Milton Keynes Phoenix 7-3 Milton Keynes Topspin
Wednesday 12 October 2022
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ioan Constantin beat Russell Penn (3-1) | 9-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Ivor Howard lost to David Wackrill (1-3) | 11-2, 9-11, 4-11, 3-11 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Alan Bolding beat Mervyn Kelly (3-2) | 11-6, 7-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Alan Bolding & Ioan Constantin beat Mervyn Kelly & Russell Penn (3-1) | 11-6, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6 | 3-1 |
| 5 | Ivor Howard lost to Russell Penn (2-3) | 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11 | 3-2 |
| 6 | Ioan Constantin beat Mervyn Kelly (3-1) | 10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 12-10 | 4-2 |
| 7 | Alan Bolding beat David Wackrill (3-0) | 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 | 5-2 |
| 8 | Ivor Howard beat Mervyn Kelly (3-1) | 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9 | 6-2 |
| 9 | Alan Bolding beat Russell Penn (3-2) | 4-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-6 | 7-2 |
| 10 | Ioan Constantin lost to David Wackrill (0-3) | 6-11, 6-11, 9-11 | 7-3 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Phoenix | 24 | 58.54 | 382 | 51.62 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 17 | 41.46 | 358 | 48.38 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Phoenix | Ioan Constantin | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 54.55 | 214 | 107 | 50.00 |
| Milton Keynes Phoenix | Ivor Howard | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 46.15 | 231 | 110 | 47.62 |
| Milton Keynes Phoenix | Alan Bolding | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 69.23 | 225 | 124 | 55.11 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 42.86 | 253 | 126 | 49.80 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 60.00 | 167 | 86 | 51.50 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 30.77 | 250 | 117 | 46.80 |
| Match date | Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Premier Division |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2022-2023 |
| Legs played | 41 |
| Points played | 740 |
Published 10/05/2024 08:59 by David Wackrill; edited 1 times, last on 10/05/2024 08:59 by David Wackrill.
DEBUT WIN COMES HOWARD’S WAY
Well into the evening a joyful cry of ‘YES’ could be heard echoing around a pretty much empty MK clubroom, the participants of the other Wednesday night matches having long since departed with the exception of genial John Bradbury, patiently waiting to lock up the premises. A split second earlier the protagonist responsible, Phoenix’ Ivor Howard, had hit a peach of a forehand drive, the final shot against Topspin’s Mervyn Kelly to give his team victory with an unassailable 6-2 lead. More importantly though, Ivor had broken his duck in recording his first ever Premier singles win.
“What, still two games to go?” says a surprised John. But they didn’t take long, rattled off in half an hour across two tables with everyone home before midnight, so no bother. A win for Alan Bolding over Russell Penn and a loss for Ioan Constantin against me put the match to bed with Phoenix triumphant 7-3.
My Topspin team always enjoy our matches with Phoenix, who’ve we’ve played 14 times now since our formation in 2015, more than any other opponent (and we’re still ahead on matches won!). Last season we managed to register all three results (win,lose,draw), and they’re nearly always close encounters.
Man of the match : Alan BoldIing
Well into the evening a joyful cry of ‘YES’ could be heard echoing around a pretty much empty MK clubroom, the participants of the other Wednesday night matches having long since departed with the exception of genial John Bradbury, patiently waiting to lock up the premises. A split second earlier the protagonist responsible, Phoenix’ Ivor Howard, had hit a peach of a forehand drive, the final shot against Topspin’s Mervyn Kelly to give his team victory with an unassailable 6-2 lead. More importantly though, Ivor had broken his duck in recording his first ever Premier singles win.
“What, still two games to go?” says a surprised John. But they didn’t take long, rattled off in half an hour across two tables with everyone home before midnight, so no bother. A win for Alan Bolding over Russell Penn and a loss for Ioan Constantin against me put the match to bed with Phoenix triumphant 7-3.
My Topspin team always enjoy our matches with Phoenix, who’ve we’ve played 14 times now since our formation in 2015, more than any other opponent (and we’re still ahead on matches won!). Last season we managed to register all three results (win,lose,draw), and they’re nearly always close encounters.
Man of the match : Alan BoldIing