Milton Keynes Cavaliers 8-2 Chackmore Wannabes

League

Division Three

Wednesday 29 January 2025

Set	Result	Games	Score	Match score
1	John Bradley beat James Beckett	13-11, 11-3, 9-11, 11-7	3-1	1-0
2	Anjana Navalkissoor beat Colin Beckett	11-7, 11-7, 11-5	3-0	2-0
3	Chris Welch beat Charlie Harrison	13-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-0	3-1	3-0
4	John Bradley & Chris Welch lost to Colin Beckett & James Beckett	11-3, 11-5, 10-12, 10-12, 9-11	2-3	3-1
5	Anjana Navalkissoor lost to James Beckett	7-11, 8-11, 3-11	0-3	3-2
6	John Bradley v Charlie Harrison: finished early because the away player retired.	11-6	1-0	4-2
7	Chris Welch beat Colin Beckett	6-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7	3-2	5-2
8	Anjana Navalkissoor v Charlie Harrison: not played because the away player pulled out.	Not applicable	0-0	6-2
9	Chris Welch v James Beckett: not played because the away player pulled out.	Not applicable	0-0	7-2
10	John Bradley v Colin Beckett: not played because the away player pulled out.	Not applicable	0-0	8-2

Team summaries

Team	Games won	Games average (%)	Points won	Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Cavaliers	15	60.00	250	55.19
Chackmore Wannabes	10	40.00	203	44.81

Player summaries

Player	Sets played	Sets won	Games played	Games won	Games average (%)	Points played	Points won	Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Cavaliers
John Bradley	3	3	5	4	80.00	93	55	59.14
Anjana Navalkissoor	3	2	6	3	50.00	103	51	49.51
Chris Welch	3	3	9	6	66.67	163	93	57.06
Chackmore Wannabes
James Beckett	3	1	7	4	57.14	127	65	51.18
Colin Beckett	3	0	8	2	25.00	144	62	43.06
Charlie Harrison	3	0	5	1	20.00	88	33	37.50

Match details

Date	Wednesday 29 January 2025
Start time	19:30
Competition	League
Division	Division Three
Venue	Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre
Season	2024-2025
Games played	25
Points played	453

Report

Published 08/04/2025 03:38 by Chris Welch; edited 1 times, last on 08/04/2025 03:38 by Chris Welch.

Always an enjoyable match when Cavaliers play Chackmore Wannabes, we started off well enough with Cavaliers wins in the first three games, John Bradley getting an excellent win against James Beckett, Anjana Navalkissoor beating Colin Beckett and Chris Welch getting a win against Charlie Harrison, although Charlie managed a much improved performance to the last encounter, winning a leg.

The doubles went well for the Cavaliers pairing of Chris and John in the first two games, with the familiar Beckett brothers partnership improving well in the following three games and taking a well-deserved and fought for first point of the match.

The second round of singles sets kicked off with James playing very well against an in-form Anjana and managing a straight games win. The sparring of John and Charlie then took place and it was clear something wasn't right with Charlie - he finished the first game, in which John took the spoils, and then stopped with chest pains. It was clear he wasn't feeling well. A decision was taken by Chackmore to play the next game, with Charlie pulling out of his final singles as well, and then see how he felt. Chris and Colin then played, with Colin taking the first two games and Chris managing a comeback in the final three, a familiar old story between this pair of sets going the distance regardless of who gets the win.

Charlie was still not feeling well and so Chackmore understandably decided to get him home - thoughts obviously are with Charlie and we're all hoping he makes a quick recovery. The score could easily have got to 3 or 4 for Chackmore, but obviously priorities lie with ensuring your teammate is okay and resting - the right decision.