ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
Champions of Division One, Torbay Academy 1 finished their league campaign with a narrow 6-4 victory over Runners up, N A Batmen. Kris Piwowar again the difference between the sides as he led the Academy to victory and an impressive total of 167 points for the season, 15 points ahead of the Batmen. Dennis Gibbs was man of the match as his N A Batmen side secured the runners up spot with an 8-2 victory over club mates the Buzzards. Mark Burridge was unbeaten for Dawlish Aces as they defeated Torbay Academy 2 6-4.
N A Batmen – Shaun Gibbs, Dennis Gibbs, Nick Halse
In the second division Brixham Pirates secured third place following two impressive wins; Ben Deakin with a maximum in an 8-2 win over Marldon and the Shipley twins, Nicholas & Stuart unbeaten in their 7-3 victory over clubmates the Imports.
The final match in the 3rd Division was a mid table encounter between Brixham sides Dolphins and Diamonds. A Bradley Hilton maximum gave the edge to his Dolphins side as they won 7-3.
The two cup competitions have reached the semi final stages.
In the Challenge Cup Brixham Pirates impressive 5-0 victory over N A Eagles earns them a semi final encounter against favourites Torbay Academy 1. N A Falcons face Marldon in the other semi-final.
Torbay Academy 1 are also going well in the Dyment Doubles and will face N A Ospreys in the semi final following the Ospreys fine 5-0 victory over Denbury Tykes. It was not so easy for Torbay Academy 4 as they squeezed past the Taverners 5-4 in match that could have gone either way. The young Academy side go on to face N A Eagles in the semi-final.
RESULTS
Division One
Torbay Academy (1) 6 (Piwowar 3, Cincala 2, Wojtowicz 0, Dbls) N A Batmen 4 (Cheung 2, D Gibbs 1, S Gibbs 1)
Torbay Academy (2) 4 (Webster-Hall 2, Ricketts 1, Furgol 0, Dbls) Dawlish Aces 6 (Burridge 3, Kiss 2, Davies 1)
N A Batmen 8 (D Gibbs 3, S Gibbs 2, Halse 2, Dbls) N A Buzzards 2 (Cheung 2, Ryland 0, R Bayliss 0)
Division Two
Marldon 2 (Glover 2, Atkin 0, Goodman 0) Brixham Pirates 8 (Deakin 3, N Shipley 2, Sharp 2, Dbls)
Brixham Pirates 7 (S Shipley 3, N Shipley 3, Dbls) Brixham Imports 3 (Maynard 0, Beavington 0, Williamson 0, Awarded 3)
Division Three
Brixham Diamonds 3 (Holmes 2, Meah 1, Parton 0) Brixham Dolphins 7 (Hilton 3, T Andrews 2, K Andrews 1, Dbls)
Challenge Cup
Brixham Pirates 5 v 0 N A Eagles
Dyment Doubles
N A Ospreys 5 v 0 Denbury Tykes
Torbay Academy (4) 5 v 4 Taverners
DIVISION ONE
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
1st | Torbay Academy 1 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 167 |
2nd | N A Batmen | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 152 |
3rd | Brixham Sharks | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 151 |
4th | N A Buzzards | 21 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 101 |
5th | Dawlish Aces | 20 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 83 |
6th | Torbay Academy 2 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 63 |
7th | Brixham Gulls | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 57 |
8th | Halwell | 19 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 46 |
DIVISION TWO
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
1st | Torbay Academy 3 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 149 |
2nd | N A Eagles | 21 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 149 |
3rd | Brixham Pirates | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 116 |
4th | Battlers | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 104 |
5th | Brixham Imports | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 86 |
6th | Taverners | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 82 |
7th | Marldon Tykes | 21 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 68 |
8th | Marldon | 19 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 66 |
DIVISION THREE – Final Table
Position | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
1st | N A Hawks | 21 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 167 |
2nd | Torbay Academy 4 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 166 |
3rd | Denbury Tykes | 21 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 144 |
4th | Brixham Dolphins | 21 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 95 |
5th | Brixham Diamonds | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 73 |
6th | N A Falcons | 21 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 68 |
7th | Dawlish Diamonds | 21 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 66 |
8th | Hasbeens | 21 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 61 |