Bury & District Table Tennis League Latest News
12th May
The 2014 AGM of the Bury & District Table League will be held at Seedfield Methodist Church Hall on Monday 19 May 2014, starting at 7.45pm.
All Clubs are required to be represented at the AGM.
All Bury and District League players are eligible to attend the meeting.
The main purposes of the meeting are to receive the reports from Officers of the League and to elect the Committee members for the next year.
Unusually, this year a number of the current Committee are not standing for re-election. A number of other League players have indicated their wish to stand for election. Because of the substantial change in the composition of the Committee the present Committee is not proposing any rule amendments at the AGM. There will be an opportunity before the start of the season for rule amendments to be proposed by the new Committee (and any other player) and for them to be voted on.
At the time of writing the names of those who are likely to be standing for election are as follows:
President: Bob Goodman
Chairman: Brett Haslam
Vice-chairman: Derek Watmough
Treasurer: Rod Hughes
Match Secretary: Jack Berry
Secretary: Simon King
Tournament Secretary: Scott Fleming
Inter-League Secretary: Graham Jeffries
Coaching/Development: Mandy Winskill
Ordinary members: Steve Barber, Edward Freeman, Jason Wild, Steve Evans, Steve Hathaway, Ian McKenzie
If anyone else would like to stand for election as an Officer or Ordinary Committee member then they may attend the AGM and put forward their name.
22nd April
Quick Results from Finals Night:
Daniel Olsberg beat defending champion Dominic Siddall 3-1 to win the Junior Title.
In the 1st Semi Final of the Open Singles Mark Ramsbottom came from 1-2 & 8-9 down against Paul King to earn a place in the final.
In the 2nd Semi Final the current Oldham Champion Andy Jackson came from 0-2 down to beat Gabriel Wilding
The Division 1 Handicap Final saw Ian McLean have a 4 point start over Nick Mooney. After 4 see-saw sets then Ian was victorious by a single point.
Mark Ramsbottom has played in the veterans final on 7 occassions - and has won them all. He was in no mood to lose this record and made it 8 from 8 when he beat Jeff Craighill to retain his over 50's title and is now closing in on Ted Fosters record of 11 wins.
"Turbo" Tommy Ryan beat Dennis Collier in a repeat of last seasons final, albeit with a different outcome this year. Tommy now holds the record for most wins in this competition with 4.
Andy Jackson & Mark Ramsbottom beat Ian McLean & Nick Mooney in the doubles final.
The final of the Open Singles saw 2 clubmates & friends face off - check this for a list of accolades for this season alone!
Andy Jackson (2014 Division 1 winner in Oldham, Bolton & Bury, Oldham Open Champion, Oldham Over 40's Champion & Oldham Doubles Champion, Bury Doubles Champion, Dwyer Cup Winner) vs Mark Ramsbottom (2014 Division 1 winner in Oldham, Bolton & Bury, Oldham Doubles Champion, Bury Doubles Champion, Dwyer Cup Winner, Bury Over 50's Champion).
Andy got off to a flying start, at one stage leading 10-1 in the opening set before closing it out. However, Mark was in terrific form after this and took the next 4 sets to claim the title.
3rd April 2014
The Bury TT Championship Finals night will be contested on Tuesday 15th April at Elton Vale Sports Club beginning with the Junior Final at 6.30pm
Juniors Competition - Daniel Olsberg will play Dominic Siddall
1st Division Handicap - Nick Mooney (8) vs Ian McLean (12)
Doubles Competition - Andy Jackson & Mark Ramsbottom will play Ian McLean & Nick Mooney
Over 60's Competition - Dennis Collier will play Tommy Ryan
Over 50's Competition - Jeff Craighill will play Mark Ramsbottom
Open Singles Competition Semi Finals - Gabriel Wilding will play Andy Jackson & Mark Ramsbottom will play Paul King.
The Open Singles Final, best of 7, will conclude the nights play before all trophies for the season are presented.
2nd April 2014
The Shawfield club will be running their annual summer league again this year.
It is to start on Thursday the 1st May and the cost is £3.00 per player per week.
Further details are in the handbook on pages 32 & 33.
If anybody requires any further information they can contact Andrew Webster directly (telephone 01706 356593 or by e-mail andrewebster631@btinternet.com
23rd March 2014
Handicaps for all of the cup finals have been added to the site. If teams wish to play a player for whom they do not have a handicap then please do not contact Graham Wardle but instead contact Bob Goodman on any of these contact details
E-mail : ragfgoodam@aol.com
Mobile : 07891 522191
Landline : 0161 723 2395
14th March 2014
Cup Finals
These are the dates and venues for all Cup Finals for this year
Monday 31 March at Seedfield : Poytress Cup : Carlton C v Prestwich F
Tuesday 1 April at Prestwich : Sponsors Cup : Wardle B v Seedfield F
Wednesday 2 April at Prestwich : Lomax Cup : Seedfield E v Shawfield F
Tuesday 8 April at Prestwich : Hilton Cup : Holmar C v BGSOB B or Shawfield B
Tuesday 8 April at Prestwich : McDonald Cup : Ramsbottom A v Coburg
Thursday 10 April at Maccabi (St. Gabriels) : Pressman Cup : Prestwich H v ELPM B
Thursday 10 April at Prestwich : Dwyer Cup : Ramsbottom A v BGSOB B
11th March 2014
The players who have entered the championships can be viewed
here
10th March 2014
Vice Chairman Rodney Hall has changed his e-mail address. You can reach him on rl.ahall133@btinternet.com
10th February 2014
"Fast" Eddie Kalinowski of The Polish Catholic Club in Division 2 has changed his contact details. You can reach him on 07745 626665 or by e-mail at Eddie.Kalinowski@sky.com.
24th January 2014
The entry form for this years closed championships is now on the site. Just click the other links tab and then click championships. To be eligible to enter you must have played on 3 ocassions in the bury league this season.
A new side have been accepted into the 2nd division for the 2nd half of the season. They will play all matches for double points but are NOT eligible for promotion
The application of Rule 8B has been relaxed now. The rule was that when a player played 5 times in a side higher than the one to which he was originally assigned and ranked for then he MUST be re-ranked to the higher side making him ineligible for his original side. The application of this rule will now be when you have played in a higher side on 5 occasions then you must inform the match secretary on every occasion you intend to play for a higher side. Permission will then be granted/denied to remain ranked to your original side. Unless somebody is consistently scoring points in a higher side then my attitude will almost always be just to let people play. It was also clarified that cup matches DO NOT count towards the 5 appearances.
6th November
There are a number of matches still outstanding as we approach the 2nd half of the season. League rules state that matches can be played for in the 2nd half of the season for double points but the written (e-mail is fine) consent of both teams is required prior to the match night. Teams are reminded that neither they, nor their opponents, are under any obligation to play a match for double points.
29th October 2013
Please note that the email address for Aubrey Huller (Maccabi) is incorrect in the handbook. The correct address is a.huller@ntlworld.com
