Congratulations to all Coburg players who participated in this month’s National Veterans’ Championships in Launceston. Victoria enjoyed a very successful event with a number of our players (highlighted) winning team medals
Event Name | Team Members | Medal |
Over 30 Men’s Teams | Craig Carter (C), Sam Palmer, Ben Taylor, Rhys Thomas | Gold |
Over 30 Women’s Teams | Shantelle Hives, Cheryl Huang, Lydia Liu, Akie Yoshida (C) | Silver |
Over 40 Men’s Teams | Mark Glynn, Simon Johnson (C), Zankar Pandya, Frank Pearce | Gold |
Over 50 Men’s Teams | Andrew De Zwart, John Griffiths, David Segal, Jason Tran (C) | Silver |
Over 50 Women’s Teams | Melisa Ball (C), Aviva Brindley, Belinda Strong, Christina Xiong | Gold |
Over 60 Men’s Teams | David Brand, Robert Huang, John Pattison (C), Adrien Shnier | Silver |
Over 60 Women’s Teams | Belgin Bennett, Vicki Carruthers (C), Jeanne Strong, Debbie Wilson | Bronze |
Over 65 Women’s Teams | Cath Mowbray (C), Willa Yu | Silver |
And some individual performances:
Craig Carter – finalist, Over 30 Mixed Doubles
Rhys Thomas – finalist, Over 30 Men’s Singles
Cheryl Huang – finalist, Over 30 Women’s Doubles; finalist, Over 30 Mixed Doubles; finalist, Over 40 Women’s Doubles
Belgin Bennett – Over 60 Women’s Doubles