Milton Keynes Topspin 7-3 Woburn Sands Data

League

Division One

Monday 4 February 2019

Set	Result	Games	Score	Match score
1	David Wackrill lost to James Molloy	4-11, 8-11, 9-11	0-3	0-1
2	Russell Penn beat Rob McPheat	11-7, 11-6, 11-7	3-0	1-1
3	Keegan Barstow v : not played because the away player pulled out.	Not applicable	0-0	2-1
4	Russell Penn & David Wackrill beat Rob McPheat & James Molloy	11-4, 7-11, 6-11, 11-4, 12-10	3-2	3-1
5	Russell Penn lost to James Molloy	5-11, 11-13, 11-8, 8-11	1-3	3-2
6	David Wackrill v : not played because the away player pulled out.	Not applicable	0-0	4-2
7	Keegan Barstow beat Rob McPheat	11-6, 14-12, 11-8	3-0	5-2
8	Russell Penn v : not played because the away player pulled out.	Not applicable	0-0	6-2
9	Keegan Barstow lost to James Molloy	11-8, 11-1, 4-11, 6-11, 5-11	2-3	6-3
10	David Wackrill beat Rob McPheat	11-8, 11-6, 2-11, 8-11, 11-7	3-2	7-3

Played on loan

Team summaries

Team	Games won	Games average (%)	Points won	Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Topspin	15	53.57	252	50.50
Woburn Sands Data	13	46.43	247	49.50

Player summaries

Player	Sets played	Sets won	Games played	Games won	Games average (%)	Points played	Points won	Points average (%)
Milton Keynes Topspin
David Wackrill	2	1	8	3	37.50	140	64	45.71
Russell Penn	2	1	7	4	57.14	131	68	51.91
Keegan Barstow	2	1	8	5	62.50	141	73	51.77
Woburn Sands Data
James Molloy	3	3	12	9	75.00	211	118	55.92
Rob McPheat	3	0	11	2	18.18	201	89	44.28

Played on loan

Keegan Barstow played on loan from Milton Keynes Tornadoes in Division Two.

Match details

Date	Monday 4 February 2019
Start time	19:30
Competition	League
Division	Division One
Venue	Milton Keynes Table Tennis Centre
Season	2018-2019
Games played	28
Points played	499

Report

Published 04/04/2025 19:23 by David Wackrill.

JAMES AND THE GIANT FOREHAND

Data are having a dreadful season, with just 2 wins so far, and look well set for relegation. They only managed to field 2 players tonight with skipper Dave McGarragh away sunning himself on some foreign shore and no reserves available.

But what’s all this gossip I hear about Data’s James Molloy’s supposed loss of form this season? Not on this evidence. He was brilliant here with his big hitting game flowing nicely from both wings, winning all 3 comfortably against us Topspin lads as usual. Rob McPheat blew hot and cold for Data though and we all managed to do enough to beat him, and take the doubles too (12-10 in the 5th) which was a rare Topspin treat and the first win of the season for Russell Penn and myself.

We gave a welcome MK League debut to Keegan Barstow in this match, his first outing in any league for over 30 months so he was a bit rusty and it showed. He likes to attack and has plenty of good shots in his locker so he should be a great addition to the side. Keegan has recently taken up a post with TTE over at Bradwell and came into the team for Topspin stalwart Mervyn Kelly, who is on the sick list and missed his first match in the last 48.

Despite our indifferent showing we stay top for yet another week. However, that could all change by the time we play again in a fortnight’s time with several sides hot on our heels.