Mark Soley and his 88's team have dominated the last two round of the Goulburn Table Tennis Association A Grade competition, with a pair of 7-4 wins over the Panthers and the Bulldogs.
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The long-awaited clash between the competition's two undefeated players - Soley and Trivedi - turned out to be an epic encounter as both put on an exhibition of top-class table tennis at the John Lees Table Tennis Centre.
Trivedi won the first two sets with relative ease,11-7 and 11-8, and seemed destined to win in straight sets.
Soley, however, had other ideas and lifted his game to another level to match Trivedi in all departments and managed to narrowly take the third set 17-15.
Many counter-hitting rallies, all directed to Trivedi's backhand, ensued and this tactic proved highly successful in tying the four-time Goulburn Champion down.
Soley went on to win the next two sets 11-6 11-8, giving Trivedi his first local singles defeat in over 12 seasons of play.
Chintan's only other loss occurred on his first night debut in Goulburn back in 2015 where he was defeated by TK Fun.
In other results from round 12, the Eels defeated the Bulldogs 6-5 and the Rabbitohs defeated the Rhinos 6-5. In this match, the highlight of the night saw Jack Gray overcome Bagas Ariza 12-10 in the fifth set.
Round 13 winners were the 88's over the Bulldogs 7-4. This match saw three five-setters take place, as Simon Jiang beat Lachlan Bill, Isaac Mavrolefterou got past Gerard Gray, and James Turner came back from the dead to also defeat Gray in five exhausting sets.
The Rhinos beat the Eagles 7-4 with Leon Jensen taking out Gerard Gray in his third five-set loss for the night.
The Panthers snared the Rabbitohs 7-4 with both Sam Dunn and Chising Chung beating Harry Mavrolelefterou.
The B Grade round 12 results saw the Pies defeat the Dockers 6-5. Five-setters took place between Leo Li and John Green, Green then defeated Qiana Betts, while Betts beat Maddy Turner, and Dave Manning outlasted Elisa Chung 18-16 in the fifth.
The Demons also defeated the Doggies 6-5. Five-setters included Tony McWhirter over Bob Philipson, and Philipson then beat Dave Howlett.
The Sharks also beat the Dragons 6-5. Qiana Betts felled Bruce McGuirk in the only five-setter of the clash.
The Storm defeated Jet Setters 6-5. Five-setters saw Nicola Fraser defeat both Dave Plumb and Peter Trama, while Sam Plumb downed Dave Perkins.
In B Grade round 13 results, the Sharks defeated the Storm 6-5. Wayne King and Kev Fitzgerald both defeated Peter Trama in five, while K. Fitzgerald felled Dave Perkins.
The Jet Setters defeated the Doggies 7-4. Dave Howlett beat Bob Philipson in five, as did Tony McWhirter over Tommy Hailston.
The Pies then beat Dragons 8-3. Dave Manning sunk Leo Li in the only five-setter.
Finally, the Dockers defeated the Demons 6-5. Phil Fraser was the last to claim a five-set win over Dave Howlett.
Players are reminded that there is a social morning of table tennis 10am to noon each Wednesday.
All are welcome to participate. Thursday practice and Friday night social play start at 7pm at the John Lees Table Tennis Centre on Sportsway off Finlay Road.
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