The World's in 1975 were held in Calcutta, in the Netji Bose Stadium, a great distance from Melbourne, and it was a long and tiring journey fot those players who competed in both. Several teams who had entered failed to arrive. In consequence, both Team events were each played in single froup round robins—10 men's teams and 7 women's teams.
England again won all the Golds, with Australia 2nd and India in 3rd place in the Men's Team event. India was 2nd in the Women's event, when Shailaja Salokhe played exceptionally well to hit through US champion defender, Violetta Nesukaitis, of Canada to place 2nd and Canada 3rd. Trevor Taylor and Jill Hammersley won the individual Singles for the 3rd successive Championships.
Results at a Glance:
Men's Team Champion - England
Women's Team Champion - England
Men's Singles Champion - Trevor Taylor (England)
Women's Singles Champion - Jill Hammersley (England)
Men's Doubles Champion - Denis Neale / Desmond Douglas (England)
Women's Doubles Champion - Jill Hammersley / Linda Howard (England)
Mixed Doubles Champion - Desmond Douglas / Linda Howard (England)
England - 7 titles
Jill Hammersley (England) - 3 titles (Women's Team, Women's Singles, Women's Doubles)
Desmond Douglas (England) - 3 titles (Men's Team, Men's Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Linda Howard (England) - 3 titles (Women's Team, Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles)
Trevor Taylor (England) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Singles)
Denis Neale (England) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Doubles)
Once again the Championships were affected by non or late arrivals, necessitating the Referee working all night to re-schedule from four groups to two, in each competition. Nevertheless, a very successful Championships were held in this small Channel Island off the coast of France.
England was hosting the 1977 World's in Birmingham and, wishing to do well before the home TV cameras, did not send their top players to Guernsey.
At the same time Hong Kong produced several new players (ex-China) who won all the Golds, except the Women's Doubles won by England's Karen Witt and Melody Ludi. The Men's title being won by Li Kuang Tsu, a combination bat 'twiddler', and the Women's title by Chang Siu Ying, a classic Chinese 'pen gripper'.
Results at a Glance:
Men's Team Champion - Hong Kong
Women's Team Champion - Hong Kong
Men's Singles Champion - Li Kuang Tsu (Hong Kong)
Women's Singles Champion - Chang Siu-Ying (Hong Kong)
Men's Doubles Champion - Chen Sheng-Shien / Vong Iu Veng (Hong Kong)
Women's Doubles Champion - Melody Ludi / Karen Witt (England)
Mixed Doubles Champion - Li Kuang Tsu / Siu Kit Man (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong - 6 titles
England - 1 title
Li Kuang Tsu (Hong Kong) - 3 titles (Men's Team, Men's Singles, Mixed Doubles)
Chang Siu-Ying (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Women's Team, Women's Singles)
Chen Sheng-Shien (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Doubles)
Vong Iu Veng (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Men's Team, Men's Doubles)
Siu Kit Man (Hong Kong) - 2 titles (Women's Team, Mixed Doubles)