Press Report 3rd April 2016

SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE.

 A very strong Denbury Imports team whitewashed 3rd placed Brixham Sharks to virtually ensure the First Division crown.  Rory Harries, Dawid Gawron & Paul Laverty, never looked in any trouble, dropping just 4 games on the night.  Imports, who have won all 12 of their matches, require just 7 points from their last two matches to clinch the title.

Brixham Pirates’ late challenge for the Second Division title is on course following a fine 9-1 win over Marldon; they are now level on points with stablemates Brixham Imports, but still trail the leaders NA Buzzards by 11 points, the top three all with 3 games to play. Pirates’ Clive Banham and Ben Deakin, who are recovering from injuries, both secured maximums, whilst Marldon’s Nigel Goodman prevented the whitewash.  A fine all-round team performance from Taverners saw them narrowly defeat Torbay Academy 3  6-4.

      

Brixham Pirates’ Clive Banham & Ben Deakin

Marldon Tykes’ whitewash over NA Falcons sees them open up a 21-point gap at the top of the Third Division. Brixham Dolphins move up into runners-up spot following a 7-3 win over NA Falcons, followed by a hard fought draw at NA Hawks. Derek Stratton was unbeaten for the Falcons as he claimed their 3 points, while Nick Shipley won all his games in the Dolphins’ exciting encounter with the Hawks. The Dolphins recovered from 2-5 down, with the last 3 sets all going to the wire: first Stuart Shipley beat Mike Halse 12-10 in the 5th, then Nick Shipley beat Mike Coxhead 12-10 also in 5, before the twins joined forces to again win the deciding game 12-10 to earn the draw.  Mike Wickens was in fine form, with two maximums, as he helped his Hasbeens team to victories over the Dawlish sides, 9-1 over Drifters and 7-3 over Diamonds.

N A Falcons' Derek Stratton

NA Owls’ Dylan Bayliss was the star in his team’s narrow 6-4 victory over Brixham Panthers. He followed up his first ever league maximum with another one the following night as he turned out as a reserve for clubmates the Kestrels, helping them to a draw against Torbay Academy 5.  Brixham Panthers, with the help of a couple of their Swifts clubmates playing as reserves, defeated NA Kites 7-3.

2 maximums for Newton Abbot’s Dylan Bayliss

Results

Division One

Brixham Sharks 0 (Holmes 0, Shipway 0, Johns 0)  Denbury Imports 10 (Harries 3, Gawron 3, Laverty 3, Dbls)

Division Two

Taverners 6 (Harrop 2, Tyrrell 2, Morley 2) v Torbay Academy (3) 4 (Webster-Hall 2, Hine 1, Perry 0, Dbls)

Brixham Pirates 9 (Banham 3, Deakin 3, Johns 2, Dbls)  Marldon 1 (Goodman 1, Glover 0, Holmes 0)

Division Three

Brixham Dolphins 7 (Holmes 2, N Shipley 2, S Shipley 2, Dbls) N A Falcons 3 (Stratton 3, Bretagne 0, K Salt 0)

Marldon Tykes 10 (Garner 3, Friend 3, Ayling 3, Dbls) N A Falcons 0 (Stratton 0, Bretagne 0, R Bayliss 0)

Dawlish Drifters 1 (Copley 1, Bussell 0, Tudball 0) Hasbeens 9 (Wickens 3, Fitzgerald 3, Smallshaw 2, Dbls)

Hasbeens 7 (Wickens 3, Smallshaw 2, Fitzgerald 2)  Dawlish Diamonds 3 (Freeman 2, Gurmin 0, Beesley 0, Dbls)

N A Hawks 5 (Coxhead 2, Doxsey 2, Halse 1) Brixham Dolphins (N Shipley 3, S Shipley 1, Holmes 0, Dbls)

Division Four

Brixham Panthers 7 (T Andrews 2, K Andrews 2, Duckett 2, Dbls) N A Kites 3 (Entwistle 2, R Salt 1, Short 0)

Brixham Panthers 4 (T Andrews 2, Parton 1, Scothern 0, Dbls) N A Owls 6 (D Bayliss 3, R Bayliss 2, Embury 1)

N A Kestrels 5 (D Bayliss 3, Robins 2, Strickland 0)  Torbay Academy (5) 5 (Bonfante 2, Gibbs 1, Brooks 1, Dbls)

Division One

   Pos    

     Team    

     Pld    

    Won  

   Draw  

   Lost   

   Points  

1st

Denbury Imports

12

12

0

0

100

2nd

N A Batmen

12

9

0

3

86

3rd

Brixham Sharks

12

9

1

2

82

4th

Torbay Academy 2   

11

6

1

4

69

5th

Torbay Academy 1

12

6

0

6

56

6th

Brixham Gulls

12

1

1

10

32

7th

Halwell

10

1

1

8

25

8th

Battlers

11

0

0

11

10

Division Two

   Pos  

   Team  

   Pld  

   Won  

   Draw  

   Lost  

   Points  

1st

N A Buzzards

13

11

0

2

91

2nd

Brixham Imports

13

9

1

3

80

3rd

Brixham Pirates

13

7

3

3

80

4th

Marldon

15

5

3

7

68

5th

N A Eagles

13

6

1

6

64

6th

Taverners

13

7

2

4

63

7th

Torbay Academy 3   

13

2

5

6

58

8th

Dawlish Aces

12

2

2

8

47

9th

Denbury Tykes

13

1

1

11

39

Division Three

   Pos  

   Team  

   Pld  

   Won  

   Draw  

   Lost  

   Points  

1st

Marldon Tykes

14

14

0

0

118

2nd

Brixham Dolphins

14

10

2

2

97

3rd

N A Hawks

15

8

4

3

94

4th

Brixham Diamonds

13

8

2

3

86

5th

Torbay Academy 4   

13

8

1

4

78

6th

Torre Bats

14

6

2

6

69

7th

Hasbeens

15

5

2

8

63

8th

N A Falcons

15

2

2

11

49

9th

Dawlish Diamonds

15

2

1

12

44

10th

Dawlish Drifters

16

1

0

15

21

Division Four

   Pos  

   Team  

   Pld  

   Won  

   Draw  

   Lost  

   Points  

1st

Torbay Academy 6

12

11

1

0

105

2nd

N A Kestrels

14

9

3

2

92

3rd

Torbay Academy 5   

14

6

4

4

75

4th

N A Kites

13

8

1

4

73

5th

Brixham Swifts

12

4

1

7

56

6th

Torre Tigers

12

6

0

6

55

7th

N A Owls

13

5

1

7

55

8th

Brixham Panthers

13

3

1

9

47

9th

Pure Torre

13

0

0

13

22

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