Table Tennis: Dave Quinlan’s fight back boosts CE Electric (From York Press)

Table Tennis: Dave Quinlan’s fight back boosts CE Electric

10:15am Saturday 21st January 2012 in Table tennis

Dave Quinlan produced a remarkable comeback to beat Crescent ‘C’s John Freeman in division two of the National Power Grid York & District Table Tennis League.

CE Electric/Bootham player Quinlan trailed 10-3 in the final game, but claimed nine points in a row to win 12-10.

He also had a marathon success as he beat John Eastwood 18-16 in another last-game thriller, to help his side to a draw.

Senri O’Hara and Rudy Huang guided leaders University ‘A’ to an 8-2 success over Tramways, who bounced back with a good 6-4 win over RI ‘E’.

Graham Hood and Bob Young led the way as Holgate ‘D’ picked up their best result of the season, thumping BT ‘A’ 9-1.

Bootham ‘B’ edged a keen tussle with Shepherds ‘B’.

RI ‘E’s Trevor Wright has had an injury-hit season but he helped Mark Blackburn and Pat Swindell whitewash Holgate ‘D’.

In division one, Holgate ‘A’ edged out Coneysthorpe ‘B’, despite three singles wins from Ian Stansfield.

Jon Wooldridge won his singles, but his Bootham ‘A’ side went down 7-3 to Crescent ‘B’.

RI ‘B’ came out on top in their in-house clash with RI ‘D’, Paul Robertson too classy in an 8-2 win.

Shepherds ‘C’ continue to lead division three after a 7-3 win over RI ‘F’, with Mike Surtees the top player.

Nigel Baker was unbeaten but it was not enough to prevent his Shepherds ‘D’ side going down narrowly to RI ‘G’.

Lee Poulter and Robert Plant were undefeated as Bootham ‘E’ enjoyed a 7-3 win over Holgate ‘E’.

Division four leaders RI ‘J’ extended their advantage with a 9-1 win over RI ‘K’ with Richard Morris and David Dunn in charge.

Steve Pearson and Trevor Percival helped Thornton-le-Clay to a 7-3 triumph over RI ‘I’.

Jan Suchecki played well but his depleted Bootham ‘F’ crashed 7-3 to Holgate ‘F’.

Andrew Slezak and Brian Callington were unbeaten in a 9-1 win for Aviva ‘B’ over Hartrigg Oaks.