Results

Division 1

Gnomads concluded their season with a home match against title contenders, Allsorts.  It was another tough match for Gnomads without their top-scoring captain, Martin Rant, but the team rallied to give their opponents a hard match. Geoff Williams stood in as substitute for the evening and led the scoring with 6 singles sets. Tony Brooks and Dave O’Connell completed their singles with 4 and 3 sets respectively. There was no success in the doubles, however, during the match a total of 8 sets were lost by the minimum 2-point margin. Gnomads’ final tally for the evening ended at 13 points.

Allsorts led from the start with Scott Milton on top form with a maximum, earning him the player of the match award. Curtis King’s averages suffered a minor dent as he prevailed in 7 singles sets. The ambidextrous Sifa Vea completed his singles with 5 sets. An unopposed maximum in the doubles gave Allsorts a comfortable victory with a final score of 30 points – enough to keep the pressure on the top of the division 1 table

Division 2

Waterrow also concluded their matches this week when they put in a powerful performance against Eagles. Both Eamon Farrelly and Dennis Buckingham scored maximums, with player of the match being awarded to Eamon. Russell Foote concluded the singles scoring with a solid 5 sets before the team combined to score another maximum in the doubles. At the end of the evening the scorecard totalled 32 points for Waterrow, giving them the victory and top-spot in the division 2 table.

Eagles’ evening never took off as their opponents dominated the match. Danny O’Leary was the highest flyer with 5 singles sets, with Tim Bosley and David Veale adding 3 and 2 sets respectively. With success in only 1 doubles set, Eagles’ final tally was 11 points.