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TableTennisOfficial Magazine of theEnglish Table Tennis AssociationEdited by W. HARRISON EDWARDSPublished by Walthamstow Press, Ltd., Guardian House, 644 Forest Road, London, E.17Vol. 19 Novemb,er, 1960 No.2TEN million pounds a year to be spent on Sport.That is the No. I re\'0mmendation of theWolfenden Report, which, after three years and58 meetings, has now been made public.That's lots of lovely lolly, but before you rushoff and want to start spending it, pause andremember this is 'only a recommendation. It is notfact yet.And also reme'mber that it is ten mHlions to bespent on sport for the community and not anyparticular sport.Just what share T'able Tennis could expect issomething that nlust wait until such tinle this allbecomes fact, if it ever does.Who would spend the money? Here the suggestionis that it should be controlled by a SportsDevelopment Council of six to ten persons.Sport Mi1nistry RejectedAny ideas of a Ministry of Sport are conlpletelyand utterly rejected. Control must be left in thehands of the present governing bodies.The recommendation is that the £IO-minionshould come. in two ways-£5-million from thetaxpayers and £5-million from the local ratepayers.The two major political parties in the preelectioncampaigns advocated a National grantfrom sport and both nlentioned that figure of£5-malion.It nlay sound a terrific amount to the smallersports, who have to count the finances in hundredsof pounds, but as the committee reports,"We do not think that this figure would disturbthe whole of the national economy." And so sayall of us. So let's hope that not too many yearswill be wasted in providing State-aid. It is wantednow.Quite rightly the report emphasises that it hasbeen primarily concerned with sport for themasses. And these sports range from the likes ofdancing and rock climbing, to the big field competitionsuch as football, athletics, and of coursetable tennis.At the same time the committee do not overlookthe needs of those who show outstandingpromise, neither does it ignore the spirit ofnationalism.It recognises that national prestige is involvedin internationa'l contests, and that it is proper towant to win them. But it stressed that these feelingsof patriotism should be kept within reasonablebounds.Above all, the committee enlphasise that theywant more sport and recreation facilities so thatall people who want to take part in active leisurecan do so.The report points out thaJt the most seriousshortage of facilities is that for indoor games andsports and this can only be met by the action oflocal authorities. It suggests, the provision of large"barns" could meet nlany of the needs.It also suggests that industries which havetheir own sports facilities could help by aHowing.others to use these when they are not employedto capacity.E.T.T.A. InvitedGenerally the report has nlet with the approvalof most sporting bodies but as far as table tennisis concerned, the National Executive have not asyet had time to discuss it. This will take p,Iq.ce atthe next meeting, for the C.C.P.R. have invitedthe E.T.T.A. to be prepared to attend a meetingto give consideration to the proposals.Undoubtedly they will welcome the proposalsalthough they may well be in disagreement withsome of the conclusions.It must be emphasised however that whateverproposals are prepared, whether by a nationalcouncil or a local authority those responsible mustensure there are adequate facilities for indoorgames.Page Three

TABLE TENNISV If 11~lf mill ( IIN.E.C. Meeting. A meeting of the send an autographed voucher copy ofNational Executive Committee took their book to L. S. Woollard (librarian)for inclusion in the E.T.T.A.place during the Engli~~ "Clo~ed"Championships at Buthn s Hohday Library.Camp, Bognor Regis, on September County Secretaries' Conference.17 and 18 and lasted some SIX hours The Secretary was instructed to 'lrrangefor this Conference to takeon the Saturday and three-and-a-halfhours on the Sunday. Among the place on December 10, 1960, in Lqndon,beginning at 10.30 a.m. and end­many items discussed were:­Ghana T.T.A. It was agreed that ing at approximately 4 p.m.two members of the Ghana T.T.A. Professional Secretary. I twas(D. G. Hathiramani and E. A. Quaye) agreed that a further co~tr~ct be enteredinto by the ASSOCIatIon for ashould be allowed to sit for theCoaching examination of the E.T.T.~. term of three years with Mr. Lowenwhen they come to England In as Professional Secretary to the Association.November, 1960. It was also notedthat Master Okine Quaye (aged 13years) would also be travelling withApproval of BaUs-1960/61 Seaso~these two members in order to pa!...The following balls were approved:­ticipate in "Open" Tournaments InDunlop "Barna" Three Crown andEngland so as to improve his play.T'wo Crown.Halex Three Star and Two Star.Press and Publicity. It was agreedJaques "Haydon Tema" Three Starthat the Office of the Associationand Two Star.should carry out this duty for theSpalding "Villa" XXX and XX.1960/61 season.Associate Editor-Liaison Officer ofOfficial Magazine "Table Tennis." Itwas agreed that C. J. Clemett should English Tableundertake this duty for the 1960/61season. . Tennis AssociationHon. Life' Merrlbers. The CommItteereceived a repor1t from the subcon1mitteedealing with the question Queen.Patron: Her Majesty Theof the various privileges to which President: Hon. I. G. S.Hon. Life Members should be entitledand it was agreed they shouldMontagu.Chairman: A. K. Vint, O.B.E.receive:­1. A suitably worded congratu­Deputlatory letter signed by the Honorary Treasurer: T. Blunn.Chairman: I. C. Eyles.President.2. A non-transferable E.T.T.A. Secretary: D. P. Lowen.Official Pass for Self and Office of the Association: 652,Guest.Grand Buildings, Trafalgar3. A free Life Subscription to Square, London, W.C.2.the Official Magazine.(Telephone: TRAfalgar 2165).4. Invitations to attend(a) National "Open" Championships.Victor Barna Award. Season 1959/60. The Committee endorsed the proposalof the Victor Barna Award(b) National "Closed" ChampionshipsandCommittee that Ian Harrison be(c) an International Match or awarded the Trophy for the 1959/60National Team Champion­season for being the first Englishmanship Finals. (where stagedwithin reasonable distanceof their current residen.ce).New E.T.T.A. Sub-Committee. MissM. Fry, T. Blunn, I. C. Eyles, C.Jaschke and A. K. Vint together withthe Secretary of the Association wereelected to meet the sub-committee ofthe National County ChampionshipsCompetition in an' exploratory discussionregarding the National CountyChampionships Competition beingrun by an E.T.T.A. sub-committee.Archives-Table Tennis Library. Itwas agreed that any writer of TableTennis books should be invited toPage Fourto win the Men's Singles title in theEnglish "Open" Championships sincethe formation of the E.T.T.A. in1927. The trophy will be presentedto Harrison at the Finals of the forthcomingEnglish "Open" Championshipsat the Royal Albert Hall onJanuary 7, 1961.Reception Panel. Miss M. Fry,Miss I. Moss, E. R. A. Connell, H.T. Edwards, S. R. Dane and Mr. andMrs. L. R. Phillips were appointed,to this panel for the 1960/61 season.Coaching. The N.E.C. agreed toendorse the following proposals ofthe Coaching Committee:­NOVEMBEA. - 1960Basic Coaching Diploma Awards:E. J. Rumjahn (Lancashire), N. A.Palmer (Yorkshire), B. Beale (Shropshire),R. E. Etheridge: (Kent), G. W.Rowley (Warwickshire), J. M. Smith(Shropshire), L. C. Howick (Hertfordshire),G. H. Willcocks (Devon), T.G. Anson (Devon), Mrs. J. Willcocks(Devon).Teaching Theory Certificates: T. W.Grant (Hampshire), D. S. Williams(Hertfordshire), J. R. Green (Lancashire),J. R. Locking (Lincolnshire).U.S.S.R. Tour of England. TheHon. Referees and E.T.T.A. Representativesat the five matches of theTour were appointed.17.10.60. Bristol. I. C. Eyles (hon.referee); R. J. Nicholls (E.T.T.A. Representative).18.10.60. Birmingham. M. Goldstein;M. E. Scott.19.10.60. Manchester. N. Cook~ T.Blunn.20.10.60. Sunderland. E. Reay~ T.Blunn.22.10.60. Greenwich, London. G.Owen; C. Jaschke.Junior International Matches. Thematch versus Wales (Juniors) to beplayed on March 3, 1961, at Birkenhead.A Tour of England will be madeby the German DTTB Juniors fromJanuary 9 to 16, 1961.Hungarian "Open" Championships.(Noveulber, 10-14, 1960). It wasagreed that an invitation from theHungarian Association to send twowomen and a captain to the Chan1p­ionships be accepted.Yugoslavian "Open" Championships(Nove'mber 16-21, 1960). An invitationfrom the Yugoslavian Associationto send four men, two womenand a captain to the Championshipswas agreed.An International Match v Yugoslaviaon November 18, 1960, willbe played at Maribor.World Championships. Very welcomedonations have been receivedto date from:- Mr. E. R. A. Connell,John Taylor (Silversmiths) Ltd.,Avon India Rubber Co. Ltd., WayfarersTravel Agency Ltd., BritishAluminium Co. Ltd., Sams BrothersLtd.English "Open" Championships. Ithas now been decided that the roundsof the English "Open" Championshipsfor the 1960/61 season will beheld at Greenwich Baths, TrafalgarRoad, London, S.E.I0, between January2 and 7, 1961. All Finals willbe played at the Royal Albert Hall,Kensington Gore, London, S.W.7, onSaturday evening, January 7, 1961,commencing at 7.30 p.m.Ticket order forms will be circulatedduring November to our mem­

NOVEMBER. 1960bers with prices ranging from 21s.each to 6s. 6d. each. Party rates willagain be available for block bookingsof 12 or more tickets. Full detailsare available from the office ofthe Association.It is known that the Hungarian,Swedish and Yugoslavian Associationswill be sending their leading playersto the Championships and invitationsare being sent to other EuropeanAssociations. The German D.T.T.B.Association's Juniors will also becompeting.Offical handbook. It is hoped toreceive this publication early inNovember and copies will be forwardedto Clubs as quickly as possibleduring this month. Copies 'maybe purchased from the Office of theAssociation by any member at a costof 2s. 6d. each.Junior Final Trials. These trialswere played at Messrs. Ultra Sports& Social Club, Western Avenue, W.3on October 15 and 16, 1960. Thanksare due to Messrs. Ultra Sports &Social Club for the use of theirpremises, excellent conditions andequipment.Top Ten Tournaments. The first ofthe season's "Top Ten" Tournamentswas arranged on October 23, at theDrill Hall, 444, High Road, Finchley,N.12, and the following players wereinvited to take part: I. Harrison(Gloucestershire), B. Merrett (Gloucestershire),D. C. Burridge (Middlesex),J. Ingber (Lancashire), A.Rhodes (Middlesex), A. Lindsay(Middlesex), S. Jacobson (Middle.sex),Miss D. Rowe (Middlesex), Miss C.K. Best (Yorkshire), Mrs. B. Bird(Surrey), Mrs. J. McCree (Essex),Miss J. Harrower (Middlesex).TEAM SELECTIONSTeam Selections: DIANE ROWE(Middlesex) and JEAN HARROWER(Middlesex) have been selected for theHungarian "Open" Championshipson November 11 to 13.Published on the First Saturday ofeacb montb October to MalY inclusive.Postal Subscription lOs. foreight issues" post free.Circulation & Advertislcm,ents: TheWalthamstow Press Ltd., GuardianIIouse, 644 Forest Road, London,E.17 (COPpermill 4301).Circulation Manage'r: G. R. Harrower"68, Gloucester Road, NewBarnet, Herts. (BARnet 7470).Editoral: W. Harrison Edwards, c/oSports Press, 142, Fleet Street,London, E,.C.4. (FLE 5352).TABLE TENNISNEW JUNIOR RANKINGSALTHOUGH only one of the topseven boy& on last year's rankinglist is still a junior, the recent Englishtrials were far from disappointing.In fact, Brian Wright, ranked 5thlast season, could only manage tomove up into equal second place withBrian Hill. This shows the increasingstandard of play among juniors.Maurice Billington, of Leamington,was the outs1tanding player. Unrankedlast year, he now has all the strokesand is not afraid to use them.Another surprise was the form ofleft-handed Dave Halliday, of Ipswich,who came into sixth position.Of the boys taking part for thesecond year, Ni~el Ive, improved onlytwo places; Martin White went upfrom 10 to 7 while Bob Ractliffe fellone place to No. 10.TVENNiER AGAINHE Surrey "Closed" Championships,held only two weeks after the CountyTrials, have given the seleetorlS' plentyto think about. After a mediocre showingin the trials Harry Vienner came backto top form to win the singles title thathe first won 11 se~sons ago, this timewithout the loss of a gam,e. His hardhittingfinal match with that other"veteran", Ken Craigie was a refreshingreminder of past battles.The only seeded player not to reachthe semi-finals was Michael Maclaren.He was knocked out in the quarter-finalby unranked Vic Ireland, who could not,however. rep~oduce this form in hissemi-final against Harry Venner.Triple ,champion, Peggy Piper had herhardest match in the Women's SinglesFinal against Clarice Rose, winning on anet-cord qt 22-20 in the third.K:en Craigie and Harry Venner retainedtheir men's double title in arather one-sided m'ltch against DavidLowe and Tony Meekings, while PeggyPiper and Mary Shannon beat BarbaraAndr,ews and Joy Faulkner to take thewom'en's dOllbles. Mrs. Andrews figuredin another final, the mixed doubles withKen Craigie, but was again on thelosing side, this time to Michael Maclarenand Peggy Piper, present holders of theEnglish "Closed" Championship.R. McKewon won the Boys' event andMary Shannon almost inevitably tookher fourth successive Girls' title to equalJill Rook's reoord in this event.Mary recently set a r,ecord of her ownby becoming the first Surrey Junior torepresent the Oounty in a Premier DivisionC'ounty match, when she partneredBarbara Andrews in the women'sdoubles.Colin ClemettBy LAURIE LAN:DRY,Lesley Bell, of course, sweptstrongly into the girls' ranking list.After reaching the final of the Englishjunior championship last year andhaving since shown consistently goodform, she has come into the list forthe first time at No.2.She is headed by Mary Shannonwho is ranked for the fourth successiveyear-a record surpassed only byJean Harrower.Along with Miss Bell there arethree other newcomers to the list,Cynthia Blackshaw, Lesley Proudlockand Christine Holes.JUNIOR RANKING LISTSBoys: 1, MAURICE BILLINGTON(Warwickshire) (-); joint 2, BRIANHILL (Lincolnshire) (-) and' BRIANWRIGHT (Middlesex) (5); 4, HAR­VEY COWARD (Yorkshire) (-);5, NIGEL IVE (Middlesex) (7); 6,DAVID HALLIDAY (Suffolk) (-);joint 7, DAVID OFFENBACH (Middlesex)(-) and MARTIN WHITE(Gloucestershire) (10); 9, DAVIDSTANLEY (Yorkshire) (-); 10,ROBERT RACTLIFFE (Hertford..shire) (9).Girls: 1, MARY SHANNON (Surrey)(2); 2,- LESLEY BELL (Essex)(-); 3, JUDY WILLIAMS (Hertfordshire)(2); 4, CYNTHIA BLACK­SHAW (Yorkshire) (-); 5, SUSANTHOMAS (Kent) (5); joint 6, CHRIS..TINE HOLES (Hampshire) (-) andLESLEY PROUDLOCK (Yorkshire)(-).I MEMBERS WELCOMETHE Holiday Fellowship, whichstarted out some years ago as awalking club then' gradually spreadtheir activities to

TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER· 1960Bergmann Has Kramer Ideas For Table Tennisby JO,HN'NY LEACHHOW seriously should we takeRichard Bergmann's latest venture-thelaunching on October 13 atMadison Square Gardens of the firstever World Professional Tab~e TennisChampionships?Richard, I am sure, would be thefirst to admit that the four contestants,which include himself, arenot the best in the world alt themoment, though as Richard told meby transatlantic telephone, "Youmust learn to walk before you canrun, and I'm prepared to take mytime over estab:ishing these championships."Bergmann has not in the past beenparticularly noted for his businessacumen, but this time I really believethat he might be on to a good thing.His venture is be'ing backed by thefamous sports promoter Abe Saperstein,and a series of matches are tobe played during intervals of theHarlem Globetrotters, baske!tball engagementsall ,over North America forthe next five-and-a-half months.Bergmann has already registered acompany under the name of WorldProfessional Table Tennis PromotionsLtd., with offices in London, NewYork, Chicago and Tokyo, and thistime I think that amateur officialsshould take serious note-otherwiseanother Kramer could be arising intheir midst.Worldwide experience on' tour withthe Globetrotters has given Richarda new shrewdness and maturity whichlead me to believe that he could makea go of this project.In one way he is doing a real serviceto the game, because the onething he insists upon is that theRICHARD BERGMANNplayers he hires should be "showmen."And let's face it, spectaculatable tennis is what everyone is cryingout for at the present time.LOOKING FORXMAS GIFTS?Why not send a subscription to Table Tennis?,For only lOs. your friend can have a constant reminderof your gift.If he is already a subsc;riber, don't worry. The extrasubscription will be added to run from date of e)Gpiry.We will send a greetings card to say who has s,entthe gift.Besides, Bergmann himself, whocan claim four World Singles Titles,there is Nikatsee Fujii, the Japanesewith the cannonball drives, ReneRoothoft, France's greatest defensiveplayer with a ballet dancer's footwork,and Bernie Bukiet, the PolishbornAmerican who I would rate asone of the world's most consistentattackers-so this is no mean quartet.Of course, any player joiningRichard's circus faces p,robable suspensionby the I.T.T.F., but if theseries should prove successful this isnot likely to stop a queue from formingto jump on the bandwagon.Just another of Richard's amusingescapades? Don't be too sure! Thiscould be the sitart of something reallybig.OGOOD START BYHERTS. JUNIORSUR "new look" Junior team openedtheir National Championship programmewith a 7-3 win over Suffolk atIpswich. As a result of trials three newjuniors gained places in the team andtog-ether with Bob Ractliffe and JudyWilliams they gave a creditable performance.The two new boys, Brian Sykes (Letchworth)and David Heppell (Watford)each won one singles, while the Stevenageyoungsters Jaqueline Canham and DavidTuckwell won the Mixed Doubles. MissCanham also partnered Judy Williams towin the Girls· Doubles.After this impressive start the selectorsannounced an unchanged team to meetMiddlesex in the' next lllatch. This matchmay well indicate the chances of Middlesexretaining the Championship of theJunior Division (South).Last season Hertfordshire was the onlycounty to take as many as three gamesoff the champions, including the Challengematches for ,the National Title.Hemel Hempstead have entered theInter-League competition this season andwith the re-entry of Bishop's Stortfordand Watford "B" there will be nineteams in the Senior Section. However,in the Junior Divi~ion. Hertford andLetchworth "B" have withdrawn leavingonly six teams this season.Last season Len Howick, one of NorthHertfordshire's most enthusiastic administrators,gained his County Umpire'sBadge. Now comes news of a CoachingDiploma award for Len, to whom weoffer our congratulaitons.G. P. H. Butcher,..-----------------------------_-.1 ~~L~~:il ~~~~::::::~shire Juniors drewPage Six

NOVEMBER - 1960TABLE TENNISTABLE TENNIS ON WHEELSBy IRIS MOSSHAVB you ever tried playing tabletennis sitting on a chair? Difficult,iSIlJ't it? Yet there are a groupof people who regularly play inwheel-chairs, and play to a remarkablygood standard, too.This year I was the "new" umpirewho joined Frank Bateman, StewDane and Charlie Mayne on a tripto Stoke Mandeville to help at theNational Games for the Paralysed.The pIayers are grouped in classesaccording to the degree of their disability,but one of the rules of theCompetition is that they must allplay in wheel-chairs.MODIFIED LAWSThe Laws of the game have beenmodified slightly and the "old hands"warned me of the traps I might fallinto if I didn't take care. I did notrealise how carefully I kept my eyeon the ball, even when it went out ofplay, until I started umpiring at StokeMandeville. Because the players cannotretrieve the ball, they start offwith a few balls in their laps, andimmediately one point is completedthey pick up another ball to serveagain.The unwary umpire can easily missa service while waiting for the returnof the ball used for the previouspoint!Another difficulty I found is that indoubles, these players do not have totake alternate shots. It would obviouslybe impracticable to expect aplayer in a wheel-chair to get out ofthe way so that his partner can takethe shot.The only other modifications, thatthe service is a let if it goes over theTOM TAYLO,R and MICHAEL BECKside-line and that if the ball comesinto contact with a player's bat outsidethe edge of the table it shall not bedeemed a volley, were fairly easy toapply.The Table Tennis Competition ranvery smoothly, mainly due to the marvellousorganisation on the part of thestaff of Stoke Mandeville Hospital.I would like to pay tribute to theseorganisers as it is not easy to runcompetitions concurrently whenplayers are ,competing in two or threesports in different parts of thegrounds.They did a marvellous job and personallyI was amazed that despite theweather and all the other difficultieseverything finished in time.Even the weather was eventuallybrought under control, and Dr. Guttmanhad his final "wheel past" inbrilliant sunshine.THE "PARALYMPICS"The National Games were ,of particularimportance this year. TheOlympic Games were to be held inRome, the "Paralympics" should alsobe held there. This is the first occasionthat these International 'Games havebeen held abroad, and there was greatrivalry to qualify as part of the teamto take the trip.On completion of the NationalGames, 51 competitors were chosento represent Great Britain in Rome,and they came back with 21 Gold, 15,Silver and 18 Bronze Medals. Not abad haul, and a far better recordMARION EDWARDSthan that of their physically fit predecessors.TWO FOR TOMSo far as fable tennis is concerned,the players brought back 3 Gold, 1Silver and 5 Browe Medals. TomTaylor won a Gold for the Class "A"Men's Singles (those with the greatestdegree of disability) and with MichaelBeck won the Class "A" Men'sDoubles. Michael also gained aBronze in the Singles.One of our girls, Barbara Anderson,won the other Gold Medal inthe Class "A" Women's Singles. DiGubbins won a Bronze in the Class"C" Women"s Singles and withMarion Edwards won a Silver in theDoubles.The other three Bronze Medalswere all won in Doubles events andwent to Sue Masham and EileenFroggart (Class "B" Women's), RooFoster and Dudley Phillips (Class"B" Men's), and "Ginger" Swindlehurst,once again with Dudley Phillips(Class "C" Men's).Well done, all of you, and I hopeto see you win even more top placeswhen the International Games areheld-this time back at Stoke Mandeville-inthe summer.£5,000 Uould Be YoursHELP to send England's team to the World Table Tennis Championships in Pekingnext April, help your league financially and perhaps help yourself to £5,000.That's the tempting bait of the latest Fund Raising Scheme of the Englisb TableTennis Association Supporters' Club.The new competition, details of which have already been circulated to leaguesand clubs, carries Premium Bond Prizes of £100, £50, £20 and £10 with maoy consolationsat £1.And if you could win one of these bond prizes, even the consolation, and "Ernie"decided to be extra kind to you, then there is the chance of that five-thousand.The scheme came into operation in October and will continue to Febmary, withthe winners being announced in March.Early reports are that it is already catching on in a big way.The success or failure of this latest venture rests with the Leagues, and providingthey give it wholehearted support there need be no mention of failure.How does this help the Leagues? Simply that the Funds raised will be dividedbetween the E.T.T.A. and the Leagues, in proportion to their support.A large League of say 400 clubs could possibly enrich themselves to the tuDeof £1,000.Further details are available from Jack Ashley, Chief Organiser, at 29, LawrenceHill, Bristol 5.Page Seven

TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER - 1960INTERNATIONAL SCENENEW CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPBy NIANiCY EVANSA CLUB team championship of Then on a more local aspect thereEurope may be the next step to would be the problem of decidingboost international table tennis. which clubs should go forward to re­A proposal to this effeot was put present their countries.forward by Germany at Zagreb last Undoubtedly this could be a goodApril and comes up for discussion thing for the sport, and I have nowhen the European Table Tennis doubt that it will eventually comeUnion meets in Vienna on Novem­ into being.ber 6.Incidentally Sweden are to be hostsA broad outline is that the Europe for the next European ChampionshipsTrophy should be contested by men's in 1962, and England have the firstand women's teams on alternate option and Wales the second for theyears. To cut down travelling costs 1964 meeting.the proposal is for countries to be Mrs. Nancy Roy Evans, of Cardiff,divided into four groups, the winners is the new General Secretary of theof which to playoff for the trophy. European Union. The other officersOriginally the idea was for the new are: President: Josef Vandurekcompe'tition to get under way this (Czechoslovakia), Vice - President:season-some countries have already Jupp Schlaf (Germany-D.T.T.B.).sent in entries-but there are so many The Committee is: Dr. G. Lakatospoints to be clarified that this now (Hungary), P. J. Scheffer (Nether­seems unlikely.lands), Franz Linhart (Austria), JeanThe financial aspect is natllrally a Mercier (France), S. Vajler (Yugobigproblem, so the whole project slavia) and (co-opted) A. Erikssonmust be given a lot of thought before (Sweden).it can be successfully launched.There is nothing definite as to howmany clubs can be allowed per coun­European Rankingstry an

NOV~MBER - 19'0JAPAN TOO STRONGEUROPEAN prospects at the WorldChampionships in Peking in Aprilare not encouraging, judging by thesix weeks summer tour of Japan bya joint Hungarian-Yugoslavian team.Although the team consisted of ZoltanBerczik, Ferenc Sido, VilimHarangozo and Josip Vogrinc, Japanthrashed them 7-3, 9-1, 8-2, 8-2 inthe four official internationals.Of the other 12 friendly matchesplayed, the Europeans won only two.The record of individual matchesfor the visitors was: Singles: won 30,lost 68. Doubles: won 15, lost 19.Only Sido came out of the- tourwith any real credit. He won 15 of his29 singles and with Berczik won 10of their 18 doubles.Berczik, who is of 'course Europeanchampion, won only five singles andlost 18. One of his victories was atthe expense' of former world championOgimura in their first match. Itwas the only defeat suffered by Ogimurawho then went on to mark up21 wins.UnbeatenMurakami had an unbeaten recordof 18 wins for the Japanes,e.In assessing Sido's results it mustbe pointed out that he lost five timeseach to Ogimura and Murakami andtwice to Hoshino, his wins comingagainst lesser players.The failure of the Europeans musthav,e been a big disappointment tothe Japanese fans who were seeingBerczik, Sido, Harangozo and V0­grinc for the first time. Yet theseplayers had given Japan some of theirtoughest rnatches in the SwaythlingCup.It seems clear that the Japanesehave learned to tackle the flat defensivestrokes of their opponents.New StrokeOne Japanese observer notes that,while all played with rackets that conformto the new rule, most of theJapanese players developed and exploiteda new type of stroke thats,eemed specially troublesome to theEuropeaI1JS.It was a so-,called loop-drive, "Producedby a swing sliced from low tothe right upwards, that curves overthe net like a lob, bounds fast and farafter touching the table".Towards the end of the tour, Berczikgave up defending against thesetactics and tried to counter-attack bydeveloping this loop-drive himself.It is noteworthy in respect of Sido'srelative success, that he--Iike An­~readis another of thel few Europeansoften able to play on even terms withthe Japanese-makes use of attackingstrokes, in botb backhand and forehand.In the old day's (1920's and earlier),when the penholder grip was commonTABLE TENNISin Europe a two winged attack wasthought indispensable against it.It is curious that while none of theEuropeans seemed to be able to copewith the Japanese attack by defencealone, Shibutani, least successful ofthe home players (won seven; losteight) is a "shake-hands" grip defensiveplayer who not only troublesthe Japanese penholder attackers butwon the national title against them!It would appear that Europeansmust drastically review their tacticsif they are ever to break the Japanesesupremacy.SUCCESSFUL RETU·RNHEL~N ELLIOT, making her !irstmajor tournament appearance SInceretiring two years ago, won two title~in the Scottish "Closed" Championshipsin Glasgow on October 16.Showing muoh of the old form, whichmade her one of the most f,eaTed womenin Europe, Miss Elliot cruised throughthe singles, beating Mrs. O. Hawkins, ofGlasgow, 21-7, 21-9 in the final, andASTONI,SHING VETERANBy GYO,RGY FERENCONE of the most interesting and astonishing figures in the world of table tennisis undoubtedly Laszlo Varkonyi, of Hungary.This 52-year-old "youngster," whose power-play is still equal to that of mostfirst-class players, competes in the Hungarian National Team Cbampionships andrarely loses a match.Eleven years ago, Varkonyi won the singles title in an international competitionin Goteborg from an entry which included Sido, Koczian, Soos, Andreadis andMiles."Since then," said Laci, "I have naturally learned something and because it iswell-known that sport makes us strong, I have grown stronger, too."Laci's son played not long ago in the first-class matches~ However, I must admit .tbat Laci won more matches than young Varkonyi ,Together, the father and son partnersb,ip won a big Hungarian doubles com,petitionbut it was again "Dad" who secured the deciding points.'"Why doesn't your son still play in the first class?" I asked Laszlo."He is already 28. He grew old," was the reply."And how much longer will you be playing?" was my next question."Only 20 years. Alas, my son grew old as I told you. I must wait for mygrandson. I'll play with him in the doubles.""In the first class of the National Championship" you mean," I said jokingly."Of course."He did not smile, and the ea'mes! determination in his eyes warned me not togrin either.HELEN ELLIOTthen won the women's doubles in partnershipwith Miss M. JuHas.Ian Barclay won the men's singles titlebeating Bertie Kerr by 21-13, 21-15.RESULTSMen's Singles: Semi-Finals: 1. BAR­CLAY bt T. McMichael 21-14, 12-21, 21-19;R. KERR bt T. Gilmour 21-14, 19-21, 21-14.Final: BARCLAY bt Kerr 21-13" 21-15.Women's Singles: Final: H. ELLIOT btMrs. O. Hawkins 21-7 21-9.Men's Doubles: Final: GILMOUR/Mc­MICHAEL bt Kerr/McMillan 21-18, 21-17.Women's Doubles: Final: ELLIOT/M.JULIAS bt E. McOnville/M. Terras' 21-16,21-18.Boys' Singles: FInal: J. DAW bt E.T'ough 21-9, 21-13.Girls' Singles: Final: JULIAS bt D.Donaldson 28-2,6, 21-13.Helen Houliston, who paired withMiss Elliot to gain many internationaldoubles successes, has formed anotherpartnership. On October 22 she marriedAllan Nicholls, who plays table tennisfor the Edinburgh City Police.J. D. More.Page Nine

fABLE TENNISDOWN UNDERFrom CLEM GRUBERAUSTRIAN TAKE:SAUSTRALIAN TITLE,STHE Australian National Championshipsat the Albert ParkCentre, Melbourne, September 5-9,with the most colourful entry onrecord, brought a change of titleholders in all senior events exceptthe women's singles.Victor Hirsch, the Austrian champion,who arrived in Australia onlyfive weeks earlier, waltzed throughthe men's singles without loss of agame.After easily accounting for Tasker(N.S.W.) and Sanders (Victoria), heannihilated State-coach K. Javor 8,17, 9, and in the semi-final trounceddefending champion Cliff McDonald(N.S.W.) 14, 16, 13.Although Geoff Jennings (N.S.W.)put up a good fight in the final, hewas no match for Hirsch's brillianthitting and went down 11, 20, 18.Suzy Javor won the women's titlefor the third successive time beatingNorma Buckland in the final 10, 13,3.AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPSRESULTSMen's Singles: V. HIRSCH (Vic.) bt G..Jennings (N.S.'\V.) 21-11, 22-20, 21-18.Women's Singles: S. JAVOR (Vic.) btN. Buckland (Vic.) 21-10, 21-13, 21-3.Men's Doubles: D. SPECHT/M. THOM­SON (S.A.) bt J. Hibbell/S. Morgan (S.A.)Z~"'16, 24".22~ 11-21,21~1.5.Women's Doubles: S. JAVOR/L. COHEN(Vic.) bt L. Murphy/J. Stanaway (Q'land.)21-13, 21-13, 21-19.Mixed Doubles: G. STIRLING/MissCOHEN (Vic.) bt J. Marton/Mrs. Javor(Vic.) 14-21, 21-17, 21-19, 14-21, 21-14.Boys' Singles: M. WILCOX (N.S.W.) btS. Morgan (S.A.) 15-21, 21-12, 21-15.Girls' Singles: L. MURPHY (Q'land.) btP. Rynne (Q'land) 21-14. 11-21, 21-15.T'eam Championships: Men: 1, Victoria;2, N.S.W.; 3, Queensland. Women: 1,Victoria; 2, Queensland; 3, N.S.W.In the Australian Rankings Mc­Donald lost his No. 1 spot to Jennings,but Mrs. Javor still leads thewomen.RANKINGSMen: 1, G. JENNINGS (N.S.W.);2, C. McDONALD (N.S.W.); 3, R.LIM (Vic.); 4, M. WILCOX (N.S.W.);5, J. MARTON (Vic.); 6, K. JAVOR(Vic.); 7, M. THOMSON (S.A.); 8,R. BOND (Q'land.); 9, S. MORGAN(S.A.)~ 10, P. ANDERSON (W.A.).Women: 1, S. JAVOR (Vic.); 2, L.COHEN (Vic.); 3, N. BUCKLAND(Vic.); 4, L. MURPHY (Q'land); 5,M. RALPH (N.S.W.); 6, M. LIND..SAY (N.S.W.); 7, L. PROWESE(Vic.); 8, A. O'BRIEN (Vic.); 9, EMATTHEWS (N.S.W.); 10, J. STAN­AWAY (Q'land).NOVEMBER - 1960Margaret Lindsay, formerly of Bath, is alreadyfiguring prominently in Australia and is No. 6in their National RankingsAustralia, represented by SuzyJavor and Leone Murphy, failed towin a game, and were beaten 5-0 inthe women's test matches againstJapan at Sydney and Melbourne. Perhapsthis was not too surprising forthe Japanese team consisted of KimiyouMatsuzaki, the world champion,and Kazuko Yamaizumi, the worlddoubles champion.CAMBRIDGESHIRE NOTES,NCE again the CambridgeshireO League has attracted a large entryand in all 60 teams will compete in thesix divisions.The newcomers to the League areCivil Service, Northern Assurance, ColeridgeYouth and Harston Youth.New Chesterton, who "field" the sameteam as last season, are again favouritesfor the championship with Wesley andPre-:s as their main challengers.There may be one or two new facesin this season's Wilmott Cup team. JohnThurston, Chris Reeve and Reg Deanare available but Keith Chapman andJohn Cornwell are doubtful starters.The Women's team will be strengthenedby Beryl (Speechley) Sebley, who joinsforces with Margaret Cornwell, Avic:;Pauley, Heather Mitchell and Avril(Tarvill) Dring.Two heartening facts which haverecently emerged in Cambridgeshire arethe increase of Umpires and the interestshown in the league by mor'e villageteams.Leslie ConstableInterior of the vast Melbourne Table Tennis Centre.Page TenMore than 40 tables are availableSWEDEN WINSweden beat Yugoslavia 5-4 in thefinal of the International Club Tournamentin Duisberg. TellJ countriestook part.

NOVEMBER - 1960DisagreementI DISAGREE with the state'mentmade in the October issue thatnlatches in the forthcoming U.S.S.R.tour "have been spread out over thecountry so that all areas can get achance to see them".-Over the past few years my friendsand I have willingly travelled toSlough and Tottenham for similarevents and surely the attendances atthese venues warranted a furtherbooking. As it is we will be unableto see any of the matches.DONALD ASKEW(Luton).PraiseI must compliment you on an excellentmagazine. I started to readTABLE TENNIS only last year buthave enjoyed ea'ch addition so muchthat I am sure I will be a regularreader for many years to come.E. S. KEEN(South Yardley).CriticismThe blatant disregard of foreignnews, especially Japanese, Chineseand Hungarian, in the magazine ismaking me think twice before I renewmy annual subscription.I am not interested in mediocre8ritish table tennis and I'm quite sureits pre-eminence in your magazinedoes the game' a lot of harm.BERNARD BLANO(Westcliff-on-Sea).CarelessnessARE table tennis players becomingcareless?On September 14 I had a requestOpen All SummerPUTNEY INTERNATIONALT.T.C.RUSKIE HALL, 63 UPPER RICHMOND RD.,S.W.ISFor COACHING, TOURNAMENT,and CLUB FACILITIES·Allenquiries direct to new address:HARRY VENNER86 GARSFELD ROAD, BALHAM,LONDON, S.W.12for Essex "Open" entry form froma player living in Middlesex-yet thefinals had been held three days earlier.Then on October 11 I had twoentries (wHh remittances) from Berkshire.Although their Essex entrieswere received before October 13, asspecified on the form, they had mistakenthe year, which read 1959.HARRY SPRAG,GE(Essex Hon. TournamentSecretary 1959 and 1960).The Clown PrinceAT last I can hold my head high ...at last I can s~orn the sneers ofmy nearest and dearest . . . for inthe October issue of "Ping" Conrad"I'm not eccentric" IVOR JONES appearsto haVE forgotten somethingJaschke has scotched the maliciousrumours that have been circulatingthe clubs to the effect that I am anEnglish international.The main reason I write to you,however, is to deny the charge ofeccentricity and I enclose a photographto prove my point.I have taken this measure becauseI am making what I laughingly calla "come-back" and would not wantto give my detractors valuable ammunition.IVOR JONES (Essex).TABLE TENNISAttackers NeededJack Carrington, Director of Coaching,answers last month's letter from R.Greensmith.I THINK the majority of students ofthe game agree that good attackersare needed, Mr. Greensmith. It isvery rare indeed, but it does happenoccasionally of course, that a pupilasks to be initiated in the arts of apurely defensive game.Our experience is that the characterof a player who is,willing to acceptcoaching is usually a fairlyenterprising one, interested enough towant to know what is on the nextpage, so to speak.As for the Coaches, almost all ofthem are so in love wi;th table tennisthat they always want to teach it asa whole game, expounding all departmentsequally. Coaches are oftencompelled to nag players into takingthe openings which are so obviouslythere, so the choice of "defence only"is almost certainly a personal choiceof the player at some stage of hisdevelopment.Of course, very frequently a Coachhas to tell a youngster not to takethe opening which obviously isn'tthere, so the youngster may say "myCoach tells me not to hit."Our basic coaching is aimed atequipping a player to see the openingsin advance, and to be fastenough and well-balanced enough, toexploit them. On balance I wouldthink that Coaches do favour the attackingprospect-it is more usuallythe captain of his team, or indeed histeam-mates who nag him into nothittingat a vital s;tage.But these people who are affectedin this way by captains and colleagues,surely have not the charactersto make their mark in the internationalfield.Looking around our junior boys,who I feel are quite good this season,I do not see many defenders. Willthe stress of match play take awaytheir dashing spirit in due course?We, as E.T.T.A., will encourage themto show enterprise, but in the longrun it is just a matter of personality.The Bishopsgate Table Tennis Club230 Bishopsgate, E.C.2has a few vacancies for this season.The Club meets at 6.15 p.m. everyMonday and Friday.Write to the Hon. Secretary,H. A. Packett,10, Marloes Road, Kensington, W.8.Page Eleven

TABLE TENNIS NOV E M B E R • 1 96.0JACK CARRINiGTON'S NOTEBOOKTHAT frequently-used phrase "backwaters of sport" should not beused in Table Tennis, but I certainlyfound some real backwaters lin thatflooded first week-end of October.My travels took me from ,Bognorthrough low-lying Havant, to Tauntonand Chard in Somerset. It meant SOUlesoakings, but the Coaching meeting.at Taunton Y.M.C.A. was enough towarm anyone's heart.Some 31 enthusiasts gathered fr.omTaunton and the surrounding villagesfor a two-day course', .organised byMr. R. Murch.One of ,my pleasant duties was tode·clare open the New Table TennisRoom and I did so by delivering aspecial "googly" service to the oldestplaying merrlber Mr. Wesley Homer.My veteran friend promptly whippedit straight past tille, using the "oldfashioned"penholder grip.Recalling how easily the Chinesereturn their compatriots' twisting serviceswith the relaxed, dropped penholderstyle, I thought how the coachthese days must be alive to the newoldideas.Witness Stan Jacobson's exploitationof the new-old loop-drive technique.He has 'no doubt heard thatthe Japanese have adopted this mostseriously.The Japanese are probably impartinga stronger degree of top-spin totheir shots and it may well be thedeath-knell of many defenders • • •for the time being at any rate.However, that subject will be fullydiscussed as a separate article shortly.Another "old" friend making a welcomeappearance at Taunton wasMrs. Adele Pettifer, who as MissWood of Lancashire was our youngestCorbillon Cup international.Still in her early twenties, Adele'spersonality and natural grace ofmovement make her a prize for thecoaching team down Taunton andBridgwater way and I urge theyoung local girls not to let her out oftheir sight.Navy Joins InTwo days after Taunton I staged aninstructional afternoon at H.M.S.Collingwood, the Royal Navy establishmentnear Fareham. Cynicspredicted this would be a parade of"defaulters and sick", but a livelycontingent of ratings, cadets and officers(to reverse the usual order ofprecedence) turned up and there wasa lot of good-natured barracking ofthe guinea pig pupils.Page TwelveHIDDEN TALENTA special squad, described as the"Top Six" turned out and proved tobe 15 strong. Among .them was theRoyal Navy Lawn Tennis championLieut. David Hawkswell.Officer in charge of Sport at Co'llingwoodis Cdr. G. G. Tordoff, whohas captained the Somerset Countycricket team, and I also had occasionto meet H. W. Stephenson, whensafely delivering 15-year-old Pa,melaStephenson to her Taunton homeafter the News of the W orid Bognorfestival.Table Tennis still suffers a littlefronl not being fashionable amongfollowers of the major sports, but ISTAN JACOBSONfound both these exper.ts of the largebat, sympathetic to our efforts.Among other places I have visitedsince last reporting are Falmouth,Huntingdon, Letchworth, LeightonBuzzard, Ramsgate, Newcastle, Sunderland,Middlesbrough and Doncaster.lit is surprising how remote areasoften hide youngsters, who have almostevery quality, except experience,to make the international grade. AndI make such judgements only whenconfirmed by colleagues of experience.But too frequently, possibly on theground of expense, many of theseyoungsters have little thought to thepossibilities outside their home towns.Yet often I find that there is a club,league or local paper or just astaunch older menlber willing to helpwhen they know what the lad or lassneeds to get to a higher class.What is being done about firing theinterest of youngsters of school age?There are some excellent school competitionsand coaching arrangements insome pla:ces ,but not others. It seemsmainly a question of an adult havingthe time and enthusiasm to establisha knot of youngsters for after schoolhours.A classic example of this is theCrescent Club, run by Jimmy Mannooch,the Kent secretary at Sittingbourne.Jimmy is retired, and two or threeafternoons a week you will find himrunning his splendid group of nearly100.The Crescent Club has developedto the point where they stage an invitationTournament of almost internationalrenown and their party forthe Kent Junior "Open" fills a 30­seater bus.Everything has to start small sobow about some stay-at-home Mums,having a chat with the headmaster onthe lines of an after hours club?Note for worried schoolmasters ...the Crescent Club has its own"Homework Room".Young EnthusiastDuring my visit to Leighton Buzzard,I greatly admired the keennessof 9-year-old Paul Harmer. Mr. andMrs. Harmer and 16-year-old Hughare all keen players, and Paul wasincluded in their team, the Pelicans,in the local League./ /Apparently promotion prospectswere not bright enough for Paul, whoasked, and received, authority toform his own league team. He is thesecretary and treasurer, but it wasthought bes·t to allow 14.,year-old TimSkevington to be the captain, becauseof his experience !The boys pay their own subscriptionand hire their room for matches,but practice takes place (almost continuously)in Mr. Harmer's garage.Mrs. Harmer still has her place inthe scheme of things of course, when"Labrador" badges need embroidering,or sandwiches have to be provided.For my session at BrooklandsSecondary Modern School, which isabout 800 yards from the Harmerhouse, the youngsters decided that anextra table would be helpful, and betweenthem, the team carried thetable carefully over and se't it up.This was a noble effort by suchyoung lads, and shows that excellentspirit of co-operation which symbolisesTable Tennis as a sport. Inthe circumstances it is perhaps a pityContinued on Page 13

NOVEMBER - 1960 TABLE TENNISTH,E NATIONLAL CUPSMANCHESTER SEEK FOURTH WINENTRIES for the Wilmott Cup andJ. M. Rose Bowl National Inter­League Competitions, which havenow got under way, show a slightdecrease on last season.Manchester have 80 challengersagainst 86 last season for the WilmottCup while there is a drop oftwo with 61 entries for the RoseBowl, being defended by LondonBusiness Houses.Manchester, who have now wonthe men's cup for the past threeyears, will be in a strong position toretain the trophy with Jeff Ingber astheir spearhead.Their chief opposition is likely tocome from Cheltenham, last year'srunners-up, who can call on Ian Harrison,the English champion.London Civil Service and EastLondon should both go far.Birmingham, whose run of five successivewins in the Rose Bowl, wasended last season by London BusinessHouses, expect to be strengthened bythe return of Pam Mortimer, but fora real chance of regaining the title,CARRINGTON N,OTEBO,OKContinued from Page 12tha't historical truth compels me toreport that the Labradors were rathertired after the coaching, and slopedoff to their "kennels," leaving thegirls' squad to take the table homeagain!Readers of this Notebook will haverealised that I do get around to manyplaces in the course of my E.T.T.A.duties. It is the National Executive'swish, and my pleasure, to lend a handto any of our organisations who wantto foster new membership and perhapsalso fan the old flames a little,by any form of instructional orleadership activity.My itineraries are too complicatedto be fully printed in advance, but Ifind that I can usually make contactbefore very long with any interestedenquirer. So do not hesitate to writefor information.The C.C.P.R. Christmas Course atLilleshall is now practically bookedup, but a quick application might s,tillfind a place. Period: December 28,1960 (evening) to January 1, 1961(morning). Cost: £5 10s. Ode inclusiveof board-residence. Apply to C.C.P.R.6 Bedford Square, London, W.C.l.Promising Pupils' Squad: We maybe able to include one, perhaps twomore junior boys of good standard,in ·the special E.T.T.A. squad on thiscourse. Apply as above.they would also need Ann Haydon,whose table tennis future is still inthe air.L.B.H., providing they can still callon Diane Rowe and Margaret Fry,will take a lot of beating, but surpriserunners-up last season, St. Alhans,must not be overlooked.The first round was due to be completedby October 30, the second byNovember 27, the third by December25, Zone finals by January 22,Quarter-finals by February 12, andsemi-finals by February 28, with theFinals being staged by agreement ata later date.J.M. ROSE BOWL(Draw for Finst Round)To be played by 30th October, 1960ZONE ISheffield bye, Leeds v HUddersfield,Gri,msby v Halifax, Northumberland bye.ZONE 2Chester bye, Oldham v Blackpool, Manchesterv Burnley, Liverpool bye.ZONE 3(A)Kettering v Leicester, Birmingham bye.ZONE 3(B)Norwich bye, Wisbech v Great Yarmouth,Kings Lynn v Cambridge, Ipswichbye.ZONE 4Watford v Aylesbury, Stevenage v Letchworth,Bedford v St. Albans, Luton vHarlow.ZONE 5(A)London Business Houses, Croydon byes,Willesden v East London, London CivilService bye.ZONE 5(B)Dagenham, Bromley byes, Leatherhead vWoolwich, Beckenham bye.ZONE 6(A)Sutton, North Middlesex byes, LondonBanks v Romford, Wembley bye.ZONE 6(B)South West Middlesex v North WestKent, BasHdon v Southend.ZONE '7Portsmouth, Southampton byes, Crawleyv Bognor, Worthing bye.WZONE 8(A)Staines bye, Newbury v Oxford, Sloughv Maidenhead, Reading bye.ZONE 8(B)Bristol v Gloucester, Cheltenham bye.WILMOTT CUP(Draw for First Bound)To be played by 30th October, 1960ZONE I(A)Halifax, Leeds byes, York v Northumberland,Bradford bye.ZONE I(B)Doncaster bye, Sheffield v Grimsby, LincolnChesterfield byes.ZONE 2Liverpool v Oldham, B'lackpool v Man,­chester, Mid Cheshire v Burnley, Chesterbye.ZONE 3(A)Bi'rmingham, Kettering byes, Potteries vLeamington, Leicester bye.ZONE 3(B)Wisbech, Norwich byes, Kings Lynn vGreat Yarmouth, Ipswich bye.ZONE 4St. Albans v Aylesbury, Bedford v Watford,s.tevenage v Buckingham, Letchworthv Luton. .ZONE 5(A)Sutton bye, Basildon v London Banks,London Business Houses v Croydon, NorthWest Kent bye.ZONE 5(B)Wembley bye, Willesden v Wandsworth,London Civil Service v Dagenham, NorthMiddlesex bye.ZONE 6(A)Romford bye, South London V Woolwich,South West Middlesex v Crawley, NALGObye.ZONE 6(B)Bromley v Travel Trades, Southend vLondon University, East London v Beckenham,Leatherhead bye.ZONE '7Portsmouth v Brighton, Southampton vBognor, Eastbourne v Worthing, WInchesterbye.ZONE 8(A)Newbury v Staines, Chalfonts v Maidenhead,Oxford University v Reading, Sloughv Oxford.ZONE 8(B)Plymouth v Gloucester, Cheltenham vBristol.WILLESDEN SEEK RECORDILLESDEN, winnets for the pastthree years will be out for an alltimerecord when the Middlesex Inter­Leagues competition gets under wayshortly.. With Laurie Landry and StanleyJacobson as well as the youngsters,Brian Wright and David Offenbach inreserve, they will start firm favourites.The Middlesex Inter-Schools competitionintroduced two years ago isagain being held this season and entriesare already rolling in.The Middlesex "Open" takes place atHanwell Community Centr'e on December10 and 11 ~ Bntry forms can be obtainedfrom Geoff James t 19 t St. Ann'sVillas, W.t. The "closed" championshipsare being held over until March 4-5 atUltras Ltd., N.W.IO.The future looks bright for Middlesexwith the inclusion of three boys in theEnglish Junior Ranking list, BrianWright (equal 2), Nigel Ive (5) andDavid Offenbach (equal 7). Not so brighton the girls side though .... no one atthe trials. It appears there is no one yetready to follow in the footsteps of JeanHarrower.Shock for Middlesex in the CountyChampionship . . . they were held to a5-5 draw by newly-promoted Kent. Thisfollowed 'the day after Middlesex hadthrashed Cheshire 10-0.CLUB BADGESAttractive cloth badges can nowbe supplied in any quantity fromsix upwards at low prices and withqUick delivery. Made entirely toyour own design and suitable forwear on blazers or sweaters, etc.Free assistance given in designingyour badge if reqUired. Details fromS. A. CORY AND COMPANY,20 St. John's WIl, LONDON, S.W.IlPage Thirteen

TWENTY-THOUSAND young- coaches Ian Harrison (Clacton),sters can't be wrong. T'hat'swhy the News of the Worldcoaching scheme, which attractedthis vast entry, is the greatestevent of its kind in table tennis.At Butlin's Camp from Mayuntil September boys and girlls~many introduced to the game for places and on to the stage come Sirthe first time - went through William and Mr. Butlin.weekly siftings under the expert Hushed Expectancyguidance of coaches with nearly150 qualifying for the final fesofhushed expe'ctancy awaits the ~n­Everything is ·now set and an airtival at Bognor.nouncement of the winners. ThenThere, Lesley Bell, 14, from Rom­ some 1,500 spectators burst into aford, and Chester Barnes, 13, from crescendo of applause as tiny be­Forest Gate, were picked out as the spectacled Lesley Bell, and equally"Boy and Girl of the Year".small crew-cut Chester Barnes makeThey received their trophies from their excited way to the front to re­Sir William Carr, Chairman of the ceive their awards.News of the World, and Mr. Billy It was a most moving ceremonyButlin at a most spectacular presenta­ with all the best theatre traditions oftion in the Camp Theatre.presentation behind i,t.Pause while we capture the scene. To be picked out from twenty­The curtain lifts to reveal Johnny thousand as having the greatestLeach, organiser-in-chief, and his six potential in the sport is 11JO meanNOVEMBER· 1960 TABLE TENNIS TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER· 196QTWENTY THOUSAND YOUNGSTERSpoints he received that edged Chester next year by bringing in the Butlin's League, with Pwllheli, represented byBarnes to the Boys Trophy, with a Hotels. Bryan Merrett and Judy Williamstotal of 126. So look for an even bigger search going through unbeaten to win the\.He is not so well known, and can for talent to assure the future of trophy.claim to be a News of the World British Table Tennis. In the past two years of the combyFRANK BUTLER discovery for it was at Clacton in In addition to the coaching scheme petition Diane Rowe had been the1958 that he first caught the eye of there was also the Coach and Pupil successful coach, but this time withSports Editor "News of the World" Harry Venner. Chester now attends Challenge Cup. Each of the six Peter Duncombe, of Doncaster, foundthe Putney International Club which coaches chose a pupil of the oppo­ Pwllheli just too strong and finishedachievement and it is mere coincidenceis run by Venner.site sex and played off an Inter-Camp runners-up.George Muranyi (Bognor), Helen that both these stars of the futureCommented Johnny Leach at theElliot (Ayr), Diane Rowe (Filey), should hail from Essex.end of the festival, "There was soLouis Kerekes (Skegness) and Bryan Blonde, pony-tailed Lesley was alreadyw,ell-known before the coachingsters that it was a difficult task pick­Httle to choose between these young­Merrett (Pwllheli).A brief introduction then a turntableof Palladium proportion slowly Brenda Bell, reigning English veteranthere can be any disagreement withstarted, for as the daughter of Mrs.ing the two winners. But I don't thinkswings round for the colourful scene champion, she has been brought upthe ultimate choice."of the finalists all in their track suits. in a table tennis atmosphere.Close to winning the peak. awardsThe coaches come round to take their Last season, after a shock win overwere a brother and sister, Peter (13)the then reigning champion Jeanand Judy (16) Williams of Hatfield.Harrower, she reached the final ofThey received runners-up mementoesthe English junior championship, toalong with Patricia Dainty (13), ofbe narrowly beaten by internationalDoncaster, Lesley Proudlock (15) of,Mary Shannon.Sheffield, Cynthia Blackshaw (17) ofThis in no way influenced herDoncaster, Colin Cadwallader (16) ofchoice as "Girl of the Year".Birmingham, Brian Hill (16) of Bostonand Maurice Billington (16) ofBackground means nothing in thisgreat scheme; all are marked on aLeamington Spa.points system and Lesley came out onAll these and many more besidestop with 129 in competition with suchare the names that will figure prominentlyin table tennis in the next fewjunior internationals as Judy Williamsand Alma Taft.years.To counteract the difference in agesThis is the sixth year of the Newssix bonus points are awarded forof the World coaching scheime andevery year a competitor is under thei,t has grown in status with each succeedingyear.age of 17. Yet, despite her 18 bonuspoints, Lesley would still have beenBognor was added to the list ofthe winner.Butlih's Camps this season and plansIt was, however, the 24 bonusare afoot to extend it even furtherJohnny Leach and the coaches, Ian Harrison (Clacton), George Muranyi (Bognor), HelenElliot (Ayr), Diane Rowe (Filey), Louis Kerekes (Skegness) and Bryan Merrett (Pwllheli)on paradeThe impressive scene as the coaches and nearly 150finalists await the announcemen·t of the Boy and Girlof the YearBryan Merrett and Judy Williams received the "Coach and Pupil" Trophy from Sir WilliamCarr, and Mr. Billy ButlinPage FourteenPage F!'fteen

TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER - 1960THE RUSSIAN TOURby GE·OFF HARROWER(with the co-operation of RON eRAYDEN a.nd LEN ADAMS)FR'O'M October 17 to 22, a small:party of Russian Table TennispIayers and officials ca.me to England,played five mait'ches, and returnedhome with five convincing victoriestuoked under tJheir belts.Inoountless homes inquests havebeen taking place ever since. Arethe Russians world beaters? Are ourplayers the worst ever?Comments 'range between these twoextremes. ~he short answer to bothquestions is "no."In a space of four to five years theRussians have e;merged with a teamwhichoan hold its own, or almostso, w,ith the best in Europe, but theystill ha've some way to go to comparewith the '.Asian sitar,s.Wat1cbing their games, there s'eemslittle, if anything, to choose betweenour top men and theirs. The stylesof play are similar. What, then, is,the difference? Ron Crayden sumsit up well when he says that the RussiansaTe more matoh tigiht, that theyspace each game out better--especiallytheir two older players, from LHhuania.NOTHING TO ORANGEAdditionally, they seem fitter, and,possibly, f.aster. It goes without saying,that the Russians lea,ve nothingto chance on that score. It mighteven be that this was the essentialdiffer'ence. Or per-haps it was theirability to raise their games at theri'ght moment.Ti1me and again an England manled by severa,! points, sometimes asmany as six to ten points, yet in theend the Russian would win at 21-19or 22-20. Perhaps it is the fatalEngland 2, Russia 7 (Bristol)B. Merrett bt G. Avarin 14,; 17 lost toA. Saunoris -19, -17; bt R. Paschkeavichus19, 16.r. Harrison lost to Paschkeavichns -19,-14; lost to Avarin -18, -17; lost toSaunoris -17, -19.A. Rhodes 30st to Paschkeavichus -20,-16; lost to Saunoris -7, 17, -18; lostto Avarin -13, -18.England 3, Russia 6 (Birmingham.)Merrett lost to Avarin -19, -20; lostto Saunoris -18, 15, -18, lost to Paschkeavichus-16, -14.J. Ingber lost to Paschkeavichus -20,-17; bt Saunoris 16, 18; lost to Averin-18, 17, -14.Rhodes lost to Saunoris --16, -14; btAverin -16, 19, 18; bt Paschkeavichus 11,20.England 1" Russia 8 (Manchester)D. Burridge lost to Saunoris -13, -16;lost to Avarin -11, -14; lost to Paschkeavichus12, -18, -16.Page SixteenDETAILED RESULTSEngLish w,eaknes8 of playing oveTcarefullyat critical moments.The Russians play carefully, too,but when 'the opening comes, wham!With our boys it is a slower hit in acrisis, and of course nine times inten it comes back.Whatever the :inquests, it cannot bedenied that all too few enthusiastssa1w the tourists. Mter a fairly goodstart, witJh 950 at Bristol (capa!oity1,250), there w'ere only 450 at Birminghamand 1,000 at Belle Vue,Manchester, hardly gave the appearanceof a full house.Teaching them EnglishN ext time tbe Russians come toEngland ma1ybe they will be ableto ta,lk wilth our players withoutthe aid of an interp.reter.At any rate, after their finalmatch at Greenwicb they werepresented with an English LinguaphoneCourse by the KentCbainnan, Conrad Jaschke.This is a system of teachinglanguages by lessons on gramophonerecord, used in conjunctionwith specially preparedbooks.Jaschke is tbe export managerof Linguaphone.Sunderland attracted a 450 capacityhouse, then on to Greenwich for thefinal match and only 250, possihlybecause of the bad weather and 2 p.m.start.At least for the time being, TableTennis in bi1g halls is dead in thiscountry; dead in more ways than one.Harrison lost to Paschkeavichus -15,'-18; lost to Saunoris 11, -16, -18; btAvarin 13, 20.Ingber lost to Avarin -15, -22; lostto Paschkeavichus -17, -12; lost toSaunoris -16, 19, -18.England 1, Russia 6 (Sunderland)Ingber lost to Saunoris 17, -117, -13,lost to Avarin -18, -21.Burridge los't to Avarin 8, -18, -13;lost to Paschkeavichus 19, -17, -16.Harrison lost to Paschkeavichus -117, 16,-16; lost to Saunoris -17, -15; btAvarin 13, 19.England 3, Russia 6 (Greenwich)Harrison lost to Paschkeavichus 20, -19,-19; lost to S:aunoris 19, -11, -20; btAvarin 14, 20. Burridge lost to Avarin-18, -19; lost to Saunoris 24, -15, -16;lost to Paschkeavichus -18, -12; Merrettbt Paschkeavichus 10, 8; bt Avarin-11, 19, 13; lost to Saunoris 14, -13,-12.Not only is it financially unprofitableto hire large haUs which are halfempty or worse, but the atmosphereis laloking.It is significant that the only reallygood match was at Sunderland, wherethe packed audience' saw a tbriltingencounter, with every player athis best, reacting to the atmospbere.Talking to Len Adams during theGreenwich match, I said it was ofconsiderahly better quality than ateirther Bristol or Birmingham. Lenwas of the opinion that the Sunderlandmatch was severa:l stages ahoveGreenwich!It would see'm that the way toattract ba.ck our lost audiences is toplay matches in small halls. But youcan't make enough money in smallhalls to pay expenses. So where dowe go from there.What of the Russian players?The best was Aljigimantas Saunoris,a 32-year-old surgeon from Vilnus,capital of Lithuania. The number twois Rima Paschkeavichus, who is a 26­year old fur cutter, also fromLithuania.AlTACK,ATfACKTbe Russians do not believe in defence,and tbey are currently teachingall their young players to attack,attack, attack.The first product of this policy wesaw in the 18-year-old GennadiAvarin. Of oourse, he CAN defend,but you have to watch him a longtime to find this out! His comparativeinexperience made him more vulnerablethan the other two. It must beborn in mind, however, that theRussians invaJ:'liahly rel1axed as soonas 'l1hey had won the match. This'was particulM"ly so alt Birmingham twhere the score we1lJt from 5-0 to 5-3,and in the final match of the tour,where Paschkeavichus put up only atoken show against Merrett.How are we going to do better?Well, our pIayers need plenty ofexperience against overseas opposi..tion. Playing amongst themselves isjust not good enough. Prior to thetour, we had a confident Ian Harrisoncarrying all before him against otherEnglish players. After an awful nightat Bristol, where he lost confidenceand lapsed into his unfortunate,mannerisms, he seemed to get overthis, and by Greenwich played well.Yet the following day, in the TopContinued on Page 17

NOVEMBER - 1960TABLE TENNIS•Table Tennis In NeW" ChinaWHEN players from all over theglobe gather in Peking next Aprilfor the World Championships theycan expect an enthusiastic welcome.For China has become a countrywhich numbers it players in millions!No matter where you travel fromthe ca,pital to the town and villagestable tennis equipment and largenumbers of players are to be foundin any factory, enterprise, governmentoffice, school or people's commune.To get some idea of the tremendoushold table tennis has gained letus turn back to November, 1959. TheCentral Committee of the OhineseCommunist Youth League called forRUSSIAN TOU,RContinued from page 16Ten encounter at Pinchley, he lostto Ingber, Jacobson and Rhodes.I am not slating Ian, only a'greeingwith Ron Crayden when he feels theneed for a confident No.1, uponwhom the rest of the tea'm can rely.OUf chaps CAN play well}. AlanRhodes, a £umblling player of notmuch talent at Bristol was transformedinto a smashing all-out attackeronly the following nightunfortunatelyafter the nlatch had·been lost.Jeff Ingber, hesitant in atta,ck in hisfirst two enoounters in his firstmatch, took my advice and hit outa,gainst Saunoris, and won. D'erekBurridge was rather unlucky; now inbus:iness on his own a'ccount, he hastoo l,ittle practice, and was just ashade off his best, whereas it· wouldhave been necessary for him to beright on top in order to win.Bryan Merrett was the most successfulplayer a,s far as results wereconcerned. He played his well knownwaiting game, with the (very) occasionalhit, and I feel it true to saythat he kept his normal form. Normalform or slightly above from therest of the team ~LL THE TIME,and we would have had Hve matchesturning out according to Ron Crayden'spre-first match forecast -5 --4one way or the other.The Russlians were extremelysporting opponents, and the audiencesappreciative and nort partisan. Goodplay was applauded at aU times,from wherever it came. Tours of"this natur,e can do so much good,what a pity audiences are not biggerso "bhat we could have more of them.by CHUNG HSIN-HSAthe launching of a table tennis competitioncampaign on a mass scale.The immediate result was a hightide of comp,etitions wit1h the numbersof participants ranging fromthousands to hundreds of" thousands-,and in some municipalities and provincesthey exceeded a million!With this vast number of enthusiastsit is not surprising 'that thereare some families in which everyoneof the members is a keen player.In the 1959 competitions at FukienProvince sports meet, there was aquarter-final match between a mother,Ouyang Hsin, and her 15-year-olddaughter, Lin Hs-meng. After fivefierce games the nlother won and wasplaced fourth in the final rankingswith her daughter fifth.Among the other four nlembers oftheir family, only grandma and theyoungest son are not table tennis enthusiasts.But husband, Lin Hao-jan,is a member of the Fuchow Cityteam, while their 13-year-old son LinHsi-yen plays for the city juniors.Master of Sports, Wang Chuan-yao,also 'comes from a table tennis playingfamily. Wang and his sister-illJlawChih Huei-fang are amongChina's top players.As a result of extensive developmentof the game, outstanding playershave emerged in large numbers togetherwith rapid progress in thetechnical standard.A WORLD CHAMPIONTo increase knowledge and learnfrom the outstanding players of othercountries, Chinese players have competedin world championships since1953.With each succeeding World meetingOhina has stepped up the Iadde:rof world ranking until at Dortmundin 1959 Jung Kuo-tuan smashed hisway to the coveted singles crown.And Chinese players won five thirdplaces in the other events.Now as hosts to the World Championshipsin April China hope Ito doeven better.To build up their younger playerslast season China sent an eight-strong"B" team on a European tour. Theyplayed in Hungary, Britain andSweden, registering a number of brilliantvictories which caught the eyesof the European circle. Among theplayers who gave Europe a foretasteof what to expect in Peking wereHU KE-MINGChuang Tse-tung, Li Fu-young, andHu ke-ming.China, 'taking the opportunity ofhaving the world's top players atPeking, are hoping to arrange severalfriendly matches, and will look forwardto an exchange of experience.And above all they will be watchingclosely, anxious Ito pick up all theknowledge they can for the furtheradvancement of their own techniques.E.T.T.A. BO-OKS'H'OPThe following books and publicationscan be obtained through theE.T.T.A. office, 652 Grand Buildings,Trafalgar Square, London W.C.2.HOW TO WIN AT TABLE TENNISby Victor Barna Price 6s.TABLE TENNIS MY WAY byJohnny Leach...Price 26s. 6d. and 5s.TACKLE TABLE TENNIS TIDSWAY by Ann Haydon. Price lOs. 6d.MO,DERN TABLE TENNIS by JackCarrington Price 7s. 6d.TABLE TENNIS QUIZ by AlecBrook Price Is. 6d.TABLE TENNIS by Leslie Woollard...................................... 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TABLE TENNISTOURNAMENTTALKINGPOINTSTHE English "Closed" held in theButlin's Camp at Bogno,r wasplayed under much better conditionsthan the two previous early seasontournaments-also staged at Butlincamps.The main advantage it had overthe East of England and the Essexevents was that is was unnecessaryto use heavy curtaining to keep outthe light and therefore made the ballmore airy and prevented the close atmospherewhich rather spoilt theother two tournaments.In fact, apart from the slightlysluggish floor the conditions and org_anisationat Bognor were nearlyperfect.It was also pleasing, after the previousweek-end, to have a card toadmit us to the camp without payment.A little preliminary organisationwas all that was needed.The North of England was onceagain high on the list of wellorganisedevents. There were three orfour committee men permanently outby the tables, bringing score-sheetsback and forth and also finding umpires- usually the loser of theprevious game.Untpires, GrabbedThere were rarely any gaps in theflow of games and the umpires weregrabbed before they had a chance ofgetting away. However, there was noill feeling over this as mos,t playersare beginning to realise that withouttheir help in umpiring any tournamentwill be a flop.There was also an improvement onthe catering side which this year wa$privately organised. This led to ageneral reduction in price and increaseof choice.After the English "Closed", StanJacobson was heard to say that hehas yet Ito lose to an Englishman thisseason. Quite true too apart fromwinning the Essex "Open," Stan lostto Louis Kerekes in the' East of Englandand Josef Somogyi in the English.Having read a letter in last month'smagazine asking why there was nonews from the north leads me to suggestthat perhaps this column couldbe used for the purpose. If there areany interesting Talking Points justsend them in, care of, this column.LAURIE LANDRYTOP TENBy LAURIEHE "Top Ten" tournament atT Finchley on Ootober 23 onceagain showed the unpr'ediotabitlity ofthe leading men.Ian Harrison and Bryan Merrett,the joint No. 1'8, both flopped, andit was Jeff Ingber, 25-year-old Manchestertextile merchant, who camethrough as 'the sUliprise winner.He suffered one defeat in his sixmatohes ... to Stanley Ja~obson, the31-year-old W~llesden newcomer toJEFF INGBERtJh[S level of play, who proved giantkiller in chief.Staging a repeat of his Essex"Open" performance, Jacobson, withhis heavy top-spin shots, beat bothMerrett and Harrison.CuriouSily enough Jacobson faBedagainst aU three of his Middlesex colleagues,A!lan Lindsay, Alan Rhodesand Derek Burridge, and it wouldappear that you have to knowJaoobson's play to have a ohance ofvictory.Ingber, of course, also beat bothHan,ison and Merrett, and came outtop of the list almost unnoticed, formany had tended to write him offafter he had lost his opening matchto Jacobson. .Disastrous Meeting11 was a disastrous meeting for Ha'f­~ison who also went down toRhodes. His ,only successes wereagainst Burridge and lJindsay.With BU1T!idge, Jacohson, Merrettand Rhodes all finilsbinJg equa,l twobehind Ingber, selectors must ,be wondering,where do we go from here.The women's event was much morestraightforward with Diane RoweNOVEMBER· 196USHOCKSLANIDRYnever reaUy extended, confirming herpos1ition as Englland's top woman.The main interest was Jean Harrower'svictory over Jean McCree, hersecond this season. This would indicateshe is now due for a jump inthe ranking listShe also beat Betty Bird, who isranked above her.Owing to iHness in her family,Kathie Best was unable to take part.TOP TEN RESULTSMENJ. Ingber (Lancashire) won 5 lost 1: btBurridge 19, 16; bt Harrison -15, 16, 12;bt Lindsay 16, 16; bt Merrett -15, 18, 15;bt Rhodes 15, -13, 16.D. Burridge (Middlesex) won 3 lost 3:bt Jacobson -14, 13, 18; bt Lindsay -13,15, 15; bt Rhodes 13, 18.'So Jacobson (Middlesex) won 3 lost 3:bt Harrison 17, 12; bt Merrett 14, 19; btIngber 13, 22.B. Merrett (Gloucestershire) won 3 Ipst2: bt Burridge 16-15 (time limit), 11-10(t.l.); bt Lindsay 2,1-14, 20-17 (t.l.); btRhodes 14, 16.A. Rhodes (Middlesex) won 3 lost 3: btHarrison 10, 16, bt Jacobson -18, 10,20, bt Lindsay 22, 16.I. Harrison (Gloucestershire) won 2 lost3: bt Burridge 20, 20; bt Lindsay -16, 7,11.A. Lindsay (Middlesex) won 1 lost 5: btJacobson 5, 14.WOMEND. Rowe (Middlesex) won 3 lost 0: btHarrower 10, 19; bt McCree 9, 17; bt Bird17, 12.J. IlaJrrower (Middlesex) won 2 lost 1:bt McCree 10, 14; bt Bird 13, ~16, 11.J. McCree (Essex) won 1 lost 2: bt Bird"18, 8.B. Bird (Surrey) won 0 lost 3.NORFOLK NOTESXPANSION is reported from theE Wymondham league where they areorganising two divisions this year. Thisshows a big increase in enthusiasm foronly a short while ago the membershipwas as low as five teams.Ten years ago there was a thrivingleague in Cromer but unfortunatelyNational Service took many of the youngplayers away and the league collapsed.The County Association are n0W hopingto re-awaken interest in the area bystaging a get together at Cromer of someof the lesser lights in its affiliated leaguesThe Norfolk "Closed" will again beheld at the Norwich Lad's Club and,as in the past two years, the triangularsystem will be used for the first roundof the men's singles. The trophies willbe presented by Mrs. Cassell, our countypresident.Robin WickemCopy for publication shouldreach the Editor by the 10th ofeach month.Page Eighteen

NOVEMBER - 1960WELSH CORNERTop Twenty Trial Sho.ckss expected, the Top Twenty Trial provided quite a few shocks, and provedA that some of our best players are as yet far off the form that brought themhonours last season.George Evans (Barry) was unable to turn out because he had topsillitis,. a;ndBasil Evans (Newport) was also an absentee. Hugh Plummer, Tredegar s promIsIngyoungster came in as reserve but Group "A" was one short of the planned five.Kerry Cutler started the shocks bycompletely outplaying ~on Davies in t~eopening game of theIr match, and Itwas only after Ron had scraped homein the second that he took command.Throughout the day Davies played verypatchily. He finished at the top withAlan Thomas in the final groups, but itwas in spite of his form and not becauseof it.Alan Morris, always looking good withoutquite getting the results, beat -GeorgeDavies and Cutler, but lost narrowly toRon Davies.George Davies, who beat Cutler butlost to Morris and Davies, is still muchtoo erratic.Ron Davies finished best in this group,with Alan Morris second, George Daviesthird and Cutler last.Stan Jones, now living at Swansea,won Group "B" without dropping agame, although he had two deuce gameswith Ian Gibson, who, although considerablyimproved, had a disappointingrecord in this group. John Davies(Eastern Valleys), improved as the daywore on and secured three wins.Cyril Gray (Newport) played well butwas not quite good enough to shakeStan Jones.Group "C" results brought the firstreal upset, with Bri~n Everson. managingonly third place behInd easy wmner AlanThomas and Ken Bull (Cardiff).Of the two youngsters in the group,Hugh Plummer (Tredegar) got the edgeby beating Jobo Davies, the AbergavennyJunior International.Junior Champion Colin Thomas fromLlandudno won all his matches-Group"D". He scored a decisive victory overBernard Dimascio, whose attacking gameshowed the tentativeness that has so oftenbeen his downfall.Dick Hopkins who was second in thisGroup showed considerable fight to beatDimascio after losing the first game to5.Tony Huish (Newport) finished fourth,below Dimascio, with Roy Fowlerbottom.In the Group Finals, Ron Davies andAlan Thomas shared top place with twowins and one loss followed by ColinThomas and Stan Jones with one winand two losses. Alan Thomas admittedafterwards that Colin ought to havefinished above him, for in their matchthe Llandudno junior lead 16-10 in thethird, but lost ten points in a row!Jobo Davies (Eastern Valleys) andAlan Morris topped the runner-up group.There were some sparkling games mGroup "C", which Brian Everson wonwithout loss.Ian Gibson at last struck better formin the fourth group and with good ,winsover Cutler and Fowler, shared the topspot with Bryn Bowden and Roy Fowler.SUSSEX RANK·INGSpETER SHEAD'S status as the leadingSussex player received an earlyseason boost at the English "Closed" inwhich he beat Bob McC'ree, Tony Piddockand Johnny Leach.County No. 1 Mrs. Ann Woodfordwas a Diane Rowe victim but reachedthe final of the consolation singles.The new county ranking lists are:1, P. SHEAD; 2, P. YATES; 3, G. WHAL­LEY; 4, R. PIERCE; 5, W. NEWMAN; 6,L. GUNN; 7, J. DOBELL; 8, D. GAR­MAN; 9, O. BAKER.Women: 1, MRS. A. WOODFORD; 2,MRS. D. BARoNTun; 3, MRS. P. PIERCE;4, MISS J. COLEMAN; 5, MRS. G. BAY­LEY; 6, MRS. C. LINDSAy-LEAKE.The Sussex inter-league m:en's competitionhas been increased in size thisseason and now comprises 15 teams.J.W.YORKSHIRE'SORKSHIRE mourns the death ofYH. N. Smith the quiet benefactorwith an odd eccentricity. He insisted thatall correspondence be addressed plain"H. N. Smith," without any "Mr." or"Esquire". Letters always began "DearH.N.' or "Dear H. N. Smith".Hut H.N., president from 1935 to 1951and a patron since, did a lot to helptable tennis.At a cabaret organised to boost Ycirkshirefund"! he bought tickets to giveaway to people who could not affordthem. He started an appeal fund in 1952to raise Kathleen Best's Corbillon Cupfare to Bombay with a £50 cheque.In the mid-forties he was instrumentalin bringing first-class coaching to Halifax,which made the league a power in thecounty.Brook Motors hope to make a speedyimpact on the Huddersfiield league. Membersfor the first time, they have enteredseven teams. That beats RAFA'sentry by one.Because of staff ,departures PassengerTransport cannot' maintain their FirstDivision side but are continuing in DivisionFour.An increase in team entries gives theleague eight divisions compared withlast season's seven; and Barnsley havegrown from six to seven groups.At Sheffield, the Albion club, havingfought their way up from the bottomdivision, are furnace-hot favourites forDivision Two. Premier Division player~aurice Simpson has joined RonnieTABLE TENNISWELCOME BACKPAM MORTIMER, the attractiveBinningbam ~ar is back playing againfollowing the birtb of her daughter fourmonths ago.Ranked No. 3 when she dropped outlast seasoD, Pam bas already made herpresence felt, being runner-up in theNorth of England "Open."In private fife, Pam is the wife ofAlan Lake, a Binningham sports writer.They already have a four-year-old SODKelvin.SAD LOSSRidge there, and so has Doug McGarry,who is also still turning out for BamsleyNorth End.Yorkshire club champions, Metal 'Box,are aiming for their sixth successiveBradford, league title and showed theymean business by sweeping aside lastyear's runners-up, Nomads, by 9-1 intheir opening match."Closed" championships will be held inmid-season at Huddersfield (week beginningJanuary -~O) and Leeds (Saturday28).George Carrigill (Huddersfield) hasbeen showing good early season formin the Hull Young People's Institutecentenary invitation tournament. However,the experience of Maurice Simpsonproved too much for him in the final.Lillias Hamilton of Barnsley, beatBetty Clough (Bradford) in the women'sevent and teamed with Margaret Bradnum(liull) to take the mixed from thehome partnership of Betty Kinsley andIrene Allsopp.Michael Dainty and Colin Gray didwell to re'ach the men's doubles final,where they were outplayed by Carrigilland Maurice PittS.The Yorkshire "Open" at York onNovember 26 will be the best for years,vows Ken Park, the County's keen newtournament secretary.Several top-line stars are to be invitedto boost thebigger crowd.standard and pull in aMalcom Ha~leyPage Nineteen

TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER - 1960SUFFOLK NEWSREEL EAGLE/GIRL TOURNAMENT FROM KENNE.TH WHEELE.RTHE main features of late Septemberand October wer,e the IpswichANOTHER TEN THOUSANDY.M.C.A. tournament, junior and seniortrials, a visit from Harry Walker, juniorN.C.C. matches and the introduction ofa Suffolk invitation Tournament.St. Joseph's College at Birkfield onthe outskirts of Ipswich made a splendidjob of staging the junior county matches.Directly affiliated as "Paulred" Club,named after its two main organisers,Brother Paul and Brother Balred, St.Joseph's is fast making itself known inthe table tennis world.Ten tables cater for over a hundredyoungsters all keen to play the gamebut many promising boys, BrotherEalred told me, are being negleoted becausethey cannot be given adequatecoaching. Even adequate competitioncannot be afforded them because theCoHege ,cannot commit itself to participatingin the local league. However,consideration is being given to playinga team in the junior division of theS.I.T.L.All five of last season's teams Ipswich,Lowestoft, Peasenhall, Stowmarket andSudbury are again participating in thesenior division of the S.I.T.L. but Peasenhallhav'e dropped 'Out of rthe juniordivision leaving only Ipswich, Lowestoftand Stowmarket. This will entail doublefixtures.The second Ipswich Y.M.C:.A. tournament,like most 'other early seasonevents, had its fair share of shocks. Inf:act Dave Halliday was the: only holderto retain his title. He won the juniorsingles and only failed at the lhst stagein the men's singles after beating theholder, C'olin Crowe.Mrs 'D. Griffiths had a "field" daytaking three titIes.RESULTSMen's Singles: P. COI...E (Lowestoft) btD. Halliday (Ipswich) 21-16, 21-15.Women's Singles: Mrs. D. GRIFFITHS(Birmingham) bt H. Hawkes (Ipswich)21-11, 21-16.Men's Doubles: COLE/J. COI..ILINS(Lowestoft) bt C. Crowe/P. Racey (Luton)21-15, 21-16.Women's Doubles: Mrs. B. CARLESS/Mrs. GRIFFITHS (Birmingham) bt Mrs.B. Cassell (Lynn) /Mrs. P. Rogers(IpSWich) 21-14, 21-12.Mixed Doubles: R. WARNER/Mrs.GRIFFITHS bt Crowe/Mrs. Cassell 18-21,21-18, 21-18. )Junior Singles: HALLIDAY bt Miss J.Pedder (E'ssex) 21-11, 21-12.SURREY NEWCOMERSSURREY have welcomed two distin­\ guished ladies to their ranks in Mrs.Barbara Andrews (nee Milbank) andMrs. Joy Faulkner (nee Seaman). Thesetwo {ormler internationals, who haveboth qualifi.ed by residence, wererunners-up in the women's doubles at theSurr,ey "closed," while Mrs. Andrewshas already made her county debut inthe Prem~er Division match againstGloucestershire.Page TwentyWITH an entry of 10,000 boys andgirls who were under 15 onJanuary 1 last, the seventh annualEagle / Girl Championship of GreatBritain got underway in O'ctoberwith qualifying rounds held inschools and clubs all over the country.This time a certain amount ofstreamlining has been necessary in theorganisation. Qualifiers will be eligibleto play in one of five Areafinals at Cardiff, Birmingham, London,Manchester or Glasgow. Only twoRegional rounds will be held-inLondon, for South, Midlands andWales; and Manchester, for Northand Scotland. Winners of RegionalFinals will compete in the GrandFinals in London on March 11 or 18.The club or s:chool in each Regionwith the highest number of teampoints, based on entry and playingNORTHANTS NOTESNORTHAMPTONSHIRE have onceagain decided not to ,enter theNational County Championships. Theyhave, however, arranged some friendlymatches against nearby Counties in aneffort to maintain the interest and standardnecessary for any eventual re-entiryinto the Championships.This month 28 players took part inthe Cpunty trials. Among these was~om Moriarty, ex-Hertfordshire player,'who now lives in Northampton.In an effort to foster morle interest inlocal and national affairs, Northamptonshireare making a big drive to increasethe circulation of this magazine withinthe county.E.D.BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEWSTIHE Inter-League Championships continuesto attract more and moreteams from our eight Affiliated Leagues.This season's line-up of 29 teams in fOUfDivisions, promises tougher oppositionthan ever for the Slough teams in theirquest to maintain their supremacy.After the County trials which weremarred by the absence of the completecontingent of senior men and womenfrom High Wycombe, the followingranking lists were issued:Men: 1. D. Jones; =2. J. Husbands,L. Thompson, P. Ward; 5. J. Healey;6. G. Jeffery; 7. G. Walder.Women: 1. K. Ward; 2. M. Norton;3. I. Cox; 4. J. Wooding; 5. M.Murphy.Intermediate Men: 1. R. Pettit; 2. D.Richards; 3. B. Rowlands; 4. P. Shirley.Th,e intermediate group was an innoresults,will be awarded a Clubtable tennis' table. The team achievingthe best playing results in Britain, irrespectiveof ,entries, will receive aspecial match table.Doncaster Youth with an entry of400 players, are making a strong bidto retain the titles of Top ':Beam inBritain, and in the North, which theywon last year, but a significant challengecom,es from Nicholls SecondarySchool for Boys, Manchester, whosequalifying tournament counts also forSchool Individual and House trophies.Top entry in the South comes fromRamsey Se,condary Modem School,Huntingdonshire, who are newcomersto our tournament but who have entereda total of 500 ,children in thefour events.First of the Area Finals is theScottish at Glasgow on Saturday,December 17.vation designed to let the selectors seewhat the constituent leagues in the wayof younger players who could possiblybenefit from specialist attention. Thoseon view showed that a definite policytowards them, with experienced seniorplayers giving them guidanoe, could' ensurea reasonably bright future for theCounty in the future.ESSEX NOTESCongratulations to 13-year-old Chester'Barnes of Forest Gate, and 14-year-oldLesley Bell of Romford, on becomingthe first Essex juniors to win the Newsof the World Boy and Girl of the YearTrophies.These two also helped to establishanother county precedent when togetlierwith David Garner, Danny Pryor andthe Sayers twins they formed theyoungest ever side "fielded" by Essex.The seniors made a good start in theirbid for the Premier Division honours bybeating Cheshire after a most enjoyablematch.Frank BatemanENGLISH "CLOSED"Final results in the Consolation Eventsat the English "Closed" Championshipswere:Men's Singles: B. H. K. MIDGLEY(Hants.) bt C. Warren (Surrey) 21-14,13-21, 21-18.WOMEN'S SINGLES: G. M. ROBINSON(Herts.) bt Mrs. J. Woodford (Sussex)22-20, 21-17.

TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER - 1960COUNTY CHAMPI,ONSHIPS ROUND UPby CONRAD JASCHKECHAMPIONS HELD TO A DRAW BY KENTDRAWS abounded on the first dayof ,the new championships season-there were five in all-but none ofthese was less expected than that betweenchampions, Middlesex andnewly promoted Kent, at B.E.A.,South Ruislip.Sometimes referred to as the "yoyo"kids, Kent have for some yearspursued a vigorous youth policy inthe county selection, which has onsome occasions sacrificed immediateresults for the sake of building up ateam strong enough to retain premierstatus. This was their best evershow, contrasting with the 10-0thrashing by Middlesex in 1956, andthe 9-1 flop in 1958.In fairness it must be added thatMiddlesex were without their starsDiane Rowe and Derek Burridge, buteven so, they "fielded" four internationals,and there was little doubt beforethe match that Middlesex wouldwin.Henry Buis!t and Tony Piddockwere the Kent heroes, winning alltheir four singles against AlanRhodes, Laurie Landry and AlanLindsay respectively. Landry andLindsay were much too strong forKent's 19-year-old newcomer AlanCornish, while Jean Harrower againshowed up her absurdly low Englandranking with a polished win overJoyce Fielder.Middlesex took the mixed andmen's doubles, and Kent scrapedthrough in the women's doubles whenJoyce Fielder/Joan B,eadle beat JeanHarrower/Margaret Fry at 19 in thethird.Gloucestershire started off with amatch against Yorkshire, the onlyside to beat them last year. Playinga reserve for Bryan Merrett, who hadfood poisoning, Gloucestershire hadto be content with a 5-5 draw. WithKathie Best,' Yorkshire had a strongpull in the women's events, but IanHarrison took two singles as expected,while David Griffiths and BobMorley contributed one each. Harrison/Griffithswon the' men's doubles.Gloucestershire were held to 5-5again when they visited Surrey at Sutton.It's a strange looking Surrey sidewithout Jo Somogyi, Harry Vennerand Betty Bird, and in the circumstancesthey must be pleased with thepoint they salvaged.Griffiths gave Gloucestershire agood start with a clear win overMichael Maclaren, and then Merrettbeat Tony Miller in a time-limitmatch 21-14, 7-6!Ken Craigie restored the Surreyspirits, and certainly saved a pointwith a sparkling win over Harrison.Surrey's new doubles pair, BarbaraAndrews (nee Milbank) partnered bytalented new England No. 1 junior,Mary Shannon, made it 2-2, but Surreyagain slipped behind when the"scratch pair" of Craigie/Ron Craydenwent under to England's topmen's doubles combination, Harrison/Merrett.Peggy Piper again equalled thescores with a runaway win overGloucestershire's Miss Dando. Maclarenwas beaten in three games byMerrett, but then teamed up withMiss Piper to win the mixed doubles.COUNTY DIARYPREMIER DIVISIONNovember 12 Cheshire v Yorkshire.Kent v Gloucestershire, Bowater's Sports Club, Kemsley,Sittingbourne7 p.m.November 24 Middlesex v Surrey, Municipal Hall, Tottenham, London, N.19. 7.15 p.m.SECOND DIVISION NORTHNovember 11 Yorkshire v Northumberland.November 12 Derbyshire v Lincolnshire, Bass & Co. Canteen,Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire.7.15 p.m.November 19 Durham v Northumberland.SECQND DIVISION SOUTHNovember 5 Sussex v Hertfordshi're.November 12 Berkshire v. Hampshire.SECOND DIVISION WESTIN"ovember 12 Devon v Somerset.'Wiltshire v Dorset, The School, Sanford Street, Swindon. 7.15 p.m.Cornwall v Worcestershire, Village Institute, Polgooth,St. Austell.7 p.m.SECOND DIVISION MIDLANDNovember 5 Bedfordshire v Glamorgan.November 12· Leicestershire v Staffordshire.MIDLAND DIVISIONNovember 5 Warwickshire v OXfordshire.SOUTHERN DIVISIONNovember 12 Suffolk v Buckinghamshire.NORTH JUNIOR DIVISIONNovember 12 Durham v Lancashi,re, Fence Houses Y.M.C.A.3 p.m.Durham v Cheshire, T.L.F. Welfare Institute, Sunderland. 7.30 p.m.MIDLAND JUNIOR DIVISIONNovember 5 Warwickshire v Oxfordshire.SOUTH JUNIOR DIVISIONNovember 12 Middlesex v Kent, Whitbread & Co. Ltd., Chiswell Street,London, E.C.1.4 p.m.Sussex v Essex.Hertfordshire v Surrey, English Electric Aviation Ltd.,Six Hills Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire.7 p.m.November 19 Kent v Hertfordshiore, Bowater's Sport Club, Kemsley,Sittingbourne.3 p.m.HERO CRAIGIEHero Craigie gave Surrey the leadfor the first time by beating Griffiths,but Miller was no match for Harrison,and so a thrilling, if overlong,match ended with honours divided.The battle of the roses was againa tense struggle, with Yorkshire winning6-4 at Bradford. Stuart Dysoncould not hold J. Clayton, hut RayHinchlifI, the Yorkshire No.1, completelyoutplayed Ron Allcock.Lancashire's pride, Jeff Ingber, putthe visitors ahead when he easilydefeated Maurice Simpson.The women's singles and doubleswent to Yorkshire as usual, whileIngber/Clayton were much superiorto Dyson/M. Pitts in the men'sdoubles.With the score 3-3, Dyson struckan important blow for Yorkshire bybeating Allcock, but Lancashire onceagain squared matters when Allcock,partnered by Mrs. G. Spencer, tookthe mixed doubles.At this stage the outlook was grimfor the home side. However, Simpsonexcelled by beating Clayton,and then Hinchliff put up his bestperformance for a long time with abrilliant 15-21, 22-20, 21-19 win overIngber.Good news from Yorkshire is thatPage Twenty-two

NOVEMBER - 1960Leslie Forrest is up and about again,and I know his countless friends willwish this great champion of theCounty Championships complete returnto health after his recent illness.Cheshire are struggling at the footof the premier table. They had an unprofitableround trip when they los,tto Middlesex (0-10) and Essex (2-8)on successive days. They also wentdown 3-7 to Kent at Stockport. HenryBuist, Tony Piddock and JoyceFielder were undefeated for Kent.Cheshire matched their visitors' attackingtable tennis all the way, andBuist actually found himself on thedefensive for once when opposed byVincent Hankey, who went downfighting with colours flying.Not only Hankey, but Eric Johnson,Derek Schofield, Doreen Ridgewayand Diane Wright, played attractivetable tennis, but they could onlymuster two singles wins plus themixed doubles, and appear once againbooked for relegation. This is a pity,because they are a side tha,t is a creditto the game.At this early stage, it looks as ifMiddlesex might have less troublethan last year in retaining their title,for with the exit of Somogyi, Vennerand Kennedy, the Surrey and Yorkshirechallenge appears less dangerous,oThis only leaves Gloucestershire,who have already dropped two valuablepoints, for none of the othercounties appear to carry enoughammunition at present to jostle thechampions.On the other hand, should Middlesexslip, then the field is wide open... there appears to be very little inbetween the other counties with theexception of Cheshire.C. Jacques played brilliantly forLeicestershire against Glamorgan.Although the Welshman won 6-4,Jacques had wins over Alan Thomasand Ron Davies, plus a men's doublesvictory partnered by John Burraston.There are likely to be some veryclose battles in the Midland SecondDivision, with Staffordshire and Warwickshireunlikely to let Glamorganhave it all their own way.In Div. II North, Durham andLincolnshire made a good start totheir bid for the title with 9-1 victories,and even at this early stage itlooks as if 'the clash between thesetwo sides in February will decidewho challenges for promotion.TABLE TENNISA. Hunt won Derbyshire's onlymatch against Durham, at the expenseof Wilf Barker, while Mrs. P.Clark beat Mrs. W. Eanor to registerN orthunlberland's sole victory againstLincolnshire.Kent's second team, average age20, defeated Berkshire by 7-3 in DivisionII South. In this match, 15-yearoldSusan Thomas won her firstsenior county singles.In Division II West, Worcestershireare going out to win every game becausethey think the division may bedecided on averages following theirdraw with Devon. Cornwall made agood start with three points fromtheir first two matches, but they havethe two strongest opponents to playyet.Oxfordshire's first point in the Mid­land Division had a touch of dis­appointm,ent about it. They lookedaJl set for victory when they wentout to a 4-1 lead, but lost the nextfour games. It was then left to AlfDavies to share the spoils when hebeat left-hander K. Shaw 9-21, 21-12,21-15.Ther,e were several long rnatches,including one of 55 minutes andanother of 45 nlinutes.DETAILED RESULTSPREMIER DIVISIONMiddlese,x 10, Cheshire ()L,. Landry b E. Johnson 15, 15; bt V.Hankey 15, 12. D. Burridge bt Hankey 8,18; bt D. Schofield 15, 7. A. Rhodes btSchofield 15, 6; bt Johnson 11, 14.Landry/Rhodes bt Hankey/Schofield 19,18.Miss J. Harrower bt Miss D. Ridgeway18, -17, 16.MisSi Harrower/Miss M. Fry bt MissRidgeway/Miss D. Wright 16, -12, 20.Burridge/Miss Fry bt Johnson/MissWright 11, 14.Essex 8, Cheshire, 2R. Raybould bt Johnson -24, 13, 13:bt Hankey 18, 20. B. Brumwell lost toHankey -18, -19, bt Schofield 6, 18. R.Stevens' bt Schofield -15, 10, 18; bt John­son 12, 16.Raybould / Stevens lost Hankey/ Schofield18, -17, -15.Mrs. J. McCree bt Miss Ridgeway 16,-12, 1l.Mrs. McCree/Mrs. E. Carrington bt MissRidgeway/Missi Wright 14, 10.Brumwell/Mrs. Carrington bt Johnson/Miss Wright 17, 17.Cheshire 3, Kent 7Johnson bt A. Cornish 15, -16, 19; lostto A. Piddock -19, -16. Schofield lost toPiddock -12, -20; lost to H. Buist -12,17, -15. Hankey lost to Buist -17, -20,bt Cornish --5, 16, 17.Hankey/Schofield lost to Buist/Piddock-14, -15.Miss Ridgeway lost to Miss J. Fielder-14, -13.Miss' Ridgeway/Miss: Wright lost to MissFielder/Mrs. J. Beadle -21, -lQ.Johnson/Mis'S Wright bt Cornish/Mrs.Beadle 21, 18.Middlesex 5, Kent 5A. Lindsay bt Cornish -19, 16, 14; lostto Buist -10, 18. Rhodes lost to Buist 17,-20, -14, lost to Piddock -9, -18.Landry lost to Piddock 7, -18, -17, btCornish 11, 18.Lindsay/Rhodes bt Buist/Piddock 15, 18.Miss Harrower bt Miss Fielder 17, 22.Miss Fry/Miss Harrower lost to MissFielder/Mrs. Beadle -10, 23, -19.Landry/Miss' F'ry bt Cornish/Mrs. Beadle22, 1l.Gloucestel'lshire 5, Yorkshire 5R. Morley bt S. Dyson -14, 25, 12; lostto M. Si,mpson -13, -18. 1. Harrison btSimpson 10, 16; bt R. HinchIiff 19, 10.D. Griffiths lost to Hinchliff -15, -15; btDyson 16, 23.Griffiths/Harrison bt Dyson/Hinchliff 21,17.Mrs. E. SpokeSi lost to Miss K. Best -4,-8.Mrs. Spokes'/Miss J. Dando lost to MissBest/Miss L. Hamilton -17, -14.Morley/Miss Dando lost to Simpson/MissHamilton -10, 20, -14.Surrey 5, Glouceste1rshire 5M. Maclaren lost to Griffiths -13, -17,lost to B. Merrett -8, 17, -14. A. Millerlost to Merrett -14, 6-7 t.I.; lost to Har­rison -9, -15. K. Craigie bt Harrison 19,-8, 17; bt Griffiths -17, 16, 13.Craigie/R. Crayden lost to Harrison/Merrett -16, 20, -9.Miss P. Pip,er bt Miss Dando 9, 9.Mrs. B. Andrews/Miss M. Shannon btMiss Taylor/Miss Griffiths 7, 16.Maclaren/Miss Piper bt Griffiths/MissDando 13, 16.Yorkshire 6, Lancashire 4Dyson lost to J. Clayton -11, -17; btR. Allcock -18, 10, 17. Hinchliff bt All­cock 11, 13; bt :T. Ingber -15, 20, 19.Simpson lost to Ingber -12, -10; bt Clay­ton -19, 9, 17.Dyson/M. Pitts lost to Clayton/Ingber-16, -13.Miss Best bt Miss M. LeIgh 13, 16.Miss Best/Miss Hamilton bt Miss Leigh/Mrs. C. Spencer 18, -18, 14.Pitts/Miss Hamilton lost to Allcock/Mrs.Spencer 19., -16, -23.DIVISION II MIDL,ANDBedfoil"dshire 1, Warwickshire 9.Glamorgan 6, LeicestershiI;e 4.DIVISION II NORTHDerbyshire 1, Durham 9.Northumbedand 1, Lincolnshilre 9.DIVISION II SOUTHBerkshire 3, Kent II 7.·Hampshire 6, Sussex 4.DIVISION II WESTCornwall 5, Wiltshire 5.l'Vorcestersbire 5, Devon 5.Cornwall 6, Dors,et 4.Worcestershire 9, Wiltshire l.J.\!IIDLAND DIVISIONOxfordshiJre 5, Nottinghamshire 5.Oxfordshire 4, Sta1fordshire 6.Nottinghamshire 5, Warwickshire II 5.MIDLAND JUNIOR DIVISIONOxfordshire 10, Staffordshire O.SOUTHERN DIVISIONNorfolk 4, Buckinghamshire 6.SOUTH JUNIOR DIVISIONKent 4, Esse'X 6.Middle,sex 5, Hertfordshire 5.Suffolk 5, Surrey 5.Suffolk 3, Hertfordshire 7.Sussex 1, Middlesex 9.Surrey 4, Kent 6.LEAGUE TABLESPREMIER DIVISIONP. W. D. L. F. A. P.Middlesex . 2 1 1 0 15 5 3Kent . 2 1 1 0 12 8 3[orkshire . 2 1 1 0 11 9 3-.Jssex . 1100822Gloucestershire 2 0 2 0 10 10 2Surrey . 1 0 1 055 1Lancashire 1 0 0 1 4 6 0Cheshire . 3 0 0 3 5 25 0DIVISION II 'WESTWorcestershire 2 1 1 0 14 6 3Cornwall . 2 1 1 0 11 9 3Devon , . 1010551Wiltshire . 2 0 1 1 6 14 1Dorset . 1001460Page Twenty-three

TABLE TENNIS NOVEMBER - 1960ROOM! 652FROM YO,UR OFFICE-19 feet longby 16 feet wide-where two telephonesnever seem to stop Ifinging, andthree typewriters pound out reams ofletters, we intend to give you eachmonth the interesting happenings of 652,Grand Buildings.At this stage of the season we havenumerous ·enquiries from our membersand overseas visitors fOT clubs wher·ethey can play. We usually put them intouch with the nearest League secretary.The beginning of the new season hasbeen quite a busy time, for in additionto the routine work we have been ableto arrange the tour of the U.S.S.R.players and officials. We hope as manyof our members as possible have beenable to s·ee the five international matches.We have been receiving from the ChineseAssociation preliminary documentsdealing with the World Championshipsin Peking from April 5 to 14. You areof course aware of the various effortsby the N.E.C. to obtain sufficient fundsfor England to send a team, and also1Jhe intentions of the E.T.T. Supporters'Club to this end, but did you know wehave our own private scheme at Room652.We have secured an empty GINBOITLE and all visitors are asked tohelp fill "it-with sixpences. So fareveryone has entered into the spirit ofthe thing, especially as Angela Yarrowhas written and attached to the bottlethis little poem dealing with the WorldTravelling Expenses Fund:This bottle once was fi'll·ed withgin~But now we want it for Peking~By this I mean for yottr si3:pences,To help us with the te'ams" exp8 ' nses'.In April '61 you see~Our teams' g'o on a long journfi1e,For Ohi.na is their destination,The World to beat thei,r realisation.Whils't iAn Peking we hope our teamWiilZ show themselv88 to be supreme,So please be kind and give yourpennies',To help EnglaM and Table' TeilflJnis'.YOUR OFFICE is open to all to callfor advice, and we are always pleasedto see you. But, please, don't come ina party or we will not have /foom toseat you.Had you popped in during the lastfew weeks you might have bumped intoRichard Bergmann, on his way toAmerica, Mrs. Rosemarie Korn, fromHamburg, staying in England for a fewmonths with her husband, or DerekWall, from South Africa.The Office Duplicating Service appearsto be expanding and among our recentcustomers have been Cheshunt and DistrictT.T.L., Middlesex T.T.A., StaffordshireT.T.A., Kettering (Senior) T.T.L.,North Somerset T.T.L., HertfordshireT.T.A., Surrey T.T.A., Werrlbley andHarrow T.T.L., Watford and DistrictT.T.L., Romford T.T.L., and CentralT.T.L.Why not send us your duplicating; weare sure that we can carry out yourinstructions to the letter and cheaperthan elsewhere.See you next month.PETER LOWEN(Secretary).Page Twenty-fourFIXTURE ENGAGEMENTSIn the "Open" Tournaments below, events shown in the columnare additional to M.S., W.S., M.D., W.D. and X.D. in everycase. Tournaments marked (A) are approved. The c:1osing datefor .entries is shown in parenthesis after the tiNe. Suitable entriesare inserted in this diary without charge but all organisers shouldsend information to the Editor at the earliest date possible.Date TiUe and Venue Extra Events Organisirng SecretaryNov. 5 Hull & East Riding "Open" J.S.B. K. H. F. Jordan,(Oct. 26),6 Blackburn Ave.,Madeley Street Baths, J.S.B. Brough, E. Y·arks.Hessle Road, Hull.5-6 Kent Junior "Open" (Oct. 15) J.S.B. F. G. Mannoch,Ma:rine Gardens Pavilion, J.S.G. 216 Park Road,Folkestone. J.D.B. Sittingbourne, Kent.J.D.G.J.X.D.5-6 AUSTRIAN "OPEN"11-12 Merseyside "Open"Miss M. Lindner,Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.,Flat D'l, Eaton Grange,Speke, Liv.erpool, 24.Eaton Road, Liverpool 12.11-12 HUNGARIAN "OPEN"12 Swansea "Open"18-20 YUGOSLAVIAN "OPEN"19 Binningharn "Open" (Nov. 12) J.S.B. M. Goldstein,Friends Institute,J.S.G. 415 Moseley Road,220, Moseley Road, J.X.D. Birmingham, 12.Birmingham, 12.V.S.26 Yorkshire "Open"York.27 Boumemouth "Open" (A)(Nov. 5)The Drill Hall,Holdenhurst Road,Boumemouth.27-29 SCANDINAVIAN "OPEN"Dec. 2-3 QUADRANGULAR HOMEINTERNATIONALSCardiff.4 Newbury "Open" (A)Corn Exchange,Newbury.10 Yorkshire Junior "Open"(Nov. 29)J.S.K. Park,7 Moss Rise,Leeds, 17.c. B. Cashell,16 Victoria Ave.,Winton,Bournemouth.A. A. J. Mosson,29 Croft Road,Newbury, Berks.K. Park,7 Moss Rise,Leeds, 17.10 Cardiff "Open"16-11 Middles'ex '~Open" J.B.S. Miss I. Moss,Hanwell Community Centre, J.G.S.Westcott Crescent,Hanwell, W.7.17 vt~est of England "Open"(Dec. 3)J.B.S.H.M.S. Thunderer,J.G.S.Royal Naval Engine,ering J.D.College,Crownhill, Plymouth.1961Jan. 2-7 ENGLISH "OPEN"London.J.B.S.J.G.S.J.D.B.J.D.G.J.X.D.V.S.49 Okehampton Road,London, N.W.lO.R. J. Nicholls,27 Palmerston Street,Stoke, Plymouth.E.T.T.A.,652 Grand Buildings,Trafalgar Square,London, W.C.2.13-14 WELSH "OPEN"14 Lancashire "Open" (Jan. 4) I.B.S. A. Howcroft,De Havilland Propellers Ltd., I.G.S. 94 Bradford Street,Lostock, Bolton.V.S. Farnworth, Bolton.

NO"EMBE~ - 1960N:ORTH OF ENGLAND "OPEN"INGBER' T AKES' TITLEHELPED by :an easy draw and mediocre opposition,Jeff Ingber won the men's singles title without lossof a game, in the North of England" Open" at Manchester.He was not pressed at all until after the quarterfinals,even then his rivals, Bobbie Raybould and JackClayton, offered little in the way of testing opposition.Jackie Keogh, a junior last year, caused the malnsurprises. of the event when defeating Maurice Pitts andthen Terry Densham in a thritHng: quarter-final matchby 21-18, 20-22, 21-14.However, Clayton, who had earlier conquered LaurieLandry, put a swift end to the giant-killing run ofKeogh, winning their s·emi-final encounter by 21-12,21-16.Jean Harrower won the women's singles title after anexciting final with Pam Mortimer. Miss Mortimer cameto within two points of success in this match, whichcontained some of the best rallies of the tournament,but eventually' went down 21-19, 23-25, 24-22.Derek Schofield and Clayton won the men's doubleswhile Judy Williams and Phil Clark took the equivalentwomen's title.Laurie Landry retained his mixed title but withMargaret Fry this time instead of Betty Bird.Yorkshire youngsters, David Stanley and LesleyProudlock, won the junior singles titles. Main surprisehere was the 21-7, 21-11 defeat of Judy Williams byCynthia Blacksha'w.Men's Singles: Semi-Finals: J. INGBER (Lancashire) bt. R.Raybould (Essex) 21-5, 21-18; J. CLAYTON (Lancashire) btJ. Keogh (Lancashire) 21-12, 21-16.Final: INGBER bt Clayton 21-12, 21-13.Women's Singles: Semi-Finals: J. HARROWER (Middlesex) btA. Taft (Hertfordshire) 21-9, 21-15. P. MORTIMER (Warwickshire)bt P. Clark (Northumberland) 21-12, 17-21, 22-20.Final: HARROWER bt Mortimer 22-19, 23-25, 24-22.Men's Doubles: Semi-Finals: CLAYTON/D. SCHOFIELD(Cheshire) bt L. Landry (Middlesex) /T. Densham (Hertfordshire)21.13, 21-23, 21-13. E. JOHNSON/G. TEMPERTON (Cheshire)bt Ingber/G. Carrigill (Yorkshire) 21-19, 21-14.Final: CI..AYTON/SCHOFIELD bt Johnson/Temperton 25-23,12-21, 21-13.Women's Doubles: Semi-Finals: CLARK/J. WILLIAMS (Hertfordshire)bt C. Spencer/D. Fitzgerald (Lancashire) 21-10, 15-21,21-16. D. RIDGWAY/D. WRIGHT' (Cheshire) bt Mortimer/M.Fry (Middlesex) 21-18, 21-18.F'inal: CLARK/WILLIAMS bt Ridgway/Wright 24-22, 21-19,.Mixed Doubles: Semi-~~inals: L,ANDRY/Miss FRY bt Clayton/Miss Mortimer 23-25, 21-17, 21-13. M. PITT'S/Mrs. M. DYSON(Yorkshire) bt V. Hankey/Miss M. Bradshaw (Cheshire) 21-12,21-16.Final: LANDRY/Miss FRY bt Pitts/Mrs. Dyson 21-7, 21~15.Boys' Singles: Semi-Finals: D. ST'ANLEY (Yorkshire) bt M.Waite (Lancashire) 21-19, 21-10. H. COWARD (Yorkshire) btM. Symonds (Lancashire) 17-2,1, 21-13, 21-6.Final: STANLEY bt Coward 21-15, 21-18.Girls' Singles: Semi-Finals: L. PROUDLOCK (Yorkshire) bt P.Dainty (Yorkshire) 21-8, 17-21, 21-16. C. BLACKSHAW (Yorkshire)bt L. Gordon (Lancashire) 2;1~17, 18-21, 21-11­Final: PROUDLOCK bt Blackshaw 21-18, 21-11.TAaLE tENNISBeu5liASH1tiJ!with aJEAN HARROWERtable tennisbat!Ask your local dealer to showyou this wonderful table tennisnlade from the finest selectedmaterials, and used by Jean Harrowerthe brilliant young InternationalThis is just one of Graysunsurpassed range of table tennisbats used by champions all theworld over. In fact most of Graystable tennis bats have actuallybeen designed and autographed byour top International players,with prices ranging from 15/- forthe Jean Harrower autograph batto the Grays special clubmodel at 5/6d. Grays makethese bats to suit your styleand to suit your pockettoo!A fine range of tournament tables balls nets andspares are also availahIe. "Try them yourself-you'll know why great players go forPORTSMOUTH "OPENl"Men's Singl~3: P. SHEAD bt B. Barnes 21-~, 21-14.Women's Singles: M. mCKS bt M. Shannon 21-15, 21-18.Men's Doubles: A. I ..INDSAY/S. JACOBSON bt L. Gunn/Shead 21-19, 16-21, 21-15.Junior' Singles: S. Ogundipe bt D. Basdeb 21-14, 21-15.Women's Doubles: C. HOLES/P. HOLES bt S. Foster/I..Sawyer 23-21, 21-19.Mixed Doubles: LINDSAY/Miss A. TAFT bt C. Crowe/Mrs..Ronaldson 21-14, 21-14.Junior Singles: S. OGUNDIPE bt D. Basdeb 21-14, 21-15.-the only 'certain thing in table tennisH. J. GRAY & SONS LTD.,Playfair Works, Cambridge.Page Twenty-five

TABLE TENNIS N6vEM~E~ - 1960Studying Referee's JobWHEN the new edition of theB.T.T.A. Handbook is publishedthe sub-committee appointed by theN.B.C. to look after umpiring matterswill be under the new heading of"National Umpires' and Referees'Committee", a title which recognisesthe extension of the Committee'swork in the field of refereeing.This really began last season whenthe N.B.C. first asked the Comlnitteeto consider what were the qualificationsrequired of a referee for aninternational match or an "Open"Tournament, and to see whether somemeaSure of a referee's ability couldbe devised, similar to those appliedfor county and national umpires.This obviously required long andcareful thought, and as a basis forthe future establishment of standardsthey began by preparing a list ofthose who had acted in the capacityof referee and were known to havethe necessary experience and abilityfor the job.Meanwhile, the whole question ofthe responsibilities of the referee indifferent events is being studied andit is hoped that later it will be possibleto publish a Referee's Handbook,on the lines of the Umpire'sHandbook, either as a separate itemor as an appendix to the existing publication.One of the difficulties encounteredhas been the very different interpretationsput on a referee's job, particularlyin "Open" Tournaments.In many such events the referee isappointed by the Tournament Committeeand thereafter plays no part inthe conduct of the event until thecompetition begins, when he makes atoken att,endance at the venue. Anyquestion relating to the draw is probablydecided by the competition secretary,and in the unlikely event ofan umpire's interpretation of the lawsbeing disputed the matter is probablysettled by the nearest officials.IBut this is not what is intended b~the I.T.T.F. regulations for "Open"Tournaments, and if the N.U.R.C. isto bring about any measure of uniformityit wiD have to s,tart by Dlakingsure that "Open" Tournamentorganisers understand what is requiredof thel various, officials and see: that "theperson who is called the referee isreally the one who does the referee'sjob.There is no basic difference in theresponsibilities of the referee for an"Open" Tournament or a team match,and one of the N.U.R.C.'s first stepswill be to draft a definition of these8y COLIN CL£METT DERBYSHIRE DIARYresponsibilities which is applicable toeither and which takes account ofthe detail differences.It was obvious from the first fewtournaments of the season that theproblem of light-coloured bats andclothing is still with us, and may evenhave increased.The best way of overcoming thedifficulty is for players not to supportthe sales of such items, but it seemsthat light yellow is the fashionableshade for rubber this season and ifsomething is not done to discouragethis trend we may soon see bats of"shining white" or even "whiter thanwhite".So far, I have not heard of aplayer being prevented from usingone of these bats in a competition althoughseveral have been warned thatthis could happen to them in thefuture.Until some standard of lightness isestablished the best policy for an umpirewho has any doubts about thelegality of a bat, or a shirt, is tomake sure that the opposing playerknows of his right to appeal to thereferee. There is of course nothing toprevent the umpire reporting thematter to the referee.INDIFFERENT STARTBY DERBYSHIREONCE again all hopes of premier divisiontable tennis wer.e banished bythe County's disappointing display and9-1 defeat against Durham. Only TonyHunt, producing his true form, savedDerbyshire from complete humiliation.Colin Deaton, playing his first majormatch since his illnesss, was only ashadow of his former self and obviouslyneeds plenty of Tournament play.Carol Reeves (Derby) making herCounty debut at the age of 17, continuesto show promise a:nd should be a usefulplayer in years to come.The County League is now well underway and in the first match of the season,Chesterfield. the holders, defeated Matlock7-3.The following officers were 'elected forthe forthcoming season. Both ChairmanJ. Hughes and Secretary T. Chatwinwer.e re-elected with popular Fred Moodyas County Selector and Match Secretary.Chesterfield's Laurie Swale is once againPresident of the Association.It is pleasing to hear of playersthroughout the County wishing to becomeCounty umpires. Chesterfield'sDave Sugars set the ball rolling afterbeing a keen umpire in local table tennis.Any more enthusiasts inter'ested shouldcontact the County Secretary.CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTSSPORTSWEARSPORTSWEAR/Blazer Badges, Neckties/ScarveS', Specification Stripes. Secretariessend particulars of requirements.-ClubTie Company, "Eastbolme," LansdowneRoad, London, E.18.OFFICE SERVICETYPEWRITING and Duplicating accuratelyexecuted within 24 hours. Work collectedand deHvered.-Telepbone COP 7381. Offic·eServic'es Bureau (Walthamstow) Lt,d., 181,Hoe Street, E.17 (close to Hoe StreetStation).BOOKSHANDY Pocket Edition of the Laws. Thebooklet every table tennis player shouldcarry. Price 4~d. 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