Sport
9 May, 2025
Weather turns for table tennis
AFTER the opening tournament was played in hot conditions, this week the chill has Orford and District table tennis players rugged up between games.
Round one saw much cooler conditions for players.
Warrnambool Vikings defeated Koroit 8.27-3.12.
Koroit’s Fergus Monsborough was the three rubber winner and his side’s only winner on the nigh when he won all his rubbers in four games.
Dom Angarano, Gilles Gundermann and Chad Ryan all won two rubbers for the Vikings.
Koroit went down fighting, losing the second doubles in a four-game rubber, failing to add to their score.
The scheduled game between Warrnambool Warriors and Attunga will be played at a later date, decided by both teams.
Orford defeated Glengleeson 6.18-5.17.
Orford was lucky to scrape in for the win, winning both doubles to take victory to start the season.
Orford’s Jaden Clapp and Russell Hussey had a narrow win against Glengleeson’s Peter and Andrea Drendel 12-10, 11-4, 4-11 and 18-16.
Orford also won the second double sin a four-game rubber.
Russell went on to be a three-rubber winner, supported by Jaden, while both Peter and Andrea won two rubbers (and one to Linton Price).
Tarrone lost to Myndarra 1.12-7.22.
With only two rubbers extended, this was a regulation win for Myndarra.
Aaron Rowbottom (Myndarra) started slowly in his defeat of Orford’s David Warhurst 6-11, 11-5, 11-2 and 1-2.
Orford’s Steven Young repeated the same slow start in the second rubber of the night when he defeated Jensen Rowbottom 9-11, 11-6, 11-2 and 11-6.
Aaron won his three rubbers while Ally Rowbottom won two.
Best for Tarrone was David Warhurst with two rubbers while Steven Young and Peter Johnson won a rubber each.
Week two will see Attunga face Warrnambool Vikings, Glengleeson v Warrnambool Warriors, Myndarra v Orford and Koroit v Tarrone.
Ladder – Warrnambool Vikings, Myndarra, Orford, Glengleeson, Tarrone, Koroit, Warrnambool Warriors, Attunga.
