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Table Tennis Manawatu would like to sincerely thank the following for their support: Sport Manawatu (KiwiSport funding), Pub Charity (supplementing KiwiSport funding), Lion Foundation (funding to assist with a range of activities), NZCT (funding to assist coaching programme) and The Villas (accommodating visiting officials). Your support is much appreciated

Christmas League

This year's Christmas League has started on 11 December. It runs from 6:30-10 pm (approximately - depending on the number of players present). $5 per player. Players MUST be present by 7 pm to ensure that they can be included in the night's draw. There is no need to preregister. Players can play on the competition nights when they are available. Christmas Comp is suitable for all ages and abilities. Set matches try to ensure that everyone gets to play against others of similar playing standard. A link to progressive results is here.
The second round saw another good turn-out of 16 players. Matthew Ball won this round followed by Jack Webb and Miko Kirschbaum, who narrowly held onto third place in a three-way tie with Dan Heaphy and Thomas Sun, but the games scores made all the difference in the end. The overall standings are led by Matthew Ball, followed by Jack Webb, Dan Heaphy, Thomas sun and William Hunter.
The third round of Christmas Comp will be played on Tuesday 8th January and all subsequent Tuesdays in January 2019.
Latest Rating Gains:
Dan Heaphy 51 points (Player of the Week - second week in a row)
Mike Sung 21 points
Emily Kan 16 points
Eugene Lee 12 points
Peter Ward 12 points
Order of Merit With the start of Christmas League, we have formally moved into the 2019 season, and the Order of Merit count has been restarted at 0. After the first two competition rounds we have already seen some impressive point gains and the following milestones reached:
Matthew Ball 1000 points
Jack Webb 1000 points
Dan Heaphy 500 points
Mike Sung 500 points
Thomas Sun 500 points
Peter Ward 500 points
Miko Kirschbaum 250 points
Changhee Cho 250 points
Muditha Peiris 250 points
William Hunter 250 points
Eugene Lee 100 points
Emily Kan 100 points
Brandon Lee 100 points
Akshay Aneesh 100 points

2018 Prize Giving

This year's prize-giving evening was held on 4 December at the Waldegrave Lounge. This year's award recipients are:
Player of the Year

Matthew Ball
Junior of the Year

Jack Webb
Veteran of the Year

Jim Jarmin
Administrator of the Year

Reg Keogh.
At the presentation night, we also held the newly introduced "Cup Challenge" where the aim was for players to knock cups off the table. The under 15s was won by Fraser James with Emily Hall in second place. The over 15s competition was won by Dan Heaphy with Ali Webb in second place.

Ping Pong & Four Table Tournament

A couple of our annual tournaments have been played this December!
Ping Pong Tournament

The first one was held on Monday 10th December - the "Ping Pong" Tournament. It was won by Matthew Ball followed by Akshay Aneesh and Allen Blackburn.
Four-Table Tournament

The second tournament was the Four Table Tournament and was held on Monday 17th December. Some results will be available shortly.

Junior Happenings

Junior Coaching (Fridays 4-5:30 pm)

Junior Coaching has finished for the year. It will resume in term 1 in 2019. Cost is $8 per session. Come to learn and practice key skills of the game and see your level rise! If keen to attend next term, please let Matthew Ball know.
Junior Holiday Program

Junior Holiday Program will run from the 15th-18th January. It will run between 1-3 pm each day. Cost is $10 per day or $30 for all 4 days. Players must be between 8 & 15 years of age. To register for individual days or all 4 days, please contact Matthew Ball {mattb.tabletennis@gmail.com or 0273412246}. Further details are here.
Junior Club (Mondays 6:00 - 7:30)

Junior Club has finished for this year. Next year, Junior Club will move to Monday afternoons starting in Term 1 in February 2019. It will start at 3:30 pm and run through until 5 pm. Arrangements will be confirmed closer to the time.

Most-improved players

A graph with this year's rating gains is here. Akshay Aneesh has completed 2018 with the highest ratings gain of any of our players. Mike Sung has the second-highest gain for the year, followed by Changhee Cho, Brandon Lee and Callum McKinnon.

Summer League
February to March

Summer League 2018 has concluded. Final results and standings can be found here.

Autumn League
May to June

Autumn League 2018 has concluded. Final results and standings are available here.

Winter League
July to September

Winter League 2018 has concluded. Final results and standings are available here.

Spring League
October to November

Spring League 2018 has concluded. Final results and standings are available here.

Christmas League
December to February

Christmas League 18/19 is underway. Progressive results and standings are here.

Super 16
Played on some Saturdays from March to August

Super 16 (2018) has concluded. Final results and standings are here.

All Stars / Drop-In League
Played in the period between the main comps on some Tuesdays throughout the year. Progressive results and standings from 2018 are here.