History
Hills Table Tennis Association
| During 1936, Invitation/challenge Matches were played between teams from Echunga, Longwood, Summertown and Carey's Gully. | |
| A copy of a newspaper article from 18 May 1937, | |
| TABLE TENNIS | |
| Hills Association- A meeting of clubs interested in table tennis was held at Stirling to form an association. | |
| Delegates were present from six clubs, Summertown, Carey's Gully, Longwood, Mylor, Echunga and Macclesfield. | |
| The association's officials are- President Mr W. Collins of Summertown, Secretary and Treasurer, Mr A. Bowen of Longwood. | |
| The first round of matches will be played on May 26. | |
| 1937 Season Teams were: Mylor, Summertown, Longwood, Carey's Gully and Echunga. | |
| Macclesfield never played in the competition, opting to play in a nearby association. | |
| HILLS TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION - 9 September 1937 | |
| Longwood wins Grand Final. | |
| The Grand Final between Longwood and Carey's Gully was played in the Mylor Institute on August 25 and resulted in a victory for | |
| Longwood, the final scores being:- Longwood, 20 sets; Carey's Gully,10 sets.Indivdual scores:- | |
| Women's Singles- | |
| Mrs Hughes (L) d Miss I.Hart (CG) 21-12, 21-16. M.Porteous d Mrs Badenock 21-14,17-21. G.Bowen d C.Jarrett 21-18, 21-6. | |
| Mrs Wright d J.Badenock 21-12, 20-21. Mrs Riches d E.Rann 21-16, 21-20. D.Dowling d J.Rann 21-14, 21-8. | |
| Women's Doubles- | |
| Mrs Hughes/G.Bowen lost to Mrs Badenock/I.Hart 23-31. M.Porteous/Mrs Wright d J.Badenock/C.Jarrett 31-27. | |
| Mrs Riches/D.Dowling d J.Rann/E.Rann 31-15. | |
| Men's Singles- | |
| A.Bowen d R.Jarrett 21-9, 21-17. W.Hughes lost to L.Badenock 12-21, 15-21. H.Wright d K.Jarrett 21-18, 20-21. | |
| C.Saltmarsh lost to A.Jarrett 11-21, 12-21. E.Bowen lost to A.Badenock 21-14, 10-21. A.Dowling d B.Badenock 21-18, 21-14. | |
| Men's Doubles- | |
| A.Bowen/W.Hughes d A.Badenock/H.Badenock 31-21. H.Wright/C.Saltmarsh lost to R.Jarrett/K.Jarrett 29-31. | |
| A.Dowling/E.Bowen d A.Jarrett/B.Badenock 31-23. | |
| A Victory Ball was held in Longwood Hall to celebrate winning the Hills Table Tennis Association Grand Final. | |
| 1938 Season Teams were- Mylor, Summertown, Longwood, Carey's Gully and Verdun. | |
| Longwood was undefeated throughout the season but the Grand Final was won by Mylor 14-4. | |
| 1939 Season Teams were- Mylor, Summertown, Longwood, Verdun and new clubs Scott's Creek and Upper Sturt. | |
| Longwood won the Grand Final against Mylor 10-8 | |
| 1940 Season Teams were- Mylor, Summertown, Longwood, Verdun, Scott's Creek and Upper Sturt. | |
| Longwood dominated the minor round again but Mylor won the Grand Final by a narrow margin. | |
| So after 4 seasons Longwood and Mylor were the stand out teams, each winning 2 Grand Finals. | |
| 1941- 1949 The Association was suspended due to World War 2 | |
| The following appeared in Mt Barker Courier on 18 April 1946: | |
| HILLS TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION | |
| A meeting will be held in the Mylor Hall on Wednesday April 24th at 8pm | |
| to re-form the Association- D. Roebuck, Mylor | |
| However, the Hills Table Tennis Association would not form again until 1950 | |
| 1950 Season Teams were- Summertown, Upper Sturt, Mylor, Scott's Creek with new teams Bridgewater, Aldgate and Stirling. | |
| More to come | |
