Division 1 –
Rudford ‘B’ 4
Highnam ‘A’ 6
James Dance was the outstanding performer as he gained a maximum with only 1 game lost. Jason Million contributed well with another 2 wins and Richard Maddrell winning another point as well.
For Rudford, A single point each for Stewart Jones, Lee Bruton and Rob Deeley.
Stewart and Lee faced Richard and James in the doubles with the home side clinching it in the 5th with an 11-7 win.
Week 3 Result – RSV & Friends ‘A’ 10 – 0 Rudford ‘B’
RSV showed domination in this match as they registered the 1st 10 – 0 win in division 1.
Rudford had their chances to claim some points. Both Mel Garlick and Stewart Jones took Ahmed Bham to 5 games but were unsuccessful. Rob Deeley could have won against Yacoob Tilly but again lost out in 5.
For RSV, Suleimen Saleh, Yacoob and Ahmed put in great performances to make their title winning intentions clear.
Stewart and Rob took on Sulamen and Yacoob but couldn’t break through and RSV came out with the win.
Week 3 Result – Optimists 7 – 3 RSV & Friends ‘B’
Optimists showed why they were the current champions with this handy win over the juniors of RSV. Gordon Shaw led the way with 3 wins and losing only a single game throughout the night. Steve Greening winning another 2 and Christine Williams gaining the home side’s last singles point.
RSV can take a lot of confidence from their display. Nick Walker winning 2, Ben Roberts with 1 which was a tightly fought match against Christine which went to a 5th game Ben just had enough to win it 14-12.
The doubles seemed to be heading RSV’s way as Nick and Ben took a 2-0 lead. But eventually the experience told, Gordon and Steve coming back to win 12-10 in the 5th.
Division 2 –
Rudford ‘D’ 2
Civil Service ‘A’ 8
Civil Service are sitting top of the table with this victory. Paul Singh winning all 3, Barrie Pope and Phil Hatherall added another 2 points each.
Glyn Lloyd was the only winner for Rudford with 2 points; one of these was a tight game that went all the way with Glyn winning 13-11 in the 5th.
Pete Humble and Akadiusz Kedzierski (Gary) played against Barrie and Paul in the doubles. Civil Service took the doubles in 3.
Rudford ‘C’ 7
Grange Baptist ‘A’ 3
Rudford are pushing early for promotion with a good win over Grange.
Chris Pearce was the only maximum scorer, Augustin Romero with another 2 and Alan Perratt with a solitary win.
Grange's points came in the form of Erroll Johnson who won 2; both with an 11-7 win in the 5th game and Alistair Wood with a final point for the away side.
The home side claimed the doubles, Chris and Alan beating Erroll and Alistair in 3 straight.
Phoenix ‘A’ 8
EDF Energy 2
Some odd things happening at Phoenix when it comes to equipment as the match remarks state “Chris is taking the net home (it favoured him all night!), apart from when Andy caressed it. Regularly”. It’s those kinds of things which make me glad I’m in division 1...
Apart from that slight incident, a well contested and good spirited match from start to finish.
Dave Smith was on top form winning 3 from 3 which included two 5 game matches. Andy Browett and Chris East both won 2 for the home side.
EDF’s defence came from George Evans and Brian Cullis against Andy and Chris.
The doubles was quickly dealt in 3 games by Dave and Chris who took on Brian and George.
Division 3 –
RSV & Friends ‘C’ 7
One Church 3
RSV did their promotion chances some good here as they came away with a healthy score. Pete Dainty was RSV’s main man as he gained a maximum. Brin Davis contributed with 2 and another point from Jerry Winter.
For the away side, Pablo Williams won 2 and a final win from Mark Wilding were the only points for One Church.
Pete and Brin took on Pablo and Mark. After losing the 1st game, RSV came through to win the next 3 games.
Civil Service ‘B’ 3
Redcliffe College 7
Redcliffe are running away from the rest of the pack in division 3 after another convincing win.
For Civil Service though, the credit must go to Paul Daniels who won all his matches, including beating the previously undefeated Vidas Rimkus.
However, Redcliffe were still too strong. Vidas, Richard Johnson and Andy Taylor all winning 2 which included a tight game between Andy and Phil Lewis with Andy just winning 12-10 in the 5th though the score could of gone either way as the lowest scoring game throughout that match was 11-8.
The doubles was another tight match. Paul Daniels and Martyn Brown battled Vidas and Andy but were beaten 11-7 in the 5th.
Division 4 –
Grange Baptist ‘B’ 9
STR ‘B’ 1
STR’s chances weren’t helped here as they could only field 2 players. Even with this though, Grange still had to go out and win the points.
Pete Jarrett and Nigel Emberson both gained maximums on the night and another 2 wins from John Patterson.
Harkeerit Kalsi was STR’s only win, beating John in the 5th game 11-8.
Stuart Carver and Harkeerit played against Nigel and Pete; A tight battle in which the momentum switched after each game. Eventually though the home side took the last game 11-5. A good display from Grange to push on from.
Highnam ‘C’ 8
Hillview Church 2
Highnam are just 3 points off the 2nd promotion place with a game in hand after this win.
Elke Roselieb won all 3 on the night, Clare Bell and Stewart Blancowe both won 2.
Hillview’s Dave Walker put up a good fight as he provided both of the home side’s points and just lost out to Elke in 5 games.
Stewart and Elke won the doubles in 3 straight games against Faroque Bhatia and Ross Walker to complete a good night for Highnam.
Crypt ‘B’ 5
Rudford ‘E’ 5
Crypt registered their first points of the season. Matt Skelding won 3 out of 3 and another 2 points from Matt Emmett.
For Rudford, Elaine Marshall won 2 and a point each from Sten Salisbury and Phil Dixon.
The doubles was won by Sten and Phil against the two Matt’s in 3 straight games.
Division 5 –
Phoenix ‘D’ 7
Rudford ‘F’ 3
It was rather the Parsons’ than Phoenix that were facing Rudford, Lucy Parsons and Steve Parsons both winning 3 out of 3, Steve not losing a single game throughout the night. Sarah Parsons gained a final point for the home side.
Margaret Pang and Liam James won a single point each. Liam was unlucky to lose against Lucy as he just lost out 12-10 in the 5th.
Steve and Sarah faced Margaret and Liam in the doubles. After Phoenix won the first 2 games, Rudford came back in style, winning the next 3 games.
St James 4
Phoenix ‘C’ 6
You would have thought a match that ended so close would have lots of tightly contested games. This was not the case here as every single match, apart from the doubles, had the minimum 3 games in it.
Alan Page took his usual 3 wins for St James. His biggest point loss was an 11-5 win in one of his games.
Chris Harley, Mike Burgees and Emannuel Byilingiro all won 2 for Phoenix.
As the doubles went to 4 games you have to call it close. For this match anyway! Graham Ponter and Alan Page took on Phoenix and registered their final point of the night.
Phoenix ‘E’ 6
One Church ‘B’ 4
Chris Morgan was Phoenix’s star player as he won all matches, two of which went to a 5th game and he won both 11-8. Mark Adamson claimed another 2 for the home side.
Zoltan Barbely won 2 the the away side, Dave Elwin and Gregory Szlowieniec both contributed with a single point apiece.
Mark and Chris claimed the doubles in 3 straight games against Gregory and Zoltan to give Phoenix the win.
Nicholas Walker
Press Secretary