Milton Keynes Powers 2-8 Milton Keynes Topspin
Tuesday 20 February 2018
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Tillotson lost to David Wackrill (0-3) | 7-11, 8-11, 6-11 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Minesh Pitamber beat Mervyn Kelly (3-2) | 13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Mark Moore lost to Russell Penn (0-3) | 4-11, 6-11, 3-11 | 1-2 |
| 4 | Minesh Pitamber and Peter Tillotson lost to Russell Penn and David Wackrill (0-3) | 13-15, 12-14, 0-11 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Minesh Pitamber lost to David Wackrill (1-3) | 10-12, 11-7, 7-11, 6-11 | 1-4 |
| 6 | Peter Tillotson lost to Russell Penn (0-3) | 11-13, 10-12, 8-11 | 1-5 |
| 7 | Mark Moore lost to Mervyn Kelly (0-3) | 3-11, 7-11, 7-11 | 1-6 |
| 8 | Minesh Pitamber lost to Russell Penn (1-3) | 9-11, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11 | 1-7 |
| 9 | Mark Moore lost to David Wackrill (0-3) | 5-11, 2-11, 6-11 | 1-8 |
| 10 | Peter Tillotson beat Mervyn Kelly (3-2) | 11-5, 6-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9 | 2-8 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Powers | 8 | 22.22 | 286 | 42.81 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 28 | 77.78 | 382 | 57.19 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Powers | Peter Tillotson | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | 209 | 97 | 46.41 |
| Milton Keynes Powers | Minesh Pitamber | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 38.46 | 252 | 121 | 48.02 |
| Milton Keynes Powers | Mark Moore | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 142 | 43 | 30.28 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 90.00 | 175 | 107 | 61.14 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 53.85 | 240 | 126 | 52.50 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 90.00 | 188 | 109 | 57.98 |
| Match date | Tuesday, 20 February 2018 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2017-2018 |
| Legs played | 36 |
| Points played | 668 |
Published 26/04/2024 02:58 by David Wackrill.
A shame that we at Topspin could not repeat our earlier whitewash over Premier relegated Powers, but 8-2 was still a great result over a team containing Minesh Pitamber and Pete Tillotson, neither of whom played last time. Unsurprisingly Minesh and Pete won the Powers points between them, albeit in desperately close finishes in deciding games against Mervyn Kelly. Those finishes were the story of Mervyn’s season, so near and yet so far.
Russell Penn played with a steely determination for a magnificent hat-trick and I was unbeaten too. Then together we stormed the doubles set, taking the 2nd from 7-10 down and winning the 3rd 11-0. Mark Moore completed the Powers line up and was an improved player from last year.
This result puts Topspin firmly back in the promotion race as news has filtered through that St. Christopher Van Hire’s star man Biao Wang will play his last match of the season for them tomorrow (Wednesday). Without his guaranteed wins Van Hire could well struggle in the remaining matches. All to play for now.