Colchester & District Table Tennis League News

 Division One

Keiron Lally	2	100.0%	25.0%	Tollgate B
Jake Collins (PU)	1	100.0%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley A
Martyn Green (PU)	1	100.0%	12.5%	Tollgate A
Peter Burrows	1	100.0%	12.5%	Walton B
Antony Greenwood	6	94.4%	85.7%	H2O Rowhedge A
Kevin Gowlett	6	88.9%	100.0%	H2O Rowhedge B
Nigel Hodder	6	77.8%	75.0%	Tollgate A
Richard Goodhand	6	77.8%	75.0%	Gt Horkesley A
Jimmy Farrow (PU)	3	77.8%	37.5%	Gt Horkesley A
Trevor Carter	3	77.8%	37.5%	Tollgate B
Steve Joslin	5	73.3%	71.4%	H2O Rowhedge A
David Moss	6	72.2%	100.0%	H2O Rowhedge B
Michael Andrews	7	71.4%	100.0%	H2O Rowhedge A
Greg Green	7	71.4%	87.5%	Tollgate A
Gary Young	6	66.7%	75.0%	Tollgate A
John Andrews	5	66.7%	83.3%	H2O Rowhedge B
Michael Wright	5	66.7%	62.5%	Gt Horkesley A
Martyn Green	4	66.7%	50.0%	Tollgate B
James Denyer (PU)	3	66.7%	37.5%	Walton B
John Patrick	3	66.7%	37.5%	H2O Rowhedge C
Andy Warner (PU)	2	66.7%	25.0%	Tollgate A
Paul Davison	2	66.7%	25.0%	Tollgate B
Sue Welham (PU)	1	66.7%	12.5%	Tollgate A
Martin Hogg	6	61.1%	75.0%	Tollgate B
Colin Bennett (PU)	4	58.3%	50.0%	Gt Horkesley A
Colin Stallwood	4	58.3%	50.0%	Tollgate B
Mark Mulley	3	55.6%	42.9%	H2O Rowhedge A
Aimee Sparkes	4	50.0%	50.0%	Gt Horkesley A
Neil Crook	6	38.9%	75.0%	Walton B
Fred Button	7	38.1%	87.5%	H2O Rowhedge C
Luke Swain (PU)	3	33.3%	37.5%	Lawford A
Keiran Hills	2	33.3%	25.0%	Lawford A
Sue Welham	2	33.3%	25.0%	Tollgate B
Alan Burgess (PU)	1	33.3%	16.7%	H2O Rowhedge B
Andrew McEwan	1	33.3%	12.5%	Tollgate B
Andrew McEwan (PU)	1	33.3%	12.5%	Tollgate A
John Leith (PU)	1	33.3%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley A
Phil Smith	8	29.2%	100.0%	H2O Rowhedge C
Dave Binns	7	28.6%	87.5%	Walton B
Mark Nowers	6	27.8%	75.0%	Lawford A
Colin Dearman	7	23.8%	87.5%	Walton B
Martin Edwards	6	22.2%	85.7%	Walton C
Mark Smith	6	22.2%	75.0%	H2O Rowhedge C
Dan Farrow	2	16.7%	25.0%	Lawford A
Tom Malster (PU)	5	13.3%	62.5%	Lawford A
John Hobson	6	11.1%	85.7%	Walton C
Jon Mills	3	11.1%	37.5%	Lawford A
John Owen	5	6.7%	71.4%	Walton C
Annabelle Rodriguez	2	0.0%	28.6%	Walton C
Felipe Rodrigues	1	0.0%	14.3%	Walton C
George Berry (PU)	1	0.0%	12.5%	Lawford A
James Maidstone (PU)	1	0.0%	12.5%	Lawford A

 

Division Two

Jon Hill (PU)	1	100.0%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley B
Luke Swain (PU)	1	100.0%	12.5%	Lawford B
Alan Burgess	6	94.4%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge D
Wudong Liu	8	91.7%	100.0%	Gt Horkesley C
Paul Meikle	8	91.7%	88.9%	Walton D
James Denyer	4	91.7%	44.4%	Walton E
Lloyd Bennett-Smith (PU)	8	83.3%	100.0%	Gt Horkesley C
Paul Tracey	8	83.3%	100.0%	Clairmont A
David Hall	6	83.3%	66.7%	Walton D
Graham Farmer (PU)	4	83.3%	50.0%	Gt Horkesley B
Matt Watson	4	83.3%	44.4%	Walton D
Tom Malster (PU)	4	75.0%	50.0%	Lawford B
Toby Turner	8	66.7%	88.9%	Pegasus A
Peter Simmonds	6	66.7%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge E
Paul Brownlie	4	66.7%	50.0%	Gt Horkesley B
Ken Lewis	3	66.7%	37.5%	Gt Horkesley B
Ian Whiteside (PU)	2	66.7%	22.2%	Pegasus A
Lorrie Austin	1	66.7%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley C
Wudong Liu (PU)	1	66.7%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley B
George Kalli	1	66.7%	11.1%	Walton D
Mark Shorney	1	66.7%	11.1%	Tollesbury A
Steve Noble	8	62.5%	88.9%	Pegasus A
George Berry	7	61.9%	87.5%	Lawford B
Mark Gale	4	58.3%	44.4%	Walton D
Peter Armes	6	55.6%	75.0%	Lawford B
Peter Giles	8	50.0%	88.9%	H2O Rowhedge E
Peter Kirkland	4	50.0%	44.4%	H2O Rowhedge E
Jason Gale	2	50.0%	22.2%	Walton D
Paul Hewett	8	45.8%	100.0%	Clairmont A
Phil Wolski (PU)	3	44.4%	37.5%	Gt Horkesley B
Chris Petrou	3	44.4%	33.3%	Walton E
David Harrison	3	44.4%	33.3%	H2O Rowhedge D
Steve Holland (PU)	4	41.7%	50.0%	Gt Horkesley C
James Tindle	6	38.9%	75.0%	Clairmont A
Clive Forster	7	33.3%	77.8%	Pegasus A
Ian Fielder	6	33.3%	66.7%	Walton E
Tony Price	6	33.3%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge E
Tony Oswick	4	33.3%	44.4%	Walton E
Neil Grandy	3	33.3%	33.3%	Tollesbury A
Mike Tracey	2	33.3%	25.0%	Clairmont A
Nick Galley	2	33.3%	25.0%	Lawford B
John Rankin	2	33.3%	22.2%	Walton D
Graham Mortimer	1	33.3%	12.5%	Lawford B
Keith Armes	1	33.3%	12.5%	Lawford B
Michael Seymour (PU)	1	33.3%	12.5%	Lawford B
Andy Dosher	1	33.3%	11.1%	Walton E
Frank Burbridge	1	33.3%	11.1%	Walton E
Paul Freeman	7	28.6%	77.8%	Tollesbury A
Roger Clarke	7	28.6%	77.8%	Tollesbury A
Bryan Spellor	6	27.8%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge D
Ferdy Rodriguez	5	26.7%	55.6%	Walton E
Phil Wolski (PU)	2	16.7%	25.0%	Gt Horkesley C
Steve Holland (PU)	2	16.7%	25.0%	Gt Horkesley B
Janet Faiers	5	13.3%	62.5%	Gt Horkesley B
Andrew Harvey	5	13.3%	55.6%	H2O Rowhedge D
John Matthews	8	12.5%	88.9%	Tollesbury A
Sandy Issacs	6	11.1%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge D
Jenny Higgins	3	11.1%	33.3%	Walton E
Paul Woolnough	2	0.0%	22.2%	Pegasus A
Peter Wright	1	0.0%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley C
Vicki Stredder (PU)	1	0.0%	12.5%	Gt Horkesley B
Colin Powell (PU)	1	0.0%	11.1%	H2O Rowhedge E

 

Division Three

Robert Bozier	6	100.0%	66.7%	University of Essex
Luke Swain (PU)	3	100.0%	33.3%	Lawford C
Julian Capron	2	100.0%	22.2%	University of Essex
Tom Malster	2	100.0%	22.2%	Lawford C
Mick Buckley (PU)	1	100.0%	11.1%	H2O Rowhedge F
Roger Warren	5	93.3%	55.6%	St Peters A
Paul Woolnough (PU)	3	88.9%	37.5%	Pegasus B
Richard Spence (IPU)	3	88.9%	33.3%	Lawford C
Tony Eversden	6	83.3%	75.0%	Pegasus B
Ian Carter	6	83.3%	66.7%	St Peters A
Matthew Webb (PU)	2	83.3%	22.2%	Lawford C
Colin Powell	8	79.2%	88.9%	H2O Rowhedge F
Nigel Claydon	8	79.2%	88.9%	H2O Rowhedge F
Mark Shorney	6	77.8%	66.7%	Tollesbury B
Steve Holland	8	75.0%	88.9%	Gt Horkesley D
Phil Wolski	9	66.7%	100.0%	Gt Horkesley D
Andrea Alleyne	3	66.7%	33.3%	Lawford C
Doug Green	2	66.7%	25.0%	Pegasus C
James Downes	2	66.7%	22.2%	University of Essex
John Moore	2	66.7%	22.2%	Tollesbury B
Brian Parish (PU)	1	66.7%	12.5%	Pegasus B
Adam Bowes	1	66.7%	11.1%	University of Essex
Ed Rudge (PU)	1	66.7%	11.1%	H2O Rowhedge F
John Seabrook (PU)	1	66.7%	11.1%	Lawford C
Mike Sant	5	60.0%	62.5%	Pegasus B
Hazel Hume	8	58.3%	88.9%	St Peters A
Ian Sherwood (IPU)	4	58.3%	44.4%	Lawford C
Peter Whitton	8	54.2%	88.9%	Gt Horkesley D
Rob King	7	52.4%	77.8%	Tollesbury B
John Richie	8	50.0%	100.0%	Pegasus C
Martyn Lewis	8	50.0%	88.9%	Tollesbury B
Thomas Lewis	6	50.0%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge G
Neil Grandy	2	50.0%	22.2%	Tollesbury B
Brett Angel	5	46.7%	55.6%	H2O Rowhedge F
Peter Sear (PU)	3	44.4%	33.3%	Lawford C
Dave Jones	7	42.9%	77.8%	St Peters A
Nigel Parmenter	8	41.7%	100.0%	Pegasus C
Mark Burrows	5	40.0%	55.6%	H2O Rowhedge G
Phil Daley	4	33.3%	44.4%	Lawford C
Annette Thorpe	1	33.3%	11.1%	St Peters A
Daryl Lott (PU)	1	33.3%	11.1%	H2O Rowhedge F
Denise Thompson (PU)	1	33.3%	11.1%	Gt Horkesley D
Mark Seymour	1	33.3%	11.1%	Lawford C
Roy Cole	9	29.6%	100.0%	Dedham A
David Haslam	8	29.2%	100.0%	Pegasus B
Nathan Nicol	4	25.0%	44.4%	University of Essex
Jake Elms-Larkin	7	23.8%	77.8%	H2O Rowhedge G
David Sacker	3	22.2%	33.3%	H2O Rowhedge F
Daryl Lott	8	20.8%	88.9%	H2O Rowhedge G
Marjorie Culham	9	18.5%	100.0%	Dedham A
John Bloyce (PU)	4	16.7%	50.0%	Pegasus C
Marlene Smith (PU)	7	14.3%	77.8%	Dedham A
Ahtsham-Ur Rehman	4	8.3%	44.4%	University of Essex
Adebayo Owolabi	5	6.7%	55.6%	University of Essex

 

Division Four

Jacky Leung	9	100.0%	100.0%	CRGS A
Alistair Woodcock (PU)	2	100.0%	22.2%	Pegasus D
Ed Rudge	2	100.0%	22.2%	H2O Rowhedge I
Paul Weston	1	100.0%	11.1%	Pegasus E
vic Little (PU)	1	100.0%	11.1%	Pegasus D
Jane Li	8	91.7%	100.0%	H2O Rowhedge H
Jimin Li	8	91.7%	100.0%	H2O Rowhedge H
Barry Steggles	4	91.7%	44.4%	Pegasus E
Nick Murray	5	80.0%	55.6%	Pegasus D
Kevin Turner	9	77.8%	100.0%	Pegasus D
Oliver Reynolds	6	77.8%	66.7%	H2O Rowhedge I
Marlene Smith	3	77.8%	37.5%	Dedham B
Stephen Marr (Spike)	6	72.2%	75.0%	Lawford D
Ivan Jarrad	8	70.8%	100.0%	Lawford D
Christiine Jones	9	70.4%	100.0%	Gt Horkesley E
Vic Little	9	66.7%	100.0%	Pegasus E
John Bloyce	3	66.7%	33.3%	Pegasus E
Michael Smith	2	66.7%	25.0%	Dedham B
Alex Henderson (PU)	1	66.7%	11.1%	Pegasus D
Barry Steggles	1	66.7%	11.1%	Pegasus E
Wally Edwards (PU)	1	66.7%	11.1%	Gt Horkesley E
Denise Thompson	9	63.0%	100.0%	Gt Horkesley E
Jennie Clarke	7	61.9%	77.8%	Gt Horkesley E
Maggie Earle	8	50.0%	88.9%	Lawford E
Nigel Parker	4	50.0%	50.0%	Dedham B
Peter Lewis	4	50.0%	50.0%	Lawford D
Roger McNaughton	4	50.0%	44.4%	Lawford E
Maggie Earle (PU)	2	50.0%	25.0%	Lawford D
Adam Cuthbert	2	50.0%	22.2%	H2O Rowhedge I
Derek Miller	2	50.0%	22.2%	Pegasus E
Andrew Cousins	6	44.4%	66.7%	Pegasus D
Len Betts	3	44.4%	37.5%	Lawford D
Steve Gibson	8	41.7%	100.0%	Dedham B
Alice Rudge	5	33.3%	55.6%	H2O Rowhedge I
Grant Donaldson	3	33.3%	37.5%	H2O Rowhedge H
Lee Hodson (PU)	2	33.3%	22.2%	Pegasus D
John Bloyce (PU)	1	33.3%	11.1%	Pegasus D
Martin Hill	1	33.3%	11.1%	Pegasus E
Dale Young	6	27.8%	75.0%	Gt Horkesley F
Michael Seymour	5	26.7%	55.6%	Lawford E
Nigel Foakes	5	26.7%	55.6%	Lawford E
Michael Wan	9	25.9%	100.0%	CRGS A
Lajos Zsisku	4	25.0%	50.0%	H2O Rowhedge H
Seth Spencer	7	23.8%	87.5%	Dedham B
Yasmin Ticquet	6	22.2%	75.0%	Gt Horkesley F
Wally Edwards	3	22.2%	37.5%	Gt Horkesley F
Geoff King	3	22.2%	33.3%	H2O Rowhedge I
Helen Woolnough	5	20.0%	55.6%	Pegasus E
Joshua Spence	2	16.7%	22.2%	Lawford E
Jeffery Yim	8	12.5%	88.9%	CRGS A
Rob Mitchell	3	11.1%	37.5%	Gt Horkesley F
Ben Jackson	3	11.1%	33.3%	H2O Rowhedge I
Jake Claydon	3	11.1%	33.3%	H2O Rowhedge I
Josh Claydon	3	11.1%	33.3%	H2O Rowhedge I
Richard Gilding	6	0.0%	75.0%	Gt Horkesley F
Sandra Haffenden	3	0.0%	33.3%	Lawford E
Alex Henderson	1	0.0%	11.1%	Pegasus E
Mark Thompson (PU)	1	0.0%	11.1%	Gt Horkesley E

The halfway stage has been reached in the Colchester and District Table Tennis League and the Division One title race is the most exciting in many years with Gt Horkesley A heading the way one point clear of Tollgate A and Tollgate B who have all played the eight matches along with current champions H20 Rowhedge A who have played a game less. Incredibly it is fifth placed H20 Rowhedge B who boast the best record, the only team without defeat, nine points behind Gt Horkesley with two games in hand, one of which is against their ‘A’ team. Gt Horkesley A secured the Christmas number one spot with a 9-1 win over lowly Lawford A, Mark Nowers claiming the only Lawford point, an excellent four set win over Colchester Veteran’s champion, Mike Wright. Aimee Sparkes and Colin Bennett both were unbeaten for Gt Horkesley. Tollgate B beat Walton C 10-0 thanks to three wins each for Martin Hogg, Trevor Carter and Martyn Green with Martin Edwards taking all three to four sets without success.

In Division Two Gt Horkesley C closed the gap to ten points with a game in hand as they join Walton A as favourites for promotion. Wudong Liu recorded his sixth maximum of the season in Horkesley’s 9-1 demolition of Pegasus A, joined by the ever-reliable Lloyd Bennett-Smith. Steve Noble was the Marks Tey based teams only winner on the night beating Steve Holland who was playing up, in four sets.

Holland went one better when representing his own ‘D’ team in Division Three in winning all three in their 6-4 defeat of Pegasus C. Pete Witton won two for Horkesley as did John Richie for Pegasus.

Dedham B beat CRGS 7-3 with the school’s Jacky Leung going through the first half of the Division Four season undefeated with twenty-seven straight wins. Marlene Smith, Steve Gibson and Seth Spencer all won two for the victors.

Pick of the Handicap matches this week was H20 Rowhedge G’s 5-4 defeat of Lawford A thanks mainly to Tom Lewis who won both his singles and the vital final doubles with Darryl Lott. Pegasus E came back from 4-3 down to clinch a last gasp 5-4 victory over H20 Rowhedge H with Vic Little crucially beating Jane Li in the penultimate game of the night and Paul Weston and Barry Steggles sealing the win with victory in the doubles over Jimin Li and Oliver Reynolds. Dedham A fought out another 5-4 win over their ‘B’ team as Marjorie Culham for the ‘A’ team and Seth Spencer the ‘B’ team, won both their singles each. St Peters A made up for last weeks close defeat by winning one of their own by 5-4 against H20 Rowhedge E with Dave Jones the only player unbeaten in the singles. As in the Kiltie Cup Gt Horkesley A surrendered a 3-2 lead, losing the remaining four games with Maggie Earle again in good form winning her singles, beating both Aimee Sparkes and Mike Wright.

In the Minor Cup Lawford D surprisingly beat Gt Horkesley E 7-2 considering their relative league positions. Steve Marr and Ivan Jarrad both went through the evening victorious.

Tom Malster was on top form for Lawford C winning his two singles and crucially both doubles including the last match-winning game. Paired with Richard Spence, and the match in the balance at four-all, the pair saved five match points to eventually beat Roger Warren and Ian Carter, 8-11, 4-11, 12-10, 16-14, 12-10 and seal the victory 5-4. Earlier in the evening the two Ian’s – Carter and Sherwood had gone the full five set distance with Carter again just missing out deuce in the fifth end! In another close encounter Pegasus B beat their ‘C’ team 5-4 with no player unbeaten, Tony Eversden the pick of the bunch, winning both his singles. The first three games all went to five ends, with the ‘C’ team taking two of them but in the penultimate game Dave Haslam pulled out the stops when beating John Bloyce from two sets down to seal the match. Gt Horkesley B from Division Two proved too strong for H20 Rowhedge F, winning 8-1, with Nigel Claydon providing the only bright spark when beating Phil Wolski, who, playing at number one apparently for tactical reasons had a good win over the tricky Colin Powell in a game that went all the way. Wudong Liu and Lloyd Bennett-Smith went through the match undefeated in both singles and doubles.

The same pairing, joined by Neil Storey also won by the same score-line in the Handicap Cup. It was Liu that suffered their only defeat this time as Steve Mar spared Lawford’s C’s blushes with his team’s single win, the only game that went the full three sets. Pegasus C thrashed H20 Rowhedge I 9-0, John Bloyce again in good form winning his games along with Nigel Parmenter and Jon Richie. Finally Essex University staved off a Walton A comeback as Rob Bozier was undefeated in a 6-3 win.  No fewer than six of the games went to three sets for which the university won the lion’s share.

Roger McNaughton and Maggie Earle were the toast of Lawford as they won a close three set doubles encounter to seal a 5-4 victory over Gt Horkesley C in the Colchester & District Table Tennis Handicap competition. In a fluctuating match Lawford led 4-2 at one stage only to be pegged back following good wins by Phil Wolski; 21-19 in the deciding set against McNaughton and Pete Witton over Nigel Foakes. No player went unbeaten but it was Lawford’s clean sweep in the doubles that ultimately won them the match. Gt Horkesley C did manage to beat their ‘A’ team 6-3 reversing fortunes in the doubles, winning all three themselves this time! Richard Goodhand did his best for the ‘A’ team winning both his singles as did Pete Witton for the victors. In another inter-club encounter H20 Rowhedge G took on their ‘A’ team and once again it was the Division One team that suffered defeat as Daryl Lott, Tom Lewis and Jake Elms-Larkin won all their singles in a fine 7-2 victory. Michael Andrews can gather some comfort from his two doubles wins. Walton A won another tight match, 5-4 at St Peters despite losing the last two games. John Owen was Walton’s star man winning both his singles as conversely; Hazel Hume did well for the telecoms team winning both doubles she was involved in. H20 Rowhedge H hammered Lawford C 9-0, dropping just two sets along the way as Grant Donaldson, Oli Reynolds and Jane Li all went through the evening undefeated. Pegasus A had a comfortable 7-2 win over Gt Horkesley E with Steve Noble and Toby Turner both winning their singles, and Turner both doubles. There was a good consolation win for Peter Witton over the experienced Clive Forster in three sets. Pegasus B matched their ‘A’ team’s win when beating H20 Rowhedge I by the same margin.  Tony Eversden was the man-of-the-match, unbeaten in all four of his games. Marlene Smith, Marjorie Culham and Roy Cole put together an excellent all-round team performance as they beat H20 Rowhedge F 6-3 despite Nigel Claydon’s best efforts as he won both his singles.

In the League there three re-arranged matches one of which was a hard fought 5-5 draw between Walton E and Gt Horkesley B in Division Two. Jon Hill won his three on debut for Gt Horkesley that included a close five set win over James Denyer.

There were mixed fortunes for the University of Essex as they caught up their backlog of fixtures with a 6-4 win over Division Three joint leaders St Peters with Julian Capron and Rob Bozier both unbeaten. Without both these players they were not the same force and Rob King and Mike Shorney took full advantage, both taking maximums for Tollesbury B in a 9-1 win that takes them up to fourth.