Lithgow table tennis Winter competiton

By John Cox
February 21 2017 - 5:30am

The doubles rubbers proved vital in both matches, with the winning sides being those that had the better combinations. Equal leaders Emuz looked in deep trouble when Charolais won the first three rubbers all 2-1 and tacked on a 2-0 win in the fourth to hold a commanding 8-3 advantage. Emuz finally found their feet and a 6-1 run saw the match evenly poised at 9-all. At the completion of the singles rubbers Emuz had hit the front for the first time with a slender one game lead, 12-11. Emuz snatched a tight 2-1 victory in the first doubles to go further ahead at 14-12 which meant Charolais had to win the second 2-0 to force a tie. Emuz would not be denied though, and took it 2-0 themselves to run out 16-12 victors. Eric Joyce turned in a 5-2 result for Emuz, just pipping Riza Wiradi (5-3) for best record, while Linda Kappos struggled to a 2-6 record. Winning both doubles by a combined four games to one got Emuz through. Mal Jefferies finished at 4-3 for Charolais. Dave Mays went the distance in each of his three singles rubbers to record 5-4 while Sean Jenkins was below his best at 2-5. Loopers took on Spinners. Spinners held a lead of 4-1, 6-3 and 8-5. However, a 6-1 Loopers run to close out the singles saw them hit the front at 11-9 with only the two doubles left. Spinners regrouped just in time, stopping the Loopers' surge with a 2-0 win in the first doubles to tie the match up 11-all. This left the second doubles to decide the winner. The teams split the first two games before Spinners squeezed out a dramatic twelve points to ten win in the third game to snatch the victory and hand Loopers their first loss, 13-12.

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