BRISTOL & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS SEASON 2009-2010

Results Week 08
Results received up to 21st November

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Premier Division
Failand A opened a fourteen set gap at the head of the division with the whitewash of Adders and a narrow win over Panthers. Knowle A moved into second place with a big win over Academy. Knowle B, thanks to three from Patrick Macfarlane, held on to fourth place with a close win against Hercules. Bristol A were held to a draw by Nomads but defeated Adders and moved up a place to fifth
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Division 1
Almonds B were held by Failand C but hold top spot. Winterbourne A had big wins over two player Almonds C and Rattlers but moved into second place despite being narrowly beaten by third placed KCC A who had a big win over Bristol C. Failand C had a comfortable win against Ocelots and with matches in hand should move higher than their current seventh place.

Division 2
A big win over Warriors and a close one over third placed Portishead A moved Raiders to top of the division but Headlines who had a similar win over Portishead A and a big win over two player Portishead B are in second place with a superior set average. A draw with fourth placed Olympus kept Portishead A in a fairly comfortable third place.
Almonds D lost to Westbury B and with only two players narrowly went down to Knowle C who improved their position with a win over Bristol E. At the lower end of the division Gladiators defeated two player West bury B.

Division 3
Rob Kendall continued undefeated as Saracens heavily defeated Creams to open a sixteen set gap at the top of the division. KCC B were held to a draw by Almonds G but had an early night against one player Almonds E and moved into third spot.
Bobcats jumped a few placed with their whitewash of Flickers who are still looking for their first win. Pumas defeated Fromeside B and with matches in hand should move up from their mid-table position.

Division 4
Two close wins for Longwell over Failand E and Pegasus took them into a one set lead at the top of the table, Martin LeButt being undefeated. Almonds Y dropped to second place as a result of a defeat at the hands of Failand E. Knowle D closed to within a set by defeating struggling Jaguars.
Pythons just got the better of Vikings thanks to three from Graham Budd and reman one place above them. Almonds F defeated Pegasus and look sure to rise from their seventh position. Congresbury had a comfortable win against Jaguars to move above them out of the bottom two positions.

Division 5
Failand D held top spot with the defeat of Tigers but narrowly lost to second placed Spartans who were held to a draw by third placed Articles. John Chivers did well to take Graham Brown in four but Articles managed a narrow victory thanks to three from Peter Martin. Portishead E did well to defeat full strength Merlins, they were well served by three from division eight reserve Mike Harris.
Portishead D are comfortably in the top half of the division with their defeat of struggling Westbury C. Keith Ambrose took an excellent three for Tigers as they defeated Avspol in a very close match. Sympathy goes to Rick Bradford who went to five in all three singles but had nothing to show for it. Boost got the better of Westbury C to remain mid-table.

Division 6
Sam Lee took all three for Tornadoes in their defeat of Portishead F and veteran, Brian Ellison, continued his good season with a maximum in their draw with Knowle F and they move joint top with Knowle G who defeated Cheetahs and Bristol F.Turners, the only hundred percent team in the division defeated a strong Knowle F team to move into third place with matches in hand.
Leopards narrowly lost to Portishead F but had a big win against Mints who were again without Terry Sloper. Mints also lost to the strong Knowle F team and languish at the bottom of the division. Three from Peter Ruderham only gained Trojans a draw with Bristol F who are also in the danger zone. Sports gained a valuable close win over Trojans butremain second from bottom.

Division 7
Two close wins over KCC D and  Columns took Editors to the top spotFromesdie D went down to Rippers but had a big win over ICI to move into second place two sets clear of KCC C who had a big win over Kestrels. Fourth placed  ICI narrowly lost to Vipers who also had a close win over KCC D to move into sixth place.
Despite three from Steve Webb, Britannias narrowly went down to Staplers and suffered an even heavier to Columns.

Division 8
Leaders,Lynxes, had a big win over Westbury E but lost their hundred percent record to Eagles who moved into fifth place. A draw with Burners and a comfortable win over KCC E took Knowle H into second place. Two wins against Typhoons and KCC E moved Bristol g into third place

RESULTS

Premier Division
Failand A (Rose 3 Baldwin 3 Kinsey 3) 10 Adders 0; Panthers 4 Failand A (Rose 3) 6; Knowle A (Gregory 3 Wrigglesworth 3) 9 Academy 1; Knowle B (MacFarlane 3) 6 Hercules 4; Bristol A 5 Nomads (Hansell 3) 5; Adders 3 Bristol A (Michelle Cohen 3) 7;

Division 1
Failand C (Hollingworth 3) 7 Ocelots 3; Almonds B (Ashton 3) 5 Failand C 5; KCC A 6 Winterbourne A 5; KCC A (Husbands 3 Redman 3) 9 Bristol C 1; Winterbourne A (Whittaker 3 Cox 3) 9 Rattlers 1; Almonds C 2 Winterbourne A 8;

Division 2
Warriors 1 Raiders (Ratajczak 3 Price 3) 9; Portishead A 5 Olympus (Luo 3) 5; Knowle C (Payne 3 Orlik 3) 7 Bristol E 3; Gladiators 8 Westbury B 2; Almonds D (Zhu 3) 4 Knowle C 6; Raiders (Ratajczak 3) 6 Portishead A 4; Westbury B (Holmes 3) 6 Almonds D 4; Headlines 9 Portishead B 1;

Division 3
Almonds G 5 KCC B 5; Creams 1 Saracens (Kinlocke 3 Kendall 3) 9; KCC B 9 Almonds G 1; Pumas (Butterworth 3) 7 Fromeside B 3; Bobcats (Bridgewater 3 Wakefield 3 Partridge 3) 10 Flickers 0;

Division 4
Knowle D (Coggins 3 Mordecai 3) 8 Jaguars 2; Vikings 4 Pythons (Budd 3) 6; Jaguars 2 Congresbury (Heeney 3) 8; Longwell (Le Butt 3) 6 Failand E 4; Almonds F (Kirston 3 Maidment 3) 7 Pegasus 3; Failand E (Leppier 3 Gamlin 3) 8 Almonds Y 2; Pegasus 4 Longwell (Le Butt 3) 6;

Division 5
Boosts 4 Articles (Martin 3) 6; Failand D (Towers 3 Bexon 3) 8 Tigers 2; Westbury C 3 Boosts (Moore 3 Chivers 3) 7; Portishead E (Harris 3 J Muscaty 3) 7 Merlins 3; Articles (G Brown 3) 5 Spartans 5; Tigers (Ambrose 3) 6 Avspol 4; Portishead D (Davies 3) 7 Westbury C 3; Spartans 6 Failand D (Towers 3) 4;

Division 6
Tornadoes (Ellison 3) 5 Knowle F 5; Bristol F 5 Trojans (Ruderham 3) 5; Cheetahs 3 Knowle G (Boucher 3 Thorne 3) 7; Leopards 4 Portishead F (Weekes 3) 6; Portishead F 3 Tornadoes (Lee 3) 7; Knowle F (Brown 3) 8 Mints 2; Knowle F 3 Turners (O Turner 3 P Turner 3) 7; Trojans 4 Sports (Lodge 3) 6; Knowle G (Tucker 3) 7 Bristol F 3; Mints 2 Leopards (Allen 3) 8;

Division 7
Britannias (Webb 3) 4 Staplers 6; Fromeside D (Brookes 3 Cordy 3) 9 KCC ICI 1; Kestrels 1 KCC C (Flyng 3 Hill 3) 9; Columns (Anstee 3 Schofield 3) 8 Britannias 2; KCC D 4 Editors (Baker 3) 6; KCC ICI 4 Vipers (White 3) 6; Rippers (Webber 3) 7 Fromeside D 3; Editors (Baker 3 Durbin 3) 6 Columns 4; Vipers (Scott 3) 6 KCC D 4;

Division 8
Eagles (Wood 3) 7 Lynxes 3; Typhoons 1 Bristol G (Hooper 3 Jubb 3) 9; Knowle H (C Mehew 3 D Meyhew 3) 8 KCC E 2; Bristol G 7 KCC E (Cooper 3) 3; Burners 5 Knowle H 5;  Lynxes (Paisey 3 Jemmott 3) 8 Westbury E 2;

Highest score of the week
20-18 Doubles( Knowle C) v Doubles (Almonds D)

Highest three game set
77 Richard Brookes (Fromeside D) v Richard Bendall (KCC ICI) 18-16 11-6 14-12

Highest four game set
93 Michelle Cohen (Bristol A) v Paul Hayward (Adders) 12-10 14-12 6-11 15-13

Highest five game set
122 Rick Jemmott (Panthers) v Brian Reeves (Failand A) 17-19 7-11 12-10 12-10 13-11

Highest number singles points in evening
295 Rick Bradford (Avspol) v Tigers

Highest number points in evening including doubles
347 Rick Bradford (Avspol) v Tigers

Three five game sets in evening
Brenda Baldwin (Winterbourne A) v KCC A
Paul Redman (KCC A) v Bristol C
Martyn Stowey Failand E) v Almonds Y

Four five game sets in evening
None

Most team points played in an evening
792 KCC A v Winterbourne A

Expedite
None

Hundred percent averages (played min 4 matches)

21 Paul Towers (Failand D)
14 Mark Woodcock (Headlines)
12 Paul Boucher (Knowle G)
12 Peter Cook (KCC D)
12 Rob Kendall (Saracens)
12 Oliver Turner (Turners)