Eagles win 5–4; Vass keeps an unbeaten played record
A nine-point fixture, two tight fifth games at Bridge and a qualified treble at Bobcats.
Coverage: 5–11 October 2026Published
Division Two's closest recorded score needs one short explanation before the table tennis takes over. With a vacant singles position on both sides, Hyenas–Eagles finished with nine awarded team points. The played matches still supplied plenty to discuss.
Player of the Week
Geoffrey Barber
DCA Tigers
Barber supplied two singles wins and partnered Kieran West to the doubles in Tigers' 6–4 at Bridge B. His win over Russell Heyworth ended with a 17–15 fourth game; Kieran Brain was his other singles success. In a narrow team victory, that combination of individual points and a shared doubles contribution earns our selection.
Supporting TT Leagues scorecardACC BobcatsHeadlands Herons
ACC Bobcats beat Headlands Herons 7–3. Mark Chung and Colin Yue each had two played singles wins plus one conceded rubber; Emmanuella Okorie's singles point was also a concession. Herons were missing a third player. Nigel Corbett and James Bashford won one singles each and Herons took the doubles. Chung's 11–6 fifth against Corbett was the one contest that went the full distance.
Official TT Leagues scorecardBridge BDCA Tigers
DCA Tigers won 6–4 at Bridge B with two singles each from Geoffrey Barber and Timothy Shea, one from Kieran West and a doubles win. Colin Haddon and Russell Heyworth won twice apiece for Bridge. Shea beat Haddon 11–4 in a fifth; Heyworth then held off Shea 12–10 in another decider after losing a two-game lead. Two fifth games split one each, with Tigers' doubles point making the arithmetic work.
Official TT Leagues scorecardHeadlands HyenasACC Eagles
ACC Eagles' win at Headlands Hyenas is recorded as 5–4, not 6–4. Both sides had a vacant singles slot; their meeting was recorded 0–0, with neither side awarded the rubber. The official card therefore accounts for nine team points, including four one-sided concessions.
Trevan Vass won both of his played singles for Hyenas and received a concession. Elliot Cowley's point was conceded. Zak Salihovic and Roy Smyth each won one played singles and received one concession for Eagles, who also took the doubles. Smyth held off Cowley 11–7 in a fifth. Vass' unbeaten played record and Eagles' fixture win both deserve to survive the unusual bookkeeping.
Official TT Leagues scorecardTigers' doubles and Eagles' doubles were valuable contributions to narrow wins. The 5–4 remains exactly as recorded; filling in a tenth point would erase the reason the score is unusual.
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