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Division One
Cheltenham A Top Table
Cheltenham A played Smiths A this week and put a severe dent in their progress towards their title, defeating Smiths by 7-3. This has opened up the title race where any one of three sides could possibly take the title. The match certainly looks to have been closer than the score line suggests with several games won by a narrow margin. The star of this match undoubtedly has to be Dan Kolesnik who took a hatrick of wins including a fine victory over Nick Mytton after initially going 2-0 down and then winning comfortably in the 5th. Dan also took the 100% record of Matt Hartwell winning in four games. Nick Mytton enjoyed a close five set match with Jon Atkinson before narrowly winning 12-10 in the fifth, Nick then went on to beat the up and coming youngster Milan Dragojlovic in four games.

The two Winchcombe sides (Cavaliers and Wizards) clashed this week where the Wizardry simply did not work with the match ending in a 5-5 draw largely due to a good maximum from Choi Sze To. However, it was not all plain sailing for Choi as she was made to work hard against the promising junior Luke Moffat before winning narrowly in the fifth. Luke earned a valuable two wins, supported by Graham Brown who also won two with Darrell Wiltshire winning one to secure the draw for the Cavaliers. Nick Davidson for the Wizards surprisingly lost all three of his games, while Stewart Ratcliffe won one and combined with Choi to win the doubles.

Saracens B entertained Cheltenham C and won the match comfortably 10-0 even without the talented Darren Griffin. All games were won in straight games. This leaves Cheltenham C firmly rooted at the foot of the table with Smiths B.

Cheltenham B played Smiths B and suffered a similar 10-0 defeat from the Harvey family with all the games being won in straight games, except for one where Ken Smith of Smiths troubled young Robert Harvey before eventually losing in the fourth game. This leaves Smiths B at the very foot of the table and Cheltenham B in second place behind their club mates Cheltenham A, but with a game in hand!

Smiths B	0	Cheltenham B	10	M. Harvey, R. Harvey, D, Harvey
Smiths A	3	Cheltenham A	7	D. Kolsnik
Cheltenham C	0	Saracens B	10	A. Smith, R. Morley, J. Morley
Winchcombe Cavaliers	5	Winchcombe Wizards	5	Choi Sze To

Division Two
Mulcahy Leads The Way
Cheltenham D impressed with a 7-3 victory over Smiths D. A maximum for Matt Mulcahy led the way for Cheltenham, although he was pushed hard all the way by Chris Ball, eventually winning 12-10 in the fifth in a titanic battle. Alan Harvey won twice for Cheltenham and Andy Dyke chipped in with one win. Mulcahy and Harvey won the doubles convincingly in straight sets.

Cheltenham D secured a draw with Tewkesbury A. Braces from Alan Harvey and Matt Mulcahy helped them to four points and they combined excellently to win the doubles to ensure that the match was drawn. Tewkesbury’s Rob Amphlett was the star of the evening, winning all three of his games with relative ease. Mulcahy performed particularly well in his match with John Goodchild, coming back from 2 sets down to win.

The match between Saracens C and Saracens E concluded in a whitewash for the C team. Mike Dodwell, Terry Sims and Dennis Wadley all claimed maximums, but the result was not as absolute as the score line suggests. Pete McGeough took Sims to five games in a tight encounter and Tony Child literally threw himself about making life very difficult for the Saracens C players. With luck, the score line could have been slightly different, but as the result suggests, Saracens E’s luck was out.

Division Three
Tigers Still In The Chase
Chelsea B put up a good fight but despite some tremendous rallies, they could not prevent Tirley Tigers from emerging with a 10-0 win. For Chelsea, John Hoole took Janie Kirby to five games, losing 11-5 in the final game.

Winchcombe Eagles also recorded a 10-0 win by beating Cheltenham J. For the Cheltenham side, Matt Roberts lost 11-7 in the fifth game to Tiffany Hopton, whilst Andy Sutherland took a game off Mick Holder.

Tewkesbury C were too strong for Cheltenham G, with Mike Maxwell and John Teare each winning all three of their sets in a 9-1 win, supported by Gill Smith who won two.

Cheltenham F overcame Cheltenham H by the same scoreline, but had to work very hard to achieve it, all but two of the sets running to four or five games. Karl Foster and Matt Williams won all three of their sets for the F side, supported by Dominic James with two. The H team’s Carey Maisey lost two sets by narrow margins, and Carol Sadie did well to take a game off both Karl and Dominic. Mike Brook secured their single point.

Cheltenham D	7	Smiths D	3	M Mulcahy
Tewkesbury A	5	Cheltenham D	5	R Amphlett
Saracens C	10	Saracens E	0	M Dodwell, T Sims, D Wadley

Chelsea B	0	Tirley Tigers	10	P. Humble, J. Kirby, L. Dewick
Winchcombe Eagles	10	Cheltenham J	0	T. Hopton, M. Holder, D. Brown
Cheltenham G	1	Tewkesbury C	9	M. Maxwell, J. Teare
Cheltenham F	9	Cheltenham H	1	K. Foster, M. Williams