W/c 22nd November 2010 Bury and District Table Tennis
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DIVISION ONE
The meeting of the top 2 at Radcliffe CC resulted in them inflicting a first defeat of the season on Ramsbottom A. In a 6-4 win Nigel Hallows was the unbeaten player, along the way being the 1st player to win against Michael Moir. Rob Hall won 2 with Graham Jeffries picking up 1. Graham Young won 1 for Ramsbottom but Mark Ramsbottom unusually lost all 3. Carlton A & Burning Desire fought out a tight draw, with Phil Myers winning 3 for Carlton. Ian Quinn (Carlton) & Steve Barber (Burning Desire) both recorded 2 wins. Prestwich A beat Seedfield A 7-3. Colin Boardman was undefeated for Prestwich. Both teams field a reserve & both Peader McKinstry (Prestwich) and Mike Charlton (Seedfield) won 1. St Philips A and BAE drew with Tony Smith (BAE) winning his 3. Two wins each for Denis Collier & Derek Watmough with one from Dave Smith were the winners for St Philips. Ian Gerard’s win plus doubles success made up their 5.
DIVISION TWO
Prestwich D had a resounding 9-1 victory against Stand with both Alex Waring & Craig Bradbury winning 3. Stand’s consolation came from Dave Jackson over Steve Hathaway. The all Prestwich match went to form with the B team beating the E team 9-1. Barrie Fleet picked up the win for the E team beating Andy Evans in 4 games. Dave Bolton & Bryan Beer picked up trebles. ELPM A had a good 8-2 win over Carlton A with John Dawes & Andy McCheyne winning 3. Carol Mitchell had a fine win against Mark Reading. John Foster & Stuart Carter each won 1 for Carlton. Mick Hill & Eddie Kalinowski each won 2 for Polish Catholic Club but could not stop St Philips B winning 6-4. Three wins for Gareth Palmer with one each for Ian Wheeldon & Dave Holden, plus a doubles win saw St Philips home. Alan Meltzer won 2 to add to Stuart Landis’ treble and then together won the doubles to see Maccabi A to their 2nd victory of the season beating Seedfield B 6-4. Andy Hamilton picked up 2 for Seedfield.
DIVISION THREE
Elton Vale TTC moved 17 points clear at the top of the division following a 6-4 win over Maccabi B. Neil Fineberg (Maccabi) won his 3 including victory over Top Ten Leader Graham Daniels. Holmar A beat fellow promotion rivals ELPM B by a 6-4 margin. Dave Fletcher was unbeaten for Holmar with teammate Phil Wardle adding 2. The remaining 4 players each won 1. Shawfield B had a good 7-3 win against Elton Vale SC with Top Ten contender Wayne Ellis winning his 3. Two wins for Dave Stubbington & 1 from Ernie Watkins plus doubles completed their sets. For Elton, Dave Hall won 2 and Keith Mills won1, but Rodney Hall failed for the 1st time this season to record a win. Shawfield A travelled to Seedfield D and came away with an 8-2 victory. In an all round team performance Terry Shaw was unbeaten but well supported by 2 each from Phil Herd & Paul Nutter. Alan Telfer picked up 2 for Seedfield.
DIVISION FOUR
Ramsbottom D ended Carlton C’s unbeaten run with an 8-2 win. Roger Whewell took all 3 with both Martin Ormsby & Chris Leaves contributing 2. For Carlton, Steve Evans & Clive Roberts picked up solitary wins. Peter Gregory & Ashley Ingham each won 3 for Shawfield, with Ian Ferrari beating Roger Snowden to record Holmar’s solitary win. Top Ten Leader Barry Warburton won 3 for BGSOB A, with a win for Andy Evans plus doubles success seeing them to a draw with Prestwich F. Rod Hughes & Alistair Wakefield each won 2 for Prestwich. Shawfield C took advantage of Carlton’s defeat to move within 4 points following a 9-1 success against Holmar C. Shawfield D and Maccabi D drew 5-5. Sheldon Lee with 3 and Marc Sheldon with 2 picked up Maccabi’s wins. For Shawfield, Barry Collier won 2 with 1 each for Andrew Ingham & Alistdair McIver with doubles success securing the draw. Jim Eardley continued his fine form for Holmar B, winning 3, helping them to an 8-2 win over Shawfield E. Lauren Brassington won 2 for Shawfield beating both Martin Archer & Alan Hibbert.
DIVISION FIVE
Maccabi E strengthened their hold on top spot with a 9-1 win against Holmar D for whom Alan Fletcher recorded their solitary win beating Bobby Lee. Peter Canter & Louis Samuels bith won 3 for Maccabi. Shawfield F won 6-4 against Holmar E despite 3 wins from Nigel Shaw. Jason Wild & Scott Fleming both won 2 with 1 from Peter Helmn for Shawfield. John Heyes picked 1 for Holmar. ELPM D saw the challenge of Shawfield G with an 8-2 win. Anthony Vindice & Lawrence Paynter were unbeaten for ELPM with Shawfield’s sole singles success being Joshua Fallows win against Andy Caunce. Ian Ross won 3 for Prestwich G but in the absence of Bob Goodman, Wardle took advantage to run out 7-3 winners. Both the remaining 2 matches ended with 10-0 scorelines. Victories for Seedfield F & Maccabi F over Ramsbottom Academy B & Seedfield G respectively.
