Eastern win in their table tennis fixture in 1972.....

Eastern Southland beat Taieri 33-15 in a representative fixture with Ron Garrett leading the charge by winning all his single matches for Eastern.
He was supported well by Alan  Smith and young Phillip Wallis, who won two of his singles.
In the mens A Grade No. 2 fixture, Eastern won 7-5, Ian Lamond, Gus Falconer, and Trevor Potter combined well each scoring two single wins.
The Eastern A Grade women's team of Nola Falconer, Sue Noble-Adams and Christine McCarthy were in top form winning 9-3.
Nola who is having one of her best seasons was unbeaten in singles and double plays.
Eastern was again too strong in the junior match winning 9-3 with Donna Wallis and Mervyn Potter unbeaten in singles play.

Reference: The Southland Times August 1978