Report For 16/03/10
Guy Greening
Division One Secretary
| Winchcombe Cavaliers | 6 | Winchcombe Roamers | 4 | Chris Pearce |
| Lakeside 'A' | 4 | Chelsea | 6 | Bill Dawe |
| Winchcombe Royals | 4 | Cheltenham 'A' | 6 | Choi Sze To |
| Chelsea | 2 | Cheltenham B | 8 | Simon Pratten |
| Cheltenham B | 7 | Winchcombe Royals | 3 | Nick Smale |
| Cirencester | 4 | Cheltenham 'A' | 6 | Dave Harvey, Chris Hewitt |
| Cheltenham 'A' | 8 | Winchcombe Cavaliers | 2 | Dave Harvey |
| Winchcombe Roamers | 10 | Lakeside 'A' | 0 | Nick Mytton, Doug Payne, Matt Hartwell |
Division
Two
A Fight To The Finish Line
Winchcombe Legends are
still hot on the heels of Lakeside B
in the race for the top slot, with both teams chalking up big wins
against, respectively, Cheltenham D
and CCS A, while
Saracens A’s chances of a
top two finish took a bit of a hit as they only managed a 5-5 draw
against Old Saracens.
It may all come to nothing as Lakeside B
have a game in hand, but Legends
inched a point nearer with a 10-0 win, as against Lakeside’s mere 9-1 –
only small differences but they may count if Lakeside slip up at all.
Legends didn’t have it all their own way against Cheltenham though, with
a large number of tight 4-setters and scores of 11-8 and upwards. Chris
Lane only just got the better of Chris James 11-7 in the 5th but in the
end Legends showed their resilience.
The
Lakeside B - Civil
Service scoreline could easily have been different, with
Andy East struggling to a 5 sets win against Steve Murton, and Chris
Ball nearly coming unstuck (for the second time this season) against
Jonathan Nixon, only just squeezing home 11-8 in the fifth. The doubles
also featured scores of 17-15 and 13-11 in two of the games before
Lakeside finally got home; while Phil King was CCS’s sole winner in four
sets against Ken Smith.
Old
Saracens competitive draw in the “local derby” against
Saracens A came courtesy
of another max for Judy Morley, one for Martin Kirby, plus a 5-set
doubles where Old Saracens battled to recover from 2-0 down and clinch
the decider 11-9. Mike Dodwell and Terry Sims both notched up two
singles apiece, with one to Ross Greening who just missed out 11-4 in
the fifth in a see-saw match against Martin Kirby Mike Dodwell had his
second 5-setter of the season against Judy but again just couldn’t quite
make it, going down 11-7 in the decider.
Rob Deeley was once
again amongst the points for Tirley Tigers
against Cheltenham C,
winning two singles and just missing out on the third against Martin
Smith 12-10 in the fifth, but it was Martin who stole the show on the
night with a strong max. Rob and Elaine Evans paired successfully in
the doubles to secure Tigers third point. It was good to see three
ladies (Elaine for Tigers and Mel Garlick/Christine Williams for CTTC)
playing competitively on the same night, and if Janie Kirby had been
playing, that would have made an even better four - maybe even a
all-ladies doubles!
Graham Fisher was on fine form for
Winchcombe Warriors,
gaining a good max against Lakeside C,
although he was pushed hard by Trevor Oliver and only just squeezed home
11-7 in the fifth. Two each for Chris White and Trevor accounted for
Lakeside’s points, but this pairing couldn’t managed to get the draw,
with the hard-fought doubles going to Warriors in four close sets.
After a fine performance against
Cheltenham C last week, Mark Nally was unable to
reproduce the same form against Tewkesbury
A and came away with only one win. Tony Iles weighed in
with a second and paired with Mark to take a very close 5-set doubles.
For Tewkesbury, Alan Cook was in fine form but was pushed all the way
for his max in a pulsating 5-setter against Mark Nally which he just
shaded 13-11 in the fifth. He was well supported by two from Mike
Tyrrell, who seems to be just finding some form, and two from Mike
Maxwell, who might easily have had a third but couldn’t quite overcome
Tony Iles in another tight 5-setter.
Steve
Murton
Division Two Secretary
| Lakeside B | 9 | CCS A | 1 | Andy East, Chris Ball |
| Old Saracens | 5 | Cleeve Saracens A | 5 | Judy Morley |
| Tirley Tigers | 3 | Cheltenham C | 7 | Martin Smith |
| Winchcombe Warriors | 6 | Lakeside C | 4 | Graham Fisher |
| Cleeve Saracens B | 3 | Tewkesbury A | 7 | Alan Cook |
| Cheltenham D | 0 | Winchcombe Legends | 10 | Jaquie Carver, Chris Lane, Stewart Ratcliffe |
Division Three
Alan Serves Up Good Service
Alan Thomas notched up his
first maximum of the season, as Civil
Service B eventually got the better of a resilient
Cheltenham H. Alan was
assisted by Pierre Gillett and Geoff Wilson who won two each. There
were a number of close sets, but the one to beat the lot was that
between Geoff and Luke Greening – described as ‘a corker of a
match’. Luke emerged as the winner after an extraordinary
12-14,12-14, 14-12, 14-12, 11-9 scoreline. Tom Warner and Martin
Holt stole the doubles in another five game nail-biter.
Two well matched sides fought out a close contest as Cheltenham F shared the spoils with Cleeve Eagles. Mike Brown showed good form for Cheltenham, being successful in all of his singles, but all of Eagle’s players chipped in with at least one win. This meant that Cheltenham needed to win the doubles to gain the draw, and this they duly did.
Cheltenham E notched up two recent wins, but they were both close affairs, each with 6-4 scorelines. Against Civil Service B, it was James Bird who saw the Cheltenham side home, winning all of his sets. Rob Browning secured two for Civil Service. In Cheltenham E’s match against Cheltenham G, it was Simon James of the G side who was the dominant force, securing a maximum in the process. However, James Bird and Andy Smith each won two for the E team, enabling them to gain an overall win.
Tewkesbury B extended the
gap between themselves and all other contenders with two convincing
wins. Their minds must already be on next season, because one of the
result cards shows the match as a Division 2 fixture! A 10-0 demolition
of Winchcombe Vikings was
followed by a 9-1 success over Cheltenham
F, for whom John Whitworth gained a narrow 11-6, 11-8,
10-12, 7-11, 11-8 win over Wayne Lippett.
Spare a thought for
Jeremy Turberville who put
up tremendous resistance on behalf of
Civil Service B in their match against Cheltenham F. The
Cheltenham side won 10-0, but Jeremy took all of his sets to five games.
In two of them he lost 9-11 in the final game, and in the other it was
11-13.
| Cheltenham F | 5 | Cleeve Eagles | 5 | M. Brown |
| Cheltenham E | 6 | Civil Service B | 4 | J. Bird |
| Civil Service B | 7 | Cheltenham H | 3 | A. Thomas |
| Tewkesbury B | 9 | Cheltenham F | 1 | J. Teare |
| Tewkesbury B | 10 | Winchcombe Vikings | 0 | J. Goodchild, W.. Lippett, J. Teare |
| Cheltenham E | 6 | Cheltenham G | 4 | S. James |
Derek Brown
Division Three Secretary
