SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY ALBANY FLORISTS
PRESS REPORT – Sunday 13th Oct
No surprises at the top of the first division where the early pacesetters are Torbay Academy 1. Patrik Cincala, Warren Ngai and Lenard Hernandez were dominant in a whitewash victory over Brixham Pirates. NA Buzzards started their campaign with an impressive 9-1 victory over club mates the Eagles. Man of the match for the Buzzards was young debutant Luke Bennett who, along with Nick Halse, collected a maximum for the Buzzards. Dan Webster-Hall’s brilliant victory over Kevin Nicholls secured the Eagles solitary point. Brixham Sharks had to fight all the way for their 6-4 victory over Halwell, Gordon Holmes with a maximum for the Sharks, Rod Sugden with a couple of excellent wins for Halwell. Mick Mercer was unbeaten as his Brixham Gulls took a share of the points at Newton Abbot against the Condors.
NA Buzzards – Nick Halse, Luke Bennett, Sonja Ryland, Kevin Nicholls
Lenard Hernandez & Warren Ngai (TTTA 1) v Stuart & Nicholas Shipley (Brixham Pirates)
In the second division there were narrow wins for both NA Hawks and Denbury Tykes who have both started their campaigns well. Ben Swettenham’s maximum helping the Hawks to a 6-4 victory over Marldon Tykes. Paul Hine was back on top form with a maximum in Denbury Tykes 6-4 defeat of Brixham Trawlers. Marldon bounced back from a defeat in their first match with a convincing 9-1 win over struggling NA Kestrels. Helen Glover, Ed Thompson and Nigel Goodman were all unbeaten in the singles leaving the Kestrels to salvage some pride with a fine doubles win to secure a point.
Kevin Ayling & Steve Tyler (Marldon Tykes) v Pete Sercombe & Ben Swettenham (NA Hawks)
Division Three looks very strong with some excellent candidates for the title this season. Starting really well NA Owls picked up an excellent 9-1 victory at Brixham over the Seals, Matt Cyron and Josh Redfern unbeaten for the Owls. Torre Titans whitewash victory over NA Kites put down their marker for the favourites tag, Chris Harper, Bill Keywood and Robert Excell dominant throughout. Also strong candidates, the Hasbeens, dropped points as they were held to a draw by a Carl Tucker inspired Torre Panthers. A fine all-round team performance from NA Harriers earned them a narrow 6-4 victory over Brixham Dolphins.
Chris Meah & Keith Williams (Brixham Dolphins) v Rob Ferguson & Andrew Davies (NA Harriers)
Early leaders of the Fourth Division are The Grove from Totnes who followed up last week’s whitewash victory with a convincing 9-1 win at Brixham over the Swifts, David Pearson and Nemo Jones unbeaten for the Totnes team. Dawlish Diamonds kicked off their season with an 8-2 win over NA Merlins, Tony Bussell and Prabhu Kashap with maximums for the Diamonds. Ollie Pead was in fine form at Dawlish as he helped his NA Ospreys to a share of the points with Dawlish Dynamos.
Chris Bishop & Marc Winstanley (NA Merlins) v Prabhu Kashap & Tony Bussell (Dawlish Diamonds)
DIVISION 1
NA Buzzards 9 (Bennett 3, N Halse 3, Nicholls 2, Dbls) NA Eagles 1 (Webster-Hall 1, Tyrrell 0, McIvor 0)
Brixham Sharks 6 (Holmes 3, Banham 2, Parkins 0, Dbls) Halwell 4 (Sugden 2, Symons 1, Wadling 1)
Brixham Pirates 0 (N Shipley 0, S Shipley 0, Pack 0) Torbay Academy (1) 10 (Cincala 3, Ngai 3, Hernandez 3, Dbls)
NA Condors 5 (G Tushingham 2, Davies 1, Broad 1, Dbls) Brixham Gulls 5 (Mercer 3, Smith 1, Dunn 1)
DIVISION 2
Denbury Tykes 6 (Hine 3, P Darch 2, H Darch 1) Brixham Trawlers 4 (Maynard 2, Saxby 1, Williamson 0, Dbls)
Marldon 9 (Glover 3, Thompson 3, Goodman 3) NA Kestrels 1 (Fabian 0, Moffatt 0, Freeman 0, Dbls)
NA Hawks 6 (Swettenham 3, Morgan 2, Sercombe 1) Marldon Tykes 4 (Tyler 2, Metcalfe 1, Ayling 0, Dbls)
DIVISION 3
NA Kites 0 (Payne 0, Guy 0, Stratton 0) Torre Titans 10 (Harper 3, Excell 3, Keywood 3, Dbls)
Brixham Seals 1 (J Edwards 1, S Edwards 0, Richards 0) NA Owls 9 (Cyron 3, Redfern 3, Rowan Bayliss 2, Dbls)
Torre Panthers 5 (C Tucker 2, Burridge 2, Russell 0, Dbls) Hasbeens 5 (Coxhead 2, Fitzgerald 2, Wickens 1)
NA Harriers 6 (Copley 2, Davies 2, Ferguson 2) Brixham Dolphins 4 (Williams 2, Meah 1, Morris 0, Dbls)
DIVISION 4
Dawlish Dynamos 5 (Curl 2, Tudball 1, Girling 1, Dbls) NA Ospreys 5 (O Pead 3, Greet 2, Lee 0)
Brixham Swifts 1 (Parton 1, Blood 0, Thornton 0) The Grove 9 (Pearson 3, N Jones 3, J Jones 2, Dbls)
NA Merlins 2 (Winstanley 1, Olver 1, Bishop 0) Dawlish Diamonds 8 (Bussell 3, Kashap 3, Curl 1, Dbls)
