Round 1
Table Tennis has returned to the Irymple Leisure Centre with round one of the new senior pennant taking place. A feature of the round was the closeness of the final scores with all matches decided by a 6-5 result.
Sunraysia’s leading player Joel Thomas , and exciting youngsters Dylan Wood and Casper McCarthy were making a return after a break while Daniel Jansen and Edi Re are making their debuts in pennant one.
They said that he would never don the Stta playing shirt – Here it is …. Edi Re making his debut for Regional Taxation Services. In a close contest, Re took out Liam Wood in a tight 5 setter and then was in a do or die clash in the 11th game decider against Daniel Jansen. Tied at 5 all Re took the first set but Daniel Jansen who debuted in P1 this Winter would not be denied taking out the final rubber 9-11, 11 – 9, 11 – 8, 11 – 7 to get Mallee Bearings over the line.
Pennant One:
Win | Loss | Pts | Rubbers | Games | % | % | |||
For | Agst | For | Agst | R | G | ||||
Choices Flooring Mildura | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 120% | 122% |
Mallee Bearings | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 120% | 105% |
Weightmans Packaging | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 120% | 95% |
Cookes Pools & Spas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 83% | 105% |
Regional Taxation Services | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 83% | 95% |
Tankard Dental | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 83% | 82% |
– Mallee Bearings 6 (Joel Thomas 3, Daniel Jansen 1) d Regional Taxation Services 5 (Andrew Cannard, Rohan Reimers 2, Edi Re 1)
In a further close tussle Joel Thomas steered his team Mallee Bearings to a 6-5 win over the determined Regional Taxation Services . Thomas has returned successfully to competition after a break winning three singles as well as teaming with Liam Wood and Daniel Jansen to taste success in both doubles.
With the scores locked at five rubbers all P1 debutants Jansen and RTS new player Edi Re took to the table to decide the four points. Earlier Re had been outstanding defeating the talented Liam Wood in an excellent five set scrap 10-12 13-11 10-12 11-7 15-13. Against Jansen he started strongly taking the first game before Jansen steadied to go on and win in a solid four set contest. The grading committee had recognised the excellent form of Jansen in the recently concluded pennant two competition and he showed why he deserved his promotion to pennant one. What a start to P1 by him.
The RTS team of Andrew Cannard , Rohan Reimers and Edi Re showed they could be a force as this pennant goes on.
– Weightmans Packaging 6 (Jackson Tung 3, Dylan Wood 2) d Cookes Pools & Spas 5 (Kate Carmichael 2, Russell Walder, Casper McCarthy 1)
Despite trailing 2-4 halfway through the match Weightman’s Packaging rallied to win the next four rubbers to secure the four points against Cooke’s Pools & Spas. Weightman’s skipper Jackson Tung started the season well winning three singles including a straight sets win over Kate Carmichael, he also teamed with team mate Lee Leeson to win the second doubles, a vital victory.
Team mate Dylan Wood also played a key role defeating both Russell Walder and Casper McCarthy in lengthy five setters.
For Cooke’s Kate Carmichael won two singles while McCarthy and Walder won one each.
– Choices Flooring Mildura 6 (Wayne Carmichael 3, Leon Brown 2) d Tankard Dental 5 (Paul Kealley 2, Thanh Nguyen. Reece Kurrle 1)
Choices Flooring Mildura started their match strongly against Tankard Dental racing out to a 5-1 lead courtesy of Wayne Carmichael and Leon Brown winning their first two singles respectively and combining to win the first doubles in four sets over Reece Kurrle and Thahn Nguyen.
Carmichael went on to win a third singles to enable his team to grab the four points as Tankard’s attempted a fight back. Despite his team going down Paul Kealley enjoyed a good night winning two singles as well as partnering Reece Kurrle in the second doubles to a four set win over Carmichael and Ed Hung.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total | % | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
WayneCarmichael | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Joel Thomas | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jackson Tung | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Cannard | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Dylan Wood | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Kate Carmichael | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Leon Brown | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Paul Kealley | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Rohan Reimers | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Casper McCarthy | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Daniel Jansen | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Edi Re | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Reece Kurrle | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Russell Walder | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Thanh Nguyen | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ed Hung | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Lee Leeson | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Liam Wood | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Fill-Ins | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pennant Two:
Win | Loss | Pts | Rubbers | Games | % | % | |||
For | Agst | For | Agst | R | G | ||||
Weightmans Packaging | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 267% | 208% |
Max Miller Carpets | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 120% | 121% |
Mallee Bearings | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 120% | 114% |
Cookes Pools & Spas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 24 | 83% | 88% |
Pinnacle Packers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 23 | 83% | 83% |
Mallee Meats | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 38% | 48% |
Weightmans Packaging scored an easy 8 rubbers to 3 win over Mallee Meats; and Mallee bearings and Choices Flooring Mildura had 6 rubbers to 5 wins against Cookes Pools & Spas and Pinnacle Packers respectively.
– Weightmans Packaging 8 (Quentin Clark 3, Brendan Alderton 2, Josh Arnold 1) d Mallee Meats 3 (Ashley Morrison 2, Rasin Bhuiyan 1)
Weightmans Packaging did everything well to score an impressive eight rubbers to three win against Mallee Meats in round one.
Captain Quentin Clark took three wins, Brendan Alderton (returning to the game after an absence of five or six years) picked up two, and Josh Arnold (subbing for Riley Clemence) defeated his opposite number David Sergi to pick up one win.
Weightmans Packaging took both doubles rubbers too; Clark and Alderson combining well to down Ashley Morrison and Rasin Bhuiyan in four sets, whilst the second rubber was over in straight sets – Clark and Arnold too good for Morrison and Sergi.
Final scores: 8 rubbers to 3 and 27 games to 13.
– Mallee Bearings 6 (Jamie Kealley 3. Terry Martin 2) d Cookes Pools & Spas 5 (Marcus Cimino 2, Tom Morrison, Michael Hensgen 1)
Mallee Bearings won a close contest against Cookes Pools & Spas, six rubbers to five.
The stand-out player was Mallee Bearings captain Jamie Kealley, who won three singles and helped Terry Martin to win one of the doubles rubbers.
Kealley had to work hard against Marcus Cimino on his way to those three singles wins – Cimino took Kealley to five sets, with Kealley taking the last 13-11.
The doubles rubbers were shared – the second doubles went to the Cookes Pools & Spas pairing of Michael Hensgen and Marcus Cimino. This was a five set win over Kealley and David Sergi (subbing for Therese Fitzpatrick).
Final scores: 6 rubbers to 5 and 24 games to 21.
– Choices Flooring Mildura 6 (Jeremy Corrin, Jason Gifkins 2) d Pinnacle Packers 5 (John Fitzpatrick 2, Andrew Jones, Peter Midgley 1).
Choices Flooring Mildura defeated Pinnacle Packers six rubbers to five in this first round.
Captain Jeremy Corrin and his number two Jason Gifkins did all the winning; Corrin won three singles, Gifkins two, and together they downed the Pinnacle Packers pair of Peter Midlgey and Andrew Jones in three sets in the first doubles.
Playing at number three, John Fitzpatrick was the best performed Pinnacle Packers player. John won two rubbers, whilst captain Peter Midgley and number two Andrew Jones won one each. With his captain, Fitzpatrick downed Corrin and Harry Gujral in the second doubles in four sets.
Final scores: 6 rubbers to 5 and 23 games to 19.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total | % | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Jamie Kealley | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Jeremy Corrin | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Quentin Clark | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Ashley Morrison | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
BrendanAlderton | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jason Gifkins | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
John Fitzpatrick | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Marcus Cimino | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Terry Martin | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Jones | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Michael Hensgen | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Midgley | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Rasin Bhuiyan | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Morrison | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
David Sergi | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Harry Gujral | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Riley Clemence | dp | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Therese Fitzpatrick | dp | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Fill-Ins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Josh Arnold | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
David Sergi | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pennant Three:
Win | Loss | Bye | Pts | Rubbers | Games | % | % | |||
For | Agst | For | Agst | R | G | |||||
Regional Taxation Services | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | 175% | 167% |
Weightmans Packaging | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 120% | 110% |
Exposed Signage/Apparel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 83% | 91% |
Sammy’s Slammers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 57% | 60% |
Mallee Meats | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Regional Taxation Services and Weightmans Packaging emerged victorious after round one play.
– Regional Taxation Services 7 (Peter Fitzpatrick, Sabrina Fitzpatrick, Sam Campbell 2) d Sammy’s Slammers 4 (James Jarvis 3)
The Regional Taxation Services trio of Peter Fitzpatrick, Sabrina Fitzpatrick and Sam Campbell each won two singles on their way to a seven rubbers to four victory against Sammy Slammers.
Regional Taxation Services also won the first doubles; husband and wife Peter and Sabrina Fitzpatrick accounting for James Jarvis and Nhat Dat in three sets.
But the rest of the night belonged pretty much to Sammy’s Slammers captain James Jarvis. Jarvis was undefeated in singles play, and with newcomer Hayden Wilson won the second doubles against Peter Fitzpatrick and Campbell in four sets.
The other stand-out match was the clash of the two number three’s – Regional Taxation’s Campbell and Sammy’s Slammers Wilson. These two played a great five setter in the final rubber of the night, giving encouragement to their respective captains for the season ahead.
Final scores: 7 rubbers to 4 and 25 games to 15.
– Weightmans Packaging 6 (Karly Leach 2, Ryan Peterson, Koby Grace 1) d Exposed Signage/Apparel 5 (Ryan Hensgen 3, Nick Kiapekos 2).
Exposed Signage & Apparel had to rely on wins in the doubles to get home in this match against Weightmans Packaging.
Ryan Hensgen (subbing for Marita Grace) dominated singles play, picking up- three wins for his side, Exposed Signage & Apparel.
His number two Nick Kiapekos played well to win two rubbers, but that is where the winning ended for Exposed Signage & Apparel.
Weightmans Packaging captain Ryan Peterson could only win one singles rubber, as did his number three Koby Grace, whilst his number two Karly Leach kept the side in the game with two good wins. However that gave them only four of the nine singles rubbers, and thanks to some good play in the doubles rubbers, they won off the back to two four set victories – Peterson and Leach downing Hensgen and Kiapekos, then Peterson and Grace doing the same to Hensgen and Wendy Simpson.
Final scores: 6 rubbers to 5 and 22 games to 20.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total | % | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
James Jarvis | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Karly Leach | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Nick Kiapekos | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Peter Fitzpatrick | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
SabrinaFitzpatrick | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Sam Campbell | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Koby Grace | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ryan Peterson | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Andrew Kremor | b | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Glenn Leeson | b | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Hamish Smyth | b | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Hayden Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Marita Grace | dp | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Nhat Dat | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Wendy Simpson | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Fill-Ins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ryan Hensgen | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Pennant Four:
Win | Loss | Pts | Rubbers | Games | % | % | |||
For | Agst | For | Agst | R | G | ||||
Dunkley Scales | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 11 | 175% | 227% |
Mallee Meats | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 175% | 141% |
Tankard Dental | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 57% | 71% |
Weightmans Packaging | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 57% | 44% |
Well, how good is it to have the Season up and running. Summer doesn’t seem to want to leave us, which has been pretty uncomfortable at times. Everyone seemed to get through the first night, but be ready for another doozy next week. Take care and Drink plenty of Water.
Pennant four once again has 4 teams this year and this week there was only one of those who didn’t need a fill in.
– Dunkley Scales 7 (Tom Gilmour, Deegan Kerslake 2, Glenn Leeson 1) d Weightmans Packaging (Curtis Crabtree 3, Gary Leach 1)
The team of Dunkley Scales is : Tom Gilmore, Deegan Kerslake and Selma Mayne (Fill in for Selma was Glenn Leeson, who had to play Left handed and did a very good job of it. Weightmans Packaging’s Team is : Curtis Crabtree, Gary Leach and Raj Gujral.
The first Rubber was between Tom and Curtis, with their first set going to an amazing 21 / 19 in Curtis’s favor, which helped Curtis also grabbed the Rubber Win after three sets (21/19, 13/11, 11/8). Deegan then took on Gary and was a little too strong, giving Dunkley a win (11/8, 11/8, 11/3). The final match in this singles set saw Glenn take this one in three, against one of our new players, in Raj (11/6, 11/7, 11/3).
The first Doubles was a clear win to Dunkley with the combination of Tom and Deegan up against Curtis and Gary (11/6, 11/9, 11/3).
Deegan put up a good fight against Curtis, in a five setter, with the points going to Weightman’s (9/11, 11/5, 11/4, 7/11, 11/9). Tom added another win for Dunkley, with his game against Raj (11/2, 11/7, 11/7). Gary Leach marked up his first win against Glenn (11/8, 11/3, 11/7) , which put Dunkley one in front with four matches to come.
Tom and Glenn played well, to snatch another win in the Doubles (11/6, 12/10, 11/5).
Although Raj didn’t collect a win on the night, he has a solid game and will improve with every week. He came up against Deegan in this match, who had a three set win (11/7, 117, 11/5). This gave Dunkley Scales the win.
The two remaining matches saw Glenn being beaten by Curtis (11/5, 9/11, 11/5, 11/9). Gary gave it a good shot against Tom in the last but failed to gain a win (11/9, 11/8, 11/9).
WINNERS : Dunkley Scales – 7 to Weightman’s Packaging 4. Games 25 to 11.
The other Match being played was between Mallee Meats : Maria Starikov, Jen Leach and Jake Hines (fill in was Chetty Bonaccorso) and Tankard Dental : Ashley Gillespie, Ildi Healy and Conner Burnett (Nathan Beard was the fill in).
– Mallee Meats 7 (Maria Starikov, Jenny Leach 2, Cetty Bonaccorso 1) d Tankard Dental 4 (Ildi Healy, Nathan Beard 2)
In the Singles set, Jen battled out a close five setter against Ildi in the first match and penned in a win for Mallee (11/8, 8/11, 11/5, 12/14, 11/7). As usual when Maria and Nathan face one another, there are a lot of Rallies and this is exactly what the case was in this five setter. Maria came away with the win in an excellent match (12/10, 12/14, 8/11, 11/9, 11/4). Connor played his first competition game and showed he has a strong game, which will do well for him as the season goes on. He was beaten by Cetty, who played very well and has added a lot to her game (11/5, 11/5, 11/7).
Maria and Jen were pushed to four sets by Ildi and Nathan, but were able to mark up Mallee’s fourth Rubber win. (11/6, 5/11, 13/11, 11/8).
Ildi and Maria played a great game, with Ildi coming home in four sets to give Tankard their first Rubber. (11/7, 11/8, 4/11, 11/3). Conner gave Jen a scare, with his tricky serve, but Jen secured the win in three (11/8, 11/9, 11/8). The game between Cetty and Nathan was a beauty, with many rallies, which in the finish was won by Nathan (11/7, 12/10, 8/11, 11/6, 11/5).
Maria and Cetty put together a winning game, when they came up against Ilki and Conner, in the Doubles (11/5, 11/4, 11/4). This win gave Mallee Meats the win.
The last Singles bracket started with a comfortable win for Maria over Connor (11/6, 11/5, 11/3). Cetty gave it her best, but Ildi played the better and added a rubber to Tankards (11/8, 11/5, 11/7). Nathan is never easy to beat and Jen was reminded of that fact after their game, which was a comfortable win for him (11/6, 11/9, 11/5).
WINNERS : Mallee Meats 24 to Tankard Dental 17. Games: 24 to 17.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Total | % | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Curtis Crabtree | 3 | 3 | 100% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Deegan Kerslake | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ildi Healy | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jenny Leach | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Maria Starikov | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Tom Gilmour | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Gary Leach | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Ashley Gillespie | dp | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Conner Burnett | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Jake Hines | dp | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Raj Gujral | 0 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Selma Mayne | dp | 0 | #### | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Fill-Ins | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nathan Beard | 2 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
CettyBonaccorso | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Glenn Leeson | 1 | 1 | 33% | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Well done to the STTA ghost writer(s) on a great first round report. Hopefully it will be a little cooler for Round 2.