County Results

Gloucestershire County Senior
Table Tennis Results

In the last round of the County Table Tennis Championships, Gloucestershire earned the right to stay in the Premiership. In their first year in the Premiership, the players knew they were going to have to work very hard in order to maintain their status. Gloucestershire knew that they had to beat both Leicestershire and Berkshire to avoid relegation and raised their games to achieve this goal.

A squad of Gloucestershire players travelled to Hall Green in Birmingham to compete. The squad consisted of Dave Harvey, Darren Griffin, Brian McRandle, Suzy Robinson, Choi Sze Toi and Natasha Hurd. They competed over two days against Berkshire, Devonshire, Leicestershire and Essex with mixed results. Natasha Hurd was the player of the weekend winning all her games in the two matches that she played in.

Gloucestershire 2 v Devonshire 8

In this match the team knew they were going to have their work cut out as Devonshire were one of the teams competing for the Premiership title. Darren Griffin must have thought he was in with a very good chance of beating Craig Bryant, who is highly ranked in England, when he was leading in the fifth and final set. Unfortunately this was not meant to be as Bryant went into overdrive and stole the game away winning
11 - 8. Griffin did manage a win in this county encounter by beating Jon May over four sets.

Choi Sze Toi also won a game for Gloucestershire beating Sally Smith in five sets.           

Essex 7 v Gloucestershire 3

Essex, also one of the teams who began the weekend with hopes of winning the title also finished well and they beat Gloucestershire 7-3.

Clive Carthy and Sarra Wang both won twice with Clive’s 11-8 in the fifth set victory against Dave Harvey the closest of the match. Fellow Veteran, Darren Griffin, beat both of Essex’s “young pretenders” – Vytas Rybakas and Ashley Stokes in five ends. Sarra Wang produced her best performance of the weekend beating Choi Sze Toi 11-8, 11-8, 11-6.

Leicestershire 3 v Gloucestershire 7

Dave Harvey won both of his encounters with fair ease. He beat Keith Fellows over four sets and then took down Chris Rogers over three sets to earn his county points.

Darren Griffin and Brian McRandle also won points for the county by both beating Amrish Rana. Griffin crushed Rana in three sets whilst McRandle battled it out over five set to eventually emerge triumphant. Natasha Hurd won her two games with ease against Joanne Kennedy and Karen Smith.  She won both games in three straight sets. Choi Sze Toi also took down Joanne Kennedy in three sets.

Berkshire 4 v Gloucestershire 6

Choi Sze Toi was first to taste victory with a great win in four sets over Melanie Farquhar who is ranked in the top 20 senior ladies in England.  She also went on to beat Susan Johnson over five sets. Natasha Hurd also beat Farquhar with ease over four sets and Johnson over three sets.

Darren Griffin won maximum points for Gloucestershire with a win in three sets over Martin Adams and in four sets over Richard Andrews.

Gloucestershire finish in 6th place in the Premiership table. 

County

P

W

D

L

F

A

PTS

Devonshire 1st

7

5

2

0

48

22

12

Derbyshire 1st

7

5

1

1

48

22

11

Sussex 1st

7

4

1

2

43

27

9

Middlesex 1st

7

3

2

2

33

37

8

Essex 1st

7

3

1

3

37

33

7

Gloucestershire

7

2

1

4

26

44

5

Berkshire 1st

7

1

1

5

23

47

3

Leicestershire 1st

7

0

1

6

22

48

1

 Report By Leslie Dewick 24/3/08


Cheltenham Veterans Vs. Loughborough - March 2nd '08

A closely fought match with Loughborough fighting back from an early 3-0 deficit saw Cheltenham win by a 6-4 margin.  The win was sealed in the final match by Keith Ferguson who squeezed in with an 11-9 score in the final game.  Keith was in fine form and gained a maximum three wins ably assisted by acting Captain Chris Lane who chalked up 2 wins and Graham Chandler who chipped in with a win.  The unluckiest person was Loughborough’s Brian Savage who did not win a match but got to the fifth game of all of his sets only to loose on each occasion.  Malcolm Allsop won 2 sets for Loughborough with David Green their Captain winning 1 set.  Loughborough also won the doubles.

Report By Mike Dodwell


Cheltenham Vets Vs. Birmingham
Sunday 10th February '08

Cheltenham Veterans battled for a well earned draw away against Birmingham “E” in The Midland League, Division 4. For Birmingham both Brian Morris and George Hutton won 2 sets apiece with Steve Smith earning 1 set.  For Cheltenham Mike Dodwell fought to overcome the dogged Birmingham resistance to earn 2 sets with Rob Amphlett and Paul Singh both digging in to win 1 set apiece.  The fine combination of Rob Amphlett and Paul Singh saw Cheltenham triumph in the doubles for a very hard earned draw against a team that has not been beaten this season.  As ever the après-snacks and drinks made for a most convivial conclusion to a competitive, but sporting match.

Report By Mike Dodwell


Cheltenham Veterans Start 2008 With A Bang!

Cheltenham Veterans managed their first victory of the season with a convincing 9-1 win over Hinckley. Darrell Wiltshire and Andy East both won 3 sets apiece with Mike Dodwell managing 2 sets and conceding 1 set to Richard Chesters. Darrell and Andy both won their sets with open attacking play and repeated this style to capture the doubles over the Hinckley pairing of Richard Chesters and Terry Lucas. Whilst the match was played in a competitive nature it was also very sporting in approach, which was highlighted by the social après-table tennis refreshment banter.

Report by Mike Dodwell


Gloucestershire Veterans v Herefordshire

Gloucestershire Veterans players entertained Herefordshire at home in the latest round of the County Championships. There was lots of camaraderie between the two teams with many of the players knowing each other for many years. 

In the first match Bill Dawe took on Mark Owen in a close encounter that saw Dawe losing to Owen in the fourth set. 

Next to perform was Dave Adamson against Dave White. The favourite for the games was Adamson who had beaten White only two weeks earlier in a league match in Cheltenham.  Adamson went two sets up and then crumpled as White gained speed and cruised through winning the next three sets.

Next up was Dave Harvey against Chris Martin. Harvey who is currently rank number one in the County, performed to his usual high standard winning his game in three straight sets.  

Harvey then teamed up with Judy Morley to take on Mark Owen and Helen Green in the mixed doubles. Harvey and Morley won the game and brought the teams level at two wins each.

Dawe then beat White comfortably in four sets. Morley played Helen Green, and lost the first set 7-11 but then crushed Green 11-3, 11-2 and 11-4.

Harvey and Adamson teamed up for the doubles against Owen and White and were unlucky to lose in the 5th set after a magnificent performance.

Adamson then beat Martin very easily in straight sets to take the match to Gloucestershire 5, Herefordshire 3.

It was time for the game that everyone was waiting as Harvey played against Owen. This was an excellent demonstration of Table Tennis that did not disappoint. The game went all the way to the wire with Harvey winning this thriller 11-9 in the fifth and final set.

With a win now in the bag for the Gloucestershire team, Morley and Dawe teamed up to play the last doubles game against Green and Martin.  The Gloucestershire pair won with style 11-5, 12-10, 11-9 to give Gloucestershire and overall 7-3 victory.

 Report by Lesley Dewick


So Close Yet So Far! 

Charles Dickens wrote his novel Great Expectations and that was the feeling amongst Gloucestershire Table Tennis players last weekend (January 12-13th 2008) as several Veteran Table Tennis players ventured to Hereford Leisure Centre to take part in the Veteran Western Masters Competition. The following Gloucestershire players tackled the weather, gathered their Table Tennis bats and set off for a weekend of competition: Darren Griffin, Dave Harvey, Dave Adamson, Gordon Shaw, Alan Smith, Judy Morley, Roy Morley, Dave Gough and Bob Trimble.

Dave Harvey, Gordon Shaw and Alan SmithDarren Griffin and Dave Harvey who are ranked 13th  and 14th  in England at Veteran level teamed up in the over 40’s event to play in the doubles, whilst Alan Smith teamed up with a scratch partner, Eddie Smith who is ranked 7th

Griffin and Harvey were seeded 4th in the competition and beat defending champions Eddie Roofe and Steve Hall in an early round of the competition. They must have believed that they had a strong chance of making it to the final.  However in the semi final the pair came across Clive Carthy who is ranked 17th and Joe Kennedy who is ranked 4th

At this point hopes and dreams were shattered in a very tough match that saw the Gloucestershire boys get put out by three sets to one. In the other side of the draw Alan Smith and Eddie Smith also got through to the semi finals, where they encountered Abdul Wuraola who is ranked 2nd, and Jimmy Walsh who is ranked 15th.  The two Smiths boys won the first two games and must have felt that the final was in their grasp, however some determined play from Wuraola and Walsh saw the opponents come back to win the next three sets 11-9, 11-9, 11-9. 

In the over 40’s singles event Dave Harvey lost to the eventual winner of the competition and the number one seed, Abdul Wuraola, in the semi finals whereas last years champion Darren Griffin lost in the quarter finals to Eddie Smith, a very fine left handed player, who is ranked 6 places above Griffin. 

In the over 50’s event Dave Harvey is ranked 3rd in England and reached the final beating Keith Williams who is ranked 2nd. But unfortunately in the final Brian Johns who is top of the rankings was too much for Harvey. Despite some magnificent Table Tennis, Harvey settled for runners up spot.

Roy Morley and his Table Tennis partner George Evans who are currently National Champions in their age group teamed up to compete in the over 70’s competition.  Morley and Evans made it right to the final with no problems. However, they were unlucky not to gain glory when they lost to Fred Lockwood and Mervin Wood 11-8 in the fifth and final set, a doubles partnership that Morley and Evans have never lost to before.

In the singles over 70’s event Morley lost in the quarter finals. 

Judy Morley seeded number 4 in the over 50’s singles event won through in the group stages of the competition, however, she ran out of steam in round four where she lost to the number 2 seed Sheila King.

Although the Gloucestershire players left empty handed, this event provided a tremendous weekend of table tennis.

Report by Lesley Dewick


Ashford Veterans Table Tennis Competition

Gordon Shaw, Dave Adamson and Dave HarveyChristmas cobwebs were blown away by some of Gloucestershire’s top Veteran table tennis players, Dave Harvey, Dave Adamson, Alan Smith and Gordon Shaw, who travelled to Ashford Table Tennis Club in Middlesex to compete in a Veterans competition.

The competition is initially based on a grouping system where three players all compete against each other in order to establish which band of the competition stage you are entered into.

Dave Harvey in his usual style, won his group and was entered into band A.  He stormed his way through the next few rounds until he met Fred Dove in the semi final where Harvey lost in three straight sets. A surprising exit for Harvey, who is ranked 14th in England whereas Dove is currently ranked at 54th.


Dave Adamson and Alan Smith were runners up in the grouping stage and were entered into the band B competition.  Both Adamson and Smith cruised through the round to reach the semi final stage, fortunately, in opposite halves of the draw.  Luck was not on the side of Adamson in the semi final, as he was put out three sets to one by Ramesh Bhalla who is ranked 109th in England, 25 places above Adamson. Smith however won through to face Bhalla in the final of the band B competition.  Despite Smith's best efforts he was not able to overcome the skills of Bhalla who won the final in three straights sets.

Gordon Shaw was placed third in his group and entered into the band C event.  He won his first round game however lost in round two in a five set game.

As a result of this GORDON BOUGHT THE BEERS!!!

Report by Lesley Dewick


Butterfly Grand Prix
MEDWAY OPEN Championship

Local players, Milan Dragojlovic and Daniel Kolesnik, recently represented Gloucestershire at the Butterfly Grand Prix MEDWAY OPEN Championship, held at the Black Lion Leisure Centre in Gillingham, Kent.
 
Milan played well in the Band 4 Singles and emerged group winner.  On the way to final, Milan beat players with different styles and various "funny rubbers". Namely, Dean Rose (K), Tony Wilkinson (Ml), Chris Turpin (K), Alec Bartlet (K), Sampson Reid (K) and Ken Lewis (Sk).  Milan lost in the final's to player of the weekend Daniel Basterfield (Ml).
 
In the Band 3 Singles, Milan was less successful as he finished Runner-up in his group, winning in the preliminary round, but losing in the first round.  Milan beat Band 4 seeded player No.2 Simon Dilkes (K)
 
Daniel Kolesnik in the Band 2 Singles was a formidable opponent to much higher ranked players.  Most memorable and noticed was the win against Martin Smith (Sy), seeded No 4. Kolesnik won in the 5th set in his group.  Dan was winner in his group but went out in the first round.
 
In the Band 3 Singles, Kolesnik also lost in the first round to eventual Band 3 and Band 4 winner, TTK Greenhouse player Daniel Basterfield, an aggressive topspin attacking player.  Later-on, Dan failed to repeat winning formula in Open Singles and Men's Restricted Singles.

Report by Lesley Dewick


Mixed Results For Gloucestershire Seniors

Gloucestershire's top Table Tennis players ventured off for their first competition since winning promotion to the Premiership. Three matches were played at Cippenham Table Tennis Centre, Slough, during a weekend of county competition.

Match 1
Team

Darren Griffin
Dave Harvey
Brian McRandle
Cho Sze To
Suzy Robinson

Having won promotion to the premiership last year, the Gloucestershire team initially struggled against their first opponents Middlesex. They started off by looking as if they were heading for a substantial defeat as they trailed 3-0 and latterly 5-3. However, in the ninth game Gloucestershire's Cho Sze To, put in a stunning performance against Egle Adomelyte who is ranked at number 6 in the Women’s ETTA ranking list, winning 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3.  This victory then gave Dave Harvey an opportunity to secure a point if he could take the last game of the match. Harvey seized the prize by beating Walsh in five games. Harvey won the first two games, but Walsh was not going down without a fight and came back to two games all. However the determination of Harvey was too much. 12-10, 11-6, 3-11, 7-11, 11-7.  Harvey was also impressive in his match against the all action player Tommy Cutler.  For Middlesex, Neil Charles faired the best beating both Darren Griffin in five games after going two games down and Brian McRandle in four games. Gloucestershire just managed to hang on to a 5-5 draw.

Middlesex 5 v Gloucestershire 5

Match 2
Team
Darren Griffin
Dave Harvey
Brian McRandle
Cho Sze To
Suzy Robinson

In the encounter against Derbyshire, Brian McRandle and Dave Harvey were the only players who were able to achieve wins for the County, by both beating Sam Perry. Ladies Cho Sze To and Suzy Robinson were both robbed in the fifth set by Jane Vickers losing out in the narrowest of margins, deuce.  Darren Griffin lost both of his games in straight sets as a result of an injury.

Gloucestershire 2 v Derbyshire 8

Match 3
Team
Dave Harvey
Brian McRandle
Milan Dragojlovic
Cho Sze To
Suzy Robinson

Milan Dragojlovic made his debut for the County Premiership team in the match against Sussex, replacing injured Darren Griffin. The strength of the Sussex team was overwhelming and saw Cho Sze To being the only player to win a game against Sarah Steadman.  Brian McRandle was very unlucky to lose in the fifth set to Adrian Moore so too was Suzy Robinson who also lost out in five games to Sarah Steadman. Dragojlovic played extremely well but was unable to win any of his games against this very strong side.

Sussex 9 v Gloucestershire 1


Cheltenham Veterans Vs Leamington

Leamington Vets B entertained Cheltenham Vets on Sunday 4th November and just edged the match by a 7-3 score line.  Leamington’s champion was Dong Wei who scored a maximum 3 out of 3, just beating off the efforts of Keith Ferguson by 12 to 10 in the fifth game.  For Cheltenham, acting Captain Chris Lane won 2 sets and the doubles combination of Rob Amphlett and Keith Ferguson was good enough to win another point to record their third success to give a little respectability to the score line.


South West Region Junior Under 12's Competition
held at Oakhampton on Sunday 10th June 2007

10 year old Reuben Stone and Jacob Hayward (8) recently played in the South West Region Junior Under 12's Competition and won 3 of their 5 matches, narrowly losing the other 2 by 3 games to 2.

After count back, the Cheltenham Team won the same number of games in their matches to the runners up and lost second place by the very narrowest of margins by 1 set.

Reuben won 9 of 10 singles and his fast attacking topspin attack saw him win the first 9 games before he eventually lost the final game of the day. Despite this Reuben finished top of the averages in Division 2.

Jacob, despite his relative inexperience, proved that he is a very capable attacking player, and played his part winning 50 % of his 10 games and combined well with Reuben in the doubles, winning 3 of their 5 matches.

This was an excellent series of results and far exceeded what was expected of both boys in this excellent run competition

Report by Val Clack (S. West Regional Co-Coordinator)


Harvey Wins English No. 1 And Veterans Title

Dave Harvey (seeded no 3) won the Veterans Table Tennis Grand Prix on Saturday and Sunday 27th May 2007 by defeating the current English No 1 Veteran and 23rd Ranked Senior Man Abdul Wuraola from Surrey in the fifth and final set by the narrowest of margins 13-11 and in doing so saved a total of 3 match points (2 in the 4th set and 1 in the final set).

Judy Morley (who was severely hampered by injury) came runner up in the Veteran Ladies and because of this could not repeat her earlier excellent victory in Hereford against the Vets no 1 ranked Veteran lady player Shu Huang.

The weekend proved to be extremely successful for all other Gloucestershire entrants with Dan Kolesnik, Gordon Shaw, Juniors players Robert Harvey, Milan Dragolovic and Stella Davies all performing extremely well to record several maximum point wins against much higher opponents, which will improve all of their National Rankings when the next monthly list is re-issued in June.


Cheltenham Juniors

Cheltenham Juniors travelled to Chichester on Saturday to play in what was expected to be 4 Junior County Matches to complete Division 1 B, but as Kent did not field a Team, they only played 3 Matches. Starting from a position of equal first, the County eventually finished in third place, which was a very credible performance given that the Counties top 2 Junior boys were unavailable to play in the matches.

The County recorded a 6 -4 win against Middlesex 1sts,  a 5-5 draw against Surrey 1sts and sustained a very narrow 6-4 loss againsst Sussex 1sts.

Stella Davies showed her class and won all of her 6 singles with comparative ease.

Milan Dragojlovic also played well and only lost one of his 6 singles matches and Rob Harvey won 2 of his 5 singles played.

Niall Pawsey and Emma Mollinson gave a very good account of themselves and attacked well, and were unlucky not to have recorded any victories as several of their games were very closely contested.

Report by Dave Harvey


Gloucestershire Veteran's Win

Gloucestershire Veteran's represented by Dave Adamson, Guy Greening, Alan Smith and Judy Morley played Hertfordshire away this weekend (17/2/07) and ran out winners by 8-2. Guy Greening who is still recovering from a recent back injury lost one, and then combined with Dave Adamson in the men's doubles. Hertfordshire managed to claim the doubles but not the match. Greening has since retired from league play for the remainder of the season so that his back can recover.


Midland Veterans League Report

In a close and competitive match in the Midland Veterans League 4, Birmingham E  just edged out the host team Cheltenham by 6 sets to 4 to inflict Cheltenham’s first defeat of the season.  The star of the match was Birmingham’s Bob Brown who persevered with his forehand attacking strategy to win all of his three sets and was aided by Dean Hicks (2) and Steve Pinder (1).  For Cheltenham Keith Ferguson captured 2 sets and partnering Rob Amphlett also took the doubles.  The final set for Cheltenham was won by Mike Dodwell.

Report by Mike Dodwell


County Seniors Win Promotion To Premier Division

The  County Senior Table Tennis Team played all 7 matches over one weekend and came away with 6 victories and 1 draw which ensured promotion to the Premier Division for the second time in 2 years after a previous absence of  nearly 40 years. All 6 players performed extremely well, with each player winning over 50% of their games.

Against Glamorgan Suzy Robisonson recovered from 10-6 down in the fifth to win the crucial game 12-10, but none was more notable than Natasha Hurd's excellent win against the No.10 Nationally ranked Marcia Ma in the very last match against Surrey, where a draw was needed to secure promotion. After a scintillating attacking match, Natasha secured the vital win to maintain her unbeaten record and thus gain the draw to ensure promotion to the elite Premier Division next year. Choi Sze To (newly acquired ex Hong Kong Junior international) played really well and only lost 1 of her 6 games.

Men's Team

Played Won
Darren Griffin 14 8
Dave Harvey 14 9
Brian McRandal 14 9

Women's Team

Played Won
Natasha Hurd 10 10
Choe Sze To 6 5
Suzy Robinson 12 6

Comment by Peter Cruwys
In my long association with the County Table Tennis teams there has never been a better performance for over 40 years. It is an incredible achievement to play 4 matches on the Saturday and 3 matches on the Sunday and win 6 and draw 1. Natasha Hurd came from Brussels by train and played with an awful cold on both days, but still managed to won all her sets. Choi Sze To, the young Hong Kong girl in her first match for Gloucestershire won 5 out of 6 and beat opponents ranked well above her. The men all played well, especially when the match score was critical. Three of the Gloucestershire team are home grown players, Dave Harvey (Gloucester), Darren Griffin (Cheltenham) and Suzie Robinson (Stroud). Natasha came from Wales, Brian McRandal from Northern Ireland, and Choi Sze To from Hong Kong. A truly exceptional team. If we can keep this team for next season for the Premier Division we should hold our place in that Division.

Report By Dave Harvey


Griffin Takes The Heat To Win Hereford Grand Prix

Darren Griffin (County Senior ranked No 1 table tennis player) played brilliantly to lift the Over 40 singles event from an unseeded position in the Hereford Grand Prix played last weekend. Darren, who only this year qualified for the Vets circuit, was matched against the no 2 seed in the final - Paul Giles and won an exhilarating attacking match which was full of counter hitting loop rallies and eventually triumphed in the fifth and  final game by 11 points to 9.       
 
In earlier rounds Darren disposed of other highly ranked players including 3 former winners of the National Singles title, namely Steve Hall, Benny Robertson and Clive Carthy without the loss of a single set, showing how dominant he was in this event. This result will elevate Darren into the upper reaches of the Vets ETTA Rankings, towards his own objective of securing the No.1 spot. Dave Harvey also competed in the same tournament and lost in the quarter final stages, but won the over 50's title and in combination with Dave Adamson (who showed just why he is one of the best Doubles exponents in the country) came runner up in the Vets Over 50's doubles.

Report By Dave Harvey


Gloucestershire County Closed Results

Darren Griffin narrowly won the Men's Singles crown for the 10 successive year when he beat Dave Harvey in 5 close sets winning 12-10 in the final game after saving 3 match points and recovering from 10-7 down in the final set. In the semi finals Darren was pushed to 5 sets by Matt Hartwell and Dave (who was fortunate to beat his elder 17 year old son Mike Harvey in 5 close games in the quarter finals) beat his friend and old rival Bill Dawe in 4 close games.
 
The Ladies Singles was retained by Cho Sze To who beat Stella Davies in 3 keenly contested games. In the semis To was pushed all the way by Ann Barnes eventually coming through 11-9 in the fifth, whilst Stella overcame Mel Garlick in 4 sets.
 
The Junior Boys Singles was retained by Mike Harvey (who beat the no 2 seed Milan Dragojlovic in 4 close sets). In the semis Mike was paired against his younger brother Robert and narrowly won 11-8 in the fifth game, whilst Milan reached the same stage untroubled by his opponents.           
 
The Men's Doubles was won by the new pairing of Bill and Milan who defeated the holders of the last 2 years (Mike and Dave Harvey) in straight sets, whilst the Ladies Doubles matched the top two pairings of Stella Davies and Ann against To and Garlick. This was a very close match which saw the no 1 seeds just triumph in the fifth set by 11-8.           
 
The Vets Singles was narrowly won in 5 sets by Dave over Bill and the Vets Ladies was won by Janie Kirby who defended well to beat the solid attacking game of Clare Bell in straight sets.      
 
Not surprisingly, the Junior Girls Singles was won easily by Stella Davies as was the under 15 singles by Milan, who overcame plucky, spirited resistance from his younger adversary Karl Foster.        
 
Nicola Sadie won the under 15 girls singles against Florence Butler in an exciting attacking encounter in 4 sets.   
 
The Junior Girls Doubles was won by the no 2 pairing of Emma Mollinson and Emma Hiscoke who beat the top seeds Lucy Parsons and Helen Li, in 4 sets.
 
Another upset occurred in the Under 13 Boys event, won by the no 2 seed
Karl Foster who overcame the top seed Matt Williams.     
 
Sam White showed his class by easily winning the Consolation Singles
without losing a single set.         

Gill Smith very efficiently ran the tournament, expertly assisted by Peter Cruwys and the Chairman of the County Association Les Smith presented all of the trophies.
 


County Team Reports     


Newly promoted to Division 1 of the ETTA County Junior Division, Gloucestershire played Cornwall, Glamorgan and Somerset and recorded 2 draws and I win 7-3 respectively.           
 
The boys were represented by:  
 
Mike Harvey (won 4 out of 6)     
Milan Dragojlovic (won 4 out of 6)        
Robert Harvey (won 5 out of 6)  
 
Stella Davies (won 5 out of 6)    
Emma Mollinson         
 
All played well including Emma Mollinson, who despite not recording a victory ran several of the more experienced opposition extremely close and gained valuable experience.

The County look forward to the last 4 matches after Christmas and are in with a chance of gaining promotion to the Premier Division.          
 
The County Seniors play all of their 7 matches in the first Division on the weekend of 16th and 17th December away to Cippenham and are hopeful of gaining promotion next year to the Premier Division again.   
 
The County Vets played their first game recently against Somerset and won their encounter by the comfortable margin of 7 sets to 3.     
 
The Under 15 Cadets played their initial 3 matches in the County Division recently in Evesham and although they lost all 3 matches, the brand new team was very young and all have a number of years in this competition and gained valuable experience.

Thanks to Dave Harvey for this on the spot report

National Cadet League

The CTTA have entered a junior team into the National Cadet League, who played very well in the first matches of the season that were held at Cirencester Deer Park School on October 8.

The young Cheltenham side, comprising of Ryan Makepeace, Karl Foster, Matt Williams, and Dominic James, were in convincing form as they won 4 and drew 1 of their opening games.

TABLES after first round of matches on 8th October.                                                        

 DIVISION ONE  P  W  D

L

 F

A

Pts

 SOUTHAMPTON WEST A

5

4

 1

0

 21

9

 21
 CHELTENHAM  5  4  1  0  20  10  20
 FERNDALE  5  3  0  2  16  14  16
 WEST WILTS  5  2  0  3  12  18  12
 EVESHAM  5  0  1  4  11  19  11
 ST. GEORGES A

 5

 0

 1  4  10  20  10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 DIVISION TWO

P

W

D

L

F

A

Pts

 SOUTHAMPTON WEST B

5

5

0

0

27

3

27

 FULL CIRCLE

5

4

0

1

23

7

23

 ROLLERCOASTER

5

3

0

2

18

12

18

 STROUD HIGH SCHOOL

5

2

0

3

13

17

13

 ST. GEORGES B

5

1

0

4

9

21

9

 CIRENCESTER

5

0

0

5

0

30

0


NATIONAL CADET LEAGUE - CIRENCESTER - 2006/7

Averages after Day 1   

DIVISION 1