Rawreth have set out their stall early in Division 1 following up last week’s 8-1 win against Wakering with a 9-0 demolition of Hadleigh Forum A. A completely different line up to the previous week saw Deborah Auvache, Peter Barrett and Kevin Read pick up the mantle and they had little difficulty overcoming their opponents only one game going the distance.

There seems to be just no stopping Stanford Le Hope A’s Mitchell Jones. Another week goes by, and yet again it is another maximum without a set being dropped. This week’s opponents were Brand Identity B. However, a special mention should be made for Brand’s Adam Jackman. He very nearly took a game off Mitchell, eventually losing it 11 - 8. Believe me, this is an outstanding effort and represents the nearest anyone has got to unnerving the Stanford man so far this season!

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Held on 27th January 2024 at Riverside Primary School,
Photos provided by Debbie O'Neill

Thorpe Bay A extended their lead at the top of the Southend & District Table Tennis Premier Division this week with an 8-1 win over Brand Identity A. John Poysden and Paul Sayer unbeaten on the night backed up by Mark Stones with two wins over David Jacob and Steve Muth with the single win for Brand coming from Richard Jackman over Stones.

Three results from week 15 of the Premier Division to bring you and we start with the leaders Thorpe Bay A as brushed past a two man Rayleigh Mill side 9-0. Mark Stones, Paul Sayer and John Poysden nearly went through the evening without dropping a set until Steve Sayer managed to take one from Stones in a 3-1 defeat.

Three results from the Premier Division this week to bring you and the first two resulted in 7-2 wins for Rayleigh Mill and Brand Identity A. In a somewhat surprising scoreline the Millers overcame title hopefuls Rawreth A who were without a few of their regular players but were still able to field a strong team of Liam Squirrell, Mike Hayes and Kim Shead.

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Three results from the Premier Division this week to bring you and the first two resulted in 6-3 wins that followed the same pattern of the player of the match winning three but unfortunately being on the losing side. The first match saw the Rawreth A side of Charles Sweeny, Mike Hayes and Kevin Read beat Irons A with the Rawreth players winning two each against John Monk and Babul McLeod. They were however not able to get the better of Reece Seddon who took his three for the Irons.