Match Reports

Keith Smith and John Hallgarth claimed the first trophy of the season as they battled their way to be crowned DTH Senior Doubles winners on a fabulous night of table tennis at Ryton Park School. Along with 6 other doubles pairings Smith and Hallgarth qualified for the final after they finished second in the round robin format  which would decide the finalists. Their opponents in the final would be Rob Vaughan & Alex Olliffe after they topped  the group dropping only one point along the way which also included a 31-26 victory over Smith & Hallgarth which probably made them slight favourites going into the final. In the final which was one game up to 31 Smith & Hallgarth got off to a fantastic start taking a substantial early lead and at the half way point led 15-10 before Vaughan & Olliffe slowly but surely started to claw their way…full report »

Division Two side Manton Tigers pulled off the shock of the season so far as they knocked out the runaway leaders of Division One DTH Redlands Fluffy Toys out of the Handicap Shield competition. Despite the Fluffy Toys being 6 points clear at the top of Division they were brought crashing down to earth by a terrific performance by the Tigers who despite losing every set played accumulated enough points to eventually overall the Fluffy Toys once the handicap was added to their score at the end of the match. Both Dave Bowns and Bill Bateman managed to score a dogged 70 points each with Steve Beeston adding a further 42 before 230 handicap points were added to their score to eventually win the match 412-378. All of the Fluff Toys players scored the maximum points possible with Richard Wesley being the most impressive as he only conceded a miserly…full report »

The top three teams in Division Three are now only separated by 2 points as the battle at the top starts to hot up. Stanley Street 'C' recorded a win and a draw to lead the table temporarily before DTH Redlands Tarr Babies recorded a win of their own to leapfrog their rivals to go back to the top. Stanley Street C's win came over Ryton Park Falcons in a match which was played in a great atmosphere and excellent sporting behaviour from both sides and one that Street eventually won 8-2. For Stanley Street Valentinas Riauba remained unbeaten and was well supported by Alan McGinley and Louis Spray who both won two games each before Riauba and McGinley teamed up to win the doubles. For the Falcons Jordan Potter had a good win over McGinley and the ever improving Jak Eden beat Spray with Scott Lee not managing to…full report »

Division Two side Stanley Street 'B' bounced back from their first defeat of the season with two back to back wins to go 3 points clear at the top of the table. Their first win was against 6-4 specialists  DTH Redlands X-Youth and it will come as no surprise to learn that Stanley Street won the match by a  6-4 score line which meant that all X-Youth's matches so far this season have incredibly ended in a  6-4 result! Despite a Mark Bloomer hat trick and a single win for Jeff Reay, X-Youth couldn't manage to win another set to get a share of the spoils. For Stanley Street both Kyle McIntosh and Matthew Williams won two sets each with Jack Kirkland adding a solo win with McIntosh and Kirkland beating Reay and Bloomer in the doubles to finish the scoring.
In their 2nd match which on paper looked…full report »

Despite not playing their strongest side yet this season DTH Redlands Fluffy Toys still sit proudly at the top of Division One with a 100% record. Their latest triumph saw them just manage to edge out club colleagues The Roosters by a 6-4 margin. Last season's Player Of The Year Peter Cowburn led the way for the Toys with an impressive hat trick and was well supported by Steve Walker who managed two wins with Dennis Learad who was playing up from Division Two going home empty handed. For The Roosters Tom McIntosh had a fabulous win over the previously unbeaten Steve Walker whilst also beating Learad and with both Piotr Sliwa and Rick Harris also beating Learad the Roosters went into the doubles rubber at the end of the evening needing to win it to snatch a draw. Sliwa and McIntosh started well against the Toys Cowburn and Walker…full report »