SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE

10-0 wins for the top two teams in Division One keep the pressure on favourites for the title, Denbury Imports, who have games in hand over their rivals. Leaders NA Batmen’s team of Nick Halse, Dennis & Shaun Gibbs defeated Brixham Gulls and second-placed Brixham Sharks’ team of Adam Shipway, Jaz Johns & Gordon Holmes defeated bottom side Battlers.

Brixham Sharks’ Adam Shipway

NA Buzzards are making their move to challenge for the Second Division title, following a fine 9-1 win over Marldon. Ed Crawford and Mike Dummett were unbeaten for the Buzzards as they close to within 2 points of the top with a game in hand. Nigel Goodman’s victory over Buzzards’ Charlie Usher collected Marldon’s point.

N A Buzzards, Mike Dummett

Nick Shipley was again unbeaten as Brixham Dolphins defeated Hasbeens 8-2 in the Third Division.

In the Fourth Division, Brixham Panthers squeezed home 6-4 over basement side Pure Torre, with Izzy Brown securing a maximum for the Panthers.

In the Challenge Cup, the youngsters from Torbay Academy 6 marched through to the quarter-finals with a 5-0 win over stablemates Academy 3.  The Academy 2 side saw off Dawlish Drifters 5-0 and will face Halwell in the quarter finals following Halwell’s 5-1 victory over Battlers. Denbury Tykes had an unbeaten Martin Dilkes to thank for their narrow 5-4 victory over Torre Bats which earns them a quarter final tie against NA Buzzards.

Torbay Academy 6, Challenge Cup Quarter finalists, Brandon Lewis, Jakub Piwowar & Herbie Sage

The one match in the Dyment Doubles saw holders Torbay Academy 1 defeat a battling Hasbeens team 5-3. Hasbeens lost the first 4 sets but pulled back to 4-3 before Patrik Cincala & Greg Wojtowicz sealed the victory with a win over Richard Fitzgerald & Joe Smallshaw.

Results

Div 1

Batmen 10 (Halse 3, D Gibbs 3, S Gibbs 3, Dbls)  Brixham Gulls 0 (Smith 0, Dunn 0, Mercer 0)

Battlers 0 (Hawkins 0, Thompson 0, Nicholson 0)  Brixham Sharks 10 (Holmes 3, Shipway 3, Johns 3, Dbls)

Div 2

N A Buzzards 9 (Crawford 3, Dummett 3, Usher 2, Dbls)  Marldon 1 (Goodman 1, Breyley 0, Holmes 0)

Div 3

Brixham Dolphins 8 (N Shipley 3, S Shipley 2, Holmes 2, Dbls)  Hasbeens 2 (Wickens 1, Fitzgerald 1, Smallshaw 0)

Div 4

Brixham Panthers 6 (I Brown 3, Rodger 2, A Brown 1)  Pure Torre 4 (Morris 2, Aseem Rana 1, Connor 0, Dbls)

Challenge Cup Singles 

Denbury Tykes  5 v 4  Torre Bats

Halwell  5 v 1  Battlers

Torbay Academy (3)  0 v 5  Torbay Academy (6)

Torbay Academy (2)  5 v 0  Dawlish Drifters

Dyment Doubles

Torbay Academy (1)  5 v 3  Hasbeens 

Division One

Division Two

Division Three

Division Four