Milton Keynes Topspin 0-10 Greenleys Kings
Monday 27 January 2020
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russell Penn lost to Nick Howard (2-3) | 11-5, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 10-12 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Guy Sparrow (0-3) | 7-11, 8-11, 5-11 | 0-2 |
| 3 | Andy Smith lost to Matt Haynes (0-3) | 1-11, 1-11, 6-11 | 0-3 |
| 4 | Mervyn Kelly and Russell Penn lost to Nick Howard and Matt Haynes (0-3) | 8-11, 6-11, 7-11 | 0-4 |
| 5 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Nick Howard (0-3) | 3-11, 6-11, 9-11 | 0-5 |
| 6 | Russell Penn lost to Matt Haynes (0-3) | 6-11, 4-11, 4-11 | 0-6 |
| 7 | Andy Smith lost to Guy Sparrow (2-3) | 5-11, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10, 11-13 | 0-7 |
| 8 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Matt Haynes (0-3) | 4-11, 1-11, 11-13 | 0-8 |
| 9 | Andy Smith lost to Nick Howard (2-3) | 6-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9, 7-11 | 0-9 |
| 10 | Russell Penn lost to Guy Sparrow (0-3) | 9-11, 8-11, 9-11 | 0-10 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 6 | 16.67 | 254 | 40.06 |
| Greenleys Titans | 30 | 83.33 | 380 | 59.94 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | 199 | 85 | 42.71 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 155 | 54 | 34.84 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Andy Smith | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 30.77 | 226 | 94 | 41.59 |
| Greenleys Kings | Nick Howard | 3 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 69.23 | 234 | 129 | 55.13 |
| Greenleys Kings | Guy Sparrow | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 81.82 | 207 | 117 | 56.52 |
| Greenleys Kings | Matt Haynes | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 100.00 | 139 | 101 | 72.66 |
Andy Smith played on loan from Milton Keynes Pumas in Division One.
| Match date | Monday, 27 January 2020 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Premier Division |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2019-2020 |
| Legs played | 36 |
| Points played | 634 |
Published 28/04/2024 08:06 by David Wackrill.
courtesy of Nick Howard
Kings topple TopSpin once more
The weird season continues, and that isn’t just in scheduling, but results as well!
For the second match in a row, TopSpin and the Kings met, although this time it was at the MK Centre in Kingston.
2 new faces joined the party, as Gary Smith (or as everyone apart from Russell calls him, Andy), replaced Dave Wackrill for the home team, alongside Melvyn Kelly and Russell Penn. Whilst Matt Haynes replaced Jordan Moss for the visitors to join Nick Howard and Guy Sparrow.
The last time these teams met, a whopping 5, 5 setters were on the cards, with the Kings taking 3 of them. No such luck tonight for a valiant TopSpin side.
Russell kicked things off against Nick, and showed off his well practiced speciality of sneaking some nets and edges. Andy noted after the match that he’d never seen so many in one match from one person - Just another weekday for Russell though!
It was nip and tuck through the whole match, but when Russell took a 5-0 lead in the 5th, the writing looked on the wall for the weary Kings captain. Unfortunately for Russell, the scoreline closed to 9-7 in his favour, before Howard clawed back to 10-10. 2 points later and the comeback was complete - A bitter pill to swallow for the stand in TopSpin skipper.
No such issues for Guy and Matt, as they saw off Mervyn and Andy in straight sets.
The next 3 matches were also over in a flash. Nick and Matt combined to beat Russell and Mervyn, before Nick took down Mervyn in 3 and Matt did the same to Russell.
Joint match of the night followed, as Andy had a prime opportunity to beat the in form Guy Sparrow. Another nail biter all the way through, as Andy pipped the 4th 12-10 to take it to a 5th, and had opportunities to win. Guy just about held his nerve to see him off 13-11 though!
Matt followed with another routine win against Mervyn, before Nick eeked out some more value from his night against Andy.
Topsy turvey sets through the first 4, resulted in a tight 5th set. A big lead at the crossover for Nick, but as was often the case on the night, the gap closed quickly, and Andy was level at 6-6. That was as good as it got for the stand in TopSpin, as Nick completed the treble with an 11-7 win.
Guy finished off the night with close 3-0 win against Russell.
Always enjoyable matches, and TopSpin will feel incredibly hard done by to only come away with 2 points from the 20.
8 five setters over the 2 matches - Incredible stuff.