A 6–4 win with three points nobody played for
Towcester F earned six on the table against Daventry Extras; the hosts were awarded three through player unavailability.
Coverage: 26 October 2026 – 1 November 2026Published
A 6–4 can hide any number of stories. This one hid an unusual scoresheet. Towcester F beat Daventry Extras despite three singles being awarded to the home side because an away player was unavailable. The other two Division Three fixtures produced emphatic wins for Daventry Dees and Gayton C, with another awarded rubber to account for.
Player of the Week
Satish Sirur
Towcester F
Two played singles wins, one secured 11–9 in a fifth game, plus a doubles victory in Towcester F's 6–4 result. Awarded rubbers are excluded from this assessment.
Supporting TT Leagues scorecardDaventry DeesBugbrooke C
Daventry Dees beat Bugbrooke C 7–3. Natalia Read and Jack King won all three singles each; Bugbrooke's Durk Walsma, Elizabeth Davison and Fred Wakefield each beat Bob Read. The doubles was awarded to Dees after an injury recorded on the scorecard. That gives Daventry six played singles wins and one awarded point, rather than seven on-table victories. The distinction matters, especially to the people who played the other nine rubbers.
Official TT Leagues scorecardDaventry ExtrasTowcester F
Towcester F's 6–4 at Daventry Extras was even more unusual. Dmitry Burov won all three played singles in straight games, Satish Sirur added two and the visitors took the doubles together. Sirur's meeting with Sebastian Parks reached an 11–9 fifth; Joey Bickerdike beat Sirur for Extras' only played point. The other three Daventry points were awarded because of an unavailable Towcester player. A genuine six-point win, on a scorecard that needs careful reading.
Official TT Leagues scorecardGayton CDaventry Cees
Gayton C were 8–2 winners against Daventry Cees. Clive Hudson won three singles in straight games and joined Jonathan Taylor for the doubles. Taylor and Veronica Downing both added two singles. Downing needed every game against Zygmunt Niedziela, recovering from losing the second 15–17 and taking the fifth 11–9. Adrian Pearson earned both Daventry points. After the week's unusual awards elsewhere, this was a more conventional eight — with a fine decider hidden inside it.
Official TT Leagues scorecardBurov's spotless singles treble was impressive, as was Hudson's. But Sirur's two played wins and doubles contribution — particularly that 11–9 fifth — made a telling difference in Towcester F's narrow victory.
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