3, Cheshire 7 Northumberland 2, YorkJshire 8

SECOND DIVISION (SOUTH) Kent 7, Bedfordshire 3 Essex 9, Hampshire 1 Bedfordshire 1, Essex 9 Hampshire 8, Suffolk 2 Kent 6, Essex 4 Hampshire 8, Suffolk 2

WELSH CORNER

A LTHO,UG,H Walles made an ea,fl1y ex:it firlOm the team event-ilosing 0-3

to YUlgoslavia--.JsiOme satisfaictiolI1 is derivred firom sending John Mansfield and Graham, ,Goor ·to ,the Bnglrish Open.

G,ear had algood IWiin OYelf Chandler, an English qualifier in the m,oo's singles bero're Igoing OUlt to Arndt of West G,ermany, rand lhJad a good run [ill the ConSioll'ation singJes, with a qua,rter-final win lOver Jeff Ingber, 'who only last season was EngJland'!S No.2. He was betaten in the semi-fina!l by Surbek, of Ylligosilavi:a, the eventual wimer.

MlaJIlsfield played wlell in losing to Ian HatflI~ison, and w~th G!ear had match points ta;gainst the Swedes IOden and Persson in the doub'les, failing to con­solidate a 20-15 JeJa:d in the third. TheC~eah team visited Wa:les imme­

dilately after the Bnglish Open, to win an inrterDJaltJionraJl at Cardiff on the Monday evening, befoJ1e a diSiappointingrly smaH crowd.

It is surprising that so many wayers anxious to imrprove their own- game shoul1d fail to take tbis chance of seeing top players in action, especiailly as the second half of the programme saw Chester Barnes join in a triangular cha~lenge match with the Czechs Miko and Stanek.

Th1s produced first class 3Jttacki:ng play and ample evidence of the" increased speed these players- hi.1ve now broughlt to the game. B;Cllmes beat both the Czechs.

The programme was repeated the faLlowing day at the Welfare HaU of

SECOND DIVISION (MIDLAND) Staffordshire 6, Glamorgan 4 Worcestershire 1, WaTWicksbire 9 Monmouthshire 5, Staffordshire 5

SECOND DIVISION (WEST) Wiltshire 6, Somerset 4 Devon 7, Dorset 8 Cornwall 6, Somerset 4.

MIDLAND DIVISION Derbyshire 9, Oxfordshire 1 Staffordshire 2, Nottinghamshire 8

SOUTHE,RN DIVISION Ber.kJshire 3, Buckingbalushire 7 Cambridgeshire 3, Berkshire 7 Buckinghamshire 9, Huntingdonshire 1 Cambridgeshire 3, Buckinghamshire 7

JUNIOR DIVISION SOUTH Kent 7, Ham,p!shire 3 Hampshire 2, Surrey 8

JUNIOR DIVISION (NORTH) Cheshire 5,. Durham 3 Lancashire 1" Durham 7 Lancashire 2, Northumberland 6 Yorkshire 5, Northumberland 3 Northumberland 6, Durham 2 Cheshire 3, Yorkshtre 5 Lancashire 2, Yorkshire 6 Cheshire 6, Lancashire 2 Northumberland 2, Yorkshire 6

JUNIOR DIVISION (SOUTH) Surrey 5, Sussex 5 Berkshire 4, Kent 6

JUNIOR DIVISION (EAST) Middlesex 7, Buckingbamshire 3 Essex 9, Norfolk 1

JUNIOR DIVISION (MIDLAND) Nottinghamshire 7, Leicestenshire 3 Warwickshire 10, Leicestershire 0 Staffordshire 5, Warwickshire 5 Staffordshire 9, Nottinghamshire 1 JUNIOR DIVISION (SOUTH-WEST') Glamorgan 5, Monmouthshire 5 Monmouthshire 9, Oxfordshire 1

Al'can Industries, RlQgerstone, and :here ther:e WlClJS a ~uU house. Once aga:in the Czech's won 5-0. The outcome of both these maltcnes confinned thalt G1ea,r i,s 'pLaying the modem gialmle better than anyone ·in Wales and wou'ld benefit from pra:ctice in this :class.

Latelf t}:lJe stamle week Wales played their annuwl junior in:terna,tiona~ with England at the Y.M.C.A., Aberaman. Wal~es faced the match with much more confidence and an 8-2 def~at was perhaps disappointing.

Dennis Samuel, our outstanding player, lost in the Ith~:rd to Alan Hydes but scor.ed a .good win over Mike fohns, and teamt.ing 'with Wayne Smith won the doubl:es ag,ailllSit Johns and Hydes.

Smith was unexpectedly neTVOUS rund did not do so well against Johns, but was much better at his second outing a.galinst Hydes. Hi~s troubl'e: he 'has be­cornie too defensive.

GJiaharm Davi1es did not take the ind.t~ativ:e neanly Cllllough in his m~tches. while Davl~d Bur,ridge, who looked so promi'sing I~t Ithe helglnnin:g of the season, Wlas much too nervous and ffilOSt dis­appointing against Brown and Warwick.

The match was more c,LoSie:ly contested than the unfortunate encounter at Southampton and it seems thalt at last Welsh jun:lor talent ~Sl on the right Toad.

The WeJsh Closed championships, scheduled for 'March 7, were postponed because of the heavy programme that week. The new date is expected to be May 2.

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TABLE TENNIS APRIL - 1964

YORKSHIRE OPEN by Malcolm Hartley

Lancashire Cavaliers Slopped ITWO LanicaS/hire ca¥al,iers carved up some formida,ble opposi'tion

iin :t:he ~orks'hire Open at York Rai'lway Insti1tute - un1till they 'carne face to face with Ian iHa~rrison.

Botih 'Roy CJ.1us'ham and George L!ivesey were ,then outmanoeuvred ,by ian omnilXJlteDIt HaJ~1iison, w1ho was c~owned kling wilthout ,loss of a game.

Twenty-year-old Roy faced the toughest prelim:inary round task against Conni'e Warren but his explosive hitting devastated England's joint No. 10 and Crusham advanced 21-12, 21-10..

His third-round encounter with seeded Alan Rhodes was a somewhat scrappy but quickfire affair and some sizzling s'trokes brought Crusham another fine win.

Rapidly liising Roger Hampson was overpowered in an ,exuberant counter­hitting skirmish in the quarters; but the Mancunian merchant of menace could not match the graceful pre­cision of Harrison in the semi-final though he battled bravely after a nervous start.

George Livesey quelled the attack­ing fire of Mike Symonds (No. 2 se,ed) in round four 21-18, 10-21, 21-14, and played beautifully against Denis 'Neale (No. 4 seed) in the semi-final, keeping the game close and refusing to retreat from the table while scoring with some clean hits down both wings.

In the first game of the final he managed to repeat his tactics for a time to lead 16-9. Then Harrison really tightened up; but he needed all his skill to sway the score to 17-all.

Even then the' game could have tjlted either way but Livesey's attack let him down at deuce and he could never control the second game.

The pers!istence of Roy Sugden (Brradford), a former Yorkshire second-teamer, and carelessness at 20-15 in the third of Ralph Gunnion added up to a big third-round shock. Another surprise was the s,econd-

NOItTH WALES "CLOSED" Men's Singles: E. H. BRETHER1'ON

(Wrexham) bt J. H. Bradbury (Rhy!) 21-23, 21-11, 21-18. Women's Singles: D. M. GOOSEY (Llandudno) bt 1. Keeling (Rhyl) 21-14, 21-15. Junior Singles: R. RICHARDS (Wrexham) bt A. Williams (Llandudno) 21-5, 21-10.

Men's Doubles: D. MATTISON (Rhyi)/ BRADBURY bt Richards/C. Evans (Wrex­ham) 21-17, 21-10. Women's Doubles: P. JONES/E,. WILLIAMS (Rhyl) bt Goosey / J. Mynatt (Llandudno) 9-21, 21-15, 21-17. Mixed Doubles: P. COLLIER (Llandudno) / MLss GOOSEY bt Mattison/Miss Jones 21-13, ~1-12.

round knock-out of David Bevan by Durham's Wilf Barker 21-19 in ,the third.

Cynthia Blackshaw belied Iter county match form to take the wonlen's siingles after a long final against fourth-ranked Jean McCree. Miss Blacks,haw was the more enter­prising and deserved the only home victory with some crisp hitting.

Biggest upset in this event Wasl the round two failure of Alma Taft against Linda Gordon (Leeds), who advanoed by 21-19 in the third. Connie Moore (Lancs) put paid to Peggy Pliper before falling to McCree.

Gay play to match their scarlet shirts earned Harrison and Irene Ogus the mixed doubles; but Harrison­Rhodes w,ere off-key in the men's doubles final against Gunnion-Warren.

RESULTS Men's Singles: Semi - Finals: 1.

HARRISON (Glos. ) bt R. Crusham (Lancs.) 21-18, 21-18; G. LIVESEY (Lancs.) bt D. Neale (Yorks) 21-16, 21-14.

Final: HARRISON bt Livesey 23-21, 21-11.

Women's Singles: Semi-Finals: C. D. BLAGKSHAW (Yorks.) bt I. Ogus (Middx.) 21-10, 15-21, 22-20; J. Mc.cREE (E'ssex) bt C. Moore (Lancs.) 21-13, 21-i7.

Final: BLACKSHAW bt McCree 21-18, 19-21, 21-18.

Men's Doubles: Semi - Finals: R. GUNNION (Warwicks.)/C. WARREN (Surrey) bt R. Hampson. (Cheshire) /E Ford (Manchester) 21-13, 21-13, 21-18: HARRISON / A. RHODES (Middx.) bt E. Taylor/W. Barker (Durham) 21-14, 21-16.

Final: GUNNION/WARREN bt Harri ­son/Rhodes 11-21, 21-17, 21-16.

Women's Doubles: Semi - Finals: McCREE/P. PIPER (Surrey) bt F. Rolling/E. Starkie (Barnsley) 21-16, 16-21, 21-15; BLACKSHAW/L. PROUDLOCK (Yorks.) bt B. Cassell (Norfolk) /M. Browning (Leeds) 21-16, 21-19.

Final: McCREE/PIPER bt Blackshaw/ Proudlock 22-20, 21-19.

Mixed Doubles. Semi-Finals: :.":ARRI­SON/OGUS bt M. Symonds (Lancs.)/ Proudlock 21-18, 21-11 ; RHODES/A. T'AF'T (Middx.) bt Gunnion/McGree 21-7, 21-17.

Final: HARRISON/OGUS bt Rhodes/ Taft 21-16, 21~19.

Veterans' Singles. Final: H. DIGNAN (Billingham-on-T'ees) bt K. Mitchelmore (Harrogate) 21-13, 21-13.

FIXTURE ENGAGEMENTS In the Open Tournaments below, events shown in the. column are additional to M.S., W.S., M.D., W.O. and X.D. ill every case. Tournaments marked (R) are Restricted. Sui table entries are inserted in this diary without charge but all organisers should send information to the Editor at the earliest possible date.

Date Title of Venue

Apll. 10-12 Stevenage Open Stevenage.

26 Carrlbridgeshire Open Cambridge.

May 9 Crescent Invitation Sittingbourne, Kent.

23-24 SWISS OPEN

Extra Events Organising Secretary J. G. W. Thompson,

268, Chertsey Rise,Stevenage.

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