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

2023-24 SEASON 

 Last season’s top two league teams started the current campaign with good wins.  Champions, Torbay Academy 1, with a large squad, played a new look team against Brixham Sharks and came away from Brixham with a 7-3 win, new signing Aarish Maharjan impressing with a maximum on his league debut. NA Batmen, last season’s runners up, defeated club mates NA Condors 9-1, Dennis Gibbs and Rory Harries were unbeaten for the Batmen.

There were strong starts in the second division for fancied Brixham Trawlers and Dawlish Aces.  The Trawlers secured a 9-1 win over Torbay Academy 2 thanks to maximums from Ian Saxby and Martin Sharp.  Mark Sharratt and Mitch Bellham were undefeated as Dawlish Aces opened with an 8-2 victory over NA Kestrels.  Halwell B found that it wasn’t going to be easy in the lower level having dropped out of the top flight following their relegation.  NA Raptors, with an excellent Paul Hine maximum, defeated Halwell B 7-3.  Colin Butterworth, making his first appearance in this league, is going to be a very useful addition to Grove Guerrillas, his maximum helping the Grove to a narrow 6-4 victory at Teign School over NA Falcons.

Grove Guerrillas – Derek Bowerman, Colin Butterworth, David Pearson.

Paul Hine & Huw Darch (NA Raptors) v Mick Mercer & Chris Dunn (Halwell B)

In the only third division fixture a Nick Williamson maximum was not enough for victory as his Brixham Gulls started their campaign with a 6-4 defeat. An excellent all round team effort from NA Harriers saw them to victory. 

The two Torbay Academy teams in the fourth division kicked off their campaigns with wins. Academy 5 with a narrow 6-4 win over NA Ospreys, despite an excellent maximum from the Ospreys’ Rob Ferguson. New signing Stephen Wilbraham was undefeated as Torbay Academy 6 saw off the challenge from Brixham Seals 8-2.  A Robert Excell maximum helped get Torre Gladiators off to a good start with a 6-4 victory over Dawlish Doubtfuls.  NA Merlins had a comfortable start with a 9-1 win over club mates NA Vultures, Chris Bishop and Nick Kitchen were undefeated for the Merlins.

Torbay Academy 5 - Maria Dillon, Eve James, Jean Neafcy , NA Ospreys - Rob Ferguson, Max Fearon, Mark Dulling

RESULTS

Division One

NA Batmen 9 (Harries 3, D Gibbs 3, Hine 2, Dbls) NA Condors 1 (McIvor 1, Parkins 0, Kiff 0)

Brixham Sharks 3 (Harper 2, Holmes 1, Banham 0) Torbay Academy (1) 7 (Maharjan 3, Cincala 2, N Shipley 1, Dbls)

Division Two

Dawlish Aces 8 (Sharratt 3, Bellham 3, Davies 1, Dbls) NA Kestrels 2 (Weinstein 1, Millman 1, Shears 0)

Brixham Trawlers 9 (Sharp 3, Saxby 3, Pack 2, Dbls) Torbay Academy (2) 1 (Perry 1, Cregan 0, Gander 0)

NA Raptors 7 (Hine 3, Darch 2, Moffatt 1, Dbls)  Halwell B 3 (Mercer 2, Dunn 1, Dyson 0)

NA Falcons 4 (Wilshire 2, W Cyron 1, Thompson 1) Grove Guerrillas 6 (Butterworth 3, Pearson 1, Bowerman 1, Dbls)

Division Three

Brixham Gulls 4 (Williamson 3, I Brown 1, A Brown 0) NA Harriers 6 (Fabian 2, Copley 2, Kitchen 1, Dbls) 

Division Four

Torbay Academy (5) 6 (Neafcy 2, James 2, Dillon 1, Dbls)  NA Ospreys 4 (Ferguson 3, Fearon 1, Dulling 0)

Brixham Seals 2 (A Brown 2, M Burston 0, T Burston 0) Torbay Academy (6) 8 (Wilbraham 3, Brookes 2, Frost 2, Dbls)

Dawlish Doubtfuls 4 (S Grim 2, Chadwick 1, Pook 1) Torre Gladiators 6 (Excell 3, Morris 2, Sutton 0, Dbls)

NA Merlins 9 (Bishop 3, Kitchen 3, Olver 2, Dbls) NA Vultures 1 (Humphreys 1, Fearon 0, Gilbert 0)