Yi Cao finds a way back; Spitfires share the load
A two-game recovery helped Yi Cao complete an unbeaten singles return in a draw; five-game contests also shaped Spitfires’ narrow win.
Coverage: 19–25 October 2026Published
No shortage of deciding games here. Division Two paired two 7–3 results with a 6–4 and a draw, and the individual cards explain why even the larger margins needed work.
Player of the Week
Yi Cao
Open University Shockwaves
Three singles in the 5–5 draw, including two deciding-game wins and a recovery from 0–2 against Aaron Moore. The selection recognises the difficulty of those verified results.
Supporting MKTTL scorecardLittle Horwood Wooden TopsMilton Keynes Powers
Milton Keynes Powers won 7–3 at Little Horwood Wooden Tops with Paul Tompkins and Kareem Omar each taking three singles. Bill Higgins pushed Tompkins to five. Higgins and Paul Reynolds then recovered from two games down in the doubles, winning consecutive games 12–10 before taking the decider 11–7. Powers owned the team result; Wooden Tops had a comeback worth recording.
Official MKTTL scorecardWoburn Sands MosquitoesNewport Pagnell Lagondas
Rob McPheat’s treble helped Woburn Sands Mosquitoes beat Newport Pagnell Lagondas 7–3. Andy Jenkins recovered from 0–2 to beat Chris Horn, while Tony Ardis later beat Jenkins in four, closing with a 19–17 game. McPheat’s own win over Glen Davison ended 18–16 in the fourth. Straightforward arithmetic; less straightforward games.
Official MKTTL scorecardLeighton Buzzard SpitfiresMursley Hawks
Leighton Buzzard Spitfires beat Mursley Hawks 6–4 with two singles each from Graham Silversides, Anshuman Pandit and Peter Dixon. Five singles went the distance. Pandit beat Ian Spanswick 12–10 in the fifth, and Silversides also needed a deciding game against Spanswick. Martin Johnson, David Bartlett and Spanswick each contributed one singles for Hawks.
Official MKTTL scorecardOpen University ShockwavesGreenleys Moghuls
Open University Shockwaves and Greenleys Moghuls finished 5–5. Yi Cao won all three singles, taking a fifth against Slava Volokha and recovering from two games down against Aaron Moore. Volokha produced his own 0–2 recovery against Michael Zhao. Moore’s two singles helped ensure Moghuls left with an equal share of the overall score.
Official MKTTL scorecardSome trebles underpinned wins; Cao’s preserved parity. Across the division, the game sequences added considerably more texture than the final margins alone.
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