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Press Report #16-17 & 15 KG “B” have now opened up a 10 point gap at the top of Division 2 and look favourites for the title with only 7 matches to play. The trio of Roger Bielby ,Duncan Sibbick and Phil Ware have not lost a match in 15 starts and this includes a 9-1 win over their C team with Dave Partridge spoiling the party with a 5 set win over Ware. It looks like a battle for second place with Queens B winning 9-1 over their D team. It was Lorraine Mortimer who avoided the whitewash coming back from 2 sets down to beat George Freeman. Their rivals St Peters B had two 8-2 wins. Steve Armstrong hit trebles in both these matches against Queens C and Queens E. Dave Smith was the hero for Oakley A beating both Sue Tompsett and Patrick Garlick secure a 6-4 win over 2 man Essex Eagles. The Basingstoke Hindu society avoided their first defeat of the season drawing against 2 player AWE. Mohak Dalesh and Jitu Patel both notched up wins against Robin Treadwell. In Division One Hannington stole 2 points off of Queens A with Tony Brown defeating both Pete Martin and Alex Garlick. Browns brace was sealed with a 19-17 win in the 5th set against Garlick in a nailbiting finish. Tony Palaczky was once again the star with a faultless treble in the 8-2 win. Garlick and Palaczky were unbeaten as Queens A beat Cannons 8-2 with Terry White and Paul Rattue taking the scalp of Tim Pang. St Peters also dropped a point as they beat Oakley “A” 9-1 with Steve Morris coming back from the dead to beat Richard Mole. Winklebury were given a real scare by a fighting KG “A” team in their 7-3 win. Tony Amies defeated Colin Wilkes coming back from 2 sets to one down to notch up 2 wins. Louis Conlon almost did the same but let a 2 set advantage slip losing 13-11 to Wilkes in the 5th and final set of the evening. Malcolm Cummins was the rock for Winklebury rarely troubled. The ever improving Ian Short impressed as he helped Minitec Profiles beat Hannington A 7-3 with a fine maximum that included a 3 set win over the experienced Tony Brown. |
