2024-25 Weekly Press Report - Week 8
'Travellers A and Ramsey A in tussle at the top’
Week 8 of the Fun88 sponsored IOM Table Tennis Association league took place last week. Highlights of the action is summarised below, with full match results and statistics to be found on our website at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Division 1
Tower B (0) Travellers A (9)
Travellers A remain firmly in top spot in Division 1 with a 9-0 drubbing of Tower B, who were largely powerless in this tie. All matches were settled in 3 ends in favour of Paul Mathieson-Nelson and Liam Chan, with the exception of Steve Curtis' plucky performance against Malcolm Cummings. The tenacious Tower veteran pushed the Travellers player all the way to a 5th end before bowing out 4-11. Mathieson-Nelson was playing up for the A team and acquitted himself very well with sound wins in all his matches.
Arbory B (1) Ramsey A (8)
Ramsey A kept within reach of Travellers at the top, with a further well earned 8 points. Only John Magnall was able to break the Ramsey stranglehold when he overcame Becky Taylor in 4 ends. Arbory’s Amit Lanin had an exciting contest with Duncan Alexander which went in favour of the Ramsey player with a 15-13 scoreline in the 4th. Arbory’s third player Mike Levine was playing up for the B team. Adam Teare was in supreme form once again for Ramsey, defeating Amit and Mike in 3 ends, and John in 4.
Tower A (3) Arbory A (6)
Arbory A’s Mike Tamarov and Jason Quirk were as solid as ever, and unbeaten on the night. Tower’s Ken Mitchell, Dave Parsons and Mike Bayley were all able to overcome Sonja Shaw, who played well but ultimately was unable to thwart the Tower trio.
Strathallan (5) Travellers B (4)
John Shooter was unbeaten for Travellers with 3 well crafted wins over Andy Patterson, Julian Briercliffe and Wayne Taylor. He beat Julian in 4 ends, with Wayne and Andy falling in 3. Malc Lewis and Wayne had an epic battle, with the Travellers player just edging in in the 5th end 11-9. Wayne had a very good win against Will Shooter, defeating him in 4 ends. Julian added to Will’s misery with a 5 end win. Andy Patterson also notched up 2 wins for Strathy, with Will and Malc falling victim to him.
Division 2
Arbory D (5) Ramsey B (4)
Wael Kassim continued his excellent form with 3 superb wins over Liav Lanin and Bob Borland in 3 ends, and JP Banaag in 4. Roland Bouchat added another point for Ramsey with a 3 end win over Bob. 11 year old Liav Lanin improves week on week and he notched up 2 points for the home side with good wins over Darren and Roland. JP added 2 more points for the home side, and Bob a further one to take the home win on the night.
Ramsey C (0) Peel A (9)
Peel continued their excellent form with this emphatic win over the unfortunate Ramsey trio of Keith Herrington, Martyn Howard and Geoff Birchall. Jon Taylor Burt was in supreme form once again, and he was backed up well by Stu Perry and Ken Hegarty. That said, Martyn Howard was involved in some extremely close matches - not least in his 5 setter with Hegarty, with the Peel player coming back from 1-2 down to take the win. Martyn’s 4 setter with Perry looked even closer with a scoreline of 3-11, 10-12, 14-12, 11-13.
JRTE A (3) Travellers C (6)
JRTE were only able to field 2 players for this one, but Darren Sethurst was his usual efficient self, notching up 3 wins against Keeran Chan, Luke Begley and Dave Buck. Match of the night was Darren v Keeran, with the JRTE player storming back after losing the first end, to take the next 3, and the match. This result means Travellers C are now just 1 point clear of Peel A at the top of Division 2.
Arbory C (2) Desmonds Douglas (7)
Brandon Montgomery and Neil Ronan were stars of this tie, both notching up 3 wins. Russ Kent was a little off-colour, losing in 5 to Rob Wright and in 4 to Kevin Drewry - full credit to Rob and Kevin for their well deserved victories. It was unusual to see Dave Bufton coming away without a win for Arbory, but he pushed Brandon all the way, only losing out 9-11 in the 5th end. Kevin Drewry’s match against Neil Ronan was also really close, with Ronan just pipping Kevin 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-14, 11-9. Desmonds remain firmly in 3rd place in Division 2.
Division 3
JRTE B (0) v Travellers D (5)
Unfortunately, the home side were unable to field any players for this tie, so had to forfeit the match to Maurice Campbell and Margaret Forsyth of Travellers, who gratefully accepted 5 points and an early exit. Travellers D look increasingly like they will gain promotion back to Division 2 if they continue their good form, even at this early stage.
Travellers G (1) Travellers E (4)
Thomas Taylor Burt picked up an excellent win over Eban Moore, taking the point over 4 ends. Eban was able to sweep past Max Doyle in 3 ends for some recompense. His teammate Henry Weaver was player of the match however with 2 solid 3 end wins over Tom and Max. Henry and left hander Eban combined well to take the doubles in 4 ends, to conclude the 4-1 match scoreline.
Ramsey D (0) Travellers F (5)
Rhys Bufton and Sydnie Weaver combined well once again to take an excellent 5-0 win against the experienced duo of Pat Helliwell and Tony Sewell. Rhys was impressive and largely untroubled in both of his singles, as was Sydnie. The youngsters then took the doubles 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 to make it a clean sweep.
Our Friday night practice sessions run from 7pm-9pm and are open to newcomers as well as league players looking for a ‘knock’. If you fancy giving table tennis a go, come along to the NSC Secondary Hall. Fees are £5 for adults, £3 for juniors. Follow local table tennis via our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TableTennisIOM or at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Pictures Adam Teare (left) was again in supreme form for Ramsey A in Division 1, as was (right) Wael Kassim for Ramsey B in Division 2. (photos courtesy of Malcolm Lambert)
Ken Mitchell
Week 8 of the Fun88 sponsored IOM Table Tennis Association league took place last week. Highlights of the action is summarised below, with full match results and statistics to be found on our website at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Division 1
Tower B (0) Travellers A (9)
Travellers A remain firmly in top spot in Division 1 with a 9-0 drubbing of Tower B, who were largely powerless in this tie. All matches were settled in 3 ends in favour of Paul Mathieson-Nelson and Liam Chan, with the exception of Steve Curtis' plucky performance against Malcolm Cummings. The tenacious Tower veteran pushed the Travellers player all the way to a 5th end before bowing out 4-11. Mathieson-Nelson was playing up for the A team and acquitted himself very well with sound wins in all his matches.
Arbory B (1) Ramsey A (8)
Ramsey A kept within reach of Travellers at the top, with a further well earned 8 points. Only John Magnall was able to break the Ramsey stranglehold when he overcame Becky Taylor in 4 ends. Arbory’s Amit Lanin had an exciting contest with Duncan Alexander which went in favour of the Ramsey player with a 15-13 scoreline in the 4th. Arbory’s third player Mike Levine was playing up for the B team. Adam Teare was in supreme form once again for Ramsey, defeating Amit and Mike in 3 ends, and John in 4.
Tower A (3) Arbory A (6)
Arbory A’s Mike Tamarov and Jason Quirk were as solid as ever, and unbeaten on the night. Tower’s Ken Mitchell, Dave Parsons and Mike Bayley were all able to overcome Sonja Shaw, who played well but ultimately was unable to thwart the Tower trio.
Strathallan (5) Travellers B (4)
John Shooter was unbeaten for Travellers with 3 well crafted wins over Andy Patterson, Julian Briercliffe and Wayne Taylor. He beat Julian in 4 ends, with Wayne and Andy falling in 3. Malc Lewis and Wayne had an epic battle, with the Travellers player just edging in in the 5th end 11-9. Wayne had a very good win against Will Shooter, defeating him in 4 ends. Julian added to Will’s misery with a 5 end win. Andy Patterson also notched up 2 wins for Strathy, with Will and Malc falling victim to him.
Division 2
Arbory D (5) Ramsey B (4)
Wael Kassim continued his excellent form with 3 superb wins over Liav Lanin and Bob Borland in 3 ends, and JP Banaag in 4. Roland Bouchat added another point for Ramsey with a 3 end win over Bob. 11 year old Liav Lanin improves week on week and he notched up 2 points for the home side with good wins over Darren and Roland. JP added 2 more points for the home side, and Bob a further one to take the home win on the night.
Ramsey C (0) Peel A (9)
Peel continued their excellent form with this emphatic win over the unfortunate Ramsey trio of Keith Herrington, Martyn Howard and Geoff Birchall. Jon Taylor Burt was in supreme form once again, and he was backed up well by Stu Perry and Ken Hegarty. That said, Martyn Howard was involved in some extremely close matches - not least in his 5 setter with Hegarty, with the Peel player coming back from 1-2 down to take the win. Martyn’s 4 setter with Perry looked even closer with a scoreline of 3-11, 10-12, 14-12, 11-13.
JRTE A (3) Travellers C (6)
JRTE were only able to field 2 players for this one, but Darren Sethurst was his usual efficient self, notching up 3 wins against Keeran Chan, Luke Begley and Dave Buck. Match of the night was Darren v Keeran, with the JRTE player storming back after losing the first end, to take the next 3, and the match. This result means Travellers C are now just 1 point clear of Peel A at the top of Division 2.
Arbory C (2) Desmonds Douglas (7)
Brandon Montgomery and Neil Ronan were stars of this tie, both notching up 3 wins. Russ Kent was a little off-colour, losing in 5 to Rob Wright and in 4 to Kevin Drewry - full credit to Rob and Kevin for their well deserved victories. It was unusual to see Dave Bufton coming away without a win for Arbory, but he pushed Brandon all the way, only losing out 9-11 in the 5th end. Kevin Drewry’s match against Neil Ronan was also really close, with Ronan just pipping Kevin 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-14, 11-9. Desmonds remain firmly in 3rd place in Division 2.
Division 3
JRTE B (0) v Travellers D (5)
Unfortunately, the home side were unable to field any players for this tie, so had to forfeit the match to Maurice Campbell and Margaret Forsyth of Travellers, who gratefully accepted 5 points and an early exit. Travellers D look increasingly like they will gain promotion back to Division 2 if they continue their good form, even at this early stage.
Travellers G (1) Travellers E (4)
Thomas Taylor Burt picked up an excellent win over Eban Moore, taking the point over 4 ends. Eban was able to sweep past Max Doyle in 3 ends for some recompense. His teammate Henry Weaver was player of the match however with 2 solid 3 end wins over Tom and Max. Henry and left hander Eban combined well to take the doubles in 4 ends, to conclude the 4-1 match scoreline.
Ramsey D (0) Travellers F (5)
Rhys Bufton and Sydnie Weaver combined well once again to take an excellent 5-0 win against the experienced duo of Pat Helliwell and Tony Sewell. Rhys was impressive and largely untroubled in both of his singles, as was Sydnie. The youngsters then took the doubles 11-6, 11-5, 11-3 to make it a clean sweep.
Our Friday night practice sessions run from 7pm-9pm and are open to newcomers as well as league players looking for a ‘knock’. If you fancy giving table tennis a go, come along to the NSC Secondary Hall. Fees are £5 for adults, £3 for juniors. Follow local table tennis via our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/TableTennisIOM or at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Pictures Adam Teare (left) was again in supreme form for Ramsey A in Division 1, as was (right) Wael Kassim for Ramsey B in Division 2. (photos courtesy of Malcolm Lambert)
Ken Mitchell
Author: Tim Baker via Isle Of Man Table Tennis Association
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