The Robert Excell Photography-sponsored South Devon & Torbay Table Tennis League
Convincing wins from Brixham Sharks to open their campaign with a 9-1 win over Halwell and a 10-0 whitewash over Newton Bishops. Dave Wadling of Halwell defeating Jazmin Johns was the only set loss so far for the Sharks. Their stablemates, Gulls, started well with a 9-1 victory over Dawlish Aces and then came across reigning champions Batmen and suffered a 7-3 reversal, with the Millman brothers, Josh & Aaron, and Mick Mercer all defeating Mike Dummett in close games.
Dawlish Aces suffered another defeat at the hands of a rejuvenated Halwell 8-2; Dawlish’s new signing Giles Tushingham got both games for the Aces.
In Division 2 Taverners had a epic match with Brixham Swallows and eventually came out 8-2 victors. There were no straight set wins all evening with the Swallows battling all night and being unfortunate only to end up with 2 points from wins by Oliver Slocombe and Andy Millman. Alan Tyrrell gained a maximum for the Taverners.
Bishops Academicals started their campaign with a whitewash over the youngsters of Brixham Pirates, who, despite being well beaten, kept up a good, positive attitude throughout the evening and thought they were going to save the whitewash with Tom Haggerty 9-2 up in the 5th set against Doug Morgan, but Doug’s experience and heavy chop eventually prevailed.
In a tight affair at Marldon, Tykes triumphed 6-4 thanks to a Chris Garner maximum.
The only result in the third division was Brixham Rebels demolition of Dawlish Drifters 10-0.
Results
Div 1
Brixham Gulls 9 (A Millman 3, J Millman 3, Smith 3) Dawlish Aces 1 (Crawford 0, Cooper 0 Davies 0, Dbls)
Halwell 1 (Wadling 1, Sugden 0, Atkinson 0) Brixham Sharks 9 (Kioufis 3, Shipway 3, J Johns 2, Dbls)
Batmen 7 (Gibbs 3, I Dummett 3, M Dummett 0, Dbls Brixham Gulls 3 (J Millman 1, A Millman 1, Mercer 1)
Dawlish Aces 2 (Tushingham 2, Crawford 0, Cooper 0) Halwell 8 (Wadling 3, Atkinson 2, Sugden, 2 Dbls)
Brixham Sharks 10 (Kioufis 3, Shipway 3, Johns 3, Dbls) Newton Bishops 0 (McIvor 0, Adams 0, R Jessop 0)
Div 2
Taverners 8 (Tyrrell 3, Morley 2, Read 2, Dbls) Brixham Swallows 2 (Slocombe 1, A Millman 1, Meah 0)
Brixham Pirates 0 (Haggerty 0, Johns 0, Jones 0) Bishops Academicals 10 (Coxhead 3, Tyrrell 3, Morgan 3 Dbls)
Marldon 4 (Holmes 2, Atkin 2, Oatley 0) Tykes 6 (Garner 3, Ayling 1, H Darch 1 Dbls)
Torre 21Up 3 (Excell 2, Lush 1) Dawlish Diamonds 7 (Freeman 2, Beesley 1, Stratton 0, Awarded 3, Dbls)
Div 3
Brixham Rebels 10 (Johns 3, Munns 3, K Salt 3, Dbls) Dawlish Drifters 0 (Beck 0, Copley 0, Kevern 0)
