ALBANY FLORISTS-SPONSORED SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
The First Division season kicked off with a couple of really exciting close encounters, decided on the final doubles and an awesome whitewash from the existing champions. An all-Newton Abbot affair between the Batmen and Buzzards saw the Batmen come back from 3-5 down to share the points, Jon Cheung with an excellent maximum for the Buzzards. Promoted Torbay Academy 2 showed they mean business in the top flight, taking the experienced Brixham Sharks to the final decider, before going down 6-4. Adam Shipway took an impressive maximum for the Sharks, Herbie Sage with 2 great singles wins for the Academy. Kris Piwowar, Patrik Cincala and Paul Myatt, the Academy 1st team, are reigning champions and were in awesome form as they whitewashed the Brixham Pirates, who battled in vain as they try to establish themselves in the First Division. The busy Newton Abbot Batmen recovered from their tough encounter with the Buzzards earlier in the week to brush aside Brixham Gulls 9-1: Naomi Jackson and Dennis Gibbs unbeaten, Chris Dunn preventing the whitewash with a fine victory over Shaun Gibbs.
Torbay Academy 1 – Kris Piwowar, Paul Myatt, Patrik Cincala
NA Batmen – Shaun Gibbs, Naomi Jackson, Dennis Gibbs
Brixham Sharks’ Adam Shipway on his way to a fine maximum
A Giles Tushingham maximum got NA Falcons off to a winning start with a 6-4 win over the Battlers, and a Curtis Sage maximium, in his first match for Newton Abbot TTC, helped the NA Eagles defeat Brixham Trawlers 7-3. Torbay Academy 3 looked in fine form as they beat Taverners 9-1, with Jakub Piwowar and Szymon Furgol unbeaten for the Academy and Martin Dilkes, preventing the whitewash, winning the point for Taverners. Brixham Seals’ Bob Parkins and Stuart Shipley were too strong for newly promoted NA Hawks as they secured maximums in the Seals 7-3 victory.
Torbay Academy 3 – Esmeralda Suarez, Jakub Piwowar, Szymon Furgol
A couple of postponements by the Tykes resulted in just two matches in the Third Division. Last season strugglers, Hasbeens, started really brightly with a convincing 9-1 win over newly promoted Torre Tigers, Steve Munns and Mike Wickens were undefeated for Hasbeens, but Rob Burridge prevented the whitewash, gaining the point for the Tigers. Brixham Dolphins, with Geoff Beavington and Terry Stead maximums, narrowly defeated the Dawlish Diamonds 6-4.
In the 4th Division an all-Dawlish encounter saw the Drifters defeat the Dodgers 8-2, Tony Bussell with a maximum for the Drifters, while Dodgers player Debi Curl, playing as a reserve for the Drifters, won two sets against her own team! Torbay Academy 6 had a close win over Torres R Us 6-4, with Matt Frettsome unbeaten for the Academy side. NA Owls defeated team mates the Kites 7-3, despite a fine maximum from the Kites’ Richard Salt. The newly formed NA Vultures, with all-new players to the league, drew 5-5 with Brixham Swifts, Tim Shears with a maximum for the Newton Abbot side. Torbay Academy 7, with John Fowler in fine form, defeated NA Ospreys 8-2, Sam Hiles picking up the Ospreys 2 points.
Torbay Academy 6 – Vic Bonfante, Denis Cramond, Matt Frettsome
Results
Division One
NA Batmen 5 (D Gibbs 2. S Gibbs 2, Jackson 0, Dbls) NA Buzzards 5 (Cheung 3, Ryland 1, Nicholls 1)
Torbay Academy (1) 10 (Piwowar 3, Cincala 3, Myatt 3, Dbls) Brixham Pirates 0 (N Shipley 0, Johns 0, Deakin 0)
Brixham Sharks 6 (Shipway 3, Holmes 2, Banham 1) Torbay Academy (2) 4 (Sage 2, Hernandez 1, Webster-Hall 0, Dbls)
Brixham Gulls 1 (Dunn 1, Mercer 0, Smith 0) NA Batmen 9 (Jackson 3, D Gibbs 3, S Gibbs 2, Dbls)
Division Two
Battlers 4 (Nicholson 2, Hawkins 1, Thompson 1) NA Falcons 6 (Tushingham 3, Crawford 1, Broad 1, Dbls)
NA Eagles 7 (Sage 3, Tyrrell 2, McIvor 2) Brixham Trawlers 3 (Pack 1, Saxby 1, Maynard 0, Dbls)
Brixham Seals 7 (S Shipley 3, Parkins 3, Hilton 0, Dbls) NA Hawks 3 (Wilshire 1, Morgan 1, Alan Tyrrell 1)
Torbay Academy (3) 9 (Furgol 3, Piwowar 3, Suarez 2, Dbls) Taverners 1 (Dilkes 1, Read 0, Morley 0)
Division Three
Dawlish Diamonds 4 (Freeman 1, Frain 1, Copley 1, Dbls) Brixham Dolphins 6 (Beavington 3, Stead 3, Byng 0)
Hasbeens 9 (Munns 3, Wickens 3, Fitzgerald 2, Dbls) Torre Tigers 1 (Burridge 1, Neafcy 0, Ryan 0)
Division Four
Dawlish Dodgers 2 (Tudball 2, Miles 0, Hemming 0) Dawlish Drifters 8 (Bussell 3, Curl 2, Beesley 2, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (6) 6 (Frettsome 3, Cramond 1, Bonfante 1, Dbls) Torres R Us 4 (Davies 2, Morris 2, James 0)
Brixham Swifts 5 (Andrews 1, Atkinson 1, Parton 0, Awarded 3) NA Vultures 5 (Shears 3, Eckersley 1, Dbls)
NA Kites 3 (R Salt 3, Payne 0, Baxter 0) NA Owls 7 (Rob Bayliss, Rowan Bayliss, D Bayliss, Dbls)
NA Ospreys 2 (Hiles 2, B Pead 0, O Pead 0) Torbay Academy (7) 8 (Fowler 3, Turner 2, McGuire 2, Dbls)
