GTTL PRESS REPORT WEEK 28
This week in the Guildford Table Tennis League the First Division hosted an almighty battle between Merrow D and E. Five all it ended with a midnight finish.. An unprecedented seven matches went to five sets-view the full score sheet on www.gttl.co.uk- three to deuce in the fifth .Star of the evening was Scott Ayers who remained unbeaten for the D’S with Skipper John Grant, for once, pointless, although He went down at deuce in the fifth in two of them. Nigel Oh and Ce Guo got two each for the E’s whose title hopes took a dent with this result.
The Fourth Division saw a top four clash between Abinger B and Bramley E. A brilliant unbeaten evening by Jim Faulkner laid the foundation for an 8-2 win for the Abinger outfit to keep their faint title hopes alive. David Barraclough offered some resistance with two, although Bramley did lose two five setters at deuce. Cody B went within three points of Woking B with a 9-1 win over Godalming P to, again, throw the eventual winner of the Division in the melting pot.
Second Division, and another cracking match between Aftermath C and Godalming G with plenty of cut and thrust the order of the evening with a draw a fair reflection of events .Dave Harden got it all together with a maximum in hard fought games. Christ King and Paul Fenton got pairs for Godalming plus the game of the evening, the doubles, which was a classic at deuce in the fifth -Sealing a 15 match winning streak in doubles matches for King and Fenton.
In the Junior League J2 won their first match with a 4-1 win over EVO. Joss Beedie won his first singles of the league campaign early on, setting the scene for the eventual result. Spin Wizards are all but guaranteed first place in the inaugural GJL League