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Division One:- St Chads TTC 3 Thompson Insurance A 7
Seaburn Dene NC 10 Old England 0
Thompson Insurance A 0 Silksworth CC B 10
West CA A 4 St Chads TTC 6 Leaders Thompson Insurance A finished the season by beating St Chads TTC by 7 sets to 3, with Allan Thompson winning two of his singles as did Andrew Wilkinson and David Blackburne and the latter two players also won the doubles against Keith Weatherby and David Bissett. However the performance of the evening was Keith Weatherby for St Chads who won all three of his singles including an 11/9, 11/5, 11/13, 11/7 win over Andrew Wilkinson. Thompson Insurance A had to concede their match against second place Silksworth CC B with a recorded score of 10 sets to 0 in favour of the Silksworth side due to a clash of fixtures as both teams were still in the team handicap competition. St Chads beat West CA A by 6 sets to 4 with Keith Weatherby again taking all three singles plus the doubles with Jim Staines and Steve Penman ensured a victory in this very close match by winning two of his three singles. For West CA A Geoff Salter won two of his three singles plus one each form Rod Roberts and Mark Shingler. Old England conceded their match 10 sets to 0 in favour of Seaburn Dene NC as there was insufficient time to complete this fixture in the league programme. Team Handicap Final:- The top two teams in Division One also made it to the final of this season's Team Handicap competition and was between Thompson Insurance A who had lead the division for virtually the whole of this season and won the title by some fifteen points and Silksworth CC B who had finished in second place. All of the players in the Thompson side had to give starts of between 2 and 9 points to the players representing Silksworth. Graeme Barella made the perfect start for the Silksworth CC B side by beating Chris Blake 21/7, 21/13, this was then followed by Kevin Wilson beating Andrew Wilkinson 21/16, 21/19 to give them a two set advantage. In another very close match Anthony Barella managed to beat Eddie Smith 21/18, 22/20 before Andrew Wilkinson pulled a set back by beating Graeme Barella 21/17, 21/17 to make the score 4 sets to 1. With Silksworth CC B requiring to win one more set , from the remaining four, Kevin Wilson ensured there was not going to be any slip up by taking the next set against Eddie Smith 21/13, 21/10 and so take the match and the trophy by 5 sets to 1. Individual Handicap Semi-finals and Final:- The four players who reached the semi-finals of this competition were Philip Dixon (Seaburn Dene) and Graeme Barella, Kevin Wilson (both fresh from their triumph in the Team Handicap competition) and also bernie Morris also from Silksworth CC B. In the first semi-final Philip Dixon (off plus 5) was drawn against Kevin Wilson (scratch) and lost 21/17, 19/21, 15/21, 21/19, 19/21 in a mathc that could easily have gone either way. In the second semi-final Graeme Barella (off scratch) was drawn against his playing collegue and also his coach Bernie Morris who was off plus 1. Graeme won 21/17, 21/16, 21/13 to reach his fourth individual final in six years and he is still a cadet. The final was therefore a match between two of the three players who had successfully taken the team title and therefore they were both set up for the 'Handicap double'. Graeme had the advantage of a four point start in each set, and made full use of it by beating Kevin 21/10, 21/8, 21/18 in an excellent table tennis contest where each player gave of his best. |
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Division Three:- In the final match in Division Three, which was played on the 8th April, Redby CA C who are already champions in this division, beat Silksworth IM B by 9 sets to 1 with David Kerr winning all of his three singles and Malcolm Deneven going one better by not only winning each of his three singles but with Ray Burchell also taking the doubles. Ray Burchell unfortunately could not complete his hat trick of singles when going down 7/11, 6/11, 11/6, 9/11 against Kevin Flett who won the solitary set for Silksworth IM B. Silksworth IM B although fininshing at the foot of Division Three have completed their league programme despite a shortage of players which has meant that on a number of occasions they have only been able to produce two players. Team Handicap Semi Finals:- Thompson Insurance A beat Durham Community Association by 5 sets to 1. In a match between Division One champions Thompson Insurance A and Division Two champions Durham CA, the players from Thompson Insurance A were having to give a number of points start (between 5 and 12) in each game, against players from the lower division. Durham CA made a good start when Brian Bateman beat Chris Blake 22/20, 21/18 in the first set. However Thompson Insurance A responded by winning the next five sets and the match when Andrew Wilkinson beat Brian Bateman 19/21, 21/14, 21/18, Allan Thompson beat Stuart Anderson 23/21, 23/21, Andrew Wilkinson beat Gavin Bestford 15/21, 21/14, 21/18, Chris Blake beat Stuart Anderson 16/21, 21/13, 21/16 and finally Allan Thompson completed the win by beating Brian Bateman 12/21, 21/17, 22/20. In the other semi final again this was a match between two teams from Division One Silksworth CC B and from Division Two Silksworth IM A with the Division One side Silksworth CC B winning by 5 sets to 0. Kevin Wilson beat Alan Bickle 21/16, 17/21, 21/13, Anthony Barella beat Howard Brown 21/15, 21/19, Graeme Barella beat George Carlyon 16/21, 21/15, 21/14, Kevin Wilson beat Howard Brown 14/21, 21/15, 22/20, and finally Graeme Barella beat Alan Bickle 21/14, 21/19 to complete the scoring. The final is therefore between Thompson Insurance A and Silksworth CC B who have finished in first and second position in Division One and is scheduled to play on Thursday 1st May at Silksworth Community Centre commencing at 7pm. |
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Division One:- St Aidans A 4 West CA A 6
St Aidans A 10 Seaburn Dene NC 0 With four results still required to complete the fixtures for this division, St Aidans A have claimed the points for their outstanding match against Seaburn Dene NC and a 10 sets to 0 win has been recorded in their favour. West CA A best St Aidans A by 6 sets to 4 with Jimmy Scope winning all three of his singles, John Williamson two singles and Rod Roberts in winning one of his three singles completed the scoring for West CA A. St Aidans A in reply recorded Tom Bainbridge, George Gibson and Norman Pescod each winning one of their three singles, whilst the first two players also took the doubles to earn a valuable league point as they moved out of the bottom two places in Division One. Division Two:- Redby CA A 3 St Gabriels B 7 In the final match in Division Two St Gabriels B beat Redby CA A by 7 sets to 3. For St Gabriels B Dave Revell, Geoff Young and Steven Young each won two of their three singles with the Young brothers combining to also take the doubles and the maximum four league points. Howard Forster for Redby won one of his singles plus Alan Girdwood winning two including the final set against Steven Young 7/11. Division Three:- St Aidans D 7 Sacriston St Bedes 3 Sacriston St Bedes in their first season in our league finished second bottom and showed continued improvement throughout the season, which should give them encouragement for next season. In their final match they lost by 3 sets to 7 against St Aidans D who have now finished in third place behind the winners Redby CA C and second place St John TTC A. Tom Turner, Ian Miller and Linda Spensley each won two of their three singles for St Aidans and the latter two also taking the doubles to earn the four maximum league points, whilst for Sacriston St Bedes Tony Taylor won all of his three singles. |
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Division One:- Old England 6 Silksworth CC A 3
Seaburn Dene NC 0 Silksworth CC B 10
Seaburn Dene NC 3 Thompson Insurance A 7
Silksworth CC A 10 West CA B 0
Silksworth CC B 8 Old England 2
Silksworth CC B 10 Seabun Dene NC 0 Unfortunately there have been a number of matches conceded in the final week of our season, which will undoubtedly have some impact on the final positions of our league particularly in Division One. This is a rather unsatisfactory position for all of the players, whose main interest is simply to play table tennis, and has been brought about mainly by a clash of fixtures between some players playing in other leagues, work and other commitments, injuries to key players, the unavailability of some facilities due to a number of reasons and in some instances the success of players and teams progressing through handicap competitions. Team secretaries, players and various league officials have worked extremely hard to find some solution to this problem and to reduce any impact to an absolute minimum in order that the league positions are decided, as far as is practical, on the table tennis table. From the matches which have been played the results can be summarised as follows. Thompson Insurance A with only two players, Andrew Wilkinson and Eddie Smith, went through their sets undefeated and beat Seaburn Dene NC by 7 sets to 3. Silksworth CC B regained second place by a series of results including an 8 sets to 2 win over Old England with Graeme Barella winning all of his three singles and Kevin Wilson and Anthony Barella each winning two of their three singles and then combining to take the doubles. Gary Sangster won the two sets for Old England. Old England, in a match where each team could only at the last moment produce two players, beat Silksworth CC A by 6 sets to 3. Alan Atkinson won three out of three of his singles and then combined with Neil Herrington, who also won two of his three singles, to also take the doubles for Old England. Alvin Robson won two of his singles including beating Neil Herrington 11/6, 11/8, 11/6 whilst George Watson won one to complete the scoring for Silksworth CC A. Division Two:- Durham CA 7 St Aidans B 3
St Aidans B 4 Silksworth IM A 6
St Gabriels B 7 St Gabriels A 3
Silksworth IM A 9 Redby CA A 1
Thompson Insurance B 5 Redby CA B 5 Durham CA finished their league season with a 7 sets to 3 win over St Aidans B with Brian Bateman the star of the show by winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with Stuart Anderson and Gavin Bestford winning two of his three singles and John Forster gaining maximum league points by taking one of the singles. Silksworth IM A beat St Aidans B by 6 sets to 4 and also Redby CA A by 9 sets to 1 with Alan Bickle taking 5 out of his 6 singles as did Howard Brown, and George Carlyon winning two of his three singles. Thompson Insurance B completed their season by drawing 5 sets all against Redby CA B with Eddie Coxon winning his three singles for Thompson Insurance and Frank Booth and Ken Tweedy each winning two of their three singles as well as the doubles for Redby. In the battle of the St's, Gabriels B beat their A side by 7 sets to 3 with Mark Burton winning two of his three singles whilst brothers Steven and Geoffrey Young went one better for the B team by not only each also winning two of their three singles but also taking the doubles. Syd Gooding took two of his three singles for the A team, which after the disappointment of last season in the First Division have generally had further disappointments and appear to be in freefall. Division Three:- Redby CA C 9 St John TTC C 1
St Gabriels C 7 Sacriston St Bedes 3
St John TTC A 6 Silksworth IM B 4
St John TTC B 10 St Aidans D 0
Sacriston St Bedes 0 Redby CA 10 Redby CA C at the top of the division have put the icing on the cake by beating Sacriston St Bedes by 10 sets to 0 and St John TTC C by 9 sets to 1. Andrew Ross (St John C) from the coaching group performed well in his first league match. |
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Division One:- St Aidans A 4 Silksworth CC A 6
St Chads TTC 8 Old England 2
Seaburn Dene NC 7 St Aidans A 3
Thompson Insurance A 5 West CA A 5
West CA B 2 Seaburn Dene NC 8 In Division One second place is now reduced to a race between St Chads TTC and Silksworth CC B. St Chads currently hold a four point advantage in the league in terms of results to date, and only have two matches still to play. Silksworth CC B however could turn this to their advantage as they still have four matches to play to complete their fixtures. With West CA B firmly stuck at the foot of Division One the next three places are still between Seaburn Dene NC, St Aidans A and Silksworth CC A. Seaburn Dene have helped their cause by beating West CA B by 8 sets to 2 and also St Aidans A by 7 sets to 3 with Chris Dixon winning six out of six, Ken Bowman four out of six, Philip Dixon three out of three in the singles as well as the first two players also winning one out of two in the doubles. They now have a four point advantage over Silksworth CC A, and also three additional matches over each of the other two teams. In what appears to be a difficult program to complete their fixtures Seaburn Dene need a further five points to be absolutely safe. Silksworth CC A reduced the gap to one point behind St Aidans A by beating them by 6 sets to 4 with David Robson winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with George Watson who also won two of his three singles. Division Two:- Durham CA 8 Redby CA B 2
Redby CA A 4 St Aidans B 6
St Gabriels A 2 Thompson Insurance B 8
St Gabriels B 6 Thompson Insurance B 4
St Gabriels B 8 Redby CA B 2 Durham Community Association are Division Two champions with Thompson Insurance B also confirmed as runners up. Division Three:- Redby CA C need one win out of their three remaining matches against each of the bottom three sides to finish as Division Three champions. This would then confirm St John TTC A as runners up as they cannot now be caught by St Aidans D. Team Handicap Round Three:- Durham CA beat St Gabriels B by 5 sets to 4 with Gavin Bestford winning all of his three sets and Brian Bateman winning two of his three sets. In reply Stephen Young won two sets, Geoff Young and David Revell also each winning one set for St Gabriels B. Silksworth CC B had an impressive 5 sets to 1 win over Division One rivals St Chads TTC with Anthony Barella and Graeme Barella each winning two out of two and Bernie Morris winning one out of his two sets played, whilst Bart Vermoesen won the single set for St Chads TTC. Silksworth IM A had a comfortable 5 sets to 0 win over St John TTC C with Howard Brown and Alan Bickle each winning two sets and George Carlyon winning one set to complete the victory. |
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Division One:- Old England 9 West CA B 1 St Aidans A 4 Old England 6 St Chads TTC 8 Seaburn Dene NC 2 Silksworth CC A 5 West CA A 5 Silksworth CC A 2 St Chads TTC 8
Silksworth CC B 10 West CA B 0
Thompson Insurance A 8 Silksworth CC A 2
West CA A 3 Silksworth CC B 7
West CA B 0 Silksworth CC A 10 Following Thompson Insurance winning the Division One title the focus is now on the question which team will finish in second place. Old England is currently in fourth place and must appear out of it, even though both Silksworth CC B and St Chads TTC have still to play Thompson Insurance and Old England in the final few matches of the season. These matches however are more likely to decide the battle between Silksworth CC B and St Chads TTC than allow Old England to make up the difference of some nine league points in their remaining four matches where there is a maximum of only sixteen points at stake. St Chads TTC who currently has one fewer match to play than Silksworth CC B has kept up the pressure on Silksworth CC B by beating Seaburn Dene NC 8 sets to 2 and Silksworth CC A by a similar scoreline. Keith Weatherby in these two matches won all of his six singles with Steve Penman and Bart Vermoesen both made a major contribution by each winning three out of the three played in their respective singles. Silksworth CC B who currently hold second place following their 7 sets to 3 win over West CA A and a 10 sets to 0 win over bottom placed West CA B. Graeme Barella for Silksworth won the six singles and there were also useful wins from Kevin Wilson who is returning from injury, Anthony Barella and Bernie Morris. At the other end of the table West CA B will finish in bottom place and the remaining places at the foot is between St Aidans A, Silksworth CC A and Seaburn Dene NC who currently have the opportunity to make up lost ground by taking points from some of their games in hand. The problem may however be decided partly by the availability of premises as the league season closes within the next three weeks and they may be forced with the decision having to concede matches in this rather tight schedule. Division Two:- Durham CA 9 Thompson Insurance B 1
Redby CA A 3 Redby CA B 7
Redby CA B 3 St Aidans B 7
Redby CA B 3 Silksworth IM A 7
St Aidans B 6 St Gabriels B 4
St Gabriels A 2 Durham CA 8
Silksworth IM A 8 St Gabriels A 2
Thompson Insurance B 8 Silksworth IM A 2
Durham Community Association are virtually in an unassailable position in Division Two by only requiring two further league points from their two remaining matches, and in fact one may be sufficient in view of their superior sets for position against second place Thompson Insurance B who at the same time only require one further league point out of the three remaining matches to secure second place. Durham CA had two excellent wins the first was against Thompson Insurance B by 9 sets to 1, and the second was against St Gabriels A by 8 sets to 2. Thompson Insurance B having lost ground against the leaders improved their chances by a 8 sets to 2 win over third place Silksworth IM A.
Division Three:- Redby CA C 8 St John TTC B 2 Sacriston St Bedes 5 St John TTC C 5
St Gabriels C 7 Silksworth IM B 3
St John TTC A 7 St John TTC B 3
St John TTC C 5 St Gabriels C 5
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Division One:- Old England 3 St Chads TTC 7 Thompson Insurance A 8 Old England 2 West CA B 1 St Aidans A 9 Thompson Insurance A with their 8 sets to 2 win over Old England have retained their Division One title making it now three in a row. With Andrew Wilkinson and Eddie Smith each winning their three singles and then the doubles and David Blackburne ensuring that there was not going to be any slip up in the race for the title by also winning one of his singles. Gary Sangster and David Godbold replied with one each for Old England. Old England were reduced to two players when Lynne Herrington unfortunately had to withdraw as the match was about to start also went down by 3 sets to 7 against St Chads TTC. Steve Penman won his three singles and Keith Weatherby won two of his and then both players combined to take the doubles and David Bissett ensured maximum league points for St Chads TTC by taking one of his three singles. Dale Aitkenhead won two of his singles and Alan Atkinson won one in reply for Old England. St Aidans A eased their relegation worries by beating bottom placed West CA B by 9 sets to 1. George Gibson and Tom Bainbridge for St Aidans A each won their three singles plus the doubles and Norman Pescod won two of his before going down 9/11, 11/6, 20/22, 11/7, 7/11 to Rob Kerr who won the solitary set for West CA B. Division Two:- St Gabriels A 5 Redby CA A 5 St Gabriels B 2 Durham CA 8 Durham CA made another step towards the Division Two title with an 8 sets to 2 win over St Gabriels B who unfortunately their team was reduced to two players. Gavin Bestford and Brian Bateman both won their three singles and then completed a clean sweep by also taking the doubles and John Forster also claimed one of the singles. In reply for St Gabriels Geoff Young and Stephen Young each won noe of their singles. In a bottom of the table clash between St Gabriels A and Redby CA A it ended in a 5 sets all draw. Alan Girdwood for Redby was the star of this match by winning all of his three singles plus Howard Forster winning two of his singles. St Gabriels A with Syd Gooding and Brian Taylor winning the doubles and also each winning one of their singles and Alan Ray earning the draw by winning two of his three singles to complete the scoring. Division Three:- Redby CA C 7 St Gabriels C 3 St Aidans D 5 St John TTC A 5 Redby CA C have move closer to the Division Three title with their 7 sets to 3 win over St Gabriels C. Ray Burchell, David Kerr and Malcolm Deneven all won two of their three singles and the latter two players also taking the doubles, whilst for St Gabriels David Snowdon again won his three singles and could consider that his team was a little unfortunate in at least not earning one league point, as there were a number of close games during the course of the match. St John TTC A currently in second place drew 5 sets all with third place St Aidans D. For St John TTC Anthony Walton won all of his three singles with Jennifer Dixon and Glen Davies each winning one of their singles. St Aidans in reply had Graema Brown and Linda Spensley winning the doubles and both players also winning two of the three singles. |
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Division One:- Old England 0 Silksworth CC B 10 St Chads TTC 10 West CA B 0 Silksworth CC B 7 St Aidans A 3 Thompson Insurance A 10 St Aidans A 0 West CA A 8 Seaburn Dene NC 2 Silksworth CC B gained four league points with a 10 sets to 0 recorded win when Ole England conceded their match with them and then also beat St Aidans A by 7 sets to 3 with both Graeme Barella and Anthony Barella each winning their three singles and Bernie Morris ensured a further four league points in also winning one of his singles. Tony Gelder and Norman Pescod each won one of their singles and Tony Gelder and Tom Bainbridge also won the doubles by beating the Barella brothers 9/11, 11/8, 7/11, 11/8, 23/21 in reply for St Aidans A. Chris Blake, Andrew Wilkinson and Eddie Smith went through their match for Thompson Insurance A unbeaten against St Aidans A. St Chads TTC comprising of Keith Weatherby, David Bissett and Barry Cuthbertson were unbeaten in their match against West CA B. West CA A beat Seaburn Dene NC by 8 sets to 2 with Jimmy Scope winning all three of his singles and also won the doubles with Rod Roberts who like John Williamson also took two of their singles. Stuart Wilson and Phil Dixon replied by each taking one set for Seaburn Dene NC. Division Two:- Redby CA A 2 Thompson Insurance B 8 St Aidans B 6 St Gabriels A 4 St Gabriels B 3 St Aidans B 7 Thompson Insurance B 8 St Aidans B 2 Thompson Insurance B narrowed the gap on leaders Durham Community Association with two 8 sets to 2 wins forst against Redby CA A with Eddie Coxon winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with Susan Grimes who also won two of her three singles as did David Winterbottom. Howard Forster won the two sets for Redby CA A. David Winterbottom and Shirley Gelder both won their three singles plus the doubles against St Aidans B and Eddie Coxon completed the scoring for Thompson Insurance B by also taking one of the singles. St Aidans B replied with one set each from Norman Polley and Kishore Shiradhan. St Aidans B beat St Gabriels A by 6 sets to 4 with Dave Thompson and Norman Polley each taking two of their three singles and also the doubles and Lynda Todd ensured a narrow win by also taking one of her singles. Syd Gooding however was the star of the match by winning all of his three singles for St Gabriels A and Alan Ray also took one of his three singles to gain a valuable league point. In their third match St Aidans B beat St Gabriels B by 7 sets to 3 with Norman Polley winning each of his three singles plus the doubles with Dave Thompson who also won two of his three singles, and Lynda Todd again won one of her singles to ensure maximum league points. In reply for St Gabriels B Mark Burton won two of his three singles and David Revell won one. Division Three:- St Aidans D 10 St John TTC C 0 St Gabriels C 5 St John TTC B 5 Linda Spensley, Ian Miller and Tom Turner for St Aidans D were all unbeaten in their 10 sets to 0 win over St John TTC C so as to close the gap on St John TTC A who currently are in second place in Division Three. St Gabriels C and St John TTC B fought out a 5 sets all draw with David Snowdon winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with Eszter Soos who also won one of her three singles. Craig Burton and Michael Hampshire each replied by winning two of their three singles and Ian Bailey ensured a share of the league points for St John TTC B by also taking one of his singles. |
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Division One:- Old England 8 West CA A 2 St Aidans A 6 St Chads TTC 4 St Chads TTC 5 Silksworth CC B 5 Silksworth CC B 6 Silksworth CC A 4 West CA B 0 Thompson Insurance A 10 Silksworth CC B have moved back into second place in Division One with a 6 sets to 4 victory over Silksworth CC A, Bernie Morris, Graeme Barella and Anthony Barella each winning two of their three singles, whilst in reply David Robson won his three singles plus the doubles with George Watson. In the second match they drew 5 sets all with St Chads TTC with Graema Barella winning each of his three singles and Anthony Barella and Bernie Morris taking one of their singles. For St Chads TTC Bart Vermoesen and Keith Weatherby both won two of their three singles and then combined to take the doubles and threrfore a share in the league points. St Aidans A eased their relegation worries with a 6 sets to 4 win over St Chads TTC. Tony Gelder and Tom Bainbridge both won two of their three singles and then combined to take the doubles with George Gibson also winning one of his singles. Steve Penman won all of his three singles for St Chads TTC and Jim Stamas won one of his singles. Old England beat West CA A by 8 sets to 2 with Dave Godbold winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with Dale Aitkenhead who like Samir Selimovic also each won two of their singles. Rod Roberts and Mark Shingler each won one of their singles in reply for West CA A. Eddie Smith, Maurice Cheek and David Blackburne were undefeated in their 10 sets to 0 win over West CA B. Division Two:- Durham CA 7 Silksworth IM A 3 Redby CA B 8 St Gabriels A 2 Durham Community Association have extended their lead at the top of Division Two with a 7 sets to 3 win over Silksworth IM A. Gavin Bestford, Stuart Anderson and Brian Bateman each won two of their three singles with the latter two players also taking the doubles to gain maximum league points. Bob Sanderson, George Carlyon and Howard Brown replied by each winning one set for Silksworth IM A. Redby CA B beat St Gabriels A by 8 sets to 2 with Frank Booth and Ken Tweedy both winning their three singles and also taking the doubles and Vic Austin also beating Brian Taylor 8/11, 8/11, 11/3, 11/6, 16/14 to complete the scoring for Redby, whilst in reply for St Gabriels A Ron Douglas and Alan Ray each won one of their singles. Division Three:- St John TTC A 7 St John TTC C 3 St John TTC B 8 Sacriston St Bedes 2 Silksworth IM B 1 St Aidans D 9 St Aidans D and St John TTC A have both taken advantage that Redby CA C did not have a match this week so as to close the gap on the Division Three leaders. St Aidans D beat Silksworth IM B by 9 sets to 1 with Lynda Spensley and Ian Miller both winning their three singles and then combining to take the doubles and Tom Turner winning two of his three singles before losing to Graham Sleep 11/8, 8/11, 14/12, 9/11, 4/11 who won the solitary set for Silksworth IM B. St John TTC beat St John TTC C by 7 sets to 3 with Anthony Walton and Jennifer Dixon both winning their three singles and Glen Davies winning his first ever set in our league ensured maximum league points whilst for the C team Hugh Bevan and Mike Wilson each won one of their singles and then won the doubles. St John TTC B beat Sacriston St Bedes by 8 sets to 2 with Craig Burton and Ian Bailey winning their three singles and Mike Hampshire winning two of his singles. All of the players in the Sacriston St Bedes team continue to show improvement with Harry Thompson winning one of his singles and then Tom Hoban and Harry Thompson played exceptionally well to take the doubles 12/10 in the fifth set. |
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Division One:- Silksworth CC A 2 Old England 8 Silksworth CC A 4 Seaburn Dene NC 6 West CA A 9 West CA B 1 Old England beat Silksworth CC A by 8 sets to 2 with David Godbold winning all of his three singles, and Neil Herrington and Gary Sangster won the doubles plus two of each of their three singles to leapfrog over Silksworth CC B into third position in the league. David Robson won two of his three singles for Silksworth CC A. Seaburn Dene NC had a good 6 sets to 4 win over Silksworth CC A with Ken Bowman and Chris Dixon winning the doubles and both two of their three singles and Stuart Wilson won one of his singles to gain a very close win and three valuable league points. David Robson won his three singles and George Watson one to secure one league point and currently Silksworth CC A lie in second bottom place in the division. West CA A beat their B team by 9 sets to 1 with Rod Roberts, Mark Shingler and Neil McMaster each winning their three singles and the B team in reply taking the doubles. Division Two:- All of the teams at the top of Division Two have made further progress with leaders Durham CA recording two 7 sets to3 wins over St Aidans B and also over Redby CA A. In the first match Brian Bateman and Stuart Anderson each won their three singles and then combined to also take the doubles. Norman Polley, Dave Thompson and Kishore Shridharan each won one of their singles in reply for St Aidans B. Against Redby CA A Gavin Bestford won his three singles plus the doubles with Stuart Anderson who also won two of his singles, and John Forster in beating Ian Wilson 11/7, 6/11, 7/11, 11/5, 11/7 ensured maximum league points for Durham. Alan Girdwood two singles wins and Howard Forster one of his singles replied for Redby CA A. Thompson Insurance B maintained their position in second place with a 7 sets to 3 win over Redby CA B with Eddie Coxon and David Winterbottom both winning their three singles and Susan Grimes also taking one of her singles ensured maximum points, whilst for Redby CA B Frank Booth and Ken Tweedy combined to take the doubles plus one each from their three singles. Silksworth IM A currently lying in third place, continue to press hard for a promotion place by beating St Gabriels B by 9 sets to 1 with Alan Bickle and Howard Brown both winning their three singles and Alan Bickle with George Carlyon also taking the doubles and the latter also winning two of his three singles before losing 11/8, 5/11, 5/11, 8/11 to David Revell who won the solitary set for St Gabriels B. Division Three:- Sacriston St Bedes 10 St Gabriels C 0 St Aidans D 5 Redby CA C 5 St Gabriels C 5 St John TTC A 5 St John TTC B 4 St Aidans D 6 St John TTC C 8 Silksworth IM B 2 Silksworth IM B 2 St John TTC A 8 St Aidans D have had two good results and have moved up into third place, first was a 5 sets all draw against Division Three leaders Redby CA C with Lynda Spensley and Ian Miller both winning two of their three singles and Tom Turner winning one whilst for Redby CA C Malcolm Deneven won his three singles plus the doubles with Ray Burchell, and David Kerr also took one of the singles to level the scores. In the second match against St John TTC B, who are also showing improved form this season, they won 6 sets to 4 with Linda Spensley taking all of her three singles plus the doubles with Ian Miller 9/11, 12/14, 11/7, 11/9, 11/9 against Craig Burton and Michael Hampshire. Ian Miller also won two of his three singles for St Aidans D whilst for St John TTC B Craig Burton won two and one each from Mike Hampshire and Ian Bailey to earn a league point. St Gabriels C and St John TTC A drew 5 sets all with David Snowdon winning his usual three singles and also the doubles with Eszter Soos who also took one of the singles. Jennifer Dixon and Anthony Walton both won two of their three singles and Lee Hopkins won one for St John TTC A to share the points. Silksworth IM B who unfortunately are struggling, for various reasons, some weeks to turn out a full team but are still playing with plenty of spirit, lost by 2 sets to 8 against St John TTC A and the C team. |
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Division One:- Old England 5 Seaburn Dene NC 5 St Aidans A 4 St Chads TTC 6 Silksworth CC A 4 St Aidans A 6 Silksworth CC B 1 Thompson Insurance A 9 Thompson Insurance A 9 St Chads TTC 1 West CA A 5 St Aidans A 5 Thompson Insurance A continue their surge for the title in Division One with two 9 sets to 1 wins over third place Silksworth CC B and second place St Chads TTC and now look unbeatable this season. St Chads TTC dropped a further league point when beating St Aidans A by 6 sets to 4, with Bart Vermoesen winning all of his three singles for St Chads as well as the doubles with Steve Penman who like Barry Cuthbertson also each won one of their singles. For St Aidans A both George Gibson and Tony Gelder each won two of their three singles. St Aidans A also have drawn 5 sets all against West CA A, and then beat Silksworth CC A 6 sets to 4 with Tony Gelder winning five of his six singles over the two matches. David Robson for Silksworth CC A won each of his three singles plus the doubles with George Watson. Seaburn Dene NC picked up two valuable league points in their match against Old England in their five all draw with Phil Dixon winning two of his three singles and Stuart Wilson and Chris Dixon each winning one of their singles plus the doubles. Gary Sangster and Samir Selimovic each took two of their singles whilst Lynne Herrington won one to complete the scoring for Old England. Division Two:- Redby CA A 3 Silksworth IM A 7 St Aidans B 6 Redby CA A 6 St Gabriels A 4 St Gabriels B 6 St Gabriels B 3 Redby CA A 7 Silksworth IM A 7 St Aidans B 3 Thompson Insurance B 6 St Gabriels B 4 Thompson Insurance B 9 St Gabriels A 1 The top three positions in Division Two are now between Durham CA, Thompson Insurance B and Silksworth IM A following Thompson Insurance beating St Gabriels B by 6 sets to 4 and St Gabriels A by 9 sets to 1. Silksworth IM A have consolidated their position currently in third place with two 7 sets to 3 wins first over St Aidans B and then over Redby CA A. Division Three:- Redby CA C 10 Silksworth IM B 0 St Aidans D 8 Silksworth IM B 2 St Aidans D 7 St John TTC B 3 St John TTC A 10 Sacriston St Bedes 0 St John TTC B 6 St John TTC C 4 St John TTC 1 Redby CA C 9 Redby CA C who this season operate on a minimum of three registered players Malcolm Deneven, Ray Burchell and David Kerr, in Division Three have also consolidated their position at the top, with them recording a 10 sets to 0 win over Silksworth IM B and then a 9 sets to 1 win over St John TTC C where Hugh Bevan won the solitary set. St John TTC A maintained second place with a 10 sets to 0 win over Sacriston St Bedes. St John TTC B beat St John TTC C with Keith Hembrough winning each of his three singles for the C team. |
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Division One:- Seaburn Dene NC 7 West CA B 3
West CA A 0 Thompson Insurance A 10
West CA A 0 Thompson Insurance A 10 Thompson Insurance A have recorded two 10 sets to 0 wins over West CA A with Eddie Smith, Andrew Wilkinson and David Blackburne going through the matches undefeated. These results put Thompson Insurance A in a very strong position to retain the Division One title, which they won in 2005/6 and also 2006/7. Seaburn Dene NC beat West CA B by 7 sets to 3 with Ken Bowman and Stuart Wilson each winning their three singles and then combining to also take the doubles and the important four league points. Young John Bowman made a pleasing debut in the first division and was certainly not disgraced by losing his three sets to the players from West CA B of Doug Lawrence, Robin Kerr and David Barber. Division Two:- Redby CA B 2 Durham CA 8
Silksworth IM A 6 Durham CA 4 Durham Community Association beat Redby CA B by 8 sets to 2 with Brian Bateman winning all of his three sets and Gavin Bestford and Stuart Anderson each winning two of their three singles plus the doubles to gain full league points. Frank Booth won two of his singles in reply for Redby CA B. Durham Community Association however lost valuable league points when losing against third placed Silksworth IM A by 4 sets to 6. Alan Bickle, George Carlyon and Howard Brown each won two of their three singles for Silksworth IM A, whilst for Durham CA Gavin Bestford was the star of the evening by winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with Stuart Anderson to gain one league point. Division Three:-
Redby CA C 6 St John TTC A 4
Sacriston St Bedes 5 St Aidans D 5
Silksworth IM B 2 St John TTC B 8
St Aidans D 4 St Gabriels C 6
Redby CA C gained a very useful 6 sets to 4 win over second place St John TTC A and increased their lead at the top of Division Three. Malcolm Deneven and David Kerr each won two of their singles plus the doubles and the win was acheived when Ray Burchell also won one of his singles. Anthony Walton excelled by taking all of his three singles and Jennifer Dixon took one to earn a single league point. St Gabriels C have closed the gap to St John TTC A with a good 6 sets to 4 win over St Aidans D. David Snowdon won his usual three singles plus the doubles with Eszter Soos who like John Smith each also won one of their singles for St Gabriels. In reply for St Aidans, Linda Spensley won two of her singles with one each from Graham Brown and Tom Turner. St John TTC B had an impressive 8 sets to 2 win over Silksworth IM B, Craig Burton won all three singles plus the doubles with Richard Pattinson who like Michael Hampshire each won two of their singles. Graham Sleep and Vic Bellas replied with one each of the singles for Silksworth IM B. Sacriston St Bedes and St Aidans D finished 5 sets all with Tony Taylor winning all of his singles plus the doubles with Richard Debrick, and Tom Hoban also winning one of the singles helped the home side whilst for St Aidans D, Ian Miller and Graham Brown both won two of their singles plus one from Tom Turner and so ensured a share of the league points. |
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Division One:- St Aidans A 0 Silksworth CC B 10 St Chads TTC 7 Silksworth CC A 3 Silksworth CC B 5 West CA A 5 West CA B 2 Old England 8 There is an interesting battle developing for second place in Division One with Silksworth CC B on 38 points, St Chads TTC one point behind and Old England on 33 points but with one additional match to be played. St Chads TTC beat Silksworth CC A by 7 sets to 3 Bart Vermoesen winning all of his three singles plus the doubles with Keith Weatherby who also won two of his three singles and David Bissett winning one of his singles and therefore gained the maximum four league points. David Robson won two of his three singles for Silksworth and George Watson won one to complete the scoring. Silksworth CC B have claimed the match against St Aidans A and have been awarded the match 10 sets to 0. Silksworth CC B have dropped valuable league points in drawing their match against West CA A 5 sets all. Geoff Salter for West had an excellent evening in winning each of his three singles with both Rod Roberts and Jimmy Scope also each winning one of their singles. For Silksworth Kevin Wilson won two of his three singles plus the doubles with Graeme Barella who like Bernie Morris also each won one of the singles. In the match played between West CA B and Old England unfortunately each side could only produce two players and with Neil Herrington and Dale Aitkenhead going through the match undefeated for Old England they beat West CA B 7 sets to 2. Division Two:- Durham Community Association 7 St Gabriels A 3 Silksworth IM A 5 Redby CA B 5 Durham Community Association are now 5 points clear of second place Thompson Insurance B at the top of Division Two following their 7 sets to 3 win over St Gabriels A with Stuart Anderson and Brian Bateman both winning their three singles and then combining to also win the doubles to ensure the maximum four league points. Brian Taylor, Alan Ray and Ron Douglas each won one of their three singles in reply for St Gabriels. Silksworth IM A are becoming the draw specialists in our league with now five drawn matches out of 11 played to date. This time it was a 5 all draw against Redby CA B, unfortunately Silksworth IM A could only produce a team of two players with Alan Bickle winning all of his three singles and George Carlyon winning two whilst for Redby CA B Frank Booth won two of his three singles plus one each from Ken Tweedy and Vic Austin. Booth and Tweedy in a fluctuating doubles against Bickle and Carlyon won 11/6, 11/2, 3/11, 8/11, 11/8 to gain their share of the points. Division Three:- St Gabriels C 5 St John TTC C 5 St John TTC B 3 Redby CA C 7 Redby CA C have moved to the top of Division Three following their 7 sets to 3 win over St John TTC B who unfortunately could only turn out two players. Malcolm Deneven won all of his three singles plus the doubles with Ray Burchell who also took one of the singles. David Kerr ensured maximum league points for Redby by taking two of his three singles. St John TTC B were unfortunate in not gaining any league points out of this match as both Richard Pattinson and Mike Hampshire played very well with Richard Pattinson winning two of his three singles including a 11/9, 6/11, 14/12, 11/13, 11/6 win over David Kerr and then followed this up by beating Ray Burchell 14/16, 11/4, 9/11, 11/8, 11/5 whilst Michael Hampshire won one of his singles with an 11/5, 11/8, 7/11, 5/11, 11/6 win over Ray Burchell. St Gabriels C and St John TTC C team played a 5 sets all draw which was a little unusual in that not one of the sets went to the fourth game. David Snowdon won all of his three singles plus the doubles with Istvan Soos, and John Smith won the important fifth set. Hugh Bevan and Keith Hembrough for St John TTC C each won two of their three singles and Viv Ford who is showing some improvement this season again won one of the singles. Team Handicap - Round One Old England have conceded their match against St Chads TTC who now have a home fixture against St Gabriels A. Silksworth CC B consisting of Anthony Barella, Kevin Wilson and Graeme Barella had to give starts of between 8 and 14 points and beat Redby CA A by 5 sets to 0. Silksworth CC B now travel to play either West CA B or Thompson Insurance B in Round Two. Silksworth IM B unfortunately could only produce a team of two players for their match against St John TTC A. The teams decided to play the match initially ignoring the conceded sets and Jennifer Dixon beat Stephen Wilford 21/8, 21/8 and then lost to Graham Sleep 15/21, 21/11, 5/21. Anthony Walton had to give 8 points start per game in each of his matches and won 16/21, 22/20, 21/18 against Graham Sleep and 21/11, 21/14 against Stephen Wilford. Lee Hopkins beat Graham Sleep 21/17, 19/21, 21/16 and Stephen Wilford 21/5, 21/15 to gain a winning 5 sets to 1 margin and make a final score of 8 sets to 1. St John TTC A now are at home against St Aidans A in Round Two. St John TTC C had a fairly close match against Sacriston St Bedes before finally winning 6 sets to 3. Hugh Bevan won all of his three singles 22/20, 22/20 against Sean Maitland, 21/14, 21/18 against Harry Thomason, and 21/17, 21/7. Mike Wilson won two of his three singles after losing against Harry Thomason 12/21, 13/21, first 21/10, 21/12 against Joe Lennox and then 21/16, 19/21, 2117 against Sean Maitland. Viv Ford beat Joe Lennox 21/15, 21/16, before losing 23/25, 16/21 against Sean Maitland and 12/21, 18/21 against Harry Thomason. St John TTC C are now at home in Round Two and play St Gabriels C. |
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Division One:- St Chads TTC 8 West CA A 2 Thompson Insurance A 10 West CA B 0 St Chads TTC haved move up into second place with their 8 sets to 2 win over West CA A. Keith Weatherby and David Bissett each won their three singles and Steve Penman also won two before losing to John Williamson 6/11, 7/11, 11/13 in the remaining single set. In an exciting doubles set Jimmy Scope and John Williamson for West CA A beat Keith Weatherby and Steve Penman 10/12, 12/10, 11/8, 11/13, 11/6. Thompson Insurance A have increased their lead at the top of the table when West Ca B had to concede their match and Thompson Insurance A have been recorded a 10 sets to 0 win. Division Two:- Thompson Insurance B 6 Durham CA 4 Thompson Insurance B inflicted the first defeat of the season on Division Two leaders Durham Community Association by 6 sets to 4 with Alan Thompson winning all of his three single sets, and Eddie Coxon and David Winterbottom each also taking one of the singles as well as the doubles against Gavin Bestford and John Foster 11/9, 10/12, 11/7, 11/8 to secure this narrow win. In reply for Durham Community Association Brian Bateman and Gavin Bestford both won two of their three singles. With this win Thompson Insurance B have narrowed the gap to one point in second place although Durham Community Association as leaders still have a game in hand as well as superior sets for and are still likely to win the title. Individual Handicap Round one:- George Watson (Silksworth CC A) (scratch) beat Norman Polley (St Aidans B) (plus 6) 21/16, 21/17, 21/17. Team Handicap Round One:- Silksworth CC A beat St Aidans B by 5 sets to 1 with David Robson giving first 15 points start in each game to Lynda Todd won 22/20, 22/20, and then giving 16 points start to Kishore Sridharan won 22/20, 6/21, 21/18. Alvin Robson had to give Duncan Bell 8 points start and lost 19/21, 14/21 but recovered in his second match in again giving 8 points start to Lynda Todd and won 21/19, 21/16. George Watson gave 11 points start to Kishore Sridharan and won 18/21, 21/17, 21/19 and finally gaining the important fifth set that won the match by giving 9 points start to Duncan Bell and winning 21/17, 17/21, 22/20. Silksworth CC A now have to travel to Durham Community Association in the second round. Silksworth IM A beat West CA A by 5 sets to 2 with each of their players receiving between 6 and 9 points start from the players from the first division side. Alan Bickle gave Silksworth IM A a good start with two wins the first receiving 7 points start from Jimmy Scope and winning 15/21, 21/19, 21/19 and in the second receiving 8 points start from John Williamson and again winning by 2 games to 1 21/18, 15/21, 21/14. George Carlyon won one of his and lost one of his sets. He received 9 points start from John Williamson and lost 19/21, 16/21 but recovered in his next set by receiving 8 points start and won 2 games to 1, 15/21, 21/15, 21/18. Howard Brown won two and lost one of his singles, in the first game he received 8 points start from Rod Roberts and lost 14/21, 21/19, 18/21. However he recovered in his next game where he received a start of 9 points and beat Jimmy Scope 21/12, 21/11. In his third game he also received 9 points start this time from John Williamson and again won 21/11, 21/11. This gave Silksworth IM A the winning 5 sets and therefore the match. In round two Silksworth IM A are at home against Redby CA C. |
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