SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
Brixham Imports extend their lead at the top of the Second Division following an excellent team performance in their 7-3 victory over 2nd placed clubmates the Pirates. Marldon, with Dave Atkin in fine form, defeated Dawlish Aces 8-2, and an Ed Crawford maximum for N A Buzzards in their 7-3 win over Torbay Academy 3 keeps their challenges for the top of the table on course. Taverners climbed the table with an impressive 9-1 win over basement side Denbury Tykes, Colin Harrop & Geoff Read with maximums, and Martin Dilkes preventing the whitewash with the point for the Tykes.
NA Batmen reclaimed the runners-up slot in the First Division, following a narrow 6-4 win at Torbay Academy 2, with Kris Piwowar still unbeaten in the singles, although the father and son Gibbs combination did get the better of Piwowar & Wills in the doubles to clinch victory.
Piwowar junior, Jakub, remains unbeaten in the 4th Division as do the Sage brothers, Herbie & Curtis as they stretched the Torbay Academy 6 lead at the top to a massive 29 points following a 10-0 whitewash over Pure Torre. The contest in this division will be for the runner-up place. Only a point separates Newton Abbot Kestrels, Kites and Torre Tigers, all 3 teams with good wins this week. NA Kestrels took a 9-1 win over Brixham Swifts and NA Kites with a similar win over clubmates the Owls. Lewis Short gained his first maximum in the league for the Kites. Torre Tigers, with Jean Neafcy in top form, defeated Torbay Academy 5 7-3.
Marldon Tykes are 14 points clear at the top of the Third Division and looking likely champions, although 2nd placed Brixham Diamonds have a game in hand. The Brixham side closed the gap with a convincing 9-1 win over Hasbeens while Tykes squeezed home against Brixham Dolphins 6-4. A Don McConnell maximum helped basement club Dawlish Drifters to their first win of the season, defeating stablemates Dawlish Diamonds 6-4. Mike Coxhead, with another maximum, helped his Hawks’ side to a share of the points against Brixham Dolphins. Torre Bats, with both Peter Heathcote and Tony Nguyen unbeaten, defeated Torbay Academy 3, 7-3.
Results
Div 1
Torbay Academy (2) 4 (Piwowar 3, Perkins 1, Wills 0) N A Batmen 6 (Halse 2, D Gibbs 2, S Gibbs 1, Dbls)
Div 2
Taverners 9 (Read 3, Harrop 3, Morley 2, Dbls) Denbury Tykes 1 (Dilkes 1, P Darch 0, H Darch 0)
Dawlish Aces 2 (Ujiie 2, Cooper 0, Frain 0) Marldon 8 (Atkin 3, Holmes 2, Goodman 2, Dbls)
Brixham Pirates 3 (Johns 2, Pengelly 1, Gilpin 0) Brixham Imports 7 (Maynard 2, Williamson 2, Stead 2, Dbls)
N A Buzzards 7 (Crawford 3, Usher 2, Dummett 2) Torbay Academy (3) 3 (Webster-Hall 2, Hine 0, Perry 0, Dbls)
Div 3
Dawlish Drifters 6 (McConnell 3, Tudball 2, Copley 1) Dawlish Diamonds 4 (Beesley 2, Freeman 1, Beck 0, Dbls)
Marldon Tykes 6 (Garner 2, Ayling 2, M Hern 1, Dbls) Brixham Dolphins 4 (N Shipley 2, S Shipley 2, Holmes 0)
Brixham Dolphins 5 (N Shipley 2, S Shipley 2, Holmes 1) v N A Hawks 5 (Coxhead 3, Halse 1, Graham 0, Dbls)
Brixham Diamonds 9 (Meah 3, Williams 3, Haggerty 3) Hasbeens 1 (Fitzgerald 0, Wickens 0, Smallshaw 0, Dbls)
Torbay Academy (4) 3 (Cooper, Hoare, Hollings) Torre Bats 7 (Nguyen 3, Heathcote 3, Excell 0, Dbls)
Div 4
Torbay Academy (6) 10 (Piwowar 3, C Sage 3, H Sage 3, Dbls) Pure Torre 0 (Alok Rana 0, Aseem Rana 0, Morris 0)
N A Kites 9 (Short 3, K Salt 3, R Salt 3) N A Owls 1 (R Bayliss 0, Embury 0, Hiles 0, Dbls)
Torre Tigers 8 (Neafcy 3, Burridge 2, Davies 2, Dbls) Torbay Academy (5) 2 (Collins 1, Gibbs 1, Wooster 0)
N A Kestrels 9 (Tarjan 2, Usher 2, Strickland 1, Awarded 3 Dbls) Brixham Swifts 1 (T Andrews 1, K Andrews 0)
Division One
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Points |
1st | Denbury Imports | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
2nd | N A Batmen | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
3rd | Brixham Sharks | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
4th | Torbay Academy 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 41 |
5th | Torbay Academy 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 36 |
6th | Halwell | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15 |
7th | Battlers | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
8th | Brixham Gulls | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Division Two
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Points |
1st | Brixham Imports | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 51 |
2nd | Brixham Pirates | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 42 |
3rd | Marldon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
4th | N A Buzzards | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 40 |
5th | Taverners | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 40 |
6th | N A Eagles | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 37 |
7th | Torbay Academy 3 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 33 |
8th | Dawlish Aces | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 32 |
9th | Denbury Tykes | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 24 |
Division Three
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Points |
1st | Marldon Tykes | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
2nd | Brixham Diamonds | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 61 |
3rd | Brixham Dolphins | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 52 |
4th | Torbay Academy 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 48 |
5th | N A Hawks | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 47 |
6th | Torre Bats | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 45 |
7th | Hasbeens | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 33 |
8th | N A Falcons | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 26 |
9th | Dawlish Diamonds | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 25 |
10th | Dawlish Drifters | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 17 |
Division Four
Pos | Team | Pld | Won | Draw | Lost | Points |
1st | Torbay Academy 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 73 |
2nd | N A Kestrels | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
3rd | Torre Tigers | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 44 |
4th | N A Kites | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 43 |
5th | N A Owls | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 35 |
6th | Torbay Academy 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 29 |
7th | Brixham Swifts | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 25 |
8th | Brixham Panthers | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 |
9th | Pure Torre | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 |