Spinners stole the jump on Charolais, opening up with a 4-0 burst and still looking comfortable at 8-5 nearing the midway point.

A 4-0 run from Charolais saw them hit the front for the first time at 9-8.

Spinners then replied winning four straight  games themselves to go into the doubles ahead 12-9.

The teams fought out two tough doubles rubbers but Spinners were able to secure both by 2-1 margins to close out a 16-11 victory.

Malcolm Jeffries led the way for Spinners at 6-1, with good support from Dave Mays (4-2), while Carol Poole (2-6) was below her best.

All of the Charolais players had up-and-down form on the night, as Sean Jenkins recorded 4-3, Sharnie Roberts 3-4 and Leon Rust 2-5.

Loopers took the first rubber 2-1 in their  match with Smashers but they never saw the lead again. Smashers surged ahead 5-3 and 12-6 before cruising to a comfortable 16-10 win.

Mark Watchorn turned around last week’s dismal 0-6 start to the season with the night’s only perfect 6-0 result.

While Riza Wiradi played three three-gamers for 5-4 and Megan Kappos lost several close games to go 2-6.

Roy Barlow broke even for Loopers at 4-4, while substitute Mark McAulay and Michael Wood both recorded 3-5.

The Wrecksavers – Grippers match was marred by Grippers going in a player short and automatically forfeiting eight games.

It may have been an interesting match with a full contingent as the score stood at 7-all after the singles before  Wrecksavers won the only doubles 2-0.

The bonus games saw the final score read Wrecksavers 17, Grippers 7.

It was even-stevens for Wrecksavers with Pauline Wellfare finishing 3-3, and both Linda Kappos and Maurie Poole going 2-2.

Lou Kappos (6-1) showed what could have been for Grippers, while a former member of the Association from several years ago, Gavin Lyons, put his hand up as a substitute but struggled to brush off the cobwebs with a 1-6 mark.

Pointscore: Spinners 8, Wrecksavers 8, Charolais 4, Smashers 4, Grippers 1, Loopers 0.

This Week’s Matches for Round 3 are; Loopers versus Spinners while Charolais plays against Grippers and Wrecksavers takes on Smashers.  

With the launch of the Winter Competition for 2018 players are happy to be back in competitive play. 

The Lithgow Table Tennis Association for the first time in several seasons has six teams facing-off for end-of-season honours.