ATLA STORM WHITEWASH THE TIN WHISPERERS AS AON AND ISLAND TYRES SEIZE TOP SPOT
A LEAGUE
The Tin Whisperers 0 Atla Storm 3
The upset of the season. Bottom-of-the-table Atla Storm, still chasing a first win, swept aside the former leaders. Ashley Sandyford-Sykes was ruthless against Ben Peach, winning 11-0, 11-3, 11-2. Phil Butler trailed Damien Loughrey by two games after 8-11, 9-11, then roared back 11-7, 11-6 and held his nerve 11-9 in the fifth. Max Birchall finished the job against Dasa Brynjolffssen, edging a 12-10 third on his way to a 3-1 win. A first win of the season and 12 points for Storm.
Buchanan & Pitts Racketeers Buccaneers 1 Team Aon 2
Aon took full advantage to go top, but needed two five-setters to do it. Patrick Fitzpatrick put the Buccaneers in front with a 3-1 win over Robin Crease, closing it out 12-10 in the fourth. Mason McLarney dropped the opener 12-10 to Ben Leith, was pegged back to two-all, and took the decider 11-6. Nathan Quilliam then trailed Oliver Wait 2-1 after losing a 14-12 third, before winning 11-9, 11-4 to seal it.
Phil Shaw Vehicles 1 Moore Dixon Jaguars 2
Joshua Green beat Hamish Thornton 3-1, taking the third 11-1. Mark Webster-Smith lost the first 12-10 to Shaun Wyllie but won the next three to level. Lance Wyllie settled it with a straight-games win over Aleyn Taggart (11-6, 11-7, 11-8). The Jaguars stay third, three points behind the Whisperers.
Argosy v The Tenacious Titans
One rubber each with the third still to play. Malcolm Levy lost a 16-14 opener to Harvey Douglas, then took control 11-5, 11-5, 11-6. Chris Walton levelled with an 11-6, 11-9, 11-3 win over Magnus Lamprecht.
Week 5 catch-up: The Tenacious Titans 3 Buchanan & Pitts Racketeers Buccaneers 0. Harvey Douglas beat Ben Leith 3-0, Chris Walton beat Oliver Wait 3-1 and Dafydd Lewis beat Jonathan Gower-Jackson 3-0.
A League Standings after Round 7
1 Team Aon 65
2 The Tin Whisperers 59
3 Moore Dixon Jaguars 56
4 Buchanan & Pitts Racketeers Buccaneers 43
5 The Tenacious Titans 43*
6 Phil Shaw Vehicles 42
7 Argosy 42*
8 Atla Storm 33
*fixture incomplete
B LEAGUE
CES Sharks 1 Mavericks 4
Normal service for the leaders. Mike Hayler gave the Sharks hope, beating Robert Smith 15-8, 12-15, 15-8, 15-9, but Mavericks took the other four. Nathan Quilliam beat Oliver Wait 3-1, Magnus Lamprecht beat Greg Ansara 3-0, Dasa Brynjolffssen beat Mark Stratford 3-1, closing it out 15-12 in the fourth, and Keane Brentley beat Sarah Simpson 3-1. Another 18 points puts Mavericks 45 clear.
Outcasts v Racketeers Pioneers
Level at 2-2 with the fifth string still to play. Liam Davies beat Fraser Dorling 3-0, winning two tight games 19-17 and 16-14, and Jonathan Gower-Jackson beat Aleyn Taggart 3-0. The Pioneers hit back: Ed Batty beat Elliot Henson 15-4, 15-8, 15-5, and Lee Alexander beat Stuart Highy 3-1. With second place at stake, it all comes down to the last match.
Week 5 catch-up: Outcasts 3 Mavericks 2. Mark Henson lost the first two games 15-9, 15-9 to Richard Cretney, then won three straight 15-13 games. Robert Smith beat Jonathan Gower-Jackson 3-1 for Mavericks. It remains the leaders' only defeat.
B League Standings after Round 7
1 Mavericks 116
2 Outcasts 71*
3 Racketeers Pioneers 66*
4 CES Sharks 54
*fixture incomplete
C LEAGUE
Junior Academy 1 Island Tyres and Autocare 4
Island Tyres go top. Thomas Mcalear gave the Academy a big scalp, beating Mark Stratford in a see-saw five-setter (15-11, 12-15, 15-13, 10-15, 15-7). Island Tyres then took over. Peter Sharples beat Rory Hughes 3-0, edging the third 16-14. Leslie Callow trailed Ryan Boshoff 2-1 and came back to win 15-10, 15-9. Philip Shaw beat Aarav Gandu 3-0 and Christo du Plessis beat Jiayue Kang 3-0.
Crazy Jacks Barbershop 2 Racketeers 3
The leaders going into the week slip to third. Lee Alexander beat Jas Singh 3-0, but Racketeers won the middle three. Charlie Beard beat Alexi Yovanoff 3-1 despite losing an 18-16 second game, Barry Irvine came from a game down to beat Matt Ripley 3-1, and Steven Wright beat Darren Smith in a five-game thriller, taking the decider 15-13. Tek Min Ewe beat Andy Dalrymple 3-0 for Crazy Jacks.
Racket Raiders 2 Falcons 3
The Raiders won the top two strings. Dasa Brynjolffssen beat Greg Ansara 3-1, and Phil Whittam beat Lewi Long in five, taking the decider 15-12. Falcons swept the bottom three in straight games: Elliot Henson beat Aaron Rumney, Julien Uzzell beat Wayne Taylor and Jon Cox beat Nicholas Maurel. Falcons climb to second.
Dragons had a bye.
C League Standings after Round 7
1 Island Tyres and Autocare 99
2 Falcons 92
3 Crazy Jacks Barbershop 91
4 Racketeers 57
5 Racket Raiders 52*
6 Dragons 50
7 Junior Academy 25*
*Junior Academy v Racket Raiders (week of 29 September) shows four strings on SportyHQ but no points recorded yet