Finals night at the Noosa Table Tennis Club is always full of surprises as form can go out the window.
In A grade Roger Gore was the warm favourite after dominating proceedings during the rounds. However Roger fell at the first hurdle losing in 5 close games to the long shot chance, Rob Lloyd. This put the pretender to the title, Bill Brown in the box seat. However at the end of the night, Roger clawed his way back into contention. He and Bill were both level at 2 singles and 2 doubles wins apiece. The winner would need to be decided on a count back. Roger claimed victory by the narrowest of margins winning 15 games to 10 against Bill’s 13 – 9. The form guide proved reliable – just.
In B grade Moses Kim and Bernd Trauer looked to have the game sown up between them. However the fly in the ointment was Paul Newall, a late addition to the final four players after a late withdrawal. Paul beat both of them. However he then stumbled losing to Alan Lawson.
At the end of the contest both Moses and Paul had both won 2 singles and 2 doubles. A count back would be needed to split them. Paul’s luck held winning 14 games to 10 defeating Moses 14 – 11.
The C grade finals was a more straight forward affair. The favourite here was Tom Mani who showed through the rounds that he was the one to beat. However Peter Dedden who had chased Tom in the rounds won his 3 singles including a surprisingly comfortable defeat of Tom in 3 straight games. In a sign of things to come, 14 year old Peter Enkelmann defeated a more experienced opponent in C.J. Singh in 5 games.
Noosa table tennis plays every Wednesday night form 6.30pm at the leisure Centre wallace and all are welcome
