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Kevin Wu
Kevin Wu is the
current New Zealand Under 15 Boy’s singles champion. In 2009 Kevin was selected
in the New Zealand Men’s Team In doing so, Kevin became the youngest New Zealand
Men’s Team player of all time at just 14 years of age. Kevin competed at the
2009 World Table Tennis Championships,Yokohama, Japan from 27th April – 5th May, 2009
and was the youngest competitor at the Championships being just 14 years of age.
Congratulations Kevin!
Kevin Wu and Josh Alexandre
in action against a Japanese doubles pairing at the 2009 World Table Tennis
Championships, Yokohama, Japan
Kevin Wu the youngest
player at the 2009 World Table Tennis Championships, Yokohama, Japan at
just 14 years of age
Kevin travelled from Yokohama to compete at the 2009 Commonwealth Table Tennis
Championships, Glasgow, Scotland from 19th May – 25th May, 2009 where he
defeated the top ranked Under 18 boy from Scotland in the
individual events.
Kevin has been selected to
represent New Zealand at the 2009 ITTF Australia
Junior Open on the Gold Coast in
June 2009. At the event Kevin hopes
to assist the New Zealand
team in qualifying for the 2009 World Junior Championships to be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia in December.
Phillip
Xiao
Phillip Xiao is the current New
Zealand Under 18 Boy’s singles champion. Phillip spent time training in
China over the 2008 / 2009 Christmas
period to further his game. Phillip attended the 2009 ITTF Malta Junior Open in Cospicua where he combined with
Sweden’s Hampus Soderlund to win the
Junior Boys’ Team event. This is
the first time that a New Zealander has captured top honours in an ITTF
Junior Circuit team event. Phillip
and Hampus beat Spain’s Alvaro Robles and Ferran
Brugada at the final hurdle. Congratulations Phillip!
Phillip has been selected to
represent New
Zealand
at the 2009 ITTF Australia
Junior Open on the Gold Coast in
June 2009. At the event Phillip hopes
to assist the New
Zealand
team in qualifying for the 2009 World
Junior Championships to be held in
Cartagena de
Indias,
Colombia
in
December.
Phillip Xiao in action at
the 2009 ITTF Malta Junior Open in Cospicua
Butterfly
New Zealand wish Kevin and Phillip all the best for
the remainder of the 2009 season – keep up the good
work!
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