Week 14
Drayton A remain in control of Division 1 of the Didcot and District Table Tennis Association after yet another emphatic win. A 10-0 victory over Abingdon B has enabled them maintain their lead over Didcot A, who secured a 10-0 win of their own over Didcot C. RAL B had Tony Stead to thank, as his three wins helped his side to an 8-2 win over Abingdon A and Neil Hurford also hit a maximum for RAL A in a 7-3 win over Drayton B.
Meanwhile, Didcot D have opened up a gap at the top of Division 2 as another James Lovelock treble helped the leaders to an 8-2 win over Drayton C. Second placed RAL C came away from Howbery B with a 6-4 win thanks to a Brian Wyborn maximum. Drayton D kept up the pace with the leaders with a 9-1 win over Abingdon C. Chris Hasker also scored a maximum this week as he helped his Howbery A side to an 8-2 win over Upton A and Pete Wiblin hit three wins as Sutton A and Abingdon C played out a 5-5 draw.
Abingdon E kept a firm grip on the title in Division 3 following their 9-1 win over RAL E with three more wins each for Geoff Burton and David Smart. Sutton C moved into promotion contention with an impressive 10-0 win over Didcot E and Alastair Nicholson maintained his impressive season with another hat trick for Sutton C in a 6-4 victory over Didcot F. Kevin Davies also hit a maximum as Drayton E eased past Letcombe B with a 6-4 win.
Wallingford have kept up their unbeaten season at the top of Division 4 with a 9-1 win over Letcombe D. However, Letcombe C remain firmly in contention for the title as they registered a 9-1 win of their own against Sutton D. Abingdon H moved out of the relegation places with a comfortable 7-3 win over RAL F, helped in part by three wins from Mike Emanuel.
Division 5 saw Upton B hold onto the lead despite going down 6-4 to Moreton E and Drayton G won the battle of the bottom two with an 8-2 victory containing a treble for Vincent Emery.
Results: Div 1: RAL B 8 (T Stead 3), Abingdon A 2; RAL A 7 (N Hurford 3), Drayton B 3; Didcot A 10 (G Donovan 3, R Powell 3, N Taylor 3), Didcot C 0; Abingdon B 0, Drayton A 10 (G Boone 3, K Bushell 3, C Campbell 3). Div 2: Sutton A 2, Sutton B 8 (J Lin 3, V Yang 3); Drayton C 2, Didcot D 8 (J Lovelock 3); Howbery A 8 (C Hasker 3), Upton A 2; Abingdon C 1, Drayton D 9 (S Gardner 3, J Gould 3, D Hudson 3); Sutton A 5 (P Wiblin 3), Abingdon C 5; Howbery B 4, RAL C 6 (B Wyborn 3). Div 3: Drayton E 6 (K Davies 3), Letcombe B 4; Didcot E 0, Sutton C 10 (G Bosse 3, P Bosse 3, A Nicholson 3); Sutton C 6 (A Nicholson 3), Didcot F 4; RAL E 1, Abingdon E 9 (G Burton 3, D Smart 3). Div 4: Letcombe C 9 (T Prior 3, P Richards 3), Sutton D 1; Abingdon H 7 (M Emanuel 3), RAL F 3; Wallingford 9 (D Quinn 3, T Quinn 3, A Olah 3), Letcombe D 1. Div 5: Moreton E 6, Upton B 4; Moreton F 2, Drayton G 8 (V Emery 3); Upton B 6 (R Lott 3), Moreton E 4. |
by Geoff Cherrill
1st Feb 2010