W/c 25th March 2013                 Bury and District Table Tennis League

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Last week of the season

 

DIVISION ONE

 Prestwich B lost 4-6 at home to BAE. David Pegg and division two reserve Gabriel Wilding each won two for Prestwich. Tony Bates and Tony Vaughan each won two for BAE. Tom Lang added one and they won the doubles. Little Lever lost 3-7 at home to Prestwich A. Ian McLean was the unbeaten player on the night for the visitors. Nathan Buckley added two, Paul King one and they won the doubles. Prestwich C’s 9-1 win at home gave them some hope of not being relegated when their opponents, Seedfield A only had two players. Prestwich lost just one game in their 9-1 win. Andy Evans and Eddie Simon were unbeaten for Prestwich, Dave Bolton won two and they won the doubles. Julian Nuttall saved the white wash for Seedfield with his one win. Victory for the fourteen year in a row as Ramsbottom Town A; three years as Acrebottom but the same players in the team and six further years winning giving a total of twenty three times division one champions. They have won every year since 1992. An amazing achievement. Ramsbottom’s 9-1 win this week against Carlton Club a away also secured the top ten medal for Andy Jackson for the second year in a row. Team mate Mark Ramsbottom finished second, another great achievement considering he missed playing in five matches throughout the year. Andy and Mark were unbeaten. Ian Quinn for Carlton beat Graham Young for their sole win. Burning Desire needed a 6-4 or better to avoid the relegation spot and it wasn’t to be. Steve Barber and Fred Turpin each won two against Ramsbottom B at home for their four points. Graham Hoy and Matt Nettleton each won two for Ramsbottom, Liam Bedford won one and they won the doubles.

 

DIVISION TWO

Seedfield B lost 4-6 at home to Polish Catholic Club to leave them in bottom place in the division. Ian Boyle won two for Seedfield and just lost out on his treble when he lost his last set of the night at eight in the fifth to Liquat Ali. Mike Charlton won one against Eddie Kalinowski at twelve in the fifth. Reserve Frank Carse won his set against Liquat at six in the fifth. Liquat won two for Polish including his opening set of the night against Mike which he won at eleven in the fifth. Eddie Robakowski also won two plus one from Eddie K and they won the doubles in three straight. ELPM A beat Elton Vale A 7-3 at home. Paul Carter was unbeaten for the home side, Gill Marsden added two, Ian Cockcroft one and they won the doubles. Graham Daniels won two for Elton Vale and Mark Craven added the other win. Prestwich E whitewashed next to bottom team Carlton Vale. Keith Butler, Alex Waring and Mike Dunn were the unbeaten players. In a fight out for the top ten medal Tommy Ryan deposed Gabriel Wilding when he won his three away to Prestwich D. Dave Holden for Carlton Club B added one win and they won the doubles. Gabriel won two on the night for Prestwich but he finished two wins behind Gabriel to take the top ten medal. Gabriel and his team mates Peadar McKinstry who also won two and Bryan Beer one had the consolation of winning the division title and promotion to division one. Coburg beat Prestwich F 9-1 at home and Mike Dunn won the sole set for the visitors when he beat Chris Naylor. Derek Watmough and Rob Bent were unbeaten for Coburg who finished in runners up spot to gain promotion after just one season in this division.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIVISION THREE

Holmar A beat Shawfield B 7-3 at home but no one could beat Ashley Ingham who won his three for Shawfield. Phil Wardle, Ian McPherson and David Fletcher each won two and they won the doubles. Shawfield finished bottom of the division. Elton Vale B lost 2-8 at home to ELPM B. John Dodd won the two sets for the home side. Gerry Faulkner was on top form for ELPM with three wins. Steve Greaves and reserve Harry Uren won two each and they won the doubles. Though Carlton Club D lost their last match of the season they were secure in the knowledge that they had points in hand to secure their win of the division. An injured John Bostock bravely turned up to play for Carlton but had to concede his matches. His absence in the last two weeks ensured team mate Steve Evans won the top ten medal. Alan Meltzer was unbeaten on the night for the visitors, Robert Williams won two and Melvyn Levene one. Steve Evans won two, Keith Cheyne one and Carlton won the doubles. Maccabi C lost 4-6 at home to Ramsbottom Town C but all was not lost because Marc Sheldon’s two wins for Maccabi put him in second place in the top ten, four wins behind Steve Evans of Carlton. Brother Marc added one win as did Sheldon Lee. Martin Ormsby was unbeaten for Ramsbottom. Ian Wheeldon added two and they won the doubles. Shawfield A finished next to the bottom after their last match at home which they lost 3-7 to promoted team, in runner up position Prestwich G. A very creditable season considering they were only promoted from division four last season. Wayne Ellis won the three sets for Shawfield keeping him in seventh place in the averages table. Paul Rourke, Alistair Wakefield and Rod Hughes each won two for Prestwich and they won the doubles.

 

DIVISION FOUR

Maccabi D just fell four points short of promotion so they may ‘rue’ their 4-6 defeat at home to ELPM C. Debbie Wilson was in fine form for the visitors with three wins. John Edge added two including a close set against Aubrey Huller which he just won at six in the fifth. Harry Uren beat Frank Sheldon at six in the fifth for his one win. Frank Sheldon won two for Maccabi, Aubrey one and they won the doubles at seven in the fourth. After several seasons just missing out on promotion Bury Grammar A made sure this season and won the division by almost thirty points. Barry Warburton for Bury Grammar just pipped Bob Goodman from Prestwich G for the top ten medal by just one point. In this last match of the season Bury Grammar beat Shawfield D 10-0 at home. Barry and Martyn Warburton plus Andy Evans were the unbeaten home players. Holmar C drew at home to Maccabi E. David Bell was the unbeaten player on the night for Holmar. Jack Berry and Gary Bolton each added one. Buz Cohen won two for Maccabi, Edward Freeman and Peter Canter one each and they won the doubles. Shawfield E lost 2-8 at home to Seedfield C which left them in next to the bottom position in the division. Scott Flemming won the two sets for Shawfield. Stephen Siddall was unbeaten for Seedfield, Jonathan Fitton and Phil Cooper each won two and they won the doubles.

 

DIVISION FIVE

A ten nil win away at Seedfield E assured Bury Grammar School Old Boys B promotion and a win of the division by just one point. Graham Hilton, John Rowlands and John Greenhalgh were the unbeaten players. Only John Rowlands was troubled in his match against Andy Wood which he won at four in the fifth. Wardle B finished runners up and had they won just one more point to tie Bury Grammar they would have won the division because they had fewer match losses. David Watts won his customary three but the top ten was already secured last week by Dominic Siddall of Ramsbottom Academy. Jack Gratton won two. Adam Simpson won two for Seedfield, Ian McKenzie and Mike Ollerton one each.  Dominic Siddall made sure of his top ten medal by winning his three against Holmar D at home to leave him XXX points clear of David watts of Wardle A. Adam Kenzitt and Harry Bell each added one to draw the match. Graham Wardle and John Heyes each won two for Holmar and they won the doubles. Wardle B lost 4-6 at home to Shawfield F. Ian Barton was unbeaten for the home side. Beth Mansfield added the other win. Jason Wild and Maz Khan each won two for Shawfield, Graham Broomhead one and they won the doubles.