The Lithgow Table Tennis Association has launched its Winter Competition and four teams will do battle with a champion to be crowned in the Grand Final set down for September 1.
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The Association is also trialling a new handicap system that will be assessed at season's end.
Grippers and Smashes played a strange match that ultimately was decided in the last rubber.
Grippers won the opening four rubbers all 2-1 for a solid 8-4 advantage, but the single games that Smashes picked up would prove invaluable later on. A 6-2 Smashes run saw them draw level at 10-all and the teams split the last two singles to see the match delicately poised at 12-apiece entering the doubles.
Smashes took both quite comfortably though to secure the come-from-behind victory, 16-12.
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Smashes shared the spoils with no one standing out as Matthew Kappos went 5-3, Linda Kappos 4-5 and Shane Eagle 3-4.
Lou Kappos (6-2) was best for Grippers, while Pauline Wellfare covered the distance at 4-5 and Mark McAulay finished 2-5.
The match between Charolais and Choppers saw Choppers pinch an early 4-1 break and they looked strong.
Charolais fought back to lead briefly at 5-4 before Choppers again went ahead 8-7 deep into the match. Charolais stepped on the gas from there, and took the last eight games unanswered for a comfortable 15-8 triumph.
Peter Jaccoud hit the ground running for Charolais, posting the competition's first perfect 6-0 record, with Jason Bailey returning 3-4 and Sean Jenkins 2-4.
Leon Rust was the only Chopper to make it into positive territory at 4-2, while Riza Wiradi went 2-4 and Maurie Poole 2-5.
Pointscore: Charolais 4, Smashes 4, Grippers 1, Choppers 0.
This Week's Matches: Round 2; Smashes v Charolais. Grippers v Choppers.
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