West Cornwall Table Tennis League week two round-up

THE first Falmouth Docks Premier derby in several years saw the A team see off their B counterparts 9-1 at the Dracaena Centre on Tuesday, October 6.

Despite several close matches throughout the night, the trio of Aiden Rollason, Joe Tuffery and Logan Hodgson won all of their singles, although they were denied a whitewash in the doubles.

Champions Bridge A continued their good start with a 7-3 success over Bridge B.

Tom Clack kept up his 100% record with a hat-trick, although Dave Plumb was denied a treble of his own by an inspired performance from the returning Steve Lobb who also picked up a brace.

The West Cornwall derby between Cape Cornwall A and Mounts Bay A went the way of the hosts in a 6-4 victory as Thomas Trembath and Tom Wheatley both beat Mark Cock on the way to trebles, while David Sillifant and Richard Ryan both enjoyed hat-tricks in People’s Palace A’s 8-2 success over St Austell C.

The closest match of the week in the Premier saw Bridge D hold St Austell B to a 5-5 draw, youngster Fynn Fleming continuing his fine first campaign in the top division with a hat-trick. Elsewhere, St Austell A put nine points on the board at home to Bridge C, Dave Waddington and Doru Florescu proving too strong for the visitors in the singles and doubles.

Creekside B took on their A team counterparts in Division One and after a close evening, emerged 7-3 victors helped by hat-tricks for Joe Wood and Ben Charity.

That was the same scoreline that St Austell D saw off Mounts Bay C by despite a hat-trick from Nigel Cock as Jaydon Lehane, Alex Brewer and Ryan Bowler all stood firm in the rest.

Godolphin A proved too strong for their Penpol counterparts as Rick Gonzalez and Corin Trevena both enjoyed three successes in a 9-1 win, while Cape Cornwall B earned their first victory of the season – 6-4 – at Falmouth Docks D who saw Joe Leach win all three. Scott Harvey and Jessica May won twice before combining to take the doubles.

St Austell F continue to set the early pace in Division Two with a 8-2 success at Falmouth Docks B, led by trebles from Robin Trethowan and Tim Hodder, while there were three 7-3 wins for Godolphin C, Cape Cornwall C and Godolphin B as Stevie Hicks (Godolphin C) and Sam Yeo (Cape Cornwall C) both recorded trebles for the winning teams. Godolphin B’s success saw braces for William Trott, Peter Drew and Nathan Jones as Darrian Gay beat all three for Penpol B’s points.

Matches involving St Agnes A and St Austell E were both postponed.

In the bottom division, Godolphin D whitewashed St Austell I who made the long trip to Helston with just two as Jonathan Bradbury, Peter Yung and Graham Mcevoy were all unbeaten, while there were emphatic 9-1 successes for St Austell H at Penpol C and St Austell J over visiting Cape Cornwall F. Patrick King and Richard Parkin won all three for St Austell H, as did Dan King and Greg Honeywell at Tregorrick Park.

Elsewhere in the division, Cape Cornwall E’s long trip to St Austell K ended in a 7-3 victory which included Taylor Rowe’s treble, while it was all square between Cape Cornwall D and St Agnes B. Charlie Smith’s hat-trick gave the St Just-based side a draw despite braces from John Hart and Marcus Rogers.