SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY ALBANY FLORISTS
PRESS REPORT – Sunday 16th Oct 2022
Last season’s champions, NA Buzzards, started their campaign at Halwell with a 9-1 win over Halwell B. Herbie Sage and Kevin Nicholls were both unbeaten, Rod Sugden denying the whitewash in an excellent five setter with Sonja Ryland. Halwell A didn’t fare any better as they went down to a similar scoreline against NA Eagles. Halwell’s Chris Dunn collecting their solitary point with a 13-11 win in the fifth against Tim Burridge, Mark Burridge and Ian Callard with maximums for the Eagles. Dan Webster-Hall and Bob Parkins both had maximums for NA Condors who just eased past a battling Brixham Sharks 6-4.
NA Eagles – Mark Burridge, Tim Burridge, Ian Callard
Brixham Sharks’ Alan Maynard & Chris Harper v NA Condors’ Bob Parkins & Dan Webster-Hall
In the second division Brixham Gull’s first match ended in a narrow 6-4 victory over Dawlish Aces, Alan Maynard collecting a maximum for the Gulls. Taverners, looking for a better season this time out, didn’t go too well at Torre, losing 9-1 to Torre Titans. The Titans’ Ed Crawford and Rhys Lush were unbeaten, Chris Garner just lost out in five to Martin Dilkes. A Stuart Shipley maximum helped Torbay Academy 2 to an impressive 8-2 victory over Brixham Trawlers. Two Newton Abbot sides couldn’t be separated as the Raptors and Owls played out a 5-5 draw, Matt Cyron was undefeated for the Owls.
The third division encounter between NA Kestrels and The Grove always looked like a draw as the lead changed 4 times in the match. Five sets went to a fifth game decider the other five were all comfortable 3 straight wins. David Pearson recorded a maximum for The Grove but had to work for it, coming back from 10-7 down in the fifth against Andy Millman. In another very close encounter Torbay Academy 3 & 5 could not be separated as they played out a 5-5 draw, Will Whittington was undefeated for the 5th team. In another close encounter NA Harriers just edged past Torre Vikings 6-4.
David Pearson & Derek Bowerman (Grove) v Andy Millman & Bruce Freeman (NA Kestrels)
NA Kestrels – Bruce Freeman, Tim Shears, Andy Millman
In an all Torbay Academy encounter in division four the experienced 6 side whitewashed the newcomers to the league, Academy 7. Jean Neafcy, Jerry Hollings and Ann-Marie Gibbs bounced back from their first match defeat with a comprehensive victory just dropping one game in the doubles. A Derek Stratton maximum helped his NA Kites to a 6-4 victory over the Dawlish Doubtfuls.
DIVISION 1
Halwell B 1 (Sugden 1, Wadling 0, Dyson 0) NA Buzzards 9 (Sage 3, Nicholls 3, Ryland 2, Dbls)
NA Eagles 9 (M Burridge 3, Callard 3, T Burridge 2, Dbls) Halwell A 1 (Dunn 1, Smith 0, Mercer 0)
NA Condors 6 (Webster-Hall 3, Parkins 3, Thompson 0) Brixham Sharks 4 (Banham 1, Harper 1, Maynard 1, Dbls)
DIVISION 2
Dawlish Aces 4 (Davies 2, Bellham 1, Girling 0, Dbls) Brixham Gulls 6 (Maynard 3, Edwards 2, Pack 1)
Torre Titans 9 (Crawford 3, Lush 3, Garner 2, Dbls) Taverners 1 (Dilkes 1, Harrop 0, Read 0)
Torbay Academy (2) 8 (S Shipley 3, N Shipley 2, Hoare 2, Dbls) Brixham Trawlers 2 (Johns 1, Saxby 1, Williamson 0)
NA Raptors 5 (Hine 2, Moffatt 2, Darch 0, Dbls) NA Owls 5 (M Cyron 3, Sage 1, W Cyron 1)
DIVISION 3
NA Kestrels 5 (Millman 2, Freeman 2, Shears 0, Dbls) The Grove 5 (Pearson 3, Bowerman 1, Cornish 1)
Torbay Academy (3) 5 (Whittington 3, Damanskas 2, Collins 0) Torbay Academy (5) 5 (Mitranescu 2, Ichim 1, Payne 1, Dbls)
NA Harriers 6 (Fabian 2, Haslam 2, Copley 1, Dbls 1) Torre Vikings 4 (Holtham 2, Russell 2, Excell 0)
DIVISION 4
Torbay Academy (6) 10 (Neafcy 3, Gibbs 3, Hollings 3, Dbls) Torbay Academy (7) 0 (Frost 0, Rodmell 0, Bednarkiewicz 0)
Dawlish Doubtfuls 4 (S Grim 1, M Grim 0, Ryan 0, Awarded 3) NA Kites 6 (Stratton 3, Northcott 2, Dbls)
