The third round of the Goulburn Table Tennis Competition saw the 88's defeat the Eagles 8-3 with Mark Soley overcoming the current Goulburn Men's Champion, Richie Jiang, in five sets.
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![Watch closely: Mark Soley edged out Richie Jiang in a close match at the John Lees Centre last week. Photo: Zac Lowe. Watch closely: Mark Soley edged out Richie Jiang in a close match at the John Lees Centre last week. Photo: Zac Lowe.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/ijfQKXbsEKgSKGW5xB5NiF/c3ab1098-9c7d-49a3-8875-b4b706fda54d.jpg/r0_0_1200_677_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Teammate Gerard Gray also played well on the night beating both Lachlan Bill and Siobhan Scott in two hard-fought encounters.
The Rhinos captured a narrow 6-5 win over the Eels as Leon Jensen took out the closest match of the evening to defeat Isaac Mavrolefterou 12-10 in the fifth set.
The final match was taken out by the Panthers over the Bulldogs 7-4 with Chintan Trivedi scoring two four-set wins over James Turner and John Lees.
B Grade this week saw the Dragons defeat the Dockers 6-5 with Bruce McGuirk scoring a good win over Luke McDonald in four sets.
The Storm were too strong for the Demons coming out on top 8-3 with Phil Fraser battling hard to secure a four-set win over Isaac Mavrolefterou.
The Doggies snared the Sharks 7-4 with Bill Smith beating Dave Howlett in four sets.
The final match went to the Pies 6-5 over the Jet Setters with Jamie Miles surviving a rugged five-setter over Qiana Betts winning 13-11 in the fifth set.
A Grade Table
- 88's: 9
- Rhinos: 7
- Panthers: 6
- Eels: 5
- Rabbitohs: 4
- Eagles: 3
- Bulldogs: 2.
B Grade Table
- Storm 9
- Sharks, Dragons, Doggies and Pies: 7
- Demons: 5
- Dockers and Jet Setters: 3
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