TTC Birkland: A clear victory and at the same time personnel worries

Created: 01/27/2022, 1:45 p.m

By: Paul Hopp

Her record in the state capital was flawless: Lena Berchtold, playing number three, won both her doubles with Karin Stumpfecker and her two singles in the victory over FC Bayern.

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For the table tennis players of the TTC Birkland the preliminary round is over.

In the table the connection to the top is there, but the conditions for the next games are not optimal.

Birkland – The table tennis players of TTC Birkland had not uprooted any trees away from home in this Oberliga season.

Three games, three defeats - that's the record so far.

So the appearance at FC Bayern Munich was certainly exciting, even if the team from the state capital is pointless at the bottom of the table.

The women from Birkland quickly made things clear on the Platte.

At 8:2, the away win was also clear in the end.

After the opening doubles, the guests led 2-0.

Patricia Weishäupl/Lisa Böhmländer and Karin Stumpfecker/Lena Berchtold each won with 3:1 sets.

In the individual, number one, Stumpfecker (3:0/3:2), and number three, Berchtold (3:0/3:1), got full points.

Weishäupl (3:1/2:3) and Böhmländer (1:3/3:2) each won once.

TTC Birkland wins 8-2 at FC Bayern

For the TTC and the rest of the teams in the fifth highest division, the preliminary round is officially over.

Due to the pandemic, several games could only be played in January.

TTC Birkland (11:7 points) is in fourth place, three points behind second, ESV Munich-Freimann.

On Saturday, January 29th, the second half of the season begins for the Birkländer.

The trip goes to Lower Franconia: First is the game against TV Hofstetten II (2 p.m.), followed by the guest game at RV Viktoria Wombach II (7 p.m.).

The distance between the venues is 30 kilometers as the crow flies.

The prerequisites for successful performances abroad "are unfortunately not ideal", reports Lena Berchtold.

Because two players scheduled for a mission have complaints: Julia Holz is struggling with meniscus problems and Patricia Weishäupl has pain in the metatarsus.

"We'll have to wait and see what the MRI reveals for both of them and hope that both will soon be fit and operational again," said Berchtold.

In any case, Weishäupl will be at the plate on Saturday, as there is no replacement available quickly.

It will therefore "probably not be easy to repeat our preliminary round victories against Wombach and Hofstetten," says Berchtold.