The Eastern Valley Table Tennis League Division One Singles Tournament began this week. There were 18 entries split into 6 groups of 3 with the top 2 in each group progressing to the knock-out stages. The winners of Groups A to D ie Tony Collins, David D Lloyd, Ben Allen and Mark Farrow, qualified direct to the Quarter-Finals with the rest of the qualifiers progressing to round 1.
Round 1 Results:
Dave Lloyd beat Jeraze Dhanboora 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 5-11, 11-4
Claire Flannagan beat Ray Goulding 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 2-11, 11-5
Jozef Sujanec beat Eric Turner 13-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7
Mark Edmunds beat Iestyn Howells 11-9, 15-17, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6
Quarter-Final Results:
Tony Collins beat Dave Lloyd (Preachers) 11-3, 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-8
Claire Flannagan beat Mark Farrow 11-13, 8-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8
Ben Allen beat Jozef Sujanec 11-4, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8
David D Lloyd(Blues) beat Mark Edmunds 12-10, 11-6, 11-8
Semi-Final Results:
Tony Collins beat Claire Flannagan 11-5, 11-6, 11-6
Ben Allen beat David D Lloyd 13-11, 11-3, 12-10
Final between Tony Collins and Ben Allen to be played on Tuesday 2nd April