Milton Keynes Topspin 9-1 Leighton Buzzard Van Hire
Wednesday 18 October 2023
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wackrill beat Fabrice Spelta (3-1) | 9-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Jiten Pitamber beat Sophie Storey (3-0) | 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 | 2-0 |
| 3 | Russell Penn beat Mateusz Browarnik (3-2) | 6-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-9, 11-9 | 3-0 |
| 4 | Russell Penn and Jiten Pitamber beat Mateusz Browarnik and Fabrice Spelta (3-1) | 13-11, 11-8, 8-11, 12-10 | 4-0 |
| 5 | Jiten Pitamber beat Fabrice Spelta (3-0) | 11-6, 12-10, 12-10 | 5-0 |
| 6 | David Wackrill beat Mateusz Browarnik (3-1) | 11-4, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5 | 6-0 |
| 7 | Russell Penn beat Sophie Storey (3-0) | 11-9, 11-6, 12-10 | 7-0 |
| 8 | Jiten Pitamber beat Mateusz Browarnik (3-0) | 11-9, 11-3, 11-4 | 8-0 |
| 9 | Russell Penn lost to Fabrice Spelta (2-3) | 6-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-6, 11-13 | 8-1 |
| 10 | David Wackrill beat Sophie Storey (3-0) | 11-7, 11-6, 11-4 | 9-1 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 29 | 78.38 | 390 | 56.36 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | 8 | 21.62 | 302 | 43.64 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 81.82 | 190 | 117 | 61.58 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Jiten Pitamber | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 100.00 | 166 | 101 | 60.84 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 61.54 | 252 | 128 | 50.79 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | Fabrice Spelta | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | 225 | 105 | 46.67 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | Sophie Storey | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.00 | 165 | 65 | 39.39 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | Mateusz Browarnik | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25.00 | 218 | 92 | 42.20 |
| Match date | Wednesday, 18 October 2023 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2023-2024 |
| Legs played | 37 |
| Points played | 692 |
Published 28/04/2024 05:30 by David Wackrill.
VAN MEN SENT PACKIN’ AT LAST
Hurray! My Topspin side are celebrating our first win over Van Hire since 2017 after a run of 5 consecutive defeats, including the 3 meetings last year when we were both in the Premier. So far this campaign though, the respective teams have enjoyed vastly differing fortunes. Topspin are flying whilst Van Hire are struggling in the drop zone to Div 2. And so it continued here.
The Leighton Buzzard club team came to MK with an overload of players due to a misunderstanding in their ranks. Andy Fiske was the man who missed out while Sophie Storey, Mateusz Browarnik and skipper Fabrice Spelta featured in the match. Topspin went with Jit Pitamber, Russell Penn and myself this time.
Fabrice started against me. Last time we met I was annihilated with some fast hitting and it looked like going the same way again as he raced into an 8-1 lead in the opening game within the first minute. But, thankfully, the onslaught was unsustained and I managed to turn the match around and establish the pattern of home wins for the evening.
Russell looked down and out in his opening set when trailing 8-3 in the decider against Mateusz but you can never write him off and he duly bounced back brilliantly to snatch the win at deuce. However, his luck ran out in the penultimate set of the match when Fabrice beat him 13-11 in the 5th to snatch Van Hire’s sole success.
Jit looked untroubled throughout as he polished off his opponents with straight game wins. A good night’s work for the Lutonian as he prepares for a weekend tournament in Preston. Best of luck to Jit there.
Man of the match : Jit Pitamber