THE top two in the South Devon & Torbay Table Tennis League first division both had comfortable 8-2 home wins this week which keeps NA Buzzards just four points ahead of Brixham Sharks.

NA Buzzards, with Kevin Nicholls and Herbie Sage unbeaten, defeated clubmates NA Owls while Aarish Maharjan’s maximum helped the Sharks to their win over NA Eagles. Both Colin Butterworth and Andrew Gilhespy had maximums as the Grove Guerrillas defeated NA Ravens 6-4.

Although not in action this week, Brixham Trawlers still have a good lead at the top of the second division table.

Teignmouth Aces in second place closed the gap at the top to seven points with a 7-3 victory over Torbay Academy 3 whose Alex Fialho secured a fine maximum in defeat.

With a game in hand over the top two, NA Raptors, Martin Dilkes, Keith Haslam and Paul Hine had a 10-0 victory over Torbay Academy 2 moving them up to third place.

A Chris Garner maximum helped his Torre Vikings’ team recover from 4-2 down to take the last four sets against NA Falcons to snatch a 6-4 victory.

New leaders of Division Three, Torre Spartans, climbed up the table with a whitewash victory over Torbay Academy 4. Robert Austin, Lewis Lavery and Dylan Sadler didn’t drop a single game in their 10-0 victory.

Colin Harrop was undefeated as the Taverners shared the points with Newton Abbot Harriers.

Jeff Cornish and Nigel Langley maximums saw Grove Tigers extend their lead at the top of the fourth division as they brushed aside the challenge from NA Vultures 9-1.

David Sanders was unbeaten as his Teignmouth Delinquents narrowly defeated Torbay Academy 7, 6-4. A fine Rob Ferguson maximum at Brixham against the Seals helped his NA Ospreys to a narrow 6-4 victory.

Torbay Academy 6 had an excellent 7-3 victory over NA Merlins at Teign School but they could not get the better of the Merlins’ Doug Morgan who was again unbeaten.

RESULTS:

Division One

NA Buzzards 8 (Nicholls 3, Sage 3, Ryland 1, Dbls) NA Owls 2 (Juraszczyk 1, McIvor 1, Thompson 0)

Brixham Sharks 8 (Maharjan 3, Birkbeck 2, Harper 2, Dbls) NA Eagles 2 (Davey 2, Callard 0, Broad 0)

NA Ravens 4 (Hugh 1, Nash 1, Symons 1, Dbls) Grove Guerrillas 6 (Butterworth 3, Gilhespy 3, Pearson 0)

Division Two

Teignmouth Aces 7 (Chadwick 2, Sharratt 2, Bellham 2, Dbls) Torbay Academy (3) 3 (Fialho 3, Fowler 0, Harris 0)

NA Raptors 10 (Dilkes 3, Haslam 3, Hine 3, Dbls) Torbay Academy (2) 0 (Moretta 0, Ichim 0, Southgate 0)

NA Falcons 4 (Prescott 2, Wilshire 1, Banerji 1) Torre Vikings 6 (Garner 3, Keywood 1, Russell 1, Dbls)

Division Three

NA Harriers 5 (Andrews 2, Raymond 2, Copley 0, Dbls) Taverners 5 (Harrop 3, Read 1, Kashap 1)

Torre Spartans 10 (Austin 3, Lavery 3, Sadler 3, Dbls) Torbay Academy (4) 0 (Payne 0, James 0, Everist 0)

Division Four

Teignmouth Delinquents 6 (Sanders 3, Clitheroe 2, Girling 0, Dbls) Torbay Academy (7) 4 (Harkin 2, Luscombe 1, Palin 1)

Brixham Seals 4 (Greenfield 2, Mulholland 1, Carter 1) NA Ospreys 6 (Ferguson 3, Ramsden 2, Dulling 0, Dbls)

Grove Tigers 9 (Cornish 3, Langley 3, Foley 2, Dbls) NA Vultures 1 (Fabian 1, Jewell 0, Gilbert 0)

NA Merlins 3 (Morgan 3, Stratton 0, Olver 0) Torbay Academy (6) 7 (Jewell 2, Adamczak 2, Pilloni 2, Dbls)