Division 1 –
Forest Products 8
Highnam ‘A’ 2
Graham Slack claimed his usual 3 wins for Forest without losing a single game. Both Rob Freeman and Russell Hayward won 2 apiece.
Jason Million was Highnam’s only sign of defence with 2 wins for the away side.
Jason and Bob Trimble faced Hayward and Slack in the doubles. Forest taking the game in 3 straight games.
Rudford ‘B’ 4
RSV & Friends ‘A’ 6
The away side had to grind out a victory as Rudford made sure to make it a difficult night.
Two wins from Mel Boulton plus a win apiece from Lee Bruton and Rob Deeley made this a competitive tie.
Three wins for Yacoob Tilly, two wins from Suleiman Saleh and a final point from Ahmed Bham put RSV slightly ahead going into the doubles.
Tilly and Saleh played together against the team of Bruton and Boulton. RSV claiming the doubles in 4 games.
RSV & Friends ‘B’ 0
Optimists 10
Last year’s champions really stretched their muscles against the youngsters of RSV.
Darren Griffin, Gordon Shaw and Steve Greening winning all of their games as the home side couldn’t seem to get going.
The nearest RSV could get was when both Hamza Bham and Ben Roberts took Steve to a 5th game but both losing out in the decider 11-7 and 11-6 respectively.
The doubles was a non contest as Griffin and Greening won in 3 straight games against Bham and Roberts.
Week 10 Result – Rudford ‘A’ 7 – 3 RSV & Friends ‘B’
Rudford edged further away from the relegation places over their rivals for staying up.
Ann Barnes was the start performer with 3 wins and the drop of only 1 game. This was combined with 2 wins from Simon Moysey and a final point from Ken Smith to give Rudford the win.
Ben Roberts was RSV’s main point scorer showing patience at crucial times to win 2. Hamza Bham was the away side’s other point scorer.
Nick Walker and Hamza faced Smith and Barnes. The home side having too much fire power and dealt with the youngsters in 3 straight games.
Week 10 Result - RSV & Friends ‘A’ 1 - 9 Forest Products
No result is certain in division 1 this year as having your ‘A’ squad out seems to make the difference.
It certainly did here as Forest put in a terrific result against last year’s runners-up. Both Graham Slack and Russell Hayward won all their matches. Rob Freeman performed well to win another 2 points for the away side.
The home side’s consolation point came from Yacoob Tilly, beating Rob in 4.
Ahmed Bham and Yacoob teamed up for the doubles but they were no match for the team of Slack and Hayward, Forest taking the doubles in 3 straight games.
Division 2 –
Civil Service ‘A’ 6
EDF Energy 4
Unsurprisingly with a match this tight no one claimed a maximum. Two wins for Paul Singh and Tony Williamson plus another point from Phil Hatherall gave the home side their singles points.
EDF were not going to roll over though as two wins from Brian Cullis and Andy Howe.
George Evans teamed up with Andy Howe to play against Tony Williamson and Paul Singh. Civil Service came out winners in 3 games.
Rudford ‘C’ 7
Highnam ‘B’ 3
Chris Pearce’s 3 wins helped Rudford towards another good result. This was combined with 2 points from Dave Pearce and a final point from Augustin Romero put the home side in good stead. Augustin can put this down to tiredness as all of his games went to a decider.
2 points from Debbie Feltham and another from Dave Gough were all that Highnam could manage throughout the night.
The doubles was a well contested match but the team of Pearce and Pearce came through to win against Jo Duncan and Dave.
Week 10 Result - Phoenix ‘A’ 1 – 9 Rudford ‘C’
There seems to be no stopping Rudford in their quest for promotion. Three wins each for Trevor Oliver and Chris Pearce plus another two wins from Augustin Romero made this result a no contest.
The only point for Phoenix came from Dave Smith as he beat Augustin in 5 tight games.
Oliver and Pearce combined to take on Dave Smith and Christ East, the away side taking the doubles in 3 straight games.
Division 3 –
Phoenix ‘B’ 4
Redcliffe College 6
Without giving away my job too much I will hand the commentary over to Andy...
“The evening started with Matt Inman dropping the tt table on his foot. Coming to the end of the 4th game between Trevor [Cox] & Andy [Taylor] and Andy went for a shot, just avoided colliding with the corner of the TT table, lost balance, crashed into the scorers table, grazing 6 inches up his arm, bashing knee and twisting back. At the same time his bat hit the scorer, Richard [Johnson], on the top of his head and there was blood dripping all over the place. A lengthy gap while blood was mopped up and individuals sorted out. Redcliffe came out on top during the evening thanks to more than their fair share of nets and edges, especially Andy against Allan [Lardner]. Despite all the incidents it was a fun evening amongst friends.”
In between all the death defying stunts pulled between the two teams there were two wins for Matt Inman and another win for Allan Lardner.
For the away side, 2 wins for Richard Johnson, Vidas Rimkus and Andy Taylor.
Inman and Cox played against the team of Rimkus and Taylor and came through winners in 4 games.
RSV & Friends ‘C’ 4
Civil Service ‘B’ 6
Paul Daniels was in good form on the night as he won all 3 without losing a single game. A point each from Phil Lewis and Paritosh Ghadiali gave Civil Service the advantage.
A brace from Brin Davis and a further point apiece from Mike Gray and Pete Dainty meant it was down to doubles to settle the match.
Dainty and Gray just didn’t have enough left for the doubles against Lewis and Daniels as the away side went on to win the doubles in 4 games.
Week 10 Result - STR Seniors 3 – 7 Phoenix ‘B’
You feel that Phoenix could have taken more from this match. Three wins from Trevor Cox and a pair apiece from Matt Inman and Allan Lardner were all of Phoenix’s points.
Ian Kellie was STR’s best performer on the night as he won all of the home side’s singles points. Ian turned on the turbo against Matt in the 5th as he stormed away to win 11-1.
Cox and Lardner played against Tony Saxton and Ian. After the first 4 games were shared it could not of been closer. The home side edging out a 12-10 win in the deciding game.
Division 4 –
Highnam ‘C’ 9
STR ‘B’ 1
The night started badly for STR from the start as they could only field 2 players
Highnam still had to go and win the rest though. James Bird and Derek Pigott did just that and won all 3 plus another 2 wins from Stuart Blencowe gave Highnam their heavy win.
Harkeerit Kalsi gave STR their solitary point of the night.
Bird and Pigott claimed the doubles in 3 straight games over Stuart Carver and Kalsi.
Week 10 Result – Crypt ‘A’ 10 – 0 Grange ‘B’
A morale boosting win for Crypt as Nigel Cullis, Adam Crabbe and Josh Roberts won all of their matches.
If any consolation can be found for Grange it was that Len Horwood and John Patterson took Nigel and Josh to a 5th game respectively.
Crypt took the doubles in 4 games.
Week 10 Result - STR ‘B’ 4 – 6 Hillview Church
3 wins from Dave Walker plus 2 from Ross Walker and a final point by Faroque Bhatia gave Hillview their tight win.
Gavin Kwok and Harkeerit Kalsi both contributed to their score with 2 wins apiece.
The doubles was the decider and perhaps made sense it was the tightest match on the night. Kalsi and Kwok took on the Walkers’. After losing a 2-0 lead the away side regained focus and went on to win the final game 11-6.
Division 5 –
Phoenix ‘E’ 4
Phoenix ‘D’ 6
There was very little to separate the two Phoenix teams. The ‘D’ sides point came in the form of two wins apiece for Lucy and Steve Parsons, Lucy looking in good form as she didn’t lose a single game.
There was a win each for the home side. Rachel Johnson, Ali Taylor and Chris Morgan all won a point.
The doubles was perhaps the toughest contest of the night. Chris and Rachel teaming up to play Jacob Elwin and Lucy, the momentum seemingly swinging from game to game but the ‘E’ side fought hard and won 11-7 in the 5th.
Phoenix ‘C’ 1
Rudford ‘F’ 9
Rudford improved their promotion hopes with a crushing win over Phoenix. Margaret Pang and Owen Berry both winning all their matches and another 2 wins from Liam James made the win certain.
Bob Vallender gave the home side their only point in a tight deciding game against Liam but managed to come through.
Liam and Owen were too much for Mike Burgees and Bob as Phoenix winning the doubles in 4 games.
Nicholas Walker
Press Secretary