Press Report 4th Mar - South Devon and Torbay Table Tennis League

South Devon & Torbay

Table Tennis League

Press Report 4th Mar

ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE

The weather has seriously affected the fixture list this week with just 4 games being played in the early part of the week, while 12 matches have had to be postponed.

NA Batmen reclaimed the runners-up spot from Brixham Sharks in the First Division, following an excellent 7-3 victory to leap frog them in the table. Batmen’s Naomi Jackson just squeezed past Adam Shipway 16-14 in the 5th to claim a fine maximum.

NA Batmen’s Naomi Jackson

Two Newton Abbot teams were challenging for the 2nd Division title, but the Falcons’ convincing 9-1 win over the Eagles has dented the Eagles’ hopes. The evening started well for the Eagles, as Andy Tyrrell defeated David Davies in the first set, but that was the only point they managed as Giles Tushingham and Ed Crawford maximums saw the Falcons home and into the runners-up position just a point behind Brixham Seals, and with a game in hand. Martin Dilkes was again the star for Taverners, but his maximum was not enough to defeat Marldon who came out on top 6-4.

Taverners’ Martin Dilkes

The 4th Division’s only encounter saw Dawlish Drifters overcome NA Vultures 7-3, despite another fine maximum from the Vultures’ Pete Sercombe. Prabhu Kashap, Don Beesley and Tony Bussell were too consistent for Andy Guy and Jeff Herne, but could not get past Sercombe who has yet to lose since joining the Vultures in January.

Don Beesley & Prabhu Kashap – Dawlish Drifters

Pete Sercombe – NA Vultures

Three coaches from the Newton Abbot club play in the Exeter League representing Coaver A. Dennis Gibbs (Batmen), Kevin Nicholls and Jon Cheung (Buzzards) won their 15th consecutive match this week and lead the Exeter League’s First Division by 29 points.

Dennis Gibbs, Jon Cheung & Kevin Nicholls

Division One

NA Batmen 7 (Jackson 3, D Gibbs 2, S Gibbs 1, Dbls) Brixham Sharks 3 (Shipway 2, Banham 1, Holmes 0)

Division Two

NA Eagles 1 (Tyrrell 1, Sage 0, McIvor 0) NA Falcons 9 (Tushingham 3, Crawford 3, Davies 2, Dbls)

Taverners 4 (Dilkes 3, Read 1, Harrop 0) Marldon 6 (Glover 2, Atkin 2, Goodman 1, Dbls)

Division Four

Dawlish Drifters 7 (Beesley 2, Kashap 2, Bussell 2, Dbls) NA Vultures 3 (Sercombe 3, Guy 0, Herne 0)

Division One

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Draw	Lost	Set For	Set Ag	Points
1	Torbay Academy 1	14	13	0	1	103	27	113
2	NA Batmen	15	9	2	4	104	46	104
3	Brixham Sharks	15	12	1	2	103	47	103
4	NA Buzzards	12	9	1	2	90	30	90
5	Torbay Academy 2	15	7	0	8	74	76	74
6	Halwell	15	3	0	12	44	106	44
7	Brixham Gulls	15	2	1	12	40	110	40
8	Brixham Pirates	14	0	1	14	12	138	12

Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Draw	Lost	Set For	Set Ag	Points
1	Brixham Seals	11	9	1	1	75	35	75
2	NA Falcons	10	9	0	1	74	26	74
3	NA Eagles	12	7	2	3	71	49	71
4	Torbay Academy 3	10	7	1	2	64	36	64
5	Marldon	12	6	1	5	59	61	59
6	Brixham Trawlers	12	5	0	7	58	62	58
7	Taverners	12	2	0	10	46	74	46
8	NA Hawks	11	2	0	9	32	78	32
9	Torbay Academy 4	10	0	1	9	21	79	21

Division Three

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Draw	Lost	Set For	Set Ag	Points
1	Denbury Tykes	15	15	0	0	131	19	131
2	Marldon Tykes	15	13	0	2	109	41	109
3	Dawlish Diamonds	15	6	4	5	73	77	73
4	Brixham Dolphins	15	6	2	7	70	80	70
5	Hasbeens	15	5	2	8	62	88	62
6	NA Kestrels	15	4	2	9	60	90	60
7	Torbay Academy 5	15	3	2	10	53	97	53
8	Torre Tigers	15	1	2	12	42	108	42

Division Four

Pos	Team	Pld	Won	Draw	Lost	Set For	Set Ag	Points
1	Torbay Academy 7	12	10	0	2	88	32	88
2	NA Owls	13	9	1	3	87	43	87
3	Torbay Academy 6	12	11	0	1	76	34	83
4	Torres R Us	11	7	1	3	76	34	76
5	Dawlish Drifters	12	8	0	4	63	57	63
6	NA Kites	12	4	1	7	59	61	59
7	NA Ospreys	12	4	3	5	51	69	51
8	NA Vultures	13	2	2	9	51	79	51
9	Brixham Swifts	13	1	2	10	31	99	31
10	Dawlish Dodgers	12	0	0	12	21	99	21