Despite absences by some leading players in the first week of the final series in the top-grade fixture competition there were still some very good matches and, in reality, the teams that won through to the grand finals this week would probably have been the same if all players had been available for the semis. Work and school commitments put big holes in some teams with one needing to forfeit due to all three players being unavailable and suitable substitutes not being on th

This week the city’s leading table tennis players will take to the Leichhardt Park playing courts to contest the semi-finals of the open grade fixtures. Minor premiership honours in the top division have gone to Joel Coughlan, Ann-Louise Stewart and Oliver Wright and they will take on the fourth placed outfit of Jakob Baker, Monica Deeth and Cooper Bulow in the first semi. On the other side of the draw the second placed team of Matthew Pettett, Pam Clarke and Hilton Kane will

With representative commitments completed for the year the city’s more competitive table tennis players still have the end of season fixtures to look forward to prior to the club’s open grade comp winding up with finals early in December. With only this week’s round remaining prior to the two weeks of finals matches the stage is set for an exciting finish although one outfit has shot ahead on the leaderboard to take favouritism for the major flag. Two divisions will be create

It was classic case of so near yet so far for the local squad at the Leichhardt Park Table Tennis Centre last Saturday night when the annual contest between the Rockhampton and Bundaberg clubs was played out.   A new trophy named the Bulls versus Bears Shield was started last year and the inaugural victor was Bundy when the matches were staged at the Rum City. This new shield will cover the next quarter of a century or so after the initial award, the Trevor White Shield was i