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| Year | Page contents (All Years include Top Men's & Women's Titleholders, Rankings and Administrative People) | ||
| 1984 | NZTTA Turns 50 World Cup Qualification Tournament Three Grand Slams North Island Final - Sweat Ball Japanese Tour |
NZ Beats Australia Queensland
Open Two New International Umpires NZ in XD Final at Australian Junior Champs Big Year for Coaching Uncertain Start National Boys' Coaching School |
Junior Travellers Bill Mullins Dies Australian Vets Champs Inaugurated NZTTA Links with Other Sports Round Table Experiment |
| 1985 | English Coach as Director of
Coaching NZ Champs Break the Mould Ken Wilkinson Retires Bronze Medal at Commonwealth Champs World Teams Revamp |
Drop in Participation Figures Juniors Take on Australia World Cup Australian Junior Champs Plug Pulled on Televised Tournament |
NZ Coach at Fiji Olympic
Course Queensland Open NZer Wins Over 60 at Australian Vets Champs Hec Pyle Dies NZTTA Accepted as Member NZ Olympic Assn |
| 1986 | Two Titles at Oceania Champs Huge TT Exposure in Schools Marketing Urged Regional Coaching Proposals Outlined Rating System Introduced |
Asian Champs Give NZ'ers
Exposure NZTTA Management Structure Changes Medals Introduced at NZ Champs Coaching, Training, Summer Camp Under 15 Events added to Australian Junior Champs |
New Executive Officer
Appointed Invitations for Assns to Pool Resources Queensland Open Franklin Changes Name Point Being Made - Suits at NZ Open |
| 1987 | Big Sponsorship Deal Secured Olympic Qualification - Two NZ Players Qualify Junior Age Groups Change National Council Settles In World Championships Olympic Solidarity Course |
Chinese Star Makes Her Mark in
NZ NZ Champs for Veterans Introduced Basing Seedings on Ratings Criticised Australian Championships KiwiSport |
International Tournament of
Noumea Hillary Commission Launched Slow Start to Regional Coaching Poverty Bay Disaffiliates Bat Rubbers Colours Defined |
| 1988 | First Olympic Games for TT Oceania Champs Champaign Year for Barry Griffiths KiwiSport Table Tennis Starts NZ'ers On World Ranking List for First Time |
World's Top TT Official Visits
NZ Top Twelve Tournaments Big TT Event - Australia's Bi-Centenary NZ'ers Tap Into High Performance Fund VIP Treatment at Asian Champs |
New Age-Group Event in
Australia Two Disaffiliations Australian Veterans Champs New International Umpire Magazine Launched |
| 1989 | Exhibition TT Returns to NZ Commonwealth Champs World Champs World Event Hosted Australian Junior Champs - NZ Not There Asian Champs |
First Use of Computers at
National Event International Tournament of Noumea Graded Events Added to National Tournaments World Cup National Director of Coaching to New Post |
Australian Veterans Champs Asian Juniors New Uniform for Juniors National Office Expands North Shore Name Change |
| 1990 | Oceania Champs Oceania - NZ on Show World Cups Aplenty Australian International Champs |
Worlds Veteran Title to First
NZ Champion Olympic Course Cost Allocation of NZTTA to Assns Australian Age Group Champs |
Keith Longmore Dies New International Umpire Treasurer Steps Down |
| 1991 | World Championships Coaching Funding Boosted Three NZ'ers Qualify for Olympics Top Honour for Ken Wilkinson |
NZ Dominates Noumea Tournament World Cup NZ Invited Austr Junior Champs Plans for Elite League Shortlived |
Hutt Valley Fights For Refund Hamilton Association Changes Name to Waikato |
| 1992 | Olympic Games - Barcelona Kiwi Table Tennis New Singles Draw NZ Champs Triggers Controversy World Cups |
Big Group to China for
Training Asian Championships Strategic Plan Devised Australian Junior Championships |
Les Elliott Dies ITTF Ambassadors Visit Junior Player Memorialised North Taranaki Re-affiliates |
| 1993 | Fee Structure on Population
Base Peter Hirst Relinquishes Coaching Position World Champs Men's World Cup |
Age-groups Added Oceania
Champs Singles Group Play in NZ Champs Kiwi TT Manual Launched International Tourn in Noumea |
Australian Junior Champs Training Trip to Malaysia Association Awards East Waikato & Mid-Canterbury Disaffiliate |
| 1994 | Major Changes to NZ Champs Oceania Champs Malcolm Temperley & Graham Lassen Die Coaching Restructure Exposure of TT in Schools |
Commonwealth Champs World Veterans Champs National Lottery - Change of Prize Australian Junior Champs Asian Senior Champs |
Australian Veterans Champs Association Award to Wanganui Drug Testing Starts NZ Contributes to Austr Magazine |
| 1995 | World Championships Northland Hosts NZ Champs Singles Groups Gone, Division Events In NZ Champs Planning Workshops Held |
Ratings Computerised Commonwealth Champs Australian Junior Champs Big Year for Representation Overseas |
National Lottery Swansong Umpires - New Qualification Level Test Series in Fiji |
| 1996 | NZTTA becomes TTNZ in
Restructure "Outsider" Alan Hounsell Elected Chairman NZ Hosts Oceania Champs Olympic Games - Atlanta |
Merv Allardyce Retires Australian Champs Table Tennis Info Magazine Launched Bid to Host 2000 World Vets Champs |
Interisland Matches
Discontinued Seniors & Juniors Separated at NZ Champs Nelson Creates a TT Academy |
| 1997 | Ken Wilkinson Dies Li Chunli Finishes 3rd in World Cup Commonwealth & World Champs New Executive Director Appointed |
Olympic Solidarity Coaching
Course Peter Jackson at Men's World Cup NZ Competes at Asian Junior Champs |
Under 20 Development Trip Sth
Australia Technical Committee Formed Nth Island Champs in New Nth Harbour Stadium |
| 1998 | Chunli Beats World No 2 NZ Wins at Oceania Champs National Dev. Officer & Coach Positions Created NZ Performs Well at Asian Champs Large Coaching Course Held |
Executive Director & Dev
Officer Tour NZ First Summer Nationals Held Website Set Up School Teams Champs Open To All Table Tennis Week |
TT Info Magazine Mailed to All Frank O'Gorman Dies Individual Member Registration Introduced Computers Cause Confusion at NI Champs Media Scrum After Towelling Incident |
| 1999 | Hall Of Fame Inaugurated World Champs Juniors Do Well in Australia Development Tours |
Kiwi TT Manual Revamped Oceania Qualifying Tourn - Olympics, World Cups NZ Tour by China Falls Through TTNZ Admin Changes - Mike Brown Leaves |
Chairman & Treasurer John
Beatson Steps Down Cathy Tadema Dies |
| 2000 | Sydney Olympics NZ Officials at Olympics & Paralympics World Team Champs Commonwealth Champs Exhibition by Czech Players |
Three Attain International
Umpire Qualifications Oceania Champs Ron Menchi Retires from TTNZ New Canterbury Stadium Opens Alf Harding & Garry Frew Die |
Umpires Committee Formed Trevor Flint & Robin Radford New Life Members Hillary Commission Funds Booklet Australian Academy Team Visits NZ |
| 2001 | Table Tennis Included in
Commonwealth Games World & Commonwealth Champs Ball Changes Size Life Membership for Ron Garrett Junior Development Officer Appointed |
Facilitator Leads Development
Seminar John Lelliott Dies Northland Hosts Training World Champs Peter Jackson Competes with World's Best NZ invited to Junior Tourn in China |
Auckland Secretary Steps Down Change at National Office New Rules NZ Champs Team Competition College Student wins Science Prize. |
| 2002 | NZ Wins Gold at Commonwealth
Games Video Analysis Aids Games Success Top Swedish Coach in NZ World Cadet Challenge New Coaching Positions |
NZ'er Umpires Commonwealth
Gold Match NZ'ers in China Koreans in Christchurch NZ's First International Referee |
TT Info 21st Issue Tanya Hefferan Dies Wellington & HV Assns Merge Great Team Wins Over Austr at Oceania |
| 2003 | World Junior Circuit held in
Wellington WorldsTeams Separated from Individual Champs SPARC Reclassifies All Sports Former Chairman John Stewart Dies NZ at World Junior Champs |
NZ'er Manages Wheelchair
Umpires Annual Meetings Location Australian Youth Olympic Festival Aaron Li Denied Record |
Elite Coaching Course Staff Changes at National Office NZ International Umpire Earns Blue Badge Helen Codlin Wins Scholarship |
| 2004 | NZ Team Wins in Oceania Oceania - Best Ever Champs Olympic Games - Athens James Morris "Retires" |
Commonwealth Champs World Teams Champs Alan Hounsell Vacates Board Bill Hurrey Dies |
David Jackson Contract Ends NZ Juniors in Swedish Training AGM Moves Away From Wellington |
| 2005 | NZ to Host 2008 World Junior
Champs Li Chunli Retires Russell Algie & Errol Cheal Die NZ Girls in World Junior Champs CEO Appointed |
Last Issue of TT Info World Cadet Challenge NZ'er reaches Austr Open Semi World Individual Champs Malcolm Darroch Wins in Austr Vets |
Mental Coach Appointed Entry Control Moves to Technical Comm. Hall of Fame Inductions New Awards Introduced |
| 2006 | Good International
Performances by NZ'ers Barry Butler Dies World Teams Champs - Germany |
Girls at World Junior Champs Clothing Sponsorship Large Grants Increase |
New Software Introduced |
| 2007 | Participation Manager Role
Created NZ Girls at World Junior Champs NZ Women 3rd at Commonwealth Champs |
NZ'ers Compete at World
University Games Permanent Training Facility CEO Leaves |
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| 2008 | Year of Changes NZ Withdraw From Hosting World Event Top NZ Player Passed Over for Olympic Selection |
World Team Champs Bill Fogarty Dies AGM Debates Handbook |
Electronic Newsletter
Launched Juniors Win Gold at World Junior Circuit NZ Girls at World Junior Champs |
| 2009 | CURTAIN FALLS ON 75 YEARS; DOUBLE CELEBRATION | ||
Research, writing and editing: John Kiley, Web site, image management and some research:
Robin Radford. |
| page updated: 30/06/24 |
