| 1961-62 |
Subscription
reduced to £1 per Club and 10/- (50p) for each additional team.
Miss
Irene Ogus wins three titles in Closed Championships.
Alan
Rhodes now ranked as England number 2.
John
Jaques, Spaldings and Wally Kilmister are the only pre-war firms
still advertising in the handbook. |
| 1962-63 |
Club
subscription increased to £ 1-10-0d (£1.50), but in addition
to including the M.T.T.A. and E.T.T.A. affiliation fees there
will be the free provision of eight issues of the magazine ‘Table
Tennis' during the season.
Rule
introduced that players representing the league will be expected
to wear navy blue blouse or shirt, grey skirt, shorts or slacks,
white socks and shoes.
Don White
elected to Management Committee as Press Secretary.
Junior
coaching restarted under Michael Close and held at the Kenton
Club.
League
dance held in conjunction with Kenton Club, but not well
attended. |
| 1963-64 |
Last
season in which there were separate Ladies’ Divisions.
Tony
Kayes first elected to Management Committee as Handbook
Secretary.
League
enters Master Points scheme.
Alan
Rhodes wins record 9th Men's Singles title in Closed
Championships.
Ladies’
Team (Lesley Williams & Irene Ogus) win Middlesex 2-a-side
Competition. |
| 1964-65 |
Norman
Reeve elected Chairman, and Alma Reeve elected Secretary,
positions they held for 16 years until they retired.
Player
Registration Fee increased to 3/- (15p).
Start of
Schools league with nine schools entering 15 teams.
Minor
Singles event introduced to Closed for players in Division 6 or
below. Ladies' Team Cup is new event in the Team Knock-Out
Championships.
Ladies'
League team (Alma Taft, Irene Ogus & Jackie Redfearn) wins
the National lnter-League J.M. Rose Bowl. |
| 1965-66 |
Norman
Reeve elected as Deputy Chairman of the E.T.T.A.
To help
finances the silver cups for the Open Championships are sold. |
| 1966-67 |
Schools
Competition now firmly established as part of the league
activities.
In only
its 3rd season there are insufficient entries to hold the Ladies’
Team Cup.
Alan
Rhodes elected as Vice-President. |
| 1967-68 |
Club
subscription increased to £2.
League
Team wins 2nd Division Middlesex Inter-league.
Men's
Team win Zone Final of Wilmott Cup beating Acton 5-4. |
| 1968-69 |
Further
increases with player’s Registration Fee up to 4/- (20p) and
Club subscriptions
up to £2-5-0d (£2.25).
In the
Schools league 25 teams are entered from 11 schools.
Victor
Barna attended the Closed Championships and presented the
trophies to the winners.
Jean
Williams (Northwood C.A.) wins Ladies' Veteran Singles in
English Open. |
| 1969-70 |
The
league's 1st Team win 2nd Division of the Middlesex Inter-league
Competition, and the 2nd Team win the 3rd Division.
Don White
presents league with silver salver for the Closed Veteran Men's
Singles event. |
| 1970-71 |
Lucy
Murray elected Vice-President and remained actively involved in
league affairs, particularly the Closed Championships, for the
last 18 years of her life.
Ann Brown
first elected to Management Committee as Inter-league Match
Secretary.
Ladies'
Team Cup held again after absence of four years.
Last
season of Schools league as only 45 out of 64 matches were
played.
Michael
Close becomes only player to win both the Men's and Veteran
Men's Singles in the Closed Championships in the same season. |
