SOUTH DEVON & TORBAY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE – SPONSORED BY ALBANY FLORISTS

PRESS REPORT – Sunday 12^th March 2023

NA Buzzards currently lead the first division following their 9-1 victory over Halwell A. However, with only one more match to play, their stay at the top will be short lived as second placed Torbay Academy 1 are just two points behind with three games to play.  Kevin Nicholls, Herbie Sage and Lauren Loosemore won all their singles for the Buzzards but lost the final doubles. NA Batmen, Dennis Gibbs, Rory Harries and Naomi Jackson, kept up their interest at the top with a whitewash victory over Brixham Sharks. NA Condors and Halwell B shared the points in a battle for survival at the foot of the table, Bob Parkins with a maximum for the Condors

Bob Parkins (NA Condors) v Dave Wadling (Halwell B)

With just two matches to go Torbay Academy 2 are odds on for the second division title. The gap at the top was closed to 17 points by Brixham Gulls as they defeated relegated Taverners 10-0. Alan Maynard, Allen Pack and Joe Edwards were in fine form for the Gulls.  Jason Prescott was undefeated for Dawlish Aces as they climbed up the table with a 7-3 victory over Brixham Trawlers. However, without Prescott, in their second match of the week the Dawlish Aces went down 3-7 to NA Raptors whose Paul Hine and Steve Tyler were unbeaten. Maximums from Josh Redfern and Jim McIvor helped NA Falcons to a 9-1 win in an all Newton Abbot clash against NA Owls. 

Mike Dummett & Josh Redfern (NA Falcons) v Quillan Wilson & Curtis Sage (NA Owls)

In the third division a defeat for the leaders Torbay Academy 3, and a 10-0 victory for The Grove, means the two are level on points at the top of the table both with three games left to play.  NA Kestrels lie just a point behind them following their impressive 6-4 victory over the leaders, Andy Millman with a maximum for the Kestrels, however the Kestrels have just two to play.  Peter Moretta was in fine form for his Torbay Academy 4 team but his maximum was not enough to beat NA Harriers as they shared the points 5-5.  Similarly, NA Hawks’ Jackie Whitehorn won her 3 singles against Torre Vikings but again the result was a draw.  In an all Torbay Academy encounter, Academy 4 defeated Academy 5 7-3 with another man of the match performance from Peter Moretta.

Neville Cregan (Torbay Academy 3) v Andy Millman (NA Kestrels)

Dawlish Renegades stretched their lead at the top of the fourth division to 14 points following a 7-3 victory over NA Kites thanks to maximums from Pierre Doutreligne and Harry Scott. In an excellent contest between the sides behind the leaders NA Merlins edged a 6-4 win over Torbay Academy 6. Maximums from Kai Fowler and Maria Dillon helped Torbay Academy 7 to a 9-1 victory over NA Vultures.

Dawlish Renegades – Pierre Doutreligne, Harry Scott, Lawrie Girling

Dominic Ozuna Montero, Monty & Tom Burston (NA Vultures) Mike Pearce, Maria Dillon, Kai Fowler (Torbay Academy 7) 

RESULTS

DIVISION 1

Brixham Sharks 0 (Harper 0, Banham 0, Maynard 0) NA Batmen 10 (Harries 3, D Gibbs 3, Jackson 3, Dbls)

Halwell A 1 (Smith 0, Dunn 0, Mercer 0, Dbls) NA Buzzards 9 (Sage 3, Nicholls 3, Loosemore 3)

NA Condors 5 (Parkins 3, Webster-Hall 2, Wilshire 0) Halwell B 5 (Symons 2, Wadling 1, Sugden 1, Dbls)

DIVISION 2

Brixham Trawlers 3 (Saxby 2, Williamson 1, Lamden 0) Dawlish Aces 7 (Prescott 3, Sharratt 2, Davies 1, Dbls)

Brixham Gulls 10 (Maynard 3, Pack 3, Edwards 3, Dbls) Taverners 0 (Dilkes 0, Harrop 0, Read 0)

NA Falcons 9 (Redfern 3, McIvor 3, Dummett 2, Dbls) NA Owls 1 (Wilson 1, Sage 0, W Cyron 0)

Dawlish Aces 3 (Sharratt 1, Davies 1, Bellham 0, Dbls) NA Raptors 7 (Hine 3, Tyler 3, Darch 1)

DIVISION 3

Torbay Academy (5) 3 (Mitranescu 2, Ichim 1, Payne 0) Torbay Academy (4) 7 (Moretta 3, Harris 2, Fowler 1, Dbls)

NA Kestrels 6 (Millman 3, Freeman 2, Williams 1) Torbay Academy (3) 4 (Whittington 2, Cregan 1, Collins 0, Dbls)

Torre Vikings 5 (Russell 2, Holtham 1, Excell 1, Dbls) NA Hawks 5 (Whitehorn 3, Sercombe 2, Kitchen 0)

Torbay Academy (4) 5 (Moretta 3, Palin 1, Harris 0, Dbls) NA Harriers 5 (Haslam 2, Fabian 2, Copley 1)

The Grove 10 (Pearson 3, Daly 3, Bowerman 3, Dbls) Torre Tornadoes 0 (Davies 0, James 0, Morris 0)

DIVISION 4

Torbay Academy (7) 9 (Dillon 3, Fowler 3, Pearce 2, Dbls) NA Vultures 1 (Ozuna Montero 1, T Burston 0, M Burston 0)

NA Merlins 6 (Kitchen 2, Abu Ali 2, Olver 1, Dbls) Torbay Academy (6) 4 (Gibbs 2, Fowler 2, Neafcy 0)

NA Kites 3 (Northcott 1, Short 1, Shirt 1) Dawlish Renegades 7 (Doutreligne 3, Scott 3, Girling 0, Dbls)

TABLES

DIVISION ONE

DIVISION TWO

DIVISION THREE

DIVISION FOUR