AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
The main criteria (condensed) for this award are:
Year Player of the year
1955 Robert V Jackson (A)
1956 Robert V Jackson (A)
1957 Margaret M Hoar (A)
1958 Robert V Jackson (A)
1959 Alan R Tomlinson (A)
1960 Neti Davis (NL)
1961 Murray L Dunn (W)
1962 Murray L Dunn (W)
1963 Bryan A Foster (O)
1964 Ann Mutch (A)
1965 Murray L Dunn (A)
1966 Alan R Tomlinson (A)
1967 Alan R Tomlinson (A)
1968 Neti Traill (nee Davis) (NL)
1969 Yvonne M Fogarty (O)
1970 Richard E Lee (H)
1971 Neti Traill (NL)
1972 Anne D Stonestreet (A)
1973 Yvonne M Fogarty (H)
1974 Richard E Lee (C)
1975 Anne D Stonestreet (A)/ Neti Traill (NL) (wom doubles)
1976 James R Morris (NL)
1977 Richard E Lee (A)
1978 Shelley J Palmer (A)
1979 Barry J Griffiths (A)
1980 Barry J Griffiths (A)
1981 James R Morris (NL)
1982 Barry J Griffiths (A)
1983 Peter S Jackson (A)
1984 Jan Morris (C)
1985 Malcolm R Temperley (NS)
1986 Peter S Jackson (A)
1987 Barry J Griffiths (CM)
1988 Barry J Griffiths (CM)
1989 Peter S Jackson (A)
1990 Peter S Jackson (A)
1991 Li Chunli (A)
1992 Barry J Griffiths (CM)
1993 Peter S Jackson (A)
1994 Peter S Jackson (A)
1995 Peter S Jackson (A)
1996 Li Chunli (NH)
1997 Li Chunli (NH)
1998 Li Chunli (NH)
1999 Peter S Jackson (A)
2000 Li Chunli (Overseas based)
2001 Li Chunli (Overseas based)
2002 Li Chunli (Overseas based)
2003 Aaron Li (C)
2004 Li Chunli (Overseas based)
2005 Karen Li (NH)
2006 Karen Li (NH)
2007 Shane Laugesen (A)
2008 Karen Li (NH)
2009 Jenny Hung (C)
2010 Roger Rao (A)
2011 Karen Li (NH)
2012 Li Chunli (CM)
2013 Yang Lun (Jon Jon) Zhao (WK)
2014 Li Chunli (CM)
2015 Nathan Xu (A)
2016 Yi-Sien Lin (C)
2017 Teng Teng Liu (A)
2018 Dean Shu (A)
2019 Nathan Xu (A)
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Not Awarded (due to impacts of COVID 19 pandemic on national and international competition)p
2022 Dean Shu (A)
JUNIOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
This trophy is made to the Junior player, who has brought most credit to New Zealand Table Tennis, taking into account performance, behaviour, neatness of presentation, co-operation and team spirit. The player is selected by the Selectors and can only be won once by any player.
Waikato Table Tennis Association and Friends of Russell Dickey presented the trophy to commemorate the memory of Russell who died in a motor vehicle accident in 1991.
Year Junior Player of the Year
1992 Conrad Lee (A)
1993 Tracey Phillips (O)
1994 Daniel Astle (C)
1995 Jan Ng (A)
1996 Tracey McLauchlan (HV)
1997 Yi-Sien Lin (C)
1998 Adrian Soh (N)
1999 Simon Wallace (C)
2000 Sandy Wang (A)
2001 Jack Wells (N)
2002 Jiani Hu (N)
2003 Nathan Lowe (A)
2004 Hanna Squire (W)
2005 Michelle McCarthy (W)
2006 Jenny Hung (C)
2007 Steven Zeng (A)
2008 Phillip Xiao (A)
2009 Kevin Wu (A)
2010 Roger Rao (A)
2011 Sophia Dong (A)
2012 Thom Nguyen (W)
2013 Daniel Lowe (A)
2014 Victor Ma (A)
2015 Dean Shu (A)
2016 Ruofei Rao (A)
2017 Jiayi Zhou (C)
2018 Nathan Xu (A)
2019 San Yong Park (C)
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Not Awarded (due to impacts of COVID 19 pandemic on national and international competition)
2022 Alex Liu Cao (A)
JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
This award is made to the Junior of the year, from those nominated by Associations, who in the view of the Technical Committee of TTNZ, has matched the criteria of: sportmanship, potential, dress, personality, enthusiasm, interest in club and/or association management and playing results.
Year Junior of the Year
1962 Tim Underdown (SC)
1963 G R Stewart (WG)
1964 Barry J Butler (SC)
1965 Dennis A Leong (W)
1966 Peter M Hall (ST)
1967 Sue J Shirriffs (MN)
1968 R F Smith (CW)
1969 L J McGregor (SC)
1970 Gary J Williams (O)
1971 Bain M Attwood (H)
1972 Geoff P Rau (FR)
1973 Bain M Attwood (H)
1974 Grant R Adamson (C)
1975 Debbie J Looms (ML)
1976 David J Williment (W)
1977 Richard H Dixon (C)
1978 M J Bowman (SC)
1979 Tony J Cunningham (A)
1980 Barbara A Fogarty (O)
1981 Nick R Smith (C)
1982 Alan L Pedley (FR)
1983 Shane Cummins (FR)
1984 Shane Cummins (FR)
1985 Maxine Goldie (WC)
1986 Kathryn Crook (S)
1987 Hazel Bennett (HV)
1988 Andrew Marr (O)
1989 Andrew Marr (O)
1990 Tracey O'Connell (SC)
1991 Debbie Garrett (S)
1992 Kirsty-Anne Giles (O)
1993 Rachael Hooper (NL)
1994 Craig Sims (NH)
1995 Tracey Phillips (O)
1996 Mark Stewart (C)
1997 Tracey McLauchlan (HV)
1998 Tracey McLauchlan (HV)
1999 Simon Wallace (C)
2000 Kelly Samson (C)
2001 No nominations
2002 Blair Paterson (MN)
2003 Grant Gordon (MN)
2004 Calvin Kwong (MN)
2005 Megan Stratford (ML)
2006 Jenny Hung (C)
2007 Jenny Hung (C)
2008 Natalie Paterson (MN)
2009 Megan Stratford (ML)
2010 Natalie Paterson (MN)
2011 Dinyar Irani (A)
2012 Michael Zhang (S)
2013 Nathan Watson (MN)
2014 Nathan Xu (A)
2015 Alex Zhou (C)
2016 Alfred Dela Pena (WT)
2017 Andrew Fleming (S)
2018 Max Henderson (BP)
2019 David Walle (C)
2020 Not Awarded (Due to the impacts of Covid 19 on events)
2021 Max Henderson (BOP)
2022 Conrad Ang (WT)
ALAN & EDNA MCCALLUM JUNIOR UMPIRING AWARDS
These Awards were presented by the late Alan and Edna McCallum.
This award is made to the Junior Boy and Junior Girl member who having been nominated,
displays the best umpiring skills at the New Zealand Open Championships each year.
Year Boys Girls
1981 Greg Bellamy (HV) Tanya McAvinue (MN)
1982 Alan Swayle (NH) Helen Beumelburg (C)
1983 David Pyper (HV) Sandra Mayes (N)
1984 Andrew Marr (O) Kiely Hamilton-Ralph (FR)
1985 Michael Brosnahan (SC) Tracey Lewis (A)
1986 Bradley Roberts (HV) Vanessa Balfour (MN)
1987 Alan Hill (MN) Radha Vivekananthan (MN)
1988 Brent Maitland (C) Nikki Schollum (HV)
1989 Ben Duffy (O) Samantha Palmer (C)
1990 Mark Mayo (C) Michelle Potts (CM)
1991 Richard Parangi (NL) Samantha Palmer (C)
1992 Glen Foulkes (C) Nikki Schollum (HV)
1993 Chris Boaden (HV) Belinda Beazer (HV)
1994 Stephen Hirst (HV) Amanda-Jane Dunn (NH)
1995 Mark Stewart (C) Andrea Winstanley (C)
1996 Gahan Joughin (C) Sarah Carmody (WT)
1997 Bradley Morrison (SC) Tamara Doak (C)
1998 Bradley Smith (WR) Kelly Samson (C)
1999 George Woo (N) Kelly Samson (C)
2000 Paul Lemon (S) Leanne Ridder (S)
2001 Blair Paterson (MN) Sarah Barrie (NH)
2002 Matthew Ball (MN) Megan Stratford/Kate Ball (ML/MN)
2003 Blair Paterson (MN) Megan Stratford (ML)
2004 Not Awarded Megan Stratford (ML)
2005 Daniel Haxton (WR) Megan Stratford (ML)
2006 DaeHo Hyun (C) Megan Stratford (ML)
2007 Ryan Nichol (WK) Dawn Ee (A)
2008 Dean Shu (A) Dawn Ee (A)
2009 Paul Jackson (A) Joey Jiang (A)
2010 Paul Jackson (A) Dawn Ee (A)
2012 Jack Cheng (CM)
2014 Neil Chen (A)
2015 Carl Rodmell (S)
2016 Not Awarded
2017 Isaac Hobbs (O) Vanessa Wood-Lin (C)
2018 Not Awarded
2019 Matthew Mercer (C) Taleisha Gaeta (Aust)
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Not Awarded (Due to COVID-19 pandemic - cancellation of 2021 National Championships)
2022 Not Awarded
NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR
National coach of the Year can apply to coaches who have coached in NZ up to a national level, including national training camps but excluding international representation. There are no regional awards so associations can nominate a coach they feel has served the table tennis community well and is deserving of this award
2005 Li Chunli (NH)
2006 Li Chunli (NH)
2007 Wayne Gear (W)
2008 Auckland Coaching team: James Han, Shane Laugesen, Lu Jufang
2009 James Han (A)
2010 Li Chunli (NH)
2011 Li Chunli (CM) and Tim Seaholme (MN)
2012 John Tuki (BOP/Para)
2013 Weizhong Jiang (A)
2014 Eberhard Kleiser (WT)
2015 Weizhong Jiang (A)
2016 Jessica MacAskill (WK)
2017 Matthew Ball (MN)
2018 Albert Cheng (A)
2019 Hongyi Li (C)
2020 Not Awarded (due to Covid 19 pandemic)
2021 Matthew Ball (MN)
2022 Wei Yantao (NS)
NATIONAL VETERAN OF THE YEAR
2005 Malcolm Darroch (C)
2006 Merle Sneddon (MN)
2007 William Stewart (C)
2008 Jong Eub Han (C)
2009 Chris Little (A)
2010 Merle Sneddon (MN)
2011 Sabine Westenra (W)
2012 Malcolm Darroch (C)
2013 Sarah Sandley (A)
2014 Harry Dye (WT)
2015 Sarah Sandley (A)
2016 Tanya Sulimova (A)
2017 Barry Griffiths (A)
2018 Jo Shaw (A)
2019 Barry Griffiths (A)
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Not Awarded (due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic on events)
2022 Gina Liu (A)
NATIONAL MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR OF THE YEAR
2005 Samuel Liu (A)
2006 Yotam Bar-Shalom (W)
2007 Natalie Paterson (MN)
2008 Jennifer Tseng (A)
2009 Dawn Ee (A)
2010 Michael Zhang (S)
2011 Zhiyang Cheng (A)
2012 Victor Pollett (NH)
2013 Kevin Lin (A)
2014 Jiayi Zhou (C)
2015 Tom Henderson (O)
2016 Sophie Low (A)
2017 Daniel Jefferies (C)
2018 Isaac Hobbs (O)
2019 Zak McKellar (C)
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
NATIONAL MOST IMPROVED BOY OF THE YEAR
2021 Eli Ho (WK)
2022 August Xiao (NS)
NATIONAL MOST IMPROVED GIRL OF THE YEAR
2021 Ayumi Moriyama-Picard (A)
2022 Yelena Yi (NS)
NATIONAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
2005 John Stapleton (NH)
2006 Bryan Keane (N)
2007 Shona Cudby (MN)
2008 Robin Radford (Life Member)
2009 Alan Moore (C)
2010 Brent & Doris Davies (NL)
2011 Murray Finch (WK)
2012 George Tseung and HITT volunteers (A)
2013 Christine Young
2014 James Morris (NL)
2015 Grant Wilson (C)
2016 Andrew Palmer (WT)
2017 Paul Henderson (BP)
2018 David Kilmister (BP)
2019 John Tuki & Jillie Jiracha (BP/CM)
2020 Simon Fenwick (C)
2021 Kerry Allen (WK)
2022 Volunteer Recognition: Eugene Wong (WT), Brian Wilson (C)
2023 Award discountinued due to volunteer recognition being aligned with Volunteer Week in June
NATIONAL OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR
2005 Ron Garrett (S)
2006 Alan Moore (C)
2007 Daniel Fan (A)
2008 Averil Roberts (W)
2009 Daniel Fan (A)
2010 Val Scarr (MN)
2011 Joachim Kusche (C)
2012 Joachim Kusche (C)
2013 Malcolm Wong (W)
2014 Alan Moore (C)
2015 Alan Moore (C)
2016 Ron Garrett (S)
2017 Joachim Kusche (C)
2018 Joachim Kusche (C)
2019 Kevin Haines (W)
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Ron Garrett (S)
2022 Alan Moore (C)
BILL HURREY CUP
Awarded for most titles at NZ Junior Champs
2015 Auckland
2016 Auckland
2017 Auckland
2018 Auckland
2019 Auckland
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2022 Auckland
ARTHUR MEACHEN MEMORIAL CUP
Awarded for most titles at NZ Senior Champs
2015 Auckland
2016 Auckland
2017 Auckland
2018 Auckland
2019 Canterbury
2020 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2021 Not Awarded (due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2022 Auckland
The following Awards are no longer made:
ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR
2005 Waikato
2006 Waikato
2007 Waikato
REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR
2005 Shane Laugesen (A)
2006 Aaron Li & Shane Laugesen (Jointly)
2007 Tom Liu (WK)
REGIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2005 Calvin Kwong (MN)
REGIONAL VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
2005 Shona Cudby (MN)
2006 Marc Nichol (WK)
2007 Tim Seaholme (MN)
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