IN division one of the Okehampton Table Tennis League, Tavistock against Bridestowe took a 2-0 lead before Mark Tancock beat Dan Howell 11-8 in the fifth leg.

Mark went on to complete a fine maximum. Tavistock lead 6-3 after the singles. Fred Phillips and Roger Bowkett winning the doubles against Mark and Phil Down for a 7-3 win for Tavistock.

Bridestowe then played Okehampton. John Down put Okehampton 1-0 ahead against Phil Down, and John Squire beat Francis Griffiths 11-9 in the fifth leg to put Okehampton 2-0 ahead. Mark Tancock won the next against Sarah Jackson and won his second against John Squire to level the score 3-3. Mark went on to complete another fine maximum to put Bridestowe 5-4 ahead after the singles. Mark and Phil won a against John Down and John Squire winning 11-5 in the fifth leg for a 6-4 win for Bridestowe.

Academy then took on the mixtures, an won singles with a 9-0 lead, but Tom Pearce and Tom Pengelly fought hard in the doubles beating Ivor Copley and Martin Rose 3-2.

in the last division one match, Okehampton A took on Tavistock. Fred Phillips put Tavistock 1-0 ahead just beating Nick Jackson. John Down beat Roger Bowkett in the fifth leg to leave at 1-1. Dan Howell beat Sarah Jackson in the next and went on to complete his maximum. John Down won his second against Fred to level at 2-2 then Tavistock won the next five singles, and won the match 7-3.

In division two, Dan Bashford won the first leg for Horrabridge against Mark Ralf of Okehampton to lead 1-0. Maureen Venton then levelled for Okehampton. Horrabridge went on to win the next four singles to lead 5-1. Dick Randell won the next against Till Northey. Chloe Greenaway completed her maximum against Mark to lead 6-2. Horrabridge won 7-3.

The next match Anchorage B were at home against Milton Abbot B. harry Barnaby beat Dave Wilson 11-5 in the fifth leg to put Milton Abbot ahead 1-0. Rob Evans lost to Dave Vanstone in the next to level 1-1. Roger Gilbert beat Michael Blatchford for a 2-1 lead to Anchorage. Harry won the next against Michael but Rob Evans won a hard fought five leg game against Roger to level at 3-3. Anchorage won the next three singles. Anchorage won the last singles and doubles for a 7-3 win.

The next match Moretonhampstead played Anchorage. Dave WIlson won the first against Paul Brodey then Ken Underhill levelled at 1-1 against Dave Vanstone.

The Anchorage won the next seven singles and the doubles for a 9-1 win.

In the next match Okehampton B played a strong Milton Abbot A who raced away and won all nine singles andf doubles for a 10-0 win. Michael Blatchford, Tim Westcott and Ian Osborne, all scoring maximums.

The next Horrabridge took on Okehampton C, and took a 3-0 lead. Dan Bashford beat Richard Rose, Jill Northey beat Ben Bolton and Chloe Greenaway beat Frank Cockburn. Okehampton won the next four to lead 4-3. Chloe beat Richard Rose in the fifth leg 3-2. Frank beat Dan in the last singles and joined Richard to win the doubles against Dan and Chloe for a 6-4 win for Okehampton C.

Then Walkhampton were at home to a strong Anchorage B who won the match 10-0. Ben Edmonds did well against Dave Wilson just losing 3-2. The last singles Heath Marker also took Dave to a five leg decider.

Milton Abbot A played Horrabridge in a hard fought match, which saw Milton Abbot wiin 8-2.

Okehampton C played Milton Abbot B. Harry Barnaby did well to win all his singles, supported by Ben Evans with two singles and Ben and Harry won the doubles for a 7-3 win for Milton Abbot.

Then Walkhampton played at home to Moretonhampstead in a hard fought and exciting match. Chris Jackson did well to beat Brian Skilton in five legs and Paul Brodey in three. Callam Sherrell and Joe Egan won a single each. ken Underhill and Brian Skilton won the doubles against Callam and Chris for a 6-4 win for Moretonhampstead.

Division one P W D L Pts

Tavistock 5 4 0 1 38

Academy 4 3 1 0 30

Bridestowe 4 2 1 1 25

Okehampton A 5 1 0 4 23

Anchorage A 3 2 0 1 14

The Mixtures 5 0 0 5 4

Division two P W D L Pts

Milton Abbot A 7 6 0 1 57

Anchorage B 6 6 0 0 49

Milton Abbot B 6 3 0 3 33

Moretonhampstead 6 3 0 3 25

Okehampton C 5 2 0 3 23

Horrabridge 6 1 1 4 22

Walkhampton 5 1 1 3 15

Okehampton B 5 0 0 5 9