Ian Spanswick discovers the scenic route to an 8–2
Three singles. Three deciding games. Three wins. Mursley’s eight points were rather harder earned than they looked.
Coverage: 26 October 2026 – 1 November 2026Published
If you only glanced at the scores, Division Two had two straightforward 8–2 wins. If you looked at Ian Spanswick's card, you'd think otherwise. The Mursley Hawks player needed the full five games against every opponent and still came away unbeaten. Elsewhere, one draw produced multiple comebacks and an individual treble wasn't enough to stop a 6–4 defeat.
Player of the Week
Ian Spanswick
Mursley Hawks
Won all three singles in deciding games, including recovery from two games down against Paul Reynolds. Three times under pressure, three times over the line.
Supporting MKTTL scorecardMursley HawksLittle Horwood Wooden Tops
Hawks beat Little Horwood Wooden Tops 8–2, but Spanswick took the long way round. Two games down against Paul Reynolds, he recovered to win 11–9 in the fifth. Bill Higgins then pushed him to another decider, which Spanswick won 11–6; Andy Hooper made him play five again before going down 11–9. David Bartlett and Martin Johnson contributed two singles each. A convincing team win built partly on three very unconvincing-looking scorelines.
Official MKTTL scorecardNewport Pagnell LagondasOpen University Shockwaves
Newport Pagnell Lagondas matched the eight against Open University Shockwaves. Yongwang Tian and Tony Ardis each won three singles, Tian helping with the doubles too. Ardis was tested by Yi Cao and had to overturn a 1–2 deficit, taking the fourth 12–10 before winning the fifth 11–7. Glen Davison added a singles point; Charles Tien and Michael Zhao supplied Shockwaves' two.
Official MKTTL scorecardMilton Keynes PowersWoburn Sands Mosquitoes
Powers and Mosquitoes called it even at 5–5, having put a fair amount of work into reaching that position. Mosquitoes' Robert Mungham won three singles. Powers' Peter Tillotson came back from 0–2 against Andy Jenkins, taking the last two games 13–11, only to see James Molloy make exactly the same kind of recovery against him later. In a draw, nobody gets to keep the comeback story entirely to themselves.
Official MKTTL scorecardGreenleys MoghulsLeighton Buzzard Spitfires
Marshall Domingo won three singles for Greenleys Moghuls, but Leighton Buzzard Spitfires still took the fixture 6–4. Edward Lock and Graham Silversides won two each, Peter Dixon added one and Spitfires claimed the doubles. Lock's 11–6 fifth against Jose Blecua was one of the points that gave the visitors enough room to get home. Domingo's unbeaten evening deserved better company on the scoreboard.
Official MKTTL scorecardTwo eights, a draw and a six: a neat-looking set of results with decidedly untidy stories inside. Spanswick's three fifth-game wins make the strongest case of all.
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