Agony and not ecstasy as Greens take bronze medal

GUERNSEY were right out of luck as they succumbed in the deciding leg of the deciding rubber of their inter-insular semi-final table tennis clash with Jersey yesterday morning.

Trevor Lefebvre was the match-winner for the Caesareans as he withheld a remarkable fightback from Olly Langlois to claim the final set of an absorbing match.

Guernsey's 15-year-old had agonisingly lost the first two legs 14-12, 11-9 and was on the verge of defeat when the third reached a similar stage, but two points on the bounce from 9-9 saw him reduce the deficit to one.

He then stormed through the fourth with alarming ease to raise the hopes of a good Sarnian support, but Lefebvre went through the gears once more and produced a fine display in the final set to claim it 11-4.

'It was a very tense match,' said Guernsey captain Phil Ogier.

'Credit to Jersey for winning. Trevor Lefebvre played exceptionally well in the decider. At 2-2, it looked as if Olly was favourite because of his momentum, but the difference was that he had a poor start in the deciding leg.

'It was a match that could have gone either way and we have come up on the wrong side of the result.'