Open University Primes 6-4 Milton Keynes Topspin
Monday 18 December 2023
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Wong beat David Wackrill (3-0) | 11-9, 12-10, 11-3 | 1-0 |
| 2 | Ning He lost to Mervyn Kelly (2-3) | 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-9, 13-15 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Andy Tan beat Jiten Pitamber (3-0) | 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Andy Tan and Patrick Wong lost to Mervyn Kelly and Jiten Pitamber (1-3) | 4-11, 10-12, 11-0, 4-11 | 2-2 |
| 5 | Ning He beat David Wackrill (3-2) | 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7 | 3-2 |
| 6 | Patrick Wong lost to Jiten Pitamber (2-3) | 8-11, 11-7, 12-14, 13-11, 6-11 | 3-3 |
| 7 | Andy Tan beat Mervyn Kelly (3-1) | 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8 | 4-3 |
| 8 | Ning He lost to Jiten Pitamber (0-3) | 9-11, 10-12, 4-11 | 4-4 |
| 9 | Andy Tan beat David Wackrill (3-0) | 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 | 5-4 |
| 10 | Patrick Wong beat Mervyn Kelly (3-0) | 12-10, 11-8, 19-17 | 6-4 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open University Primes | 23 | 60.53 | 387 | 53.09 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 15 | 39.47 | 342 | 46.91 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open University Primes | Patrick Wong | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 72.73 | 237 | 126 | 53.16 |
| Open University Primes | Ning He | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 38.46 | 259 | 124 | 47.88 |
| Open University Primes | Andy Tan | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 90.00 | 170 | 108 | 63.53 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | 196 | 80 | 40.82 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | 258 | 122 | 47.29 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Jiten Pitamber | 3 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 54.55 | 212 | 106 | 50.00 |
| Match date | Monday, 18 December 2023 at 19:30 (originally scheduled for Thursday, 21 December 2023) |
|---|---|
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Open University |
| Season | 2023-2024 |
| Legs played | 38 |
| Points played | 729 |
Published 28/04/2024 05:43 by David Wackrill.
TOPSPIN TAKE A ‘TANNING’ BUT STILL MAKE IT TO CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE
Back to back defeats are hardly the stuff champions are made of, but for now my Topspin side are top of the tree and will have remained so for over 100 days by the time we play again in January.
Our genial OU hosts changed both the date and venue of this fixture, as we played at the club studio on this occasion with Patrick Wong. Andy Tan and Ning He facing off against Jit Pitamber, Mervyn Kelly and myself.
The Primes, shooting for top position themselves, certainly made it tough going all the way for Topspin as we had to equalize the match score 4 times over before finally capitulating in the last 2 sets of the night (both in straight games too). But by then Jit had made the Christmas top spot safe by winning our 4th set of the night.
A terrific hat-trick by Andy, with just one game dropped, was supported by a brace from Patrick and a single from Ning which saw the Primes home. In response Topspin‘s Jit bagged a brace, Mervyn one and the pair took the doubles between them (incidentally taking them to 2nd place in the doubles averages). Zero for me but a magnificent match nonetheless.
Man of the match : Andy Tan
Back to back defeats are hardly the stuff champions are made of, but for now my Topspin side are top of the tree and will have remained so for over 100 days by the time we play again in January.
Our genial OU hosts changed both the date and venue of this fixture, as we played at the club studio on this occasion with Patrick Wong. Andy Tan and Ning He facing off against Jit Pitamber, Mervyn Kelly and myself.
The Primes, shooting for top position themselves, certainly made it tough going all the way for Topspin as we had to equalize the match score 4 times over before finally capitulating in the last 2 sets of the night (both in straight games too). But by then Jit had made the Christmas top spot safe by winning our 4th set of the night.
A terrific hat-trick by Andy, with just one game dropped, was supported by a brace from Patrick and a single from Ning which saw the Primes home. In response Topspin‘s Jit bagged a brace, Mervyn one and the pair took the doubles between them (incidentally taking them to 2nd place in the doubles averages). Zero for me but a magnificent match nonetheless.
Man of the match : Andy Tan