BATH & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE
REPORT & RESULTS – WEEK ENDING 4 APRIL 2008
by Bob Murray
KEY CENTRE GO TOP AFTER FRYS WHITEWASH
Key Centre A have established a clear lead at the top of the Division 1 table after whitewashing previous leaders Frys B 10-0. Keith Burgess, Keith Hunt and Mike Jago were the successful Key Centre trio and they followed up by defeating third placed Oldfield D 6-4. Keith Hunt was again unbeaten while Keith Burgess weighed in with two sets. Brian Neathey’s brace was best for the Monkton Combe side. A maximum from John O’Brien earned Oldfield F an important 6-4 win against their G team clubmates. The win puts the F side four points clear of the relegation zone. A maximum from Paul Vincent gave Westinghouse C a share of the points from their visit to Mayfield B. Nigel Woolley and Reg Morris both won two sets for the hosts.
In Division 2, Twerton St Michael consolidated their 2nd place position with a narrow 6-4 win against Newbridge Civil Service. Mark Creedon was again in imperious form for Twerton while Gary Sartain and Dave Hogg won two sets each for Service. Bathford C are still pushing hard for promotion and their 8-2 victory away to Batheaston put them within nine points of Twerton with a match in hand. A hat trick from Jules Truss was the feature of the evening while the hosts’ Norman Thomas was impressive in defeating both John Sheehy and Russell Cole in five games.
A John Higgs hat trick could not stop Oldfield B slipping to a 6-4 Premier division defeat at home to Bathford A. For the visitors, Ray Bennett and Matthew Lloyd both recorded two wins but the match was memorable for Bathford reserve Mark Cope’s 16-14 fifth game win over Den Coombe. Two wins each from Paul Redman and Jim Stevens helped give Oldfield C a 6-4 win against Westinghouse A. John Clifford’s brace was best for the Chippenham side.
Avon Veterans failed in their attempt to gain promotion to Division 1 next season. Needing to win both matches last weekend to guarantee promotion, they lost 8-2 against Gloucestershire before defeating Herefordshire 6-4.
LEAGUE RESULTS
PREMIER DIVISION
Oldfield B 4 (J Higgs 3; Mo Cohen 1; D Coombe 0) Bathford A 6 (R Bennett 2; M Lloyd 2; M Cope 1; Dbls 1)
Westinghouse B 0 (A White 0; S Deeble 0; A Perham 0) Prattens Wildcatz 10 (D Kolesnic 3; D Harvey 3; A Kearney 3; Dbls 1)
Oldfield C 6 (N Dagger 1; P Redman 2; J Stevens 2; Dbls 1) Westinghouse A 4 (R Cary 1; S Durk 1; J Clifford 2)
Oldfield A 4 (A Valovec 0; D Bartlett 3; Dbls 1) Newbridge A 6 (P Marshall 2; D Marshall 2; D Goodship 2)
Newbridge B 2 (M Le Butt 0; D Walton 0; R Valovec 1; Dbls 1) Mayfield A 8 (I Chislett 3; B Murray 3; L Porter 2)
DIVISION 1
St Barnabas A 7 (K Holland 3; C Bultitude 1; S Eagles 2; Dbls 1) Oldfield D 3 (G Burridge 2; J Higgs 0; B Neathey 1)
Bathford B 2 (B Swettenham 0; M Cope 2; R Cole 0) Westinghouse D 8 (M Terrell 3; P Mortimer 2; R Weston 2; Dbls 1)
Oldfield G 4 (T Newton 1; S Neathey 1; M Newton 2) Oldfield F 6 (J O’Brien 3; J Mitchell 1; B Pople 1; Dbls 1)
Frys B 0 (M Moore 0; B Taylor 0; F Martin 0) Key Centre A 10 (K Burgess 3; K Hunt 3; M Jago 3; Dbls 1)
Key Centre A 6 (K Hunt 3; K Burgess 2; M Jago 1; Dbls 1) Oldfield D 4 (G Burridge 1; B Neathey 2; J Taylor 0; Dbls 1)
Larkhall 6 (L Whipp 0; P Whipp 2; R Gaisford 3; Dbls 1) Oldfield G 4 (T Newton 2; S Neathey 1; M Newton 1)
Westinghouse C 5 (A Funnell 1; P Vincent 3; G Akerman 0; Dbls 1) Frys B 5 (M Moore 2; B Taylor 1; T Meredith 2)
Mayfield B 5 (N Woolley 2; R Morris 2; B Griffiths 1) Westinghouse C 5 (A Funnell 1; P Vinvcent 3; G Akerman 0; Dbls 1)
DIVISION 2
Batheaston 2 (P Gentle 0; N Thomas 2; O Bilton 0) Bathford C 8 (J Truss 3; R Cole 2; J Sheehy 2; Dbls 1)
Newbridge F 8 (R Faulkner 3; R Hughes 3; S Moss 1; Dbls 1) Newbridge D 2 (G Sartain 1; N Biggs 1)
Bathford D 6 (R Wallis 2; J Holding 2; T Parr 2) St Barnabas B 4 (K Bultitude 2; S Hughes 1; J Weldon 0; Dbls 1)
Ensleigh B 8 (I Clark 3; C Chapman 1; D Hockney 3; Dbls 1) Key Centre B 2 (F Areskog 1; D Carter 1)
Twerton St Michaels 6 (M Creedon 3; J Stone 1; P Smith 1; Dbls 1) Newbridge CS 4 (B Rice 0; G Sartain 2; D Hogg 2)
Newbridge E 3 (J Woodman 0; J Craig 3; M Harris 0) Ensleigh B 7 (I Clark 2; D Hockney 2; Ping Zhang 2; Dbls 1)
LEAGUE TABLES
|
PREMIER DIVISION |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Mayfield A |
19 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
147 |
43 |
|
Prattens Wildcatz |
18 |
17 |
1 |
0 |
143 |
37 |
|
Newbridge A |
21 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
119 |
91 |
|
Frys A |
17 |
10 |
3 |
4 |
100 |
70 |
|
Oldfield B |
19 |
9 |
3 |
7 |
92 |
98 |
|
Westinghouse A |
19 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
87 |
103 |
|
Bathford A |
19 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
87 |
103 |
|
Oldfield A |
17 |
8 |
2 |
7 |
85 |
84 |
|
Oldfield C |
20 |
5 |
2 |
13 |
78 |
122 |
|
Ensleigh A |
19 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
72 |
118 |
|
Westinghouse B |
20 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
65 |
134 |
|
Newbridge B |
18 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
54 |
126 |
|
DIVISION 1 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Key Centre A |
19 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
141 |
49 |
|
Frys B |
19 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
132 |
58 |
|
Westinghouse D |
20 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
131 |
69 |
|
Oldfield D |
18 |
13 |
1 |
4 |
121 |
59 |
|
Westinghouse C |
19 |
11 |
2 |
6 |
118 |
72 |
|
St Barnabas A |
19 |
10 |
4 |
5 |
104 |
86 |
|
Mayfield B |
19 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
103 |
87 |
|
Larkhall |
16 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
71 |
88 |
|
Bathford B |
20 |
6 |
1 |
13 |
71 |
129 |
|
Oldfield F |
21 |
4 |
0 |
17 |
56 |
153 |
|
Oldfield G |
20 |
0 |
1 |
19 |
52 |
148 |
|
Oldfield E |
20 |
1 |
2 |
17 |
49 |
151 |
|
DIVISION 2 |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
|
Newbridge F |
20 |
16 |
4 |
0 |
152 |
48 |
|
Twerton St Michael |
20 |
15 |
2 |
3 |
136 |
64 |
|
Bathford C |
19 |
11 |
5 |
3 |
127 |
63 |
|
Newbridge D |
20 |
12 |
3 |
5 |
120 |
80 |
|
Newbridge Civil Service |
21 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
116 |
94 |
|
Ensleigh B |
17 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
112 |
58 |