MALLEE Bearings were defeated for the first time at the hands of Regional Taxation Services in round 11 of the Sunraysia table-tennis winter pennant last week.

The RTS trio of Matt Ljubic, Thahn Nguyen and fill-in Ash Morrison proved to be too consistent, winning three, two and one singles respectively to topple the ladder leaders.

The Bearings team took a narrow 3-2 lead only for their opponent...