Press Report Sunday 22nd December 2013

The Robert Excell Photography-sponsored South Devon & Torbay Table Tennis League

 

Brixham Sharks’ fine 9-1 win at bottom side Dawlish Aces puts them 5 points clear of Torbay Table Tennis Academy I team at the halfway stage of the season.  The Sharks easily saw off the challenge of the Aces strengthened team which included the father & son combination of Giles & Yannick Tushingham.  Jazmin Johns, and a fit again, Stam Kioufis, won their games for the Sharks while Yannick saved the whitewash for the Aces beating Chris Dunn.  The Academy side overcame the current league champions Batmen 6-4 with Kris Piwowar gaining another maximum, Batmen had the final say in the doubles though, with Shaun & Dennis Gibbs coming from behind to beat the previously undefeated pair of Piwowar & Patrik Cincala.  In an all-Brixham affair in mid-table, the Gulls defeated last years second division champions Trawlers 7-3, Mick Mercer & Joshua Millman securing maximums for the Gulls’ side.

Taverners lead Torbay Table Tennis Academy II by just one point in the 2nd Division. Bishops Academicals 9-1 win over Torre 21 Up closes the gap on the top two. Marldon had a close encounter with Brixham Pirates, whose Brian Pengelly remained unbeaten, but was not enough against the all-round team effort from Marldon who won the last doubles to see them home 6-4. Don Beesley of Dawlish Diamonds was quick to point out the strengths of the Dawlish teams, with the Aces in Division 1 and his Diamonds in Division 2 holding up the rest, at the foot of those Divisions!  The Diamonds did however get their first points for 2 months in a 7-3 defeat at the hands of Brixham Swallows. Those 3 points nudged them closer to fellow strugglers Torre 21 Up.

Torbay Table Tennis Academy complete the hat trick of runners-up places in the 3rd Division where they trail Marldon by 5 points.  The young and improving Academy teams are in good positions in all 3 divisions at the half way stage of the season.

 

Results

Div 1

Batmen 4 (D Gibbs 2, S Gibbs 1, M Dummett 0, Dbls  Torbay Academy I  6 (K Piwowar 3, Cincala 2, Brewer 1)

Dawlish Aces 1 (Y Tushingham 1, G Tushingham 0, Cooper 0)  Brixham Sharks 9 (Kioufis 3, Johns 3, Dunn 2, Dbls)

Brixham Gulls 7 (Mercer 3, J Millman 3, A Millman 1)  Brixham Trawlers 3 (Williamson 1, Beavington 1, Stead 0, Dbls)

 

Div 2

Brixham Swallows 7  (Carthy 3, Millman 3, Gilpin 0, Dbls)  Dawlish Diamonds 3 (Beesley 1, Stratton 1, Freeman 1)

Marldon 6 (Atkin 2, Holmes 2, Breyley 1, Dbls)  Brixham Pirates 4  (Pengelly 3, Haggerty 1, Johns 0)

Torre 21 Up 1 (Heathcote 1, Excell 0, Lush 0,)  Bishops Academicals 9 (Tyrrell 3, Coxhead 3, Morgan 2, Dbls)

 

DIVISION 1

Pos

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

1st

Brixham Sharks

8

7

0

1

68

2nd

Torbay Academy I

8

8

0

0

63

3rd

Batmen

8

6

0

2

54

4th

Halwell

7

3

1

3

32

5th

Newton Bishops

8

4

0

4

32

6th

Brixham Gulls

7

1

1

7

30

7th

Brixham Trawlers

8

2

0

6

24

8th

Battlers

6

1

0

5

19

9th

Dawlish Aces

8

0

0

8

18

 

DIVISION 2

Pos

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

1st

Taverners

8

8

0

0

63

2nd

Torbay Academy II

8

6

1

1

62

3rd

Bishops Academicals

8

6

1

1

58

4th

Marldon

8

4

0

4

44

5th

Tykes

8

4

0

4

39

6th

Brixham Swallows

8

3

1

4

39

7th

Brixham Pirates

8

2

1

5

32

8th

Torre 21 Up

8

0

0

8

13

9th

Dawlish Diamonds

8

1

0

7

10

 

 

 

DIVISION 3

Pos

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points

1st

Marldon Badgers

7

7

0

0

59

2nd

Torbay Academy III

7

6

0

1

54

3rd

Hasbeens

6

5

0

1

46

4th

Brixham Rebels

6

4

0

2

42

5th

Brixham Panthers

7

3

0

4

29

6th

Dawlish Drifters

7

3

0

4

28

7th

Dawlish Dynamos

7

1

0

6

18

8th

Brixham Swifts

6

1

0

5

14

9th

Brixham Dolphins

7

0

0

7

10

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