1.
TV PLAY IN PROGRESS, MISS SHANNON (UK) TO MRS FOLDI (HUNGARY)
0.08

2.
SV SECTION OF CROWD
0.10

3.
SV PLAY IN PROGRESS ZOOM IN TO MRS FOLDI
0.17

4.
SV SPECTATORS
0.19

5.
SCV MRS FOLDI
0.32

6.
CV SPECTATOR
0.35

7.
GV MISS SHANNON SERVES - PLAY IN PROGRESS
0.55

8.
SCV CROWD
0.56

9.
TV PLAY IN PROGRESS, MRS FOLDI WINS, SHAKES HANDS WITH THE JUDGES
1.12

10.
SV CROWDS APPLAUDS
1.14

11.
GV PLAY IN PROGRESS, K. JOHANSSON (SWEDEN) SERVES TO KORPA (YUGOSLAVIA)
1.21

12.
SCV JOHANNSON
1.30

13.
SV SPECTATORS
1.32

14.
SCV KORPA SERVES - PLAY IN PROGRESS
1.37

15.
CV SPECTATORS
1.40

16.
SCV KORPA
1.50

17.
GV JUDGES
1.52

18.
SV JOHANSSON WINS - SHAKES HANDS WITH KORPA (2 SHOTS)
1.56



Initials DE/V/CR/EEH DE/V/CR/SGM


SPORT: TABLE TENNIS
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Background: TWO EARLY GAMES FROM THE ENGLISH OPEN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS WHICH OPENED AT BRIGHTON, ENGLAND TODAY (THURSDAY)....
A FAST MATCH IN THE WOMEN'S QUARTER SEMI-FINALS BROUGHT VICTORY TO MRS. L.FOLDI, OF HUNGARY. SHE BEAT MISS MARY SHANNON OF BRITAIN 3-1.

ONE OF THE MAIN EVENTS ON TODAY'S PROGRAMME WAS THE MEN'S INTERNATIONAL TEAM COMPETITION. AN EXCITING GAME WAS THAT BETWEEN SWEDEN AND YUGOSLAVIA. SWEDEN'S YOUNG K.JOHANSSON BEAT HIS YUGOSLAV OPPONENT 1. KORPA IN TWO GAMES, SCORING 21-16 AND 21-16. HOWEVER THE YUGOSLAVS PROVED TOO STRONG FOR THE SWEDISH TEAM AS A WHOLE AND WON THE MATCH 3-2. YUGOSLAVIA LATER WENT ON TO WIN THE FINAL OF THE MEN'S TEAM EVENT, BEATING CZECHOSLOVAKIA 3-1.

THE ENGLISH OPEN TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS, WHICH END ON SATURDAY, HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY OF EUROPE'S FINEST AND MOST ACCOMPLISHED PLAYERS. AS WELL AS THE ENGLISH COMPETITORS, TEAMS HAVE COME FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, RUMANIA, SWEDEN, WEST GERMANY AND YUGOSLAVIA.