2024-25 Weekly Press Report - Week 3
Week 3 IOMTTA 2024/25 report
Headline: 'Travellers top of the pile in Table Tennis Doubles Week’
Week 3 of the Fun88 sponsored IOM Table Tennis Association league saw the first round of doubles only matches in Divisions 1 & 2, and in Division 3 the usual round of singles and one doubles match. Doubles matches in Division 1 & 2 are now the best of 3 games, instead of 5. Highlights of each fixture is summarised below, with full match details and statistics to be found at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Division 1
Travellers A (9) Tower A (0)
Division 1 champions Travellers A were highly successful last season at doubles as well as singles, and so it was always going to be a tough challenge for Tower A. Scott Lewis, Liam Chan and Malcolm Cummings won all their matches, but Tower battled hard. Scott & Liam edged past Mike Bayley & Jakk Limungkoon 11-8 in the 3rd, and Scott & Malcolm pipped Mike & Dave 11-9 also in the 3rd. Liam & Malcolm also had a close one with Jakk & Mike, just squeezing through 14-12, 12-10.
Ramsey A (7) Strathallan (2)
Ramsey A consolidated their 2nd place position in the table with a valuable 7 points in this tie against a tough Strathy trio of Andy Patterson, Wayne Taylor, and Neil Quane. Adam Teare & Becky Taylor were victorious for the home side in their first 2 matches, but were stopped in their tracks by a fine performance from Andy & Wayne who battled their way back after Ramsey won the second game. Andy & Neil also had an impressive win 12-10, 14-12 against Duncan Alexander & Becky, to take the away side’s second point.
Arbory A (5) Travellers B (4)
This was a close match as reflected in the scoreline, with 5 matches going to a 3rd end. Arbory’s MIke Tamarov & Sonja Shaw had a tremendous win over Malc Lewis & Will Shooter, taking the final 2 ends 15-13, 11-8. Mike and Jason Quirk then had a superb win over John Shooter & Malc in 3 ends. Sonja was also involved in another of Arbory’s wins, teaming up with Jason. They did really well to outplay Will & John 11-8, 10-12, 13-11 to take the win. Arbory A occupy 4th place in the table, with a gap opening up between the top 4 and bottom 4 teams.
Tower B (1) Arbory B (8)
Tower B played well in this tie with 4 matches going to 3 but ultimately they were only able to convert that into a single point. Steve Curtis & Simon Radcliffe did well to overhaul John Magnall & Dan Levine, taking the 3rd end 11-6 and a valuable point. Steve & Simon had a very close match against Dan & Amit Lanin who squeezed through 15-13, 12-10. Newcomer Mark Webster-Smith did well in his first fixture for the home side, suffering a narrow loss alongside Simon, losing out 11-8, 10-12, 9-11 to a relieved Dan & John. A really welcome 8 points then for Arbory B who are now 5th place, just ahead of Strathallan.
Division 2
Ramsey B (8) Ramsey C (1)
Ramsey B were without Tim Baker in this tie so Lisa Lord kindly stepped in to deputise for him alongside Wael Kassim, and Adrian Slater, in this tie with their C team. Lisa did well paired with Adrian to defeat Keith Herrington & Pete Roberts 12-10 in the final game. Wael & Lisa also went to 3 games against Keith & Darren Shaw, but pulled through 11-7 in the final end. All other games were won in 2 games, with the exception of Adrian & LIsa versus Keith & Darren who narrowly won 11-9, 13-11.
Travellers C (9) Arbory C (0)
Keeran Chan, Paul Mathieson-Nelson and David Buck made short work of this tie, against a stunned Arbory C side, comprising of Kevin Drewry, Rob Wright and Bob Borland. 6 matches were won in straight games, with only 3 going to 3 ends, all being closed out 11-7. That being said, Travellers won a few close games along their way to a victory which takes them to the top of the table.
Peel A (8) Desmonds Douglas A (1)
Jon Taylor Burt, Stu Perry & Ken Hegarty continue to chase down Travellers C, and are just one point behind them in the table after this very impressive win. Despite being without Brandon Montgomery, Desmonds were still formidable opposition here. Sasha Thomas made a welcome return to table tennis as Brandon’s replacement. Stu & Jon had a close scrap with Russ & Sasha, just edging it 11-9 in the 3rd end. Stu & Ken also had a close one against Neil & Sasha, just losing out 8-11 in the 3rd end. Sasha was also victorious alongside Russ against Ken & Jon, who they managed to defeat 11-4, 11-8.
Arbory D (4) JRTE Marketing A (5)
Malcolm Lambert & Mike Levine claimed 2 points for the home side against JRTE’s Darren Smethurst & Cameron Millar, and Cameron & Paul Mitchinson. Mike & young Liav Lanin came ever so close against Darren & Cameron, losing out 9-11, 11-9, 9-11. Darren had another strong week, being involved in all 5 of the matches that JRTE won, ably assisted by Cameron & Paul.
Division 3
Travellers D (5) Travellers G (0)
Jackie Gill & Margaret Forsyth again proved to be a winning combination for the D team, against youngsters Max Doyle & Tom Taylor Burt playing for Travellers G. Jackie was pushed all the way however by a determined Tom, but used all her experience to ease through 11-6 in the 5th end after being 2-1 down. Margaret also faced a stiff challenge from Tom and she too found herself 2-1 down. She then steeled herself before taking the final 2 games 11-5, and the match. Bad luck Tom - I’m sure he will learn much from these 2 matches. The doubles was taken by Jackie & Margaret in 4 ends to grab their 5th point.
Travellers E (1) Travellers F (4)
Eben Moore & Henry Weaver were a successful duo in this tie. It was Sydnie Weaver however who dented Eben’s record, with a superb 5 end win over her young opponent - 11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 5-11, 11-7. Sydnie came close to making it 2 out of 2, but she narrowly lost out in 5 to Henry.
JRTE Marketing B (3) Ramsey E (2)
Cameron Millar & Gary Skillicorn did well to see off Sean Tumblety & Teddy Clayton, by winning some close games on their way to victory. Cameron won both of his singles matches in 4 ends, and then combined well with Gary to take the doubles 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9 in 4 ends.
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. Practice nights continue on Friday evenings 7pm to 9pm - fee of £5 per session for adults and £3 for juniors.
Photo : Malc Lewis (left) and John Shooter (right) of of Travellers B combined well in their matches last week in Doubles Week (photo by Malcolm Lambert)
Ken Mitchell
Headline: 'Travellers top of the pile in Table Tennis Doubles Week’
Week 3 of the Fun88 sponsored IOM Table Tennis Association league saw the first round of doubles only matches in Divisions 1 & 2, and in Division 3 the usual round of singles and one doubles match. Doubles matches in Division 1 & 2 are now the best of 3 games, instead of 5. Highlights of each fixture is summarised below, with full match details and statistics to be found at www.tabletennis365.com/IOM
Division 1
Travellers A (9) Tower A (0)
Division 1 champions Travellers A were highly successful last season at doubles as well as singles, and so it was always going to be a tough challenge for Tower A. Scott Lewis, Liam Chan and Malcolm Cummings won all their matches, but Tower battled hard. Scott & Liam edged past Mike Bayley & Jakk Limungkoon 11-8 in the 3rd, and Scott & Malcolm pipped Mike & Dave 11-9 also in the 3rd. Liam & Malcolm also had a close one with Jakk & Mike, just squeezing through 14-12, 12-10.
Ramsey A (7) Strathallan (2)
Ramsey A consolidated their 2nd place position in the table with a valuable 7 points in this tie against a tough Strathy trio of Andy Patterson, Wayne Taylor, and Neil Quane. Adam Teare & Becky Taylor were victorious for the home side in their first 2 matches, but were stopped in their tracks by a fine performance from Andy & Wayne who battled their way back after Ramsey won the second game. Andy & Neil also had an impressive win 12-10, 14-12 against Duncan Alexander & Becky, to take the away side’s second point.
Arbory A (5) Travellers B (4)
This was a close match as reflected in the scoreline, with 5 matches going to a 3rd end. Arbory’s MIke Tamarov & Sonja Shaw had a tremendous win over Malc Lewis & Will Shooter, taking the final 2 ends 15-13, 11-8. Mike and Jason Quirk then had a superb win over John Shooter & Malc in 3 ends. Sonja was also involved in another of Arbory’s wins, teaming up with Jason. They did really well to outplay Will & John 11-8, 10-12, 13-11 to take the win. Arbory A occupy 4th place in the table, with a gap opening up between the top 4 and bottom 4 teams.
Tower B (1) Arbory B (8)
Tower B played well in this tie with 4 matches going to 3 but ultimately they were only able to convert that into a single point. Steve Curtis & Simon Radcliffe did well to overhaul John Magnall & Dan Levine, taking the 3rd end 11-6 and a valuable point. Steve & Simon had a very close match against Dan & Amit Lanin who squeezed through 15-13, 12-10. Newcomer Mark Webster-Smith did well in his first fixture for the home side, suffering a narrow loss alongside Simon, losing out 11-8, 10-12, 9-11 to a relieved Dan & John. A really welcome 8 points then for Arbory B who are now 5th place, just ahead of Strathallan.
Division 2
Ramsey B (8) Ramsey C (1)
Ramsey B were without Tim Baker in this tie so Lisa Lord kindly stepped in to deputise for him alongside Wael Kassim, and Adrian Slater, in this tie with their C team. Lisa did well paired with Adrian to defeat Keith Herrington & Pete Roberts 12-10 in the final game. Wael & Lisa also went to 3 games against Keith & Darren Shaw, but pulled through 11-7 in the final end. All other games were won in 2 games, with the exception of Adrian & LIsa versus Keith & Darren who narrowly won 11-9, 13-11.
Travellers C (9) Arbory C (0)
Keeran Chan, Paul Mathieson-Nelson and David Buck made short work of this tie, against a stunned Arbory C side, comprising of Kevin Drewry, Rob Wright and Bob Borland. 6 matches were won in straight games, with only 3 going to 3 ends, all being closed out 11-7. That being said, Travellers won a few close games along their way to a victory which takes them to the top of the table.
Peel A (8) Desmonds Douglas A (1)
Jon Taylor Burt, Stu Perry & Ken Hegarty continue to chase down Travellers C, and are just one point behind them in the table after this very impressive win. Despite being without Brandon Montgomery, Desmonds were still formidable opposition here. Sasha Thomas made a welcome return to table tennis as Brandon’s replacement. Stu & Jon had a close scrap with Russ & Sasha, just edging it 11-9 in the 3rd end. Stu & Ken also had a close one against Neil & Sasha, just losing out 8-11 in the 3rd end. Sasha was also victorious alongside Russ against Ken & Jon, who they managed to defeat 11-4, 11-8.
Arbory D (4) JRTE Marketing A (5)
Malcolm Lambert & Mike Levine claimed 2 points for the home side against JRTE’s Darren Smethurst & Cameron Millar, and Cameron & Paul Mitchinson. Mike & young Liav Lanin came ever so close against Darren & Cameron, losing out 9-11, 11-9, 9-11. Darren had another strong week, being involved in all 5 of the matches that JRTE won, ably assisted by Cameron & Paul.
Division 3
Travellers D (5) Travellers G (0)
Jackie Gill & Margaret Forsyth again proved to be a winning combination for the D team, against youngsters Max Doyle & Tom Taylor Burt playing for Travellers G. Jackie was pushed all the way however by a determined Tom, but used all her experience to ease through 11-6 in the 5th end after being 2-1 down. Margaret also faced a stiff challenge from Tom and she too found herself 2-1 down. She then steeled herself before taking the final 2 games 11-5, and the match. Bad luck Tom - I’m sure he will learn much from these 2 matches. The doubles was taken by Jackie & Margaret in 4 ends to grab their 5th point.
Travellers E (1) Travellers F (4)
Eben Moore & Henry Weaver were a successful duo in this tie. It was Sydnie Weaver however who dented Eben’s record, with a superb 5 end win over her young opponent - 11-9, 5-11, 13-11, 5-11, 11-7. Sydnie came close to making it 2 out of 2, but she narrowly lost out in 5 to Henry.
JRTE Marketing B (3) Ramsey E (2)
Cameron Millar & Gary Skillicorn did well to see off Sean Tumblety & Teddy Clayton, by winning some close games on their way to victory. Cameron won both of his singles matches in 4 ends, and then combined well with Gary to take the doubles 11-6, 5-11, 11-8, 11-9 in 4 ends.
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. Practice nights continue on Friday evenings 7pm to 9pm - fee of £5 per session for adults and £3 for juniors.
Photo : Malc Lewis (left) and John Shooter (right) of of Travellers B combined well in their matches last week in Doubles Week (photo by Malcolm Lambert)
Ken Mitchell
Author: Tim Baker via Isle Of Man Table Tennis Association
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