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Semi-final place for local

21/08/2008 10:42:00 AM
ALBANY was well represented at the recent State and Country Table Tennis Championships in Perth.

The first team of Nick Ng, Ricky Weight and Peter Muller were runners-up against Bunbury in the teams’ competition.

The second team of Garry Adams, Jeff Ng and Pauline Gadd finished fourth.

In the round-robin games, the first team lost to Bunbury 6-3, but convincingly beat Mandurah 6-1 and Busselton 6-2.

In the final to decide gold medals, they again faced their nemesis Bunbury and were soundly beaten 6-1.

Albany’s second team defeated Geraldton 6-2, but lost to Bunbury 6-0 and Busselton 6-3.

In the play-off for bronze medals the gallant team were closely beaten 6-5 by Busselton.

In the individual events, the father and son team of Nick and Jeff Ng won the Special C-grade State Men’s doubles, defeating Geraldton’s Greg Evans and Sam Crouch 11-4, 11-8, 12-10.

Ng senior also reached the C-grade semi-final singles, while Pauline Gadd played in the Country Ladies singles semi-final.

Gadd put in a great effort but eventually lost 11-7, 11-7 to Mandurah’s Pat Stewart.

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