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Press Report #27 St Peters A laid down the stakes to Queens “A” in the race to the Division One title that looks to be going to the wire. James Wright hit a maximum as St Peters hit 10 past Hannington A with little resistance from the village side who are now confirmed as relegated finishing second bottom. Queens are 28 points adrift of St Peters with 3 games in hand and St Peters have just one more match to play. Steve Murgatroyd and Jonathan Evans won all their singles matches to beat KG “A” 6-4 but the Minitec Powerlock and current Basingstoke doubles champions lost their doubles match in 3 straight sets to Louis Conlon and Dave Kimberley. Conlon also scared Murgatroyd losing a 2 sets to one advantage and 13-11 in the 5th set to the current Basingstoke singles champion. Pete Bradley came back from 2 sets down to beat Chaz Smith of Oakley 12-10 in the 5th set as Winklebury defeated Oakley 10-0. Paul Rattue took the scalp of Norman Swift as Cannons were 8-2 winners over Minitec Powerlocks in a game that also saw Ron Powell hit a good win over the tricky Ian Short. In Division 2 St Peters B were 9 points shy of second spot as they finished a comfortable third after a 7-3 win over rivals Queens B, who finished Divisonal runners up and are promoted to the top flight. Brian Wilde was the star for St Peters with a fine treble and Denise Weller upset Steve Armstrong with a 3 set win for Queens. Kanti Mistry and Mohak Dalesh picked up 2 points with singles wins but their Basingstoke Hindu Society team were 8-2 loser to Portals. ** Young Jonathan Evans followed up on his recent success at the National Trials last weekend where he was runner up in the Under 15 event by being invited to attend an Under 15 ETTA Training camp on 10th and 11th May in Lilleshall |
