Simms goes the distance; Titans make a clean sweep look complicated
Ed Simms rescued a draw with a 21–19 deciding game, while two 10–0 wins concealed rather different evenings on the scorecards.
Coverage: 19–25 October 2026Published
Two whitewashes, one draw and a 7–3: the Premier scorelines offer a tidy summary. The individual games are considerably less tidy. This was a week for reading beyond the headline numbers.
Player of the Week
Ed Simms
Greenleys Monarchs
Three singles in a 5–5 draw, including a recovery from two games down and a 21–19 decider against Jecu Aurelian. An editorial choice based on this scorecard, not a league ranking.
Supporting MKTTL scorecardMilton Keynes SpinnersGreenleys Monarchs
Ed Simms won all three singles as Greenleys Monarchs drew 5–5 at Milton Keynes Spinners. His meeting with Jecu Aurelian was the extraordinary one: two games down, Simms recovered to win the fifth 21–19. Martin Hall also overturned a two-game deficit against Gareth Jones. Aurelian and Alan Cherry supplied two singles each for Spinners and won their doubles in five; neither side was short of opportunities.
Official MKTTL scorecardOpen University PrimesGreenleys Vanguards
Greenleys Vanguards matched the week’s largest margin, winning 10–0 at Open University Primes. Yevhenil Bohrieiev, Elroy Edwards and Nayan Pattni each won three singles. Primes did not simply vanish from the game scores: James Zeng took the opener against Bohrieiev 17–15 before the visitor completed a four-game win.
Official MKTTL scorecardLeighton Buzzard GenerationsMilton Keynes Sasaki
Leighton Buzzard Generations beat Milton Keynes Sasaki 7–3 through a notably even contribution: Tim Cheek, Antonina Bohach and Ben Rolfe won two singles apiece. Cheek’s opening win over Michael Wilkins required an 11–9 fifth after a two-game lead had disappeared. Tarn Gascoyne collected two for Sasaki, including a five-game win against Rolfe.
Official MKTTL scorecardYardley TitansGreenleys Glory
Yardley Titans’ 10–0 against Greenleys Glory contained three deciding games. Craig Brown twice recovered from 0–2, beating Ian Mead and Lewis Copp; Ricky Taiwo needed five against Mead too. Nick Howard took all three singles in straight games. The team result was comprehensive, but Brown’s route to his treble certainly was not.
Official MKTTL scorecardShared largest winning margins, contrasting routes: the two 10–0 results deserve equal billing, while the drawn fixture supplied the week’s most prolonged deciding game.
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