SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY ALBANY FLORISTS
PRESS REPORT – Sunday 9th Oct 2022
With the top two teams from last season, NA Buzzards & NA Batmen, sitting out the first week it was down to the rest to set the early pace at the top of the first division. Torbay Academy 1 went straight to the top of the table and will be difficult to dislodge! Their impressive 10-0 win over NA Condors a sign of things to come as Patrik Cincala alongside youngsters Kacper Piwowar and Alessandro Mitranescu were never in any trouble against the experienced Condors. NA Eagles travelled to Brixham to face a new looking Sharks, however it was the original Shark who halted the Eagles, Clive Banham picking up a couple of sets early on. With Mark Burridge remaining unbeaten on the night the Eagles went on to win the last six sets to earn an 8-2 victory. The battle between the two Halwell sides was as close as ever, the B side just beating the A side 6-4 thanks to a Dave Wadling maximum.
NA Owls and Torre Titans battled it out at the top of the second division last season all the way to the final match, the Owls narrowly winning to take the title. With both sides losing their top player to the first division this season they are unlikely to be so prominent this time out, but they still put on an excellent display as they met in the first match of the season. The Owls, with Curtis Sage going really well, came back from 1-4 down to lead going into the final doubles, which the Titans won 11-9 in the fifth. A 5-5 draw a fair result, with all the players contributing with a win. In an all Newton Abbot affair the Falcons just edged out the Raptors 6-4, Chris Scriven on debut was undefeated, supported well by Josh Redfern making a welcome return with a couple of singles wins.
NA Owls, Wojtek Cyron, Curtis Sage, Matt Cyron
Rhys Lush & Ed Crawford (Torre Titans) v Curtis Sage & Wojtek Cyron (NA Owls)
NA Kestrels got their division three season off to a good start with a 7-3 victory at Torre against the Vikings. Andy Millman and Bruce Freeman with maximums for the Kestrels. The three Torbay Academy teams in the 3rd division all started their campaigns well. Rob Johnston was unbeaten as the Torbay Academy 5 team narrowly defeated NA Harriers 6-4. An Ed Damanskas maximum helped the Academy 3 team defeat NA Hawks 7-3 and Peter Moretta led his Academy 4 team to an 8-2 victory over Torre Tornadoes with a player of the match performance.
Torbay Academy 4, Will Whittington, Craig Collins, Ed Damanskas
The Fourth division clash between the two fancied sides saw a comfortable 8-2 win for the Dawlish Renegades over Torbay Academy 6. Prabhu Kashap picked up the player of the match award, and he, along with Pierre Doutreligne, was unbeaten for the Dawlish outfit. The two matches at Teign School both involving just Newton Abbot teams saw contrasting results. The Kites and Merlins shared the points 5-5, Jasem Abu Ali with a maximum for the Merlins. The other encounter saw the Ospreys team of Rob Ferguson, Ken Ramsden & Mark Dulling whitewash the Vultures.
Chris Bishop & Jasem Abu Ali (NA Merlins) v Anton Shirt & Derek Stratton (NA Kites)
DIVISION 1
Torbay Academy (1) 10 (Cincala 3, Piwowar 3, Mitranescu 3, Dbls) NA Condors 0 (Webster-Hall 0, Thompson 0, Hine 0)
Halwell A 4 (Mercer 2, Dunn 1, Smith 1) Halwell B 6 (Wadling 3, Sugden 2, Symons 0, Dbls)
Brixham Sharks 2 (Banham 2, Holmes 0, Harper 0) NA Eagles 8 (M Burridge 3, T Burridge 2, Yarde-Buller 2, Dbls)
DIVISION 2
NA Owls 5 (Sage 3, M Cyron 1, W Cyron 1) Torre Titans 5 (Crawford 2, Lush 1, Garner 1, Dbls)
NA Falcons 6 (Scriven 3, Redfern 2, Wilshire 0, Dbls) NA Raptors 4 (Hine 2, Moffatt 1, Darch 1)
DIVISION 3
Torre Vikings 3 (Nguyen 1, Holtham 1, Russell 1) NA Kestrels 7 (Millman 3, Freeman 3, Shears 0, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (5) 6 (Johnston 3, Mitranescu 2, Payne 0, Dbls) NA Harriers 4 (Fabian 2, Haslam 1, Copley 1)
NA Hawks 3 (Guy 2, Topp 1, Sercombe 0) Torbay Academy (3) 7 (Damanskas 3, Whittington 2, Collins 1, Dbls)
Torre Tornadoes 2 (Keywood 2, James 0, Morris 0) Torbay Academy (4) 8 (Moretta 3, Fowler 2, Harris 2, Dbls)
DIVISION 4
Dawlish Renegades 8 (Kashap 3, Doutreligne 3, Girling 1, Dbls) Torbay Academy (6) 2 (Neafcy 1, Gibbs 1, Hollings 0)
NA Ospreys 10 (Ferguson 3, Ramsden, 3 Dulling 3, Dbls) NA Vultures 0 (Thain 0, Heather 0, Ozuna Montero 0)
NA Kites 5 (Shirt 2, Northcott 1, Stratton 1, Dbls) NA Merlins 5 (Abu Ali 3, Kitchen 2, Bishop 0)
