Division 1 –
Forest Products 6
Rudford ‘A’ 4
Graham Slack was in a class of his own as he steamed through his matches without losing a game. Lesley Slack and Ernie Pemberton both contributed as well to Forest’s score with a point each.
Ken Smith and Ann Barnes gave Rudford some competitive edge with 2 points each.
Simon and Ann took on the team of Graham and Lesley, the home side coming from being 2-1 behind to win 11-8 in the 5th.
Highnam ‘A’ 8
Rudford ‘B’ 2
3 wins from Richard Maddrell plus another 2 wins from James Dance and Bob Trimble put Highnam in control of this match.
Rudford semi fight back came in the form of 1 win apiece for Lee Bruton and Mel Boulton.
The doubles was one of a couple ties that went the distance but Highnam’s class showed with the team of Richard and James proving to be too much for Rudford’s Rob Deeley and Lee Bruton.
Division 2 –
Civil Service ‘A’ 7
Rudford ‘D’ 3
Christ White was the only player unbeaten on the night, Tony Williamson contributed well with another 2 and Barrie Pope gathered another point for the home side.
Olly Tyndall made the tie slightly competitive with a solid 2 wins and a final point from Pete Humble.
The doubles was a very tight and well played match. Pete Humble and Henk van der Waard took up the challenge from Tony and Barrie. Both sides not letting up and either side could have won it but the home side did edge the match slightly as they won 11-9 to make the winning margin slightly more.
Grange ‘A’ 3
Rudford ‘C’ 7
A highly competitive match as only two matches had only 3 games played. Rudford seized their chances slightly more clinically.
Two maximums for Trevor Oliver and Augustin Romero gave Rudford the win.
All of Grange’s players managed to contribute with a point apiece for Alistair Wood, Tony Wauchope and Erroll Johnson.
Augustin and Trevor took on the task of the doubles and won against Tony and Erroll in 4 games.
EDF Energy 5
Phoenix ‘A’ 5
A clash near the bottom of the table ended in a stale mate. For the home side, George Evans and Andy Howe won 2 points. Both players were pushed to at least one 5th game decider and both showed composer to win.
Phoenix can see this as a good result as they fielded two players from the lower division. Trevor Cox performed outstandingly well to win 2, this was matched by Chris East and Matt Inman contributed with a further point.
Chris and Matt combined to play the doubles but were out played as George and Andy won the match in 3 straight games.
Division 3 –
STR Seniors 5
STR ‘A’ 5
The ‘seniors’ made progress from their last result against STR ‘A’. This may be due to the absence of Dominic James plus they had to play up Harkeerit Kalsi.
Ian Kellie took advantage of this though with 3 out of 3 wins. Tony Saxton contributed further with another point as well.
Chris Green and Harkeerit Kalsi performed well to score 2 points each plus a final point from Bohan Du.
The doubles was a scrap to see how this match would turn out. All but 1 of the games was separated by only 2 points, Ian Kellie and Tony Saxton showing good composure as they nicked the tie 11-9 in the decider.
Week 11 Result – STR ‘A’ 4 – 6 One Church ‘A’
You fear to think about where STR would be if it wasn’t for the class from Dominic James who, again, won all 3 of his matches.
This was not enough though as 2 wins from Sherif Abdulla, Andy Noakes and Pablo Williams.
It looked as though the doubles was another match to the away side as well but STR eventually got their game together and from nowhere came back from being 2-0 down to win 3-2.
Division 4 –
STR ‘B’ 2
Grange ‘B’ 8
Len Horwood set Grange on their way to an easy win with 3 points. This added with a further 2 points each from Pete Jarrett and Nigel Emberson put the result out of doubt for the away side.
Harkeerit Kalsi all of STR’s points on the night with 2 good wins.
Horwood and Emberson took the doubles in 4 games against Gavin Kwok and Harkeerit.
Hillview 2
Highnam ‘C’ 8
Highnam kept their momentum at the top of the table going with this win. Elke Roselieb gained a maximum plus 2 wins each for Stewart Blencowe and James Bird gave Highnam a sizeable lead.
David Walker was the home side’s only point scorer with 2 good wins.
David then partnered with Faroque Bhatia but they were beaten in 3 very tight games against Elke and James.
Rudford ‘E’ 9
Crypt ‘B’ 1
Phil Dixon and Fabrizio Trifiro were the spearhead of Rudford’s attack as they both won 3 out of 3. This was backed by another 2 wins from Sten Salisbury.
Crypt’s consolation point came from Matthew Emmett.
The doubles was a non contest as Rudford ran away with it 3-0.
Division 5 –
One Church ‘B’ 8
Phoenix ‘E’ 2
One Church came off superior in this battle for last place in Gloucester. Same Samtuner and Marek Handzlik both won all 3 of their matches plus another 2 wins from Zoltan Barbely gave One Church the win.
Sam Coleby was Phoenix’s only singles player winner with an 11-9 in the 5th against Barbely.
Phoenix’s second point came in the doubles, Chris Harley and Sam Coleby played against Handzlik and Barbely. The home side coming out winners in the 4th game.
Phoenix ‘C’ 5
St James 5
Another early night for St James as only 2 games went further than the minimum of 3.
Alan Page contributed his normal 3 wins to his side’s score and Trevor Henry contributed with another point.
Mike Burgees and Paul Brear gave Phoenix a foothold in this match with 2 wins each. Chris Harley gave the home side their final singles point.
Alan and Trevor teamed up against Mike and Paul in the doubles. The away side taking the doubles in 3 comfortable games.
Week 11 Result - STR ‘C’ 6 – 4 One Church ‘B’
You get the feeling that One Church will be happier with this result than STR as the away side look to stay away from Gloucester’s bottom place.
A good 4 points for the away side came in the form of Same Samtuner (2), Zoltan Barbely (1) and Marek Handzlik (1).
Andrew Howell was STR’s star performer with 3 wins. This combined with a point each from Rory Murfitt and Steve Tatlow gave the home side an advantage.
Murfitt and Howell combined a came away with the win in 4 games against the team of Samtuner and Barbely.
Nicholas Walker
Press Secretary