Match Reports
Eagles Start To Climb High In Division Two
Division Two side Ryton Park Eagles have started to move up the Division Two table this week after two good results - one on the table and one off it. In a very tight match against Manton Tigers they had to come back from being 3-1 down to snatch a dramatic draw which at one stage looked very unlikely as Tigers Paul Allison had hit top form, comfortably beating all three Eagles players and with Steve Beeston chipping in with two wins it left the Eagles in the position of only being able to tie the match. For the Eagles Gary Scott managed to beat Beeston and Phil Hall and after both Carl Stones and Keith Swift also beat Hall it came down to the doubles set to decide the outcome of the match. For the Eagles Stones and Swift teamed up against the Tigers duo of Alison and Beeston…full report »
Marble On A Roll As Unbeaten Run Continues
Division One side Global Marble continue to upset the odds and reached the dizzy heights of being top of Division One albeit for only for 48 hours. Their latest win came in what turned out to be a strange game against Ryton Park Bees who were at one point leading 2-0 and looking like they would cause an upset themselves. Veteran Brian Allen who played all his three games straight off and then leaving had beaten both Rob Vaughan and Kerry Radford before just losing out to Kartik Lakhani to leave the Bees 2-1 in front. Vaughan then went on to play Joe Else and with the set poised at one game all Else reached for a ball and injured his back and despite bravely trying to carry on in the third game he was unable to complete it. He then had to concede his other two matches and as…full report »
It's One Way Traffic As Street Drive On At The Top
Stanley Street 'A' have become the early favourites for the Division Two title after continuing their winning start to the season. Their latest win came against Manton Sports who were always going to struggle against the inform table toppers and try as they might the Sports team of John Lowde, Keith Smith and Alan Wilson could do nothing to stop Stanley Street completing their fourth win in a row. It was regulatory hat tricks all round for Nigel Stent, Peter Eyre and debutant Matt Fowkes with Stent and Fowkes combining to win the doubles to complete the 10-0 rout.
Behind Stanley Street at the top the three teams in the chasing pack all managed to win this week to keep the pressure on in the title race. DTH Redlands Geriatrics are also unbeaten and only 3 points behind with a game in hand after coming through 8-2 in a…full report »
Redlands X-Youth Make Excellent Start!
Newcomers DTH Redlands X-Youth continued their impressive start to their first season with yet another win to make it three wins from three games in Division Three. Their latest win came against last year's runners up in DTH Redlands Allsorts for whom it has to be said have a completely different line up from last season. Jeff Reay completed yet another hat trick for X-Youth to remain unbeaten with Matt Turner making his first start of the season also winning all his three games. For the Allsorts the trio of Caius Tweed, Joshua Nelson and Ethan Warner all beat Jak Eden but could do nothing about the doubles set were Matt Turner and Clive Eden teamed up to comfortably beat Warner and Nelson to make the final match score 7-3 to X-Youth.
Hot on the heels of X-Youth are club colleagues the Tarr Babies who had a comprehensive 10-0…full report »
Toys Kick Off Their Title Defence With A Win
Last year's Division One Champions DTH Redlands Fluffy Toys started the defence of their title with a comprehensive away win over relegation candidates Ryton Park Addders. Despite the Toys being without last season's Open Singles winner Richard Wesley due to a broken hand they still managed to comfortably slip past the Adders with ease. Team captain Steve Walker showed the way with a fine hat trick and not to be outdone Steve Fox also weighed in with a three wins as well. Although the match was a little closer than the score line suggested only Mike Nocivelli managed to win a set for the Adders when he overcame Tom Wesley in 5 sets but neither Andy Lee or John Hallgarth could trouble the scores on this occasion. Fox and Walker teamed up to comfortably win the doubles set against Nocivelli and Hallgarth.
Despite the Toys win it is their club…full report »