Latest ETTA
rankings
March 3rd, 2008
I thought it may be interesting to
mention the Basingstoke players who are currently on the latest
ETTA ranking list for February 2008 published today. It is the most
players we have had on there from Basingstoke in a few years now!
And it is fantastic to have 4 juniors with England rankings!
Under 13 Boys (389 ranked
players)
368th Louis Webb - 66pts
Cadet Boys (877 ranked
players)
25th Jonathan Evans - 1141 pts
650th Tom O'Hanlon - 100 pts
736th Ryan Burn - 100 pts
850th Louis Webb - 66 pts
Junior Boys (1316 ranked
players)
87th Jonathan Evans - 1141 pts
1095th Ryan Burn - 100 pts
1154th Tom O'Hanlon - 100 pts
1281st Louis Webb - 66 pts
Senior Mens (664 ranked
players)
359th Steve Murgatroyd - 2432 pts
433rd Alex Garlick - 2021 pts
538th Tim Pang - 1250 pts
632nd Patrick Garlick - 514 pts
Veteran Mens (446 ranked
players)
233rd Tony Brown - 2866 pts
416th Tim Pang - 2208 pts
To view the full ranking list use the following link
http://www.sportfocus.com/reguser/dynabizinfo/download.cfm?number=13240
Patrick Garlick
Trophies for
Closed Championship
February 17th, 2008
Please can all players
who have got any trophies from last year's Closed Championship
return them to me by the end of February. Many thanks.
David MacDonald, Trophy Secretary
New player
looking for team
January 19th, 2008
Message from Patrick Garlick: A new
player attended Coaching today and is looking to join any team with
space for players in BDTTL. He is a useful player and would probably be
somewhere near the top of the Div 2 averages. Contact details are:
George Earle: GeorgeE@solarweb.com
mob: 07808096320
Webmaster
Xmas Shoot
December 29th, 2008
Just wanted to say thank you to
Ashley for organising and running the Webmaster Xmas
Shoot-out last night. I really enjoyed it and I'm sure the same
can be said for everyone else who played. It was great for
different standards of players to be able to meet in a friendly
yet competitive atmosphere.
I think that it is events like this that are important for the
future of the league and, what I believe, shows that the BDTTL
really is on the up. The fact that as many as 1 in 7
registered league players attended the event during this
busy Christmas period shows;
1)How much we enjoy both the competitive and the social side of
the game.
2)How much we care for our league and its future.
With the continued efforts and growing support from BDTTL
members, regardless of what some people may say, we really are
going from strength to strength.
Hope to see something similar in the future!
Patrick Garlick
Div 1 players
needed for Reading
November 26th, 2007
Reading YMCA 'B' are looking for good
division 1 players in the Reading league to help out their injury
stricken team. If there are any Basingstoke players who fancy a few
games in the very
strong Reading division 1
please contact Tony Reynolds on 07876 395643
Tony Reynolds
email:
Tony.Reynolds@ukngroup.com
Players
looking for Div 1 teams
November 13th, 2007
I'm looking to play TT with a team. I
also expect that John Edbrooke might be available too when he gets back
from his travels later this month. Do you know any teams that are short
of players?
Andy Pipe:
andy.pipe469@mod.uk
Contact details: tel: 01494 497733 mob:
07825 521507
or 07968 706740
Handicap
Ranking System
November 13th, 2007
I am
trialling a new ranking system for the Basingstoke league which looks to
give a better indication of every player's performance than averages
alone. It would also mean more to play for in each and every singles
game in the season and closed championships. It also would help me when
adjusting the player handicaps this season!!
This system takes into account the standard of the player that you have
beaten/lost to and different amounts of ranking points are gained/lost
depending on the amount of ranking points that both you and your
opponent have.
To Do this the system needs to know who has beaten who in every singles
match played each week. I am able to get 99% of the results by working
it out from the weekly results page on the website. However when you get
a result, for example.
Oakley 'B' 6-4 Queens 'E'
C Chapman 3
T Allison 1
CJ Smith 1
N Reid 2
B Bavister 1
T Spencer 1
I can tell that Colin Chapman beat all 3 Queens Players, Nick Reid beat
Terri Allison and Chris Smith, but I dont know which player (Terri or
Chris) beat which player (Tom or Bill) and Vice-versa which could affect
the amount of ranking points these players win/lose as a concequence.
If anyone could let me know what happened in this match I would be
grateful if you could e-mail me
patrickgarlick@hotmail.co.uk
If the system seems to be working correctly after a few months and I am
able to get hold of all the individual results I will post more
details."
Thanks
Patrick Garlick
Message from Dave Kimberley - Missing Scorecards
November 3rd, 2007
Missing result cards :-
Week 3 : -Div 2 Oakley
'B' vs Queen's 'E'
Week 5 : -Div 1 Oakley 'A' vs Cannon
-Div 2 Oakley 'B' vs K.G. 'C'
Queen's
'B' vs AWE.
Oakley seem to have a problem with the
post I think. Could anyone from Oakley chase up and send me the cards
please.
What has Mike Chamberlain done with Queen's card
I am not expecting result from Bas Hindu Soc Week 5 match as it should
have been played last night.
Player
required for Portals - Division 2
September 27th, 2007
Player required for
Portals in Div 2. Please contact Peter Blunden ASAP.
Peter Blunden
Contact details: tel: 01256 896854
Player
required for St. Peters 'B' - Division 2
September 25th, 2007
We have lost Mark Pickin
this year due to injury and we desperately need another player as we are
now down to three and that makes life very difficult and I am not sure
if we could carry on.
Pre Season
Friendlies
August 13thh, 2007
Sponsored
Junior Handicap Tournament
July 24th, 2007
Well done Patrick on your
recent running of this tournament.
Despite recent negative press
regarding the Basingstoke League and the direction in which it
appears to be going, it is very important that young players
enjoy the competitions and play competitively.
Live the dream, there will
always be support from true table tennis people.
A refreshing approach
from you.
Mick Reynolds
AGM 2007 - Comment from Philip Ware, KG Club
July 6th, 2007
I attended the AGM on the
25th June 2007 and to say I was disappointed with
proceedings is an understatement. Following the revealing of the fact
that
the league is in dire financial straits, with £10 currently in the
account, we were then advised that whilst money was owed to the league,
the
Treasurer did not know exactly how much, and in one respect of one
individual who was in possession of some of the league's money, their
current whereabouts.
I understand that the President of the league, prior to the meeting had
not
received a balance sheet and furthermore there were not enough balance
sheets to go around at the AGM.
Following the announcement of the dire financial straights of the
league, &
I cannot see how the league can continue to exist, blame was then in a
veiled form, layed at the door of KG club, one of the last 2 remaining
users of Essex Road.
Essex Road was obtained for use by the league, so to suggest in a
disguised
way that KG Club are to blame for the financial straights in which the
league now find themselves, is totally out of order.
If blame needs to be levelled at one, then I suggest that the committee
look no further than themselves. To enter into an agreement with the
Council where an uncapped service charge agreement was entered into,
defies
logic and beggars belief/ How can the league plan forward in regard to
financial matters when they do not know how much their outlay is going
to
be, year on year? Now the chickens have come home to roost with the
Council
levying a service charge for the financial year of £1200.
I accept that the current Treasurer has for many years indicated and
stressed that Essex Road was a drain on league funds but I am certain
that
nowhere has it been mentioned that an uncapped service charge agreement
had
been accepted on the terms of the lease of Essex Road. If the league
funds
were in such dire straights why was it not mentioned earlier, and an
extraordinary general meeting of the league called? To come to an AGM
and
say that there is only £10 currently left in the account, money has been
taken from the savings account, which has been closed does not seem very
professional to me. Can someone tell the league who agreed to an
uncapped
service charge at Essex Road, and when was this agreed? There was a
small
fixed service charge I recall when I was treasurer, admittedly several
years ago , so why have things changed?
I feel a certain individual has got his way with the lease on Essex
Road,
almost certainly now to be relinquished and in mind the beginning of the
end for the league. Overdramatic? I think not. Why spend money on
re-decorating the club room at Essex Road and putting up a winners
noticeboard-all that time and effort-for what?
I cannot see how the league can financially continue to exist . If Essex
Road closes as far as the league is concerned that means 3 more teams
may
be forced if they cannot find suitable alternative playing premises to
pull
out which will mean the league down to less than 20 teams for next
season.
Then when it came to voting for committee members, this was done "on
block"
and i did not see that there was a proper count of, or show of hands
from
attendees. Surely, every single committee member should have put
themselves
forward for re-election individually? Why the haste to get the whole
committee re-elected? I did not hear any comment whether individual
committee members were willing to put themselves up for re-election. To
my
mind, a complete shambles.
Then to cap this it was announced by the chairman that the Alf Cann
trophy
for most improved player and Ray Partridge sportsman trophy would not be
awarded this year. Is it suggested that there are no teams sporting
enough
in the league to warrant the award?
In conclusion on evidence of events which transpired at the AGM I feel
that
the Table Tennis league in Basingstoke is in it's last throes, which is
a
great pity.