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Press Report #12 Queens “A” made a significant move towards the Division One title in the Basingstoke League after an emphatic 10-0 win over Winklebury. Tony Palaczky and Alex Garlick were joined by Pete Martin who also achieved a well earned maximum with a 15-13 result in the 5th set against Colin Wilkes. This points haul added to an earlier 8-2 win over Cannons again with Garlick and Palaczky unbeaten , although Garlick had a scare after being 2 sets down to Ron Powell but won the 5th set 11-9. It was Terry White and Paul Rattue who picked up the 2 points with wins over Tim Pang. Meanwhile St Peters had a standard 10-0 result over Oakley “A” with no problems in the singles for James Wright and Richard Mole. This makes the current champions 12 points behind leaders Queens with one game in hand. KG ”A” suffered their first whitewash of the season finding Malcolm Cummins, Dave Wise and Colin Wilkes too strong for Winkelbury.Tony Brown helped Hannington draw with Minitec Profiles with a treble and Alan Gustar and Ian Short hit braces for the Minitec side beating Paul Robinson and Steve Rollason. In Division 2 Queens B moved into second place after a 9-1 victory over Oakley B thanks to unbeaten displays from Denise Weller and Roy Pike. Dave Smith picked up Oakley’s consolation point with a 5 set win over Mike Chamberlain. Brian Wilde and Alan Lipscombe hit trebles to ensure an 8-2 win for St Peters “B” over Queens D to keep the pressure on Queens B
**Young Jonathan Evans attended two tournaments at
Chesham High School over the Christmas holidays. On Friday 28th he
was still recovering from a virus that left him coughing after a
vigorous rally. He entered the Under 18 and Under 18 Banded events,
and achieved a creditable fourth place in each, considering his
state of health. |
