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With no regular league fixtures programmed, the Cup Quarter Finals took centre stage.  Torbay Table Tennis Academy’s first team of Kris Piwowar, Patrik Cincala & Daniel Brewer look a good bet for retaining both the Challenge Cup and Dyment Doubles Shield. In the Challenge Cup they beat 3 times former winners Halwell 5-0, then went on to beat Brixham Trawlers 5-2 in the Dyment Doubles.  Newton Bishops will have a say in the outcome of the cups as they too have booked a semi-final place in both competitions, defeating Torbay Academy II 5-2 in the Challenge Cup & Brixham Rebels 5-2 in the Dyment Shield.  Taverners, always a difficult team to beat in the cups and last year’s beaten finalist, made their way to the semi-finals with a 5-1 win over Dawlish Diamonds. Bishops Academicals have yet to play Marldon Badgers in the Challenge Cup  & Torre 21 Up in the Dyment Doubles.

Challenge Cup Semi-finals  -  Bishops Academicals or Marldon Badgers v Torbay Academy I  & Taverners v Newton Bishops

Dyment Doubles Semi-finals  -  Bishops Academicals or Torre 21 Up v Newton Bishops & Halwell v Torbay Academy I

A couple of Division 1 games were played, affecting the bottom of the table.  Dawlish Aces’ fine 7-3 victory over Newton Bishops lifts them off the bottom.  Newton Abbot Battlers picked up useful points in their battle against relegation, but eventually went down 6-4 to a Mick Mercer-inspired Brixham Gulls Side. Which leaves last year’s Division 2 champions, Brixham Trawlers, 6 points adrift at the foot of the table.

The big match in Division 3 saw Marldon Badgers narrowly defeat leaders Torbay Academy III. The Academy’s Jordan Hastie collected his 10^th maximum of the season but was not enough to hold off the all-round team effort from the Badgers’ Simon & Mike Hern and Rob Smith, who all won 2 singles each.

Results

Challenge Cup Quarter Finals

Torbay Academy 5 (K Piwowar 2, Brewer 2, Cincala 1)  Halwell 0 (Atkinson 0, Sugden 0, Wadling 0)

Torbay Academy II  2 (Furgol 1, Perkins 1, Barnett 0)  Newton Bishops 5 (McIvor 3, R Jessop 2, S Jessop 0)

Dawlish Diamonds 1 (Frain 1, Freeman 0, Beesley 0)  Taverners 5 (Harrop 2, Tyrrell 2, Read 1)

Dyment Doubles Quarter Finals

Torbay Academy I  5  Brixham Trawlers 2

Dawlish Drifters conceded their match to Halwell

Brixham Rebels 2  Newton Bishops 5

Div 1

Dawlish Aces  7  (G Tushingham 3, Y Tushingham 3, Davies 1)  Newton Bishops 3 (R Jessop 1, Adams 1, McIvor 0, Dbls)

Brixham Gulls 6 (Mercer 3, Smith 1, A Millman 1, Dbls)  Battlers 4 (Hawkins 2, Nicholson 1, Thompson 1)

Div 3

Torbay Academy III  4 (Hastie 3, Perry 0, Margetts 0, Dbls)  Marldon Badgers 6 (S Hern 2, M Hern 2, Smith 2)

Brixham Panthers 9 (I Brown 2, Deakin 2, A Brown 1, Awarded 3, Dbls)  Brixham Dolphins 1 (Gilpin 1, S Shipley 0)

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3