RAINHAM  5  2   BOXLEY 2  8

  Boxley got their season off to a good start with this win at Rainham.  In fact this win might have been even more emphatic as the 2 games that Rainham won were both deuce in the fifth.  Steve Neilson got his treble and Mick Sheppard and Paul Paulding both got 2,  Mick lost to Steve Hayes 11-13 in the fifth and Paul lost to Keith Chamberlain 12-14 in the fifth.  Despite putting up a gallant fight Bob Mahon was unable to add to Rainhams total.  Boxley won the doubles in three sets.