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Senior British League (Written by Adam Proszko)

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Portsmouth Table Tennis Club competed in the Senior British League for last 5 years and won 5 years in a row climbing from 4th division to the Premier division. Despite strenuous efforts the Club failed to find a 'home' venue that met TTE Premier Division standards (essentially lighting with 1000 lux over the table). As a result the team had to remain in the Championship Division and as a consequence the team lost several of its best players.

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Our current team is :

  • Adam Fuzes,

  • Adeoye Adewale (New player from London),

  • Adam Proszko,

  • Martin Matuzevicius

  • and two new players Jacob and Joseph Goss from Great Yarmouth. 

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After the first SBL weekend our team played with mixed successes. On the first day the team lost to Kingfisher 3 - 5 and drew to Horsham Blades 4 - 4. On the second day the team was more united and had shown great spirit and determination. My team won 6 - 2 in both matches against Glasgow and BATTS. Portsmouth are now 3rd in the table and shouldn't have problems with staying up this season.

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The team then played its second round of matches in the Senìor British League this weekend. I couldn't support my team this time and sent my players only. After receiving feedback from them I know that the team lost to current leaders Whitworth Academy 3-5 and won against Ravenscroft 6-2 on Saturday and on Sunday they lost to Wymondham 3-5 and drew agaist Ormesby 4-4. The team who played were: Adam Fuzes, Adeoye Adewale, Martin Matuzevicius, Jacob and Joseph Goss. The team is currently 5th place in the table. 

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My team then played its 3rd SBL weekend and managed to fulfill a plan settled before each match. It was important to win against Glasgow and Kingfisher to keep those two teams behind us. After loosing to Nottingham 2-6 (last year title contenders) Portsmouth had a comfortable win against Kingfisher 7-1. The team showed great spirit and determination in this match.

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On Sunday Portsmouth couldn't get any points against Horsham Blades despite Proszko's heroic two wins with 4-10 down in final 5th set to win 12-10 (agaist Andrew Norwood) and 3-1 in a second match against the top Under-21 player from Denmark (Peter Svenningsen). In the second match of the day Portsmouth played in a "must win" match against Glasgow and started badly being 0-2 down after the first 2 matches. Adam Proszko and Martin Matuzevicis kept the team alive with two wins. The other matches were close get to 3-3. The Portsmouth players managed to hold the last two matches and grabbed the victory 5-3 and secured 2 points. 

 

Portsmouth is 5th in the table with 12 points and two more weekends to play in the new year - February and March.

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The club would like to thank the sponsors Silver Palm Food and Expressive Audio.

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