ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 18 Results

One week to go before the finals. Down to Sydney and Newcastle for Minor Premiership.

Top four is certain to be Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Gold Coast (not in that order).

Can Illawarra leap-frog Brisbane or Singapore for 8th place?

Greater Blacktown and Darwin are equal last on 8 points and play each other so they will effectively play off for the dishonour of the wooden spoon.

Angus will play more with Patsy, and we'll try not to play too much with that story, but we can never guarantee we won't be tempted to take another dip in the honeypot of Rebound Table Tennis controversy.

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 18 Results
South New Zealand 11 d Geelong 8 at Christchurch
Newcastle 11 d Melbourne 4 at Melbourne
North Melbourne 11 d Greater Blacktown 4 at North Melbourne
North Queensland 11 d Darwin 4 at Darwin
Gold Coast 11 d Singapore 2 at Gold Coast
Adelaide 11 d Illawarra 4 at Adelaide
Ipswich 11 d Perth 6 at Ipswich
Canberra 11 d Brisbane 4 at Canberra
Sunshine Coast 11 d North New Zealand 6 at Maroochydore
Sydney 11 d Tasmania 8 at Sydney


ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 19 Fixtures
Greater Blacktown vs Darwin (at Blacktown)
North New Zealand vs Sydney (at Auckland)
Singapore vs Melbourne (at Singapore)
Brisbane vs Gold Coast (at Brisbane)
Tasmania vs Ipswich (at Hobart)
Perth vs South New Zealand (at Perth)
North Queensland vs Sunshine Coast (at Townsville)
Newcastle vs Adelaide (at Newcastle)
Illawarra vs North Melbourne (at Wollongong)
Geelong vs Canberra (at Geelong)

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 17 Results

Premiers Newcastle have stamped their authority as favourites for the 2011 Premiership with a hard-fought 11-9 win over 2010 runners-up Gold Coast (formerly Gold Coast-Tweed).

The match was neck-and-neck to 6-6 before the Gold Coast raced to a 9-6 lead, only for Newcastle to pull off a remarkable come-back by winning 5 consecutive service points to seal the match.

Sydney remain 2 points clear of stong-finishing Newcastle on top of the table, after crushing Perth 11-5. The match was most remarkable though for the late omission of Jimmy Spring from the side, apparently on the basis of poor performance, having failed to lift the side as expected this year, with Perth now languishing in 16th place, well out of contention for the finals. Perth have not commented on whether it will extend Spring's one-year contract, but sources indicate that it is possible they will elect not to. This would spell a sour end for Spring's comeback. The chances of yet another club signing him to take such a risk at his age seems unlikely to most.

Illawarra finally ended its 7-match losing streak with an 11-8 win over Melbourne in Wollongong. The win sees Illawarra sneak back into the top 8 again.

With two matches remaining, only Sydney and Newcastle are assured a place in the final 8. A close bunch of teams extends from Canberra (3rd) on 24 points down to South New Zealand (9th) on 20 points. Melbourne and North Queensland still have some slim hope of making the finals, if they can win both of their final matches and a few of those above them lose.

For all teams below 11th place, their hopes of playing September Table Tennis are dashed. North Melbourne have managed to climb off the bottom of the table after consecutive 11-7 wins over North New Zealand and North Queensland. The results should provide a boost for the club as it prepares for its second ARTTSL season in 2012. This leaves Darwin in last place on for-and-against behind Greater Blacktown.

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 17 Results
Canberra 11 d South New Zealand 9 at Christchurch
Sydney 11 d Perth 5 at Perth
Illawarra 11 d Melbourne 8 at Wollongong
Tasmania 11 d Sunshine Coast 4 at Launceston
Adelaide 12 d Greater Blacktown 10 at Blacktown
North New Zealand 11 d Darwin 9 at Wellington
North Melbourne 11 d North Queensland 7 at Cairnes
Geelong 11 d Ipswich 9 at Geelong
Singapore 11 d Brisbane 6 at Singapore
Newcastle 11 d Gold Coast 9 at Newcastle



ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 18 Fixtures
South New Zealand vs Geelong (at Christchurch)
Melbourne vs Newcastle (at Melbourne)
North Melbourne vs Greater Blacktown (at North Melbourne)
Darwin vs North Queensland (at Darwin)
Gold Coast vs Singapore (at Gold Coast)
Adelaide vs Illawarra (at Adelaide)
Ipswich vs Perth (at Ipswich)
Canberra vs Brisbane (at Canberra)
Sunshine Coast vs North New Zealand (at Maroochydore)
Sydney vs Tasmania (at Sydney)

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 16 Results

3 weeks to go. Illawarra out of the top eight after 7 straight losses. Bugger. Lots of questions being asked down the coast. Seems Wayne Bennett's not the only one at risk of being hauled out of Port Kembla station on a flat-bed train carriage behind the Newcastle Express.

Newcastle v Gold Coast next week should be a cracker.

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 16 Results
North Melbourne 11 d North New Zealand 7 at North Melbourne
Sunshine Coast 11 d Perth 6 at Maroochydore
Newcastle 11 d Brisbane 7 at Brisbane
Adelaide 11 d North Queensland 5 at Adelaide
Gold Coast 11 d Illawarra 4 at Gold Coast
South New Zealand 12 d Ipswich 10 at Ipswich
Tasmania 11 d Darwin 6 at Darwin
Sydney 11 d Geelong 3 at Sydney
Melbourne 11 d Greater Blacktown 9 at Melbourne
Singapore 11 d Canberra 9 at Canberra



ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 17 Fixtures
South New Zealand vs Canberra (at Christchurch)
Perth vs Sydney (at Perth)
Illawarra vs Melbourne (at Wollongong)
Tasmania vs Sunshine Coast (at Launceston)
Greater Blacktown vs Adelaide (at Blacktown)
North New Zealand vs Darwin (at Wellington)
North Queensland vs North Melbourne (at Cairnes)
Geelong vs Ipswich (at Geelong)
Singapore vs Brisbane (at Singapore)
Newcastle vs Gold Coast (at Newcastle)

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 15 Results

Only 4 weeks to go and former table leaders Illawarra are on the cusp of dropping out of the top 8 after 6 straight losses.

South NZ broke back into the top 8 by downing leaders Sydney.

Premiers Newcastle now looking able to challenge Sydney for P1.

Anyone got any news on Angus and Patsy? Apparently they missed Tassie's big win over North Melbourne in Hobart.

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 15 Results
Gold Coast 11 d Greater Blacktown 4 at Blacktown
South New Zealand 11 d Sydney 7 at Christchurch
Perth 12 d Darwin 10 at Perth
Tasmania 11 d North Melbourne 7 at Hobart
Melbourne 11 d North Queensland 8 at Townsville
Newcastle 11 d Singapore 6 at Newcastle
Adelaide 12 d North New Zealand 10 at Auckland
Ipswich 13 d Canberra 11 at Ipswich
Geelong 11 d Sunshine Coast 8 at Geelong
Brisbane 11 d Illawarra 6 at Wollongong

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 14 Results

Hi all,

Wilkington Tuffy is on leave.

Here are the Round 14 results. Sorry I'm not very good at this. I'm normally the Groundsman.

Hey who saw the F1 last night? Great race. Seb stinks. Was cheering for Lewis, I feel dirty. But I'm the groundsman so you get that. Check out my new roses at ARTTSL HQ. Nice flower boxes too. Wilky might seem nicer than Bernie but he's still extracting hideous volumes of money from the dodgy Franchise Agreements with the teams.

Too much information?

Anyway I think this week's ARTTSL round was alright, not as important as last week. Illawarra lost again. North Melbourne are stuffed. Tassie got a win. Something about that Angus guy, I can't remember much I was drunk on the job at the time.

Regards,Glenathon McCrossan (A/Director)

ARTTSL Premiership 2011, Round 14 Results
Gold Coast 11 d North Queensland 2 at Gold Coast
Tasmania 11 d Adelaide 7 at Adelaide
Greater Blacktown 12 d Brisbane 10 at Brisbane
Sunshine Coast 11 d South New Zealand 8 at Maroochydore
Perth 11 d North Melbourne 3 at North Melbourne
North New Zealand 11 d Melbourne 7 at Melbourne
Newcastle 11 d Canberra 6 at Canberra
Singapore 14 d Illawarra 12 at Singapore
Geelong 11 d Darwin 9 at Darwin
Sydney 11 d Ipswich 5 at Sydney