Milton Keynes Topspin 4-6 Milton Keynes Pumas
Monday 18 March 2019
Game | Result | Score | Match score |
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1 | David Wackrill lost to Andy Smith (1-3) | 11-9, 11-13, 8-11, 3-11 | 0-1 |
2 | Mervyn Kelly beat Chris Belton (3-2) | 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8 | 1-1 |
3 | Masoud Nassor lost to Keith Carrington (2-3) | 5-11, 12-10, 7-11, 12-10, 8-11 | 1-2 |
4 | Mervyn Kelly and David Wackrill lost to Chris Belton and Andy Smith (0-3) | 6-11, 9-11, 9-11 | 1-3 |
5 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Andy Smith (1-3) | 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 9-11 | 1-4 |
6 | David Wackrill beat Keith Carrington (3-0) | 11-7, 12-10, 11-9 | 2-4 |
7 | Masoud Nassor lost to Chris Belton (0-3) | 4-11, 8-11, 3-11 | 2-5 |
8 | Mervyn Kelly beat Keith Carrington (3-1) | 11-7, 11-8, 12-14, 11-4 | 3-5 |
9 | Masoud Nassor lost to Andy Smith (1-3) | 11-9, 6-11, 8-11, 4-11 | 3-6 |
10 | David Wackrill beat Chris Belton (3-2) | 4-11, 8-11, 11-8, 16-14, 11-3 | 4-6 |
Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
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Milton Keynes Topspin | 17 | 42.50 | 358 | 47.80 |
Milton Keynes Pumas | 23 | 57.50 | 391 | 52.20 |
Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
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Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 58.33 | 234 | 117 | 50.00 |
Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 53.85 | 242 | 129 | 53.31 |
Milton Keynes Topspin | Masoud Nassor | 3 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 25.00 | 216 | 88 | 40.74 |
Milton Keynes Pumas | Andy Smith | 3 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 75.00 | 220 | 124 | 56.36 |
Milton Keynes Pumas | Chris Belton | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 53.85 | 237 | 122 | 51.48 |
Milton Keynes Pumas | Keith Carrington | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | 235 | 112 | 47.66 |
Masoud Nassor played on loan from Milton Keynes Classics in Division Two.
Match date | Monday, 18 March 2019 at 19:30 |
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Competition | League |
Division | Division One |
Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
Season | 2018-2019 |
Legs played | 40 |
Points played | 749 |
Published 28/03/2024 09:13 by David Wackrill.
TITLE FOR PHOENIX
Congratulations to MK Phoenix who won the Division tonight as my Topspin team failed to gain the 7 sets required to take the championship for ourselves. Bit surprised though that no-one from Phoenix was here to witness their triumph. Had the roles been reversed, wild horses would not have kept me away (and cheering on Pumas vociferously). The final nail in our coffin came in the 5th set when the indomitable Andy Smith beat Mervyn Kelly over 4 games to sent us 4-1 down and put the elusive title out of reach. Prior to that we had of course made a disaesterous start with just the one win when Mervyn beat Chris Belton in 5 tough games. Mervyn came into the match needing a hat-trick for an overall 50% average in his Topspin ‘career’ in this, his 53rd match, but his defeat to Andy put a stop to that.
Our failure to win the League though could be put down to our shocking doubles record throughout the season with only 3 sets won, 9 fewer than Phoenix. Last year’s winners Greenleys Warriors got away with only 4 doubles wins but we couldn’t even eaqual that record. Tonight was typical of our season’s doubles play with a straight games defeat.
In this match Mervyn and I won 2 each for Topspin and Andy walked away with yet another maximum for Pumas. I had to save 3 match points against Chris Belton along the way, his standard of play as always making a mockery of his far too modest average. A winless Masoud Nassor played up from division 2 for Topspin whilst Keith Carrington completed the Pumas’ compliment.