Thursday, March 20, 2025

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Mackay and Whitsunday Life

At The Table Table Tennis

John had a blinder in Tuesday morning Mackay table tennis fixtures last week, winning all his matches including a rare defeat of Branko, -5, -12, 9, 6, 9. And there was absolutely nothing between Ken and Iris, Ken getting up -3, 10, 12, -11, 10. What a great competition!

Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday morning fixtures March 11, 2025:

Division 1:

Saturn’s Rings (George Camilleri, Charlie Payne, Coral Morgan) d Solar Comets (Doug Dungavell, Judy Zahn, Bryan Morgan) 7-5. Coral d Bryan 10, -4, -4, 10, 9.

Rocket Stars (Allan Robins, John McGee, Rymer Tabulo) d Venus Voyagers (Peter Goodson, Branko Vucurovic, Marie Taylor) 9-3. Branko d Allan -4, -8, 9, 4, 13.

Mars Pioneers (Delma Knight, Geoff Cowan, Kevin Abbott) d Luna Legends (Donna Abbott, Pam Joyce, Noreen Fredericksen) 7-5. Noreen d Delma 10, 10, -1, -6, 7.

Division 2:

Jupiter Jets (Don Boettcher, Kim Challender) d Neptune Navigators (John Hamelink, Gloria Vella, Frank Caruana) 5-2. Gloria d Kim -5, -8, 7, 5, 9.

Pluto Players (Darryl Ross, Iris Grasso, Gerry Synnott) d Mercury Meteors (Ken Best, Helen Ware, Kim Daffy) 8-4. Ken d Iris -3, 10, 12, -11, 10.

Division 3:

Green Lantern (Josie Davis, Ron Johr, Trish Zamparutti) drew Wonder Warriors (Sally Miller, Allison Day, Glenda Brookes) 6-all. Glenda d Trish -11, 3, 5, -3, 6.

Aqua Waves (David Miller, Chris Collins, Thelma Caruana) d Black Panther (Sharon Muller, Madge Saunders, Carmel Cristaldi) 9-3. Thelma d Madge 5, 10, -5, -5, 11.

Mackay Table Tennis Tuesday night fixtures March 11, 2025:

Division 1:

Star Lords (Vimal Chilukuri, Robbie Richards, Mark Sleeman) Venus Voyagers (Geoff Denman, Janice Kent, Graham Brake) 8-3. Janice d Robbie -8, 4, 7, -9, 9.

Ant Warriors (Goncalo Serra, Graeme Walker, Ian McKay) d Ghost Spin (Allan Robins, Steven Whiting, Lily Boland) 8-3. Ian d Allan -8, 12, 4, -10, 6.

Cosmic Scorchers (Donna Abbott, Neil Brown, Anne Sheridan) d Panther Prowlers (Vince Boeske, Allan Edwards, Trent Day) 8-3. Neil d Allan 14, -8, 10, 12.

Phoenix Fire (Andrew McHugh, Josh Brown, Andrea Nicholson) d Stellar Storms (Will VanDeKaa, Lee Brake, Barry Patterson) 8-3. Josh d Barry 7, -2, 5, -10, 9.

Division 2:

Pirate Plunge (Geoff Cowan, David Symons) d Roman Legion (Niro Premachandra, Peter Goodson) 3-2. Niro d Bulldog -9, 5, -9, 6, 9.

Zulu Spears (George Camilleri, Darryl Ross, Rod Hamelink) d Amazon Guards (Simon Hogan, Noreen Fredericksen) 7-4. George d Simon -7, 18, 4, -12, 9.

Spartan Serve (Liz Burton, YiLin Jiang, Mark Stam) d Rebel Celts (Delma Knight, Ollie Hamelink, Val Austin) 7-4. Liz d Val 7, -8, 4, -9, 8.

Celtic Smash (Tiffany Camilleri, Syed Zhang) d Pharoah Aces (Jye Callander, Branko Vucurovic) 4-3. Jye-Branko d  Tiffany-Syed 4, 13, -11, -4, 4.

Contributed by Charlie Payne

Coral Morgan

Bryan Marshall. Photo credit: Charlie Payne

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