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FINAL DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE - Week 21 Report Division 1
St Joseph A beat CCC D 10-0 A resounding finish to the season for the Division 1 Champions who fittingly finished their season with a perfect 18 wins out of 18 matches played. Craig Gascoyne and Max Tupper were both again undefeated (both dropped a game to Alex Celik) the former also finishing his superb season with a perfect 100% record. Team mate, Scott Cassin also finished the season in style, with wins over Jodie Le Maistre and Oliver Griggs 3-0, before coming back from 2-1 down in his final match to defeat Celik.
Pegasus beat CCC B 10-0 The defending champions finished their season with this emphatic victory to secure the runners up spot. Trevor Lefebvre was the only CCC player to put up any real resistance before going down against the strong Pegasus trio of Mariusz Cieminski (3-2), Jacob Wankowicz (3-1) and Josh Band (3-0). The match did see the welcome return of Josie Marshall after a longish absence, great news with the inter insular matches against the old enemy just over 1 month away.
CCC C beat St. Joseph B 7-3 this despite 3 wins from St. Joseph’s Tom Quinn over Tom Marsay, Tom Morgan and Kay Lefebvre 3-1. However, Tom’s young son, Philip, playing as reserve was unable to add to his father’s efforts, a similar comment applying to the not so wily veteran Barry Vibert, whose miserable season ended on a damp note.
Division 2
St. Mary beat CCC A 6-4 a win which resulted in the Parish side securing the Division 2 title. Darren Le Brun saved match points before beating Jodie Le Maistre 13-11 in the 5th game. He then lost 3-1 to Helen Liron but bounced back with a 3-0 victory over Kelsey Le Maistre. Barry Breuilly was 2-0 up before losing 3-2 to Kelsey. Breuilly then n beat Jodie 3-0 before losing 11-9 in the 5th game to Helen. Fred Coote beat Helen 3-2 then lost 3-0 to Kelsey before beating Jodie in 3 close games in the final match to ensure St. Mary’s win.
Victoria B beat CCC B 7-3. St. Mary’s win meant that Victoria had to settle for 2nd place in the league, Trevor Motto winning his 3, these including 5 sets successes over both Jeff Vincent and Martin Tupper David Hole was also unbeaten against Vincent, Tupper and Paul Hargreaves, who all fought back with wins over Peter Hinds. The tried and tested doubles duo of Motto and Hole took the doubles 3-1.
Pegasus beat St. Joseph 9-1. Matthieu Fisher came back from 2-1 down to beat Philip Quinn 3-2 then beat Emily Robins 3-1 and Timmy Boulter 3-0. Ewan Le Marquand was also in good form with 3 wins, dropping just one game to Robins. Reserve, Oren Le Marquand, demonstrated his rapid progress defeating Robins 3-1 and Boulter 3-0, before losing a close final match 3-2 to Quinn. Fisher and Oren Le Marquand rallied back from 2-1 down to overcome Quinn and Robins 3-2 in the doubles.
CCC C beat Victoria A 8-2 with 3 wins for Guilain Le Piouffle and a brace of victories for both Carol Milnes and the diminutive Jack Mills over the Victoria trio of Ed Le Quesne, Marcus Hawgood and Harry Messervy.
Division 3
The Division 3 championship will be decided by a play off match to take place next week involving CCC A and Victoria.
Victoria beat St Joseph 5-0. Victoria enjoyed a comfortable success in their final match, Harry Messervy defeating Andrew Tsang and David Quinn 3-0, with Adam Denny beating Tsang 3-1 and Quinn 3-2. Victoria won the doubles 3-0.
CCC A beat St Mary B 3-2 A much tighter affair for CCC with CCC’s Billy Hickling continuing his rich vein of from with wins over both Dot Kierys and Paul Moullin 3-0, Carl Duncan’s 3-1 success over Kierys 3-1 earning CCC A the 2 points.
Pegasus B beat Pegasus A 4-1 to edge above them into 3rd place Michael Fisher beat Charlie Hansford 3-0 but lost 16-14 in the 5th game to Tyler Gosselin after being 2-1 up. Oren Le Marquand beat Gosselin 3-0 and came back from 2-1 down to beat Hansford. Michael and Oren won the doubles 12-10 in the 5th game of an exciting encounter.
CCC B had a 5-0 win against St. Mary A with both St Mary players were unavailable.
Division 4
St. Joseph A beat St. Joseph B 5-0. Connor O’Shea and Tom Wallwork didn’t lose a game in singles or doubles against Wilfred Morris and Luc Miller . Victoria A beat Victoria B 4-1. Corey Stewart beat Charlie Hodges 3-2 after followed up with a 3-0 success against James Job 3-0. George Gautier lost 3-1 to Hodges but also proved too good for Job 3-0.
CCC A beat CCC B 3-2 despite 2 wins for the B side’s Dominic Rebindaine over Luke Duncan 3-2 in 5 close games and Marc Davies 3-0.
CCC C beat Pegasus 4-1 For CCC Jacob Gosselin beat Daniel Heaven 3-0 but lost 3-1 to the rapidly improving Victoria Barnes. With no second players for Pegasus that decided the match.
_______________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE - Week 20 Report Division 1
St Joseph A beat CCC C 9-1 A routine success for the Champions, who are now just one match away from the perfect season. Craig Gascoyne, who also remains undefeated for the season, did not lose a game in his 3 matches, with Max Tupper also unbeaten dropping games to both Tom Morgan and Tom Marsay. Scott Cassin beat Kay Lefebvre and Morgan 3-0 but lost 12-10 in the 5th game to the determined Marsay.
Pegasus beat CCC A 7-3 A win which saw Pegasus move into second place in the table and also provided further evidence of the talent of Pegasus’ 2 new Polish recruits. Mariusz Cieminski beat Eugene Ellis 11-7 in the 5th game and followed this with wins over Luke Walker 3-1 and Hugo Tupper 3-0. Jacob Wankowicz also overcame Tupper and Ellis 3-0 but then lost his final match 12-10 in the 5th game of an epic encounter against Walker, a fantastic result for the latter. Bruce Gallichan beat Walker and Tupper but lost out 3-0 to his old rival Ellis. Walker and Ellis beat the Polish duo 3-0 in the doubles, but it was Pegasus’ night.
CCC D beat St. Joseph B 7-3 A much need 2 points for CCC in this basement battle, despite an opening straights sets win for St. Joseph’s wily veteran Barry Vibert over Guilain Le Piouffle. The wily veteran found both Alex Celik and Glen Brown to be too good and despite 2 successes for Paul Routier (over Brown 3-2 and Le Piouffle 3-1) it was CCC who took the spoils.
Division 2
St. Mary beat CCC B Darren Le Brun was in good form for the parish side with 3 wins, the closest a 3-1 victory over Oliver Griggs in the final match with the last 2 games going past 10-all. Barry Breuilly beat Griggs and Martin Tupper but lost to Paul Hargreaves. Fred Coote was unable to add to St. Mery’s total and it was left to Darren Le Brun and Breuilly to take the doubles against Griggs and Hargreaves to ensure a St. Mary win.
Victoria B drew 5-5 with CCC A A dropped point for Victoria despite an undefeated performance from Trevor Motto who lost just the one game to Kelsey Le Maistre David Hole beat Jodie Le Maistre 3-0 before succumbing 3-0 to Kelsey and 11-9 in the 5th game to Helen Liron. Peter Hinds lost 11-8 in the 5th game to Liron after being 2-1 up, cam back with a 3-1 win over Jodie 3-1 before losing 3-1 to Kelsey. In the doubles, Helen and Kelsey beat Motto and Hole 3-1 to earn their side a deserved draw.
CCC C drew 5-5 with Pegasus. A. A 4th draw in a row for CCC thanks in the main to an inspired Guilain Le PIouffle who overcame Matthieu Fisher 3-2 in his final match following on from 3-0 victories over Oren and Ewan Le Marquand Carol Milnes lost 3-1 to both Fisher and Ewan but beat Oren 3-0. Jack Mills beat Oren 3-0, went 2-0 up against Fisher before losing 3-2 and also suffered the same fate against Ewan Fisher and Ewan Le Marquand beat Milnes and Le Piouffle 3-1 in the doubles.
Victoria A beat St. Joseph 10-0 Marcus Hawgood, Jack Messervy and reserve Chris Morshead did not drop a game against Emily Robins and reserves Timmy Boulter and Andrew Tsang. In the doubles Hawgood and Messervy beat Robins and Boulter 3-0
Division 3
2 emphatic wins this week for the joint league leaders
CCC A beat St. Mary A 5-0. For CCC Billy Hickling and Carl Duncan went out to St Mary and proved too strong for veterans Vic Roberts and Brian Nicolle.
Victoria beat Pegasus A 5-0. Harry Meservy beat Tyler Gosselin 3-0 and Charlie Hansford 3-1 with Chris Morshead defeating Hansford 3-0 and Gosselin 3-2 Victoria took the doubles 3-0.
CCC B beat St Mary B 3-2 For CCC Alex Bolton beat both Dot Kierys and Paul Moullin but Luke Duncan lost to both. However the CCC combined to take the doubles and the match.
Pegasus B beat St. Joseph 4-1 The progressive Michael Fisher enjoyed wins over both Timmy Boulter 3-1 and Andrew Tsang 3-0. Oren Le Marquand beat Tsang 3-1 but lost 13-11 to Boulter in the 5th game of the final match. Pegasus won the doubles 3-0
Division 4
St. Joseph A beat Victoria B 4-1 Connor O’Shea beat James Job 3-0 in close games but losing 11-8 in the 5th game to Charlie Hodges. Tom Wallwork beat both Job and Hodges 3-0. . . Victoria A beat St Joseph B 5-0. Corey Stewart and George Gautier beat both Wilfred Morris and Luc Miller 3-0 in singles, with the St. josephs duo taking one game off their opponents before losing the doubles
CCC C beat CCC B 4-1 Victoria Barnes beating Dominic Rebindaine 3-1 with Daniel Heaven going down 3-1 against Rebindaine
Pegasus beat CCC A 3-2 In the week’s closest match, Charlie Hansford beat Marc Davies and Nick Miller both 3-0. Jacob Gosselin beat Davies 3-0 but lost 3-0 to Miller, with Davies and Miller taking the doubles 11-9 in the 5th set. _______________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE - Week 19 Report Division 1 St Joseph A beat CCC B 10-0 3 emphatic wins in the first division this week with champions St. Josephs leading the way, Max Tupper, Craig Gascoyne and Scott Cassin powering to straight sets wins over the reserves who turned out for CCC B, Jodie and Kelsey Le Maistre plus Oliver Griggs. Pegasus beat CCC D 10-0. A similar story here as Josh Band teamed up with the impressive new polish duo of Jacob Wankowicz and Mariusz Cieminski as they whitewashed the league’s bottom side. Wankowicz was to drop his side’s only game of the night in his victory over Guilain Le Piouffle. CCC A beat St. Joseph B 9-1 A resounding win for the strong CCC team of Luke Walker, Eugene Ellis and Hugo Tupper. The highlight of the match was the sole St. Joseph’s success coming in the shape of wily veteran Barry Vibert. In a match of many long and spectacular rallies, Vibert came back from 9-7 down in the final set to defeat the shell shocked Tupper. Both players left the arena to richly deserved applause from the spectators, the sweat soaked wispy haired wily veteran resembling a large cockatoo that had been through a car wash……..but it had been worth all the effort. Division 2 St. Mary drew with CCC C 5-5 The league leaders, whose stuttering form continues, were grateful for the 3 wins of Barry Breuilly who overcame Jack Mills 3-0, Guilan Le Piouffle 3-1 and finally Carol Milnes 3-2, Breuilly showing great determination to fight back from 2-1down. Darren Le Brun opened with a 3-2 win against Le Piouffle, lost to Milnes 3-1 before defeating Jack Mills 3-1. With Ken Le Brun losing all his 3 singles matches and Mills and Le Piouffle taking the doubles 3-1 over Darren Le Brun and Breuilly, the points were shared. Victoria B beat St. Joseph 9-1 Victoria closed the gap at the top to just one point, David Hole and Trevor Motto both unbeaten, Jeremy Le Rossignol enjoying wins over Andrew Tsang and Timmy Boulter, but losing 3-2 to Emily Robins. Pegasus beat CCC B 6-4. Matthieu Fisher was in good form for Pegasus, winning each of his matches on 4 sets. Ewan Le Marquand beat Paul Hargreaves and Martin Tupper 3-0 but lost out 3-2 to an inspired Jeff Vincent, 14-12 in the 5th game. Reserve Oren Le Marquand played well without any reward and so it was left to Fisher and Ewan Le Marquand to complete the victory with a 3-1 doubles success over Vincent and Hargreaves. CCC A beat Victoria 4-1. A big win for CCC against the league leaders, a result which now throws the title race wide open, the match hinging on Billy Hickling’s victory over Chris Morshead, Hickling coming back from 2-0 down and taking the deciding 5th set 11-9. Pegasus A beat St Mary A 5-0. Pegasus remain on the heels of the top 2 sides following this win, the junior combination of Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford proving too strong for the Parish’s sides vintage duo of Brian Nicolle and Vic Roberts. St Joseph beat St Mary B 4-1 Andrew Tsang came back from 2-1 down to beat Dot Kierys 11-9 in the 5th game and also beat Paul Moullin 3-0. Timmy Boulter overcame Kierys 3-0 and Moullin 3-1. The St. Mary pair gained some consolation with a 3-0 doubles success. Pegasus B beat CCC B 5-0 with Oren Le Marquand defeating Jamie Henderson and Alex Bolton both 3-1, Michael Fisher going one better with straight sets victories. Pegasus lost the opening game before taking the doubles 3-1 Division 4 Victoria A beat Joseph A 3-2 in an extremely tight encounter and in doing so, inflicted a first defeat of the season for the league leaders. Corey Stewart beat Connor O’Shea 3-0 in close games but lost out 3-1 to Tom Wallwork. George Gautier came back from 2-0 down to beat Wallwork before losing 3-2 to O’Shea after having been 2-0 up. Stewart and Gautier crucially took the doubles over O’Shea and Wallwork, 11-9 in the 5th game, to claim the 2 points. CCC C beat CCC A 4-1 The rapidly improving Victoria Barnes was too strong for both Marc Davies and Luke Greenfield winning in straight sets and was well supported by Daniel Heaven who also beat Davies 3-0 before losing 3-1 to Greenfield. The CCC duo took the doubles 3-1. CCC B beat Pegasus 3-2 CCC’s Dominic Rebindaine taking the deciding match 3-0 over Jacob Gosselin 3-0 to gain his side victory. _______________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE - Week 18 Report Division 1
St Joseph A beat CCC A 8-2 St. Josephs deservedly clinched the Division 1 title with this victory over their nearest rivals in a match of very high quality table tennis and much tighter than the final result would suggest. For the champions, Max Tupper was in superb form with wins over Eugene Ellis 3-1, Luke Walker 3-2 and brother Hugo 3-1. Craig Gascoyne also won his 3 and remains unbeaten for the season, Gascoyne dropping games to Ellis and Tupper. Scott Cassin lost 3-0 to both Walker and Ellis but fought back with victory over Tupper, coming back from 2-0 down and taking the 5th and deciding set 11-9. In an excellent doubles encounter, Max Tupper and Gascoyne beat Walker and Ellis 3-1.
Pegasus beat CCC C 10-0. Pegasus introduced their 2 new signings and neither disappointed with both Jacob Wankowicz and Mariusz Cieminski unbeaten, all of their singles matches won in straights sets. Josh Band also won his 3 matches, taking 4 sets to defeat Tom Marsay, Tom Morgan and Kay Lefebvre. Bruce Gallichan teamed up with Wankowicz for a straight sets doubles success to seal this resounding victory for the dethroned 2009 champions
CCC B drew 5-5 with St. Joseph B a match which witnessed a welcome return to form for St. Joseph’s wily veteran, Barry Vibert. The light footed Vibert was in majestic form with victories over Jack Mills 3-0, Kelsey Le Maistre 3-2 and Jeff Vincent 3-1. Paul Routier also beat Mills 3-0 and Le Maistre 3-1 but lost 3-2 to super veteran Vincent, the latter coming back from 2-1 down. The young duo of Le Maistre and Mills rallied well to claim the doubles and a share of the points for their side.
Division 2
This week
St. Mary beat St Joseph 10-0 On their home ground, the league leaders represented by Darren and Ken Le Brun plus Barry Breuilly proved too strong for the St. Josephs side of Emily Robins plus Philip and Zoë Quinn.
Pegasus beat CCC A 6-4. This was a superb match that contained a number of extremely close games. Matthieu Fisher beat Jodie Le Maistre 3-1 then came back from 2-1 down to beat Helen Liron 11-9 in the 5th game before losing in 5 sets to Kelsey Le Maistre. Ewan Le Marquand also beat the unfortunate Liron 3-2 (15-13 in the final game) but he too lost 3-1 to Kelsey before overcoming Jodie 3-0. Jordan Wykes was 7-1 down in the 4th set against Kelsey before winning that game 15-13 and taking the decider. Wykes then lost to Jodie but cam back with a win over Helen. Helen and Kelsey beat Fisher and Le Marquand 3-2 in a very tight doubles.
Victoria A drew 5-5 with CCC B. Marcus Hawgood lost his opening match to Malcolm Gallichan 11-9 in the 5th game. He then lost 3-0 to Oliver Griggs but finally came back from 2-0 down to beat Paul Hargreaves 3-2 and gain the draw in the final match of the evening. Reserve Paul Moisan overcame Hargreaves 3-0, lost out 3-1 to Gallichan before defeating Griggs 3-0. Jack Messervy lost 3-0 to Griggs, 3-2 to Hargreaves before prevailing over Gallichan in 3 close games. Hawgood and Moisan combined well to beat Griggs and Gallichan 3-1 in the doubles.
Victoria B drew 5-5 with CCC C. David Hole lost 3-1 to Guilain Le Piouffle then beat Jack Mills 3-2 and Carol Milnes in 3 close games in the final match to gain the draw. Trevor Motto overcame both Milnes and Le Piouffle before succumbing to the diminutive Mills in straight sets. Jeremy Le Rossignol took a game off Mills but was to lose all his 3 matches. Hole and Motto beat Le Piouffle and Mills 3-0 in the doubles
Rearranged matches played Thurs Feb 25th
St. Mary beat CCC B 6-4. Darren Le Brun beat Malcolm Gallichan 3-0 and reserve Carl Duncan 3-1 before losing 3-1 to Jeff Vincent. Ken Le Brun beat Duncan 3-0, then came back from 2-0 down to beat Vincent 11-9 in the 5th game before losing his final match to Gallichan 3-0. Barry Breuilly lost 3-2 to Vincent after being 2-1 up. He then beat Gallichan 3-1 and Duncan 3--0. Gallichan and Vincent won a close doubles 11-9 in the 5th game.
Victoria B beat CCC A 6-4 David Hole won his 3 matches dropping a game in his final match to Helen Liron. Trevor Motto beat both Jodie Le Maistre and Liron 3-0 before losing the final match 3-0 to Kelsey Le Maistre. Peter HInds lost 3-0 to both Helen and Kelsey before losing 12-10 in the 5th game to Jodie. Motto and Hole beat Helen and Kelsey 3-0 in the doubles.
CCC C drew 5-5 with Pegasus. Guilain Le Piouffle lost Jordan Wykes 3-1 then beat Matthieu Fisher 12-10 in the 5th game and Ewan Le Marquand 11-9 in the 5th game after being 2-0 down. Jack Mills lost 11-7 in the 5th game to Fisher then beat Le Marquand 3-0 and Wykes 13-11 in the 5th game after being 2-0 down. Carol Milnes opened with a 3-1 loss to Le Marquand, then lost 3-0 to Wykes and lost the final match 3-1 to Fisher Mills and Le Piouffle beat Wykes and Le Marquand 3-0 in the doubles to gain the draw. . Victoria A beat St Joseph 10-0 with St Josephs unable to field a team
Division 3
Victoria beat CCC B 4-1. Another 2 points for the league leaders with Adam Denny leading the way with victories over Jamie Henderson 3-1 and Luke Duncan 3-0. Chris Morshead was 2-1 before losing 11-8 in the 5th set up to Henderson but bounced back with a 3-0 success over Duncan. Victoria won the doubles 3-0
CCC A beat Pegasus B 3-2. CCC remain in second place despite 2 wins for the impressive Michael Fisher who claimed the scalps of Billy Hickling 3-0 and Carl Duncan 3-1. Oren Le Marquand was, however, unable to match the efforts of Fisher, CCC securing the 2 points with a 3-0 doubles success.
Pegasus A beat St Mary B 5-0. Pegasus also remain in contention, Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford returning from St Mary with a convincing victory over the parish side’s Paul Moullin and Dot Kierys.
St Mary A beat St Joseph 5-0 the latter unable to field a team.
Division 4
St. Joseph A beat Pegasus 5-0. Top versus bottom resulted in the anticipated victory for the St. Joseph’s duo of Tom Wallwork and Connor O’Shea against Jacob Gosselin 3-1 and Alec McKinlay 3-0. . Victoria A beat CCC B 3-2 2 points for St. Josephs despite the valiant efforts of CCC’s Dominic Rebindaine who defeated Corey Stewart (11-9 in the 5th set) and George Gautier 3-0.
CCC A beat Victoria B 3-2. Another tight affair with Luke Greenfield beating James Job 3-2 after being 2-1 down and Charlie Hodges 3-1. Luke Duncan also beat Job 3-0 but lost 3-0 to Hodges and although the Victorians combined well to take the doubles 3-0, it was not enough to save them from defeat.
CCC C beat St Joseph B 5-0 with Victoria Barnes beating both Luc Miller and Wilf Morris 3-0 and Daniel Heaven dropping just the one game to Miller. CCC rounded off their morning’s work with a 3-0 doubles victory. __________________________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE - Week 17 Report Division 1 CCC A beat CCC D 8-2 The A side maintained their hold on second place in the table behind champions elect St. Josephs A with this victory. For the D team Alex Celik defeated both Luke Walker 3-0 and Hugo Tupper 11-9 in the fifth game of an excellent match, before losing 3-1 to Eugene Ellis, but Mark Liron and reserve Oliver Griggs found opposition to be too strong. In the doubles, Tupper and Ellis beat Celik and Griggs 3-0. Pegasus beat St. Joseph B 9-1. A comfortable win for Pegasus against a St. Josephs side still missing their inspirational wily veteran Barry Vibert, with Bruce Gallichan and Josh Band unbeaten, though Band survived close games in his 3-0 success over Tom Quinn, 15-13 and 14-12 in the final games. Quinn beat Clive Hansford 3-0 for St Josephs only success with Band and Gallichan rounding off their evening with a 3-0 doubles victory over Quinn and Paul Routier. CCC B beat CCC C 7-3 with Paul Marshall and Trevor Lefebvre again both in dominant form, Lefebvre dropping a game to Kevin Allen and Marshall to both Kay Lefebvre and Tom Marsay. Reserve Kelsey Le Maistre lost her 3 matches but continues to improve and impress. Marshall and Lefebvre beat Marsay and Kay Lefebvre 3-1in the doubles. Division 2 Pegasus beat St. Mary 6-4. An excellent win for Pegasus over the league leaders in an extremely tight match, a result which again throws the Division 2 title race wide open. Matthew Fisher went 2-0 up against Darren Le Brun before losing 3-2, but bounced back with wins over Fred Coote and Barry Breuilly 3-1. Ewan Le Marquand starred for Pegasus, coming back from 2-1 down to crucially beat Le Brun 11-9 in the 5th game and also defeating Breuilly 3-0 and Coote 3-1. Jordan Wykes came back from 2-1 down to beat Fred Coote in his first match but then went down 3-2 to Breuilly and 3-0 to Le Brun. Breuilly and Le Brun beat Fisher and Le Marquand 3-1 in the doubles but this was not enough to save the league leaders from defeat. Victoria B beat Victoria A 7-3 The B side are now right back in the title race, with stalwarts Trevor Motto and David Hole again in imperious form. Motto won his 3, beating Jack Messervy in the 5th game after being 2-1 down then Ed Le Quesne and Marcus Hawgood 3-0 Dave Hole lost the first two games before edging out Le Quesne 3-2, then beat Hawgood 3-0 and Messervy 3-1. Jeremy Le Rossignol lost his 3, taking just the one game off Le Quesne. Motto and Hole combined to take the doubles 3-1 against Messervy and Le Quesne 3-1. CCC C beat CCC B 7-3 Guilain Le Piouffle was undefeated for the C side with wins over Malcolm Gallichan 3-1, Oliver Griggs 3-2 and Paul Hargreaves 3-0. Carol Milnes opened with a 3-2 win over Griggs, then beat Hargreaves 3-0 but lost her final match 3-0 to the dogged Gallichan. The diminutive Jack Mills overcame Hargreaves 3-0 and Gallichan 3-2, before losing 3-1 to Griggs. Gallichan and Hargreaves beat Milnes and Mills 3-1 in the doubles Victoria beat St Mary A 4-1 Tow more points for the league leaders with Chris Morshead winning both his matches 3-0 and reserve Corey Stewart overcoming Helene Retrosi 3-0 though losing out 3-0 to Vic Roberts. CCC A beat Pegasus A 5-0. A much closer match than the score line suggests between the nearest challengers to Victoria, Carl Duncan leading the way with 2 straight sets victories. Billy Hickling defeated Tyler Gosselin 3-0 but had to fight back from 2-0 down to defeat Charlie Hansford, 12-10 in each of the final two sets. CCC took the doubles 3-1. Pegasus B beat St. Mary B 5-0. Oren Le Marquand beat Dot Kierys 3-0 and Paul Moullin 3-2 after being 2-0 down and was well supported by Michael Fisher with two 4 set victories. Pegasus won a close doubles match 3-2. CCC B beat St. Joseph 5-0 with Jamie Henderson beating Timmy Boulter 3-1 and David Quinn 3-0, team mate Alex Bolton prevailing over Quinn 3-1 and coming back from 2-0 down to beat Boulter 11-9 in the 5th game. Rearranged matches Victoria A beat CCC A 3-2. An important win for Victoria over their closest rivals, a match which saw Chris Morshead reverse his recent defeat in the divisional tournaments by winning against Billy Hickling 3-1 and Carl Duncan by the same score. Harry Messervy also claimed the scalp of Duncan but lost against Hickling, Hickling and Duncan took the doubles in straight sets but it was Victoria who went away with the 2 points. Pegasus B beat CCC B 4-1. Michael Fisher beat Jamie Henderson 3-1 and Alex Bolton 3-0. Oren Le Marquand beat Henderson 3-0 and came back from 2-0 down to beat Bolton 3-2. The CCC duo gained some consolation with a 3-1 doubles success. St. Joseph A beat CCC C 4-1. St. Josephs maintained their perfect record with theor only reverse being Tom Walllwork’s defeat against Victoria Barnes. Wallwork did win against reserve Liz Hardman. Connor O’Shea however beat both and joined Wallwork to take the doubles. CCC B beat Victoria B 3-2. Dominic Rebindaine took the deciding final match 3-1 over Charlie Hodges 3-1. St Joseph B beat Pegasus 3-2 with two wins for the popular Jacob Gosselin against Luc Miller and Wilf Morris. ______________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 16 Report Division 1
St. Joseph A beat Pegasus 7-3. Although pushed hard by the defending champions, yet another victory for the runaway league leaders. Craig Gascoyne was again in dominant mood, winning his 3 matches, albeit dropping games to both Bruce Gallichan and Josh Band. Max Tupper also defeated Gallichan 3-2 and Band 3-1 before surprisingly losing his final mach 3-1 to the sprightly Clive Hansford. Scott Cassin overcame the unfortunate Band 11-8 in the 5th, was to also suffer defeat at the hands of Hansford (11-9 in the 5th game) but responded well with a fine 3-1 success over Gallichan. Veterans Hansford and Gallichan gained some consolation by beating the junior pairing of Tupper and Cassin 3-1 in the doubles. .
CCC A beat CCC C 8-2 The A side hold on to second spot with Luke Walker unbeaten on the night with hard fought 5 set victories over Tom Morgan, Kay Lefebvre (14-12 in the final set) and Tom Marsay (13-11 in the final set). Bobby Vincent, in for the injured Eugene Ellis was, however, to prove the undoubted star of the show. The unflappable Vincent rolled back the years with a breathtaking display of table tennis, his deflated opponents simply unable to live with his superlative topspin attacking play from both wings. Vincent now finds himself 2nd in the overall individual averages and with The Green Trophy now less than 3 months away, will certainly have given the Selectors food for thought. Hugo Tupper played his part with a win over Morgan and by teaming up with Walker as they took the doubles 3-1 over Marsay and Morgan.
CCC B beat CCC D 8-2 Paul Marshall and Trevor Lefebvre both won their matches without dropping a game against an illness hit D side. Reserve Kelsey Le Maistre enjoyed a fine win over Mark Liron 3-1 but lost to fellow reserve and the rising star that is Oliver Griggs. Griggs and Liron came back from 2-0 down to beat Le Maistre and Lefebvre 14-12 in the 5th game of an excellent doubles encounter.
Division 2
St. Mary beat Victoria A 7-3. 2 points for the Parish side with Darren Le Brun leading the way with 3 effortless victories. Fred Coote won two singles matches before losing 3-2 to Paul Moisan while Harry Messervy beat Barry Breuilly 3-0. Marcus Hawgood lost all his singles but combined with Messervy to beat Coote and Le Brun 3-2 in the doubles.
Victoria B beat Pegasus 6-4 An excellent match of very high quality marred somewhat by an elbow injury to young Jordan Wykes who nevertheless continued to the end. Victoria’s Trevor Motto won his 3 matches, overcoming Ewan Le Marquand 13-11 in the 5th game, Wykes 3-1 and finally Matthieu Fisher 3-2. Dave Hole beat both Wykes and Le Marquand before losing out 3-0 to Fisher. Peter Hinds also lost to Fisher and Le Marquand but finally and crucially prevailed against Wykes 3-0. Fisher and Le Marquand enjoyed a superb 3-0 doubles victory over Victoria’s strong pairing of Motto and Hinds.
CCC A beat CCC C 7-3 with Helen Liron beating both Jack Mills and Guilain Le Piouffle 3-2. Jodie Le Maistre lost 3-2 to Le Piouffle but then came back strongly from 2-0 down to defeat the diminutive Mills 11-7 in the 5th game. Kelsey Le Maistre beat Le Piouffle 3-2 but lost 3-0 to a resurgent Mills. Le Piouffle and Mills beat Kelsey and Helen 3-1 in the doubles but without a third player, again illness the reason, the C side lost the match overall.
CCC B beat St Joseph 10-0 The evergreen Malcolm Gallichan again led the way with 3 wins, dropping just the one game Emily Robins. Gallichan was well backed up by both the imposing figure of Martin Tupper and Paul Hargreaves, the latter defeating Zoë Quinn 3-0 and both Emily and Philip Quinn 3-2 The vastly experienced duo of Tupper and Gallichan rounded off the evening with a 3-0 doubles victory over Philip and Emily.
Division 3
Victoria beat St Mary B 5-0. In the end a straightforward win for table topping Victoria though Chris Morshead only just secured narrow 3-2 wins against both Paul Moullin and Dot Kierys. Harry Messervy won both his singles and combined with Morshead to take the doubles.
CCC A beat St Joseph 5-0 CCC A remain hot on the heels of the league leaders with neither Billy Hickling nor Carl Duncan dropping any games in the singles. The doubles was closer though with David Quinn and Andrew Tsang only succumbing after 4 tight sets.
Pegasus B beat St. Mary A 4-1 Vic Roberts for St. Mary had a good win over Oren Le Marquand before finding Michael Fisher too good. Helen Retrosi also lost both her matches against the young Pegasus duo.
Division 4
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Division 1
St. Joseph A beat St. Joseph B 8-2. Another 2 points for the A side who now find themselves a massive 8 points clear at the top of the table. For the B team, who sorely missed the unavailable wily veteran Barry Vibert, it was left to Tom Quinn to put up some brave resistance and enjoy fine wins over juniors Scott Cassin and Max Tupper 3-1. Quinn suffered his only reverse against Craig Gascoyne and with Paul Routier completely out of sorts this was a comfortable victory for the champions elect.
CCC A beat CCC B 7-3. A victory that lifts CCC A into second place in the table but a match that also witnessed a welcome return to his best form for the B side’s Paul Marshall. Marshall defeated Luke Walker 3-1, Hugo Tupper 3-0 and finally Eugene Ellis 3-2 after being 2-0 down. However reserves Malcolm Gallichan and Kelsey Le Maistre were unable to back up Marshall’s efforts, with Kelsey just taking the one game off Walker. In the doubles, Ellis and Walker lost the first game 13-11 but came back to overcome Marshall and Le Maistre 3-1.
CCC D beat a weakened CCC C 7-3 to move off the bottom of the table. Alex Celik won his 3 without dropping a game and was well supported by Martin Tupper and Mark Liron, the latter defeating Kelsey Le Maistre and Tom Marsay before losing to Thomas Morgan, each match over 4 sets. Celik and Liron rounded of their evening with a 3-1 doubles victory over the pairing of Morgan and Marsay.
Division 2
St. Mary beat Victoria B 7-3. 2 points in this top of the table clash for St. Mary, despite 3 wins for St. Mary’s David Hole. In each case, Hole came back from one set down to defeat Darren Le Brun, Fred Coote and Barry Breuilly, his steady and unerring defence simply wearing down his opponents. Victoria were without and badly missed their number one player, Trevor Motto and despite their best efforts, neither Peter Hinds nor Jeremy Le Rossignol were able to add to Victoria’s total
Pegasus beat Victoria A 8-2 Pegasus’ winning run continued as they close on the leaders and may still have a big say in the title race. This latest victory came courtesy of 3 wins for both Jordan Wykes (3-1 in each case) and Matthieu Fisher over Jack Messervy 3-2, Ed Le Quesne and Marcus Hawgood 3-0. Ewan Le Marquand beat Le Quesne and Hawgood but lost his final match 3-2 to Messervy, letting slip a 7-1 lead in the final game. Hawgood and Messervy beat Fisher and Wykes 3-1 in the doubles.
CCC B beat CCC A 7-3 A tight match in which Oliver Griggs continued to demonstrate his rapid improvement with wins over fellow juniors Helen Liron 3-1, Kelsey Le Maistre 3-0 and finally Jodie Le Maistre 3-2, Griggs coming back from 2-0 down. CCC’s el presidente Malcolm Gallichan beat Kelsey 3-1 and Helen 3-0 but in between lost 12-10 in the 5th game to Jodie. Paul Hargreaves lost 3-0 to Jodie then beat Helen 3-2 and finally lost 3-2 to Kelsey. Gallichan and Griggs beat Jodie and Helen 3-2 in the doubles.
CCC C beat St Joseph 7-3. Guilain Le Piouffle again led the way for CCC with 3 wins without the loss of a game and was ably supported by the diminutive Jack Mills who was also unbeaten on the evening dropping games to Philip and Zoë Quinn Oliver Meaton lost 3-0 to Emily Robins then beat Philip 3-2 before losing 3-2 to Zoë, 11-9 in the 5th game in each case. Philip and Emily beat Mills and Le Piouffle 3-2 in the doubles.
Division 3
Pegasus B beat Victoria 3-2. An excellent win for Pegasus against the league leaders, a result which throws the title race wide open. Michael Fisher came back from 2-1 down to end the unbeaten record of Chris Morshead and followed up with a 3-1 victory over Harry Messervy 3-1. Oren Le Marquand lost 3-0 to Morshead but crucially defeated Messervy 3-0. Victoria won the doubles 3-1 but this was not enough avoid a second defeat of the season.
Pegasus A beat St. Joseph 5-0 to join Victoria at the top of the table with Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford proving too strong for Timmy Boulter and Andrew Tsang 3-0.
CCC A beat CCC B 4-1. CCC A are the other side with title aspirations and also took advantage of Victoria’s slip with this hard fought victory, Billy Hickling beating Luke Duncan 3-1 then Alex Bolton 12-10 in the 5th game after having been 2-1 down. Carl Duncan beat also beat Luke 3-0 but then lost 3-2 to Alex. Hickling and Duncan took the doubles 3-1, 12-10 in the 4th game.
St. Mary A beat St. Mary B 3-2 with Vic Roberts gaining the final decisive victory against Paul Moullin.
Division 4
Victoria A beat Pegasus 4-1 Corey Stewart beat Jacob Gosselin 12-10 in the 5th game and Alec 3-0. George Gautier lost 3-1 to Jacob but beat Alec 3-0. Victoria won the doubles 3-1.
CCC A beat St. Joseph B 5-0 Marc Davies and Luke Duncan both beat Luc Miller and Wilf Morris, with Davies’ success only coming after 5 close sets.
St. Joseph A beat CCC B 3-2 Connor O’Shea and Tom Wallwork both lost to Dominic Rebindaine 3-1 and 3-2 respectively, but without a second player the match went to St Joseph
CCC C beat Victoria B 5-0 For the C team Victoria Barnes and Daniel Heaven proved too strong for James Job and Charlie Hodges..
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The second round of matches in Division 1 ended with St. Joseph A still unbeaten. Without Craig Gascoyne they still beat bottom club CCC D 8-2, with Nicola Duke and Max Tupper both winning their three. Alex Celik and Mark Liron for CCC both beat Scott Cassin.
Pegasus and CCC B remain tied in second place after a 5-5 draw. Trevor Lefebvre won 3 for CCC but a good 3-1 win for Dave Cronin prevented Paul Marshall also winning 3. Pegasus reserve Ewan Le Marquand beat CCC reserve Carol Milnes 11-9 in the 5th game after being 2-0 down. Also the Pegasus doubles pair of Cronin and Clive Hansford beat Marshall and Lefebvre 3-0 with a surprisingly easy score line.
CCC C beat 10-0 a St Joseph B team hit by travel delays after matches in the UK.
Division 2
St. Mary beat a depleted CCC A 9-1 with Helen Liron’s 3-1 win over Barry Breuilly their only success. Reserves Billy Hickling and Carl Duncan did well particularly in the doubles, just losing 3-2 to Breuilly and Fred Coote.
Victoria B slipped to second place after a 5-5 draw with CCC B. Trevor Motto won 3 and Dave Hole 2, the latter losing 3-1 to super veteran Jeff Vincent. Jeremy Le Rossignol lost his 3 and in the vital doubles Ollie Griggs and Paul Hargreaves beat Motto and Hole 3-0 to gain a draw.
Pegasus continued their recent successes with a 10-0 win over St. Joseph
Guilain Le Piouffle won his 3 without dropping a game, as CCC C beat Victoria A 6-4. Carol Milnes won two but lost 3-1 to Paul Moisan, returning to action after a two year breeak. Reserve Chris Morshead beat Oliver Meaton 3-0, who also lost to both Moisan and Ed Le Quesne. Le Piouffle and Milnes beat Moisan and Le Quesne 3-0 in the doubles.
Division 3
In division 3, the top three teams all had comfortable wins. Victoria beat St Joseph 5-0, with Chris Morshead maintaining his 100% record. Pegasus A beat their B team 4-1 and CCC A beat St. Mary B 5-0. In the other match the improving Jamie Henderson and Alex Bolton of CCC B went to St. Mary and defeated the parish side’s A team.4-1.
Division 4
In the fourth division, St Joseph A continue unbeaten with a 4-1 win against CCC A, with Connor O’Shea winning both, while Tom Wallwork beat Marc Davies but lost 3-2 to Luke Duncan. CCC C moved into second place with a fine win over Victoria A thanks to two wins for Victoria Barnes and one for Daniel Heaven. Victoria B kept in touch with a 4-1 win over Pegasus and CCC B enjoyed their first win 3-2 over St. Joseph B
_______________________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 13 Report The performance of the week was undoubtedly that of Josh Band who further enhanced his excellent progress this season with 3 carefully executed wins against dangerous opponents, although it was not enough as the champions Pegasus slid to their third defeat. Division 1 CCC A beat Pegasus 7-3 For Pegasus Josh Band was in superlative form opening with a 3-0 win over Luke Walker, followed by a 3-1 victory against the legendary Eugene Ellis, Band rounding off his evening with a tight 5 set victory over Hugo Tupper However, Band’s team mates fell at the final fences. Clive Hansford losing 3-0 to Ellis, then 11-9 in the 5th game to Tupper and 3-2 to Walker after being 2-1 up. Dave Cronin lost 3-1 to Tupper then 11-8 in the 5th game to Walker after being 2-1 up and 3-2 to Ellis also in close games. In the doubles the formidable pairing of Ellis and Walker beat Hansford and Band 3-0, the win resulting in CCC A moving into second place in the table. St. Joseph A beat CCC C 8-2. Craig Gascoyne and Max Tupper both won their three matches for the league leaders all by 3-0. Nicola Duke showed great tenacity and patience to come back from 2-0 down to beat Kay Lefebvre in the battle between the Islands's top two ladies but lost 3-1 to Tom Morgan and 3-0 to Tom Marsay. Tupper and Scott Cassin beat Marsay and Morgan 3-0 in the doubles. St. Joseph B beat CCC D 6-4. Tom Quinn won his three matches dropping a game to Alex Celik. Paul Routier lost 3-1 to Celik but regained his composure to defeat Carol Milnes 3-0 and Mark Liron 3-1. Junior player Philip Quinn acting as reserve gained valuable experience despite losing his matches 3-0. Routier and Tom Quinn beat Liron and Celik 3-1 in the doubles to give Saints B the points in this bottom of the table clash. Division 2 Matches postponed due to the severe weather Division 3 Pegasus A beat Victoria 3-2 A fine win for Pegasus against the previously undefeated league leaders. For Victoria the young "chopping style" Chris Morshead beat both Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford 3-1. However Adam Denney lost 3-2 to Gosselin and 3-0 to Hansford. It was then left to the all important doubles which Pegasus won Pegasus 3-1 to take the match. CCC B beat St. Mary B 4-1 Alex Bolton beat Paul Moullin 3-1 and Dot Kierys 3-0. Jamie Henderson battled back courageously from the abyss to defeat Moullin 13-11 in the 5th game, after being 2-0 down. He also beat Kierys 3-2 in close games. However in the doubles Moullin and Kierys won 3-0 to avoid the whitewash. Billy Hickling's ever improving season continued as he beat Helene Retrosi 3-0 then Vic Roberts by the same margin. Carl Duncan beat Retrosi 3-0 but lost 3-0 to Roberts 12-10 in the 3rd game. CCC won the doubles 3-1. Pegasus B beat St Joseph 4-1 Michael Fisher came back with great resolve to overcome a determined Timmy Boulter 3-2 after being 2-1 down. He also beat the young talent that is David Quinn 3-1 in close games with three of them going past 10-all. Oren Le Marquand beat Quinn 3-0 but lost 11-9 in the 5th to Boulter after going 2-1 up. Pegasus won the doubles comfortably 3-0. Division 4 Matches postponed due to the severe weather. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 12 Report St.Joseph A march on despite being without Jersey No.1 Craig Gascoyne for their latest league match. First division
St. Joseph A beat CCC B 7-3. Max Tupper opened for the favourites for the title with a good 3-1 win over Paul Marshall, taking advantage of some crucial winning edges, 12-10 in the 4th game. He then proceeded to beat Trevor Lefebvre and reserve Kelsey Le Maistre 3-0. Nicola Duke lost 3-1 to Lefebvre but regained her momentum to defeat Marshall 3-1 and Le Maistre 3-0. Scott Cassin beat Le Maistre 3-0 but could,t convert against the experienced seniors losing 12-10 in the 5th game to Lefebvre and 3-0 to Marshall. Tupper and Cassin sealed the comfortable win by beating Marshall and Lefebvre 3-1 in the doubles.
CCC A beat St. Joseph B 9-1 Luke Walker also triumphed in his three matches opening with a win over Tom Quinn 3-1, surviving 15-13 in the 1st game and then beating Paul "The Senator" Routier and reserve Philip Quinn 3-0. Eugene Ellis was also in good form beating Quinn Snr. 3-1 and then Routier and Quinn Jnr. 3-0. Hugo Tupper beat Philip Quinn 3-0 and Routier 3-1 but lost 12-10 in the 5th game to the experienced nuance of serves from Quinn despite having been two games to one up. In the doubles Ellis and Walker beat the Quinns 3-0.
Pegasus beat CCC D 10-0 Pegasus eased into second spot with good performances by Josh Band who beat MartinTupper 3-0 and then Mark Liron 3-1. Bruce Gallichan and Clive Hansford weighed in with two wins apiece with Band and Hansford also taking the doubles against Liron and Tupper 3-0 to complete the whitewash.
Division 2
Victoria B beat St. Joseph 7-3. Vic B kept up the pressure as Legendary veterans David Hole and Peter Hinds both won all their three matches, Hole dropping a game to Philip Quinn and Hinds to Emily Robins. Jeremy Le Rossignol lost 3-1 to both Robins and Philip and then agonisingly 3-2 to Zoë Quinn after being 2-1 up. Hinds and Hole beat Quinn and Robins 3-0 in the doubles, with a pulsating final game ending16-14.
Pegasus beat CCC B 6-4 Ewan Le Marquand beat Paul Hargreaves and Ollie Griggs 3-0 and finally Malcolm Gallichan 12-10 in the 5th games after beng 2-0 up. Jordan Wykes lost 3-2 to Griggs after being 2-1 up but then beat Hargreaves 3-1 before succumbing 3-1 to Gallichan. Matthieu Fisher lost 3-0 to Gallichan then 3-1 to Griggs but finally at about 10.30pm beat Hargreaves 11-9 in the 5th game to give Pegasus the victory. Fisher and Le Marquand beat Gallichan and Griggs 3-2 in the doubles after being 2-1 down.
CCC C beat St. Mary 6-4 This was a great away win for CCC against the league leaders. Carol Milnes and Guilain Le Piouffle took the plaudits by both converting their three matches, the closest a win 15-13 in the 5th game by Le Piouffle against Barry "The Cat" Breuilly. Reserve Olly Meaton lost his matches 3-0. Darren Le Brun and Breuilly beat Milnes and Le Piouffle 3-0 in the doubles.
CCC A beat Victoria A 7-3 Helen Liron beat both Marcus Hawgood and Ed Le Quesne 3-2. Kelsey Le Maistre beat Le Quesne 3-0 but lost 3-1 to Hawgood. Jodie Le Maistre lost 3-1 to Hawgood and 3-0 to Le Quesne. Kelsey and Helen were 2 games and 8-0 up but lost the 3rd game 11-9, the 4th 11-6 but recovered to win the final game 11-4 in the doubles. . Division 3
St. Mary B beat St Joseph 3-2 Paul Moullin and Dot Kierys both beat David Quinn but then both lost to the quickly improving Timmy Boulter. In the doubles seniors Moullin and Kierys won 3-0 to take the match
_____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 11 Report Even with the season only being at its half way point, only a major slip up coupled with a huge improvement from one or more of their nearest challengers will seem to be all that will halt the relentless march by St. Josephs A to this season’s Division One title Division 1 St. Joseph A beat CCC A 7-3. An in form Scott Cassin led the way for the league leaders, Cassin taking part in 3 superb matches. Cassin lost his opening match, 11-7 in the 5th game to Eugene Ellis, before storming back and beating Hugo Tupper 11-9 in the 5th and Luke Walker 12-10 also in the 5th and final set. Max Tupper overcame both Walker and brother Hugo but too succumbed to the veteran Ellis, all Max’s games decided over 4 sets. Island No. 1, Craig Gascoyne, was again in imperious form winning all his matches in straight sets. Ellis and Walker beat Gascoyne and Cassin 3-1 to claim an excellent doubles victory. Pegasus beat CCC C 8-2 Bruce Gallichan was unbeaten for the defending champions, with wins over Kevin Allen, Tom Marsay and Kay Lefebvre, the latter over 5 sets. Josh Band lost 14-12 in 4 sets to the vastly improved Marsay, but came back with victories over Lefebvre 3-1 and Allen 3-0. Pegasus legend, Clive Hansford, also chipped in with wins over Lefebvre and Marsay 3-1, before going down in straight sets to the consistent Allen. CCC B beat St. Joseph B 7-3 CCC B maintain second position in the table following this fairly routine victory. Paul Marshall and Trevor Lefebvre were again dominant, with only Tom Quinn of St. Josephs offering any real resistance. Reserve Jodie Le Maistre lost her 3 matches but gained valuable experience and also provided a scare or two for the wily veteran Barry Vibert. In the doubles, Marshall and Lefebvre were simply too good for the Laurel and Hardy lookalikes, namely Quinn and Vibert. Division 2 St. Mary beat St. Joseph 10-0 A comfortable 2 points for the league leaders after last week’s shock defeat, with Darren Le Brun’s 3 wins all in straight sets. Fred Coote beat Philip and Zoë Quinn 3-0 and Emily Robins 3-1 with the unique Barry Breuilly securing victories over Zoë 3-1 and Philip 3-0 and showing much resilience to come back from 2-1 down against the unfortunate Robins. In the doubles Coote and Breuilly teamed up for a straight sets success against the junior combination of Robins and Philip Quinn. Victoria B beat CCC C 8-2 Victoria remain 2 points adrift of the league leaders after this latest hard fought success, Trevor Motto having to dig deep in five sets against both Carol Milnes and Guilain Le Piouffle 3-2, before defeating Jack Mills 3-0. . David Hole came back from 2-0 down to beat Le Piouffle and followed up with 3-0 wins over Mills and Milne. Jeremy Le Rossignol also enjoyed a 3-1 victory over the out of sorts Mills. Motto and Hole beat Milnes and Le Piouffle 3-0 in a close doubles, with games of 15-13 and 14-12. Pegasus beat CCC A 10-0 A superb result for Pegasus, Ewan Le Marquand dropping games only to Helen Liron and Jodie le Maistre. 10 year old Jordan Wykes continues to impress and overcame Liron after being 2-1 down, then Kelsey Le Maistre 3-1 with the final game 20-18 and finally Jodie 3-0. Not to be outdone, Matthieu Fisher beat both Kelsey and Jodie 3-0 and finally outlasted Liron 11-9 in the 5th game. Fisher and Le Marquand rounded off an excellent evening for their side beating Kelsey and Helen 3-0 in the doubles. CCC B beat Victoria A 7-3 Super Veteran Malcolm Gallichan starred winng all his matches without dropping a game. Paul Hargreaves beat Ed Le Quesne and Marcus Hawgood 3-0 but lost 3-2 to Jack Messervy. Olly Griggs enjoyed a 3-0 win over fellow junior Messervy but struggled against the more experienced duo of Hawgood and to Le Quesne. Griggs and Hargreaves combined in a 3-1 doubles victory over Messervy and Le Quesne 3-1. Division 3 Victoria beat CCC B 5-0 The progressive Chris Morshead didn’t drop a game for the undefeated league leaders, whilst Harry Messervy had to come back from 2-1 down before overcoming Alex Bolton 11-9 in the 5th set. Morshead and Messervy rounded off their perfect 1st half of the season by defeating Jamie Henderson and Bolton 3-1 in the doubles, 15-13 in the 4th game. CCC A beat Pegasus B 3-2 For CCC, who retain second position in the table, Billy Hickling and Carl Duncan both beat Oren Le Marquand 3-1. However Michael Fisher proved the star turn coming back from 2-0 down to beat Hickling and also prevailing against Duncan 3-1 In the doubles Hickling and Duncan were 2-1 down, but won the 4th game 14-12 and the final game 11-4 to take the match. St. Mary B beat Pegasus A 4-1. A surprise result and victory for the Parish side of Paul Moullin and Dot Kierys. Charlie Hansford provided the only success on the night for Pegasus with by way of a 3 sets win against Kierys. St. Mary A beat St. Joseph 3-2. No details received Division 4 St. Joseph A beat Victoria B 5-0 Like their namesakes in Division 1, St. Jospehs continue to dominate in Division 4 and are proving to be the team to catch. Tom Wallwork and Connor O’Shea both beat Charlie Hodges and James Job 3-1 in all the singles. In the doubles the St. Josephs duo came back from 2-0 down to round off their latest resounding victory. Victoria A beat St. Joseph B 5-0 Victoria continue to give chase with George Gautier and Corey Stewart both enjoying wins over Luc Miller and Wilf Morris without dropping a game in the singles and just one as a doubles pairing. CCC C beat CCC B 3-2 For the C team Victoria Barnes and Daniel Heaven both beat newcomer Marc Davies 3-0 but both lost 3-1 to Dominic Rebindaine. The C side took the match with a straight sets doubles victory. CCC A beat Pegasus 5-0 with Pegasus unable to field a side due to illness. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 10 Report With the league leaders, St, Josephs A without a game this week, each of their nearest challengers took the opportunity to close the gap at the head of the table with resounding victories
Division 1
Pegasus beat St. Joseph B 10-0 A whitewash for the defending champions with the only real resistance coming from Tom Quinn who was eventually beaten over 5 sets by both Clive Hansford and Josh Band. For Pegasus, Bruce Gallichan, Band and Hansford all easily triumphed over both Paul Routier and the wily veteran Barry Vibert, to keep their side in touch with the other leading contenders
CCC A beat CCC D 9-1 A similar story in this all CCC clash with the D side’s Alex Celik defeating Hugo Tupper 3-2 (after being 2-1 down) before going down 3-1 against Eugene Ellis and 3-2 to Luke Walker, the latter coming back from 2-0 down. Martin Tupper won a game against Ellis but both he and Carol Milnes found the going much harder against their quicker and leaner opponents.
CCC B beat CCC C 7-3 The B side remain in 2nd place in the table, with Trevor Lefebvre and Paul Marshall again in good form. Lefebvre dropped just one game to Tom Marsay, Marshall overcoming Tom Morgan 3-0 and both Kay Lefebvre and Marsay 3-2. Reserve Kelsey Le Maistre lost her 3, taking just the one game off Morgan. In the doubles Marshall and Trevor beat Kay and Tom Marsay for the loss of only 5 points.
Division 2
Pegasus beat St. Mary 6-4. A fantastic result for the progressive Pegasus side who inflicted a first league defeat of the season on the previously runaway league leaders. The Pegasus trio all contributed with Matthieu Fisher opening with an excellent 3-2 win victory over Darren Le Brun. Fisher was to also beat Barry Breuilly 3-0 before losing out to the dogged Fred Coote. Ewan Le Marquand and the young Jordan Wykes both recorded superb wins over Coote and Breuilly in very close matches, but both also lost to Le Brun. Despite a doubles win for Coote and Le Brun over Fisher and Wykes 3-1, Pegasus returned from the northern parish with the 2 points.
Victoria B beat Victoria A 10-0 Victoria took full advantage of the slip by St. Mary with an emphatic win over their B side, though a lot of the games were much closer than the eventual match result reflects. However, the experienced Trevor Motto, David Hole and Peter Hinds were not to be denied as they cut the lead at the head of the table to just 2 points.
CCC A beat St Joseph 9-1 The young CCC team gained a comfortable win over the league’s bottom side, Helen Liron leading the way with 3 straight set victories. Kelsey Le Maistre was also unbeaten for the loss of only one game to Zoë Quinn. Reserve Billy Hickling came back from 2-0 down to beat Emily Robins 11-9 in the 5th game. Hickling was to lose out over 5 sets to Philip Quinn, before beating Zoë 3-0.
CCC B beat CCC C 7-3 Super Veteran Jeff Vincent continued to defy the years with wins over Jack Mills and Guilain Le Piouffle, both 3-0 and Carol Milnes 3-2. Vincent was well supported by his younger understudy Malcolm Gallichan who also proved to good on the night for Milnes and Mills, before losing to Piouffle. Olly Griggs beat fellow junior Mills 3-0 but it was left to the vastly experienced duo of Vincent and Gallichan to have the final say with a 3-0 doubles victory against Milnes and Le Piouffle.
Division 3
Victoria beat St. Mary A 5-0 A comfortable win for the league leaders with Chris Morshead and Harry Messervy both in assured form, the latter dropping just the one game to Vic Roberts. Morshead and Messervy beat Roberts and Retrosi 3-1 in the doubles.
CCC A beat Pegasus A 3-2 This was the match of the week and a crucial win for CCC with Billy Hickling the star as he overcame both Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford 3-0. Carl Duncan lost 3-2 to Hansford and 3-0 to Gosselin, but crucially teamed up with Hickling in a straight set doubles victory.
Pegasus B beat St. Mary B 5-0 with Michael Fisher beating Paul Moullin and Dot Kierys 3-1, teammate Oren Le Marquand also securing wins over the St, Mary’s pair, 3-0 versus Dot and 3-1 over Moullin. Fisher and Le Marquand took the doubles 3-1.
CCC B beat St. Joseph 4-1. A second victory of the season for the CCC side, Jamie Henderson successful against David Quinn 3-0 and Andrew Tsang 3-1, Luke Duncan also defeating Quinn 3-0 but losing out 3-0 to Tsang.
Division 4
St. Joseph A beat Victoria A 5-0 Tom Wallwork and Connor O’Shea both defeated George Gautier 3-0 and Corey Stewart 3-1 in their singles matches as St. Josephs maintained their 100% record over the closest rivals.
Victoria B beat St. Joseph B 5-0 A win that moves Victoria into joint second place in the table, Charlie Hodges beating Luc Miller and Wilfred Morris 3-0, with James Job dropping just the one game. In the doubles the Victoria pair won 3-0.
Pegasus beat CCC B 3-2 A tight victory for the Pegasus pairing, despite the valiant efforts of CCC’s Dominic Rebindaine who enjoyed wins over Alex McKinlay and Jacob Gosselin 3-0.
CCC C beat CCC A 5-0 Victoria Barnes and Daniel Heaven beat both Luke Duncan and Marc Davies 3-0. Duncan and Davies took the first game in the doubles before losing 3-1. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 9 Report Division 1
St. Joseph A beat Pegasus 7-3 St. Joseph’s relentless march towards the Division 1 Title gained even more momentum with this victory over the defending champions. Craig Gascoyne was again undefeated for St. Josephs though was given a fright by Dave Cronin before coming out on top in 5 hard fought sets. The star of the Division 1 season so far is undoubtedly junior Max Tupper who once again backed up Gascoyne with 3 wins, these against seasoned Island representatives, namely Cronin, Bruce Gallichan and Clive Hansford. Scott Cassin played much better than his results suggest, only going down in 5 sets to Cronin (having been 2-1 up) although it was fitting that Gascoyne and Tupper should have the final say as they rounded off their night with a 3-1 doubles success over Gallichan and Cronin.
CCC B beat CCC D 9-1 In the end a comfortable success for the B side, who now move into second place in the table, with Trevor Lefebvre and Paul Marshall both unbeaten, Marshall surprisingly taken to 5 sets by super veteran Jeff Vincent. Reserve Kelsey Le Maistre lost 3-0 to Alex Celik but again demonstrated that she is a fast improving talent with victories over Martin Tupper and Vincent. In the doubles, the D side’s big guns, Tupper and Celik, were shot down in 3 straight sets by the Lefebvre and Le Maistre combination.
CCC A beat CCC C 6-4 A narrow win for the A side with the unflappable Bobby Vincent overcoming Tom Morgan 3-1 and Kay Lefebvre 3-0 before losing 11-9 in the 5th set to the impressive Tom Marsay, the latter’s success putting paid to Vincent’s meticulously preserved 100% record. Luke Walker beat fellow juniors Morgan 3-0 and Marsay 3-1 but suffered a reverse against the experienced chop defence of Lefebvre. Hugo Tupper prevailed over Lefebvre but found both Morgan and Marsay too good on the night. In the vital all junior doubles encounter, Walker and Tupper beat Marsay and Morgan 3-0.
Division 2
St. Mary beat Victoria A 8-2 Like St. Josephs in Division 1, the parish side maintained their strong position at the head of the table, Darren Le Brun again leading the way with 3 victories, dropping a game to Ed Le Quesne and Jack Messervy. Ken Le Brun lost 3-2 to Marcus Hawgood after being 2-1 up but struck back with wins over Messervy 3-0 and Le Quesne 3-1. Not to be outdone, Barry Breuilly beat Messervy 3-2 and Hawgood 3-1 before losing 3-1 to Le Quesne. The seasoned Le Bruns duo concluded proceedings with a straight sets doubles victory.
Victoria B beat Pegasus 6-4 St. Josephs had to fight really hard for the 2 points against the much improved Pegasus outfit. Trevor Motto was in fine fettle beating Ewan Le Marquand 3-2 in the opening match, then Matthieu Fisher 3-0 and finally Jordan Wykes 3-1. Earlier Wykes had beaten Peter Hinds 3-0 and also recovered from 2-0 down to beat David Hole 11-5 in the 5th set. Hole was, however, to beat both Le Marquand and Fisher 3-1 and whilst Hinds was to leave the match empty handed, his team mates rallied with Hole and Motto taking the crucial doubles over the Le Marquand and Wykes pairing.
CCC C beat CCC A 9-1 A big win for CCC C against the all female junior outfit, with the diminutive Jack Mills starring with victories over Helen Liron 3-1and both Jodie and Kelsey Le Maistre, in each case 11-8 in the 5th set. Carol Milnes also beat Kelsey 11-8 in the 5th set in her opening match and followed this up with 2 straight set wins. Guilain Le Piouffle beat Helen and Jodie but lost to Kelsey, all these matches decided over 4 sets. Mills and Le Piouffle success over Kelsey and Jodie 3-0 in the doubles rounded off an excellent evening for the C side.
CCC B beat St Joseph 10-0 An emphatic victory for CCC over the league’s bottom side in a match which saw Malcolm Gallichan return to action following a short break and return home unbeaten without the loss of a set. Olly Griggs beat Emily Robins and Philip Quinn 3-1 and Zoë Quinn 3-0, with Martin Tupper dropping just the one game to Robins. Griggs and Tupper beat Emily and Philip 3-0 in the doubles.
Division 3
The top 3 sides all won again this week and remain locked on equal points at the head of the table
Victoria beat St. Mary B 4-1 Harry Messervy was unbeaten for Victoria with wins over Paul Moullin 3-1 and Dot Kierys 3-0. Adam Denny triumphed against Dot 3-1 but lost 3-2 to Moullin after having been 2-1up. Adam and Harry teamed up to take the doubles to 3-1, with two of the games going to 15-13.
Pegasus A beat CCC B 5-0 Another comfortable victory for the Pegasus side. Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford both beat Jamie Henderson 3-1and Marc Davies 3-0, the Pegasus duo also winning the doubles in straight sets.
CCC A beat St. Joseph 4-1 An in form Billy Hickling beat both David Quinn and Timmy Boulter with the minimum of fuss. 3-0. Luke Duncan just survived the challenge of Quinn 3-2 after being 2-1 down but lost 3-0 to Boulter. In the doubles Hickling and Duncan won 3-0.
Pegasus B beat St. Mary A 5-0 A good week for Pegasus as Michael Fisher overcame both Vic Roberts and Helen Retrosi 3-1. Oren Le Marquand was also in good form though had to fight hard to beat Vic Roberts 15-13 in the 5th game before a straight sets victory over Retrosi 3-0. Pegasus won the doubles 3-1. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 8 Report Division 1
St. Joseph A beat St. Joseph B 9-1 The league leaders maintained their 100% record as they brushed aside the challenge of their B side and now head the table by 5 points. Craig Gascoyne and Max Tupper again spearheaded their side’s victory, the B side’s blushes spared by Tom Quinn with a 3-1 success against Scott Cassin, this on a night to forget for Quinn’s team mates Paul Routier and the increasingly not so wily veteran Barry Vibert.
CCC A drew 5-5 with CCC B Without question the match of the week between the 2 CCC sides, a superb and extremely high quality contest, the match finishing well after 11:00pm. For the B team Paul Marshall was unbeaten but had to dig really deep as he overcame juniors Luke Walker and Hugo Tupper (both 11-9 in the 5th game) and Eugene Ellis 3-1. Marshall was ably supported by Trevor Lefebvre with 2 wins, Lefebvre going down 11-7 in the 5th set to Ellis in the final game of the evening. Reserve Kelsey Le Maistre continues to improve but was to, not surprisingly, lose her 3 singles. In the vital doubles Walker and Ellis beat Marshall and Lefebvre 13-11 in the 5th set after having been 2-0 down to earn the A side a richly deserved share of the spoils in a match that neither side deserved to lose.
CCC C beat CCC D 7-3 with Kay Lefebvre winning her 3, dropping just the one game in the process to Martin Tupper. Tom Marsay overcame both Tupper and Carole Milnes 3-1 but lost 3-1 to Alex Celik. Tom Morgan also ground out a victory over Milnes but lost 3-0 to Celik and 11-9 in the 5th game of an epic encounter with Tupper. In the doubles Lefebvre and Marsay were too nimble for CCC’s heavy artillery, namely Tupper and Celik, winning in straight sets.
Division 2
St. Mary beat Victoria B 7-3 An important win for the Parish side in this top of the table encounter, St. Mary now enjoying a 4 point cushion at the head of the table. Darren Le Brun, St. Mary’s number 1 player, won his 3 and in doing so inflicted a first defeat of the season on Trevor Motto. Le Brun was backed up by Fred Coote who overcame Dave Hole 3-2 and reserve Kevin O’Sullivan, with Barry Breuilly gaining had his sole success against Hole. Coote and Le Brun teamed up for an excellent 3-1 victory over Hole and Motto in the doubles.
CCC A drew 5-5 with CCC B Kelsey Le Maistre starred for the A side with 3 victories, beating Oliver Griggs and the vastly experienced Jeff Vincent both over 5 sets, Le Maistre rounding off her evening with a straight sets victory over Paul Hargreaves 3-0. Jodie Le Maistre was to lose her 3 matches all 3-1, but reserve Billy Hickling played his part with a 3-2 success against fellow junior Griggs. The Le Maistre sisters joined forces to beat Hargreaves and Griggs 3-1 in the doubles. . Pegasus beat Victoria A 7-3. Young Jordan Wykes continued to demonstrate his rapid improvement with 3 wins over much more seasoned opponents. Ewan Le Marquand claimed a brace of victories against Ed Le Quesne and Jack Messervy 3-1 but succumbed 12-10 in the 5th to Marcus Hawgood. A good night too for Matthieu Fisher with wins over Messervy and Hawgood. In the doubles Hawgood and Messervy beat Le Marquand and Wykes 3-1.
CCC C beat St Joseph 9-1 An anticipated victory for CCC against the league’s bottom side, Guilain Le Piouffle leading the way with 3 straight set wins, the ever determined Carol Milnes also unbeaten for CCC. Jack Mills proved too good for Zoë Quinn 3-0 and Philip Quinn 3-1, but lost his final match 3-1 to Emily Robins. Milnes and Le Piouffle took the doubles against the junior pairing of Emily and Philip.
Division 3
Division 3 continues to be the tightest of all the leagues with 3 sides currently sharing top spot in what promises to be a very exciting battle for the title.
Pegasus A beat St. Joseph .5-0. Of the joint leaders, Pegasus enjoyed the smoothest success of the week, Tyler Gosselin beating David Quinn and Andrew Tsang in 4 sets, Charlie Hansford doing likewise for the loss of only one game to Quinn. The Pegasus duo took the doubles 3-0.
Victoria beat Pegasus B 4-1 This proved to be a much tougher victory for Victoria. Harry Messervy lost 12-10 in the 5th game to Michael Fisher but fought back with an equally tight 3-2 victory over Oren Le Marquand. Chris Morshead crucially edged out the unfortunate Fisher 14-12 in the 5th game and followed up with a 3-0 win over Le Marquand. Adam Denny joined Messervy in the doubles to beat Fisher and Le Marquand 3-1.
CCC A beat CCC B 3-2 Like Victoria, the CCC A side were also given a tough battle before securing 2 points. The in form Billy Hickling overcame both Jamie Henderson and Alex Bolton 3-0, whilst team mate Luke Duncan lost 3-0 to Henderson and 3-1 to Bolton. In the vital doubles however, Duncan fully played his part by teaming up with Hickling as they secured victory over 5 close sets.
St. Mary A beat St. Mary B 4-1 Vic Roberts and Helen Retrosi won all the singles matches for the A side, the closest being Helen’s 3-2 win against Dot Kierys. Paul Moullin and Kierys gained some deserved consolation by taking the doubles 3-2.
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St. Joseph A beat CCC D 9-1 St. Josephs cemented their position at the top of the Division 1 table with another comfortable success, Craig Gascoyne again winning his 3, without the loss of a game. Max Tupper’s hat trick of victories included a tight 3-2 success against Alex Celik a match in which Tupper fought back from 2 sets down. Celik was to gain CCC’s consolation with a straight sets win over Scott Cassin. Cassin and Gascoyne beat Tupper and Celik 3-0 in the doubles.
Pegasus beat CCC B 8-2 A reverse for St. Josephs nearest rivals in an excellent match, the result meaning that the defending champions leapfrog their opponents and now hold 2nd place in the table. For Pegasus, Josh Band enjoyed one of his best victories to date, coming back from 2-1 down to defeat Island star Paul Marshall 11-9 in the 5th set of a thrilling and high quality encounter. Marshall did bounce back with 3-1 wins over David Cronin and Bruce Gallichan. All the Pegasus players overcame the challenges of Josie Bruce and reserve Kelsey Le Maistre 3-0. In the doubles Band and Cronin beat Kelsey and Josie 3-0. CCC C drew 5-5 with St. Joseph B. A welcome first point of the season for St. Josephs, thanks in no small part to the undefeated Tom Quinn who won all his matches dropping just the one game to Kevin Allen. Wily veteran Barry Vibert and Paul Routier both beat reserve Jodie Le Maistre 3-0, but CCC came roaring back with Allen proving too good for Routier and Vibert 3-0, Tom Marsay also defeating the wily veteran 3-2 after going 2-0 down and Routier 3-1. In the crucial doubles, the comeback was completed as Allen and Marsay beat Routier and Quinn 3-2 to earn their side a point.
Division 2
St. Mary beat CCC A 8-2 Another 2 points for the league leaders despite junior Billy Hickling, playing as reserve, starring for CCC. Hickling came back from 2-1 down to beat Barry Breuilly 11-9 in the 5th game and followed up with a 3-1 win over Fred Coote, 19-17 in the 4th game. Darren Le Brun again won his 3 for the parish side, well supported by Coote and Breuilly, who all overcame the sister act of Kelsey and Jodie Le Maistre, Kelsey losing in 5 close sets to both Le Brun and Breuilly.
Victoria B beat CCC B 7-3 Victoria kept the pressure on the league leaders with this win, Trevor Motto and David Hole again in dominant form. Motto beat Martin Tupper and Oliver Griggs 3-1 and Paul Hargreaves 3-0, with hole prevailing over Tupper and Hargreaves 3-1 and Griggs 11-8 in the 5th.. Jeremy Le Rossignol, back from a long break from the game, lost his 3 but continues to improve week by week. The formidable Victoria pairing of Motto and Hole beat Tupper and Griggs 3-0 in the doubles.
Victoria A beat CCC C 6-4 Victoria profited from a fine start to the match with Marcus Hawgood opening with an 11-9 win in the 5th game against Carol Milnes, Jack Messervy then beating Guilain Le Piouffle also in 5 close sets and Doug Ferguson proving too good for Jack Mills. CCC were to fight back hard and at one stage square the match before the seasoned pro Ferguson claimed the 2 points for Victoria, coming back from 2-0 down to beat Le Piouffle 11-7 in the 5th game.
Pegasus beat St. Joseph 10-0 In the end a resounding result for the improving Pegasus side in a match much closer than the final score line would suggest. Ewan Le Marquand, Jordan Wykes and Mattieu Fisher all coming out on top against a trio of Quinns, namely Zoë, Philip and David, the highlight of the match being a tremendous encounter between Wykes and Philip.
Division 3
There remains a 3 way tie at the head of the table following this latest round of matches
Victoria beat St. Joseph 5-0 with Harry Messervy and Chris Morshead beating Timmy Boulter and Andrew Tsang with the loss of only one game by Messervy to Tsang to stay top of the table.
CCC A beat St. Mary B 4-1 Billy Hickling lost the first game 17-15 to Paul Moullin then won 3-1 and beat Dot Kierys 3-0. Carl Duncan beat Moullin 3-0 but was beaten 11-9 in the 5th game to Kierys, CCC taking the doubles 3-0.
Pegasus A beat Pegasus B 4-1. This was a close and high quality match between the 2 Pegasus sides. Tyler Gosselin dug deep in both of his matches beating Michael Fisher 3-1 in close games and Oren Le Marquand 3-2. Charlie Hansford also enjoyed wins over Fisher and Le Marquand, in each case over 4 close sets. The B side were to gain deserved consolation with by taking the doubles.
Division 4
St. Joseph A beat Pegasus A 4-1 For the league leaders, Tom Wallwork beat Alec McKinley 3-0 and Jacob Gosselin 3-1. Connor O’Shea also defeated Alec 3-0 but lost 13-11 in the 5th game to Jacob, a richly deserved success for the latter. In the doubles, O’Shea and Wallwork won 3-0.
Victoria A beat CCC B 3-2 Victoria hang on to 2nd place in the league but after only being given a close scare by CCC for whom Dominic Rebindaine excelled with 3-1 wins over the Victoria duo of George Gautier and Corey Stewart.
Victoria B beat CCC A 3-2 Another triumph for Victoria over CCC with Charlie Hodges undefeated and James Job beating Marc Davies 3-0 but losing 12-10 in the 5th game to Luke Duncan. Duncan and Davies won the close doubles 3-0, 15-13 in the first game.
St Joseph B beat CCC C 5-0 A surprisingly comfortable win for the Victoria pairing of Victoria Barnes and Daniel Heaven over CCC’s Luc Miller and Wilfred Morris, all matches completed in straight sets. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 6 Report Division 1
Pegasus drew 5-5 with CCC A in arguably the best match of the season so far with all 6 players in superb form. Pegasus’ David Cronin, making a welcome first appearance of the season, starred with wins over Eugene Ellis 3-0, Hugo Tupper 3-1 and Luke Walker 3-2, coming back from 2-1 down in the latter match. Bruce Gallichan played his part in 3 entertaining encounters, losing 3-1 to Tupper (a tremendous result for the young Tupper) and 3-2 to Ellis, but bouncing back against Walker 3-0. Josh Band went down 3-1 to Walker, proved too good for Tupper in 4 sets before losing in straight sets to a determined Ellis in the final match of the evening. In the doubles Band and Gallichan lost 3-0 to the Ellis / Walker combination.
St. Joseph A beat CCC C 9-1 St. Josephs have now opened a 2 point gap at the head of the table following this latest victory with Craig Gascoyne once again in imperious form winning his 3 matches, dropping just the one game to Tom Morgan. Max Tupper was also unbeaten, dropping only one game to Kevin Allen. Scott Cassin defeated Tom Marsay 3-2 (11-9 in the 5th game) and Morgan 3-0 but lost 3-2 to Allen. Cassin also paired up with Tupper as they overcame Morgan and Marsay 3-1 in a close doubles.
CCC D beat St. Joseph B 6-4 First points of the season for CCC in this bottom of the table clash despite Tom Quinn winning his 3 for St. Josephs without the loss of a game. Quinn also partnered Barry Vibert to a 3-0 doubles success against Carol Milnes and Martin Tupper. The surprise of the evening was provided in the form of wily veteran Vibert as he was comprehensively outfoxed and outgunned by Milnes, Tupper and last but not least Jeff Vincent. Junior reserve Philip Quinn impressed and fought hard but also suffered the same fate as the visibly shaken wily veteran against his much more experienced opponents.
Division 2
St. Mary beat CCC B 7-3 St. Mary consolidated their position at the head of the table, Darren Le Brun again winning his 3 games, having to come back from 2-0 to overcome the stubborn resistance of Martin Tupper. Le Brun was well backed up by Fred Coote who beat Paul Hargreaves and Jeff Vincent, with Barry Breuilly also defeating the unfortunate Hargreaves.
Victoria B beat CCC A 6-4 For Victoria, the tried and tested combination of Trevor Motto and David Hole proved too strong for the young CCC side. Motto won all his matches with Hole, despite losing 3-2 to Helen Liron (after having been 2-0 up) fighting back with wins over Kelsey Le Maistre 3-2 and Jodie Le Maistre. 3-1. Jeremy Le Rossignol drew a blank for Victoria and so it was left to Motto and Hole to claim victory with a win in the doubles over Kelsey and Liron. . Pegasus beat CCC C 9-1 In the end a comfortable victory for the rapidly improving Pegasus side of Ewan Le Marquand, Matthieu Fisher and Jordan Wykes over CCC’s Carole Milnes, Ollie Meaton and Jack Mills. Many of the matches were however close affairs, Milnes gaining CCC’s only point with a straight sets victory Wykes.
Victoria A beat St. Joseph 9-1 Doug Ferguson and Jack Messervy both won their 3, both dropping games to Emily Robins and Philip Quinn. Ed Le Quesne beat Robins and Zoë Quinn 3-0 but lost 3-2 to junior Philip Quinn, 11-9 in the 5th game of a very tight match. Marcus Hawgood joined Messervy to a straight sets doubles success over Emily and Zoë.
Division 3
Victoria beat Pegasus A 5-0 in this top of the table clash, a match much closer than the score line suggests. Harry Messervy defeated both Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford, in each case over 5 sets, Chris Morshead requiring 4 sets to overcome the Pegasus duo. Victoria also took the doubles 3-1 to move to the head of the table and put an end to Pegasus’ 100% record.
CCC A beat St. Mary A 3-2 CCC moved into joint top spot with this win, Carl Duncan in fine form with wins over Vic Roberts and Helen Retrosi. Brother Luke lost both his singles matches before the brothers combined to win the vital doubles.
Pegasus B beat St Joseph 4-1. Pegasus remain hot on the heels of the leading sides with Michael Fisher beating David Quinn 3-0 but losing 3-0 to Timmy Boulter and Oren Le Marquand defeating both Quinn and Boulter over 5 sets. In a close doubles, Pegasus won 3-1 with St. Joseph winning the first game 17-15, and only losing two of the other games by 13-11.
St. Mary B beat CCC B 4-1 James Henderson gained CCC’s consolation success with a win over Paul Moullin. However Moullin and Dot Kierys were to run out winners of their remaining games against Henderson and James Job for their first victory of the season
Division 4
All 4 matches this week in Division 4 resulted in victories by the closest of margins
St. Joseph A beat CCC C 3-2 St. Josephs continue to head the table following this hard fought win with Conner O’Shea in fine form defeating both Victoria Barnes and Daniel Heaven 3-0. Tom Wallwork lost 3-1 to both Barnes and Heaven but played his part by teaming up with O’Shea in the vital doubles in which they secured a 3-0 victory
Victoria A beat CCC A 3-2 Victoria are now the nearest challengers to St. Josephs. George Gautier lost 3-2 to Luke Duncan (22-20 in the first game) but overcame Marc Davies 3-1. Corey Stewart beat Duncan 3-0 but lost 3-2 to Davies after being 2-1 up. The Victoria pair rallied to take the match with a 3-1 doubles success.
Victoria B beat CCC B 3-2 Another tight match with Victoria taking the 2 points despite the valiant efforts of Dominic Rebindaine who defeated both James Job 3-0 and Charlie Hodges 12-10 in the 5th game of their match.
St Joseph B beat Pegasus 3-2 this despite two excellent wins for Pegasus’ Jacob Gosselin over Luc Miller 3-2 and Wilfred Morris 3-0
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St. Joseph A beat CCC B 6-4 A first defeat of the season for CCC B in this top of the table clash, in which St. Joseph’s Craig Gascoyne was again in dominant form, the current Island Champion winning his 3 games including a victory over the previously unbeaten Paul Marshall. Max Tupper defeated Josie Bruce 3-0 but lost 3-1 to Marshall and 3-2 to Trevor Lefebvre. Scott Cassin also found Lefebvre and Marshall to be too strong but gained a crucial success over Bruce. In an excellent doubles, Gascoyne and Tupper defeated Marshall and Lefebvre 3-1 to secure the victory.
Pegasus beat CCC D 9-1 A comfortable success for the defending champions, a side running into form after a slow start to the season. Bruce Gallichan again impressed with wins over Kelsey Le Maistre, Helen Liron and Alex Celik 3-0. Josh Band was also unbeaten though had to survive a hard fought 5 set tussle with Celik. The latter was to gain his side’s only, albeit deserved, victory of the night with a win over Clive Hansford. In the doubles, Band and Hansford beat the junior female pairing of Le Maistre and Liron 3-0. CCC A beat St. Joseph B 8-2 A closer match than the result suggests with junior Luke Walker starring and remaining unbeaten for CCC with wins over Tom Quinn 3-0, Barry Vibert and Paul Routier 3-1. Hugo Tupper beat both Routier and the wily veteran Vibert 3-2 (20-18 in the first game of a thrilling and entertaining encounter) but lost 3-1 to Quinn. Eugene Ellis beat Routier and Vibert 3-0 but lost 3-2 to Quinn in a tense finale. Division 2
St. Mary beat CCC C 6-4 The parish side continues to head the table after another narrow victory. Darren Le Brun won his 3, dropping games to G. Le Piouffle and Carol Milnes. Fred Coote beat Oliver Meaton 3-0 but lost 3-1 to Le Piouffle and 3-0 to Milnes. Barry Breuilly beat Meaton 3-0 and Le Piouffle 3-1 but lost 13-11 in the 5th game to Milnes after having been 2 games up and 8-2 up in the 5th game. Le Piouffle and Milnes took the doubles but this was not enough to stop St. Mary gaining the 2 points.
Pegasus beat CCC B 6-4 A first win of the season for Pegasus in a match which saw 10 year old Jordan Wykes beating much more experienced opposition in the form Jeff Vincent, Martin Tupper and Paul Hargreaves 3-1. Wykes’ 5 set victory over Vincent deserves special mention, the latter 68 years older than his younger and fresher opponent! Wykes was well supported by Ewan Le Marquand who beat both Tupper and Hargreaves, but lost to the spring healed Vincent. Matthieu Fisher also overcame Hargreaves to help his side to the 2 points.
Victoria A beat CCC A 6-4 A first defeat of the season for CCC in a match where wee Dougie Ferguson’s experience shone through as he overcame Jodie Le Maistre, Kelsey Le Maistre and Helen Liron. Jack Messervy beat Jodie 3-0 but lost 3-1 to both Kelsey and Helen. Marcus Hawgood lost 3-1 to Kelsey and 3-2 to Helen before beating Jodie 3-1 in the deciding final game of the evening. In the doubles, Ed Le Quesne teamed up with Messervy as they defeated Helen and Kelsey in 4 close games.
Victoria B beat St. Joseph 9-1 For Victoria, Trevor Motto won all his matches 3-0, with David Hole also unbeaten for the loss of only one game to Emily Robins. Peter Hinds beat Zoë Quinn 3-0 and Robins 3-2 but lost 11-9 in the 5th game to junior Philip Quinn. Victoria won the doubles 3-1.
Pegasus A beat St. Mary A 4-1 Pegasus maintained their perfect start to the season and now sit 2 points clear at the top of the table, with Tyler Gosselin beating Helen Retrosi 3-0 and Vic Roberts 3-1, Charlie Hansford going down 3-2 against Roberts after having been 2-1up. Pegasus took the doubles 3-0.
CCC A beat Victoria 3-2 Despite 2 wins for Chris Moreshead over Billy Hickling and Carl Duncan. Adam Denny lost both his matches 3-1 to Hickling and 3-0 to Denny. Duncan and Hickling then came back from 2 games down to take the doubles and the match, inflicting on Victoria their first defeat of the season.
St. Joseph beat St. Mary B 4-1 A first win of the season for the young pairing of Andrew Tsang and David Quinn, Paul Moullin gaining his side’s consolation with a 3-2 victory over Quinn, Moullin having been 2-1 down. Pegasus B beat CCC B 5-0. Michael Fisher and Oren Le Marquand proved too strong on the night against Jamie Henderson and Marc Davies, Le Marquand dropping just the one game against Henderson. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 4 Report Division 1
Pegasus beat CCC C 9-1 The defending champions returned to form with a comfortable win anchored by Josh Band who won his three against Tom Marsay, Tom Morgan and Kevin Allen although Allen played doggedly to take Band to the fifth game. Band also partnered Hansford to beat Morgan and Marsay 3-0 in the doubles. Bruce Gallichan also won his three with Allen claiming the only win for CCC with a good victory against Hansford.
St. Joseph A beat CCC A 7-3 Jersey number 1 Craig Gascoyne cruised through his three matches dropping just one single game to the ever youthful Eugene Ellis. Junior player Max Tupper continued his superlative form with three wins. His first was against Hugo Tupper and then two that went to five games against Luke Walker and Ellis that he also converted. Scott Cassin lost his three despite playing well but found the St. Joseph trio too hot to handle on the night. Gascoyne and Tupper emphasised this by coming back from two games down to beat Walker and Ellis 11-7 in the fifth game of the doubles.
CCC B beat St. Joseph B 7-3 Paul Marshall was at his athletic best as he also dropped just one game in his three matches for the league leaders. Marshall’s efforts were mirrored by Trevor Lefebvre with wins over Tom Quinn, Paul Routier and Barry Vibert. Wily veteran Vibert had faced his first ever "doughnut" after going 10-0 down in the second game of his match with Trevor Lefebvre, before Lefebvre sportingly served off the table. Josie Bruce lost to Vibert and Quinn and narrowly also to Routier in the fifth game. She did however join with Lefebvre to exact a 3-0 win against Vibert and Quinn in the doubles.
Division 2 St. Mary beat St. Joseph 9-1 Ken and Darren Le Brun for the second division pacesetters both won their three matches. Fred Coote was stopped from completing a St. Mary whitewash after beating Zoe and Philip Quinn by an excellent display from Emily Robins who claimed the single match win for her team.
CCC C beat Victoria B 6-4 For Victoria David Hole beat Mons Le Piouffle 3-2, Carol Milnes 3-1 and then Jack Mills 3-0. Peter Hinds also beat Mills but lost in a five game match to Milnes and in four to Le Piouffle. Jeremy le Rossignol lost all of his three games despite showing improvement in this his first season back after a long absence from the game. Milnes and Le Piouffle made the match score respectable with a 3-0 win against Hole and Hinds.
CCC A beat Pegasus 7-3. The team of young ladies continued their superb season so far with another good win against tricky opponents. Helen Liron for CCC did however lose her opening match to Matthieu Fisher but recovered to beat both Jordan Wykes and Ewan le Marquand 3-2. Kelsey le Maistre beat Wykes 3-1 and Le Marquand 3-2 but lost 3-2 to Fisher. Jodie le Maistre sealed the team victory with wins over Wykes and Fisher before losing 3-0 following a spirited effort from Le Marquand. The girls also took the doubles 3-0.
CCC B beat Victoria A 7-3 The robust play of Martin Tupper enabled him to beat both Ed le Quesne and Jack Messervy 3-1. However, it took an edge in the fifth game for Tupper to finally run out a 12-10 victor against super veteran Doug Ferguson. Olly Griggs had a good win against Le Quesne in the fifth but lost 3-1 to both Messervy and Ferguson. Paul Hargreaves also lost to Ferguson but won his other two matches without dropping a game. In the doubles Tupper and Hargreaves beat Ferguson & Messervy 3-0.
Division 3
St. Mary A beat St. Joseph 3-2 A close call for the Parish side against the league’s bottom side. Timmy Boulter for St. Joseph beat Helen Retrosi 3-1 and then came back from 2-0 down to beat the experienced Vic Roberts 3-2. David Quinn showed improving skills but was unable to beat either of the St Mary duo. St. Mary then narrowly took the crucial doubles 3-2 for the match win.
Pegasus A beat St. Mary B 5-0 For the second week running Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford were in dominating mood winning both their singles 3-0. They did in fact not drop a game all match as they overwhelmed the seasoned duo of Paul Moullin and Dot Kierys.
Victoria beat CCC B 5-0. Harry Messervy beat both Jamie Henderson and James Job 3-2, 11-7 in the final game each time, with Adam Denny winning both his matches 3-1. In the doubles, Chris Morshead partnered Denny for a 3-0 win. CCC A beat Pegasus B 4-1 Billy Hickling beat Michael Fisher 3-2 and Oren Le Marquand 3-1, with 3 games going past 10-all. Carl Duncan beat Le Marquand 3-1 but lost 3-1 to Fisher, to give Pegasus deserved consolation.
Division 4
CCC A beat St. Joseph B 5-0 For CCC, Marc Davies and Luke Duncan beat both Luc Miller and Wilfred Morris in singles and doubles. Miller took one game against Davies avoiding a whitewash.
CCC C beat Victoria B 4-1 Victoria Barnes came back from 2-0 down to beat Charlie Hodges 3-2 then beat James Job 3-0. Daniel Heaven lost 11-9 in the 5th game to Job but beat Hodges 3-0 in very close games. Barnes and Heaven won the doubles 3-1.
CCC B beat St. Joseph A 4-1 Tyler Gosselin showed gritty determination by winning two 5 game marathons. He first beat Connor O’Shea 11-7 in the 5th set after losing the first game in a season’s record 20-18! Then against Tom Wallwork the score was 16-14 in the 5th game. Dominic Rebindaine beat O’Shea 3-0 but lost 3-0 to Wallwork. The CCC team then took the doubles 3 – 2.
Victoria A beat Pegasus 5-0 Corey Stewart and George Gautier beat Jacob Gosselin by 3-1 and 3-0 and with Pegasus a player short due to illness Victoria took the match win. _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 3 Report Division 1
CCC B beat CCC C 8-2 A third successive victory for the early season pace setters with Paul Marshall and Trevor Lefebvre again both undefeated against the C side of Tom Marsay, Kay Lefebvre and Tom Morgan. Josie Bruce lost 3-1 to the again impressive Marsay, 3-0 to Lefebvre, but finished with a 3-1 success against Morgan. Marshall and Trevor Lefebvre combined to take the doubles beating Marsay and Kay Lefebvre 3-1
CCC A beat CCC D 10-0 A convincing victory for the A side in another all CCC encounter. Eugene Ellis, won his 3 without dropping a game and was well supported by Luke Walker and Hugo Tupper. The junior duo both overcame reserves Carol Milnes and Martin Tupper in straight sets and also prevailed over Alex Celik, Walker in 4 sets, Tupper taking an excellent encounter12-10 in the 5th set. Walker and Hugo were to also team up in the doubles.
Pegasus beat St. Joseph B 9-1 The defending champions opened their account for the season, with Bruce Gallichan and Josh Band both enjoying comfortable successes against their opponents. Consolation for St. Josephs was provided in the shape of wily veteran Barry Vibert, who rolled back the years to claim the scalp of Clive Hansford in 3 sets. The match also saw the welcome return of Island player, David Cronin, who paired up with Gallichan in the doubles
Division 2
St. Mary beat Pegasus 9-1 This was a much closer affair than the score line suggests with the experienced trio of Darren Le Brun, Ken Le Brun and Barry Breulliy being pushed hard by their younger opponents, in particular rapidly improving 10 year old Jordan Wykes who had match points against Darren. Pegasus’ only albeit much deserved success was Ewan Le Marquand’s victory over Breuilly.
Victoria B beat Victoria A 6-4 Trevor Motto once again excelled with wins over Jack Messervy 3-1, Ed Le Quesne and Marcus Hawgood, both in straight sets. Dave Hole also overcame Le Quesne and Hawgood 3-1 before losing to Messervy 13-11 in the 5th. With newcomer Jeremy Le Rossignol unable to add to his side’s tally, it was left to Hole and Motto to secure the 2 points with a 3-0 doubles victory over Hawgood and Messervy.
CCC B beat CCC C 7-3 despite a hat trick of wins for the C side’s, Carol Milnes, all her matches won over 4 sets. However for the B team, Martin Tupper beat Jack Mills 14-12 in the 5th game of an excellent and entertaining match and Oliver Meaton 3-1 Olly Griggs also just got the better of the diminutive Mills in the 5th and Meaton 3-1, with Paul Hargreaves playing his part with victories over Mills and Meaton. In the doubles, Griggs and Hargreaves beat the unfortunate Mills and Milnes in another close 5 sets encounter.
Division 3
Victoria beat St. Mary A 4-1 Another 2 points for Victoria with Vic Roberts’ win over Chris Morshead being the only plus for the Parish side. Harry Messervy came back from 2-1 down to beat Helen Retrosi 11-8 in the 5th game and followed up with a 3-1 victory over Roberts. In the doubles the Victorians won 3-1. Pegasus A beat CCC A 5-0 This was a surprisingly comfortable victory for Pegasus in a contest involving 2 previously unbeaten all junior teams. Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford won both their singles 3-0 and came back from 2–0 down to beat Billy Hickling and Carl Duncan in the doubles. CCC B beat St. Joseph 4-1. Alex Bolton beat David Quinn 3-0 and Timmy Boulter 3-2, Jamie Henderson also beating Quinn but losing 3-1 to Boulter. The CCC combination took the doubles over 5 tight sets.
Division 4
St. Joseph A beat CCC A 5-0 St. Josephs A remain the only team with a 100% record following the second round of matches in Division 4, with Connor O’Shea winning both his matches 3-0, Thomas Wallwork beating Marc Davies 3-0 and Luke Duncan 3-1. The strong St. Joseph A duo enjoyed a 3-0 doubles success.
Victoria A beat CCC C 4-1 Victoria edged an extremely close match in which Corey Stewart overcame Victoria Barnes 11-9 in the 5th game and Daniel Heaven 11-7 also in 5 sets. George Gautier also defeated Heaven (11-8 in the 5th game) before losing 3-1 to Barnes. The Victoria pair came back from 2-0 down to take the doubles 11-8 in the final set.
St. Joseph B beat CCC B 3-2 For CCC, Dominic Rebindaine beat both Luc Miller and Wilfred Morris 3-0 but this proved to be in vein as St. Josephs took the 2 points.
Pegasus beat Victoria B 3-2 A similar story here as the Pegasus side of Jacob Gosselin and Alex Mckinlay enjoyed a close victory despite 2 victories for Victoria’s Charlie Hodges _____________________________________________________________________________ THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 2 Report Division 1
St. Josephs A and CCC B both maintained their 100% records following this week’s round of league action
St. Joseph A beat Pegasus 6-4 Craig Gascoyne spearheaded St. Joseph’s narrow victory over the defending champions, who were missing Island player David Cronin. Gascoyne, unbeaten on the night, was given an almighty scare by Bruce Gallichan, before coming back from 2-0 down to beat the inspired super veteran over 5 superb sets of table tennis. Max Tupper beat junior rival Josh Band 3-1, but lost 3-0 to Gallichan and surprisingly 3-1 to the sprightly Clive Hansford. Scott Cassin was too quick for Hansford 3-2 before going down 3-0 to Gallichan and 3-1 to Band, The St. Josephs pairing of Gascoyne and Tupper overcame Gallichan and Band 3-0 in a close doubles match to secure the 2 points.
CCC B beat CCC D 8-2 In the end a comfortable win for CCC B, a match clearly demonstrating that newcomer, Alex Celik, will be welcome and strong addition to the local table tennis scene. Celik went down 3-1 to Paul Marshall and 3-2 to Trevor Lefebvre, regulars for the Island side, both matches being extremely tight affairs. Marshall and Lefebvre went on to win all their matches, well supported by Josie Bruce who defeated Mark Liron 3-0 and Martin Tupper 3-1, Bruce finding Celik too good in a straight sets defeat. The duo of Tupper and Celik enjoyed a deserved doubles victory over Marshall and Bruce 3-1. CCC A beat CCC C 7-3 Playing as reserve for the A side, the Bobby Vincent led the way with wins over Tom Marsay, Kevin Allen and Kay Lefebvre, the latter 11-9 in the 5th set. Luke Walker opened with a 13-11 win in the 5th game against Allen, a 3-0 victory against Marsay before losing in 4 sets to Lefebvre. Hugo Tupper played well to beat Lefebvre 3-2 and Allen 3-1 but lost 12-10 in the 4th game to Marsay, just reward for the latter who has shown rapid improvement over the past 18 months. Marsay & Lefebvre combined to beat Walker and Tupper 3-1 in the doubles.
Division 2
Victoria B beat Pegasus 7-3 Trevor Motto was unbeaten for the defending champions.. Dave Hole also beat Jordan Wykes 3-0 and Matthieu Fisher 3-1 before losing to Ewan Le Marquand 3-0. Newcomer Jeremy Le Rossignol found both Le Marquand and to Fisher too good, but just held on to overcome Wykes 11-9 in the 5th game. The doubles went the way of Hole and Motto against Le Marquand and Fisher 3-2.
St. Mary beat Victoria A 9-1 Ken Le Brun lost his first match 3-1 to Jack Messervy but then stormed back with wins over Ed Le Quesne and Marcus Hawgood both 3-0. Fred Coote came back from 2-0 down to beat Messervy, the latter also taking a game against Darren Le Brun. Otherwise Darren Le Brun and Coote won with 3-0 scorelines. In the doubles, the Le Bruns beat Hawgood and Messervy 3-0.
CCC B beat St. Joseph 7-3 with veteran Martin Tupper winning 3, dropping just the one game to Zoë Quinn. Olly Griggs beat Emily Robins 3-0, Philip Quinn 11-9 in the 5th after being 2-0 down and Zoë Quinn 3-1. A long night for Paul Hargreaves as he lost 11-9 in the 5th game to Zoë and 13-11 in the 5th game to Philip, his luck eventually changing as he overcame Robins 11-9 also in 5 sets. The Quinns beat Griggs and Tupper 3-1 the doubles
Division 3
CCC A, Victoria and Pegasus A are the early front-runners in Division 3, each side have won both their opening matches
CCC A beat St. Joseph 5-0 with Billy Hickling winning each of his matches, without the loss of a set, Carl Duncan overcoming David Quinn 3-0 and Andrew Tsang 3-1 in 4 close games, the CCC duo taking the doubles 3-0.
Victoria beat St. Mary B 5-0 Chris Morshead was again in form with victories over Dot Kierys and Paul Moullin 3-0, Morshead well supported by Harry Messervy winning 17-15 in the 4th game against Moullin and defeating Kierys 3-0. Pegasus A beat CCC B 3-2. Pegasus had to work hard for their win, with CCC’s Alex Bolton beating both Tyler Gosselin and Charlie Hansford 3-1 in close and entertaining matches. Jamie Henderson lost 3-0 to Tyler and 3-1 to Charlie, Pegasus eventually securing the points with a 3-1 doubles victory.
Pegasus B beat St. Mary A 3-2 For the parish side Vic Roberts continued his good start to the season defeating both Michael Fisher 3-1 and Oren Le Marquand 3-0, with newcomer Helene Retrosi losing to both Pegasus juniors. Fisher and Le Marquand took the doubles 3-0.
The opening matches of Division 4, featuring a host of the crop of junior newcomers to the sport and no doubt some stars of the future, took place this week. St. Joseph A beat St. Joseph B 5-0 An opening victory for the A side and an excellent start to league table tennis enjoyed by Connor O’Shea and Tom Wallwork over the combination of Wilfred Morris and Luke Miller.
CCC C beat Pegasus 4-1 Victoria Barnes beating Alec McKinlay 3-1 and Jacob Gosselin 3-0. Daniel Heaven also beat McKinley 3-1 but lost 3-1 to Gosselin, Victoria and Daniel taking the doubles
Victoria B beat VIctoria A 3-2 In a tight match, Charlie Hodges beat Corey Stewart 11-9 in the 5th and George Gautier 3-1. James Job lost 3-1 to Gautier and 3-0 to Stewart. In the doubles, the pairing of Hodges and Job took the match over 5 sets and with it the 2 points.
CCC A beat CCC B 3-2 For the B team Dominic Rebindaine performed very well gaining two 3-0 victories. His partner, Tyler Gosselin, lost 3-0 to Marc Davies and 3-2 in a close affair against Luke Duncan. Marc and Luke secured the win with a 3-0 doubles success. ____________________________________________________________________________
THE DEUTSCHE BANK JERSEY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION LEAGUE – Week 1 Report
The Jersey Table Tennis Association League season commenced this week with new sponsors who are also generously sponsoring this season's Jersey Closed Championship to be held at the end of the season in the spring of 2010.
The sport continues to grow with 4 leagues, more than 90 registered players and an increasing number of social members playing the sport locally. The season promises to be a very exciting one with a number of the rapidly improving junior players, benefiting from the guidance of Development Officer Craig Gascoyne, now playing in the higher echelons of local Table Tennis
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13 year old Hugo gets a great win over Island Games silver medalist.