Milton Keynes Topspin 5-5 Greenleys Eagles
League
Division One
Monday 12 November 2018
| Game | Result | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Wackrill lost to Iain Lindsay (2-3) | 11-7, 5-11, 9-11, 11-9, 8-11 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Mervyn Kelly beat Dave Plumb (3-0) | 11-3, 11-4, 11-6 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Russell Penn lost to Barry Bishop (1-3) | 6-11, 11-5, 4-11, 5-11 | 1-2 |
| 4 | Mervyn Kelly & David Wackrill lost to Barry Bishop & Iain Lindsay (1-3) | 11-6, 6-11, 10-12, 6-11 | 1-3 |
| 5 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Iain Lindsay (0-3) | 9-11, 7-11, 6-11 | 1-4 |
| 6 | David Wackrill beat Barry Bishop (3-0) | 11-9, 11-5, 13-11 | 2-4 |
| 7 | Russell Penn beat Dave Plumb (3-0) | 14-12, 11-4, 14-12 | 3-4 |
| 8 | Mervyn Kelly lost to Barry Bishop (0-3) | 5-11, 6-11, 7-11 | 3-5 |
| 9 | Russell Penn beat Iain Lindsay (3-1) | 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-6 | 4-5 |
| 10 | David Wackrill beat Dave Plumb (3-1) | 11-2, 10-12, 11-6, 11-5 | 5-5 |
| Team | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | 19 | 52.78 | 335 | 51.94 |
| Greenleys Eagles | 17 | 47.22 | 310 | 48.06 |
| Team | Player | Games played | Games won | Legs played | Legs won | Legs average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Keynes Topspin | David Wackrill | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 66.67 | 221 | 122 | 55.20 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Mervyn Kelly | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 33.33 | 152 | 73 | 48.03 |
| Milton Keynes Topspin | Russell Penn | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 63.64 | 199 | 107 | 53.77 |
| Greenleys Eagles | Iain Lindsay | 3 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 58.33 | 216 | 108 | 50.00 |
| Greenleys Eagles | Dave Plumb | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10.00 | 181 | 66 | 36.46 |
| Greenleys Eagles | Barry Bishop | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 60.00 | 175 | 96 | 54.86 |
| Date | Monday 12 November 2018 |
|---|---|
| Start time | 19:30 |
| Competition | League |
| Division | Division One |
| Venue | Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre |
| Season | 2018-2019 |
| Legs played | 36 |
| Points played | 645 |
Published 22/12/2024 21:59 by David Wackrill; edited 1 times, last on 22/12/2024 21:59 by David Wackrill.
RUSSELL TO THE RESCUE AS HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
My Topspin team kept our unbeaten record for the season after a gutsy display tonight. As an ecstatic Mervyn Kelly succinctly put it “We snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat”, coming back from 3-5 down when all seemed lost.
My Topspin team kept our unbeaten record for the season after a gutsy display tonight. As an ecstatic Mervyn Kelly succinctly put it “We snatched a draw from the jaws of defeat”, coming back from 3-5 down when all seemed lost.
The crucial 9th set was played out between Russell Penn and Iain Lindsay. Earlier in the match Iain had looked invincible when beating me in 5 games first up and then Mervyn in straight games whereas Russell was in a bad shape, losing tamely to Barry Bishop and struggling against Dave Plumb, when forced to rescue game points in separate legs. Then I recalled Russell’s startling ability to pull the proverbial ‘rabbit out of the hat’ as history shows that he can turn his form round in a flash. I remembered that he turned over Dan Sawkiewicz and Michael Wilkins on different ocassions but in identical circumstances to the challenge he faced from Iain. And right from the start of the set he was all over Iain, hitting classy winners from all parts of the table to win comfortably with just a small blip at the end of the 3rd game when he allowed Iain to sneak home. Fantastic. No one in this division plays like Russell when he's in full flow.
I went on to seal the draw with a win over Dave in the final set. However once again this match showed how important the doubles can be as our loss here (Mervyn/me v Iain/Barry in an excellent set) cost us the team’s 100% winning record. So it was 2 wins each for Russell and me for Topspin and 2 wins each for Iain and Barry for Eagles. Good match and well played all.