9th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships 1989
(Cardiff, Wales)

There were no Championships in 1987, as no host country was forthcoming; the World's were in Delhi, where Wales agreed to host the 1989 Championships in Cardiff, in the same venue as in 1973.

England entered their strongest players, and retained the Men's Team title, with Nigeria, Hong Kong and India taking the next 3 places. In the Women's Team event, Hong Kong introduced two new young women who won the title, dropping only one individual tie when Chai Po Wa lost -19, -18 in the final to England's Lisa Lomas.

England's Desmond Douglas and Carl Prean did not stay for the individual events, which left the way clear for Alan Cooke, Silver medallist in Douglas 1985, to win the Gold in the Men's Singles from Atanda Musa of Nigeria, in the final.

The Hong Kong ladies contested the Women's Singles final, with Chai Po Wa beating Chan Tan Lui, and together they won the Ladies Doubles; Chan Tan Lui with Liu Fuk Man took the Mixed Doubles Gold. England's Skylet Andrew and Nicky Mason won the Men's Doubles.

Kamlesh Mehta won the COMTAB Fair Play Trophy (presented by the Swaythling Club of India) for his sportsmanship in the Championships.

Results at a Glance:

Men's Team Champion - England
Women's Team Champion - Hong Kong
Men's Singles Champion - Alan Cooke (England)
Women's Singles Champion - Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong)
Men's Doubles Champion - Skylet Andrew / Nicky Mason (England)
Women's Doubles Champion - Chai Po Wa / Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong)
Mixed Doubles Champion - Lui Fuk Man / Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong - 4 titles
England - 3 titles

Chai Po Wa (Hong Kong) - 3 titles (Women's Team, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles)
Chan Tan Lui (Hong Kong) - 3 titles (Women's Team, Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Alan Cooke (England) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Singles)
Skylet Andrew (England) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Doubles)
Nicky Mason (England) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Doubles)