Press Report Issued 3 June 2018


Writtle win a superb Division two Knock Out Cup Final


The 2017/18 Chelmsford Table Tennis League Season has been concluded. The Division Two Knock-Out Cup Final between the all conquering Writtle Excalibur A (unbeaten in 18 League matches) and OCs A (who had not enjoyed the best of Seasons in the League) produced a superb encounter, arguably one of the best Finals on record. It was Writtle Excalibur A who ultimately emerged as 5-4 winners. OCs’ Kevin Worthington was on top form and he struck an early blow by beating Ryan Pitt 11-7, 11-9, 11-8. Steve Northcott added to this with an even more notable victory. He beat M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Division Two Singles Champion Lee McHugh 11-9, 11-7, 11-8. Writtle Excalibur were in trouble but Richard Storey came to the rescue by defeating League Chairman David Porter narrowly 11-4, 19-17, 11-9 to level the scores at 2-2. OCs took the middle doubles courtesy of a win for the inform Worthington and Northcott combination who beat Lee McHugh and Richard Storey 11-9, 11-4, 13-11. The next two games were “massive” and Writtle showed why they are this year‘s League Champions. Ryan Pitt recovered from falling 2-0 behind to beat David Porter 10-12, 7-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-8 and Richard Storey - the Writtle star on this occasion defeated Steve Northcott 7-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-5, 13-11 - arguably the most crucial game of the match. OCs weren’t finished and Kevin Worthington despatched Lee McHugh over four ends 15-13, 13-11, 2-11, 11-3 to level the scores at 4-4. Everything to play for. The last game was epic and it couldn’t have been closer and it was Ryan Pitt and Richard Storey who emerged as 5-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4, 12-10 winners against Kevin Worthington and David Porter to clinch the Cup. What a match !.

Danbury C (Allan Steel, Eamon Hall and Allan Steel) were victorious in the Division Four Cup Final defeating OCs A 5-4 but unlike the Division Two Cup Final there was little drama in the deciding doubles. Danbury called the shots here with Dave Hancox and Allan Steel beating Bob Francis and Adam Yardley decisively 11-3, 11-5, 11-6. Nat Ravlic had played his part for OCs and he beat both Eamon Hall (10-12, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7) and Dave Hancox (11-7, 3-11, 11-9, 11-4). Allan Steel’s two wins had a large say in the outcome of the match and he beat both Adam Yardley 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 and Bob Francis 11-5, 11-5, 8-11, 14-12.

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The victorious Division 4 Cup Winners - Danbury C (Dave Hancox, Allan Steel, Eamonn Hall)

 

The League’s Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 31 May 2018 at Old Chelmsfordians Association and it was an upbeat message that League Chairman Dave Porter was able to convey. With a large improvement in the numbers of Ladies and Juniors taking part in the League a huge vote of thanks were extended to all those people involved in Coaching in and around Chelmsford. Fittingly the League’s Award for Service to the Sport - the Rosebery / Pope & Smith Award was presented to David Gatheral - the driving force behind the Chelmsford League’s Coaching activities as well as a very busy and enthusiastic Coach himself. League President Norman Smith said how heartening it was to have witnessed “the fantastic Junior participation at the M&G Investments Chelmsford Championships - the best for many a year”. Norman Smith also thanked the meeting for the unprecedented number of nominations received for this Award this Season.

The Charlie Wheeler Memorial Award - for the Junior player who has performed best in the Chelmsford Tournament taking into account their results - as opposed to what were people’s expectations were was presented to Daniel Young (Danbury). Daniel had an exceptional weekend with a win in the under 14s Singles, as well as Runner-Up berths in the U16s Singles, Under 18 Singles, Under 21s Singles, Under 18s Doubles and Handicap Doubles. He played superbly throughout the two days.

Finally, the Hill Dowsett Junior Award for the Junior player who has scored the highest percentage of wins in League play (having taken part in 80 % of his team’s matches) was awarded to Adam Yardley (OCs E) who achieved a record of 66% in division four as he helped his team finish in second place.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 28 May 2018

Wale Bada double gives Chelmsford the edge


Chelmsford A (Wale Bada, Ryan Gooday and Eddie Ogbebor) are the 2018 winners of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Open Knock Out Cup. They beat Danbury A 5-3 in a hard-fought Final with their top player Wale Bada clinching the victory by fighting back from 2-1 down to get the better of Gary Young 11-8, 6-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-7. Bada had also prevailed against Eric Green in four hard fought ends 9-11, 12-10, 11-9, 11-8. Other games of significance here were a victory for the Chelmsford pairing in the opening doubles, a result that it is often a catalyst for ultimate success. Ryan Gooday and Eddie Ogbebor came up trumps against Eric Green and Steve Whiteley via a rather “wobbly” looking scoreline of 11-7, 9-11, 1-11, 11-5, 11-7 whilst Ryan Gooday played his part with a well executed 11-5, 11-9, 11-7 victory over Steve Whiteley.

The Division three Knock Out Cup Final was even closer and Maldon A clinched a League and Cup Double by beating Danbury A 5-4. Maldon A were without their top player Ciaran Whelan and Danbury took full advantage, surging into 3-1 and 4-2 1eads. Tim Pulham excelled by beating Hamish Innes 7-11, 11-9, 13-11, 7-11, 11-9 whilst Ken Sheard defeated both Steve Scholz 11-4, 11-6, 11-8 and Colin Napper 11-9, 12-10, 13-11. Maldon were in big trouble but Steve Scholz came up trumps with what was arguably a match changing 11-5, 8-11, 11-6, 11-4 win over Tim Pulham. Hamish Innes defeated David Gatheral 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 to level the scores at 4-4 and Maldon who had won both doubles duly made it three doubles wins out of three when Colin Napper and Steve Scholz beat David Gatheral and Ken Sheard 11-8, 11-9, 11-7. So near and yet so far for a gallant Danbury A side.

Highwood A are this year’s winners of the Division Five Knock Out Cup. They beat Chelmsford B 5-3 in the Final. Their top player Melanie Bonnett won both of her singles. She beat Richard Gardiner by a last gasp 9-11, 11-3, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9 margin in the match which fittingly clinched the victory for her side and she also defeated Jamie Dowsett 11-3, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6. Keith Fitz-John made his mark with a 7-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5 victory over Jamie Dowsett although he missed out against Luke Richardson in five ends (8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11). Richard Gardiner had his work cut out against Nicola Pippen but he eventually edged home narrowly 4-11, 11-9, 15-13, 15-13.

Chelmsford B (Robert Shrimpton, Mark Allaway and Wiktor Delimat) are this year's Handicap Knock Out Cup winners. They beat Danbury D 5-1 in the Final. The first game had a major influence on proceedings with Wiktor Delimat beating Sam Ford after a titanic struggle (12-21, 27-25, 27-25). Danbury competed magnificently throughout but they just couldn’t “get over the finish line”. Mark Allaway beat Sam Ford 26-24, 21-19 whilst Robert Shrimpton defeated Eamon Hall 21-18, 21-18. Wiktor Delimat beat Ben Porter 21-15, 23-21. A very professional performance form the Chelmsford side on this occasion.

All players and officials are reminded that the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Annual General Meting takes place on Thursday 31 May 2018 at 19.30 hours at Old Chelmsfordians Association, Lawford Lane. This year trophies for the Cup Competitions will be presented as well as trophies for the League
competitions.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 13 May 2018

OCs A win Junior Knock Out Cup despite efforts of Ben Jackson

OCs A (Adam Yardley, Tanishq Kotwal and James Mitty) are the 2018 Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Junior Knock Out Cup Champions and they won the title after a thrilling 5-4 victory in the Final against Chelmsford A (Ben Jackson, Harry Buckle and Joachin Mapes). It was a match where Ben Jackson played a major role in keeping Chelmsford A in the hunt by beating Tanishq Kotwal (10-12, 12-10, 11-8,11-9) and Adam Yardley (14-12, 11-8, 11-13, 11-7). James Mitty clinched a vital 13-11, 11-6,11-8 win over Joachin Mapes and with the scores poised at 4-4 the OCs pairing of Adam Yardley and James Mitty made no mistake against Harry Buckle and Joachin Mapes and they raced to a 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 win to clinch the victory.

This year’s Handicap KO Cup Final will be between Danbury D and Chelmsford B. Danbury D (Eamon Hall (handicap of 58), Ben Porter (43) and Sam Ford (37) beat Chelmsford J - Richard Gardiner (51), Jamie Dowsett (45) and Luke Richardson (45) 5-2. Ben Porter and Sam Ford were responsible for all five Danbury wins and in the case of Sam Ford he wasn’t pushed too hard. Ford surged home 21-11, 21-11 against Luke Richardson and 21-0, 21-14 against Jamie Dowsett. Chelmsford B looked good in beating Hatfield Peverel A 5-1. All six players were operating on similar handicaps but it was the Chelmsford side of Robert Shrimpton (66), Mark Allaway (65) and Victor Chan (64) who called the shots against Gary Ward (68), John Gagg (66) and John Parodi (64). Crucial matches here were the narrow 21-18, 20-22, 21-18 victory for Mark Allaway against John Parodi and a hard-fought 21-17, 23-21 win for Robert Shrimpton against Gary Ward - which secured the Chelmsford side’s victory. On this showing the Danbury D side look as if they will be very hard to beat in the Final.

Division two Champions Writtle Excalibur A (Lee McHugh, Matthew Brown and Ryan Pitt) were on top form as they defeated Danbury A 5-0 in their division two Knock Out Cup Semi-Final. Ryan Pitt impressed as he disposed of Tony Forster 11-3, 11-6, 11-5 whilst Lee McHugh played his part by defeating Glen Laing 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9. Danbury just couldn’t get a “foot-hold” in the match and sure enough Lee McHugh and Matthew Brown clinched a 5-0 victory by beating Neil Want and Glen Laing by a rather unpredictable scoreline of 10-12, 11-6, 3-11, 11-2, 11-5.

The Division three Knock Out Cup Semi Final between Danbury A and OCs A was a closer affair with Danbury A winning 5-3. It came down to the dominance of David Gatheral and Ken Sheard in their singles encounters. They both won twice. Gatheral beat David Porter 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 and Mick Richardson 11-5, 11-6, 2-11, 8-11, 11-8 whilst Ken Sheard defeated Mick Hayes 11-7, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9 and David Porter 15-13, 11-9, 11-6.

Highwood A (Melanie Bonnett, Nicola Pippen and Keith Fitz-John) are safely through to the Division five Knock Out Cup Final. They beat Chelmsford A 5-1 in what was a very good match for Keith Fitz-John. It was Keith Fitz-John whose two wins really stood out. He beat John Wickins 11-7, 11-3, 7-11, 11-9 and Ian Austin 17-15, 7-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-6.

In division two there was a very significant result from the match between OCs C and Liberal C. The 6-4 win for OCs means that Liberal C are relegated and the other OCs side in this division - OCs B stay up despite finishing on the same number of points as Liberal C and having won the same number of games. In this case OCs B had lost a fewer number of matches, the determining factor. Fittingly it was a very hard fought match with no one player dominating proceedings. Charles Yeung made his mark for the Old Chelmsfordians C team. He beat Andrew Huckson 11-3, 12-10, 12-10 and Hannah Pitt 11-4, 11-9, 12-14, 1-11, 11-9 although he missed out to Robin Armstrong 11-13, 10-12, 11-6, 5-11.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 29 April 2018

Maldon - 2018 Chelmsford Ladies Knock Out Cup Champions


Maldon are the 2018 winners of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Ladies Knock Out Cup Final. Their team of Dawn Baldry, Kelly Yuenyongpknan and Shirley Carroll ran out 5-2 winners against Chelmsford. The big games here were the 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 win for Dawn Baldry against Jan Fuller and a superb 3-0 victory for Dawn and Kelly against Julie Johnson and Jan Fuller in the middle doubles. Dawn and Kelly barely put a foot wrong as they won 11-9, 11-8, 11-7. Maldon led 4-2 and Kelly Yuenyongpknan sealed their success with a 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5 win over Jacqui Smith.

The Open KO Cup Final will be between Danbury A and Chelmsford A. Both sides turned in dominant displays in their Semi-Finals. Danbury A (Gary Young, Eric Green and Steve Whiteley) beat Chelmsford B 5-0 whilst Chelmsford A (Eddie Ogbebor), Wal Bada and Ryan Gooday) disposed of Danbury B 5-0.

Chelmsford J and Chelmsford B both won their Quarter Finals in the Handicap KO Cup with something to spare. The Chelmsford J side of Luke Richardson (handicap of 46), Jamie Dowsett (45) and Peter Davenport (43) beat Chelmsford G 5-1. Peter Davenport fashioned the win with an opening game success against John Wickens (handicap of 46) (15-21, 21-15, 21-17) and Luke Richardson completed the task with a 22-20, 21-9 victory against Ian Austin (48). Chelmsford B - Rob Shrimpton (66), Victor Chan (64) and Wiktor Delimat (58) were even more dominant and they raced to a 5-0 win over Writtle Excalibur B.

Division two Champions Writtle Excalibur A were pushed all the way to beat Danbury C 5-4 in the Division two Knock Out Cup Quarter Final. A compelling match could not have been closer and the Writtle pairing of Matthew Brown and Peter Layzell finally secured victory 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10 in the deciding doubles against Sam Lowman and George Ashley. Sam Lowman impressed here for the losers. He scored two fine wins, downing the challenges of Matthew Brown (11-3, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4) and Lee McHugh (12-10, 11-6, 3-11, 12-10). He looks worthy of a first division place on that form. Hatfield Peverel A also won 5-4, defeating Maldon A . This time it was Gary Ward and John Parodi who came good in the final doubles defeating Steve Scholz and Dawn Baldry 11-7, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10. Ciaran Whelan gave every indication that he too could hold his own in division one. He powered to a 12-10, 11-8, 11-6 win over John Gagg and an even better 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 win over Gary Ward. John Parodi made his mark with a very hard fought 11-9, 11-13, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9 win against Steve Scholz. Danbury A (Neil Want, Glen Laing and Tony Forster) ran out 5-2 winners against Danbury B. Tony Forster made his mark with a fine 16-14, 11-1, 11-7 success against Steve Buer. OCs B have finished the season strongly. Their good run continued as they beat Chelmsford B 5-3. Kevin Worthington was their match-winner. He beat Ali Piper (11-7, 11-9, 7-11, 11-4) and Michael Johnston (11-7, 11-4, 4-11, 11-7) and he shared in a really hard-fought doubles success. Worthington and Steve Northcott finally disposed of Michael Johnston and Ali Piper 12-14, 11-4, 9-11, 11-9, 12-10.

Writtle Excalibur A, Danbury A and OCs A all progressed to the Semi-Finals in the Division three Knock Out Cup. Writtle A (Phil Smith, Louis Brown and Rod Maclennan) ran out 5-3 winners against Hatfield Peverel A. Dave Fiddeman scored a fine 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8 victory over Phi Smith but it was Smith who played a very significant role in deciding the match. Smith powered to a 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 victory against Neil Freeman to secure the Writtle victory. Danbury A ran out 7-2 winners against Chelmsford A. Ken Sheard struck an early blow for Danbury by beating Gordon Fairchild 11-6, 11-7, 11-4 whilst Gordon Gatheral made his mark by defeating Dave Parker 11-2, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5. OCs A are also through to the next round. It was Mick Richardson, David Porter and Mick Hayes who beat Danbury B 5-2. David Porter clinched the victory with a 11-3, 11-2, 9-11, 11-7 win over John Robinson.

In the Division four Knock Out Cup Danbury A won’t be repeating their success in winning the League. They lost 5-4 to Danbury C. Nicky Reece-Ford won twice for Danbury A but it wasn’t enough. Dave Hancox and Allan Steel took control in the deciding doubles to beat Norman Smith and Ivan Chaplin 11-3, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5 and secure victory. OCs A were more straight forward winners. Bob Francis, Adam Yardley and David Newman ran out 5-0 winners against OCs C. Adam Yardley beat Tanishq Kotwal 11-9, 12-10, 11-9 in the closest singles encounter of the match. Writtle Excalibur a trailed 2-1 against OCs B but eventually won 5-3. Farooq Ahmed beat Dave Moles 11-2, 11-7, 14-15, 4-11, 12-10 but Moles had the final say in deciding the outcome of the match. Dave Moles beat Russell Hall 11-2, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6 to secure the Writtle win. Danbury C played their Semi-Final against their B team and the same side - Dave Hancox, Eamonn Hall and Allan Steel duly beat Danbury B 5-2 to make it through to the Final. Eamonn Hall secured their victory by getting the better of Brian Ellis 11-1, 8-11, 11-5, 11-9 whilst Allan Steel won twice. He beat Brian Ellis 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 and Richard Allen 11-4, 11-5, 11-9.

Chelmsford A (Dusan Doszkoty, John Wickins and Harry Buckle) advanced to the Semi-Finals of the Division five Knock Out Cup. They beat OCs A 5-2. Stuart Wintle was on target for the OCs team with a 11-4, 11-1, 10-12, 12-10 win over John Wickins. However, it was League Stalwart Wickins who eventually clinched the Chelmsford victory by beating Suzanne Shaw 14-12, 11-9, 11-7.

Liberal A and OCs A completed their fixtures in Division one with Liberal winning 8-2. Gary Cattermole was unbeaten for Liberal which include a four game win over Terry Dowsett but Dowsett made his mark with two last gasp wins. Good ones as well. He beat Dave Cole 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7,14-12 and 2018 M&G Investments Chelmsford Ladies Singles Champion Gracie Edwards 12-10, 11-13, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 15 April 2018

Writtle Excalibur A make it 15 wins for the Season

Division two Champions Writtle Excalibur A completed their programme with a 6-4 victory over Danbury B, their fifteenth win of the Season . What appears to have been on paper a routine win was anything but. Writtle surged into a 6-0 lead but inexplicably lost the last four games. Graham Briggs made his mark with a 12-10, 5-11, 11-5, 11-4 win over Matthew Brown and David Gatheral defeated Ryan Pitt 5-11, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7. With Danbury now on a roll Neil Want secured a fine 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9 victory over M&G Investments Chelmsford Championships Division two Singles Champion Lee McHugh. Danbury B did better against OCs C and won 6-4. Neil Want and Tony Forster picked up doubles for Danbury whilst Peter Windley and Ashton Parker both won twice for OCs. Danbury B were involved in another 6-4 result, this time a defeat against their D side. Simon Lowman won his three singles for Danbury D downing the challenges of Neil Want (10-12, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7), Glen Laing (11-4, 13-11, 14-12) and Tony Forster (11-13, 11-9, 3-11, 11-3, 11-6). Simon Lowman was also unbeaten in Danbury D’s 6-4 win over Liberal C. Robin Armstrong won twice for the Liberal side which included a last gasp 8-11, 11-9, 11-8,7-11, 11-9 victory over Dan Anderson. Danbury C completed their Season with a 7-3 win over Chelmsford C. Chris Buer and Ian Whiteside both “signed off for the Summer” in style by bagging hat-tricks. Chris Buer had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Alastair Piper where he pulled through 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9.

Danbury A completed their Season with an 8-2 win over second placed Chelmsford A in the first division. Eric Green and Dave Richardson were both undefeated for Danbury whilst Paul Nicol impressed for the Chelmsford side. Nicol beat Steve Whiteley 11-8, 11-9, 1-11, 12-10.

Division three Champions Maldon B made it 17 wins out of 18 by beating Danbury E 6-4. Ciaran Whelan with a record of 87 % for the Season was again undefeated whilst Hamish Innes (who also has an 87 % record having played fewer games ) won twice. Innes missed out against David Gatheral 9-11, 8-11, 8-11. Maldon C completed their programme with a 6-4 win over Chelmsford E, good going as all of their players lost to Keith Martin. With a record of 71 % Martin is another player who has had an excellent Season. Danbury F, relegated with the relatively high total of 56 points signed off with a win, an excellent 7-3 victory over Danbury E. Dave Marsh and Nicky Reece Ford both scored hat-tricks with Danbury F winning four of the five games that were decided in the fifth end. Nicky Reece Ford beat Tim Pulham (8-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-13, 11-9) and Gordon Gatheral (11-9, 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9).

Danbury G have taken the division four title by 11 points from OCs E. Nicky Reece-Ford (81 % ) has led the way but this week it was Maurice Hardy (67 %) who starred with three wins as they beat Maldon D 6-4. Hardy completed his hat-trick with a hard-fought 7-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 win over Mervyn Perriman. Shirley Carroll excelled for the losers winning twice which included a superb 11-9, 11-5, 11-2 victory over Nicky Reece-Ford. With Dave Moles staying undefeated Writtle Excalibur C ran out 7-3 winners over Danbury K whilst Alan Steel and Dave Hancox both scored hat-tricks as Danbury J beat Danbury K 8-2. By a quirk of the fixtures Danbury J had to play Danbury K again a week later and this time a Danbury J side of Scott Perry, Eamon Hall and Dave Hancox won 10-0. Eamon Hall had to work hard to beat Denis Balic 11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11, 11-6. Writtle Excalibur D have only won four games although they have still scored a very creditable total of 72 points. They secured their fourth win of the Season by beating Danbury K 6-4. Frank Neill was undefeated.

In the Handicap Knock Out Cup Danbury D ran out 5-3 winners over OCs C. Ben Porter (playing off a perhaps slightly generous Handicap of 43) was clearly the difference between the two sides as he beat Chris Jacob (70) 21-17, 21-12, Tom Barker (61) 21-7, 21-7 and Peter Windley (66) 21-17, 21-7. A very impressive performance indeed. Hatfield Peverel A (wily campaigners in Handicap Cup Competitions) are also through to the next round. They beat Maldon A 5-2. John Parodi (64) won twice defeating Denis Crapnell (48) 21-14 21-14 and Ross Wheeler (48) 21-19, 21-19. The game between Gary Ward (68) and Mervyn Perriman (59) went all the way “to the wire” with Perriman finally clinching it 17-21, 21-12, 24-22.

Chelmsford D (Richard Gardiner, Adi Kamma and Jamie Dowsett) were 6-2 winners in the Division five Knock Out Cup over Danbury A. Adi Kamma had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Alex Porter 10-12, 11-7, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 2 April 2018

Maldon A - runaway winners of Chelmsford first division

Maldon A have retained their title in the first division title of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. They achieved the feat in style by notching up their twelfth and thirteenth wins of the season. Trevor Lloyd (95%), Alex Abbott (90%),  John Poysden (77%) and Colin Stalllwood (83%) all played their part in a campaign where it was clear from the outset that Maldon were the team to beat. Alex Abbott and Trevor Lloyd were both undefeated as they beat Liberal B 9-1. Trevor Lloyd avenged his first half defeat against Paul Davison - just. Lloyd prevailed this time 7-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10. Davison was on target for the losers with a quick-fire win over John Poysden (11-2, 11-5, 11-6). Abbott and Poysden were also undefeated as Maldon A beat third-placed Danbury A 9-1. Dave Richardson excelled for the Danbury side here by beating John Poysden 13-11, 11-8, 11-13, 6-11, 11-7. Chelmsford A have finished as runners-up. Eddie Ogbebor and Wale Bada were both unbeaten in their 7-3 win over Galleywood A. Eddie Ogbebor with 81 % and Wale Bade with 77 % both played very consistently over the course of the Season.

Writtle Excalibur A are division two Champions. Congratulations are extended to Ryan Pitt (66 %), Matthew Brown (82 %), Lee McHugh (91 %) and Richard Storey (53 %). They should do pretty well in the first division next year. In their match against second-placed Chelmsford A it was Writtle who called the shots and they won 8-2. McHugh and Matthew Brown were both undefeated whilst Ryan Pitt won twice, only missing out against Robert Shrimpton in four ends (8-11, 6-11, 11-8, 5-11). Writtle Excalibur A also beat a strong Liberal C side 7-3. Matthew Brown and Lee McHugh were both unbeaten with Brown doing well to get the better of Adrian Pitt 9-11, 11-4, 11-1, 6-11, 11-9 in the closest game of the night. Chelmsford B consolidated second place with a 6-4 win over third placed Hatfield Peverel A. Good going as none of the Chelmsford players were able to get the better of Gary Ward. Rob Shrimpton, Simon Jarvis and Victor Chan all win twice to give the Chelmsford side the edge. Hatfield Peverel A were also involved in what must be the most surprising result of the week. They were on the wrong end of a 9-1 defeat against OCs B. In recent weeks OCs B have shown a marked up turn in form and they “hit the jackpot” here with a superb 9-1 win. Steve Northcott and Kevin Worthington both bagged hat-tricks and Trevor Carter won twice. The hard-hitting Steve Northcott completed his trio of wins with an emphatic 8-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-1 success against Gary Ward. The match between Danbury C and Danbury B finished tied at 5-5. Chris Buer won his three singles for Danbury C and this included a 3-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-8 win over Glen Laing - the best of the Danbury B players. Liberal C impressed in beating Chelmsford C 8-2. Andy Huckson and Adrian Pitt both bagged hat-tricks. Huckson had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Julie Johnson 8-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9. Danbury D complete what was a large set of results for this division with a 6-4 victory over Danbury C. Sam Lowman led the way with a very good hat-trick of wins which included a last gasp 11-9, 11-2, 9-11, 9-11, 12-10 victory over Chris Buer. Lowman also defeated Daniel Young 11-5, 11-9, 11-8.

Chelmsford D completed their season with a fine 6-4 win over Hatfield Peverel B in division three. Keith Martin won his three singles whilst Richard Baxter chipped in with two wins. Baxter’s two wins included a fine 11-4, 11-8, 15-13 victory over Neil Freeman. OCs D were 6-4 winners against Maldon C. No one player stayed undefeated although Mick Richardson and David Porter (OCs) and Tom Elder (Maldon) all won twice. Adam Yardley was involved in two very tight five-enders. He missed out against Brian Riedling (4-11, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9, 11-13) but he came up trumps against Tom Elder (4-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9).

Danbury G with an impressive 14 wins out of 17 matches are the division four Champions. Nicky Reece-Ford (82 %) held this team together and he received solid support from fellow League stalwarts - Mo Hardy (65 %), Norman Smith (55 %) and Ivan Chaplin (40 %). They beat Maldon D 6-4. Mervyn Perriman (with a record of 81 %), another player who has enjoyed a great Season won his three singles for the Maldon side. Perriman eased past Nicky Reece-Ford 11-8, 11-3, 8-11, 11-5. “Perfect records” are pretty rare in the Chelmsford League but few people will be surprised that Terry Dowsett finished the Season with a 100 % record (47 wins out of 47). His trio of wins enabled OCs F to beat OCs G 6-4. Dowsett showed some of the ability that has taken him to the Chelmsford League Mens Singles Final (as well as to six Mens Singles victories in the Braintree League) as he downed the challenges of David Bishop (11-8, 11-4, 11-7), James Mitty (11-2, 11-5, 11-5) and Tanishq Kotwal (11-6, 11-4, 11-5). Writtle Excalibur C and Danbury H fought out a well contested 5-5 draw. Danbury H will probably consider that they came out of the match with the better result as they won the three five setters. Scott Perry beat Alan Offord 2-11, 11-5, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6 whilst Perry and Dave Powell won the doubles (against Malcolm Storey and Alan Offord) 6-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6, 11-9 and Dave Goody beat the luckless Alan Offord 5-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-3. Nat Ravlic was undefeated as OCs E beat Writtle Excalibur D 8-2. Brian Steward won twice for the Writtle side although he missed out against Ravlic 3-11, 13-11, 1-11, 7-11.

There was a seemingly surprising defeat for second-placed Highwood B in division five and their 7-3 setback against Chelmsford H means that they might well be overhauled by Chelmsford G who only trail them by one point but have a match in hand. Dusan Doszkoty led the way with three wins for the Chelmsford side whilst Jacqui Smith and Ben Jackson both won twice. Jacqui Smith scored a fine 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-6 victory against Nicola Pippen whilst Ben Jackson also beat Nicola. His win was by a last gasp 11-4, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 13-11 margin. Highwood B did better against Galleywood B and won 6-4. Melanie Bonnett, Keith Fitz-John and Nicola Pippen all won twice. Perhaps the most eye-catching win here was the hard-fought 11-5, 12-10, 5-11, 9-11, 11-9 win for Keith Fitz-John against Mark Glenister. The match between OCs H and Chelmsford J finished tied at 5-5. Stuart Wintle and Harry Rogers won twice for the OCs side whilst Richard Gardiner picked up a hat-trick for Chelmsford J.

There were 3-2 wins for Buttsbury Bears and Danbury Dragons in division 2A of the CLICK League. Tom Picton and James Hughes both won once against the leaders Galleywood Eagles although neither of them were able to beat Aidan Noguchi. Ewan Hynd (Danbury Dragons) won his two singles against Galleywood Hawks and a "share" in a doubles success with Ben Porter gave them the victory. Hynd and Porter beat Charlie Craig and Vineeth Kamma by a nerve-tingling 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11 margin. Galleywood Eagles returned to winning ways against Danbury Dragons with their leading player - Aidan Noguchi (94 %) / 15 wins out of 16 winning twice to lead them to a 4-1 victory. Noguchi beat Conor Hall 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-3 and Ben Porter 11-4, 13-11, 11-7.

Black Notley Buccaneers (with 30 points out of 40) lead the way in division 2B of the CLICK League. They beat Buttsbury Beavers 3-2, good going as neither Jonny Evans or Elliot Game were able to beat Alex Headley. In the closest game of the night Alex Headley defeated Jonny Evans 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8. Buccaneers also made no mistake in beating Chelmsford Leopards 5-0. Elliot Game and Jonny Evans completed the “whitewash”. There was a 4-1 win for Buttsbury Bulldogs against Buttsbury Beavers with James Green leading the way with two wins. He beat Ben Brown (8-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7) and Daven Muldal (11-6, 11-5, 13-11).

Results went pretty much to form in division 2C of the CLICK League. Second placed Buttsbury Badgers beat Black Notley Barracudas 4-1. Ben Brown won twice to give Buttsbury Badgers the ascendancy. He beat Nicholas Grice 12-10, 13-11, 11-8 and Patrick Sweeney in a really hotly contested encounter 7-11, 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 12-10. Buttsbury Beavers (Aidan Tucker and Oscar Hutt) ran out 5-0 winners against Chelmsford Wildcats and the Wildcats were also on the wrong end of a 5-0 defeat against Chelmsford Pumas (Joachin Mapes and Ned Ryder).

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 25 March 2018

Simon Jarvis scores top draw hat-trick for Chelmsford B

Second-placed Chelmsford B look like they are on their way to promotion to division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League - along with the division two leaders Writtle Excalibur A. Chelmsford B scored a fine 8-2 win over Danbury D - a result that gives them a 12 point cushion over Hatfield Peverel A. Newcomer Simon Jarvis scored a hat-trick which included a last gasp 3-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8 win over Sam Lowman - the best of the Danbury players. Chelmsford B were without Jarvis against Danbury B and they were fortunate that Danbury were a player short otherwise the margin of defeat might have been heavier than 6-4. Glen Laing was undefeated for Danbury. Hatfield Peverel A are third and it is fair to say that if they had had the services of Peter Barrett earlier in the Season they would have been closer to second. Barrett was unbeaten in their 6-4 win over OCs C. Charles Yeung downed the challenge of John Gagg 11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 11-16, 12-10 in the closest game of the night. OCs B did well to beat Chelmsford C 6-4 as they were a player short. Trevor Carter picked up his three singles for the OCs side.

In the first division Rawreth A scored their fifth win of the Season - a 7-3 success against Galleywood A. Reece Seddon was unbeaten for the Southend team whilst James Hicks picked up two good wins for the Galleywood side. He beat Kim Shead 11-8, 11-8, 12-14, 11-8 and Mike Hayes 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 11-9. Liberal B won twice to move above Liberal A. Paul Davison was undefeated in their 7-3 win over Liberal A whilst Adam Buxton and Steve Pennell both scored hat-tricks in their 8-2 victory over OCs A. Dan Berry made his mark here for the losers. He beat Simon Webber 14-12, 4-11, 11-9, 12-10.

Maldon B are division three Champions and they won the title in style by beating second-placed Writtle Excalibur B 7-3. Ciaran Whelan and Hamish Innes were both undefeated although Innes had to pull out all the stops to beat Paul Sturton (11-3, 6-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9) and Phil Smith (11-4, 10-12, 8-11, 12-10, 12-10). Expect Maldon to be challenging for honours in division two next year as well. Hatfield Peverel B are third and they were the week’s big winners. Neil Freeman, Dave Fiddeman and Guy McKenzie beat Chelmsford D 10-0. No mean feat against a Chelmsford side which included Dave Parker and Gordon Fairchild. Danbury E also won convincingly against the side just one place below them. Tim Pulham and David Gatheral both won their three singles in their 9-1 victory against Maldon C. Writtle Excalibur B - who are virtually assured of second place have also enjoyed a good Season and they beat Chelmsford E 7-3. Phil Smith won his three singles for the Writtle side and this included a 7-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10 victory over Keith Martin - the best of the Chelmsford players. OCs D (Mick Hayes, Mick Richardson and David Porter) ran out 8-2 winners over Danbury F. Mick Richardson was unbeaten.

Danbury G with 13 wins out of 16 have “one hand on the division four trophy”. Nicky Ford and Maurice Hardy were both unbeaten in their 9-1 win over Danbury K. This match was closer than the scoreline indicates with four games decided in the fifth end with Danbury G winning all four. Norman Smith edged out Roger Tiffin 11-4, 11-4, 4-11, 4-11, 11-9 in the least predictable of those encounters.` Danbury G also drew 5-5 with OCs F. And yes - no prizes for guessing that Terry Dowsett won his three singles for the OCs side. The match between Danbury J and OCs E was also drawn. Adam Yardley was unbeaten for the OCs side whilst Kevin Willis edged out Dave Newman 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10 in the closest game of the night. Danbury H were convincing 9-1 winners over Maldon D. Richard Allen and Brian Ellis were both unbeaten and Danbury were aided by the fact that they won the two closest encounters of the evening both involving Shirley Carroll. Brian Ellis beat Shirley 11-9, 4-11, 8-11 13-11, 11-9 and Richard Allen defeated Shirley 11-8, 11-6, 3-11, 7-11, 12-10. In a match where no one player dominated Writtle Excalibur C emerged as 6-4 winners against OCs G. Tanishq Kotwal and David Bishop won twice for the Old Chelmfordians side and Neil Thompson and Dave Moles won two singles for the Writtle team. Writtle Excalibur C also beat Maldon 6-4 - good going as Mervyn Perriman won his three singles for the Maldon side. Perriman completed his hat-trick with a 11-7, 12-10, 11-9 win over Neil Thompson.

Chelmsford F are division five Champions and they secured the title with a week to go by beating Highwood A 8-2. Adi Kamma and Amanda Hogger were both undefeated and they were well supported by Ian Austin who won twice. All the players in the Chelmsford squad have made valuable contributions with Addi Kamma (72 %), Ian Austin (78 %), Jason Clark (67 %), Jon Dyson (90 %) and Amanda Hogger (53 %) being the main stays of this team. Hatfield Peverel D and OCs H drew 5-5. Peter Mortensen won his three singles for Hatfield Peverel and this included a victory over Stuart Wintle by a widely fluctuating 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 1-11, 11-8 scoreline. Chelmsford G are tied with Highwood A on 100 points in second place and they beat Chelmsford H 7-3. Martin Hiskey and Steven Chambers were both undefeated in their 7-3 win over Chelmsford H. Ben Jackson beat John Wickins 11-9, 2-11, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11 in a real humdinger of a game. Anglia Ruskin University scored their second win of the Season by beating Chelmsford G 6-4. Newcomer Will Goodhand won his three singles for the University team and this include a quick-fire 11-8, 11-8, 11-6 win over Richard Gardiner.

Third placed Buttsbury Bears were 4-1 winners over Danbury Dragons in division 2A of the CLICK League. Jason Yeh won both of his singles. They repeated the scoreline with a 4-1 victory over the higher placed Galleywood Hawks. Toby Kelly won his two singles although he was stretched to get the better of Charlie Craig. Kelly just prevailed 12-14, 11-9, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8. Galleywood Hawks (Vineeth Kamma and Charlie Craig) picked up all four singles in their 4-1 victory over West Maldon. The doubles escaped them and they missed out against Oliver Wylie and Blaydon Farmer in five ends (10-12, 2-11, 13-11, 11-3, 7-11).

Black Notley Bucaneers lead the way in division 2B. Elliot Game and Jonny Evans were both undefeated in their 5-0 win over Buttsbury Bulldogs. Buttsbury Beavers were also 5-0 winners. Jason Yeh and Adam Wallace were undefeated against Danbury Demons. Chelmsford Leopards scored their second win - 4-1 against Buttsbury Bulldogs. Sudheep Kamma won both of his singles . He beat Harry Hutt (8-11, 11-1, 11-5, 11-9) and James Green (11-7, 11-8, 1-11.7-11, 12-10). In a closer match Buttsbury Beavers beat Chelmsford Leopards 3-2. Adam Wallace won his two singles for the Beavers. He beat Sudheep Kamma 11-9, 10-12, 11-6, 10-12, 11-5 and James Donald 11-7, 11-7,11-6.

Chelmsford Pumas are clearcut leaders in division 2C. Joachin Mapes and Saul Chivers ran out 5-0 winners against Black Notley Barracudas. Buttsbury Badgers (Aiden Ticker and Oscar Hutt) beat Chelmsford Tigers 4-1 and Chelmsford Tigers in turn beat Chelmsford Jaguars 3-2. All four players - Louis Burnett and Ryan Armstrong from the Tigers and Annabel Sweeney and Melinda Abraham Victor from the Jaguars won one singles encounter.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 11 March 2018

David Cole hat-trick gives Liberal A a lift

Liberal A beat the higher placed Danbury A 6-4 in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. David Cole was the difference between the two sides and his hat-trick gave Liberal A the ascendancy. Cole beat Gary Young - the best of the Danbury players 8-11, 11-8, 11-7, 13-11. Maldon A are streets ahead. They lead Chelmsford A by eight points but they also have two matches in hand. Alex Abbott, Trevor Lloyd and John Poysden ran out 10-0 winners over a two player OCs A. Liberal B beat Chelmsford A 6-4. Good going as it was Edward Ogbebor who won his three singles for the Chelmsford team. The all-action Ogbebor fought back from 2-0 down to beat both Simon Webber (9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9) and Paul Davison (9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-5).

OCs B scored a good 6-4 win over Liberal C in division two. Adrian Pitt was undefeated for the Liberal side but Robbie Burton and Kevin Worthington both won twice for the Old Chelmsfordians side and this gave them the edge. Chelmsford C ran out 8-2 winners over OCs C. Mike Johnston and Alastair Piper both bagged hat-tricks whilst Jan Fuller won twice. Jan Fuller beat Tom Barker 11-8, 6-11, 6-11, 12-10, 15-13 in the closest game of the night. The leaders Writtle Excalibur A were held to a draw by Danbury D. Sam Lowman excelled for the Danbury side. He beat Ryan Pitt (9-11, 11-1, 12-10, 11-7), Richard Storey (11-7, 11-9, 12-10) and Peter Layzell (11-4, 6-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8). The matchbetween Hatfield Peverel A and Danbury C also finished as a 5-5 draw. Gary Ward was on top form for the Hatfield Peverel side. He beat Ian Whiteside (11-5, 11-4, 11-9), Chris Buer (6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-7) and Steve Buer (11-4, 11-8, 11-2).

The leaders Maldon B made it 14 wins out of 15 in division three although their 7-3 victory over Chelmsford E wasn’t plain sailing. Ciaran Whelan lost to Keith Martin (9-11, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11) and to Connor Payne (8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 10-12, 9-11) and it was left to an undefeated Hamish Innes to ensure that Maldon B ran out 7-3 winners. Hatfield Peverel C did well to beat fourth placed Maldon C 6-4. Trevor Collin led the way with a hat-trick. Colin Barham had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Brian Riedling 12-10, 11-13, 4-11, 12-10, 11-9. Second placed Writtle Excalibur B pulled further clear of third-placed Hatfield Peverel B by beating them decisively 8-2. Phil Smith led the way with a hat-trick whilst Paul Sturton won twice and only missed out 7-11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-13 against Neil Freeman in the closest game of the evening. OCs D beat the higher placed Chelmsford D 6-4. Mick Richardson and David Porter won twice for the OCs team to counter the three wins from Wiktor Delimat.

Division four produced four 6-4 scorelines. OCs E lead the way with 95 points although Danbury G who have 93 points but also have two matches in hand are in a much stronger position. OCs E were 6-4 losers to Danbury G. Nat Ravlic won his three singles but Maurice Hardy and Nicky Ford both won twice to give Danbury G the edge. This was Danbury G’s 12th win out of 14. Maldon D’s Mervyn Perriman was another player who won his three singles but ended up on the losing side. Writtle Excalibur C edged out Maldon D 6-4 and this owed a lot to the three matches that they won at 11-9 in the deciding end. Neil Thompson beat Tom Elder (12-10, 11-9, 10-12, 11-13, 11-9) whilst the luckless Elder also lost to Malcolm Storey (5-11, 15-13, 11-5, 8-11, 9-11). Shirley Carroll was another five game loser and she missed out against Neil Thompson (15-13, 11-3, 8-11, 8-11, 9-11). Danbury J were 6-4 winners against OCs F. Terry Dowsett was undefeated for the Old Chelmsfordians side - no surprises there but Dave Hancox and Allan Steel both won twice to give Danbury J a slender advantage. OCs G (Tanishq Kotwal, David Bishop and James Mitty) beat Maldon D 6-4 although they
all lost to Tom Elder. James Mitty had a real battle against Clive Forster where he finally prevailed (9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 18-16, 12-10). They don’t get much closer.

Division five leaders Chelmsford F retained their lead by beating third placed Highwood B 7-3. Newcomer Jon Dyson won his three singles and he received excellent support from Adi Kamma and Amanda Hogger who both won twice. Highwood A stay second. Martin Goddard won his three singles to give them the ascendancy against Hatfield Peverel D in a match they won 8-2. Highwood A came up short against Highwood B who won 7-3. Nicola Pippen had a great night for the B side. She scored three excellent wins. First she beat Russell Downton (11-5, 12-10, 11-3) and then Francis Whitbread by a last gasp 8-11, 11-8, 12-10, 4-11, 12-10 margin and she rounded of an excellent evening’s work by beating Martin Goddard (11-3, 11-6, 11-4). The match between OCs H and a two player Chelmsford H finished tied at 5-5. Stuart Wintle defeated Dusan Doszkoty 11-7, 11-9, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9 in the closest game of the evening. Dusan Doszkoty fared better against Chelmsford J. He won his three singles which included a fine 11-9, 11-3, 11-9 victory over Richard Gardiner. Chelmsford H shaded the match 6-4. Chelmsford G (Michael Whelpdale, Steve Chambers and Martin Hiskey) were decisive 9-1 winners against Galleywood B. James Higgs was on target for the losers with a 11-7, 14-12, 11-9 win over Steve Chambers. Mike Whelpdale beat James Higgs 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 in the closest game of the night.

Danbury Griffins ran out 4-1 winners against Chelmsford Wildcats in CLICK Division 2 C. William Ratcliffe led the way with wins over Ellie White (11-6, 11-7, 11-8) and Georgina Riches (6-11, 4-11, 11-3, 11-8, 11-8).

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 2 March 2018

Bob Garson hat-trick gives Hatfield Peverel C some hope

The bottom of the table action in division three of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League saw Hatfield Peverel C beat Danbury F 8-2 - a result that probably consigns Danbury F to relegation. Bob Garson was the Hatfield Peverel match winner and he beat John Robinson (12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3) and Dave Marsh (9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8). He completed an excellent hat-trick by defeating Herbie Smith (11-7, 11-5, 12-10). Hatfield Peverel B stay third. Neil Freeman won his three singles as they beat OCs D 7-3. David Porter emerged as a 11-5, 16-18, 11-8, 5-11, 12-10 winner over Dave Fiddeman. Danbury E ran out 6-4 winners over Chelmsford D. Ken Sheard led the way with a hat-trick and he beat Jarek Pietraszuk (11-8, 11-5, 11-9), Dave Parker (11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9) and Wiktor Delimat (11-2, 12-10, 11-5).

In division two OCs B and OCc C fought out a 5-5 draw. OCs B’s Kevin Worthington led the way with a hat-trick and Trevor Carter won twice. Carter beat Charles Yeung (10-12, 11-8, 12-10, 5-11, 11-9) and Peter Windley (11-4, 11-9, 4-11, 12-14, 11-8) in the two closest games of the night.

In division four Danbury H did well to beat the leaders OCs E 6-4 - good going as it was Nat Ravlic who won his three singles for the Old Chelmsfordians side. Ravlic had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Dave Goody 8-11, 15-13, 11-9, 6-11, 14-12 in the last game of the night. Danbury J versus Writtle D was a two-a-side match. Eamon Hall won twice, beating David Meah (7-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-13, 12-10) and Andy Fox (9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8) to give Danbury J a 5-4 advantage.

Chelmsford F stay top in division five. Adi Kamma, Jason Clark and Amanda Hogger all won twice as they defeated Chelmsford G 7-3. Steve Chambers showed up well for Chelmsford G with a 11-7, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 12-10 victory against Adi Kamma. Highwood D were hard pushed to beat Hatfield Peverel D 6-4. Nicola Pippen was their match-winner with three victories. She did well to beat Richard Drozd 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7, 11-7 in her opening encounter. Bottom side Anglia Ruskin University impressed against Hatfield Peverel D and with Takunda Nerutanga and newcomer Will Goodchild both winning three times they ran out 8-2 winners. Goodchild completed his hat-trick with a 11-8, 12-14, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5 victory over Richard Drozd. Chelmsford J did well to beat the higher placed Galleywood B 8-2. Richard Gardiner led the way with a hat-trick of 3-0
wins.

In division 2A of the CLICK League there was a defeat for the leaders Galleywood Eagles who lost 3-2 to Galleywood Hawks. Aidan Noguchi won twice for the Eagles beating Charlie Craig (11-7, 11-9, 14-12) and Vineeth Kamma (11-8, 11-7, 15-13) but it was Kamma and Craig who won the all important doubles 2-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-7. Galleywood Eagles returned to winning ways against West Maldon. They won 4-1 with Aidan Noguchi winning both of his singles. He has a 90 % record (nine wins out of 10).

In division 2B Danbury Demons stay top but they were hard pushed to beat Black Notley Buccaneers 3-2. Ewan Hynd and Dan Atkinson both won one singles but they combined to beat Jonny Evans and Elliot Game in the deciding doubles 11-13, 12-10, 9-11, 11-1, 11-7.

Black Notley Barracudas were 4-1 winners against Chelmsford Tigers in division 2 C. Nicholas Grice won twice to give the Black Notley side the edge. Grice defeated Nathan Tew (15-13, 11-5, 11-9) and Louis Burnett (11-8, 3-11, 11-3, 11-7).

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Press Report Issued 25 February 2018

Reece Seddon hat-trick gives Rawreth the edge

Reece Seddon was on top form for Rawreth in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. His hat-trick enabled Rawreth A to beat Chelmsford A 8-2. Included in his three wins was a 8-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-8 win over Wal Bada - the best of the Chelmsford players and Seddon’s Doubles partner in his Mens Doubles success at the 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships.

Writtle Excalibur A made it 12 wins out of 14 in division two and they stay top. However, they were hard pushed to beat third placed Hatfield Peverel A 6-4. No one player won all three singles but the Writtle trio - Richard Storey, Lee McHugh and Ryan Pitt all won twice. Gary Ward was the best of the Hatfield Peverel players. He beat Lee McHugh 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-13, 11-9 but lost to Ryan Pitt 1-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 7-11. He was back on target against Richard Storey where he sneaked home 11-5, 11-2, 7-11, 9-11, 13-11. Three very hard fought games. Further down the table OCs B did well to beat fourth placed Danbury C 7-3. Robbie Burton was their “star act“. He beat Daniel Young 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 8-11, 11-8 and Chris Buer 11-3, 13-11, 11-9 and he rounded off an excellent evening’s work with a 11-5, 11-7, 11-7 victory against Steve Buer. Danbury B were indebted to Glen Laing as they beat Liberal C 6-4. Laing completed his hat-trick with an excellent 12-10, 11-3, 7-11, 7-11, 14-12 victory against Andrew Huckson.

Maldon B - the outstanding side in division three scored their 13th win of the Season by beating third placed Hatfield Peverel B 6-4. Ciaran Whelan sat this match out but Hamish Innes was on hand to ensure that Maldon emerged on top. Neil Freeman and Dave Fiddeman both picked up two wins for Hatfield Peverel. Steve Scholz defeated Gareth Davies 13-11, 12-10, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9 in the closest game of the night. Second placed Writtle Excalibur B were held to a draw by Maldon C. John Holland was undefeated for Maldon whilst Phil Smith and Louis Brown both won twice for the Writtle Excalibur side. Louis Brown pulled level at 2-2 against John Holland but he eventually missed out in the decider 3-11, 6-11, 12-10, 14-12, 8-11. Chelmsford D won a hard fought match against Hatfield Peverel C 7-3. Five games were decided in the fifth end. Jarek Pietraszuk's hat-trick went a long way to ensuring that Chelmsford D came out on top. He needed five ends to get the better of Trevor Collin 11-7, 11-9, 9-11, 5-11, 11-6. Danbury E ran out narrow 6-4 winners against OCs D. No one player dominated and the Danbury duo of David Gatheral and Tim Pulham and the OCs pairing of Mick Richardson and David Porter all won twice. Mick Richardson was involved in three five setters. He beat Tim Pulham 9-11, 11-8, 3-11, 14-12, 11-7 and Ken Sheard 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9 but he just failed to complete his hat-trick when he missed out 11-6, 4-11, 11-9, 4-11, 9-11 against David Gatheral. Chelmsford E were 7-3 winners against Danbury E. Richard Baxter led the way with three wins and Keith Martin won twice.

Danbury G stay top in division four. Team work was the order of the day as they beat Writtle Excalibur D 6-4. Mo Hardy, Nicky Reece Ford and Ivan Chaplin all won twice. Ian Hockley defeated Mo Hardy 13-11, 16-14, 9-11, 9-11,11-9 in the last game of the evening. A really hard fought encounter. Danbury J (David Hancox, Eamon Hall and Kevin Willis) ran out 8-2 winners against OCs G. David Bishop picked up two wins for the OCs side. This included a last gasp 12-10, 14-16, 12-10, 12-14, 11-9 victory against David Hancox. The match between OCs E and Writtle Excalibur C finished tied at 5-5. Adam Yardley was undefeated for the Old Chelmsfordians team. He fought back from 2-0 down to get the better of Steve Siggs 10-12, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10, 11-5. Danbury H beat OCs F 6-4 although it was Terry Dowsett who stayed undefeated for the Old Chelmsfordians side. Dowsett dropped the first game against Dave Powell but he came through comfortably in the end to win 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-2.

Division five produced three 8-2 scorelines. Highwood A were involved in two of them. They were impressive 8-2 winners against Chelmsford G. Martin Goddard led the way with a hat-trick whilst newcomer David Cockeril won twice. Francis Whitbread also won twice and this included a hard-fought 11-9, 120-12, 3-11, 11-9, 11-9 victory over Martin Hiskey. Highwood also beat Anglia Ruskin University 8-2 and Martin Goddard was again undefeated. Will Goodchild beat both Francis Whitbread and David Cockeril. Chelmsford H ran out 8-2 winners against Anglia Ruskin University. Dusan Duszkoty led the way with three wins whilst Jacqui Smith and Harry Buckle both won twice. The leaders Chelmsford F were hard pushed to beat Chelmsford J 6-4. Richard Gardiner won his three singles for Chelmsford J. He beat Jon Dyson in five ends 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 6-11, 11-3. Galleywood B did well to beat OCs H 7-3. Good going as none of their players were able to beat Stuart Wintle. Colin Blore, Ron Salton and Nathan Blore all picked up two wins for Galleywood B.

Chelmsford Pumas (Joachin Mapes and Saul Chivers) made it five wins out of five in division 2C of the CLICK League. They beat Danbury Griffins (Callum Caldwell and Harry Squires) 5-0 and they also beat Buttsbury Badgers 4-1. Ned Ryder was undefeated although Aidan Tucker showed up well for the losers. He fought back from 2-0 down to get the better of Joachin Mapes 4-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9. OCs Lions scored their first win by beating Danbury Griffins 3-2. Fraser Heard beat Harry Squires and Callum Caldwell.

In division 2B there were 5-0 wins for the two leading sides. Black Notley Buccaneers (Jonny Evans and Elliott Game) defeated Buttsbury Bulldogs whilst Danbury Demons (Ewan Hynd and Sam Ford) beat Chelmsford Leopards. Ewan Hynd had to pull out all the stops to get the better of James Donald 10-12, 14-12, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9. Danbury Demons - this time represented by Alex Porter and Dan Atkinson also beat Chelmsford Leopards 5-0.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 18 February 2018

Paul Davison hat-trick gives Liberal B the edge

The match between second-placed Danbury A and Liberal B in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League was a cracker. Five games were decided in the fifth end and Liberal B ran out 6-4 winners. Paul Davison sealed the Liberal victory with a 12-14, 13-11, 16-14, 9-11, 12-10 win over Dave Richardson. Undoubtedly one of the closest games of the Season. Adam Buxton did well to beat Dave Richardson 14-12, 3-11, 11-8, 11-3 but he lost to Steve Whiteley 7-11, 6-11, 11-8, 5-11. The leaders Maldon A turned on the full power against Galleywood A and won 10-0. Alex Abbott, Trevor Lloyd and Colin Stallwood were all undefeated. James Hicks gave a good account of himself against Alex Abbott eventually losing in five ends (11-13, 11-7, 5-11, 12-10, 5-11).

In division two Chelmsford B stay second although they were hard pushed to beat OCs B 6-4. Robbie Burton scored a superb hat-trick for the Old Chelmsfordians side as well as a share in the doubles. He beat Mark Allaway 11-7, 11-7, 6-11, 11-5 , Victor Chan 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 and Rob Shrimpton 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 11-4. Writtle Excalibur A stay top and they beat Chelmsford C 7-3. Matthew Brown and Ryan Pitt were both undefeated. Hatfield Peverel A who are third ran out 7-3 winners against Danbury D. The free-flowing Sam Lowman starred here with an excellent hat-trick for the Danbury side which included a last gasp 11-6, 13-15, 11-1, 9-11, 13-11 win over Gary Ward. Danbury C’s Daniel Young - one of the stars of the M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships carried on where he had left off by winning all three singles against OCs C . Danbury C shaded the match 6-4.

The leaders Maldon B made it 12 wins out of 13 in division three by producing another commanding performance against Maldon C. The M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships division three singles Champion Ciaran Whelan led the way as they won 8-2. Whelan blasted his way past John Holland 11-7, 11-7, 11-3. Holland showed up best of the Maldon C Players. He beat Coin Napper 11-9, 8-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-9 and old rival Hamish Innes 11-1, 11-5, 9-11, 11-8. Hatfield Peverel B were convincing 9-1 winners over Danbury E. Neil Freeman and Dave Fiddeman were both undefeated. Tim Pulham was on target for Danbury E with a 12-10, 7-11, 11-9, 11-8 victory against Gareth Davies. Writtle Excalibur B also impressed this week. They ran out 9-1 winners over Danbury F. Phil Smith and Louis Brown were both undefeated. Dave Marsh was responsible for the sole Danbury F success and he beat Lin Roff in five ends (11-7, 13-11, 10-12, 6-11, 11-7). Chelmsford E beat Chelmsford D. The improving Connor Payne won his three singles and this included a 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-8 win over Jarek Pietraszuk - the best of the Chelmsford D players. Further down the table OCs D went a long way to avoiding relegation by beating Hatfield Peverel C 6-4. Nat Ravlic won his three singles and this included a “fight-back” from 2-0 down to get the better of Trevor Collin 8-11, 8-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-9.

Second-placed Danbury G did well to beat Danbury J 8-2 in division four. Danbury won three of the four games that were decided in the fifth end. League President Norman Smith was on fine form. He beat Kevin Willis (9-11, 17-15, 11-8, 13-11), Dave Hancox (11-9, 17-15, 5-11, 8-11, 12-10) and Allan Steel (11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 6-11, 11-7). OCs E are top but Danbury G have a match in hand. OCs E were well beaten 7-3 by a determined Maldon D side. Tom Elder led the way with a hat-trick and he received excellent support from Bryan Speller and Mervyn Perriman who both won twice. Bob Francis defeated Bryan Speller 11-7, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 12-10 in the closest game of the night. It was honours shared between Writtle Excalibur C and OCs F. Terry Dowsett retained his 100 % record with 32 wins out of 32. Further down the table OCs G beat bottom side Danbury K  6-4. Tanishq Kotwal and David Bishop both scored hat tricks for the OCs team. It was a similar story in the match between Danbury H and Writtle Excalibur D. Dave Goody and Dave Powell both won their three singles as Danbury H ran out 7-3 winners.

Division five produced four hard fought matches this week. Chelmsford F stay top but they were hard pushed to beat OCs H 6-4. Addi Kamma (one win), Amanda Hogger (two wins) and Jason Clark (two wins) all contributed but none of them could fine a way through the defensive wiles of Stuart Wintle. Highwood A are second but they could only draw with Chelmsford J. The M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships division five singles Champion Richard Gardiner dominated here with three wins for the Chelmsford side. It was honours shared as well in the match between Hatfield Peverel D and Chelmsford H. Peter Mortensen was unbeaten for Hatfield Peverel whilst Dusan Doszkoty and Harry Buckle both picked up two wins for Chelmsford H. Chelmsford G shaded their match against Highwood B 6-4 although it was Highwood’s Melanie Bonnett who won her three singles. League stalwart John Wickins defeated Keith Pallett 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 5-11, 14-12 in the closest game of the night.

Chelmsford Pumas lead the way with 17 points out of 20 in division 2C of the CLICK League. Saul Chivers and Ned Ryder were 5-0 winners against Chelmsford Tigers. Chelmsford Pumas also beat Chelmsford Jaguars 4-1. Joachin Mapes was undefeated whilst Nyree Marsh was on target for the losers. She beat Saul Chivers 8-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-5. Black Notley Barracudas are second but they lost 3-2 to Chelmsford Jaguars. Annabel Sweeney - the runner-up in the Junior Girls singles at the M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships won both of her singles for the Jaguars. Black Notley Barracudas returned to winning ways against OCs Lions. Nicholas Grice was undefeated and he scored two hard-fought wins. It was 12-10, 10-12, 11-4, 19-17 against Tom Bird and 7-11, 14-12, 11-6, 7-11, 11-8 against Jake Iliffe. Buttsbury Badgers did well to beat Danbury Griffins 4-1. Daven Muldal won both of his singles for the Badgers.

Galleywood Eagles lead the way in division 2A but they were hard pushed to beat Danbury Dragons 3-2. Rio Teplizki won both of his singles for the Galleywood side whilst Ben Porter impressed for Danbury Dragons. He beat Aidan Noguchi 13-15, 12-10, 8-11, 11-5, 11-5.

In division 2B second placed Black Notley Buccaneers ran out 3-2 winners against Buttsbury Badgers. Jonny Evans won both of his singles beating Adam Wallace 11-9, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7 and Ben Brown 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5. Chelmsford Leopards beat Buttsbury Bulldogs 3-2. James Donald and Al Lane both won once but they both missed out against Harry Hutt. Danbury Demons stay top and they were impressive 5-0 winners against Buttsbury Bulldogs. Ewan Hynd and Daniel Atkinson were both undefeated.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 13 February 2018

Duncan Taylor takes first M&G Investments Mens Singles title

The M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Finals Night at Old Chelmsfordians Association on Monday 12 February 2018 saw Duncan Taylor crowned as Mens Singles Champion for the first time whilst 16 year old Gracie Edwards was a very worthy first time winner of the counter part Ladies Singles.

The evening began with a Mens Semi-Final victory for Duncan Taylor against Essex Junior first team star Sam Hume. The match turned on the first end. There was never much in it but when Taylor shaded it 16-14 it was the boost he needed. He won the second comfortably 11-4 and although the third and was much closer Taylor kept his nose in front to seal victory 11-7.

In the second Mens Singles Semi Final top seed Trevor Lloyd prevailed over four ends against the hard-hitting Wale Bada. Wale hit some stunning forehand winners but Lloyd refused to be phased by it. He dealt well with Wale‘s tricky serves and blocked a fair number of Wale’s savage forehand hits back for outright winners of his own. Lloyd won 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8.

Duncan Taylor and Charles Sweeny became the seventh different pairing to win the Mens Doubles in seven years. Taylor - more defensive than attacking and Sweeny - the most stylish of attackers are a well honed partnership. Taylor doesn’t venture too far from the table in doubles and Sweeny gives little away. They won the first game 11-6 against Paul Davison and Gary Young and although there was nothing in it in the second and third ends Charles and Duncan shaded both games 11-9, 11-9.

There was consolation in the Under 21 Singles Final for 17 year old Sam Hume who won the title for a third successive time. His opponent - 13 year-old Daniel Young displayed bags of promise for the future and as the game progressed he became more and more assured. However Sam remained in control to win 11-5, 11-6, 11-9.

The Veterans Singles Final paired Trevor Lloyd with Duncan Taylor - the same Final as the Mens Singles - by no means a unique occurrence but pretty rare all the same. Duncan Taylor made the early running and he won the first end comfortably 11-5. Lloyd upped the ante considerably and won the second and third ends 11-6, 12-10 only for Taylor to sneak home in the fourth 11-8. This match was now too close to call but it was Trevor Lloyd who stayed ahead in the fifth end to win. He was always just ahead and he finally clinched victory 11-9.

Julie Johnson and Ryan Gooday had impressed last year by winning the Mixed Doubles title. And they played equally well this year. It was Jan Fuller and Paul Davison who win the first end 11-7 but it was Julie and Ryan who came good in games two, three and four. With Ryan’s fierce backhand topspin enticing mistakes from his opponents Ryan and Julie won 11-4, 11-8, 11-8.

The Ladies Singles Final paired twice Champion Dawn Baldry with the hard hitting Gracie Edwards. Gracie was a revelation in the first end and hitting with enormous power on the backhand she raced home 11-1. She literally did not miss a shot. Dawn is no quitter and she fought back strongly in both the second and third ends. However, Gracie had no intention of being denied and she came through to win 11-9, 11-9. A marvellous M&G Investments Chelmsford League Finals night debut for Gracie Edwards.

The Mens Final enabled older players to ask the question who the last defensive winner of the Mens Singles was. Chelmsford legend Charlie Wheeler was certainly in that category whilst it was alleged that Tony Condon was also something of a defensive player. Duncan Taylor decided to attack more in this Final and it paid dividends. 13 times West Wiltshire Mens Singles Champion Trevor Lloyd not only had to cope with Duncan’s repeated topspin forays but Taylor also seemed to find that little bit extra in the rallies where he was well away from the table. Duncan Taylor won an excellent match 11-9, 11-5, 9-11, 11-5 - his first Chelmsford Mens Singles title to add to his wins in the Burnham League in 2014 and 2015.

The League would like to thank the Mayor and Mayoress Councillor Duncan Lumley and Mrs Edna Lumley for attending the Finals Night as well as M&G Investments for their very generous sponsorship of the event. M&G Investments were represented by Mrs Anna Emtage - Charity and Community Relations Manager and
her colleague Geoff Curd.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 11 February 2018

Hatfield Peverel A impress in division two


Third-placed Hatfield Peverel A are realistically too far adrift to make the top two places in division two of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. However if they continue to pair Peter Barrett and Gary Ward together regularly they should start to put pressure on the two teams above them. Barrett and Ward were both undefeated in their 8-2 win over Danbury D. Barrett fought back from 2-0 down to beat David Gatheral 9-11, 8-11, 11-7, 13-11, 11-8. Writtle Excalibur A stay top but they were hard pushed to beat OCs B 6-4. It was the new M&G Investments Chelmsford Tournament Division two Singles winner Lee McHugh who held the Writtle side together with a hat-trick. Kevin Worthington and Robert Burton both won twice for the OCs side. Danbury C stay fourth. Ian Whiteside, the runner up to Lee McHugh in a compelling Division two Singles final was undefeated in Danbury C‘s 7-3 win over Liberal C. Paul Lombardi showed up well here for the Liberal side with a fine win over Daniel Young 12-14, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9. Daniel Young makes his debut in the Chelmsford League Finals Night tomorrow in the Under 21 Singles Final. Chelmsford B stay second and they powered to a 9-1 win over OCs C. Robert Shrimpton, Victor Chan and Mark Allaway won all nine singles. The first match was the closest and Victor Chan shaded it in five ends against Charles Yeung 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4, 11-9.

Galleywood A are going through a lean patch in division one after a decent start to the Season. They were well beaten 9-1 by Danbury A for whom Dave Richardson and Peter Mynard were both undefeated. As is so often the case here the one win the losers picked up was pretty notable. Gary Brignall excelled to get the better of Steve Whiteley 6-11, 11-7, 11-5, 10-12, 11-9. Rawreth A beat Liberal B 6-4. Charles Sweeny held the Rawreth side together and he makes his bid to win the Chelmsford mens doubles title for the first time tomorrow when he takes on Paul Davison and Gary Young paired with the redoubtable Duncan Taylor. Adam Buxton impressed here for the Liberal side with a fine win over Kim Shead 11-5, 15-13, 9-11, 11-8.

Division three teams excel in sending results in quickly and there are no fewer than seven score sheets for this division this week. The leaders Maldon B made it 11 wins out of 12 with a 8-2 win over Danbury F. Steve Scholz and Mervyn Perriman were both undefeated. Perriman - standing in as a reserve came through three hard fought five enders. He beat John Robinson (8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 17-19, 11-5) and then Dave Marsh (11-9, 8-11, 9-1, 11-7, 11-9). He completed an excellent evening’s work with a 11-4, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-5 win over Herbie Smith. Second placed Writtle Excalibur B were also comfortable winners. Paul Sturton and Louis Brown were undefeated as they saw off Chelmsford D 9-1. Jarek Pietraszuk was on target for Chelmsford. He secured a fine 11-9, 7-11, 17-15, 13-11 victory over Lin Roff. Further down the table Hatfield Peverel C excelled to beat the higher placed Chelmsford E 7-3. Team-work was the order of the day here with Dave Carter, Bob Garson and Trevor Collin all winning twice. Dave Carter did well to beat Richard Baxter 7-11, 11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5. Chelmsford E did better against OCs D, winning 6-4. Keith Martin led the way with a hat-trick but it was touch and go against Mick Richardson. Martin eventually shaded it 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9. Danbury E impressed by beating Hatfield Peverel C 8-2. Peter Hance led the way with three wins whilst Trevor Collin won twice for the losers. The hard hitting Collin beat David Gatheral 7-11, 11-8 11-17, 5-11, 11-9 but he missed out in an equally enthralling encounter against Peter Hance 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 10-12. Maldon C with Dawn Baldry and Ev Lucas firing on all cylinders beat Danbury F 8-2. Both Dawn and Ev had to dig deep in their third games of the evening. Ev prevailed 13-15, 11-6, 12-14, 11-6, 11-9 against John Robinson whilst Dawn also had to fight hard to get the better of Dave Marsh 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11, 11-9. Maldon C also picked up five points by drawing with a two man Hatfield Peverel B team. Maldon stalwart Brian Riedling made his mark here. He fought back very strongly from 2-0 down to get the better of Neil Freeman 9-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.

The two leading sides in division four both won this week. The leaders - OCs E were 9-1 winners over Danbury K with Nat Ravlic and Bob Francis both winning their three singles. Ravlic rounded off what was a good team performance by the OCs side by defeating Roger Tiffin 5-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8. Second placed Danbury G won 8-2. Nicky Ford won his three singles and team-mates Maurice Hardy and Norman Smith both won twice. OCs F’s Terry Dowsett - a player better known in the first division remains undefeated. He won his three singles at a canter against Maldon D but it wasn‘t enough and Maldon shaded the match 6-4. Tom Elder and Kelly Yuenyongpknan both won twice. Maldon D may also break a record of sorts here. No fewer than 11 players have played for this side this Season. Terry Dowsett and Farooq Ahmed were both undefeated as OCs F beat Danbury K 7-3. Writle C ran out 6-4 winners over Writtle D in their Inter Club challenge match. Malcolm Storey and Dave Moles were both undefeated on this occasion. Danbury J did well to beat the higher placed Danbury H and they did it quite decisively as well - 7-3. Allan Steel led the way with a hat-trick. He beat Richard Allen (8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3), Brian Ellis (11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-7) and Dave Goody (11-1, 6-11, 11-9, 13-11).

Chelmsford F are a massive 18 points clear in division five. Jon Dyson and Richard Gardiner were both undefeated in their 9-1 victory over Chelmsford H. Ben Jackson was on target for Chelmsford H. He beat Adi Kamma in five close ends 7-11, 11-13, 13-11, 12-10, 11-7. Harry Buckle (Chelmsford F), another player to make his mark at the M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships certainly stood out in his side‘s 6-4 win over second-placed Highwood B. This was a marathon match where five games were decided in a fifth end. Harry Buckle not only won his three singles but two of his wins were by the closest of margins. He beat Nicola Pippen 13-15, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9 and Melanie Bonnett 11-4, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-9. Keith Fitzjohn and Nicola Pippen shaded an even tighter doubles encounter - 12-10, 21-23, 11-7, 7-11, 11-9 against Ben Jackson and Harry Buckle. Highwood A beat OCs H 6-4 - good going as none of their players were able to get the better of Stuart Wintle. Hatfield Peverel D did well to beat the higher placed Chelmsford G 7-3. Peter Mortensen led the charge with three wins. Chelmsford G in turn scored a fine 7-3 win over Highwood A. Martin Hiskey impressed by winning his three singles.

The CLICK League has been reformatted at Christmas. Results that stood out were a 4-1 win for Black Notley Bucaneers over Chelmsford Leopards. Jonny Evans impressed here with wins over James Donald (10-12, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7) and Sudheep Kamma (11-6, 11-5, 11-7). Galleywood Eagles - the team to beat in the first half of the Season carried on where they had left off. Aidan Noguchi was unbeaten in their 4-1 win over West Maldon. He beat Noah Sage (11-4, 1-17, 7-11, 11-2) and Oliver Wylie (11-9, 11-8, 11-5). Black Notley Barracudas were also 4-1 winners. Nicholas Grice was unbeaten in their 4-1 victory over Danbury Griffins. Harry Squires was on target for the losers. He defeated Patrick Sweeney by a last gasp 7-11, 12-10, 11-13, 11-6, 14-12 margin. Buttsbury Bears beat Danbury Dragons 4-1. Toby Kelly led the way with two wins for Buttsbury. In yet another 4-1 result Chelmsford Pumas saw off OCs Lions. Joachim Mayer won twice for the Pumas and he beat Fraser Heard 11-13, 6-11, 13-11, 11-6,11-9 in an excellent opening encounter. Vineeth Kamma (Galleywood Hawks) won both of his singles against Danbury Dragons but it wasn’t enough as Danbury shaded the match 3-2. Vineeth Kamma had a real a roller-coaster battle against Connor Hall and he finally prevailed 4-11, 11-7, 11-2, 6-11, 13-11.

All players and officials are reminded that the M&G Investments Chelmsford &District Table Tennis League Championships Finals Night takes place tomorrow (Monday 12 February 2018) at Old Chelmsfordians Association, Lawford Lane, Roxwell Road at 19.30 hours. Admission is free and there will definitely be a new Mens Singles Champion crowned this year. Trophies from all events will be presented. A report will follow later in the week.


Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 4 February 2018

Top four players through to Semi-Finals in the Mens Singles

The M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Championships weekend is concluded and six players have dominated proceedings. Leading protagonists - Trevor Lloyd, Sam Hume, Duncan Taylor, Dawn Baldry, Gracie Edwards and Daniel Young all had weekends they will remember. However, the abiding  memory for many people was the marvellous entry of 48 players in the Junior events- the largest Junior entry for many years. It goes without saying that huge thanks are extended to the Coaching personnel who give of their time with such great enthusiasm and dedication.

It was a good weekend for the top four seeds in the Mens Singles. All four qualified for the Semi-Finals. The top seed - Trevor Lloyd came under the most pressure and at 8-10 in the fifth end in his last 16 match against Reece Seddon he looked to be a “goner“. With the Sports hall taking on an eery silence Lloyd somehow survived. Calling on all his experience Lloyd fought back and edged it 5-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10. Lloyd made no mistake in his Quarter Final clash against Paul Davison - the player who had taken away his 100 % record in the League. Lloyd powered through 11-7, 11-8, 11-5. Trevor Lloyd will face last year’s Veterans Champion Wale Bada in the Semi-Final. The hard-hitting Bada came up against the “Young family” as he progressed to the last four. He beat Daniel Young 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 and then Dad - Gary 9-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-6. Second seed - 17 year-old Sam Hume and leading Veteran defender Duncan Taylor dominated the bottom half of the draw. Hume raced past David Gatherall 11-6, 11-4, 11-2 and Lee McHugh 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 whilst Duncan Taylor looked very much on top of his game as he disposed of Babul McLeod 11-9, 11-5, 11-2 and Ryan Gooday 11-6, 11-7, 11-5. Results that caught the eye in the Group stages included wins for Keith Martin over Daniel Berry (11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8) for Ian Whiteside against Robert Shrimpton (11-8,11-9, 11-6) and for Lee McHugh (11-
9, 13-11, 10-12, 11-8) against Reece Seddon.

The Ladies Singles Final will be between Dawn Baldry - Chelmsford Champion in 2016 and 2017 and newcomer - 16 years old Gracie Edwards - the Essex no. two Junior and England ranked no. 34 in that age category. These two players met in the Group stages and it was Gracie who came out on top in four ends (11-3, 11-7, 10-12, 11-2) but with two players to progress to the Semi-Final Dawn was still very much “in the picture”. In the other half of the draw 22 times Chelmsford Champion Julie Johnson had to use all her experience to see off Jan Fuller 11-8, 8-11, 8-11, 11-8, 12-10. Quite a battle. The Semi-Finals were compelling as well. Dawn Baldry produced a sparkling display to beat Julie 11-6, 12-10, 11-9 - which she had done at the same stage last year - whilst Gracie Edwards - kept her composure incredibly well to beat Jan Fuller 15-17, 11-7, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9. Gracie and Dawn met in last year’s Colchester League Ladies Singles Final and Dawn shaded a marvellous match 12-10 in the decider. A potentially very exciting clash awaits us on Finals Night.

The Mens Doubles is traditionally the most “open” of events. There have been six different sets of winners in the last six years. This year’s event produced a major shock. Lee McHugh / Peter Mynard ousted the holders Wale Bada / Reece Seddon 13-11, 6-11, 10-12, 11-4, 13-11 but they fell to former runners-up Charles Sweeny / Duncan Taylor 8-11, 6-11, 6-11 in the Semi-Final. In the other half of the draw scratch - pairing Trevor Lloyd / Neil Freeman came within “an inch” of making the Final. Freeman had replaced Gary Cattermole as Lloyd’s partner and could have had no inking that he would be so close to making a Finals Night appearance. They led second seeds - Paul Davison / Gary Young 9-6 in the fifth end in their Semi-Final with Freeman playing his part in keeping the Davison / Young onslaught quiet, in what was a truly spell-binding encounter. It really was the “last throw of the dice” for Davison / Young and they kept their nerve superbly in the most high pressure of situations to triumph 12-10, 7-11, 5-11, 11-4, 13-11.

Julie Johnson / Jan Fuller - successful on the National stage in the VETTS tournaments retained their Ladies Doubles title beating Dawn Baldry / Shirley Carroll 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7 and Jacqui Smith / Gracie Edwards 10-12, 11-9, 11-6, 11-6. The big shock here was the superb win for scratch pairing Jacqui / Gracie who beat Dawn / Shirley 12-10, 12-10, 11-9. A marvellously well contested trio of matches and a well deserved first medal for Jacqui from these Championships.

The holders - Aunt and Nephew combination Julie Johnson and Ryan Gooday are through to the Mixed Doubles Final. They beat Robert Shrimpton / Jacqui Smith 11-4, 11-7, 11-2 in the penultimate round. The other Semi-Final was an absolute “corker”. Jan Fuller / Paul Davison who had defeated Lee McHugh / Shirley Carroll 11-2, 8-11, 11-5, 11-7 ousted second seeds Sam Hume / Gracie Edwards 6-11, 11-9, 12-10, 7-11, 11-9 after some stunning rallies.

The Under 21 Singles Final will be between Sam Hume - the winner in 2016 and 2017 and 13 year old Daniel Young. It was Young who made his mark here. He beat Peter Windley (11-6, 11-6, 11-6) and second seed Ryan Gooday (11-7,11-6, 11-6) in the Group stages to qualify as Group Winner. An even bigger shock occurred in Group no. one and the seeded Daniel Berry failed to qualify. He lost to both Toby Kelly (11-4, 11-13, 4-11, 11-7, 3-11) and to Matthew Elliott (7-11, 13-15, 7-11). Daniel Young’s hot form didn’t dessert him. He beat Connor Payne 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10 and Sam Lowman 5-11, 13-11, 11-9, 11-6 to clinch his Finals Night appearance. He will face Sam Hume who beat Ben Jackson 11-2, 11-7, 11-3 and Ryan Gooday 11-3, 11-7, 11-8. Daniel Young and father Gary have also repeated a feat which has not been achieved since the early 1970s. They have become the first father / son combination to reach Finals Night in the same year. Older players will remember - Geoff and David Newman - the last players to achieve this.

The Veterans Final will be between Duncan Taylor and Trevor Lloyd. The holder - Wale Bada fell at the Semi-Final stage in five ends to Duncan Taylor (4-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9, 7-11) whilst Taylor had also impressed by beating Colin Stallwood 12-10, 11-6, 11-9. In the other half of the draw Gary Young beat Paul Davison (11-5, 15-13, 11-13, 11-9) but Young met his match against an inform Trevor Lloyd. Playing with confidence and with the booming forehand at it’s very best Lloyd won 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-7.

There was a first Chelmsford title for Trevor Lloyd / Colin Stallwood in the Veterans Doubles. They took the title with a 11-6, 12-10, 16-14 Final win over the top seeds Paul Davison / Gary Young.

There was a fourth win for the evergreen Ian Whiteside in the Over 60s Singles. Whiteside required four ends to beat Shirley Carroll 11-5, 12-10, 10-12, 11-9 and he sneaked home 6-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 12-10 in a tense Final against Mike Johnston.

Babul McLeod is now a three time Winner of the Over 50s Singles. He retained his title after a cliff-hanger of a Final against Julie Johnson who had beaten Keith Martin 11-6, 8-11, 4-11, 11-5, 13-11 to reach that stage. Keith Martin had ousted Dawn Baldry 9-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 a round earlier. Julie Johnson looked to be heading for victory in the Final and at 8-4 in the fourth end she must have thought she had done enough. It wasn‘t to be - Babul’s super spinny forehand (sidespin and topspin combined) didn’t let him down in his moment of real crisis and he pulled through to win 4-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-8, 11-8. A marvellous Final.

The Junior Handicap Singles Final which was held over from the previous Friday when the earlier rounds were held saw two players with huge potential contest the Final. There was only one point difference on the Handicap rating and Aidan Noguchi came through to win 11-9, 10-12, 12-10, 11-against Matthew Elliott. There is no reason why these two lads can’t be playing in the first division in three years !.

There was no surprise in the Junior Girls Singles. Gracie Edwards took the title beating Annabel Sweeney in the Final 11-7, 11-1, 11-3. Annabel had come through a close match 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 14-12 against Melina Abraham Victor in her Semi-Final.

It would have been a major shock if Sam Hume hadn’t retained his Junior Boys Singles title. He didn’t drop an end beating Jason Yeh (11-5, 11-2, 11-7), Connor Payne (11-6, 11-4, 11-7) and Daniel Young (11-3, 12-10, 11-2) in the Final. Daniel Young - the “busiest player” of the weekend by some distance, beat Matthew Elliott 9-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-3 in his Semi-Final.

Sam Hume / Connor Payne scored their third successive win in the Junior Doubles. They beat Gracie Edwards / Daniel Young in a well contested Final 11-2, 8-11, 11-4, 12-10. Gracie Edwards / Daniel Young had to come back after losing the first end in their Semi-Final to get the better of Toby Kelly / Jason Yeh 9-11, 11-4, 11-8, 11-5.

Daniel Young, at 13 years of age, but already one of the leading Division two players in the League was a massive favourite for the Under 14 Singles title. He didn’t disappoint. He beat Callum Caldwell (11-2, 11-2, 11-2), Ben Porter (11-5, 11-4, 11-5), Charlie Craig (11-6, 11-5, 11-1) and Harry Buckle (11-7, 15-13, 11-2) in the Final. Full commendation here to Harry Buckle for pushing such a high ranked opponent so close. With 10 groups of players the entry in this event is hugely promising for the future of the League and let’s say it again - it needs to be said - huge thanks are extended to the Coaching personnel who give of their time with such enthusiasm and dedication.

Gracie Edwards made League history by becoming the first girl to win the Under 16 Singles. The event was reformatted in 2005 following a change in the age-groups at National level and older players will remember Julie Dowsett, Joanne Cook, Kate Gower, Alison Gower and Hannah Cook who all won the Under 15 Singles. But it is Gracie who takes the honours of becoming the first girl to win the Chelmsford Under 16 title. Her Final - and you will probably guess - against Daniel Young was a “roller coaster ride” of attacking Table Tennis and Gracie fought back from 2-0 down to win 7-11, 10-12, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7. Harry Buckle and Toby Kelly - two more players to watch out for in the future lost in the Semi-Finals.

Sunday’s play was dominated by the Divisional Singles. Lee McHugh, so impressive on the Saturday was the obvious favourite for the Division two Singles and he duly obliged. He beat Richard Storey (3-0), Peter Windley (3-1), Michael Johnston (3-2) and in the Final he came through in four action packed ends against Ian Whiteside (12-10, 12-14, 11-6, 11-7). Whiteside, playing as well as ever had beaten Neil Freeman (3-0), Victor Chan (3-1) and Robert Shrimpton (3-0).

The seedings went to plan in the Division three Singles. Ciaran Whelan, the favourite took the title with a four game win in the Final over David Gatheral (11-8, 11-2, 5-11, 13-11). Neil Freeman and Rod Maclennan were the losing Semi-Finalists. Maclennan made his mark by ousting Dawn Baldry 12-14, 11-7, 12-14, 13-11, 11-5.

The favourite also came out on top in the Division four Singles. Mervyn Perriman came through in five ends to capture the title against Malcolm Storey (8-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-2, 11-8). Mark Glenister and Alan Steel both lost at the Semi-Final stage.

There is a new name on the Division five Singles trophy. Richard Gardner proved to be the man to beat with wins over Mark Glenister (3-0), Jamie Dowsett (3-0) and in the Final - Ben Jackson (9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-5).

The Handicap Singles is still a popular event, although not quite as popular as in it’s hey day. Connor Payne (playing off a handicap of 55) came through to take the title leaving Mark Glenister, Daniel Anderson, Mervyn Perriman and Colin Barham trailing in his wake. His Final victim was Ciaran Whelan and he won decisively 21-6, 21-16. Ciaran Whelan had powered his way past Daniel Berry. Lee McHugh, Dave Carter and Gary Young to battle his way into the Final.

The weekend was concluded with the Handicap Doubles and the title went to Dawn Baldry / Dave Carter who beat Richard Gardner / Daniel Young 11-8, 14-21, 21-18 in the Final. The losing Semi-Finalists were Jamie Dowsett / Trevor Collin and Peter Windley / Daniel Berry.

The M&G Investments Chelmsford League Finals Night takes place on Monday 12 February 2018 at Old Chelmsfordians Association, Lawford Lane, Roxwell Road, Chelmsford at 19.30 hours. It should be very interesting this year with a new name certain to capture the Mens Singles crown. Admission is free.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 28 January 2018

New name on the Chelmsford M&G Investments Mens Singles trophy this year

It’s that time of the year again and the 2018 M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table League Table Tennis Championships take place at Hylands School next weekend (Friday 02 / Sunday 04 February 2018). Would all players please note that on Saturday 03 February 2018 access to Hylands School will only be via the main entrance to the School - off Writtle Road / Chelmsford Road (unless you are travelling on foot). The main entrance is some 400 yards beyond the Savernake junction. Access on Friday and Sunday will be via the normal Sherwood Drive. Admission to the event is free and it is hoped that former players will pop in over the three days. Finals Night takes place on Monday 12 February 2018 at Old Chelmsfordians, Roxwell Road, Chelmsford at 19.30 hours.

Perhaps for the first time in recent memory there will be no former Champions taking part in the blue riband event - the Mens Singles. Last year’s Champion Ross Saxby has left the area and the three previous winners - Tony Halling, Ben Warner and Steve Joslin haven’t played in the League this Season. 2012 / 2013 Champion Alex Abbott hasn’t entered. Trevor Lloyd, a highly experienced Wiltshire County player - relatively new to the area and very impressive in League matches this year is the top seed and Sam Hume, the very composed and improving Essex no. one Junior is seeded second. The joint no. three seeds are top Veterans Duncan Taylor and Wale Bada whilst the four joint no. five seeds are also likely to be equally competitive in the shake-up for honours. Stand up - Paul Davison, Gary Young, Ryan Gooday and Reece Seddon. Group 10 only contains three players but it has the potential to be the most hotly contested. Reece Seddon takes on Ciaran Whelan and Lee McHugh.

The year’s Ladies Singles looks especially interesting this year. The winner for the last two years - hard-hitting Dawn Baldry will have to face Shirley Carroll and another newcomer - Essex Junior first team player - Gracie Edwards in her Group and she will know that she will have to be at her very best to come out on top. In the other group Linda Roff takes on Jan Fuller and 22 times Champion Julie Johnson. A very difficult event “to call” although Julie Johnson’s massive “level of experience” may well stand her in good stead.

The Mens Doubles is often one of the most open of events and this year this looks like it will again be the case. The holders -Wale Bada and Reece Seddon take their place at the top of the draw whilst Paul Davison and Gary Young are seeded second. The joint no. three seeds - Gary Cattermole / Trevor Lloyd and Duncan Taylor / Charles Sweeny will also have high expectations of doing well.

The counter part Ladies Doubles only features three pairs but all three are capable of making their mark. The holders Julie Johnson / Jan Fuller will take on Lin Roff / Gracie Edwards and Dawn Baldry / Shirley Carroll.

The Mixed Doubles is another event where upsets aren’t uncommon. Ryan Gooday / Julie Johnson - the winners last year are favourites with the refreshingly young pairing of Sam Hume / Gracie Edwards seeded second. Other pairings who cannot be discounted are Gary Young / Linda Roff, Paul Davison / Jan Fuller, Lee McHugh / Shirley Carroll and former runners-up Ciaran Whelan / Dawn Baldry.

The number of entrants in the Veterans Singles is well down this year. The holder - Wale Bada is the top seed in the Over 40s event - with Trevor Lloyd who looks set for a very busy weekend, seeded second. Duncan Taylor and last year’s runner-up Paul Davison are the joint no. three seeds. Two other players equally capable of winning - Gary Young and Colin Stallwood make up the seeds. Group one looks interesting here. Duncan Taylor takes on Gary Cattermole and Keith Martin.

Babul McLeod, the Over 50s Singles winner in 2014 and 2017 is the no. one seed in the Over 50s Singles but it is Trevor Lloyd who will be the player to beat. Ian Whiteside and Julie Johnson are expected to reach the Semi-Finals. Ian Whiteside, a four times Champion in the Over 60s Singles is the top seed in this event with Michael Johnston and Trevor Carter likely to offer the stiffest challenges. Gary Young will be looking for his fourth success in the Veterans Doubles. He is paired with Paul Davison this year. Their opponents in the Final are expected to be Colin Stallwood / Trevor Lloyd.

Sam Hume is a heavy favourite in the Under 21s Singles. But with players of the calibre of Ryan Gooday, Sam Lowman, Daniel Berry and Daniel Young in the draw he won’t take anything for granted. It’s the same in the Junior Boys Singles and Sam Hume should take the title. His Final opponent is expected to be Daniel Young with Connor Payne and Matthew Elliott expected to “exit” in the Semi-Finals. Gracie Edwards will be looking to become the first female winner of the Under 16s Singles. She is expected to meet Daniel Young in the Final. Toby Kelly and Harry Buckle are seeded to reach the Semi-Finals. Daniel Young is a heavy favourite in the Under 14s Singles with Harry Buckle expected to contest the Final. Connor Payne / Sam Hume will be looking for win no. three in the Junior Doubles although they won’t have it all their own way if their Final opponents turn out to be Gracie Edwards / Daniel Young.

After a gap of two years the Junior Girls Singles returns to the programme. There are no surprises here and Gracie Edwards is a very heavy favourite with Annabel Sweeny expected to challenge her in the Final.

Sunday‘s events will be dominated by the Divisional Singles. These are always difficult to “call”. Those players who are so dominant in League matches don’t always have it all their own way in tournament conditions. Lee McHugh is the top seed in the Division two Singles with Ian Whiteside expected to challenge him in the Final. However the composition of three groups gives you a taste of how competitive this event is. Group one sees Daniel Anderson take on Daniel Young and Richard Baxter whilst Group three sees Ryan Pitt come “face to face” with Charles Yeung and Mike Johnston. Group seven is also compelling - Victor Chan takes on Trevor Carter and Richard Storey. Ciaran Whelan is favourite in the Division three Singles with David Gatheral seeded to reach the Final. Group three looks especially interesting here. Wiktor Delimat faces Dawn Baldry and Malcolm Storey. Mervyn Perriman is the top seed in the Division four Singles with Steve Siggs seeded second. Expect the experienced duo - the joint no. three seeds - League Secretary Dave Moles and former League Press Officer - Mo Hardy to challenge strongly for honours here. Martin Hiskey is expected to face Mark Glenister in the Division five Singles Final with Addi Kamma and Martin Goddard seeded to bow out at the Semi-Final stage.

With a massive entry of 46 players it was necessary to play the Junior Handicap Singles from the M&G Investments Chelmsford Championships at the Melbourne Athletics Centre on Friday 26 January 2018. Chelmsford Level II Coach Keith Martin summed it up “I’ve not seen so many Juniors taking part in a Chelmsford event for many years and better still the standard of play was very encouraging”. The Final will be played at the Championships next weekend and will feature Matthew Elliott and Aidan Noguchi. Elliott had a real “hum-dinger” of a battle against Connor Payne (with just one point separating the two players). Elliott edged this one - 12-10, 12-14, 7-11, 11-4,11-9 and he beat Melinda Abraham-Victor 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 to book his Semi-Final appearance. Here Elliott came though in four ends (11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7) against Ben Porter - although it is clear that his opponent has a lot of potential for the future. Aidan Noguchi came through the other half of the draw but it could have been very different. In the first round Jason Yeh led Aidan Noguchi 9-1 in the final set. It was “last throw of the dice time“ for Noguchi and by increasing his consistency levels massively he fought back and pipped his opponent 6-11, 11-3, 11-8,9-11, 12-10. Vineeth Kamma axed the very promising Harry Chivers in a tight match (11-13, 12-10, 12-10, 11-5) and then Alex Porter by a last gasp 11-7, 8-11, 5-11, 11-9 , 13-11 margin. However, in the Semi-Final it was Noguchi - who clearly had the “bit between his teeth” after that match against Jason Yeh and further wins over Joachin Mapes (12-10, 11-8, 11-7) and Sam Mortimer - Ford (11-6, 13-11, 11-4) who came through. Noguchi beat Vineeth Kamma 11-1, 9-11,11-8, 11-6 to book his Final appearance.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 21 January 2018

Top class display from Colin Stallwood

Maldon A have recaptured the lead in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and they did this in style with a comprehensive 8-2 victory over second-placed Chelmsford A. Maldon now hold a four point lead over Chelmsford but more tellingly they also have a match in hand. Alex Abbott and Colin Stallwood were both undefeated whilst Trevor Lloyd won twice. Lloyd missed out against 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships Veterans Champion Wal Bada in five ends (5-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 6-11). Colin Stallwood was on fine form for the Champions-elect and he beat Ryan Gooday (13-15, 11-8, 11-4, 11-5), Wal Bada (6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-9) and Eddy Ogbebor (11-9, 11-8, 14-12) - an excellent hat-trick of successes. Danbury A are a clear third and they beat OCs A 8-2. Gary Young and Steve Whiteley were both undefeated for Danbury. Expect Gary Young to challenge strongly for the Veterans and Mens Singles titles at this year’s M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Tournament.

Division two leaders Writtle Excalibur A produced a top notch performance against OCs C and ran out 10-0 winners. Ryan Pitt, Lee McHugh and Matthew Brown gave nothing away. Pitt won a hard-fought opening encounter with a 11-9, 10-12, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7 success against Peter Windley and that turned out to be a fair indication of the evening’s play. As hard as the OCs team tried Writtle Excalibur had all the answers. Chelmsford B stay second. Robert Shrimpton was undefeated as they beat Danbury C 7-3. Danbury’s Daniel Young had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Paul Nicol 7-11, 11-7, 11-7, 10-12, 11-9. Hatfield Peverel A are third and they produced their best performance of the Season to beat Liberal C 9-1. The “old guard” - John Gagg and Gary Ward were both undefeated. Ward was on top form. He beat Hannah Pitt (11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7), Andy Huckson (11-7, 11-8,11-9) and Paul Lombardi (11-8, 11-5, 11-6). The match between Danbury B and Chelmsford C produced a closely fought encounter. No single player stayed undefeated and Danbury B shaded the match 6-4. The Danbury duo of Neil Want and Ken Sheard and Chelmsford’s Julie Johnson and Alistair Piper all won twice. Ken Sheard pipped Alistair Piper 9-11, 6-11, 11-4, 1-17, 13-11 in the closest encounter of the evening. Danbury D who are fourth beat OCs B 7-3. Sam Lowman won his three singles and with a 76 % record he is clearly enjoying a consistent Season. He showed a lot of composure to hit through the very solid defence of Robbie Burton 11-8, 11-7, 11-6.

Maldon B made it 10 wins out of 11 in division three by beating Chelmsford D 7-3. Gordon Fairchild scored an excellent victory over Ciaran Whelan (5-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8) but he didn’t have the same impact against an unbeaten Hamish Innes (4-11, 8-11, 6-11). Jarek Pietraszuk was on target for Chelmsford and he came through a roller-coaster encounter with Colin Napper 11-2, 8-11, 11-9, 6-11, 16-14. Bottom side Hatfield Peverel C scored a welcome 6-4 win over Hatfield Peverel B. Their leading player Trevor Collin scored his second “full-house” of the Season with three good wins. He beat Gareth Davies (11-7, 17-15, 9-11, 11-5), Guy McKenzie (11-5, 14-12, 11-3) and Dave Fiddeman (11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 14-12). It was “honours shared” in the match between OCs D and Writtle Excalibur B. Louis Brown was undefeated for the Writtle Excalibur side. He beat David Porter 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 13-11 in his toughest examination.

Leaders OCs E were the week’s big winners in division four. Nat Ravlic and David Newman were both unbeaten in their 9-1 success against OCs G. David Newman fought back from 2-0 down to get the better of David Bishop 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9. Second-placed Danbury G suffered their second defeat of the Season by losing 6-4 to Danbury H. Dave Goody was unbeaten for Danbury H and he completed his hat-trick with a five game win over Mo Hardy (11-4, 11-7, 8-11, 6-11, 11-4).

There was a big win for Hatfield Peverel D in division five. Alastair Brown, Peter Mortensen and Richard Drozd ran out 10-0 winners against Galleywood B. Highwood B are second - some way behind Chelmsford F and they consolidated their position with a 8-2 victory over OCs H. Nicola Pippen won her three singles and this included a fine 10-12, 11-4, 6-11, 12-10, 11-7 win over Stuart Wintle. By a quirk of the fixtures chart OCs H played Highwood B again 12 days later. This time Highwood won 7-3 and Stuart Wintle gained his revenge over Nicola Pippen (11-6, 11-8, 9-11, 13-11) but he missed out against an undefeated Melanie Bonnett rather decisively (5-11, 4-11, 5-11). Chelmsford G with Martin Hiskey on top form ran out 7-3 winners over Chelmsford J. The evergreen John Wickens came out on top 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9 after a very tricky encounter against Jamie Dowsett.

Galleywood Hawks (Vineeth Kamma and Charlie Graig) ran out 5-0 winners in division 2A of the CLICK League against West Maldon. They looked to be in trouble in the doubles when trailing 2-0 against William Moore and Blaydon Farmer but they rallied really strongly to win 6-11, 5-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-2.

All Junior players who have entered the Junior Handicap Singles at this year‘s M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships should note that this event has been moved to this coming Friday (26 January 2018) at the Melbourne Sports Centre - the Chelmsford Club’s venue. Book in at 19.00 hours for a 19.15 start. If the event hadn’t been switched from the actual Tournament weekend the massive increase in the number of Junior entries would have led to the possibility of a mid-night finish on the Saturday.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 14 January 2018

Dave Cole leads Liberal to 8-2 win over Chelmsford A


Chelmsford A have taken the lead in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. However, Chelmsford A had little to celebrate as they were well beaten 8-2 by Liberal A and second placed Maldon A who have a match in hand remain the heavy favourites to retain their title. Four times M&G Investments Chelmsford Mens Singles Champion - the evergreen David Cole was undefeated for Liberal and he beat Eddie Ogbebor - Chelmsford A’s best player 11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7. Ogbebor made his mark for the Chelmsford A team. He beat the very impressive Gracie Edwards (and you can definitely expect her to be a major contender for the Ladies Singles title in this year’s M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships) 11-3, 8-11, 11-4, 11-8 as well as Keiran Lally by a last gasp 11-8, 11-5, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9 scoreline.

The leaders Writtle Excalibur A are unbeaten after 10 matches in division two. They didn’t have it all their own way against third-placed Danbury C where they were hard pushed to win 6-4. Ace defender Ian Whiteside downed the challenge of Lee McHugh 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 and then Richard Storey 11-6, 13-11, 10-12, 13-11 but he missed out on his hat-trick of wins by losing 11-7, 12-10, 3-11, 11-6 to Matthew Brown. Chelmsford B stay second. They ran out 8-2 winners against Liberal C. Robert Shrimpton was undefeated for Chelmsford whilst Liberal’s Robin Armstrong impressed for the losers. He beat Victor Chan 11-8, 10-12, 11-6, 11-4.

Chelmsford D were the week’s big winners in division three. Jarek Pietraszuk and Wiktor Delimat were both undefeated in their 9-1 win over Danbury F. Jarek rounded off what was a very productive evening for the Chelmsford team with a 9-11, 11-3, 11-6, 11-8 victory over John Robinson. Writtle Excalibur B are on a rich vein of form and they beat Chelmsford C 7-3. Louis Brown led the way with a hat-trick. Chelmsford’s Richard Baxter was involved in two close fifth-setters. He missed out to Phil Smith 8-11, 13-11, 4-11, 11-7,11 11-13 but he defeated Connor Payne 14-12, 7-11, 1-11, 11-9, 11-8. Maldon C ran out 7-3 winners against Chelmsford D. Team-work was the order of the day here with Roger Hance, Ev Lucas and Brian Riedling all winning twice.

Division four leaders Danbury G had a night they will want to forget against third-placed Writtle Excalibur C. After a run of eight successive wins Danbury never looked like winning this match and it was Steve Sigs (two wins), Dave Moles (two wins) and Neil Thompson (three wins) who dominated. Thompson fought back from 2-0 down to beat League President Norman Smith 8-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-7. Maldon D relied on a solid team performance to beat Danbury J 7-3. Mervyn Perriman, Bryan Speller and Tom Elder all won twice. Speller fought back from 2-0 down get the better of Eamon Hall 6-11, 10-12, 11-4, 11-8, 11-9. The match between Writtle Excalibur D and OCs E finished tied at 5-5. Nat Ravlic won his three singles for the Old Chelmsfordians side.

Chelmsford F stay top in division five. Jon Dyson led them to a 7-3 win over Hatfield Peverel D. Dyson was also unbeaten as Chelmsford F defeated Galleywood B 8-2. The match between Amanda Hogger and Mark Glenister looks to have been the pick of the evening’s action. Glenister edged home after a really hard fought encounter (13-11, 12-10, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9). They don’t come much closer !. Highwood A are their closest challengers but they fell back. They were hard pushed to beat Highwood B 6-4 and they were held to a draw by Chelmsford H. Newcomer Dusan Doszkoty made a big difference here. The Chelmsford star won his three singles. He had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Francis Whitbread 11-5, 10-12, 12-14, 12-10,11-8. Dusan Doszkoty was also unbeaten in Chelmsford H’s 6-4 defeat to Chelmsford G. Michael Whelpdale sealed the victory for Chelmsford G in the last game of the evening. He beat Ben Jackson 11-9, 15-17, 11-12, 11-5, 11-7. Keith Fitz-John was on top form and he led Highwood B to a 8-2 win over Anglia Ruskin University. Taku Nerutanga came through over five hotly contested ends against Keith Pallett (14-12, 7-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9).

The CLICK divisions have been reformatted. Galleywood Eagles are off to a good start. They beat Galleywood Hawks 4-1. Aidan Noguchi and Rio Tiplizki won all four singles although Noguchi had a “scare” against Charlie Craig. He had to save a match point in the fourth end before he ran out a 8-11, 11-5, 8-11, 12-10, 11-5 winner. Black Notley Barracudas also won 4-1. Nicholas Grice led them to victory against Chelmsford Wildcats. Emilie Guilloux picked up the soles Chelmsford success. She beat Patrick Sweeney 11-5, 13-11, 8-11, 4-11, 11-8. West Maldon shaded it against Danbury Dragons 3-2. William Moore won twice. He beat Connor Hall 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 11-9 and Ewan Hynd 11-13, 11-5, 12-10, 11-7.

In the Open KO Cup Chelmsford B secured an impressive 5-0 win over Chelmsford C. Victor Chan made his mark with an excellent 8-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-3 win over Waseem Quereshi whilst Jarek Pietraszuk did well to beat Jan Fuller 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6.

Danbury C (Dave Hancox, Eamon Hall and Allan Steel) made no mistake against Maldon A in the Division four Knock Out Cup. They won 8-1. Shirley Carroll impressed for the losers with a quick-fire 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 victory against Eamon Hall.

OCs A (Adam Yardley, James Mitty and Harry Rogers) ran out 8-1 winners against Danbury A in the Junior Knock Out Cup. Connor Hall did well to beat Adam Yardley 6-11, 12-10, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 for Danbury’s sole success.
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All Junior players who have entered the Junior Handicap event at this year‘s M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships should note that this event has been moved to Friday 26 January 2018 at the Melbourne Sports Centre - the Chelmsford Club’s Home venue. Book in at 19.00 hours for a 19.15 start. If the event hadn’t been switched from the actual Tournament weekend the substantial increase in the number of entries would have led to a possible mid-night finish on the Saturday.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 17 December 2017

Outstanding display from Hatfield Peverel’s Dave Calleja

Division two is in the spotlight this week in the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. The 5-5 draw between Chelmsford C and Hatfield Peverel saw Peverel’s Dave Calleja hit top form. Calleja opened with a fine 3-0 win over Waseem Qureshi (11-7, 15-13, 11-5) and he then scored an equally impressive five game win over Mike Johnston.  This one could have gone either way and Calleja finally nicked it 7-11, 11-9, 12-14, 15-13, 11-9. In his last singles Calleja faced Chelmsford reserve Keith Martin (who had scored two excellent wins over Gary Ward and John Parodi) and Martin struck early forging a 2-0 lead. However, it wasn‘t enough as Calleja stormed back as if his life depended on it to win 7-11, 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4.  Liberal C did well to beat Chelmsford C  6-4. Paul Lombardi and Hannah Pitt both won twice for the Liberal side with Hannah’s 12-10, 11-13, 12-14, 11-2, 11-9 success against Waseem Qureshi perhaps being the pick of the action. Danbury B ran out 6-4 winners over a two-man OCs B. However, OCs B who are last placed may well consider this to be a “moral” victory and they certainly fought very hard for their four points. In the games that went to five ends  Steve Northcott beat Neil Want (11-8, 11-6 , 6-11, 7-11, 11-6) whilst Trevor Carter defeated Graham Briggs (11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 13-15, 11-5) and Carter also beat Neil Want (14-16, 11-9, 5-11, 11-9, 12-10).

Maldon B are taking a “Manchester City” like grip on division three. They made it 75 points out of 100 with a commanding 9-1 win over OCs D with Colin Napper and Ciaran Whelan both winning their three singles. Perhaps the big shock here was the game that Maldon lost. Mick Richardson certainly made his mark with a fine four game win over Hamish Innes (15-13, 7-11, 11-8, 11-7). Whilst Maldon are setting a scorching pace second placed Hatfield Peverel B have slipped back and they lost 6-4 to Danbury F. Peter Hance and Dave Marsh both picked up two wins for the Danbury side. Dave Marsh excelled to beat Neil Freeman 11-8, 13-11, 14-12. Third placed Writtle Excalibur B moved into contention with a superb 9-1 win over Danbury E. All three Writtle players (Paul Sturton, Phil Smith and Louis Brown) hit top form and Danbury missed out in all nine singles. David Gatheral - so impressive in his opening five matches lost all three singles for the first time this Season. Paul Sturton kicked off the proceedings with a fine 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-5 win over Gatheral and Louis Brown prevailed over five ends (11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-3). Despite no shortage of effort Gatheral also came up short against Phil Smith and he succumbed 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 8-11. A very strong team performance from the Writtle Excalibur side.

Danbury H jumped into third place in division four by beating Maldon D 7-3. Richard Allen, Robert Kneale and Dave Powell all won twice. The ever-green Shirley Carroll was the best of the Maldon players and she beat both Dave Powell (4-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8) and Robert Kneale (9-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-4). Danbury H also beat OCs G 6-4. Dave Goody was their match-winner. He beat Aswin Siam (11-9, 11-4, 8-11, 11-9) and Tanishq Kotwal (12-10, 9-11, 11-3, 11-9) and he completed his hat-trick by defeating James Mitty (9-11, 12-10, 11-9,
11-7).

Division five produced two 7-3 results. Chelmsford G jumped into third place by beating OCs H. Martin Hiskey led the way with a hat-trick which he completed with a very hard-fought 11-9, 7-11, 18-16, 11-8 victory over Stuart Wintle - the best of the OCs players. Chelmsford J’s  Jamie Dowsett and Richard Gardiner were both undefeated against Hatfield Peverel D. Jamie Dowsett had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Alistair Brown 11-3, 15-17, 8-11, 12-10, 11-8. Quite a battle !.

For those players who like International Table Tennis please note that the ITTF World Team Cup takes place at the Copper Box Arena, Stratford from Thursday 22 to Sunday 25 February 2018. The new Mens world no. one Dimitrij Ovcharov heads the German line-up whilst the brilliant Ding Ning (the current Olympic and World Champion|) heads the Chinese challenge in the Ladies event.  However, many eyes will be on 14 year old Japanese sensation  (if he is selected)  - Tomokazu Harimoto - currently ranked no. 16 in the World on the ITTF Mens List. Tickets which have been selling fast are available from the Table Tennis England Web-Site.  

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all players

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 10 December 2017

Davison ends Lloyd’s superb unbeaten run

Maldon A’s Trevor Lloyd - the outstanding player so far in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League tasted defeat for the first time this week. After 20 straight wins he was beaten in four ends by Liberal B’s Paul Davison (11-7, 6-11, 8-11, 8-11). Davison also won another hotly contested four ender against Colin Stallwood (5-11,11-8, 13-11, 11-7) but he missed out over five ends against Alex Abbott (11-7,14-12, 8-11, 11-13, 6-11). Maldon A duly won 8-2 and they share top place with Chelmsford A who beat Galleywood A 9-1. Ryan Gooday and Eddie Ogbebor both bagged hat-tricks whilst Galleywood’s sole success stands out a mile. Gary Brignall defeated 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Veterans Singles Champion Wale Bada 11-9, 13-11, 11-7. A gem of a win !. Galleywood A were only able to field two players against Rawreth A and they paid a heavy price. The Rawreth trio - Babul McLeod, Mike Hayes and Charles Sweeny ran out 10-0 winners. The match between Liberal A and Liberal B was closer on paper although Liberal A were hindered by only having two players. The B team ran out 6-4 winners. Sam Hume was on top form for the A team and he defeated Adam Buxton (11-8, 11-8, 11-6), Paul Davison (11-7, 11-5, 14-12) and Steve Pennell (11-13, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6). Hume looks to be running into top form. Gracie Edwards is looking increasingly comfortable at this level and she scored a last gasp 12-10, 11-5, 7-11, 7-11, 16-14 victory over Steve Pennell.    

Top played second this week in division two and the match went pretty much to form. Leaders Writtle Excalibur A won 6-4 with Lee McHugh leading the way with a hat-trick. With a 94 % record this year McHugh has added a level of consistency to his game, and he is proving very difficult to beat.  Chelmsford had to battle hard to stay in contention and they came out on top in the two closest games of the night. Mark Allaway beat Ryan Pitt 11-9, 11-3, 9-11, 3-11, 12-10 and Rob Shrimpton defeated Matthew Brown 11-5, 12-10, 6-11, 5-11, 11-9. Danbury C stay third although they were held to a draw by Danbury D. Ian Whiteside was on top form for the C team. He defeated Dan Anderson (12-10, 13-11, 11-7), Cameron Gray (11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 11-6) and most impressively of all Sam Lowman (11-7, 12-10, 11-4). An excellent evening’s work.  OCs C scored a fine 7-3 win over the higher placed Danbury B. Peter Windley was the star of the show with three singles wins. The match between Charles Yeung and Ken Sheard could hardly have been closer. Sheard finally “crossed the finishing line” 11-9 6-11, 11-7, 10-12, 17-15. Hatfield Peverel A ran out 8-2 winners against OCs B. Gary Ward led the way with a hat-trick and he received excellent support from Dave Calleja and  John Parodi who both won twice.  Dave Calleja came very close to winning his three singles. He just missed out against ace defender Robbie Burton 7-11, 4-11, 12-10, 11-5, 10-12.

Maldon B have stamped their authority on division three in no uncertain terms. Their 10-0 whitewash of fifth placed Danbury E was a clinical performance with Ciaran Whelan, Colin Napper and Hamish Innes carrying all before them. They lead second-placed Hatfield Peverel B by a massive 10 points. Hatfield Peverel B won this week but their 6-4 success against seventh placed Chelmsford E wasn’t particularly convincing. Keith Martin scored a fine hat-trick of wins for the Chelmsford team. All 3-0 to boot. He beat Dave Fiddeman (11-4, 11-5, 11-7), Neil Freeman (11-9, 11-9, 11-9) and Gareth Davies (11-6, 11-7, 11-4). With John Holland  leading the way Maldon C ran out 7-3 winners against OCs D. League Chairman Dave Porter made his mark here with a fine 11-8, 11-6, 11-9 victory over 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Ladies Singles Champion Dawn Baldry. Writtle Excalibur B scored their fourth win of the Season with a 9-1 victory over Hatfield Peverel C. Peverel lost all three five enders. Lin Roff fought back from 2-0 down to beat Dave Carter 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-2, 11-9 and Phil Smith came through a relentless battle against Bob Garson (10-12, 15-13, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8). Things just wouldn’t run for the Hatfield Peverel side and Paul Sturton defeated Bob Garson (6-11, 11-2, 11-8, 4-11, 11-9). The points were shared between Danbury F and Chelmsford D. Chelmsford were hindered by only having two players and Jarek Pietraszuk and Wiktor Delimat both won twice to earn themselves a share of the points.

Danbury G made it eight wins out of eight in division  four. They didn’t put a foot wrong against Danbury H and Maurice Hardy, Nicky Ford and Norman Smith ran out 10-0 winners. They lead the table with a eight point cushion over OCs E. OCs G beat OCs F 7-3. Terry Dowsett retained his 100 % record for the F team and it is difficult to see him losing at this level. Writtle Excalibur C came out on top in an evenly contested match against Danbury H. Dave Powell had to pull out all the stops to beat Neil Thompson 9-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-8, 11-9.

Chelmsford F have a massive 14 point lead over Galleywood B in division five. Jason Clark was undefeated as they beat Hatfield Peverel D 8-2. Peverel’s Dan Patynski had beaten both Ian Austin and Adi Kamma but he made little impact against Jason Clark. It was a very dominant Clark who ran out a 11-7, 11-4, 11-7 winner. Matthew Elliott led the way for Chelmsford J who beat OCs H 7-3. Elliott did well to beat Stuart Wintle - OCs’ best player - 11-5, 10-12, 11-4, 11-9.         

All players are reminded that the Closing date for entry to the M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships is this coming Friday - 15 December 2017. Entries must be sent to the Tournament Organiser Arthur Clark on line or directly. The event takes place at Hylands School, Chelmsford over the weekend of Friday to Sunday 03 to 05 February 2018. Late entries will not be allowed.  An entry form is available in the League Handbook and on line.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 3 December 2017

Danbury’s Sam Lowman scores a fine hat-trick against Chelmsford B  


Division two of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League saw a number of stand-out performances this week. Sam Lowman led the way. He impressed for Danbury D and his hat-trick enabled his team to draw against second-placed Chelmsford B. Lowman won a close encounter against Robert Shrimpton 11-5, 11-13,12-14, 11-8, 11-8 and he also defeated Mark Allaway 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 11-9 in another well-contested battle. He completed his hat-trick with a quick-fire 11-6, 11-3, 11-6 victory over Victor Chan. Neil Want was on top form for Danbury B and his hat-trick enabled his side to share the points with Danbury C. Want came through a real “hum-dinger” in his first singles against Chris Buer 11-9, 9-11, 11-6, 11-13, 12-10 and he also beat Daniel Young 11-4, 3-11, 11-6, 13-11. He completed an excellent evening’s work by beating Steve Buer 11-6, 11-8, 11-6.  The leaders Writtle Excalibur A pulled further ahead by beating Liberal C 8-2. Lee McHugh (who has a 93 % record to date) was again on top form winning is three singles. He had a five set tussle with Paul Lombardi before he pulled clear in the fifth end to win 12-14, 11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4. Gary Ward is always hard to beat at this level and he led Hatfield Peverel A to a 8-2 win over OCs C whilst Chelmsford C also won 8-2. Waseem Qureshi was undefeated against OCs B. Qureshi secured three hard-fought successes. He beat Trevor Carter (7-11, 9-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-4),  Stephen Northcott (11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 13-11, 11-6) and Robbie Burton (16-14, 15-13, 11-1). Three good wins !.

Only one result for division one this week and it saw last year’s Champions Maldon A produce another top-notch performance to beat Danbury A 9-1. Trevor Lloyd and John Poysden were both undefeated. Lloyd now has a record of 18 wins out of 18 and he has been the League‘s outstanding player so far this Season. John Poysden - the County Over 60s first team Captain was also on fine form and he scored an excellent 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 11-7 win over Gary Young.  It was Young who picked up the Danbury A win. He in turn scored a superb 5-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 victory over Alex Abbott.

In division three David Gatherall’s excellent run of wins came to an end as Danbury E lost 6-4 to Maldon C. Maldon were bolstered by the inclusion of the redoubtable five time’s Chelmsford Veterans Champion John Holland and he duly defeated Gatherall 11-6, 11-8, 12-10. Gatherall also tasted defeat in his third singles with current M&G Investments Chelmsford Ladies Singles Champion Dawn Baldry coming out on top 1-11, 11-7, 11-7, 12-10. Leaders Maldon B pulled further clear by beating Hatfield Peverel C 8-2. Hamish Innes and Ciaran Whelan were both undefeated and with these two players fronting their challenge it is hard to see any team beating them. Colin Barham scored a fine 7-11, 1-11, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11 victory over Colin Napper after having looked to be well off the pace in the first two games. Second placed Hatfield Peverel B slipped back after losing 7-3 to Chelmsford D. They only had two players and paid a heavy price. Jarek Pietraszuk excelled for the Chelmsford side. He beat Gareth Davies (11-8, 11-13, 11-2, 15-13) and most impressively Neil Freeman (11-5, 11-3, 14-12).  The match between OCs D and Danbury F finished tied at 5-5. Tony Forster excelled for Danbury F with three  wins and he received solid support from Dave Marsh who won twice. Mick Richardson secured the draw for the Old Chelmsfordians team by beating Dave Marsh by a widely fluctuating 8-11, 11-5, 6-11, 12-10, 11-1 margin in the last game of the evening.

OCs E consolidated second place in division four by beating fourth placed Danbury J 7-3. Adam Yardley was their match-winner with three wins. He had a real tussle with Dave Hancox before he finally took control to win 17-19, 11-8, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6. OCs F were 6-4 winners against Writtle Excalibur D with Terry Dowsett again leading the way. He retained his 100 % singles record and it is difficult to see anyone getting the better of him at this level. Writtle C also won 6-4. Steve Siggs led the way with a hat-trick as they defeated OCs G. Siggs completed his trio of wins by beating David Bishop 11-7, 7-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-5.

Chelmsford F inflicted the first defeat of the season on Highwood A and they stay top in division five although Highwood have two matches in hand.  Adi Kamma led the way with three wins as Chelmsford edged the match 6-4. In the best game of the evening Kamma had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Francis Whitbread 10-12, 11-7, 11-8, 3-11, 18-16. Quite a battle !. Chelmsford G were well served by Steven Chambers and Michael Whelpdale who were both unbeaten against Chelmsford J. The G team ran out 8-2 winners. Chelmsford J in turn beat Anglia Ruskin University 6-4. Richard Gardner led the way with three wins. Galleywood B were strengthened by the inclusion of Colin Blore in his first appearance of the Season and his hat-trick was instrumental in Galleywood beating Highwood B 7-3. Ron Salton bagged two wins for the Galleywood team whilst Melanie Bonnett won twice for the Highwood B side.

Chelmsford Jaguars completed their fixtures in division 1B of the CLICK League by beating Chelmsford Tigers 3-2. Ryan Armstrong was undefeated for the Tigers. He beat Nyree Marsh (11-7, 11-5, 13-11) and Melinda Abraham Victor (8-11, 11-8,11-9, 11-8). Melinda Abraham Victor came out on top 11-5, 8-11, 5-11, 11-3, 16-14 after a really testing encounter with Louis Burnett.

All players are reminded that the Closing date for entry to the M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships is Friday 15 December 2017. Entries must be sent to the Tournament Organiser Arthur Clark on line or directly. The event takes place at Hylands School, Chelmsford over the weekend of Friday to Sunday 03 to 05 February 2018. Late entries will not be allowed.  An entry form is available in the League Handbook and on line.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 26 November 2017

Superb 10-0 win for Maldon A


Having hit the headlines last week it’s Maldon A who take the top billing again in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. What a good performance they produced. Alex Abbott, Trevor Lloyd and John Poysden produced a superb display to beat Liberal A 10-0. Liberal weren’t at full strength but their team of Andrew Huckson, Gary Cattermole and Sam Hume is still a good one. On this occasion they were “whitewashed“.  Alex Abbott defeated twice Chelmsford M&G Investments Under 21 Singles Champion Sam Hume 13-11, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9 whilst John Poysden beat Hume 6-11, 6-11, 12-10, 11-5, 11-8. Abbott also beat Gary Cattermole, a player he has lost to in the past convincingly 11-5, 11-5, 11-3. Trevor Lloyd’s rich vein of form continues and he has now recorded 15 wins out of 15. Liberal A fared better against Rawreth A and they ran out 6-4 winners. County Junior stars Sam Hume and Gracie Edwards both won twice although all three Liberal players missed out against an inform Reece Seddon, the 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Mens Doubles winner. Gracie Edwards excelled here. She beat both Babul McLeod 11-8, 11-5, 4-11, 14-12 and Mike Hayes 4-11, 11-6, 11-3, 7-11, 11-7. Babul McLeod in turn made his mark with a fine 11-9, 8-11, 11-7, 12-10 success against Gary Cattermole.

Liberal C scored their third win of the Season in division two. Adrian Pitt, Andrew Huckson and Hannah Pitt defeated OCs 9-1. Steve Northcott was on target for the Old Chelmsfordians side with a 14-16, 11-7, 11-9, 11-9 win over Hannah Pitt. Danbury C stay third. They beat Hatfield Peverel A 6-4. Gary Ward won his three singles for Hatfield Peverel whilst Chris Buer and Ian Whiteside both bagged two wins for Danbury C.

Maldon B are going to be very hard to beat in division three. They moved into pole position by beating Chelmsford E 7-3. Hamish Innes and Steve Scholz were both undefeated with Scholz really hitting top form in this match. Steve Scholz beat Keith Martin (11-5, 11-2, 11-9), Richard Baxter (11-8, 11-1, 11-4) and Connor Payne (11-6, 12-10, 13-15, 11-7) - a really impressive hat-trick. With Ciaran Whelan in their squad and playing regularly they must be favourites. Maldon C were 7-3 winners over Hatfield Peverel C. Twice M&G Investments Ladies Singles Champion Dawn Baldry excelled. She notched up  a most impressive hat-trick with wins over Bob Garson (11-5, 11-3, 11-6), Trevor Collin (11-6, 11-5, 11-6) and Dave Carter (11-6, 11-8, 11-5). Very sharp shooting indeed !.

Chelmsford F stay top in division five. They notched up a 9-1 success against Highwood B. Ian Austin and Jon Dyson were both undefeated whilst Melanie Bonnett picked up the win for the losers with a four-game victory over Jason Clark. Chelmsford H beat Anglia Ruskin University 6-4. Anglia Ruskin University Captain Taku Nerutanga won his three singles to give the University side the edge. He beat Harry Buckle 11-6, 7-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-9 in the closest game of the night.

Galleywood C are the Champions of CLICK division 1A. Rio Tiplizki and Aidan Noguchi won the title in style with a convincing 5-0 win over Danbury Demons.

The match in CLICK division 1B between Danbury Griffins and Chelmsford Tigers was a close one with the Tigers coming out on top 3-2. Ryan Armstrong beat both Will Radcliffe (11-6, 6-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8) and Callum Caldwell (11-9, 11-8, 11-9).

In the Handicap Knock-Out Cup the “specialists” Hatfield Peverel A (Gary Ward, John Gagg and John Parodi) were 5-3 winners over Chelmsford H. Gary Ward (handicap of 68) secured their victory by beating Harry Buckle (43) 21-16, 21-17 to seal the success. Jacqui Smith (46) pushed Ward close before succumbing 19-21, 20-22. Danbury D (Eamon Hall, Conor Hall and Ben Porter) advanced into the next round with a 5-2 victory over Writtle Excalibur B. The result that caught the eye here was the extremely odd-looking scoreline between Conor  Hall (37) and Dave Moles (58) with Moles shading it 21-19, 0-21, 22-20. Conor Hall sealed the Danbury victory with a most comprehensive looking 21-11, 21-5 win over Malcolm Storey (57).  Chelmsford J (Dusan Doszkoty / Ryan Gooday / Jamie Dowsett) were quick-fire winners over Buttsbury. Ryan Gooday used his first division pedigree and fine all-round game to good effect beating James Green (39) 21-19, 21-13 and Alex Headley (46) 21-12, 21-18.      
     
All players are reminded that the Closing date for entry to the M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships is Friday 15 December 2017. Entries must be sent to the Tournament Organiser Arthur Clark on line or directly. The event takes place at Hylands School, Chelmsford over the weekend of Friday to Sunday 03 to 05 February 2018. Late entries will not be allowed.  An entry form is available in the League Handbook and on line.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 19 November 2017

Big win for Maldon A

Last year’s Champions Maldon A are in third place in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. They ran out convincing 9-1 winners against OCs A after Trevor Lloyd and John Poysden had both won their three singles encounters. However as is often the case in these instances it was the game they lost which made the most interesting reading. Chris Jacob excelled here by defeating Alex Abbott 14-12, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-7 in the last game of the evening. Chelmsford A stay top and they showed their class by beating a strong Liberal B side 8-2. Wale Bade and Eddie Ogbebor both won their three singles. Wale defeated Paul Davison 12-10, 7-11, 10-12. 12-10, 13-11 after a real hum-dinger of a game. Steve Pennell impressed for the losers. He defeated Ryan Gooday 13-11, 5-11, 11-13, 11-5, 11-9.

The leaders Writtle Excalibur A (Matthew Brown, Lee McHugh and Ryan Pitt) didn’t put a foot wrong against Danbury D in division two and ran out hugely impressive 10-0 winners over Danbury D. That result certainly wasn’t one you would predict !. Lee McHugh had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Cameron Gray after a marathon encounter. McHugh finally triumphed 11-7, 13-11, 21-23, 8-11, 13-11. Matthew Brown won his three singles with an economy of effort beating Dan Anderson (11-2, 11-7, 11-6), Cameron Gray (11-8, 11-7, 11-8) and George Ashley (11-9, 11-4, 11-8). Without McHugh in their line-up Writtle also beat Danbry B 6-4. Neil Want stole the show here with three good wins - his third “full-house of the Season“. Want fought back from 2-0 down to get the better of Mathew Brown 5-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 in his opening encounter and he never looked back after that. Brown (78 %), Pitt (78 %) and McHugh (92%) have all made good starts to the Season and Writtle Excalibur A look to be a very good side “with depth“. My favourites for the title !. Chelmsford B are second and they impressed by beating Danbury B 9-1. Newcomer Liam Squirrel and
Rob Shrimpton both bagged hat-tricks. Shrimpton required all five ends to get the better of Tony Forster 11-9, 5-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-9. Chelmsford C led by a hat-trick from Waseem Qureshi, (his first of the Season) beat OCs C 7-3. Qureshi fought back from 2-1 down to get the better of Tom Barker 8-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-5, 11-9.

Third-placed Danbury E impressed in division three by beating Chelmsford D 8-2. Six games were decided in the fifth end and Danbury won five of them. David Gatherall won his three singles again whilst Ken Sheard scored the slightly dubious distinction of being involved in three five-enders on the same night. Sheard beat Jarek Pietraszuk 11-7, 9-11, 3-11, 15-13, 11-6 and Wiktor Delimat 7-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-7 but he wasn‘t able to complete his hat-trick, missing out 11-3, 8-11, 9-11, 14-12, 5-11 to Mohammed Mohseni. A special mention here for David Gatherall who has a 100 % record - 15/ 15 wins to date. Further down the table Hatfield Peverel C defeated Danbury F 7-3. Trevor Collin, Colin Barham and Dave Carter all won twice but they all missed out against the redoubtable Dave Marsh who scored his first hat-trick of the Season. Hatfield Peverel B stay second with 47 points. They survived a real scare to beat Writtle Excalibur 6-4 - good going as they trailed 4-1 at one stage. Things just wouldn’t go for them and they lost three successive five-enders. Rod Maclennan beat Dave Fiddeman 11-9, 13-11, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9 and Lin Roff excelled to get the better of Neil Freeman 16-18, 5-11,11-9, 11-7, 11-9. With Maclennan then getting the better of Gareth Davies 6-11, 11-5, 11-6, 7-11, 14-12 you can forgive the Hatfield Peverel side for thinking it wasn‘t going to be their night. To their credit they recovered and Gareth Davies eventually sealed their win by defeating Neil Thompson 11-7, 8-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7 in the last game of the evening. The match between Chelmsford D and OCs D finished tied at 5-5. It will be the OCs side who will be the more satisfied with the result. They came out on top in all four games that went to a fifth end which enabled them to counter Wiktor Delimat’s hat-trick of wins. David Porter did well to recover from 2-0 down to get the better of Mohammed Mohseni 10-12, 8-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9.

Leaders Danbury G beat second-placed OCs E 6-4 in division four to retain their 100 % record. They lead by five points. Nicky Ford (89 %) shaped the victory with a hat-trick of wins although it was the second win of the evening for Adam Yardley which really stood out. Yardley defeated League President Norman Smith 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 21-19. Quite a battle !. OCs F were clear-cut 8-2 winners over the higher placed Danbury J. Terry Dowsett and Farooq Ahmed were both undefeated. Farooq Ahmed completed an excellent hat-trick of wins by getting the better of Allan Steel 8-11, 3-11,11-2, 11-8, 11-7. Writtle Excalibur C ran out 7-3 winners over bottom side Maldon D. Neil Thompson, Dave Moles and Steve Siggs all won twice although they all lost to Bryan Speller. Maldon D have utilised the services of no less than nine players in seven games and they may need a more settled side if they aren’t going to be relegated. OCs G scored their second win of the Season by beating Writtle Excalibur D 6-4. David Bishop led the way with three victories. Danbury H (Dave Goody, Richard Allen and Dave Powell) were 9-1 winners over Danbury K. Dave Goody completed his hat-trick of wins by beating Mick Robinson 15-13, 9-11, 7-11, 13-11, 11-6 in a well contested last game of the evening.

Chelmsford F (50 points) lead the way in division five although they have played two more games than second-placed Highwood A. They produced a very strong performance to beat fourth-placed Highwood B 9-1. Ian Austin (three wins), Jon Dyson (three wins) and Jason Clark (two wins) all played their part. Melanie Bonnett replied for the losers by beating Jason Clark 9-11, 11-3, 11-3, 11-5. Hatfield Peverel D scored their first win of the Season by beating Anglia Ruskin University 7-3. Paul Mulley bolstered the Peverel line up and his unbeaten return gave them an advantage. With eight players utilised so far this is another side who have called on a lot of personnel. Chelmsford G were excellent 8-2 winners over Galleywood B. Martin Hiskey and Steven Chambers both won their three singles. Chambers fought back from 2-0 down to defeat Nathan Blore 9-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8. Chelmsford J led by a Matthew Elliott clean-sheet beat Chelmsford H 8-2. James Hughes won twice and he had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Ben Jackson over five widely fluctuating ends 11-6, 3-11, 11-7, 4-11, 11-9.

West Maldon scored their fifth win of the Season in division 1A of the CLICK League. Oliver Wylie was undefeated as they beat OCs Lions 4-1. Fraser Heard scored a very hard-fought 11-9, 11-9, 10-12, 13-11 victory over Noah Sage for the losers. Danbury Dragons stay second and they beat Black Notley 5-0. Dan Atkinson and Ben Porter were both undefeated although Porter had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Elliot Game 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 10-12, 11-6.

Galleywood D (26 points) are pulling clear in division 1B of the CLICK League. Vineeth Kamma and Charlie Craig took all five games against second-placed Chelmsford Leopards. Kamma has a 100 % record to date. Chelmsford Leopards also lost 3-2 to Danbury Griffins. Dan Atkinson won both of his singles beating Max Trye (11-6, 13-11, 11-7) and James Donald (11-4, 11-7, 11-6). Chelmsford Jaguars did well to beat Buttsbury Beavers 4-1. Nyree March starred for the Jaguars beating both Oscar Hutt and Aidan Tucker 3-0.

All players are reminded that the Closing date for entry to the M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships is Friday 15 December 2017. Entries must be sent to the Tournament Organiser Arthur Clark on line or directly. The event takes place at Hylands School, Chelmsford over the weekend of Friday to Sunday 03 to 05 February 2018. Late entries will not be allowed. An entry form is available in the League Handbook and on line.

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 12 November 2017

Chelmsford A power to crushing 10-0 win over Danbury A 

10-0 results are rare in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. However, an inform Chelmsford A powered to a convincing 10-0 win over Danbury A to go top of the table. Ryan Gooday, Eddie Ogbebor and Wal Bada were all undefeated. From the first game when the fast improving Ryan Gooday overpowered Peter Mynard 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 it was Chelmsford who were calling the shots and they never let up. Last year’s Champions Maldon A were also on top form. Trevor Lloyd, Colin Stallwood and John Poysden ran out 8-2 winners over Rawreth A. Trevor Lloyd bagged  a hat-trick whilst Duncan Taylor picked up the two Rawreth wins. Ace defender Taylor beat John Poysden 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 and Colin Stallwood 12-10, 11-9, 11-9. The inform Lloyd in turn beat Taylor 11-5, 11-7, 5-11, 11-8. Liberal A edged out OCs A 6-4. Dave Cole - in his first game of the Season led the way with a hat-trick for the Liberal side  although Rob Burton made his mark for the losers. Burton scored a superb 8-11, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 11-3 victory over Gary Cattermole.

A mere four points cover the top four sides in division two. There were some very significant results this week. Chelmsford B (39 points) moved into second place by beating Chelmsford C 8-2. Rob Shrimpton and Victor Chan were both undefeated for the Chelmsford B side. Both came through really hard battles against Julie Johnson. Victor Chan came out on top 11-7, 14-12, 8-11, 9-11, 11-6 whilst Rob Shrimpton came through 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 9-11, 11-8. Writtle Excalibur A (40 points) stay top although they were held to a draw by Hatfield Peverel A. Gary Ward won his three singles for Hatfield Peverel including a strange-looking 7-11, 13-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-2 win over Ryan Pitt. Danbury C are third with 38 points and they scored an impressive 8-2 win over OCs B. Dan Young really excelled here for the Danbury side and he defeated Terry Dowsett 12-10, 12-10, 4-11, 9-11, 11-4. Dowsett beat both Chris Buer and Ian Whiteside. Danbury C failed to capitalise on this result and they lost 7-3 to Chelmsford C. Chris Buer won his three singles for the Danbury team but Julie Johnson, Mike Johnston and Waseem Qureshi took the rest. Mike Johnston defeated Steve Buer 11-8, 7-11, 5-11, 11-3, 11-9 in the closest game of the night. Danbury D are fourth with 36 points and they won twice. They beat their B side 6-4 although none of their players were able to get the better of Neil Want. An inform Want beat Sam Lowman 11-4, 11-7, 6-11, 11-9 to complete his hat-trick. Danbury D also beat Liberal C 8-2. Dan Anderson won his three singles for the Danbury side including a rapid 11-1, 11-3, 13-11 demolition of Richard Jennings. In his third singles Jennings made up for this with a fine 10-12, 11-7, 11-4, 11-9 victory over Sam Lowman.   OCs B scored their first win of the Season with a 7-3 victory over their C side. Steve Northcott, Trevor Carter and David Porter all won twice to counter the hat-trick of the C team’s Tom Barker. There were hat-tricks for Liberal C’s James Mullane and Richard Jennings who beat OCs C 8-2.

Maldon B are the new leaders in division three with 41 points. Colin Napper, Ciaran Whelan and Hamish Innes all won twice as they beat Writtle Excalibur B 7-3. Lin Roff excelled to beat Ciaran Whelan 11-9, 11-4, 9-11, 4-11, 11-4 and she also pushed Hamish Innes all the way before succumbing 6-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11. Paul Sturton in turn made his mark with a fine 12-10, 13-11, 7-11, 7-11, 11-8 victory against the hugely experienced Hamish Ines.  Previous leaders Hatfield Peverel  B slipped back by drawing 5-5 with OCs D. This match was a personal triumph for Mick Richardson (who has a 58 % average to date) who beat all three Hatfield Peverel players. He defeated Gareth Davies 11-6, 8-11, 11-6, 11-9 and then Neil Freeman 11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 and he completed a superb hat-trick by stopping Dave Fiddeman in his tracks 11-6, 11-6, 11-5. Brian Riedling was another player who brought his “A” game to the table this week. He scored a fine hat-trick to lead Maldon C to a 7-3 victory against Chelmsford E. The highlight was his last gasp 11-7, 6-11, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10 victory over Richard Baxter. Writtle Excalibur B ran out convincing 8-2 winners against Maldon C. Rod Maclennan (another player with a 58 % average this Season) led the way with three excellent  wins. Clearly on good form Rod beat Ev Lucas 8-11, 11-2, 11-9, 11-7 and Brian Speller 11-8, 3-11 11-3, 11-9 and he completed an excellent evening ’s work by defeating 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Ladies Singles Champion Dawn Baldry convincingly 11-3, 11-5, 11-8.     

Danbury G (43 point) lead the way in division four. Nicky Ford won his three singles as they defeated OCs F 8-2. Maurice Hardy and Norman Smith provided excellent support with two wins apiece. Tanishq Kotwal was the match-winner for OCs G who overcame Maldon D 6-4. He completed his hat-trick by getting the better of Tom Elder 11-8, 11-7, 11-7. OCs E led by a Bob Francis “maximum”  ran out 7-3 winners over Danbury H. Francis had a real struggle with Richard Allen before he edged home 11-6, 7-11, 4-11, 11-6, 13-11. Danbury J emerged as 6-4 Excalibur D. It was one of those matches where no single player remained undefeated. Ian Hockley (Writtle Excalibur) and the Danbury duo of Kevin Willis and Eamon Hall all won twice. Ian Hockley was involved in two close five-enders. He beat Allan Steel 7-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-2, 11-9 but he missed out against Kevin Willis 4-11, 9-11, 11-3, 11-5, 9-11. Danbury K were 6-4 winners against Maldon D. Good going as none of their players were able to get the better of Mervyn Perriman. The inform Perriman who has a record of 89 %  never looked back after beating Mick Robinson 11-8, 12-10, 8-11, 11-6 in his opening singles.

Galleywood B impressed in division five. James Higgs, Ron Salton and Nathan Blore all won twice as they beat OCs H 7-3. Nathan Blore beat Harry Rogers 11-3, 5-11, 11-8, 11-13, 13-11 in the closest game of the night.  The match between OCs H and Chelmsford  G finished tied at 5-5. Stuart Wintle won his three singles for the Old Chelmsfordians team whilst Michael Whelpdale picked up two wins for the Chelmsford side. Chelmsford‘s Steven Chambers overcame Mike Morecroft 3-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11. Chelmsford H beat OCs H 6-4. Harry Buckle led the way with a hat-trick and this included a widely fluctuating 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 7-11, 11-3 victory over Mike Morecroft. Highwood A who have games in hand on the teams above them could well be the team to beat in this division. Martin Goddard was undefeated in their 8-2 victory over OCs H.  With Stuart Wintle failing to register  a win on this occasion it was Harry Rogers who showed up best for the OCs side. Rogers beat Francis Whitbread 3-11, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 and Russell Downton 11-8, 11-3, 11-5. Galleywood B ran out 7-3 winners against Chelmsford J. Steve Peacock, James Higgs and Nathan Blore all won twice although they all missed out against the impressive Jamie Dowsett. The inform Jamie Dowsett beat James Higgs 7-11, 11-6, 10-12, 14-12, 11-5 to complete his trio of wins.

Galleywood C (27 points) are stretching clear at the top of the division 1A of the CLICK League. Aidan Noguchi and Lewis Wilson were 5-0 winners over OCs Lions. There was no luck for OCs Lions against Danbury Dragons either. Connor Hall and Dan Atkinson ran out 5-0 winners on that occasion. The mid-table clash between West Maldon and Buttsbury Bears produced a closer match which West Maldon won 3-2. Will Moore and Blaydon Farmer both won once for the Maldon side to counter the two wins that Jason Yeh picked up for the Buttsbury side. Will Moore had a real tussle with Daniel Slaney where he eventually pulled  through 11-8, 10-12, 11-9, 12-10. Buttsbury Bulldogs had Harry Hutt to thank as they beat Black Notley 4-1. Hutt beat both Charlie Roe and Nicholas Grice. Danbury Demons (Alex Porter and Ben Porter) were 5-0 winners over Black Notley. Alex Porter fought back from 2-0 down to get the better of Johnny Evans 7-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-7.  

Galleywood D lead the way in division 1 B of the CLICK League. Vineeth Kamma and Charlie Craig carried all before them as they beat Buttsbury Badgers 5-0.  

All players are reminded that the Closing date for entry to the M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships is Friday 15 December 2017. Entries must be sent to the Tournament Organiser Arthur Clark on line or directly. The event takes place at Hylands School, Chelmsford over the weekend of Friday to Sunday 03 to 05 February 2018. Late entries will not be allowed.  An entry form is available in the League Handbook and on line by clicking HERE

Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 5 November 2017

Hatfield Peverel stay top in division three with 6-4 win in top of the table clash

The two top teams met this week in the third division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and it was Hatfield Peverel B who beat Maldon B 6-4 to stay top. Neil Freeman and Dave Fiddeman both won twice for Peverel but it was Maldon’s Ciaran Whelan who deservedly takes the plaudits. He beat Gareth Davies (11-3, 13-11, 9-11, 11-6), Neil Freeman (10-12, 8-11, 11-2, 11-2, 11-9) and Dave Fiddeman (11-7, 11-7, 13-11). An excellent evening’s work. Connor Payne was another player on top form. Payne and Richard Baxter were both undefeated as Chelmsford E beat Danbury F 8-2. Richard Baxter sealed his hat-trick with a slightly strange-looking 15-17, 11-9, 7-11, 11-3, 11-2 victory over Dave Marsh. Connor Payne had to pull out all the stops to get the better of John Robinson 12-10, 9-11, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7. Chelmsford D had Jarek Pietraszuk to thank as they beat Hatfield Peverel C 7-3. Pietraszuk was undefeated and he beat Trevor Collin - Peverel’s best player by a last gasp 13-11, 7-11, 114, 7-11, 11-9 margin.  Danbury E were “big” winners this week. Tim Pulham (three wins), David Gatheral (three wins) and Ken Sheard (two wins) defeated OCs D 9-1. Mick Hayes was on target for the Old Chelmsfordians side with his quick-fire 11-9, 11-4, 11-4 win over Ken Sheard.

Chelmsford A moved in to pole position in the first division by beating OCs A 9-1. Ryan Gooday and Wade Bada both picked up “maximums” but the stand-out result here was the match that “escaped“ them. Ace defender Robbie Burton scored a superb 11-7, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8 victory over Eddie Ogbebor in the last game of the night. OCs will suggest it was well worth the waiting !. The match between Galleywood A and Liberal B finished as a 5-5 draw. Gary Brignall (Galleywood) and the Liberal duo of Paul Lombardi and Andy Huckson all won twice. A battling Bryn Thomas did well to beat Andy Huckson 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6 having previously lost 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 9-11 to Paul Lombardi.

Danbury G made it five wins out of five in division four. Norman Smith and Ivan Chaplin were both undefeated as they hammered Writle Excalibur D 9-1. Maurice Hardy lost the first game narrowly 5-11, 11-7, 11-6, 18-16, 8-1 to Dave Meah but it was only a temporary blip and the inform Danbury team went on to secure a comfortable victory. Danbury J moved into third place. Allan Steel was undefeated in his side’s 8-2 win over OCs G. Tanishq Kotwal won twice for the OCs team. He showed real grit and determination to defeat Kevin Willis 11-7, 11-9, 14-16, 7-11, 11-8 and Eamon Hall 11-8, 11-6, 7-11, 8-11, 11-9. In a week of clear-cut results in this divison - Writtle Excalibur C beat OCs E 8-2. Neil Thompson led the way with a hat-trick for the Writtle Excalibur side.

10-0 results have been few and far between this Season. Highwood B jumped into second place in division five by inflicting a whitewash on Hatfield Peverel D. Melanie Bonnett, Keith Fitz-John and Nicola Pippen were all unbeaten. Keith Fitz-John scored an opening game 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 win over Andy Simmonds and Highwood never looked back after that. Chelmsford K led by Adi Kamma ran out 8-2 winners over Chelmsford J. James Hughes impressed for the Chelmsford side by beating both Ian Austin (11-6, 9-11, 11-4, 10-12, 11-7) and Amanda Hogger (11-5, 11-7, 12-10).

Galleywood C are pulling clear in division 1A of the CLICK League. They made it five wins out of five by beating Buttsbury Bears 4-1. Aidan Noguchi retained his 100 % record with wins over Daniel Slaney (11-8, 11-6, 11-7) and Jason Yeh (12-10, 12-10, 11-6). West Maldon (Will Moore and Noah Sage) moved into third place by beating Buttsbury Bulldogs 5-0.

Galleywood  D tasted defeat for the first time in division 1B of the CLICK League. It was Danbury Griffins who shaded a close match 3-2. Vineeth Kamma won both of his singles for the Galleywood side but Sam Ford and Harry Squires both won once and they outlasted Vinneth Kamma and Sudheep Kamma to seal victory in the all-important doubles 13-11, 5-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-9. Buttsbury Beavers (Ben Brown and Oscar Hutt) ran out 4-1 winners against Chelmsford Tigers. Ryan Armstrong was on target for the Chelmsford side and he beat Oscar Hutt 11-7, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4. Chelmsford Jaguars will be very pleased with their 3-2 success against Buttsbury Badgers. The Chelmsford team came good in all three five enders. Annabel Sweeney defeated Daven Muldal 5-11, 13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 whilst she also beat Alexei Antoniou 11-13, 11-5, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8. Team mate Melinda Abraham Victor must have been suitably impressed as she got in on the act by beating Daven Muldal 6-11, 5-11, 12-10, 11-8, 11-9. 
  
Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 29 October 2017

Close victory for Tom Barker inspires OCs C to clear-cut victory

The Handicap Knock Out Cup should theoretically give all sides an equal chance of winning and not surprisingly it remains the best supported of the Cup Competitions run by the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. Games are still played up to the traditional 21 points as it is easier to calculate the Individual Handicaps using a “wider range” of points.

OCs C are through to the second round. Tom Barker (playing off a handicap of 61) clearly gave his team a big lift in their match against Chelmsford D by beating Connor Payne (58) 17-21, 21-18, 23-21 in the opening encounter and Chelmsford never really recovered. Peter Windley (66) and Chris Jacob (70) were also on target as OCs C ran out 5-0 winners. The division five line-up of Chelmsford - Steven Chambers (49), Michael Whelpdale (47) and Martin Hiskey (47) did well to beat Danbury A 5-3. Whelpdale played his part with a hard-fought 21-10, 20-22, 21-19 victory over Cameron Gray (63). Martin Hiskey sealed the Chelmsford victory by beating Dan Anderson (64) 21-18, 21-18.  Chelmsford H are also safely through to the next round. Ian Austin (48), Jacqui Smith (46) and Harry Buckle (43) defeated Danbury C 5-3. Ian Austin played his part with a last gasp 18-21, 22-20, 22-20 success against Nicky Ford (55). Ford had earlier fought back to beat Harry Buckle after suffering a heavy first game set-back. Ford eventually pulled through 11-21, 22-10, 21-18. Division two stalwarts Hatfield Peverel - represented by John Parodi - 64, Gary Ward - 68 and John Gagg - 66 usually do well in this Competition. They showed their usual “savvy” by beating Danbury B 5-2. John Parodi had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Herbie Smith (61) 21-15, 15-21, 22-20 whilst Gary Ward secured the Peverel victory by defeating Herbie Smith 22-20, 21-17. Chelmsford J from division five are also through to the next round. Jamie Dowsett (45), Peter Davenport (45) and Ray Booty (42) defeated OCs  A 5-3. Jamie Dowsett scored the all-important fifth win, beating Mick Hayes (61) 21-17, 17-21, 21-18.

There was success for Chelmsford players - Jan Fuller and Julie Johnson at the recent VETTS Midlands Masters Tournament at Tipton. Jan and Julie won the Over 50s Ladies Doubles. They captured the title by beating Christine Burke (Northumberland) and Christina Wright (Notts) 8-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-9 in the Final. Peter Radford, an integral part of the Galleywood first team squad a couple of years ago continued his good form at National level in the Over 70s age category and he annexed the Over 70s Singles title with a 11-2, 13-11, 11-9 Final win over Nat Richardson (Oxfordshire).

The division three match between Writtle Excalibur B and Danbury F resulted in a hard-fought 5-5 draw. Danbury F will probably be the more satisfied with the result as they won all three five enders. Writtle’s Lin Roff was on the losing side all three times although she battled back well to beat Herbie Smith 11-3, 11-8, 11-6. Tony Forster beat Lin Roff 3-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-8 and Dave Marsh defeated Lin 11-6, 11-6, 11-13, 3-11, 12-10. The Danbury pairing of Forster and Marsh also prevailed in the Doubles beating Lin and Louis Brown after a hugely fluctuating encounter 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 4-11, 11-1.

Chelmsford Leopards made it four wins out of four in Division 1B of the CLICK League. Harry Buckle and James Donald  were 4-1 winners over Butsbury Beavers. Buckle and Donald won all  four singles but missed out 10-12, 11-9, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11 to Aidan Tucker and Alexei Antoniou  in a well contested doubles encounter. Chelmsford Tigers scored their first win of the Season. Louis Burnett and Ryan Armstrong defeated Buttsbury Badgers 4-1. Ryan Armstong was undefeated. He beat both Alexei Antoniou 16-18, 11-2, 12-10, 11-5 and Aidan Tucker 12-14, 5-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-3. Galleywood D moved into second place. Vineeth Kamma and Charlie Craig gave nothing away as they disposed of Chelmsford Jaguars 5-0.  

  
Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 22 October 2017

Danbury A the leaders after week four in the Chelmsford & DTTL


Danbury A (26 points from four matches) and Chelmsford A (21 points from three matches) are the early leaders in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. Danbury A were greatly indebted to Gary Young as they drew 5-5 with Galleywood A. Gary Brignall and Lucy Wang both picked up two wins for Galleywood with Brignall doing well to get the better of Eric Green 11-9, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8.  Danbury A were without Gary Young against Liberal A and they did well to win 6-4. Peter Mynard, Eric Green and Steve Whiteley all won twice to counter Paul Davison’s hat-trick for the Liberal side. Steve Whiteley defeated Adam Buxton 4-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 12-10 in the closest game of the evening. Maldon A were the week‘s big winners. Trevor Lloyd and John Poysden were both undefeated in their 9-1 win over Galleywood A. Gary Brignall showed up well for the losers again and he scored a superb 6-11, 4-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-9 win over Colin Stallwood. Chelmsford A ran out 8-2 winners over Rawreth A. Eddie Ogbebor and Ryan Gooday both bagged hat-tricks. Rayan Gooday impressed by beating Mike Hayes 7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7.

Writtle Excalibur A lead the way in division two. Ryan Pitt, Lee McHugh and Matthew Brown all won twice against Chelmsford C although they were all beaten by the inform Julie Johnson. Julie scored a superb trio of wins, beating Lee McHugh (11-3, 6-11, 5-11, 11-9, 11-7) and then  Matthew Brown decisively (11-7, 11-7, 11-7) and finally Ryan Pitt (6-11, 1-19, 8-11, 11-5, 11-6). An excellent evening‘s work. Danbury C are second although they were held to a draw by OCs C. Daniel Young and Chris Buer both won twice for Danbury whilst Peter Windley picked up two wins for the OCs side. Windley impressed by beating Chris Buer 11-9, 11-7, 11-8 although he missed out to Daniel Young (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-13, 7-11). There were two sets of 9-1 winners this week. Danbury B (Neil Want, Glenn Laing and David Gatheral) beat Liberal C. Richard Jennings was on target for the losers with his 9-11, 11-7, 11-8, 13-11 victory over David Gatheral. Chelmsford B (Mark Allaway, Rob Shrimpton and Wiktor Delimat) were equally convincing against OCs B. Reserve David Porter showed up best for the Old Chelmsfordians side by beating Wiktor Delimat in five ends (11-6, 4-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7). The match between Hatfield Peverel A and Danbury D was evenly fought and Hatfield Peverel shaded it 6-4. Peverel’s Dave Calleja did well to beat Sam Lowman 11-5, 8-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7.

Maldon B and Hatfield Peverel B are tied on 30 points at the top of division three. They both won 9-1 this week. Maldon’s Ciaran Whelan and Hamish Innes both won their three singles as they powered home against Maldon C. Hamish Innes finally pulled clear of Dawn Baldry in the fifth end to seal a 9-11, 10-12, 13-11, 12-10, 11-6 win. Hatfield Peverel B were equally convincing against Danbury E. Dave Fiddeman and Gareth Davies both scored hat-tricks. Tim Pulham impressed for the losers with his fine 11-8, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7 victory  against Neil Freemen. OCs D ran out 6-4 winners against Hatfield Peverel C although it was Peverel’s Trevor Collin who won his three singles. Collin looked to be in big trouble against Mick Richardson but he turned things round completely to storm home to a 10-12, 4-11, 11-3, 11-5, 11-2 victory. Chelmsford E (Keith Martin, Richard Baxter and Connor Payne) were 8-2 winners against Chelmsford D. Martin and Baxter were both undefeated.

OCs E (31 points) are clear leaders in division four - five points ahead of Danbury G. Nat Ravlic led OCs E to a 7-3 win over Maldon D. Ravlic beat Mervyn Perriman 11-2, 12-10, 11-9 and Shirley Carroll 11-9, 11-6, 14-16, 11-6 and he completed his hat-trick with a  10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 11-7 victory over newcomer Gerry Eames. OCs F were 6-4 winners against Writtle Excalibur C. Terry Dowsett and Farooq Ahmed both won their three singles for the Old Chelmsfordians side. Writtle’s Dave Moles beat Russell Hall 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 in the closest game of the evening. Mo Hardy was on top form as Danbury G defeated Danbury J 7-3. It was a vintage display from former League Press Officer - Hardy who beat Kevin Willis (9-11, 15-13, 18-16, 11-8) and Eamon Hall (11-5, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8) and finally Dave Hancox (11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-7).

Highwood A made it four wins out of four in division  five. Francis Whitbread and Martin Goddard both picked up “maximums“ against Chelmsford J- who they beat 8-2. Goddard had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Jamie Dowsett 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 13-11, 11-9 whilst Francis Whitbread was tested by Jamie Dowsett  before he sneaked home 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-9. Chelmsford F are in second place and Ian Austin led them to a 7-3 win over OCs H. He was supported well by new comer Adi Kamma who won twice. Stuart Wintle picked up two wins for the losers.  Chelmsford H ran out narrow 6-4 winners against Hatfield Peverel D. Harry Buckle scored a hat-trick for the Chelmsford side. Buckle beat Richard Drozd 11-9, 8-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-2 to secure his hat-trick of wins. Galleywood B beat Anglia Ruskin University 7-3. Steve Peacock was undefeated and he impressed by beating Takunga Neruthala 11-7, 13-11, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10 in the first game of the evening.  Melanie Bonnett was on good form for Highwood B and she won her three singles against Chelmsford G but it was Chelmsford G who ran out 7-3 winners.

Galleywood C made it four wins out of four in CLICK League - division 1A. Rio Teplizki and Aidan Noguchi were both undefeated in their 5-0 success against Buttsbury Bulldogs. Teplizki defeated Harry Hutt in five ends (7-11, 11-7, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5).   West Maldon were also 5-0 winners. William Moore and Blaydon Farmer gave nothing away against Black Notley. Blaydon Farmer beat Patrick Sweeney 9-11, 11-6, 11-6, 5-11, 11-4 in the closest game of the night. Danbury Dragons (Conor Hall and Ewan Hynd) beat Buttsbury Beavers 4-1. Ewan Hynd was undefeated. He beat Zach Antoniou 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 14-12 and Dan Slaney 12-10, 11-3, 11-4. Buttsbury Bears (Jason Yeh and Toby Kelly) are in second place and they ran out 5-0 winners over OCs Lions. The OCs Lions team did better against Black Notley and they won 3-2 this time. Fraser Heard led the way with two successes and a share in a doubles victory.

Galleywood D lead the way in division 1B of the CLICK League. Vineeth Kamma won twice and Sudheep Kamma once in their 4-1 victory against Buttsbury Beavers. Ben Brown was on target for the losers with his 11-6, 11-7, 11-3 victory against Sudheep Kamma.                              

  
Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 15 October 2017

Writtle Excalibur A are resounding 9-1 winners in division two

There has been plenty of action in the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League this week. Division two was particularly busy. Writtle Excalibur A produced arguably the most eye-catching performance to beat a strong OCs B side 9-1. Matthew Brown, Lee McHugh and Ryan Pitt won all nine singles with Matthew Brown beating all three OCs opponents - Kevin Worthington, Trevor Carter and Steve Nothcott three straight. This result moves Writtle into second place with 22 points - the same tally as Danbury C who also won 9-1. Ian Whiteside and Chris Buer were both undefeated in Danbury’s demolition of Liberal C. James Mullane was on target for the Liberal side and he defeated Steve Buer 12-10, 6-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7 in the last game of the evening to prevent the whitewash. Third-placed  Danbury D ran out narrow 6-4 winners over Chelmsford C. No single player dominated the evening and Sam Lowman and Dan Anderson both won twice for the Danbury side to give them the edge. Sam Lowman beat Julie Johnson - the best of the Chelmsford players 14-12, 11-8, 11-9. In another match where no single player stayed undefeated.  Hatfield Peverel A defeated Danbury B 6-4. Peverel's John Parodi and Peter Barrett and Danbury’s Neil Want and Tony Forster all won twice. Peter Barrett impressed with his quick-fire 11-7, 11-5, 11-8 demolition of Neil Want.  Fourth placed Chelmsford B scored their second win of the campaign. They were indebted to Robert Shrimpton as they beat OCs C 7-3. Shrimpton scored three 3-0 wins. He beat Tom Barker 11-4, 12-10, 11-4 and followed that up with a hard-fought 12-10, 11-9, 12-10 victory over Ashton Parker and he completed his clean-swap with a 11-8, 11-8, 14-12 success against Charles Yeung. Liberal C scored their first win of the campaign by beating Hatfield Peveral A 7-3. Andrew Huckson and Adrian Pitt both scored hat-tricks. Andrew Huckson fought back strongly from 2-0 down to get the better of John Gagg 9-11, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8.

An impressive win in division one has enabled Liberal B to jump into second place. Adam Buxton was undefeated as they beat OCs A 8-2. Daniel Berry scored two excellent wins for the Old Chelmsfordians team. He beat Steve Pennell 12-10, 14-12, 11-6 and Simon Webber 11-7, 11-5, 6-11, 11-7.

Maldon B lead the way in division three with 21 points out of a possible 30 and they turned on the style to beat Danbury F 9-1. They look a good bet to win this division.  Colin Napper and Ciaran Whelan both carried all before them whilst Dave Marsh impressed for the losers. He took the scalp of Hamish Innes over five ends (4-11, 11-6, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8). Hatfield Peverel B also have 21 points and they also won 9-1. Gareth Davies and Neil Freeman were both on top form against their C team. However, Hatfield Peverel B were less successful  against Maldon C and lost 6-4. This was no fault of Neil Freeman who won his three singles in some style. The inform Freeman beat Dawn Baldry 11-7, 11-8, 11-9 followed by Ev Lucas 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 and Brian Riedling 11-9, 11-9, 11-4. Writtle Excalibur B did well to beat Chelmsford D 7-3 - good going as none of their players were able to get the better of Wiktor Delimat. Rod Maclennan, Linda Roff and Phil Smith all won twice. Delimat had to work hard to beat Linda Roff. He fell two games behind before he reasserted himself to win 7-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4. The match between OCs D and Chelmsford E was a 5-5 draw. Honours even !. Keith Martin scored three good wins for the Chelmsford side. He beat League Chairman David Porter 11-3, 11-5, 13-11 and Mick Hayes 11-8, 11-8, 13-11 and he completed his hat-trick by getting the better of Mick Richardson 11-3, 11-6, 5-11, 12-10.

Three sides - Danbury G, Danbury J and Writtle Excalibur D are tied on 19 points in division four. Writtle Excalibur D were 7-3 winners over Writtle C. Ian Hockley carried all before him. David Meah won twice for the Writtle side and this included a hard-fought 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 12-10 victory over Steve Siggs. Writtle Excalibur D were also 7-3 winners over a two-player Maldon D side. Mervyn Perriman excelled for the losers with a hat-trick of four game wins. He saw off Andy Fox 11-8, 11-13, 11-2, 11-9 and David Meah 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-8 and he sealed an excellent hat-trick with a 11-6, 8-11, 11-4, 11-2 success against Brian Steward. Maldon D were without Perriman against OCs F and did well to draw 5-5. Terry Dowsett was relatively untroubled in winning his three singles but other encounters were fiercely fought. Not least Kelly Yuenyongpknan's 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10 victory over Russell Hall. Danbury G are very much in contention for honours and Nicky Ford led the way as they ran out 7-3 winners against OCs G. Tanishq Kotwal was involved in three fiercely fought five-setters. He defeated League President Norman Smith 12-10, 11-6, 12-14, 9-11, 11-7 and missed out to Maurice Hardy by a tantalising 9-11, 11-5, 12-10, 7-11, 14-16 margin. If that wasn‘t enough he also lost to the undefeated Nicky Ford 6-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 6-11. Quite an evening‘s Table Tennis. Danbury J shaded the inter-club derby against Danbury H 6-4. Dave Hancox held his side together with three wins. Dave Powell defeated Kevin Willis 11-5, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7 in a strangely fluctuating five ender.

Highwood A - the experienced stalwarts of division five are making the early running with 22 points out of 30. They impressed greatly by beating OCs H 8-2. Martin Goddard won his three singles and he received excellent support from Francis Whitbread and Russell Downton who both won twice. Stuart Wintle - so tricky to beat at this level was left without a win for the OCs side and it was left to Harry Rogers to forge the OCs challenge. Rogers excelled to beat Francis Whitbread 3-11, 11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6 and Russell Downton 11-8, 11-3, 11-5. Highwood A also beat Anglia Ruskin University 8-2. Martin Goddard was again undefeated. Taku Nerutanga was involved in  a cliff-hanger against Russell Downton and he finally scraped home 6-11, 11-8, 11-7, 10-12, 15-13. Chelmsford G did well to defeat Hatfield Peverel D 6-4. Dan Patynski was undefeated for the Hatfield Peverel side and he looks rather strong for this level but Chelmsford picked up some notable wins. John Wickens beat Andrew Simmonds 9-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9 and Michael Whelpdale sealed the Chelmsford victory with a 9-11, 11-5, 7-11, 12-10, 12-10 success against the luckless Andrew  Simmonds. Quite an end to a match !.  Chelmsford H were narrow 6-4 winners against Galleywood B. Ben Jackson dominated proceedings and he received good support from Jamie Penkman. James Higgs won twice for the Galleywood side and this included a last gasp 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 9-11, 14-12 victory against Jacqui Smith. Ben Jackson sealed the Chelmsford victory with a well executed 11-6, 11-3, 11-8 victory over Steve Peacock. Highwood B were the division's big winners this week. Melanie Bonnett and Nicola Pippen were both undefeated as  they stormed to a 9-1 victory over Chelmsford J. Jamie Dowsett was on target for the losers with his hard-fought 11-9, 11-9, 6-11,12-10 victory over Keith Fitz-John. Chelmsford F also impressed. Ian Austin scored a hat-trick in their 8-2 victory over Anglia Ruskin University. Team-mates Amanda Hogger and Jason Clark each won twice.

Galleywood C lead the way in division 1A of the CLICK League. Rio Tiplizki and Aidan Noguchi carried all before them as they beat Black Notley 5-0. They have amassed 13 points out of 15. Buttsbury Bears also won 5-0 to make it 10 points of 10. Toby Kelly and Zach Antoniou both remained undefeated. Galleywood C were also 5-0 winners over West Maldon A. This time Lewis Wilson replaced Aidan Noguchi and he was tested by Noah Sage before he edged home 11-9, 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8. Rio Tiplizki had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Oliver Wylie 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 10-12, 11-8. The match between Buttsbury Bulldogs and Danbury Dragons was a close one and the Bulldogs won 3-2. Tom Picton was undefeated for the Bulldogs. 

There were two 4-1 results in division 1B of the CLICK League. Harry Buckle led Chelmsford Leopards to a 4-1 win over Buttsbury Badgers. He beat Darren Muldal 11-8, 11-5, 11-8 and Ben Brown 11-7, 11-6, 11-8. Buttsbury Beavers ran out the winners against Danbury Griffins. Alexei Antoniou was unbeaten for the Beavers whilst Oscar Hutt played his part with a hard-fought ”never-say die” 8-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 win over William Ratcliffe.

  
Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued 8 October 2017

Hume’s hat-trick gives Liberal A the edge 

Three players notched up hat-tricks in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League this week.  However, only one of those players - Sam Hume was on the winning side. Hume won his three singles as Liberal A beat Galleywood A 7-3. Gary Brignall showed up well for the Galleywood side. He not only beat Gracie Edwards 11-7, 11-8, 11-8 but he excelled to get the better of Gary Cattermole 11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 4-11, 11-8. Brignall also gave a hugely creditable showing against Essex no. one Junior Sam Hume before succumbing 11-6, 4-11, 11-5, 6-11, 8-11. Ace defender Duncan Taylor was on top form for Rawreth A against Liberal B although it was Liberal who won 6-4. Taylor defeated Adam Buxton 11-1, 11-5, 9-11, 11-4 and then he really found “the groove” to defeat Brandon Crouchman 11-5, 11-4, 11-7 and Paul Davison 11-8, 11-4, 11-7. Chelmsford A who are second beat last year’s Champions Maldon A 6-4. Edward Ogbebor, Wal Bada and Ryan Gooday all won once although none of them could beat Trevor Lloyd. The vastly experienced Wiltshire County player Lloyd had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Ryan Gooday 5-11, 12-10, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9 and he added the scalp of current M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Tournament Veterans Singles Champion Wal Bada 12-10, 9-11, 15-13, 6-11, 11-8. He completed an excellent evening’s work with a hard fought 11-9, 14-12, 11-9 win over the hard hitting Edward Ogbebor.

Danbury C impressed in division two this week. Ian Whiteside and Chris Buer both won their three singles as they beat Chelmsford B 8-2. The real drama came in the ninth game of the night when Chris Buer surged into a 2-0 lead against Rob Shrimpton only to find himself pegged back to 2-2. Shrimpton dominated the fifth end and at 10-3 it certainly appeared as if he was about to secure victory. However, no one had told Chris Buer and he rather amazingly took the last nine points to secure a most unlikely 12-10, 12-10, 6-11, 7-11, 12-10 win. Writtle A also won 8-2. Lee McHugh and Richard Storey were both undefeated. Richard Storey in particular looks to have been on fine form. He beat Charles Yeung (11-7, 11-5, 11-6), Ashton Parker (11-6, 11-7, 11-6) and Tom Barker (11-9, 11-6, 11-8). Danbury D beat OCs B 7-3. The smooth-flowing Sam Lowman was undefeated for the Danbury side. He did well to beat Kevin Worthington  15-13, 11-7, 11-5. The match between Chelmsford C and Danbury B finished tied at 5-5. Danbury came out on top in the two closest games. Neil Want defeated Julie Johnson 11-6, 11-9, 6-11, 1-11, 11-9 whilst Glen Laing saw off Alastair Piper 11-9, 11-8, 10-12, 7-11, 11-9.     

Maldon B and Writtle Excalibur B who both have 12 points are the joint leaders of division three. Maldon ran out 6-4 winners against Chelmsford D after a fiercely fought match where seven games were decided in the fifth end. Colin Napper, Steve Scholz and Ciaran Whelan all won twice for Maldon whilst Wiktor Delimat picked up two wins for Chelmsford. Delimat did very well to beat Ciaran Whelan 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9 whilst Whelan was also involved in a “cliff-hanger” with Dave Parker. This time he scraped home 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 11-9. Hatfield Peverel B who were in contention for promotion from this division for much of last Season have started well again. Gareth Davies led them to an 8-2 win over Danbury F with a well executed hat-trick. Herbie Smith showed up well for the losers defeating Dave Fiddeman 10-12, 6-11, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9. Maldon C returned to winning ways by beating Danbury F 7-3. Ev Lucas held his side together with a hat-trick. David Gatherall was another player who has started the Season in fine form. He won his three singles as Danbury E beat Chelmsford E 7-3. A well executed hat-trick it was too. He beat Keith Martin 11-4, 11-7, 11-8, Connor Payne 11-4, 11-5, 14-12 and Richard Upson 11-3, 11-9, 11-7.

OCs E have made a strong start in division four. Nat Ravlic and newcomer Adam Yardley were both undefeated as they overcame OCs G 8-2. Yardley overcame James Mitty - just - 11-9, 5-11, 5-11, 11-9, 13-11 in what looks to have been the pick of the night’s action. Danbury J impressed by beating Writtle C. Eamon Hall and Kevin Willis both bagged hat-tricks. Hall overcame Alan Offord over five fluctuating games - 8-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-4, 11-9. The inter-club match between Danbury G and Danbury H was one of those evenly fought affairs where no single player won all three singles but no one went home empty-handed either. The G team shaded it 6-4 courtesy of two wins for both Mo Hardy and Nicky Ford. Mo Hardy defeated Richard Allen 12-10, 3-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-5 to seal the Danbury G victory. OCs F with Terry Dowsett staying undefeated drew 5-5 with Danbury K. Norman Hayes ran out a 8-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-7, 11-9 winner against Russell Hall in the closest game of the night. Danbury K also drew with Writtle Excalibur D. Mick Robinson won twice for the Danbury side which included a hard-fought 10-12, 11-7, 12-10, 3-11, 11-8 win over Frank Neill but perhaps the stand-out result here was the excellent 11-4, 12-10, 11-5 win that Norman Hayes secured over Ian Hockley.

There is only one result for division five this week. Galleywood B ran out 8-2 winners over Hatfield Peverel D. Mark Glenister led the way with a hat-trick of wins. Nathan Blore won twice and this included a last gasp 11-2, 11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 13-11 victory over Alastair Brown.

Galleywood C ran out 5-0 winners over Black Notley in Division 1A of the CLICK League. Rio Teplizki and Aidan Noguchi were both undefeated. Likewise, the Demons (Alex Porter and Ben Porter) beat Buttsbury Bulldogs 5-0. Alex Porter beat Harry Hutt 7-11, 1-15, 11-5, 13-15, 11-5 in the opening encounter and they never looked back after that. Danbury Dragons beat West Maldon 3-2. Conor Hall was their match-winner and he beat Will Moore by a last gasp 11-4, 13-11, 6-11, 8-11, 12-10 margin and Blaydon Farmer 15-13, 11-3, 9-11, 11-8 - two very hard fought wins.

Galleywood  D top the table in Division 1B of the CLICK League. Vincent Kamma and Charlie Craig carried all before them as they defeated Tigers 5-0. Buttsbury Badgers also won 5-0 but this was one of those games where the opposition came very close to doing better. Harry Squires missed out narrowly to Darren Muldal (5-11, 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 8-11) and to Ben Brown 11-7, 11-7,  6-11, 6-11, 8-11.

  
Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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Press Report Issued - 1 October 2017

Obituary - Linda Hales (was Barrow) 

The Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Committee are deeply saddened to inform you of the death of Linda Hales - who as Linda Barrow was the Chelmsford & District League Ladies Singles Champion in 1974, 1975 and 1976. In the mid 1970s Linda was definitely the Lady to beat in the Chelmsford League and she also won the Ladies Doubles with Clare Hamilton in 1975, 1976, and 1977 and the Mixed Doubles five times. In1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980 she paired up with Dave Newman and she was also successful in 1987 with Dave Bowles.  Linda was a formidable player throughout her life reaching the dizzy heights of England no. two Junior and also playing for Essex Senior first team. In more recent years she moved to Dorset with her late husband Tom (best known as Chairman of the Burnham League) and she represented Dorset first team at Veterans level. She excelled in 2014 and with Welsh starlet Chloe Thomas she won the JM Rose Bowl (the National Ladies Town Knock Out Cup) for the third time representing Bournemouth. In 2016 she moved back to Essex and was still playing regularly at a high standard. She was on holiday in Australia when she was taken ill and sadly she never recovered. Popular, friendly and well known on the Veterans National circuit she valued her Table Tennis friends dearly and will be greatly missed.   

Three players scored hat-tricks in the opening week in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. Edward Ogbebor led Chelmsford A to an excellent 7-3 success against Liberal A with three hard-fought wins. He beat Oliver Reynolds (11-13, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6), Gary Cattermole (11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 4-11, 11-9) and Alan Burgess (11-7, 7-11, 10-12, 12-10, 11-6). Cattermole in turn made his mark with an excellent win over 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Tournament Veterans Champion Wal Bada 12-10, 13-11, 9-11, 11-3. Galleywood A made a successful start to the Season by beating OCs A 6-4. James Hicks scored a fine “triple” for the Galleywood side. Danbury A also ran out 6-4 winners. They beat Rawreth A with Gary Young leading the way with three wins,. He had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Charles Sweeny and he finally edged a widely fluctuating five-ender 8-11, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 14-12. Daniel Young (Gary’s son - who is 13 and ranked no. three at County Under 15 level) made an excellent first division debut with an outstanding 6-11, 4-11, 12-10. 11-6, 11-9 win over Babul McCleod.

First division teams are asked to note that Rawreth B have been forced to withdraw. With a squad of players all strongly committed to other Leagues it became clear to their Team Captain when he tried to draw up a rota that his players were all fully committed elsewhere and participation would not be possible.

Chelmsford B are the early leaders in division two. They scored a fine 8-2 win over Liberal C. Robert Shrimpton was on top form and he was undefeated downing the challenges of Andrew Huckson (11-6, 11-8, 11-3), Hannah Pitt (12-10, 11-13, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7) and Adrian Pitt (11-9, 11-9, 11-8).The other three matches ended in draws. Writtle A and Danbury C could not be separated. Chris Buer was on top form for Danbury. He beat Ryan Pitt (11-3, 11-8, 11-9), Matthew  Brown (11-7, 11-13, 11-7, 11-6) and Richard Storey by a last gasp 11-7, 4-11, 16-14,7-11, 11-9 margin. Hatfield Peverel A were held to a 5-5 draw by Chelmsford C. Julie Johnson dominated this match with three wins. She beat Gary Ward (8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-9), John Gagg (11-8, 11-5, 11-6) before fighting back from 2-0 down to get the better of and John Parodi 11-13, 12-14, 11-7, 11-7, 11-7. The match between Danbury D and OCs C featured some very close games. OCs' Tom Barker scored a superb 12-10, 4-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8 win over Sam Lowman whilst Dave Porter beat Dan Anderson 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 11-9. Cameron Gray made his mark by defeating Tom Barker 5-11, 11-3, 8-11, 11-8, 11-9.         

Chelmsford D opened their campaign in impressive style in division three. Wiktor Delimat and Dave Parker were both undefeated as they beat Maldon C 7-3. Dave Parker was on top form beating Denis Crapnell (11-6, 11-8, 11-7), Dawn Baldry (13-11, 11-9, 11-9) and Ev Lucas (11-8, 11-5 9-11, 11-3). OCs D were bolstered by the inclusion of Terry Dowsett but they met their match against Maldon B. Dowsett won  his three singles but Maldon shaded the match 6-4. Steve Scholz was involved in two tightly fought battles. He beat Mick Richardson 7-11, 12-10, 11-4, 11-7 and he surged into a 2-0 lead against Terry Dowsett before being pegged back and losing 11-9, 16-14, 2-11, 7-11, 7-11.  The match between Harfield Peverel C and Chelmsford E finished tied at 5-5. Hatfield Peverel’s Bob Garson dominated with a very good hat-trick of wins. He beat Connor Payne (8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6), Keith Martin (11-5, 3-11, 12-10, 7-11, 11-6) and Richard Baxter (11-6, 16-14, 11-6). Trevor Collin also impressed in downing the challenge of Keith Martin 9-11, 11-9, 11-4, 11-4. Danbury E’s Ken Sheard was undefeated for Danbury E but he still found himself on the losing side against Writtle Excalibur B who won 7-3. Sheard scored an excellent hat-trick beating Phil Smith (13-11, 9-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-8), Rod Maclennan (11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9) and Louis Brown (11-9, 11-9, 12-14, 3-11, 11-9). Seven of his games finished at 11-9 and Sheard won six of them.

OCs E are the early leaders in division four. Bob Francis led them to a 8-2 win over their F team. Adrian North proved to be his trickiest opponent and he needed the full five ends before he won 11-5, 11-7, 9-11, 11-13, 11-7. Danbury J were indebted to an undefeated  Scott Perry as they beat Maldon D 6-4. He had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Thomas Page 11-3, 9-11, 7-11, 12-10, 13-11. Nicky Reece Ford won his three singles in a 6-4 victory for Danbury G against Writtle Excalibur C. Steve Siggs proved to be a very difficult "nut to crack" and Reece Ford finally finally edged home 8-11, 9-11, 11-5, 11-8, 12-10. The match between Danbury H and  OCs G finished level at 5-5. Dave Oxley - Goody dominated with three good wins - all achieved in 3-0 fashion. He beat David Bishop, James Mitty and Tanishq Kotwal.

Chelmsford F were convincing 9-1 winners in division five over Galleywood B. Newcomer Adinaryana Komma and Ian Austin were both undefeated whilst Harry Buckle won twice. James Higgs was on target for the losers. Stuart Wintle is always a difficult player to beat at this level and he won his three singles for  OCs H but Chelmsford G shaded the match 6-4. Steve Chambers beat Mike Morecroft 3-11, 11-6, 8-11, 11-8, 13-11. Highwood A also won 6-4 and Martin Goddard and Keith Fitz-John both picked up two wins. Chelmsford J did well to draw against  Hatfield Peverel D. Matthew Elliott won his three singles. He fought back strongly from 2-0 down to defeat Alastair Brown 10-12, 1-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-6 and he also beat Andy Simmonds 11-9, 4-11, 11-7,11-7.      

Buttsbury Bears (Toby Kelly and Dan Slaney) were 5-0 winners over Black Notley in division 1A of the CLICK League. West Maldon were 4-1 winners over Danbury Demons with Noah Sage remaining undefeated. Alex Porter beat Oliver Wylie for the losers. Aidan Noguchi won his two singles in Gallyewood C’s 3-2 win over Danbury Dragons. Noguchi beat Conor Hall 11-8, 11-7, 17-15 and Ewan Hynd 11-4, 8-11, 11-7, 11-9.

Chelmsford Leopards (Harry Buckle and Max Tyre) are up and running in division 1B of the CLICK League. They beat Chelmsford Tigers 5-0 whilst Chelmsford Jaguars ran out 4-1 winners against Danbury Griffins. Annabel Sweeney and Melinda Victor were both undefeated although they did lose in the doubles.
  
Steve Kerns - Press & Publicity Officer - Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League

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