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Burnham & District Table Tennis League Press Report02/05/2010 With just a few matches outstanding all promotion and relegation issues have been settled as neither Woodham A or Maldon B could take their chance to catch Cold Norton A at the bottom of division one both will be playing in the second division next season. The final of the Handicap Knockout was played last week at Stow Maries between Stow Maries A (Eric Green -17, Tony Forster -17, Nicky Reece-Ford – 14) and holders Woodham F ( Jack Cranfield +7, Jack Ashley +9, Emma Dadswell +11). The first doubles went to Woodham as
Tony and Nicky found the handicap a little too much against Jack Cranfield
and Emma going down 15-21, 5-21. Eric Green then levelled the match coming
from a set down to beat Jack Ashley 3-21, 21-16, 21-12. Woodham then took
the next two matches as first Tony and Nicky both lost in straight sets to
Jack C and Emma respectively finding the combination of a generous handicap
and strong attacking shots too much for them. The really decisive match came
next with Woodham 3-1 up the two Jacks won out in the best match of the
night overcoming Eric and Tony 18-21, 21-18, 21-15 to take the lead to 4-1
which soon became a decisive 5-1 when Jack Ashley beat Nicky in straight
sets. Stow put up a good fight but it has to be said that no team has really
managed to get close to this Woodham F team since they just scraped a 5-4
win over Fambridge B in the first round and they have become the first team
to retain the trophy in recent memory. Burnham & District Table Tennis League Press Report25/04/2010 Most issues are now decided for the season with just a few outstanding matches still to be played in division one most of them involving Stow Maries A who have been somewhat tardy in fulfilling fixtures this season especially when considering the number of players in their club. The last issue concerning promotion was settled when Woodham E (Mike Burton, Mitch Davies, Mike Matlin) won 9-1 at St. Lawrence A to finish as runners-up in division three to Maldon F (Ross Wheeler, Rob Sach, John Mundy, Dawn Baldry) whose late charge took them to the title by just one point from Woodham E and relegated long term leaders Maldon E to third place. Interestingly Woodham F (Jack Ashley, Jack Cranfield, Emma Dadswell) beat St. Lawrence B 9-1 to finish top of division three A with one more point than Maldon F with both teams having played each other side in division 3 twice which must be a first for the winners of the bottom half of the division to have got more points than the team placed top of the division! The only outstanding issue now is who will be relegated from division one. Woodham A (Lee McHugh, Graham Briggs, John Robinson) and Maldon B met last week and Woodham came out on top, 6-4, despite Brian Riedling winning his three for injury hit Maldon who included Dawn Baldry from their division three F team in their line up and she pushed all of the Woodham players hard but the jump from division three to division one is huge. Both of these teams have one match remaining and to avoid relegation and send Cold Norton A down in their stead Woodham need three points at Stow Maries A and Maldon B need an unlikely nine points against Maldon A. In other division one matches last week Trevor Carter of Stow Maries C was in excellent form recording wins over Peter Ballard (Fambridge) and Hamish Innes and Dave Bassett of Maldon although his team lost both encounters. Peter Ballard led a weakened Fambridge A to a hard fought draw at Stow Maries A (Eric Green, Tony Forster, Ian Whiteside) with all of the Fambridge wins coming in five sets, in fact on the night Stow won 25 sets to Fambridges16! Results Division 1 – Fambridge A 6 Stow Maries C 4, Fambridge A 5 Stow Maries A 5, Fambridge B 7 Woodham A 3, Fambridge B 7 Fambridge C 3, Woodham A 6 Maldon B 4, Maldon A 7 Stow Maries C 3. Division 2 – West Maldon A 4 Mayland 6. Division 3 – St. Lawrence A 4 Woodham F 6, Woodham F 9 St. Lawrence B 1, St. Lawrence A 1 Woodham E 9.
The final of the handicap knockout will be held at Stow Maries on Wednesday 28th April and features a classic division one versus division three encounter Stow Maries A versus Woodham F. Burnham & District Table Tennis League Press Report18/04/2010 Division two was where the action was this week as firstly West Maldon A (Tim Huxtable, Gary Smith, Chris Ciniglio) beat Woodham C 7-3 to secure promotion as runners-up to Woodham B who cannot now be caught and are champions. At the other end of the table Maldon U3A A (Norman Hayes, John Skuse, Tony Reece-Ford) went down 2-8 to Woodham D and will be relegated with Stow Maries E. As ever it was Norman Hayes who picked up the two points for U3A while Tim Cramphorn was unbeaten for Woodham. It was good to see Ken Stevens back playing as he turned out for the first time this season for Mayland in their 4-6 defeat at Woodham C, Colin Barrell was back to form for Mayland with three wins. The outcome in division three is still to be decided with Woodham E being the only side who can deny Maldon F the title but they need a 10-0 win in their final match against St. Lawrence A to do it and that will be a tough job. Division three A has long been secured by Woodham F and in fact if they had been in the top half of the division they would probably have secured a promotion place at the least. With the division one title now
decided the focus is on the bottom where Cold Norton A completed their
fixtures with a 5-5 draw with Woodham A despite Results Division 1 – Maldon A 5 Stow Maries A 5, Cold Norton A 5 Woodham A 5. Division 2 – Woodham D 2 Maldon C 8, Maldon U3A A 2 Woodham D 8, Woodham C 6 Mayland 4, West Maldon A 7 Woodham C 3. Division 3 – Woodham E 3 The Joiners 7, Maldon F 9 West Maldon B 1, Maldon U3A C 10 St. Lawrence B 0. Burnham & District Table Tennis League Press Report11/04/2010 Mapledene A secured the division one title with a match to spare following their 10-0 success at Stow Maries B, Maldon A (John Cleasby, Dave Bassett, Hamish Innes) could yet pip Fambridge A to second place following a 10-0 win at Cold Norton A. In division two Stow Maries E had their best week of the season, with a win and a draw but they are still relegated having found the step up from division three far too much for them. Their win came against a Woodham C team featuring two players currently playing in division three and was secured with two wins each from Ken Donohue, Peter Woodgate and John Knights and the draw was with Maldon U3A B who also had a reserve in their team as regulars John Fell and Bill Puxley won five out of their six matches. A much stronger Woodham C team inflicted a 7-3 defeat upon Maldon U3A A with Jean Chasmer winning her three and Diane King and Chris Hancox each winning twice, this result makes it virtually certain that the U3A A team will be relegated along with Stow Maries E. The promotion issues in division three are still to be decided, what is certain is that at least one Maldon team will be promoted after their E and F teams played out a draw it leaves Maldon F top three points ahead of the E team and both having completed their fixtures but they could both be caught by Woodham E (Mitch Davies, Mike Matlin, Mike Burton) who beat St. Lawrence A 10-0 to leave them ten points adrift of leaders Maldon F with one match to play against ……St. Lawrence A and the Woodham team have the advantage on the tie breaker which is the team with the most wins. In the handicap knockout cup Stow Maries A won their delayed semi-final against Mapledene A so they will meet the youngsters of Woodham F in the final which should be a classic division one versus division three encounter. Results Division 1 – Stow Maries B 0 Mapledene A 10, Cold Norton A 0 Maldon A 10. Division 2 – Stow Maries E 5 Maldon U3A B 5, Stow Maries E 6 Woodham C 4, Maldon U3A A 3 Woodham C 7. Division 3 – The Joiners 4 Maldon E 6, Maldon F 5 Maldon E 5, St. Lawrence B 1 Maldon F 9, Maldon G 5 St. Lawrence A 5, Woodham F 7 Maldon G 3, Woodham G 4 Maldon U3A C 6. Burnham & District Table Tennis League Press Report05/04/2010 Mapledene A will be crowned champions of division one once they score four points from their remaining two matches (their likely tally is probably 20) following the 5-5 draw between their two closest rivals Maldon A and Fambridge A, while Marko Jovic was unbeaten for a weakened Fambridge side two wins apiece from John Cleasby and Hamish Innes helped Maldon secure the draw. The relegation places are undecided but following their 2-8 loss to Fambridge B (Peter Mynard, Chris Buer, Steve Buer) it looks as though Maldon B will be joining Woodham A (who would need a remarkable change of form to escape relegation) in division two next season as they are now seven points adrift of third bottom Cold Norton A with just two matches left. Woodham B moved to the top of division two and secured promotion with a 9-1 hammering of Maldon U3A A in their final match and now they must wait to see if they are champions as West Maldon A who need just three more points to ensure promotion can pip them for the division but will need a demanding 19 out of a possible 20 points from their last two matches to do it. Stow Maries E are now relegated and it looks certain that Maldon U3A A will join them as with just two matches to play they are 18 points adrift of safety. Division three still has all to play for as the top two sides Maldon E and Maldon F still have a crucial match to play against each other which should decide who finishes top with Woodham E still having a chance to catch the losers to pip them for the second promotion spot. In a rehearsal of the crucial fixture this week the Maldon F came out big winners 8-2 as Rob Sach and Dawn Baldry were both unbeaten although that was against a Maldon E side missing their top player Martin Goodworth. Woodham F are the winners of division three A following their 6-4 win at Maldon U3A C thanks to three wins from Jack Ashley. The handicap league which runs alongside normal league fixtures has Cold Norton B top and they looked safe until Woodham G (Roy Davis, Jake Allsop, Scott Perry) recorded a 10-0 win at St. Lawrence B and now they need just three points from their final fixture to pip Cold Norton B. Results Division 1 – Fambridge A 5 Maldon A 5, Mapledene B 2 Stow Maries C 8, Maldon B 2 Fambridge B 8, Stow Maries C 1 Fambridge C 9. Division 2 – Woodham B 9 Maldon U3A A 1. Division 3 – Maldon E 2 Maldon F 8, Woodham E 7 Maldon U3A C 3, Maldon U3A C 4 Woodham F 6, St. Lawrence B 0 Woodham G 10, Woodham F 7 Maldon G 3. Burnham & District Table Tennis League Press Report28/03/10 With two matches still outstanding for the top two teams in division one the title is now firmly in the grip of Mapledene A (Kevin Read, George Reeves, Minda Sinkus) as they recorded a 7-3 win over current champions Fambridge A (Peter Ballard, Marko Jovic, Mark Stones) thanks to an unbeaten performance from Kevin Read who was a bit too hot to handle for any of the Fambridge team on the night. At the other end of the table Cold Norton A did themselves no favours at all when they went down 1-9 to Stow Maries B who had unbeaten performances from Glen Laing and Dave Marsh while Cold Norton’s solitary success came when Dave Hancox beat Tim Pulham, this result will mean that Cold Norton have to look anxiously over their shoulders at the teams below them who both have games in hand. The two promotion places in division two now seem sorted as West Maldon A (Sean Clift, Chris Ciniglio, Tim Huxtable) beat current leaders Stow Maries D (Brian Ellis, Dave Goody, Mick Robinson) 6-4 in a match in which no player either lost three or won three, Tim and Sean each won twice for West Maldon and old reliable Dave Goody won twice for Stow. This win now puts West Maldon just two points behind Stow, who have completed their fixtures, with two more games to play. Woodham B (Lee McHugh, Graham Briggs, Daniel Richardson) moved eight points ahead of Stow to ensure their promotion with a 10-0 thrashing of Maldon U3A B. At the bottom of the table Stow Maries E are almost certainly relegated following their 4-6 defeat to Woodham D (Tim Cramphorn, Mark Richardson, Jack Ashley) who needed the points themselves to move further ahead of Maldon U3A A who now look to be in deep trouble following a 1-9 reverse at Cold Norton B who had Simon Lowman and Roy Gandy unbeaten. Division three leaders Maldon E look to be getting end of season jitters as they lost for the third week in a row, this time they were well and truly thrashed 9-1 by The Joiners who had both Mark Shorney and Paul Freeman playing and proving that they are probably the best two players in the division and as a bonus the improving Mike Ross won twice as well. Rob Sach was unbeaten as Maldon F won 6-4 at St. Lawrence A a win that sees them just six points behind with a game in hand. Results Division 1 –Mapledene A 7 Fambridge A 3, Fambridge C 3 Mapledene B 7, Stow Maries B 9 Cold Norton A 1,. Division 2- West Maldon A 6 Stow Maries D 4, Woodham B 10 Maldon U3A B 0, Cold Norton B 9 Maldon U3A A 1, Stow Maries E 4 Woodham D 6. Division 3 – Maldon E 1 The Joiners 9, St. Lawrence A 4 Maldon F 6, West Maldon B 5 Woodham F 5. |
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