Last week New Zealand hosted the bi-annual World Veteran Championships. The Veteran Age Groups are, Over 40, O50, O60, O65, O70, O75, O80 & O85. There were 1,665 participants from 57 countries where 61 were used for the 5,256 matches.
185 Australian players made the trip across the tasman and came home with a swag of medals. The rundown of medals were,
SINGLES
GOLD
O70 Men's Singles - Inh Ven Le (NSW)
BRONZE
O40 Women's Singles - Eriko Ito (NSW)
O50 Women's Singles - Nela Bran (VIC)
O70 Men's Singles - Mick Wright (VIC)
O80 Women's Singles - Betty Bird (SA)
DOUBLES
GOLD
O70 Men's Doubles - Inh Ven Le (NSW) & Igor Klaf (VIC)
O75 Women's Doubles - Pam Tait (VIC) & Margaret Mulcahy (VIC)
SILVER
O65 Men's Doubles - Thomas Samuelsson (QLD) & Lennart Bjork (SWE)
O70 Men's Doubles - Mick Wright (VIC) & Dr Herbert Neubauer (GER)
O80 Men's Doubles - Geoff Nesbitt (VIC) & Harry Dye (NZ)
BRONZE
O75 Women's Doubles - Lois McConnell (VIC) & Maureen Fischer (VIC)
- Betty Bird (SA) & Nicole Pilliere (FRA)
O80 Men's Doubles - Ken Johnson (VIC) & Tony Herbert (QLD)
O80 Women's Doubles - Prisca Rosario (VIC) & Elaine Edwards (NSW)
O85 Men's Doubles - Karl Preuss (NSW) & Chi Lam (USA)
For All the results click on
http://www.wvc2014.com/
For All the results click on
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