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Table Tennis Championships
An unseeded Auckland North Shore player, Ian Haynes, caused a major upset in the Poverty Bay Open Table Tennis Championships, held in the Y.M.C.A. stadium, when he defeated Gisborne's George Lowe in the final of the men s singles.
Haynes and Lowe, who was seeded 8 for the championships, eliminated all the top players in their uphill battle to the final.
In the ladies' final, Gisborne's Beverly Walker and Agnes Kennedy had a great tussle over five sets, with Mrs Walker coming out on top. Both players were also finalists last year.
Number one seed, Mike Arahill, was eliminated in the semi-finals by George Lowe
Number two seed was Auckland's Peter Thompson
Freddie Tong was runner-up in the under-18 championship
Watching play while waiting for their match were, from left: Noeline Torrie, Agnes Kennedy, and Beverly Walker.
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Games organisers Wilton Clare and Josie Mellelieu were busy in the control box
North Shore visitors Mr and Mrs P. Burrell examine the results sheets
Winners of the mixed doubles were Agnes Kennedy and Mike Mellelieu
Poverty Bay's John Parker and North Shore's Mrs M. Hurry at play in a mixed doubles match.