I know that I am not alone on this subject, although my feelings may be stronger than some. Can I therefore ask that everyone plays both fairly and within the rules of the game, which must include the service where the ball should be thrown up (16 cm) and in view at all times until struck.

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Chelsea Get The Blues At Cheltenham
Lakeside 'A' (Rich Moores, Suzy Robinson, Pete Wood) played Chelsea Building Society (Guy Greening, Dave Metcalfe, Simon Moysey) this week in a match where the Lakesider's earned yet another victory thanks to a team effort where Rich Moores, Suzy Robinson and Pete Wood all won two games each with wins over the Chelsea's David Metcalfe and Simon Moysey. Chelsea's Guy Greening proved to be the thorn in their side by winning all of his singles and then combining with Dave Metcalfe to take the doubles, which in fairness to the Lakesider's, was conceded due to time running out. Two other highlights worthy of mention in this match were when Guy Greening at the start of the evening complimented Suzy Robinson on her recent weight loss. Later the same evening Guy Greening regretted his complimentary remark when after winning an excellent rally against Suzy, she retorted - "How on earth did you get to retrieve those shots from around your Fat Stomach?". An excellent match, played in good spirits with the Lakesider's squeaking a narrow victory.  

Winchcombe Royals (Nick Davidson, Choi Sze To, Keith Ferguson) entertained Cheltenham 'A' (Mike Harvey, Dave Harvey, Chris Hewitt) this week in a match where Cheltenham fielded their strongest team that resulted in an easy victory. Only the Royal's Choi Sze To was able to make any sort of impression winning their only game of the evening with a straight sets win over Mike Harvey. Cheltenham's Dave Harvey and Chris Hewitt were untroubled in their hatrick of wins against the Royal's Nick, Choi Sze and Keith and retained their 100% records.

Chelsea Building Society (Guy Greening, Dave Metcalfe, Simon Moysey) entertained Cheltenham 'B' (Simon Pratten, Nick Smale, Anand Keshav) this week in a match that resulted in the first victory of the season for the 'B' side. In some ways, there were two stars of the evening with the Chelsea's Dave Metcalfe commencing the evening with an excellent win over the highly capable Nick Smale. However, the overall star of the evening had to be Cheltenham's Anand Keshav who played some awesome table tennis reaching the form I have previously seen him capable of and winning a hatrick of singles with two comfortable wins over the Chelsea's Simon and Dave and a tight five setter with Guy. Anand's hatrick of wins were supported by Nick who chipped in with two and Simon who chipped in with one. This match also saw the loss of two 100% records with both the Chelsea's Simon and Dave winning their first matches of the season.

Cheltenham 'B' (Dominic James, Anand Keshav, Jon Gaskell) played Winchcombe Royals (Keith Ferguson, Stuart Greene, Nick Davidson) in a closely contested match that resulted in a narrow victory for the Royal's. Clearly the Royal's Nick Davidson was in fine fettle winning an excellent maximum, supported by Dominic who won two and Keith who chipped in with one. Dominic and Anand each won two for Cheltenham with wins over the Royal's Keith and Stuart for their only points of the evening. This is a match where two further 100% records were broken with both Keith and Dominic recording their first wins of the season.

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Division Two
Double Mauling For Tigers
I hope you all enjoy reading works of fiction; I’m making all this stuff up due to lack of comments on match cards (with one honourable exception – you know who you are!) , so if I’m hopelessly wide of the mark in my jottings, that’s the reason!! Only two unbeaten players left now – Dennis Wadley of Saracens A and Andy East from Lakeside B, but being pressed hard by Mel Garlick, Chris Ball and Chris Lane in the 90%’s and a clutch of others in the high 80%’s.
 
Winchcombe Legends came away with a relatively straightforward win over short-handed Saracens B, although Mark Nally did manage to salvage a point for Saracens by overcoming Darrell Wiltshire in 3-straight. 

Dennis Wadley continues to shine for Saracens A, achieving what Ross Greening and Terry Sims could not quite manage by getting the better of Tirley Tigers’ Gloucester Divisison 1 “ringer” Rob Deeley in 3-straight; Terry also had a fight on his hands from Elaine Evans, but finally prevailed 12-10 in the 5th set.

Dave Green was in good form registering a max for Cheltenham C, while Richard Bishop chalked up Winchcombe Warriors only points, winning two singles and combining with Mike Vick to secure the doubles for the home side. 

Judy Morley continues to rack up welcome points for struggling Old Saracens in the 6-4 win over Cheltenham D, while Sheila Matthews and Pete McGeough at last broke their ducks by overcoming, respectively, Alan Harvey in 5 close sets and James Bird in four.

Honours went to the 'B' side 7-3 in the battle of the Lakesides, with both Andy East and Chris Ball registering max-es.  Graham Chandler, playing cannily as ever, was just squeezed out in 5 tight sets by Chris Ball, with Ken Smith mysteriously losing all three. 

Left until last, for the oddest result of the week, CCS A tamed Tirley Tigers   5-4, courtesy of the doubles, as both teams only managed to field two players, so No.3 vs No.3 was void.  Phil King continued his excellent start to the season, winning both singles and combining with Steve Murton to take the deciding doubles.

Steve Murton
Division Two Secretary

Lakeside B	7	Lakeside C	3	Andy East, Chris Ball
Cheltenham C	7	Winchcombe Warriors	3	Dave Green
Cleeve Saracens A	8	Tirley Tigers	2	Dennis Wadley
Winchcombe Legends	9	Cleeve Saracens B	1	Stewart Ratcliffe, Chris Lane
CCS A	5	Tirley Tigers	4	Phil King
Cheltenham D	4	Old Saracens	6	Judy Morley

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Division Three
No Report This Week

 Derek Brown
Division Three Secretary

 

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