Two rounds of the A Grade Winter teams competition have been played at the John Lees Centre.
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Rod Blake's Eels and Mark Soley's 88's lead the pack on six points, followed by Michael Turner's Rabbitohs on four, Tony Lee's Bulldogs on three, Richie Jiang's Eagles and Jack Gray's Rhinos are both on two and Chintan Trivedi's Panthers trail the field on one.
In the first round the Rabbitohs defeated the Eagles 6-5 with Sam Dunn coming from behind to beat Nicola Fraser in four sets. Richie Jiang also scored an entertaining four-set win over James Turner.
The Eels overcame the Panthers 7-4 with Robert McIntosh scoring well-deserved five-set wins over both Rod Blake and Lachlan Bill. The final match saw the 88's dominate the Rhinos 9-2. Bagas Ariza starred in this encounter taking out his three singles over Jack Gray, John Lees and Chising Chung.
The second round saw the Eels continue on their winning way defeating the Eagles 6-5. Two five-setters went to Lachlan Bill, 11-9 in the fifth over Simon Jiang, and Jiang later in the night overcame Gerard Gray 13-11 in the final set.
The 88's snared the Rabbitohs 7-4 with James Turner bagging the scalp of Bagas Ariza 12-10 in the fifth. Turner, in the last rubber of the evening, lost to 88's captain Mark Soley in five sets.
The Bulldogs stopped the Rhinos 7-4. This match witnessed the return of Tony Lee, who managed to win his three singles in fine style. Another good effort came from John Lees, who defeated Robert McIntosh in four sets. McIntosh went on to defeat Jack Gray in five tough sets.
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The first round of the B Grade competition saw the Pies defeat the Doggies 7-4 with Nicola Fraser beating husband Phil 15-13 in the fifth set.
The Sharks stopped the Dockers, also by a 7-4 margin. Bruce McGuirk and Wayne King both had five-set wins over Dave Perkins. Perkins then got one back when he took out Dave Plumb, also in five.
The Jet Setters exorcised the Demons 6-5. The best match saw Elisa Chung beat Peter Trama in five sets. All second round matches were taken out by a 6-5 margin.
The Doggies slew the Dragons with John Gray beating Dave Plumb 11-9 in the fifth. The Demons devoured the Pies with Siobhan Scott overcoming Dave Manning in five hard-fought sets. John Green also defeated Joanne Dungey in five sets.
Jet Setters netted the Sharks with four five-setters taking place. These went to Wayne King over Elisa Chung, Bob Philipson over Nicola Fraser, Tony McWhirter over Bruce McGuirk and Nicola Fraser over McWhirter 15-13 in the fifth and final set.
The Annual General Meeting will be conducted on Wednesday, August 11, at 6pm. All club members are urged to attend with play in the B Grade teams competition to commence after the conclusion of the AGM.
Practice nights are also held every Thursday and Friday nights at 7pm. All are welcome. These are held at the John Lees Table Tennis Centre located on Sportsway off Finlay Road.
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