ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
A top of the table clash in the First Division saw the leaders Torbay Academy 1 narrowly defeat Brixham Sharks 6-4, and open up an 18-point lead with 3 matches to go. Kris Piwowar was again the man of the match for the Academy. NA Batmen move up into the runners-up spot with a whitewash victory over Brixham Pirates, and NA Buzzards keep up their interest with a 9-1 win over Brixham Gulls. Injury and availability issues for both Halwell and Brixham Gulls meant points being given away in both of their matches, with Halwell going down 5-4 to the Gulls and 8-2 to Torbay Academy 2.
NA Batmen – Shaun Gibbs, Naomi Jackson, Dennis Gibbs
NA Falcons hit the top of the 2nd Division following an 8-2 win at Marldon, as David Davies and Ed Crawford took maximums for the Falcons. Club colleagues NA Eagles moved into the runners-up position, following a 7-3 victory at Torbay over Academy 4, whose Tom Ricketts, making a rare appearance, collected all of the Academy’s points. Alan Maynard was in fine form for his Brixham Trawlers side, who he led to a 7-3 victory over the Taverners at Bishopsteignton.
Brixham Trawlers – Alan Maynard
In the Third Division, the Dawlish Diamonds trio of Bruce Freeman, Jim Saunders and Martin Charlesworth whitewashed the Kestrels from Newton Abbot. Torbay Academy 5, who had a poor start to the season, are finding their feet now, and their latest victory included a maximum from Elsa Perry in a 7-3 win at Brixham over the Dolphins.
Elsa Perry – Torbay Academy 5
The two Torbay Academy sides in the Fourth Division are opening up a bit of a gap at the top. Both sides had 9-1 victories this week over Dawlish teams. Leaders Academy 7 were winners over Dawlish Drifters, while colleagues Academy 6 defeated the Dodgers. A Peter Sercombe maximum helped his NA Vultures team to a narrow 6-4 victory over club mates NA Ospreys. Torres R Us bounced back from last week’s defeat with a fine 8-2 victory over NA Kites, as Andrew Davies and Bill Keywood took maximums for the Torre side.
Torbay Academy 6 – Denis Cramond, Matt Frettsome, Neville Cregan
Ollie Pead, NA Ospreys v Pete Sercombe NA Vultures
Division One
NA Buzzards 9 (Cheung 2, Nicholls 2, Ryland 1, Dbls, Awarded 3) Brixham Gulls 1 (Maynard 1, Dunn 0)
Torbay Academy (1) 6 (Piwowar 3, Cincala 2, Wojtowicz 0, Dbls) Brixham Sharks 4 (Harries 2, Shipway 1, Holmes 1)
Brixham Pirates 0 (N Shipley 0, S Shipley 0, Deakin 0) NA Batmen 10 (D Gibbs 3, S Gibbs 3, Jackson 3, Dbls)
Halwell 2 (Atkinson 1, Sugden 0, Wadling 0, Dbls) Torbay Academy (2) 8 (Barnett 3, Hernandez 3, Webster-Hall 2)
Halwell 4 Wadling 1, Sugden 0, Awarded 2, Dbls) Brixham Gulls 5 (Mercer 2, Dunn 1, Awarded 2)
Division Two
Taverners 3 (Harrop 2, Read 1, Dilkes 0) Brixham Trawlers 7 (Maynard 3, Williamson 2, Saxby 1, Dbls
Marldon 2 (Glover 1, Thompson 1, Breyley 0) NA Falcons 8 (Crawford 3, Davies 3, Humphries 1, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (4) 3 (Ricketts 3, Cooper 0, Hoare 0) NA Eagles 7 (Sage 2, Tyrrell 2, McIvor 2, Dbls)
Division Three
Dawlish Diamonds 10 (Freeman 3, Saunders 3, Charlesworth 3, Dbls) NA Kestrels 0 (Fabian 0, Stratton 0, Halse 0)
Brixham Dolphins 3 (Holmes 2, Stead 1, Meah 0) Torbay Academy (5) 7 (Perry 3, Grainger 2, Gibbs 1, Dbls)
Division Four
NA Vultures 6 (Sercombe 3, Guy 1, Bowden 1, Dbls) NA Ospreys 4 (Ferguson 2, Hiles 2, O Pead 0)
Dawlish Drifters 1 (Tudball 1, Kashap 0, Beesley 0) Torbay Academy (7) 9 (Fowler 3, McGuire 3, Moretta 2, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (6) 9 (Frettsome 3, Cregan 3, Cramond 2, Dbls) Dawlish Dodgers 1 (Tee 1, Miles 0, Hemming 0)
Torres R Us 8 (Davies 3, Keywood 3, Connor 2) NA Kites 2 (Short 1, Baxter 0, Payne 0, Dbls)
Division One
Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points | |
1 | Torbay Academy 1 | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 141 | 39 | 141 |
2 | NA Batmen | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 123 | 57 | 123 |
3 | Brixham Sharks | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 122 | 58 | 122 |
4 | NA Buzzards | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 118 | 52 | 118 |
5 | Torbay Academy 2 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 90 | 100 | 90 |
6 | Halwell | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 57 | 122 | 57 |
7 | Brixham Gulls | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 48 | 131 | 48 |
8 | Brixham Pirates | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 160 | 20 |
Division Two
Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points | |
1 | NA Falcons | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 91 | 29 | 91 |
2 | NA Eagles | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 89 | 61 | 89 |
3 | Torbay Academy 3 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 52 | 88 |
4 | Brixham Seals | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 87 | 53 | 87 |
5 | Brixham Trawlers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 71 | 69 | 71 |
6 | Marldon | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 68 | 82 | 68 |
7 | Taverners | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 67 | 83 | 67 |
8 | NA Hawks | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 41 | 99 | 41 |
9 | Torbay Academy 4 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 28 | 102 | 28 |
Division Three
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points |
1 | Denbury Tykes | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 20 | 140 |
2 | Marldon Tykes | 17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 44 | 126 |
3 | Dawlish Diamonds | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 93 | 87 | 93 |
4 | Brixham Dolphins | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 84 | 96 | 84 |
5 | NA Kestrels | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 72 | 108 | 72 |
6 | Torbay Academy 5 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 103 | 67 |
7 | Hasbeens | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 65 | 105 | 65 |
8 | Torre Tigers | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 53 | 127 | 53 |
Division Four
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Set For | Set Ag | Points |
1 | Torbay Academy 7 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 43 | 117 |
2 | Torbay Academy 6 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 114 | 46 | 114 |
3 | NA Owls | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 105 | 55 | 105 |
4 | Torres R Us | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 97 | 53 | 97 |
5 | NA Kites | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
6 | NA Ospreys | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 72 | 88 | 72 |
7 | NA Vultures | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 67 | 93 | 67 |
8 | Dawlish Drifters | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 66 | 84 | 66 |
9 | Brixham Swifts | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 119 | 41 |
10 | Dawlish Dodgers | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 129 | 31 |