Friday, October 24, 2025

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

At The Table 24 October

This season is proving to have some fantastic matches, Allan Robins has always had a lot of marathon matches but last Tuesday night, Duncan gave Allan a run for his money and they didn’t disappoint.

They took turns with every set was super close with Allan won in the end 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 9-11, 16-14.

Evening Fixtures

Division 1 – Gold (Goncalo Serra, Geoff Denman, Graham Brake) beat Barra (Barry Patterson, Lee Brake, Graham Drury) 8-3, with Lee beat Graham 11-6.

Eagles (Emma Widdup, Syed Aminul Hossain, Josh Brown) beat Jaguar (Jacob Whelan, Geoff Cowan, Rymer Tabulo) 7-4, with Jacob made a comeback against Emma to win 11-6 in 5 Sets.

Fish (Steven Whiting, Trent Day, Graeme Walker) won against Lily (Robbie Richards, Lily Boland, Will VanDaKaa) 7-4, with Steven winning in 5 Sets over Will 11-3.

Division 2 – Teddy (George Camilleri, Vincent Neuhauf, Ross DeBoer) beat Marlin (Mark Sleeman, Peter Taber, Ian McKay) 7-4, George and Mark had a massive match with George coming out on top 11-9 in 5th Set.

Drongos (Yilin Jiang, Duncan Treloar, Delma Knight) won against Alpha (Allan Robins, Samuel Whelan, Peter Goodson) 7-4, Allan won in a close finish against Duncan 16-14 in 5 Sets.

Division 3 – Nova Smashers (Noreen Frederickson, Craig VanDaKaa, Nate Clark) beat Tibhar (Ollie Hamelink, Tiffany Camilleri) 6-5, with Tiffany won against Craig 11-5.

Marlin (Val Austin, Melanie Theodore, Mark Stam) won 6-5 against Sigma (Simon Hogan, Logan Brown, Rod Hamelink), Melanie came out on top against Rod 11-7 in tight 5 Sets.

Morning Fixtures

Division 1 – Rap Drive (Andrea Nicholson, Doug Dungavell, John McGee) drew level with Jump Up (Branko Vucurovic, Delma Knight, Virginia Clayton) 6-6, there was a lot of close matches Doug and Delma having a wonderful match with Doug winning 11-6 in tight 5 sets.

Jazz Live (George Camilleri, Veronica Shepherd, Peter Goodson) won 7-5 over Rock Rally (Geoff Cowan, Pam Joyce, Kevin Abbott), with Geoff coming back from 2 sets to 1 down to win against George 11-7 in 5th set.

Bass Bump (Donna Abbott, Judy Zahn, Peter Taber) beat Drum Beat (Allan Robins, Steve Mathieson, Bryan Marshall) 7-5, Judy won a close finishing match 11-9 in 5 sets over Bryan.

Division 2 – Byte Bouncers (Gloria Vella, Helen Ware, Robyn Bushell) won against Code Crackers (Pam Keune, Josie Davis, Thelma Caruana) 7-5, Josie won a tight 5 set match against Robyn 12-10.

Pixal Paddles (Marie Taylor, Louise Gould, Frank Caruana) beat Nano Nets (Kim Daffy, Ian Dodds, Coral Morgan) winning 7-5, with Marie coming out on top 12-10 in 5th Set against Kim.

Division 3 – Captin Spins (Sally Muir, Allison Day, Carmel Cristaldi) drew level with Spider Smashers (Sharon Muller, Trish Zamparutti, Laurie Bradshaw) 6-6, Sally won a close match against Sharon 11-9.

Bat Serves (Kim Challendar, David Muir, Janelle Keune) won 8-4 against Iron Rallies (Gerry Synnott, Madge Saunders, Glenda Brookes), Madge beat David 11-8 in 5th Set.

Contributed by Andrea Nicholson

Allan Robins

Duncan Treloar. Photos supplied

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