1 March 2009
Myles Cowper, Sebastien Merval and Lee Taffard defeated Kath Alison, Kaye Alison and Fay Doyle in the final to win the WBS Open Triples.
The Plate was won by Barbara Johnston, Joan Miller and Ralph Priddle from Eddie King, John King and Tony Mudgway.
2 March 2009
The Wellington Senior Representative team for the tournament in Christchurch on April 18 & 19 is:
Peter Dennett (Haitaitai), Pete Hamilton (Wanganui East), Margaret Mordecai (Otaki), Graeme Morris (Masterton), Ralph Priddle (Masterton), Shirley Selwyn (Wanganui East).
Team members are to make themselves available for training on Sunday, March 29. Venue to be advised.
Congratulations to all those selected. Please contact Dirk to confirm your place in the team.
3 March 2009
Greetings
Due to the lack of response from Clubs it is not viable for the National Club Championships to take place in May 2009.
The new concept will be looked at again in 2010.
To those Clubs who did respond thank you.
Trevor Neilson
Technical Director of Tournaments
8 March 2009
After a 4 month hiatus, a challenge match has been played. New holders Wanganui East were unsuccessful in their first defence against Windy Hills going down 2 games to 7.
Results (Wanganui East names first)
Singles: Christine Strichen vs. Zac Rees 0-3;
Doubles: Yvonne Futcher/Nico Toyne vs. Leon Crosse/Neil Dykes 1-2;
Triples: Dene Futcher/Pete Hamilton/Richard Turfrey vs. Myles Cowper/Tack Daniel/Sebastien Merval 1-2.
Score: Wanganui East 2, Windy Hills 7
8 March 2009
Christian Fouquet and Andre Noel won their third Anzac Doubles (previous wins in 2002, 2005) by beating the 2004 champions Charles Peni and Aussie Samuel 13-9 in the final.
11 March 2009
Greetings
Having fired an early shot by cancelling the National Club Championships, a number of Clubs have now come back to me wanting to join the fray.
Now we have the numbers to be viable it is all back on, same place, Rotorua, same weekend 16/17 May 2009.
I will make up an Entry form and we will distribute it and place it on the Web shortly.
Thank you for your responses and returned enthusiasm.
However it has shown that there is not enough interest in a Seniors Division so it will be Open teams only but the team of Seniors who is placed the highest in the Tournament will be crowned top Senior Team.
All the details about the Tournament are on the PNZ website (2009 tournament documents not archived).
Trevor Neilson
Technical Director of Tournaments
13 March 2009
The Coach and Manager for the two Trans Tasman teams have been announced by PNZ.
Coach - Grant Hackett (West End), Manager - Lorraine Brock (Kennedy Park)
Coach - Trevor Neilson (Rotorua), Manager - Murray Porter (Bay View).
14 March 2009
Park Avenue are the West Zone champions and Windy Hills the East Zone champions (on count-back from Kapiti and Wanganui East) at the completion of the five qualifying rounds.
Results from Round 5. Draw for semi-finals and finals to be played on May 2.
18 March 2009
The Open team to play against Australia in Sydney in May is:
Sharon Cannon (Bay View), Pam Jenkins (Herne Bay), Barbara Johnston (Masterton), Joanne Lippard (Herne Bay), Laurel Priestley (Herne Bay), Claire Wilson (Masterton).
Ian Baker (Herne Bay), Maurice Belz (Bay View), Christian Fouquet (Herne Bay), David Lippard (Herne Bay), Andre Noel (Victoria Park), Dirk Winnie (Khandallah).
The players will compete in their Triples combinations at the National Triples at Park Park Avenue (4/5 April).
22 March 2009
Youth triumphed over experience in the final of the Regional Triples. Morgan Choveaux, Nikki Merval and Nico Toyne beat Susan Norman, Shirley Selwyn and Richard Turfrey in the final.
25 March 2009
Eight clubs are taking part in the tournament to be held at Otaki on Saturday. The clubs represented are: Horowhenua, Kapiti, Manawatu, Otaki, Park Avenue, Silverstream, Upper Hutt, and Wanganui East.
The start time is 9:30 am. The teams will be drawn into pools of four with a barrage format used. The top two teams in each pool will advance to the semi-finals. The Tournament Controller is Beverley Mason.
28 March 2009
Windy Hills were successful in their first defence away to Horowhenua. Windy Hills' next defence is away to Manawatu.
Results (Windy Hills names first)
Singles: Jason Andersen vs. Gale Eddie 13-9, 13-10, 13-11;
Doubles: Tack Daniels/Zac Rees vs. Carleen Fitzgerald/Shona Whale 13-1, 13-8, 13-5;
Triples: Myles Cowper/Neil Dykes/Nikki Merval vs. Rosemary Barrack/June Cave/Bryan Wells 13-11, 13-1, 13-3.
Score: Windy Hills 9, Horowhanua 0
28 March 2009
Ian Bailey, Steve Frampton and Rachel Gorniot from the Manawatu club won the Champion of Champions Triples at Otaki defeating the Wanganui East team of Dene Futcher, Peter Hamilton, and Christine Strichen.
