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Bury and District Table Tennis League Week 13 Match Report

The weather intervened this week to severely curtail the League programme.

Division 1

Seedfield A entertained Burning Desire and in a closely contested match went down 4-6. Dave Poytress won 2 with Peter Mears & Rob Carter each contributing one. For the visitors Phil Riley won his 3 with Benny Armstrong adding 2 plus a doubles win.

Division 2

The top four clash between Wardle A and Adelphi was a tight affair with no player being unbeaten & all players winning at least once. Matt Ward & Duncan Hadfield each won 2 for Wardle with Ken Hayes winning 2 for Adelphi. Wardle won the doubles and ran out 6-4 victors. Andy Evans again won 3 for Prestwich D, ably supported by 3 from Craig Bradbury & 1 from Steve Hathaway. Julian Nuttall & Andy Hamilton each win 1 for Seedfield B, with a doubles win taking them to 3 points.

Division 3

Seedfield C held League leaders ELPM B to a draw thanks to 2 wins each for Mike Charlton & Frank Carse with Pete Ingham chipping in with one win. For ELPM B Mark Willmore won his 3 with Steve Greaves winning one to add to their doubles victory.

Division 4

Carlton C started 2010 with a 7-3 win courtesy of 3 wins each for John Bostock & Steve Evans plus the doubles. All 3 Shawfield D players, Ashley Ingham, Andy Ingham & Barry Collier each beat Clive Roberts. Bury GSOB A players, Barry Warburton, Andy Evans & Martyn Warburton each won one but went down 7-3 to St Sebastians. Mark Stevens & David Hargreaves each won 3 for St Sebastians. Holmar A increased their lead over St Sebastians at the top with a 9-1 win over Maccabi D for whom Louis Samuels inflicted a defeat upon Phil Wardle. Prestwich F recorded a 7-3 win over Seedfield E with Rod Hughes & Alistair Wakefield both unbeaten. All 3 Seedfield players, Jonathan Fitton, Keith Stott & Ian McKenzie won one.

Division 5

Shawfield G made a strong start to 2010 holding high flying Wardle B to 4-6. Joshua Fallows won 2 for Shawfield with Dean Walmsley & Lewis Bradley adding 1 each. Dave Watts won his 3 for Wardle with Phil Wardle winning 2 with a doubles win to complete the victory. Only Jim Murray could manage a victory for Seedfield G in their 1-9 defeat at the hands of ELPM D. For the victors both Mario Piazza & Laurence Paynter were unbeaten with Antony Vindice adding 2. Maccabi E won a close fought match 6-4 against Seedfield F. Four sets went to 5 games with Seedfeild winning 3 of them, 2 at the expense of Gary Freeman. Dave Tarver with 2 wins and Mike Ollerton & Jamie Howarth each taking 1 gained the points for Seedfield. Peter Canter won his 3 with Edward Freeman adding 2 for Maccabi.