Match Reports

Clowne ‘A’ this week cast some serious doubts over the likelihood of DTH Redlands Roosters retaining the Division One title that they secured last season by thumping the 10-0. The Roosters chances weren’t helped against Clowne ‘A’ when Ernest Mpundu couldn’t get to the game due to being stuck at work but the performance from the three Clowne players of John Davies, Kartik Lakhani and James Wormwell shouldn’t be undermined because of Mpundu’s absence as they all managed to beat both Rick Harris and Dave Gascoyne with Lakhani and Wormwell beating Harris and Gascoyne in the doubles to complete the whitewash. The win for Clowne ‘A’ has lifted them above the Roosters into fourth place with the Roosters dropping down to fifth.
The Roosters loss allowed for the other teams in the hunt for the Division One title to pull further away from them at the top. Two of…full report »

DTH Redlands continued their winning ways and their perfect start to their Division Three league season with their forth win in a row. Their latest win came against Sparken Hill Blue Jays who came down with the Rookies from Division Two last season and lie the Rookies were hoping to bounce straight back up at the first attempt. Gary Robinson grabbed himself the Man Of The Match award, not only winning all his three singles games but also joining forces with Dave Lyus to win the doubles as well. Robinson impressed as he defeated Ivan Stallworthy, Kathy McIntyre and Dave Rix, all in straight sets and he was well supported by Bob Atkinson who added wins over Rix and Stallworthy with Lyus chipping in with a single win over McIntyre which all culminated in a 7-3 win for the Rookies.
Division Three leaders DTH Redlands Rovers kept themselves on…full report »

Division Two side Carlton X-Youth got their first win of the season at the fourth time of asking. Their win came against bottom side Worksop Welfare Harriers and has lifted them up to a mid-table position. Simon Hooley put in a Man of The Match performance by defeating all three Harriers in Neil Fisher, Dan Saul and Dennis Learad. Hooley was well supported by both Mark Bloomer and Mark Cooper who both enjoyed wins over Saul and Fisher both losing out to Learad. Hooley and Cooper completed the scoring by beating Saul and Fisher in the doubles to complete a much needed 8-2 victory.
Another side who find themselves at the wrong end of the Division Two table are Worksop Welfare Cannon and their efforts to climb away from trouble weren’t helped this week by having to play a player up from Division Three against the 2^nd placed team…full report »

DTH Redlands Monsters are currently sitting on top of the pile in Division One with four wins from their first four league games and have opened up a 3 point gap to he chasing pack.
Their latest win came against Stanley Street ‘A’ who strengthened in the summer by adding Terry Emerson to their squad and will trouble a few of the top sides this season and they very nearly snatched a draw against the Monsters. Terry Emmerson, Jack Kirkland and Alex Millward all beat Kieran Tutter with Emmerson also beating Orestas Riauba, but it wasn’t quite enough to grab a share of the spoils. Valentinas Riauba was Man of The Match for the Monsters with a hat trick of wins and with his brother Orestas adding a further two wins it meant the doubles game would be pivotal to the outcome of the match. Orestas and Valentinas took…full report »

The top two sides in Division Three met this week with both having the chance to pull away from each other with a positive result. Sparken Hill Hawks and DTH Redlands Rovers met at Sparken Hill with both sides knowing that a win would put them 3 points clear of their opponents. The match was an extremely tight affair from start to finish with no side going more than one set up at any one time. Paul Wendon was the player in form as he registered an impressive hat trick with wins over Roman Rosser, Adam Pinches and Stuart Pinches who was making a comeback after a while out of the game. Wendon’s hat trick helped his side to a share of the spoils in a 5-5 draw and he was helped along the way by son Tom and Scott Lee who both had a win each over Stuart Pinches.…full report »