Ten for Hasbeens, nine for Phoenix — but Bohrieiev steals the scene
The division’s biggest scorelines were emphatic. Its most telling individual performance came in a draw.
Coverage: 26 October 2026 – 1 November 2026Published
The top end of the Division One results had no interest in moderation. Hasbeens took all ten, Phoenix took nine, and Topspin took seven. Yet the performance that catches the eye came from a 5–5: Yevhenil Bohrieiev won three singles for Greenleys Crusaders, two of them by the narrowest of deciding-game margins.
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Yevhenil Bohrieiev
Greenleys Crusaders
Three played singles wins, two decided in fifth games, plus a doubles contribution in a 5–5 draw. His victories were valuable precisely because so little separated the teams.
Supporting MKTTL scorecardMilton Keynes PhoenixLeighton Buzzard Avengers
Milton Keynes Phoenix were 9–1 winners against Leighton Buzzard Avengers, with Alan Bolding and Ioan Constantin both collecting trebles. Constantin didn't drop a singles game. The away point deserves its own mention: Donnie MacDonald came from two games down against Liviu Ille-Manolache, took the fourth 16–14 and completed the comeback 11–6 in the fifth. Nine for Phoenix, but certainly not a blank page for Avengers.
Official MKTTL scorecardChackmore HasbeensGreenleys Princes
Chackmore Hasbeens completed a 10–0 against Greenleys Princes. Bub Burman, Andy Whitehead and Barry Hammond each won all three singles, with Burman also involved in the doubles and not a singles game lost. Hammond had the trickiest passage, recovering from 1–2 against Ricky Jackson. A whitewash is a whitewash, but that one still required a bit of repair work.
Official MKTTL scorecardGreenleys CrusadersMilton Keynes Pumas
Greenleys Crusaders' 5–5 with Milton Keynes Pumas supplied a different kind of contest. Bohrieiev saw off Andy Smith 13–11 in the fifth and Julie Snowdon 11–8 in another decider, then added a third singles win and helped take the doubles. Smith and Snowdon won twice each for Pumas, Neil Riddy once. Five apiece, and some very thin margins inside the ten.
Official MKTTL scorecardMilton Keynes TopspinMilton Keynes Sharks
Topspin's 7–3 against Sharks was no walkover either. Michael Benson won all three singles, but needed an 11–9 fifth to get past Andy Pearson. Mal Hussain edged Derick Rodrigues 12–10 in another decider, while Rodrigues had earlier recovered from 0–2 against Mervyn Kelly. Four rubbers reached a fifth game. Someone forgot to tell the scorecard this was supposed to be a comfortable seven.
Official MKTTL scorecardHasbeens and Phoenix owned the margins. Crusaders and Pumas owned the tension. This week, the award goes to the player whose three wins kept a draw within reach rather than the player with the tidiest team scoreline.
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