SPRING PENNANT RESULTS

A1 Grade

Dromana (Luke Bronsema, Shane

O’Connor) def. Frankston (Sam

Palmer, Jim Conlon)

Bronze Medal: Somerville (Sean

O’Meara, Greig Whitelaw)

Luke and Shane after their gold

medal winning performance.

Leading Player: Sam Palmer 20-0)

Sam blitzed the field in the top

grade whilst Jarryd Cathcart (16-4)

and Luke Bronsema (15-3) were the

other standout players in this

division. Luke topped off his season

by sharing the team gold for the

second consecutive season.

A2 Grade

Langwarrin (Nick Underwood,

John Fedmowski) def. Tyabb

(Graham Wallis, Ken Johnson)

Bronze Medal: Mornington (Jim

Furness, Craig Beilken, subbing for

Lucy Fowler)

John, Greg and Nick after being

presented with their Leading

Player trophies.

Leading Players: Greg Price, Nick

Underwood & John Fedmowski (all

15-5)

There goes the trophy budget with

three players sharing the award this

season. It was little wonder

Langwarrin came away with team

gold with both Nick and John

enjoying consistent seasons. Geoff

Lloyd also had a productive season

chalking up 13 wins from his 18

matches.

A3 Grade

Somerville (Colin Sim, Alan Shaw)

def. Mt Eliza (Des Gamble,

Mitchell Peacock)

Bronze Medal: Skye (Phil Borham,

Jos Mathot)

Colin and Alan

Leading Player: Colin Sim (19-1)

Pennant Secretary, Bruce Eaton

shrewdly placed the two Scotsman

together so there would be no

communication problems and they

combined to take out the gold.

After being unbeaten in B2 in the

winter competition, Colin jumped a

division and blitzed the field to take

out another Leading Player award.

The hard working Des Gamble was

the only player to lower Colin’s

colours whilst Des’ partner Mitchell

Peacock is another of those young

guns who you better beat now,

because you won’t get near him in

years to come. Phil Borham also had

a good season finishing with a 75%

win loss ratio.

JANUARY 2013

THE MPTTA NEWS

JANUARY 2013

B1 Grade

Dromana (Chris Culley, Shaun

Collins) def. Mornington (Juan

Carlos Seguel, Lucas Sequel,

subbing for Daniel Hoffman)

Bronze Medal: Langwarrin

Frankston (Gary Walshe, Sacha

Fitzsimmons)

Chris and Shaun celebrate their

victory.

Leading Player: Chris Culley (18-2)

Chris took the double, winning

team gold and the Leading Player

award after enjoying his best season

at the club. Juan Carlos Seguel also

enjoyed another consistent season

winning 15 of his 20 singles

matches.

B2 Grade

Langwarrin (Irene Kozakiewicz,

Hugh Campbell) def. Mt Martha

(Glenn McKay, Garry Cozzio)

Bronze Medal: Frankston (Peter

Denniss, Marek Jeski – subbing for

Michael White)

Gold medalists Hugh and Irene

Leading Player: Irene Kozakiewicz

(18-2)

Irene starred in this division

comfortably taking the Leading

Player award ahead of the ever-

consistent Glenn McKay (16-4).

B3 Grade

Dromana (David Howard, Erich

Ludewig) def. Rye (Kyle Martin,

Carrie Marrs)

Bronze Medal: Mt Eliza (Andrew

Yeo, Shane Mason)

Erich and David after taking out

the gold.

Leading Player: David Howard (16-

4)

Dave continues to work his way up

through the grades and was a well

deserving winner of the Leading

Player award in this division. John

Peelo 14-6, Andrew Yeo (13-7)

made sure that David did not have

things all his own way during the

course of the season.

C1 Grade

Frankston (Brendan Elliget, Max

Kawecki) def. Balnarring (Peter

Williams, Sandra Eaton)

Bronze Medal: Dromana (Wendy

Kings ton, Stephen Leng)

Max and Brendan

Leading Player: Brendan Elliget and

Ben Meneill (both15-3)

Congratulations to Brendan and Ben

who couldn’t be separated at the

end of the season and will both

share the Leading Player award.

After being runner up last season,

Brendan went one better to share

the award this season. Other good

performances came from Sandra

Eaton with 14 wins from her 20

matches and Peter Williams (13-7).

C2 Grade

Rye (Harry Rispin, Margaret

Johnson) def. Langwarrin (John

Blaze, Will Lyons)

Bronze Medal: Mt Martha (Bec

Dickson, Zane Bradbery)

JANUARY 2013

Margaret and Harry

Leading Player: Will Lyons (14-4)

Will and partner John Blaze fought

it out for the Leading Player trophy,

with John (13-7) just being pipped

at the post. Bec Dickson also had a

good season finishing with 11 wins

from her eighteen matches.

Handicap Div. 1

Tyabb (Shaun Collins, Jim Furness

& Lucas Seguel def Rye (Nick

Davern, Juan Carlos Seguel & Terry

Kingston)

Bronze Medal: Balnarring (Craig

Beilken, Simon Dewar & Jos

Mathot)

Lucas, Jim & Shaun)

Leading Player: Nick Davern (24-3)

After sharing the award last season

Nick had it all to himself in the

spring although Juan Carlos was hot

on his heals and finished with 21

wins from his 30 matches.

Handicap Div.2

Langwarrin (Ron Summer, John

Debernardi & Guenter

Steinbrecher) def. Mt Eliza (Ken

Scott, Mark Rancnik & Ben

Knights)

Bronze Medal: Dromana (Jay

Debernardi, Tom Albiston & Chris

Eadie)

Guenter, John and Ron

Leading Player: David Howard (23-

7)

Dave Howard is on the look out for

a bigger trophy cabinet after adding

the Leading Player award in this

grade to his B3 grade trophy. Other

notable performances in this

division came from Ron Summer

(22-8), Ken Scott, who always

seems to be up the top of the

Leader boards (20-10) and the

seemingly ageless John Debernardi

who recorded 20 wins from 27

matches played.

Handicap Div.3

Mt Eliza (Wendy Kingston, Hugh

Cole-Sinclair) def. Langwarrin

(John Sierak, Rodney Graham,

subbing for Harry Rispin)

Bronze Medal: Mornington (Lydia

Sullivan, Wendy Kingston)

Gold medalists, Hugh and Wendy

Leading Players: Wendy Kingston

(15-3) & Lydia Sullivan (15-1)

Wendy returned to competition

after a winter in the sun with

husband Terry and took no time

returning to form. Lydia Sullivan

enjoyed a stellar season and would

probably have had the award all to

herself if she had not missed a few

games.

Sue Pitson also deserves a mention

after registering what I think was

her first win since joining the club.

Sue will find like all of us that

practice and persistence pays off in

this game and I’m sure she’ll win

many more if she sticks it out.

JANUARY 2013

NEW FACES

We are pleased to welcome the following new players to our pennant ranks:

B1 Grade - Barry McKay

C2 Grade - Cahal Freestone, Shirley Hanton, Sally McLeod & Rebecca Kingston

Handicap Div.1 - Trevor Watkins

Handicap Div.2 - Joshua Watkins, Caleb Watkins & Nathan Castles

Handicap Div.3 – Brendan Bastin & Ernie Brennan

In addition we have Derek Williams (A2) and Joshua Kaiser (H’Cap. Div.2) returning to competition after a break)

TABLE TENNIS TIPS

If drawn to play on a court fitted out with our new LED lighting, find a reason to point out something to your opponent on the ceiling just before play commences.

There is a very good chance that he or she will temporarily lose their sight and if you start the game without delay, you should be able to win a few easy points as your opponents eyes recover from temporary blindness.

AUSTRALIAN VETERANS TOURNAMENT

This year’s tournament was held in Canberra and the club was represented by Ken Johnson, Jim Furness, and for the first time, some younger veterans, namely

Mark Flavel, Phil Bolitho and Shane O’Connor.

Ken Johnson was the shining star at this tournament winning the Australian 0/80 singles title. Yes as hard as it is to believe when you watch Ken getting around the court, our ex president has turned 80 and is a shining example of how good the game is for maintaining your fitness.

JUNIORS

Between 30-35 players have regularly attended our Friday night sessions in 2012 and Colin Sim who is our new junior co-ordinator is hoping to increase these numbers substantially in the coming year. The club is particularly keen to promote the sport to young female players, so if you know of anyone who may be interested, make sure you encourage them to get in touch with the club.

The top 10 ranking juniors in 2012 were: (1) Hugh Campbell (2) Will Maloney (3) Lydia Sullivan (4) Luka Filardo (5) Kyle Martin (6) Ben Knights (7) Cahal Freestone (8) Dylan Martin (9) Jamie Wood and (10) Aiden McFaul

THE PERFECT BIRTHDAY GIFT

Tired of being criticized for spending too much time at the table tennis centre? Win some brownie points by giving your beloved this beautiful table tennis ball necklace that not only says, “I love you” but also I”LL SPEND AS MUCH BLOODY TIME DOWN AT THE CENTRE AS I WANT!!!

CONGRATULATIONS

Chris Eadie and Lucy Fowler have announced their engagement recently and I know that I speak on behalf of club members and players in wishing Chris and Lucy our best wishes and congratulations.

FACEBOOK

Photos of all medal winners and Leading Player trophy recipients from the spring pennant season are published on the “Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Association” Facebook page. Give us a “Like” when you next visit.

FIGHT CLUB

Coming soon by popular demand – “illegal cage matches”

“Hit hard and prosper”

Greig Whitelaw