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No 133 : July 14, 1965

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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.

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Number one seed, Mike Arahill, was eliminated in the semi-finals by George Lowe

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Number two seed was Auckland's Peter Thompson

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Freddie Tong was runner-up in the under-18 championship

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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

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North Shore visitors Mr and Mrs P. Burrell examine the results sheets

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Winners of the mixed doubles were Agnes Kennedy and Mike Mellelieu

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Poverty Bay's John Parker and North Shore's Mrs M. Hurry at play in a mixed doubles match.

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