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Report For 17/02/10

Division One
Cavaliers Sink At Lakeside
Cheltenham 'A' (Rob Harvey, Mike Harvey, Russel Hayward) played Cheltenham 'B' (Anand Keshav, Dominic James, Jon Gaskell) in a match that, despite the whitewash scoreline, included some excellent performances on both sides. Rob Harvey made one of his rare appearances and was involved in a titanic struggle against the rapidly improving Dominic James, who is impressing everyone with his game. He certainly has the ability to go all the way if he enters open ETTA tournaments up and down the Country and if he develops a good backhand loop, his game will improve further. In the match between Rob and Dominic, Rob was two sets down, facing four match points but survived that game winning deuce in the third, the fourth was also a tight affair with Rob winning it narrowly. The decider looked to be all over when Rob raced to a big lead, however Dominic had other ideas and fought his way back to a 9-8 lead with a series of great loop drives before eventually losing narrowly deuce in the fifth. The 'A' sides Russell also played very well winning his games with an impressive combination of power play interspersed with good blocks, particularly against Dominic in an easy straight sets win. The 'B' sides Anand and Jon also played well with several very close games many of which went to four games. Although the results was a 10-0 victory to the A Team, the 'B' side played really well and were unlucky not to have won some sets.

Lakeside 'A' (Rich Moores, Pete Wood, Suzy Robinson) played Winchcombe Cavaliers (Ken Savage, Duncan Arrandale, Craig Norledge) in a match that resulted in a rare narrow victory for the Lakesider's, thanks to a first maximum of the season from Suzy Robinson that ended their nine game losing streak. Suzy was supported by team mates Pete who chipped in with two wins and one from Rich Moore's. The Cavaliers points were won by Craig with two wins supported by Duncan who chipped in with one, Duncan and Craig then combined to win the doubles and secure their final point of the evening.

Cheltenham 'B' (Simon Pratten, Dominic James, Jon Gaskell) played Cirencester (Howard Williams, Dave Adamson, Rob Willsher) in a match that despite an easy victory for Cirencester saw young Dominic James put in another excellent performance with two good wins over Cirencester's Dave Adamson and Rob Willsher. Cheltenham's only other point was won by Simon with a win over Rob Willsher. Cirencester's Howard Williams enjoyed a nice and mostly untroubled maximum.

Winchcombe Royals (Tristan Gretton, Stuart Greene, Choi Sze To) played Winchcombe Cavaliers (Craig Norledge, Luke Moffat, Chris Pearce) this week in a match that was dominated by the Royal's Tristan and Choi who both enjoyed a maximum each and then combined to win the doubles for their seven points of the evening. The Cavaliers three points were a team affair with Craig, Luke and Chris all enjoying a win over the Royal's Stuart Greene.

Guy Greening
Division One Secretary                    

Cheltenham B 0 Cheltenham A 10 Rob Harvey, Mike Harvey, Russel Hayward
Lakeside A 6 Winchcombe Cavaliers 4 Suzy Robinson
Cheltenham B 3 Cirencester 7 Howard Williams
Winchcombe Cavaliers 3 Winchcombe Royals 7 Triston Gretton, Choi Sze To

Division Two
No Report Received

Division Three
Vikings Advance
 With Tewkesbury B virtually assured of the champion’s spot, the battle for the minor placings is hotting up. Any of four sides could take second place, but with each of them taking metaphorical chunks out of each other, the final result is difficult to predict.

Cheltenham E have matches in hand, and most of these are against those teams around them. A strong final surge by them or by Cheltenham G, Cheltenham F or Cleeve Eagles could tip the balance. Winchcombe Vikings are also up there, but the number of matches played may count against them.

With only two players available, Cleeve Eagles were always going to struggle against Cheltenham F, who powered to a 7-3 win. John Whitworth and Mike Brown each won both of their sets to ensure victory.

Eagles fared better against Cheltenham H, winning 9-1. Dan Crook and Roly Holder secured maximums for Eagles, whilst the ever improving Richard Comley snatched the Cheltenham side’s point.

James Bird of Cheltenham E was successful in all three of his sets against Cheltenham F, but he could not prevent a 6-4 scoreline in favour of his opponents. The feature match was that between James and John Whitworth, with the ascendancy shifting from one player to the other. James eventually came through 11-8, 9-11, 11-8, 12-14, 11-6.

The slumbering giant which is Winchcombe Vikings showed its potential against Cheltenham G, who were the wrong end of a 2-8 result. Vikings put out a strong side comprising Dick Prior, Alan Gallop and Roy Gavin. Dick used all of his experience to overcome all three opponents, although in two instances he needed five games to do it. Alan and Roy gave good support with two wins each. Jon Laramy gained the two wins  for the Cheltenham side.

Vikings continued their current run of good form with another 8-2 win, this time against Cheltenham H. Dick Prior was again undefeated, dropping just one game in his three sets. Despite continuing to prop up the table, the two points gained from this match enabled Cheltenham H to overtake last season’s points total with much the same side and with a number of matches remaining. The one five game set was a real marathon, with Cheltenham’s Tom Warner eventually getting the better of Alan Gallop 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 19-21, 11-9. Both of these sides have shown considerable improvement in recent weeks.

 Derek Brown
 Division Three Secretary 

Cleeve Eagles 3 Cheltenham F 7
Cheltenham G 2 Winchcombe Vikings 8 Dick Prior
Cheltenham F 6 Cheltenham E 4 James Bird
Cleeve Eagles 9 Cheltenham H 1 Dan Crook, Roland Holder
Cheltenham H 2 Winchcombe Vikings 8 Dick Prior