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Match of the week in the top division was the encounter between Torbay Table Tennis Academy I and NA Batmen: the Academy side came out 6-4 winners with Kris Piwowar in top form winning all his sets comfortably, then teaming up with Patrik Cincala to clinch the match with victory in the final doubles.  Brixham Sharks brushed aside Halwell 9-1, with Dave Wadlings’ defeat of Jazmin Johns preventing a Sharks whitewash. Gulls overcame the Trawlers 6-4 in another close match as the two Brixham sides battled it out. At 1-4 down the Trawlers, aided by another Clive Banham maximum, fought back to 4-4 only to lose the last two.

Taverners stay at the top of the 2^nd Division, but had to fight hard for their narrow victory over Torbay Table Tennis Academy III, whose Paul Hine secured another fine maximum. Hot on their heels are the Brixham Imports and the Battlers who both had 8-2 victories over the young Brixham Pirates team.  Marldon Tykes overcame stablemates Marldon 6-4 in a thrilling encounter, although that score line looked unlikely when Marldon forged 4-1 ahead. The Tykes came back with Ayling defeating Glover 11-9 in the 5^th followed by a 13-11 fifth set win for Ayling & Garner in the final doubles to clinch it for the Marldon Tykes.

In the 3^rd Division, Torre Warriors had a fine 9-1 victory at Brixham against the Swifts, whose Richard Johns prevented the whitewash. Peter Heathcote and Rhys Lush gained maximums for the Torre side. Dawlish Drifters, helped by a Don McConnell maximum, defeated Brixham Panthers 7-3.

Torbay Table Tennis Academy IV’s Karol Lapa produced a maximum to help his side overcome NA Falcons 7-3 in the 4^th Division. Torre Nadoes were too strong for the inexperienced NA Owls winning 8-2, with both Robert Excell & Andrew Davies unbeaten for the Torre side.

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Division 1

Torbay Academy I 6 (Piwowar 3, Cincala 2, Wojtowicz 0, Dbls)  N A Batmen 4 (Gibbs 2, N Halse 1, Dunn 1)

Brixham Sharks 9 (Kioufis 3, Shipway 3, Johns 2, Dbls)  Halwell 1 (Wadling 1, Atkinson 0, Sugden 0)

Brixham Trawlers 4 (Banham 3, Baron 1, Williamson 0)  Brixham Gulls 6 (Millman 2, Mercer 2, Smith 1, Dbls)

Division 2

Battlers 8 (Thompson 3, Hawkins 2, Nicholson 2, Dbls)  Brixham Pirates 2 (Deakin 1, Slocombe 1, Johns 0)

Torbay Academy III 4 (Hine 3, Hastie 1, Cincalova 0)  Taverners 6 (Harrop 2, Tyrrell 2, Read 1, Dbls)

Marldon 4 (Glover 2, Holmes 2, Breyley 0)  Marldon Tykes 6 (Ayling 2, Garner 2, M Hern 1, Dbls)

Brixham Imports 8 (Beavington 3, T Haggerty 2, Stead 2, Dbls) Brixham Pirates 2 (Deakin 1, Slocombe 1, Mercer 0)

Division 3

Dawlish Drifters 7 (McConnell 3, Beesley 2, Tudball 1, Dbls)  Brixham Panthers 3 (I Brown 2, K Salt 1, A Brown 0)

Brixham Swifts 1 (Johns 1, Hodierne 0, Duckett 0)  Torre Warriors 9 (Lush 3, Heathcote 3, Holtham 2, Dbls)

Division 4

N A Falcons 3 (Stratton 2, Bretagne 1, Nicotra 0)  Torbay Academy IV 7 (Lapa 3, Hollings 2, Margett Smith 1, Dbls)

Torre Nadoes 8 (Excell 3, Davies 3, Ryan 1, Dbls)  N A Owls 2 (R Bayliss 1, Embury 1, D Bayliss 0)

N A Batmen and Torbay Academy I after the Academy's 6-4 victory

Chris Dunn, Dennis Gibbs, Nick Halse, Kris Piwowar, Grzegorz Wojtowicz, Patrik Cincala

Brixham Imports’ Geoff Beavington with a maximum against Brixham Pirates in Division 2