A Grade
Gore Town & Country took out the final of A Grade in the Table Tennis Southland Winter Interclub for a third successive year. They beat Eagles 2 by 3 matches to 2 in the final. Star player Willie Brocks went through the season unbeaten winning all 14 games. He was ably supported by Karoly Erderli and Mike Morus who played a good part in their title win. Andrew Fleming was second in the averages winning 68.4% of his games with Gemma Buzzard from Eagles 1 coming in at third place with 64.3%.
B Grade
The vastly improving Eagles 4 team of Megan Parkinson and Yuliya Shalina took out the B Grade title. They beat the second placed IWMC 2 team on the night by 3 matches to 2. Megan was also unbeaten winning 20 matches over the season to top the B Grade averages. She was followed by Keith Pyne and Gordon McMillan in second equal place on 78.6%.
Table Tennis Southland would like to thank organisers Richard Cavanagh & Conor McAuliffe for organising the competition over the 10 weeks. Full team placings and averages are available on our 2024 Winter Interclub page.
The President’s Cup was presented on the night for the team with the best dress, sportsmanship, punctuality, and best approach to the sport. This year it went to the Eagles 4 team of Megan Parkinson & Yuliya Shalina.
TTNZ Volunteer Certificates and $50.00 vouchers were also presented to Nathan Kennedy and Gemma Buzzard for their valued volunteer work completed over the year. Table Tennis Southland were allowed to nominate 2 individuals here.
Steve McVicar who was away at the end of last season received his most improved male award for the 2023 season.
Some photographs from our final night.
Thanking You
Richard C
For Table Tennis Southland
