Hit and Miss hit ten; Tobin twice goes to five
A 10–0 did not mean ten easy rubbers, while an unbeaten Steve Jones could not quite reverse Frigates’ narrow defeat.
Coverage: 19–25 October 2026Published
An away clean sweep, a 7–3 and a 6–4 gave Division Seven three different margins. Each scorecard supplied individual work that deserves more than a passing mention.
Player of the Week
Claire Tobin
Woburn Sands Hit and Miss
Three singles wins, including deciding games against Reuben Lyimo and Mark Sim. Chosen for negotiating those two extended contests within Hit and Miss’s complete team sweep.
Supporting MKTTL scorecardPadbury OttersOpen University Newcomers
Open University Newcomers won 7–3 at Padbury Otters. Mustafa Bektik took all three singles, including a fifth-game win over Chris Becque. Becque won two for Otters and beat Salih Gungor 11–8 in another decider. Gungor contributed two for Newcomers, completing his return by recovering from 1–2 against John Pestell. Those extended sets gave a seven-rubber away total plenty of substance.
Official MKTTL scorecardLittle Horwood FrigatesBuckingham Ouse Eddies
Buckingham Ouse Eddies took a 6–4 win at Little Horwood Frigates. Steve Jones won three singles for the home team; Garry Coats added their fourth. Eddies answered with two each from David McLelland and Kishore Raghupathi, one from Vinay Shettar and the doubles. Jones finished with a five-game win over McLelland, but the visitors had already secured their six rubbers.
Official MKTTL scorecardGreenleys SapphiresWoburn Sands Hit and Miss
Woburn Sands Hit and Miss won 10–0 at Greenleys Sapphires, with Alan Standen, Tom Upcraft and Claire Tobin each unbeaten in singles. Tobin needed deciding games against both Reuben Lyimo and Mark Sim. Standen also went to five against Lyimo. The scoreline records a complete away sweep; the game scores show why three of those rubbers still demanded a final game.
Official MKTTL scorecardJones’ three wins mattered despite defeat, and Sapphires forced three deciders despite the whitewash. Neither contribution should disappear behind the winning team’s total.
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