Mackay’s Emma Widdup was the star of the Australian Veterans Table Tennis Championships in Darwin, taking a swag of four medals and the order of merit.
Emma medals included gold in the O30 women’s teams, silver in the O40 doubles, and bronze in O30 singles and doubles.
She was in hot form following an undefeated run in the recent state veterans titles in Mackay, and reached the semi-final of over 30 women’s singles when she was beaten by top seed Victorian Cheryl Huang, who went on to beat WA's Beck Bennett in the final.
Earlier, Emma thrashed Victoria’s Anuska Fernando in a quarter-final 5, 3, 8.
Emma was later ranked No 1 in the order of merit, based on performances over the championship, in teams, doubles and singles.
Andrea Nicholson won two medals – gold in the O30 women’s teams and bronze in O30 doubles.
Coral Morgan won a bronze medal in over 75 women’s doubles to give Mackay seven medals, the best result in memory.
Also in action for Mackay were Delma Knight, Anne Sheridan, Donna Abbott, Janice Kent, Peter Goodson and Noreen Fredericksen.
Contributed by Charlie Payne
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