Three photographs this week from my husband, Harvey’s collection. The first two from the Beneficial Trust Junior English Open in May 1985 at Portsmouth and the third image from the Beneficial Trust Junior GP in Hinckley in the same year.
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Photo 1
Players facing – is that Andrew Syed, rather than Matthew, playing alongside Carl Prean? Andrew was playing in the England first team whilst Matthew was in the third. Can you spot Johnny Leach in the audience? Colin Clemett, ETTA Honorary Life Member, is sitting courtside as is John McDonnell, ETTA Vice-President, who through Norwich Union sponsored so many tournaments during this era. Mike Watts, ETTA Vice-President, is on the far right by the wall.
Photo 2
The Team Parade at the same event. Faces to watch out for – Tom Blunn in front of the table, Mike Watts with the microphone on the bottom right, Len Pilditch is next to John Jermyn clapping, on the far right halfway down the hall whilst at the rear of the venue inside the back court is Harvey Webb (right) talking to Mike Holt. At the rear of the team are Paul Day, Don Parker and also Andrea Holt.
Photo 3
This was taken at a Beneficial Trust GP in Hinckley in 1985. Mike Watts is on the microphone, Brian Watkins is in the dark jacket and glasses to the right of Mike and Karen Tonge, facing, to the right of him. George Tyler is just behind Mike.
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A reminder that photographs from all other weeks are on the website under ‘About’, ‘From the Archives’ and then ‘Friday’s Photos’.
I have received many responses to last week’s pictures including from Ian Marshall, Judit Farago and Adham Sharara of the ITTF. Many thanks for all the identifications and other snippets of information.
Photo 1
2nd: Lee Sangkuk/Kim Wan (Republic of Korea); 1st: Andrzej Jakubowicz/Andrzej Grubba (Poland); 3rd: Andrew Wellman/Chris Rogers (GB); Paulo Barggagli/Giovanni Bisi (Italy).
Photo 2
2nd: Katalin Bogyo (Hungary); 1st: Marta Csik (Hungary); 3rd: Ewa Pozniak (Hungary)/Mariann Domonkos (Canada).
Photo 3
2nd: Katalin Bogyo/Marta Csik (Hungary); 1st: Mariann Domonkos/Gloria Hsu (Canada); 3rd; Dagmar Solja/Jutta Depner (Germany); G Jacob/K Sokler (Federal Republic of Germany).
Photo 4
2nd: Lee Sangkuk (Korea)/Katalin Bogyo (Hungary); 1st: Marta Csik (Hungary)/Kim Wan (Republic of Korea); 3rd: Andrzej Grubba/Ewa Pozniak (Poland); Alex Polisois/Mariann Domonkos (Canada).
Photo 5
Canadian Team: Adham Sharara, Gloria Hsu, Mariann Domonkos, Micheline Aucoin.
Photo 6
Back: Chris Rogers (England International), Kevin Edwards (Wiltshire), Phil Thompson (Liverpool), Andrew Wellman (Reading), Don Parker (England International).
Front: Cheryl Buttery, Julie McLean, Mandy Mellor, Marilyn Sangster, Susan Lisle (Harper).
Photo 7
Leszek Kucharski, Andrzej Grubba, Dickie Jeeps (Chairman of the Sports Council), Andrzej Jakubowicz, Adam Gierz.
Photo 8
Andrzej Grubba and Alan Ransome.
Photo 9
Back: Jim and John Bird (twin brothers), three foreign umpires one of whom is Angelo Tabone (Australia), x, Bert Fretwell (ETTA Vice-President), Trevor Openshaw.
Middle: David Perry, Len Pilditch (ETTA Vice-President), Dick Roffe, Brian Foggin, Stuart Sherlock (ETTA Vice-President), Scottish umpire, Bill Moran (ETTA Vice-President), Richard Scruton (ETTA Honorary Life Member), Aubrey Drapkin (ETTA Honorary Life Member), Bill Wilson, Jack Randall, x, x.
Front Row: Val Roffe, Joyce Love, Doreen Stannard (ETTA President and Honorary Life Member), Tony Chatwin (ETTA Honorary Life Member and Referee at this event), Heather Masters, Di Jermyn (ETTA Vice-President).