Table tennis round-up: Jokers go top of Division One after fine win

Some nine matches were contested in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League last Tuesday – although not all reached a conclusion.

In Division One, Jokers replace Moulton SE at the top, on alphabetical order.

Jokers faced the Underdogs and came away with a 4-1 victory.

Sasha Martin won another double while Guntars Briedes added a third with the doubles going their way too.

Kelvin Preville scored for the losers.

Meanwhile, Moulton were going down to their first defeat of the season at the hands of South Holland.

John Gilbert took two wins over eight ends for Halland with a mixed set of scores, while Stephen and Andrew Appleby got a win each.

The doubles, as often happens, settled the match – in Holland’s favour.

Both Moulton and Jokers have unfinished matches with the former favourites to gain most; South Holland are a point behind the two.

Underdogs are fourth and have been joined by Bladerunners (fifth) on the same points.

Blades’ Dave and James Gibson won four points across two unfinished matches against Outsiders and Nets n Edges, both of whom only had one player available.

Outsiders’ Keith Davey pushed Dave to a fifth, while the Netters’ Reece Kerry did the same and pushed James over four games with two deuces.

However, Davey picked up two points in his scheduled match with Aches and Pains, winning in four close games and three.

In Division Two, Pottermus Clarets completed their match with 200 up, Peter Chester taking the two remaining games in four and five ends for a 4-1 win.

200 up started their match with Hurricane Brothers, losing a singles each to George, who came from behind to win, and Sam Wallis, but picking up the doubles.

Hurricanes also took a 2-0 lead over MatDuf who only had one player available.

Finally, Jokers began their delayed Moulton Shield round two match with Underdogs sharing the spoils from the two games played.

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