North Island Champs

Individuals events were completed on the Saturday and Sunday with the following finalists (see attached results file for all matches):

Open Men's Singles: Jae Seung Oh (WT) bt Matthew Ball (MN)

Open Women's Singles: Guiting (Lucy) Lu (A)

Open Men's Doubles: Victor Pollett + Kelsey Amor (WT)

Open Mixed Doubles: Max Rogers (WT) + Jessica MacAskill (WK)

Mens B Singles: Ben Collins (W) bt Shane Wilson (MN)

Men's B Grade Doubles: James Harter (WK) + Nathan Watson (MN) bt Roger Wang (A) + Ben Jung (WT)

Women's B Grade Singles: Hui-Ling Vong (W) bt Jessica MacAskill (WK)

Men's C Grade Singles: Yichern Lee (A) bt Harry Chen (W)

Men's C Grade Doubles: Terry Lee + Scott Lochhead (MN)

Men's D Grade Singles: Scott Lochhead (MN) bt Victor Kamizona (BOP)

O75 Men's Singles: Chip Eade (WT)

O70 Men's Singles: Chip Eade (WT)

O70 Combined Doubles: Chip Eade (WT) + Jim Jarmin (MN) bt Richard Ammundsen + Gladys Halford (MN)

O65 Men's Singles: Bryan McConnochie (W) bt Dave Scott (WK)

O65 Women's Singles: Sue Shirriffs (MN)

O65 Combined Doubles: Chip Eade (WT) + Jim Jarmin (MN)

O65 Mixed Doubles: Richard Ammundsen + Sue Shirriffs (MN)

O60 Men's Singles: Ian Talbot (W) bt Russell Winkley (HB)

O60 Women's Singles: Sue Shirriffs (MN) bt Val Scarr (MN)

O60 Combined Doubles: Russell Winkley (HB) + Dave Scott (WK)

O60 Mixed Doubles: Russell Winkley (HB) + Sue Shirriffs (MN)

O50 Men's Singles: Lindsay Ward (W) bt Depak Patel (W)

O50 Men's Doubles: Lindsay Ward + Ian Talbot (W) bt Depak Patel + Bryan McConnochie (W)

O40 Men's Singles: Shane Wilson (MN) bt Charlie Talumepa (MN)

O40 Men's Doubles: Shane Wilson (MN) + Dave Rowan (WG) bt Depak Patel + Bryan McConnochie (W)

O30 Men's Singles: Charlie Talumepa (MN)

O30 Men's Doubles: Stephen Hirst + Heath Murdoch (W) bt Andrew Palmer (WT) + Charlie Talumepa (MN)

Under 21 Mixed Singles: Dean Shu (A) bt Roger Wang (A)

Under 21 Mens Doubles: Victor Pollett + Kelsey Amor (WT) bt Dean Shu + Roger Wang (A)

Under 18 Boys Singles: Dean Shu (A) bt Yang Lun Zhao (WK)

Under 18 Boys Doubles: Dean Shu (A) + Alfred Dela Pena (WT) bt Victor Pollett + Kelsey Amor (WT)

Under 18 Girls Singles: Guiting (Lucy) Lu (A) bt Hui-Ling Vong (W)

Under 15 Boys Singles: Scott Lochhead (MN) bt Liam Buckrell (W)

Under 15 Boys Doubles: Liam Buckrell (W) + Xavier Lea (BOP)

Under 15 Girls Singles: Hui-Ling Vong (W)

Under 13 Boys Singles: Liam Buckrell (W) bt Drew Tilsley (BOP)

Under 13 Boys Doubles: Liam Buckrell (W) + Drew Tilsley (BOP)

Under 13 Mixed Doubles: Thomas Sun + Abbey Webb (MN)

Under 13 Girls Singles: Emma Hanson (W)

Click Here for full set of results from Individual events.

Individuals Seedings

The Teams Results were completed on Friday evening when, despite two being round-robins, the final match decided all three events.

In the open event the strength of Jae Sung Oh was in evidence as Waitemata triumphed over a young Auckland team. Dean Shu had an exciting 5-set victory over Victor Pollett to keep Auckland in the contest, while Alfred de la Pena had a 4 set victory over Roger Wang in support of Jae Sung. Waikato 1 pipped Manawatu for 3rd place. Waitemata 2 overcame Waikato 2 for 5th place. The event included a lot of younger players, who displayed much athleticism and raw energy.

The final round robin veterans match, fittingly between the two undefeated teams, went down to the wire. Bay of Plenty recovered a 1-2 deficit in the key doubles between the two John's (Tuki and Lea) and Rodney Bygrave and Tony McAllister of Manawatu 1. Northern Regional Manager, John Tuki then completed the narrow victory with a final match win over Tony at 3-3, remaining unbeaten in singles. This event was played in a great spirit, with several draft players ensuring a lot of tight contests.

The junior boys event went to the hometown Manawatu quartet, with Scott Lochhead creating the momentum with a tight fifth set win over Bay of Plenty's Xavier Lea in a battle of the two undefeated players from the earlier rounds. There were lots of close matches within the round robin, where Cameron Huston, Jack Webb and the Tilsley brothers also provided a great spectacle for onlookers.

Open Grade: Waitemata 1 (Jae Seung Oh, Alfred DelaPena, Victor Pollett) beat Auckland 4-1 (Dean Shu, Roger Wang, Neil Chen)

Waikato 1 beat Manawatu for third place.

Veterans Combined (Over 40's): Bay Of Plenty (John Lea, John Tuki, Victor Kamizona) beat Manawatu 4-3 (Rodney Bygrave, Tony McAllister, Valerie Scarr, Andrew Palmer)

Under 18 Boys: Manawatu 1 (Scott Lochhead, Jack Webb, Kaushal Patel, Thomas Sun) beat Bay of Plenty 4-3 (Xavier Lea, Lucas Tilsley, Drew Tilsley).

Full set of teams results here

TTNZ thanks The Villas (Econolodge), who sponsor the referee's accommodation.