Newspaper Article W/C 13th March 2017.
Oldham Table Tennis League Report for week 23 – W/C 13th March 2017.
HOLLINWOOD B TAKE SECOND DIVISION TITLE
By defeating their C team in the final match of the season, Hollinwood B clinched the 2nd Division title by one point over Honeywell C. Needing 9 points, they went 1 better with a 10-0 win thanks to Peader McKinstry, Kim Lee and George Jones.
Division 1
BIRLEY MOSS WIN CUP THRILLER
In a preliminary round match of the handicap cup, Birley Moss staged a remarkable come back to defeat Werneth A by 5 points. Trailing by 86 points at the start, they were still 48 points behind with just 3 sets remaining. Naz Ahmed then picked up 23 points and Miles Benjamin 21 leaving a 4 point deficit with just the doubles remaining. Mick Pellowe and Paul Wilkinson gained 1 point in the first three games for Werneth, winning 11-6, losing 10-12, 10-12 but leading by 5 points going into the final game. However Benjamin and Ahmed took the final game by an amazing 11-1 score to win the set by 9 points and the match by 5 points. Benjamin (+ 59) and Ahmed (+35) made key gains for the Moss.
In a rearranged match Hollinwood A and Unison A shared the points with a treble from Matt Shaw and doubles from Steve Collins and Jacob Reilly-Cooper for Unison the main contributors.
Division 3
Honeywell F beat Deaf B 6-4 to confirm 3rd place behind champions Deaf A and second placed Unison D who also had a win over Deaf B by 8-2. Honeywell F gained some revenge by beating Deaf A in the handicap cup thanks to a 64 point gain by Adam Rowbotham. Honeywell F started 32 points in front and extended that to 61.
Gilders and Honeywell E drew 5-5 with a treble from Abby Griffiths and a double from Bernard Davies keeping Honeywell E above the relegation places. Martin Nicholls replied with a double for Gilders.
Division 4
In a mid table clash, Unison E came away with an 8-2 win at Hollinwood E.
Division 5
The 5th Division title is still wide open with 3 teams in the race. Hollinwood G beat Coldhurst D 6-4 to go 2 points above Denshaw A and 3 points below leaders Unison F who have completed their fixtures. The one remaining fixture is between Denshaw A and Hollinwood G which will decide the final positions but whatever the score Unison F will be overtaken.
Another close match in the handicap cup saw Denshaw A come back from 39 down to win by 5 points over Coldhurst D. Andy Tyas +18, Dave Renton +11 and Dan Bretten +16 did the damage whilst Malcolm Wills recovered 36 for Coldhurst. Denshaw were 1 in front after 7 sets and held on to win by 5 points despite losing the doubles.
RESULTS
Division 1 |
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Hollinwood A (Shaw 3, Lee 1) | 5 | Unison A (Collins 2, Reilly-Cooper 2, Hallsworth 1) | 5 |
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Division 2 |
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Hollinwood B | 10 | Hollinwood C | 0 |
(McKinstry 3, Lee 3, Jones 3) |
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Division 3 |
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Deaf B | 4 | Honeywell F | 6 |
(Jennings 1, Garside 2) |
| (A Rowbotham 3, Ganley 1, L Rowbotham 2) |
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Gilders | 5 | Honeywell E | 5 |
(Nicholls 2, Craven 1, Keylock 1 |
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Deaf B (Jennings 1, Bhojani 1) | 2 | Unison D Darlington 3, Hudson 3, Akhtar 1) | 8 |
Division 4 |
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Hollinwood E | 2 | Unison E | 8 |
(J Collier 2) |
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Division 5 |
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Hollinwood G | 6 | Coldhurst D | 4 |
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Handicap Cup Preliminary Round |
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Division 1 |
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Birley Moss | 553 | Werneth A | 548 |
Hollinwood A conceded |
| Unison A walk over |
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Division 2 |
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Hollinwood C walk over |
| Coldhurst A conceded |
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Division 3 |
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Deaf A | 421 | Honeywell F | 482 |
Deaf B |
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Division 5 |
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Denshaw A | 502 | Coldhurst D | 497 |
Division 1 Standings
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1 | Glodwick | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 179 | 41 | 179 |
2 | Birley Moss | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 155 | 65 | 155 |
3 | Saddleworth B | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 148 | 72 | 148 |
4 | Honeywell A | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 140 | 80 | 140 |
5 | Hollinwood A | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 117 | 93 | 117 |
6 | Saddleworth A | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 111 | 99 | 111 |
7 | Honeywell B | 22 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 92 | 128 | 92 |
8 | Coldhurst A | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 80 | 140 | 80 |
9 | Unison A | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 77 | 143 | 77 |
10 | Uppermill A | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 73 | 147 | 73 |
11 | Rosehill TTC | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 71 | 149 | 71 |
12 | Werneth A | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 67 | 153 | 67 |
Division 2 Standings
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1 | Hollinwood B | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 129 | 51 | 129 |
2 | Honeywell C | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 128 | 52 | 128 |
3 | Unison B | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 126 | 54 | 126 |
4 | Grotton A | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 91 | 89 | 91 |
5 | Hollinwood C | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 88 | 92 | 88 |
6 | Hde YMCA A | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 84 | 96 | 84 |
7 | Hyde YMCA B | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 84 | 96 | 84 |
8 | Honeywell D | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 72 | 108 | 72 |
9 | Stanley Square | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 121 | 59 |
10 | Coldhurst B | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 39 | 141 | 39 |
Division 3 Standings
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1 | Deaf A | 18 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 139 | 41 | 139 |
2 | Unison D | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 123 | 57 | 123 |
3 | Honeywell F | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 110 | 70 | 110 |
4 | Unison C | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 105 | 75 | 105 |
5 | Uppermill B | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 88 | 92 | 88 |
6 | Gilders | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 82 | 98 | 82 |
7 | Hollinwood D | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 80 | 100 | 80 |
8 | Honeywell E | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 78 | 102 | 78 |
9 | Deaf B | 18 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 63 | 117 | 63 |
10 | Pollards A | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 32 | 148 | 32 |
Division 4 Standings
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1 | Uppermill C | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 115 | 45 | 115 |
2 | Unison E | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 100 | 60 | 100 |
3 | Grotton B | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 93 | 67 | 93 |
4 | Hollinwood F | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 93 | 67 | 93 |
5 | Hollinwood E | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 72 | 88 |
6 | Owls A | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 79 | 81 | 79 |
7 | Thornham Cc | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 55 | 105 | 55 |
8 | Owls B | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 52 | 108 | 52 |
9 | Deaf C | 16 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 45 | 115 | 45 |
10 | Coldhurst C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Division 5 Standings
Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
1 | Unison F | 18 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 124 | 56 | 124 |
2 | Hollinwood G | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 121 | 48 | 121 |
3 | Denshaw A | 17 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 119 | 51 | 119 |
4 | Owls C | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 102 | 78 | 102 |
5 | Pollards B | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 85 | 95 | 85 |
6 | Hollinwood H | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 81 | 96 | 81 |
7 | Tame Valley | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 105 | 72 |
8 | Our Ladys | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 63 | 110 | 63 |
9 | Coldhurst D | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 61 | 119 | 61 |
10 | Denshaw B | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 55 | 125 | 55 |