Open men's team fourth

Northland's open men's team  have finished a creditable fourth in the C grade at the New Zealand Open Table Tennis Championships  in Auckland.
 Competitor Brent Davies said the  event at Auckland Table Tennis Stadium  had been tough.   Davies,  Leon Cross and Jorg Weinland  defeated Waikato and Counties Manukau convincingly  this week but lost to Manawatu, Waitemata and Otago, who  won the grade.
On Tuesday, the over-65s team of Don Redfern and Fleming Alison will  go into their age-group competition as top seeds, while Grant Jones and Davies will contest the over-55s. Under-15 boys' Jared and Evan Jones will line up  with Douglas Graham  of Counties Manukau in the junior age group.