Milton Keynes Topspin 6-4 Milton Keynes Hit 'n' Hope
Wednesday 20 October 2021
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wackrill lost to Paul Tompkins (0-3) | 0-11, 8-11, 9-11 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Russell Penn beat Ivor Howard (3-2) | 11-8, 14-16, 8-11, 11-8, 11-8 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Marco Hahn (2-3) | 11-6, 11-9, 9-11, 6-11, 7-11 | 1-2 |
| 4 | Mervyn Kelly and Russell Penn beat Marco Hahn and Paul Tompkins (3-1) | 11-7, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8 | 2-2 |
| 5 | Russell Penn beat Paul Tompkins (3-1) | 11-6, 8-11, 14-12, 11-9 | 3-2 |
| 6 | David Wackrill beat Marco Hahn (3-0) | 11-6, 11-6, 11-8 | 4-2 |
| 7 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Ivor Howard (1-3) | 5-11, 11-13, 11-6, 5-11 | 4-3 |
| 8 | Russell Penn beat Marco Hahn (3-0) | 11-6, 15-13, 11-7 | 5-3 |
| 9 | Mervyn Kelly beat Paul Tompkins (3-0) | 11-8, 11-9, 11-4 | 6-3 |
| 10 | David Wackrill lost to Ivor Howard (0-3) | 9-11, 3-11, 6-11 | 6-4 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 21 | 56.76 | 351 | 50.50 |
| Milton Keynes Hit 'n' Hope | 16 | 43.24 | 344 | 49.50 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 154 | 68 | 44.16 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 75.00 | 251 | 136 | 54.18 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 50.00 | 219 | 109 | 49.77 |
| Milton Keynes Hit 'n' Hope | Paul Tompkins | 3 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 40.00 | 186 | 92 | 49.46 |
| Milton Keynes Hit 'n' Hope | Ivor Howard | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 66.67 | 230 | 125 | 54.35 |
| Milton Keynes Hit 'n' Hope | Marco Hahn | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 27.27 | 208 | 94 | 45.19 |
| Match date | Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at 19:30 |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2021-2022 |
| Legs played | 37 |
| Points played | 695 |
Published 29/04/2024 22:14 by David Wackrill.
TOPSPIN TOPDOGS
It’s great to be back playing competitely again, as I’m sure everyone in the League will agree.
We at Topspin suffered relegation from the Premier last year, 7th place not being good enough to retain our top flight status, and am looking to bounce back at the first opportunity. Our opening opponents here, club-mates up from Division 2, will themselves want to establish a foothold in the Division so a hard fought match was expected and did not disappoint.
I kicked off against Paul Tompkins and was thumped 11-0 in the opening game before establishing decent leads in the 2ns & 3rd games which Paul fought back from to win in straight games, although he never won another game all night. Fortunes swayed to and fro in the 2nd set with Russell Penn struggling to beat Ivor Howard 11-8 in the 5th to level the scores. Mervyn Kelly then started brilliantly against Marco Hahn and was 2 games up with a 9-8 lead in the 3rd before Marco got his big spin style flowing nicely to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The doubles proved crucial for us with a rare victory for the Russell/Mervyn combo, just their 2nd from the last 13, in a fine gritty performance to square the match once more.
The even contest also went to 3-3 before we pulled away into an unassailable 6-3 led, only for me to lose again at the end, this time round to Ivor, also in straight games.
So a decent match in which Topspin skipper Russell was outstanding with a fine hat-trick. and a wonderful quote from a frusrrated Paul to his team-mates in between games against him. “He keeps hitting the ball back” Paul was heard to say.
Man of the match : Russell Penn.