Premier Division Match 17
Top of the table Horsham Spinners lost their first match of the season this week. Although it still keeps them well on course to win the league title.
Divergents were the team to defeat them in a close 5-4 match.
Daniel Pound was the mainstay of second placed Divergents, winning three with Sally Hughes winning two. Third player Jim Skinner found Spinners very hard to handle.
For Spinners Graham Beaney won two with Lynne Trussell and Erik Van Mol winning one game each.
Hang Em High who had a game postponed this week and are in third place with two games in hand.
Ping Panthers had a 5-4 win over Crawley Knights who were a player short. It was (including forfeited games) two wins each for Steven Ive and Jeff Triggs with Sasha O’Halloran getting one.
Despite being a player short the Knights team of Bron Budka and Josef Krakovsky managed two wins each.
Dynamos came away with a 7-2 win over Allstars with again Dennis Hayden winning three and Tony Rowell and Matthew Caddy both with a pair.
Allstars Freddy Goodall was in good form defeating both Tony Rowell and Matthew Caddy.
Reminder for Sussex table tennis players:
The Sussex Closed including, Mens, Woman’s, Cadets, and Juniors is being held at Warden Park School Cuckfield on Sunday April the 24th
Conference Division One
King Pongs leading this division defeated the second team Pingwins 7-2.
Pingwins without one of their mainstay player David Polhill, struggled to come to terms with the leaders.
King Pongs taking no chances turned out their strongest team, Nikita Kalyazin,
Paul Brinkhurst and Darius Mayhew. Nikita Kalyazin won three with Darius Mayhew and Paul Brinkhurst winning two apiece.
Pingwins newcomers Rupert Browning and Matthew Chapman found the opposition difficult leaving Junior player Dan Polhill to hold the fort by defeating both Paul Brinkhurst and Darius Mayhew.
X Men with Tom Christophersen and Peter Caddy on three wins and Colin Cooper with two wins came away with an 8-1 victory over Magiks.
Magiks Phil Harvey and Alistair Blue played well going to four and five sets with X Men while Mel Sims had the only win against Colin Cooper.
Thunderbolts also had an 8-1 win over Blade Runners. It was three for Samantha Stoner and Andy Steel with two for Matthew Power.
For Blade Runners Jonathan Buckley had the only win.
Spinderella’s with John Bridger with three and Kate Bridger also with three had an 6-3 win over New Avengers.
For Avengers it was one win each for Prevesh Ramnath, Robert and Luke Goff.
Brian Taite.
