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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

At The Table

A busy week of Tuesday fixtures saw fierce rallies and tight finishes across all three divisions at Mackay Table Tennis.

Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday morning fixtures April 29, 2025:

Division 1:

Ghost Spin (George Camilleri, Branko Vucurovic, Bryan Marshall) d Cosmic Sorcerers (Delma Knight, Pam Joyce, Coral Morgan) 7-5. Delma d Branko -8, 8, -10, 12, 7.

Panther Prowlers (Doug Dungavell, John McGee, Kevin Abbott) d Phoenix Fire (Donna Abbott, Steve Mathieson, Darryl Ross) 7-5. Kevin d Darryl 11, 4, 23.

Star Lords (Geoff Cowan, Tony Bowman, Veronica Shepherd) d Ant Warriors (Allan Robins, Judy Zahn, Don Boettcher) 8-4. Tony d Judy 8, 6, -6, -9, 4.

Division 2:

Eclipse Spin (Helen Ware, Ken Best, Virginia Clayton) d Astro Aces (Iris Grasso, John Hamelink, Chris Collins) 9-3. John d Ken -9, 7, 9, 9.

Orion Orbiters (Ross deBoor, Kim Daffy, Louise Gould) drew Nova Smashers (Marie Taylor, Gloria Vella, Frank Caruana) 6-all. Kim d Marie 7, 10, -2, -5, 7.

Division 3:

Spider Smashers (Gerry Synnott, Cheryl Pearson, Glenda Dutton) d Captain Spins (Josie Davis, Sharon Muller, Myles Dutton) 7-5. Josie/Sharon d Gerry/Cheryl 8, -4, 8, -11, 9.

Iron Rallies (Trish Zamparutti, Allison Day, Laurie Bradshaw) d Bat Serves (Kim Challender, Madge Saunders, Carmel Cristaldi) 7-5. Laurie d Madge -8, 5, 6, -6, 6.

Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday night fixture results April 22, 2025:

Division 1:

Data Dashers (Josh Brown, Barry Patterson, Niro Premachandra) d Pixel Players (Jacob Whelan, Lily Boland, Graham Drury) 8-3. Josh d Lily 8, -5, 4, -8, 8.

App Attackers (Steven Whiting, Graeme Walker, Andrea Nicholson) d Tech Titans (Ivan Perkins, Neil Brown, Jeff Denman) 6-5. Graeme d Ivan -10, 9, -11, 9, 8.

Code Crackers (Allan Edwards, Emma Widdup, Lee Brake) d Byte Bouncers (Anne Sheridan, Graham Brake, Ian McKay) 8-3. Graham d Lee 9, -4, -8, 7, 6.

Pixel Paddles (Trent Day, Mick Ruhl) d Nano Nets (Vimal Chilukuri, YiLin Jiang) 5-3. Mick/Trent d Vimal/YiLin -13, -10. 7, 11, 9.

Division 2:

Cloud Chasers (Syed Aminul Hossain, Samuel Whelan) d Stream Strikers (Delma Knight, George Camilleri) 5-4. Seyed/Samuel d Delma/George -9, 7, -9, 8, 8.

Mega Movers (Duncan Treloar, Mark Stam, Craig VanDeKaa) d Turbo Techs (Val Austin, Steve Mathieson, Jye Callander) 7-4. Jye d Mark 8, -6, 7, -5, 9.

Quantum Quick (Mark Sleeman, Rymer Tabulo, Ollie Hamelink) d Giga Gamers (Darryl Ross, Allan Robins, Peter Goodson) 7-4. Ollie d Allan 6, -9, 8, -7, 9.

Robbo Rallies (Tiffany Camilleri, Will VanDeKaa, Noreen Fredericksen) d Circuit Cyclers (Janice Kent, David Symons) 6-5. David d Noreen -6, 8, 4, 7.

Kim Daffy played a key role for Orion Orbiters in their hard-fought 6-all draw in Division 2 morning fixtures

Marie Taylor fought through a five-set battle for Nova Smashers in Division 2 Tuesday morning action. Photo credit: Charlie Payne

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