ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
There was nothing to choose between the top two challengers to Torbay Academy 1 for the First Division title. Brixham Sharks, with new signing Rory Harries in top form, drew with NA Batmen 5-5. Harries was unbeaten all night and was joined by Adam Shipway in a scintillating final doubles against the Gibbs’ Dennis & Shaun which went to 11-9 in the fifth and earned the Sharks the draw. The two Torbay Academy sides met with the anticipated victory to the 1st team 7-3, Kris Piwowar with another maximum, Herbie Sage picking up two fine singles wins for the Academy 2 team. Brixham Gulls bounced back from their heavy defeat the previous week with a fine 6-4 victory at Halwell, thanks to a Mick Mercer maximum.
Rory Harries & Adam Shipway on the way to vital doubles win v Dennis & Shaun Gibbs
Torbay Academy 1&2 – Michael Hernandez, Paul Myatt, Herbie Sage, Dan Webster-Hall, Kris Piwowar, Javier Garcia
A Giles Tushingham maximum helped his NA Falcons to a victory at Brixham against the Trawlers, 6-4. Brixham Seals fared better than their colleagues as they returned from Battlers with a 7-3 win, with Stuart Shipley and Bob Parkins again unbeaten for the Seals. Marldon, who struggled last year, started their campaign with a fine victory over NA Hawks, despite a maximum from Hawks’ Mike Dummett.
NA Hawks – Doug Morgan, Ben Swettenham, Mike Dummett
An all-Tykes encounter saw the Denbury boys defeat their colleagues from Marldon 8-2, with Paul Hine & Huw Darch unbeaten for Denbury. Hasbeens’ new signing Mike Coxhead, helped his new team to a 7-3 victory at Torbay Academy over Academy 5. NA Kestrels, with a Mike Halse maximum, surprised the fancied Brixham Dolphins 6-4.
NA Owls are early leaders of the Fourth Division following a whitewash over Dawlish Dodgers, as Travis Graham, Rob & Rowan Bayliss didn’t let the newly-formed Dodgers get into the match. The Dodgers’ colleagues from Dawlish, the Drifters, picked up another win with a Tony Bussell maximum helping them beat Brixham Swifts 7-3. Both the Torbay Academy sides in the Fourth Division are unbeaten following wins over Newton Abbot teams. Another Matt Frettsome maximum helped Academy 6 beat the Vultures 8-2, and a fine all-round performance from the youngsters of Academy 7 saw off the challenge from NA Kites 7-3.
NA Vultures – Jo Eckersley, Andy Guy, Tim Shears
Torbay Academy 7 – Jamie McGuire, Kamil Sniegocki, John Welch
Results
Division One
NA Batmen 5 (D Gibbs 2, S Gibbs 2, Jackson 1) Brixham Sharks 5 (Harries 3, Shipway 1, Holmes 0, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (2) 3 (Sage 2, Hernandez 0, Webster-Hall 0, Dbls) Torbay Academy (1) 7 (Piwowar 3, Myatt 2, Garcia 2)
Halwell 4 (Sugden 1, Atkinson 1, Wadling 1, Dbls) Brixham Gulls 6 (Mercer 3, Dunn 2, Smith 1)
Division Two
Battlers 3 (Thompson 1, Hawkins 1, Nicholson 1) Brixham Seals 7 (Shipley 3, Parkins 3, Hilton 0, Dbls)
Brixham Trawlers 4 (Maynard 2, Williamson 1, Saxby 1) NA Falcons 6 (Tushingham 3, Crawford 2, Broad 0, Dbls)
NA Hawks 3 (Dummett 3, Swettenham 0, Morgan 0) Marldon 7 (Glover 2, Atkin 2, Goodman 2, Dbls)
Division Three
Marldon Tykes 2 (Ayling 1, Garner 1, Metcalfe 0) Denbury Tykes 8 (H Darch 3, Hine 3, P Darch 1, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (5) 3 (Grainger 1, Gibbs 1, Perry 1) Hasbeens 7 (Coxhead 3, Fitzgerald 2, Munns 1, Dbls)
Brixham Dolphins 4 (Williams 2, Meah 1, Holmes 0, Dbls) NA Kestrels 6 (Halse 3, Fabian 2, Stratton 1)
Division Four
Dawlish Drifters 7 (Bussell 3, Beesley 2, Tee 1, Dbls) Brixham Swifts 3 (Brown 2, Parton 1, Rodger 0)
Torbay Academy (7) 7 (McGuire 2, Sniegocki 2, Welch 2, Dbls) NA Kites 3 (R Salt 2, Payne 1, Short 0)
NA Vultures 2 (Shears 2, Guy 0, Eckersley 0) Torbay Academy (6) 8 (Frettsome 3, Brookes 2, Bonfante 2, Dbls)
NA Owls 10 (Rob Bayliss 3, Rowan Bayliss 3, Graham 3, Dbls) Dawlish Dodgers 0 (Tee 0, Hemming 0, Miles 0)
