SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY ALBANY FLORISTS
PRESS REPORT – Sunday 13th Nov 2022
A top quality top of the table clash saw Torbay Academy 1 defeat the current champions and leaders of the first division NA Buzzards 6-4. Toma Mitranescu had an excellent maximum for the Academy and was well supported by Adam Shipway with two singles wins and the two combined to take the doubles and the victory. In another close match a Gordon Holmes maximum helped Brixham Sharks to a 6-4 win at Halwell against Halwell A. NA Batmen, Dennis Gibbs, Naomi Jackson and Rory Harries, whitewashed club colleagues NA Condors, but they all had to work hard to get their maximums against a battling Condors.
Torbay Academy 1 – Toma Mitranescu, Alessandro Mitranescu, Adam Shipway
Ed Thompson (NA Condors) v Naomi Jackson (NA Batmen)
In the second division Jason Prescott, playing his first match of the season for Dawlish Aces, helped his team to a narrow 6-4 victory over the Taverners. Ian Saxby was undefeated for Brixham Trawlers as they shared the points with NA Raptors. Chris Scriven with another maximum for NA Falcons helped his side to a narrow 6-4 victory over Brixham Gulls.
Brixham Trawlers – Nick Williamson, Holly Johns, Ian Saxby
Martin Sharp & Allen Pack (Brixham Gulls) v Jim McIvor & Louis Wilshire (NA Falcons)
The Grove remain unbeaten in the third division after a narrow 6-4 victory over Torre Vikings. The Totnes team’s David Pearson picking up his 3rd maximum of the season. Newton Abbot sides the Hawks and the Harriers couldn’t be separated as they played out a 5-5 draw, the Harriers’ Keith Haslam was again unbeaten.
Ivor Copley & Keith Haslam (NA Harriers) v Andy Guy & David Doxsey (NA Hawks)
The fourth division leaders Dawlish Renegades were 8-2 winners over club mates Dawlish Doubtfuls. Prabhu Kashap with another maximum for the Renegades remains unbeaten so far this season. Also 8-2 winners were NA Ospreys who overcame Torbay Academy 7, Rob Ferguson with a maximum for the victors. Jasem Abu Ali and Nick Kitchen were unbeaten as their NA Merlins team defeated club mates NA Vultures 7-3
Dominic Ozuna Montero (NA Vultures) v Nick Kitchen (NA Merlins)
RESULTS
DIVISION 1
NA Buzzards 4 (Sage 2, Nicholls 1, Ryland 1) Torbay Academy (1) 6 (T Mitranescu 3, Shipway 2, A Mitranescu 0, Dbls)
Halwell A 4 (Mercer 2, Smith 1, Dunn 1) Brixham Sharks 6 (Holmes 3, Harper 2, Banham 0, Dbls)
NA Batmen 10 (D Gibbs 3, Harries 3, Jackson 3, Dbls) NA Condors 0 (Webster-Hall 0, Thompson 0, C Sage 0)
DIVISION 2
Taverners 4 (Dilkes 2, Harrop 1, Read 0, Dbls) Dawlish Aces 6 (Prescott 3, Sharratt 2, Bellham 1)
NA Owls 5 (W Cyron 2, Sage 2, Wilson 1) Brixham Trawlers 5 (Saxby 3, Johns 1, Williamson 0, Dbls)
NA Falcons 6 (Scriven 3, McIvor 2, Wilshire 0, Dbls) Brixham Gulls 4 (Maynard 2, Pack 1, Sharp 1)
DIVISION 3
The Grove 6 (Pearson 3, Cornish 2, Daly 0, Dbls) Torre Vikings 4 (Holtham 2, Russell 1, Excell 1)
NA Hawks 5 (Doxsey 2, Guy 2, Topp 1) NA Harriers 5 (Haslam 3, Fabian 1, Copley 0, Dbls)
DIVISION 4
Dawlish Renegades 8 (Kashap 3, Doutreligne 2, Girling 2, Dbls) Dawlish Doubtfuls 2 (M Grim 2, S Grim 0, Ryan 0)
NA Ospreys 8 (Ferguson 3, Ramsden 2, Winstanley 2, Dbls) Torbay Academy (7) 2 (Dillon 2, Frost 0, Rodmell 0)
NA Vultures 3 (Wilson 1, Short 1, Ozuna Montero 1) NA Merlins 7 (Abu Ali 3, Kitchen 3, Olver 0, Dbls)
TABLES
DIVISION ONE
Pos | Team. | Pld. | Won. | Draw. | Lost. | Sets For | Sets Agst | Points |
1st | NA Buzzards | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 31 |
2nd | Torbay Academy 1. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 25 |
3rd | NA Batmen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
4th | NA Eagles | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 18 |
5th | Brixham Sharks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 12 |
6th | Halwell A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 10 |
7th | Halwell B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 7 |
8th | NA Condors | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 33 | 7 |
DIVISION TWO
Pos | Team. | Pld. | Won. | Draw. | Lost. | Sets For | Sets Agst | Points |
1st | Torbay Academy 2. | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 28 |
=2nd | NA Raptors | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 22 |
=2nd | Torre Titans | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 18 | 22 |
4th | NA Falcons | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
5th | Brixham Trawlers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
6th | Brixham Gulls | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
7th | NA Owls | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
8th | Dawlish Aces | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 22 | 18 |
9th | Taverners | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 9 |
DIVISION THREE
Pos | Team. | Pld. | Won. | Draw. | Lost. | Sets For | Sets Agst | Points |
1st | Torbay Academy 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 13 | 27 |
2nd | NA Harriers | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 23 | 27 |
3rd | The Grove | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 17 | 23 |
4th | NA Kestrels | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 19 | 21 |
5th | Torbay Academy 5. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 19 |
6th | Torre Vikings | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 31 | 19 |
7th | NA Hawks | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 22 | 18 |
8th | Torbay Academy 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 16 |
9th | Torre Tornadoes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 10 |
DIVISION FOUR
Pos. | Team. | Pld. | Won. | Draw. | Lost. | Sets For | Sets Agst | Points |
1st | Dawlish Renegades. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | 31 |
2nd | NA Ospreys | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 28 |
3rd | NA Kites | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 14 | 26 |
4th | Torbay Academy 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 25 |
5th | NA Merlins | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 | 24 |
6th | Torbay Academy 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 27 | 13 |
7th | Dawlish Doubtfuls | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 7 |
8th | NA Vultures | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 6 |
