ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE

Torbay Academy 1 retained their Division One title with a convincing 10-0 victory over Halwell. Jakub Piwowar joined his father Kris and Greg Wojtowicz, winning comfortably. Another father and son combination led the NA Batmen to the runners-up position behind the Academy. Dennis and Shaun Gibbs, unbeaten and in awesome form, blew away their Buzzard colleagues 8-2.

Champions, Torbay Academy 1 – Greg Wojtowicz, Jakub Piwowar, Kris Piwowar, Halwell – Dave Wadling, Rod Sugden, Mick Atkinson

NA Falcons, with skipper Giles Tushingham again unbeaten, completed their match against Torbay Academy 3, winning 6-4 and finishing at the top of the pile in the 2^nd Division, 20 points clear of Brixham Seals in second place.  Brixham Trawlers, with Ian Saxby and Allen Pack maximums, finished their campaign with an 8-2 win over Torbay Academy 4.

Denbury Tykes clinched the 3^rd Division crown with a whitewash win over Hasbeens. Another father and son combination as Pat and Huw Darch, joined by Paul Hine, have won all 20 matches they have played this season.  Chris Garner and Kevin Ayling maximums helped Marldon Tykes to a 9-1 win over Brixham Dolphins, and finish in the runners-up spot.  Third place goes to Dawlish Diamonds, who completed their season with a 7-3 win over Torbay Academy 5, Jim Saunders with a maximum for the Diamonds.

Only minor places to fight for as the 4^th Division fixtures were completed. Torres R Us climbed to 3^rd place, thanks to a 9-1 win over Dawlish Drifters, as Andrew Connor and Robert Excell gained maximums for the Torre side. The Dawlish Drifters also went down to NA Kites, but not without a fight by Don Beesley who won his 3 singles and with Prabhu Kashap took the final doubles, but it was not enough as the Drifters lost 6-4.

Holders and pretty much invincible, Torbay Academy 1, reached the semi-final of the Dyment Doubles Cup, with a 5-1 victory over Taverners.  NA Ospreys had a fine 5-2 win over Denbury Tykes. The match of the round was a terrific battle between Halwell and Torbay Academy 2,with the match eventually settled in the final game of the final set, Torbay Academy 2 winning 5-4. 

Denbury Tykes’ Huw Darch & Paul Hine v NA Ospreys’ Sam Hiles & Rob Ferguson

Division One

NA Buzzards 2 (Nicholls 1, Ryland 1, Halse 0) NA Batmen 8 (D Gibbs 3, S Gibbs 3, Jackson 1, Dbls)

Torbay Academy (1) 10 (K Piwowar 3, J Piwowar 3, Wojtowicz 3, Dbls) Halwell 0 (Atkinson 0, Sugden 0, Wadling 0)

Division Two

Brixham Trawlers 8 (Saxby 3, Pack 3, Williamson 1, Dbls) Torbay Academy (4) 2 (Cooper 1, McGuire 1, Gibbs 0)

Division Three

Hasbeens 0 (Fitzgerald 0, Wickens 0, Munns 0) Denbury Tykes 10 (Hine 3, P Darch 3, H Darch 3, Dbls)

Dawlish Diamonds 7 (Saunders 3, Freeman 2, Copley 1, Dbls) Torbay Academy (5) 3 (Grainger 2, Collins 1, Gibbs 0)

Brixham Dolphins 1 (Stead 1, Williams 0, Meah 0) Marldon Tykes 9 (Garner 3, Ayling 3, Metcalfe 2, Dbls)

Division Four

Dawlish Drifters 4 (Beesley 3, Bussell 0, Kashap 0, Dbls) NA Kites 6 (Short 2, Salt 2, Payne 2)

Torres R Us 9 (Connor 3, Excell 3, Morris 2, Dbls) Dawlish Drifters 1 (Kashap 1, Bussell 0, Beesley 0)

Dyment Doubles

Taverners  1 v 5  Torbay Academy (1)

NA Ospreys  5 v 2 Denbury Tykes

Halwell   4 v 5  Torbay Academy (2)

        Division One

            Division Two

            Division Three

            Division Four