Table Tennis World Junior & North Island Champs
Here are the results from both the World Junior Circuit Teams Events and the New Zealand North Island Teams events:
World Junior Circuit final teams results
Korean Republic dominates in the Juniors
Korean Republic and India share the glory in the Cadets
Junior Boys (under 18)
Semi Final 1 Korea Rep beat Australia 3:0
Semi Final 2 Japan A beat Japan B 3:3
Final Korea Rep beat Japan 3:0
Junior Girls (under 18)
Semi Final 1 Korea Rep beat Japan A 3:1
Semi Final 2 Japan B beat Singapore 3:1
Final Korea Rep bear Japan B 3:2
Cadet Boys (under 15)
Semi Final 1 Korea Rep beat India A 3:0
Semi Final 2 India B beat Australia 3:1
Final Korea Rep beat India 3:1
Cadet Girls (under 15)
Semi Final 1 India A beat New Zealand 3:0
Semi Final 2 India B beat Australia 3:0
Final India A beat India B 3:2
A Grade Final Auckland vs North Harbour
The final between North Harbour and Auckland proved to be the nail biter everyone expected. With New Zealand number one
Brad Chen at the helm North Harbour were the top seed. Brad had to pull out all his skills to fend off an inspired match
with John Cordue. The match went down to the wire with Brad coming from behind to clinch victory 14:12 in the 5th set.
But it was the doubles that eventually gave Auckland the overall win. The left hand, right hand combination of Simon
Wallace and John Cordue proved too dominant for Brad Chen and Bojan Sabo.
The final Result Auckland 3 North Harbour 2
North Island Teams Final Placings
A GRADE
1st Auckland 7 Simon Wallace, John Cordue
2nd North Harbour 1 Brad Chen, Bojan Sabo
3rd Auckland 2 Chao Liu, Kevin Wu
4th Wellington 2 Calvin Kwong, Callum Rusbridge, Grant Gordon
5th North Harbour 2 Ben Duffy, Jun Tang
6th Fiji Richel Sen, Anthony Ho, Norman Jo
7th Wellington 1 Hayden Tapp, James Harter, Julian Wootton
8th Waikato 1 Simon Hoey-Burns, Hevin Chang
B GRADE
1sr Australia Xiao Wang, Belinda Le, Xiaomin Chen
2nd Waikato 2 Michelle McCarthy, Domink Rumlich
3rd Presidents Chris Little, Tanya Sulimova
4th North Harbour 3 Robert Dunn, Dave Scott, Paul Johnston
5th Auckland 5 Myles Collins Lingnan Kong
6th Nelson Lark Brandt, James Li
7th North Harbour 4 Bozidar Zutic, Geoff Hill
8th Waikato 3 Mark Nichol, Lynette Bellamy
ENDS