2024-25 Weekly Press Report - Week 6
'Travellers top in all 3 divisions’
Week 6 of the Fun88 sponsored IOM Table Tennis Association league saw the second round of Doubles fixtures in Divisions 1 & 2, with the usual singles and doubles fixtures in Division 3. Travellers A remain joint top of Division 1, albeit Ramsey made up good ground on them. Travellers C have pulled clear of Peel A in Division 2, whilst Travellers D are well ahead in Division 3. Highlights of each fixture are summarised below, with full match results and statistics to be found on our website at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Division 1
Ramsey A (9) Tower B (0)
Ramsey A were completely dominant in this fixture against bottom placed Tower B, dropping only one game in the entire night. Adam Teare, Becky Taylor and Duncan Alexander ensured an early finish after this masterclass in doubles play. The win pulls them level with Travellers A at the top of Division 1.
Arbory A (2) Travellers A (7)
Travellers A were again without Malcolm Cummings and Liam Chan, but Paul Mathieson-Nelson and Will Shooter stepped up to great success. Indeed Scott Lewis & Will were unbeaten, as were Scott & Paul. It was slim pickings for Arbory with only Jason Quirk & Sonja Shaw and Jason & Mike Tamarov picking off single points against Will & Paul.
Travellers B (5) Arbory B (4)
Malc Lewis & John Shooter were unbeaten on the night for the home team. They swept aside the Arbory pairings of John Magnall & Dan Levine and Amit Lanin & Dan. Amit & John made a tremendous effort in their match against Lewis & Shooter, taking the second end 11-4, before fading in the final few points, losing out 8-11 in the final end. Amit & John won their other 2 matches however against Shooter & Dave Buck, and Malc & Dave. John & Dave then pulled off 2 solid wins to ensure a narrow victory overall for Travellers B.
Strathallan (8) Tower A (1)
The Strathy pairings of Wayne Taylor, Neil Quane and Andy Patterson always had the edge over Tower A, who were sorely in need of a good result here. The one moment of glory for the away side came when Dave Parsons & Mike Bayley defeated Taylor & Quane 12-10 in the 3rd end. Ken Mitchell & Parsons took Taylor & Patterson to a third end, as they did Taylor & Quane, but lost both in the 3rd end 8-11. Strahalan will be delighted with 8 points and it’s a case of back to the drawing board for the Tower trio.
Division 2
Travellers C (9) Arbory D (0)
Dave Lovelady, Kieran Chan and Luke Begley were impressive in this tie, and will feel rather pleased to have taken all 9 points. Equally, Arbory will feel disappointed to lose all 9! The experience of Dave & Kieran combined well with the youthful energy of Luke. 4 matches went to a third and final end, but each time to their great credit, Travellers pulled through. The closest of these was between Dave & Luke, and Malcolm Lambert & Bob Borland - with the home pairing just edging it 11-9 in the 3rd end. Arbory’s third player was Liav Lanin who was also involved in some close matches.
Desmonds Douglas A (7) JRTE Marketing A (2)
Desmond’s Russ Kent, Brandon Montgomery and Neil Ronan combined well and had some strong performances in this fixture. Notably in each of their 7 match wins, they didn't drop a single game. The 2 points secured by JRTE came from the pairing of Darren Smethurst & Paul Mitchinson, in 3 ends against Russ & Brandon, and Russ & Neil.
Peel A (5) Ramsey B (4)
Peel A came up against a determined effort from the experienced Ramsey trio of Lisa Lord, Geoff Ball & Adrian Slater. The away side battled hard for their wins, with 3 points coming in the 3rd end. Their other point came from Geoff & Adrian, who notched up a tremendous victory over Stu Perry & Maggie Mulhern 11-6, 11-6. Stu & Maggie lost narrowly 10-12, 11-13 against Adrian & Lisa. Stu then paired up with Jon Taylor Burt to claim the home side’s closest victory by defeating Adrian & Geoff 8-11, 11-9, 11-9.
Arbory C (9) Ramsey C (0)
Kevin Drewry, Dave Bufton and JP Banaag will be delighted to have taken all 9 points in this fixture against some decent opposition in the form of Darren Shaw, Keith Herrington and Geoff Burchill. The only match that went to 3 ends was between Kevin & Dave and Darren & Keith with the home side taking the win 9-11, 11-7, 11-8.
Division 3
Travellers E (1) Travellers D (4)
Youngster Henry Weaver claimed a hard fought win over the experienced Jackie Gill 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 - each game was extremely close so all credit to Henry. He and his teammate Eben Moore battled hard, but Travellers’ Maurice Campbell & Jackie Gill were in an unforgiving mood, taking the other 4 points, thereby consolidating their position at the top of Division 3.
Travellers F (4) Ramsey E (1)
Teddy Clayton claimed an excellent win against Sydnie Weaver. The youngster battled her way back after being 0-2 down in games, to take the next 2 ends 12-10, 11-4, but then faded in the 5th end with Clayton closing it out 11-7 to take the match. Sydnie had better success against Ben Hulbert, and her teammate Rhys Bufton did well to take his 2 wins in straight ends. The doubles was close at times but the home pairing of Sydnie & Rhys managed to take the honours 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 14-12.
Ramsey D (0) Travellers G (5)
Thomas Taylor Burt and Max Doyle had an epic week with this 5-0 drubbing of Ramsey D’s Pat Helliwell and Tony Sewell. That said, there were some notably close games - Tom pulled through in the 5th end against Pat, and the doubles went to a final end too - with the youngsters just taking it 11-9 in the 5th. This will surely bolster young Tom & Max’s confidence with this impressive win.
Follow local table tennis via our Facebook page at ttp://www.facebook.com/TableTennisIOM or via our Instagram page at http://www.instagram.com/IOMTTA. There is a break in the league next week due to half term, but we are instead running a Fun Doubles event. Friday night practice will not be available 1/11 but will resume 8/11.
Photo : Kieran Chan (left) and Dave Lovelady (right) had a successful week for Travellers C in doubles week (photo by Malcolm Lambert)
Ken Mitchell
Week 6 of the Fun88 sponsored IOM Table Tennis Association league saw the second round of Doubles fixtures in Divisions 1 & 2, with the usual singles and doubles fixtures in Division 3. Travellers A remain joint top of Division 1, albeit Ramsey made up good ground on them. Travellers C have pulled clear of Peel A in Division 2, whilst Travellers D are well ahead in Division 3. Highlights of each fixture are summarised below, with full match results and statistics to be found on our website at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Division 1
Ramsey A (9) Tower B (0)
Ramsey A were completely dominant in this fixture against bottom placed Tower B, dropping only one game in the entire night. Adam Teare, Becky Taylor and Duncan Alexander ensured an early finish after this masterclass in doubles play. The win pulls them level with Travellers A at the top of Division 1.
Arbory A (2) Travellers A (7)
Travellers A were again without Malcolm Cummings and Liam Chan, but Paul Mathieson-Nelson and Will Shooter stepped up to great success. Indeed Scott Lewis & Will were unbeaten, as were Scott & Paul. It was slim pickings for Arbory with only Jason Quirk & Sonja Shaw and Jason & Mike Tamarov picking off single points against Will & Paul.
Travellers B (5) Arbory B (4)
Malc Lewis & John Shooter were unbeaten on the night for the home team. They swept aside the Arbory pairings of John Magnall & Dan Levine and Amit Lanin & Dan. Amit & John made a tremendous effort in their match against Lewis & Shooter, taking the second end 11-4, before fading in the final few points, losing out 8-11 in the final end. Amit & John won their other 2 matches however against Shooter & Dave Buck, and Malc & Dave. John & Dave then pulled off 2 solid wins to ensure a narrow victory overall for Travellers B.
Strathallan (8) Tower A (1)
The Strathy pairings of Wayne Taylor, Neil Quane and Andy Patterson always had the edge over Tower A, who were sorely in need of a good result here. The one moment of glory for the away side came when Dave Parsons & Mike Bayley defeated Taylor & Quane 12-10 in the 3rd end. Ken Mitchell & Parsons took Taylor & Patterson to a third end, as they did Taylor & Quane, but lost both in the 3rd end 8-11. Strahalan will be delighted with 8 points and it’s a case of back to the drawing board for the Tower trio.
Division 2
Travellers C (9) Arbory D (0)
Dave Lovelady, Kieran Chan and Luke Begley were impressive in this tie, and will feel rather pleased to have taken all 9 points. Equally, Arbory will feel disappointed to lose all 9! The experience of Dave & Kieran combined well with the youthful energy of Luke. 4 matches went to a third and final end, but each time to their great credit, Travellers pulled through. The closest of these was between Dave & Luke, and Malcolm Lambert & Bob Borland - with the home pairing just edging it 11-9 in the 3rd end. Arbory’s third player was Liav Lanin who was also involved in some close matches.
Desmonds Douglas A (7) JRTE Marketing A (2)
Desmond’s Russ Kent, Brandon Montgomery and Neil Ronan combined well and had some strong performances in this fixture. Notably in each of their 7 match wins, they didn't drop a single game. The 2 points secured by JRTE came from the pairing of Darren Smethurst & Paul Mitchinson, in 3 ends against Russ & Brandon, and Russ & Neil.
Peel A (5) Ramsey B (4)
Peel A came up against a determined effort from the experienced Ramsey trio of Lisa Lord, Geoff Ball & Adrian Slater. The away side battled hard for their wins, with 3 points coming in the 3rd end. Their other point came from Geoff & Adrian, who notched up a tremendous victory over Stu Perry & Maggie Mulhern 11-6, 11-6. Stu & Maggie lost narrowly 10-12, 11-13 against Adrian & Lisa. Stu then paired up with Jon Taylor Burt to claim the home side’s closest victory by defeating Adrian & Geoff 8-11, 11-9, 11-9.
Arbory C (9) Ramsey C (0)
Kevin Drewry, Dave Bufton and JP Banaag will be delighted to have taken all 9 points in this fixture against some decent opposition in the form of Darren Shaw, Keith Herrington and Geoff Burchill. The only match that went to 3 ends was between Kevin & Dave and Darren & Keith with the home side taking the win 9-11, 11-7, 11-8.
Division 3
Travellers E (1) Travellers D (4)
Youngster Henry Weaver claimed a hard fought win over the experienced Jackie Gill 11-9, 11-7, 11-9 - each game was extremely close so all credit to Henry. He and his teammate Eben Moore battled hard, but Travellers’ Maurice Campbell & Jackie Gill were in an unforgiving mood, taking the other 4 points, thereby consolidating their position at the top of Division 3.
Travellers F (4) Ramsey E (1)
Teddy Clayton claimed an excellent win against Sydnie Weaver. The youngster battled her way back after being 0-2 down in games, to take the next 2 ends 12-10, 11-4, but then faded in the 5th end with Clayton closing it out 11-7 to take the match. Sydnie had better success against Ben Hulbert, and her teammate Rhys Bufton did well to take his 2 wins in straight ends. The doubles was close at times but the home pairing of Sydnie & Rhys managed to take the honours 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 14-12.
Ramsey D (0) Travellers G (5)
Thomas Taylor Burt and Max Doyle had an epic week with this 5-0 drubbing of Ramsey D’s Pat Helliwell and Tony Sewell. That said, there were some notably close games - Tom pulled through in the 5th end against Pat, and the doubles went to a final end too - with the youngsters just taking it 11-9 in the 5th. This will surely bolster young Tom & Max’s confidence with this impressive win.
Follow local table tennis via our Facebook page at ttp://www.facebook.com/TableTennisIOM or via our Instagram page at http://www.instagram.com/IOMTTA. There is a break in the league next week due to half term, but we are instead running a Fun Doubles event. Friday night practice will not be available 1/11 but will resume 8/11.
Photo : Kieran Chan (left) and Dave Lovelady (right) had a successful week for Travellers C in doubles week (photo by Malcolm Lambert)
Ken Mitchell
Author: Tim Baker via Isle Of Man Table Tennis Association
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