SIX extra games were played in Abbeydowne's Malvern Table Tennis League's Division Three match with Police but Roy Holland was the only Abbeydowne player able to win.

Malcolm Dalley won three for Police and Alan Holmes and Colin Gale won two each and the doubles together as Police A ran out 8-2 winners.

Bill Lucas was in good form and won all three singles and the doubles with Roy Holland against Rovers. Rob Redden, Tony Hughes and Geoff Davies (returning to play after an injury) each won two singles for Rovers.

Abbey College B brought a match forward because of the college holidays and played matches on successive nights. Against Juniors A, they managed to take a point but against the Junior C team were very pleased to have a draw. Joe Higgs and Dave Smith each won two for the A team and Alan and Colin Sage one each for the C team, all the teams being supported by their senior players.

Bill Smith saved Maulers from a whitewash but none of the other games were close enough to worry Crackpots C. Richard Cullis and Ed Palmer each won three and the doubles.

The vital match to decide the second and third places in the Division was between Crackpots B and Malvern Juniors B.

Before the match Crackpots were equal on points and matches played but ahead only because they had won one more set than the Juniors team.

The match was as close as might have been expected. Of the 37 games played 23 were won by only two or three points and six went beyond ten all.

Ted Cates and Stephen Lindner won all their singles and so won the vital three points for Crackpots but Anthony Wiseman, Matt Lang and Tom James all played very well and each won a singles and Anthony and Matt the doubles. Anthony was unlucky not to have secured a draw but lost to Ted 11-7, 11-9, 10-12, 11-8.

RESULTS: Abbeydowne 4, CSSC Rovers 6; Abbey College B 2, Malvern Juniors A 8; Malvern Juniors C 5, Abbey College B 5; Crackpots B 6, Malvern Juniors B 4; Abbeydowne 2, Police A 8; M P Maulers 1, Crackpots C 9.