ENTERTAINING DRAW AT THE PARK!

An enjoyable and competitive night of table-tennis (even joked about the nets and edges!). Paul Matschull played well to win all three but after taking the first two ends against Steve Hill, he lost the next two and was 5-2 down in the fifth but managed to battle back to win the fifth 11-7. Tony Kime had a great game against Dave Walters, winning in five with the final two ends being very close, 10-12 and 11-13. On paper, the doubles should have gone to Lodgers but with the score being 4-5 to Lodgers, Graves Park had other ideas! The doubles was mainly about who served and who received - Mick Dodes was able to block Steve Hill's attacking shots with Dave Walters attacking anything that was available to hit. In the end it came down to a deciding fifth end, which the Park took 11-5 to earn themselves a hard-fought draw.