News Archive - June 2008

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Masterton Midwinter Doubles

1 June 2008

Joan Miller and Claire Wilson (Masterton) defeated Michael Emerson (Herne Bay) and Zac Rees (Windy Hills) to win the Midwinter Doubles.

The defending champions Christian Fouquet and Brian Smith won the Plate.

Full results

WPA Committee Meeting minutes

2 June 2008

Minutes of the 1 May meeting.

Note: These minutes are unconfirmed until such time as they are accepted at the next meeting.

Winter Doubles - Round 1

9 June 2008

Results from Round 1 at Park Avenue.

Jacques Cochonnet Challenge

15 June 2008

Masterton retained the Jacques Cochonnet Trophy by beating Horowhenua by 6 games to 3 in their match at Levin.

Results (Masterton names first)
Singles: Joan Miller vs. Jan Hayward 13-11, 13-10, 13-3;
Doubles: Barb Johnston/Ralph Priddle vs. Carleen Fitzgerald/Ophir Macdonald 13-1, 13-2, 9-13;
Triples: Graeme Burnard/Murray Johnston/Graeme Morris vs. Sandy MacDonald/Shirl MacDonald/Shona Whale 7-13, 10-13, 13-5.

Masterton's next defence is at home to Park Avenue.

Tournament history

WPA Committee Meeting

18 June 2008

The Committee meeting on Thursday 26 June will be held at the Kapiti clubrooms at 7:30 pm. Agenda.

Kapiti Memorial Melee

22 June 2008

Thank you to all the 77 participants who took part in the Melee. The weather was pretty awful, and I thought you were all very sporting to stay to the end.

The top eight prizewinners are as follows:

Joan Judd (Otaki) 1;
Bob Wilde (Otaki) 2;
Gary Brunton (Otaki), Jan McHardy (Kapiti) 3 equal;
Terry Dawson (Kapiti), Brian Frampton (Otaki) 5 equal;
Erica Drake (Hataitai) 7;
Bernadette Lawton (Kapiti) 7.

Pat Scholes

Wellington Representative Team

26 June 2008

The Wellington team to play against Auckland in August is: Myles Cowper (Windy Hills), Nick Jegousse (Park Avenue), Andrew Joe (Windy Hills), Barbara Johnston (Masterton), Sebastien Merval (Windy Hills), Joan Miller (Masterton), Graeme Morris (Masterton), Enoka Smiler (Park Avenue), Christine Strichen (Wanganui East), Richard Turfrey (Wanganui East), Claire Wilson (Masterton), Nikki Winnie (Windy Hills).

WPA Committee Meeting minutes

26 June 2008

The Minutes of the 1 May meeting were confirmed at the meeting of 26 June.

Jacques Cochonnet Challenge

28 June 2008

Park Avenue started their challenge strongly against Masterton winning 2 of the 3 first round matches. However, Masterton fought back winning 5 of the remaining 6 games to secure the match 6-3.

Results (Masterton names first)
Singles: Ralph Priddle vs. Tommy Werry 7-13, 13-11, 13-8;
Doubles: Myrna Lane/Graeme Morris vs. Barbara Nicholls/Enoka Smiler 8-13, 13-0, 4-13;
Triples: John Clark/Barbara Johnston/Murray Johnston vs. Robin Mann/Graeme Pilcher/Monica Smiler 13-5, 13-6, 13-6;

The final match in Round 11 will see Masterton play Hataitai at Hataitai.

Tournament history