Great Yarmouth and District Table Tennis League

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Results submitted by Edna Fletcher on 18/01/12

Results submitted by Edna Fletcher on 15/12/11: Received 02/01/12

Latest results in division two

Yarcon Telecom had two good victories - the first against Broadland Sports Club taking all ten points - then again 9 - 1 when they met Cliff Park Lions - Young Josh Baker overcame Alan Jones for their only win. Lions then went down to the other "newcomers" Broadland - 3 - 7 in a very tight match.

ENSFC "C" met a strong Caister Com "A" team and could not take a point. Caister won again with two players notching maximums and the doubles to score 7 - 3 against Telecom.

An exciting match when Cliff Park Tigers met the College "C" team credit must go to both the new young teams for providing an excellent match to watch which ended in a draw - with seven of the games going to five sets.

Caister Com "B" met ENSFC "B"and won 9 - 1 James Smith taking the only point for the College when he defeated Matt Currant in the fifth. Caister Com "B" then met the Cliff Park Tigers and their experience told when they ran out 10-0 winners.

Cliff Park Lions sparkled against The College "C" team Josh Baker scored three but two good wins by Jack Nickerson gave the college team a chance of snatching a draw but they could not quite clinch the win going down 4 games to 6.

Kings Church "B" were not at their best when they met Caister Com "B" who had Matt Currant on top form- score 1 - 9. Kings Church "B" then met ENSFC "B" and at the end of a very entertaining match a draw was a fair result with Carl Simmonds striking form.

Mill Lane with only two players managed to snatch a 7 - 3 victory over the Cliff Park Tigers.

A strong Caister "A" were 8 - 2 winners over Mill Lane although there were some close individual games.

There was a keenly fought match when Kings Church "A" met Burrage- Mike Wood and Lewis Carby won two each the latter just defeating Darren Smith who played up as sub. Alex Harley and Peter Littleboy just edged the doubles to give Burrage victory at 6 - 4.

Kings "A" were involved in another tight game against Yarcons "A" who had Ray Lee back to his best and with sub Dick Boyce taking a vital game Yarcons squeezed out a draw

St Johns met Gorleston Con Club and won comfortably 10 - 0. Albert Cadmore played two good games against Carl Stevenson and Paul White but could not obtain those vital last points.Malcolm Vasey,s best game was against Paul going to four.

Dynamos .Kevin Chaney had a good win against Darren Swan and then took a set off Wally Ladmore but the best game of the night was the victory by Neville Beckett at 12 - 10 in the fifth against Paul Wright Jnr. In their next match Dynamos hit top form with a 9 - l win over Gorleston Cons.only Malcolm Vasey stemmed the tide with a five set victory over David Willgoss.

Yacons Police with only two players fought all the way when they met ENSFC "A"- four of the games went to five.Score 4 - 6.

Yarcons Sparks and Burrage played an entertaining match with the result in doubt until the doubles- result 4 - 6.

Sparks then met Kings "A" and found them on top form winning only the doubles but several of the singles went to four and five sets - only being won at 15-13 - and 12 - 10, match much closer than the score reflects.

ENSFC "A" defeated Sparks 7 - 3 a tough and exciting match six games went to five .Martyn Clarke scored a maximum when he beat Andrew Knell in five.Louis Woolston scored two for College and was only denied his maximum by the consistent Brendan Green.

Joshua Baker put out Colin Fortescue in two straight- the latter starting from scratch and George Yusuff did the same against Andrew Knell- who put up a a good fight but could not quite make up the deficit. The two youngsters met in the final and with Joshua having to give George seven points start he had to play a different kind of game. George played a wily game when receiving service and took the first 21 - 15. Joshua then challenged in the second and led all the way up to 20-16 but after two unforced errors his concentration lapsed and the score crept to 20 - all . With a change of service - Joshua put the ball off the table leaving George a well deserved winner.

Broadland played two good matches winning the first 8 games to 2 against the ENSFC "C" team there were some close games and the young College team should have more success in the second half of the season- Well done Broadland.

There was a fast and furious match with Broadland and Kings Church "B"- games were moving to and fro with the doubles going to Church- score 5 - 5 More like this please.

Cliff Park Tigers 0 ENSFC "B" 10 some good games from the youngsters but the College always had the edge. The College then met Caister Com "A" and just failed to get a draw going down 4 games to 6 when the doubles was lost there were three x five setters and they all went Caister,s way to secure the victory.

Yarcons Telecom took all ten points from ENSFC "C" although the young team tried hard they could make no headway against the experienced Telecom team.

A cracking local derby at Caister- with the finalscore not being a fair reflection of the general quality of play- loads of spectacular shots and rallies- score "A" team 8- B team 2.

Yarcons Sparks met Yarcons "A" and this proved to be an excellent match- going right to the wire with the doubles deciding where the points would go. Good rallies tested the "old-uns".Chris Durrant with two good wins came into form only to be denied his maximum by the guile of Phil Clarke. Andrew Knell with two good wins for Sparks is improving fast.

Yarcons Police 5 Kings Church 'A' 5 - An impressive maximum for Mike Wood and two for Lew Carby and with four x five setters and three x four setters this showed how close the games were.

ENSFC "A" were too consistent for Gorl. Cons team winning all ten games. There were some close calls with Albert Cadmore and Malcolm Vasey fighting all the way - Louis Woolston demonstrated how much his game has improved with an impressive maximum.

Yarcon Sparks went down 1 - 9 against Yarcon Police although there were some good games not reflected by the final score.

Burrage entertained Yarcon Dynamos and ran out winners 7 games to 3 Burrage then came up against St Johns "B" and went down 3 games to 7. Wally Ladmore had an excellent Match and was unbeaten- he proved too tough for the opponents. Alex Harley managed to beat Darren Swann and Peter Littleboy had a good game against Paul Wright Jnr with some intense top spin rallies. Darren Smith playing up as sub. for Burrage put up a good fight against Darren Swann but was just edged out. A good match enjoyed by all.

St Johns "B" then met St Johns and went down 2 games to 8 - the latter team cementing their challenge for the first division title- some good table tennis but also some strange 11-0 results not often seen at this level.

With a large entry the November Handicap Tournament could not be concluded- but finished at the quarter-final stage.

Players were drawn into four groups of seven each and with handicaps ranging from --8 to + 15 competition was fierce.

Group "A" saw Joshua Baker unbeaten- play-off between John Smith/Curtis beales and Ray Lee saw the latter take the runner-up spot.

Another young player- George Green emerged at the top of Group "B" with Louis Woolston in second place- Mike Harvey had to settle for third spot.

Group "C" had Colin Fortescue as top dog with Andrew Knell defeating Martin Clarke in the play-off- having lost to him previously at 21 - 20 .

George Yusuff topped Group "D" with an impressive 6 victories- Martin Pigott gained five- Peter Littleboy four- followed by Kevin Chaney- Brendan Green and Matt Current this group saw many games won by the odd point 21 - 20.

George Yusuff put out Ray Lee after Ray had battled from a start of minus 16 to 19 all- only to lose 21 - 19.

Colin Fortescue giving one point to Louis Woolston played his usual steady game to win 21 - 18.

Semi-finals and the Final will be played at the Yarmouth Conservative Club on THURSDAY Dec 8th starting 7-30pm.

Kings Church "A" had an impressive win over Gorleston Cons.-there were many close games that could have gone either way- score 8 - 2 . Church then played Yarcon Police and with Mike Wood taking three and two for Lew Carby - a draw was a very fair result.

Yarcon Sparks and Yarcon "A" played out a hard fought match- the result in doubt until the final game with some excellent rallies testing the "old uns" - Andrew Knell- a fast improving player took two and Chris Durrant also two- only the guile of Phil Clarke denied him a maximum- a good competitive match.

ENSFC "A" came up against an in form St Johns "B" and went down 8 games to 2 with Martin Pigott taking the only singles and pairing with Martyn Clarke to win the doubles

The College bounced back with an good 10 - 0 victory over Gorl Cons- some good encounters but it was the play of Louis Woolston that caught the eye.

Mill Lane met the Cliff Park Lions and their experience told to give them victory 6 games to 4. Mill Lane then came up against Yarcon Telecom winning seven games to three- Colin Fortescue and Mike Harvey were on song for the winners.

Kings B had an impressive win against the young Cliff Park Tigers who are improving fast and fought well and inflicted a few scratches in the rallies- but could not win the vital points- score 9 - 1.

In the Caister Comm derby the "A" team ground out an impressive 8 - 2 victory against their "B" team - although the final score was not a fair reflection of the quality of play- there were some excellent rallies with spectacular shots to win a point.

In division one Gorl. Conservatives had a great win over Yarcons Sparks- Albert Cadmore and Malcolm Vasey took two each but the star of the night was Reg Cadmore who was unbeaten- the match was very competitive with five of the games going to five- a very good opener for the new season.

When the Yarcons Police met Yarcons "A" the result was in doubt up to the doubles - Ray Lee scored a maximum and Colin Fortescue playing as substitute managed to back him up winning two- final score 6 to Yarcons.

A remarkable game was played out between Yarcons St Johns and Burrage- the former were unstoppable winning all 10 ties.

Yarcons Dynamos could only muster 2 players and they went down 2 - 8 against Yarcons St Johns- highlight of the match was between Neville Beckett and Frank Hayward- the latter winning 11-8 in the fifth.

St Johns "B" scored seven against Kings Church "A" Church started well taking the first game but narrowly missed going further ahead when losing the next in the fifth game. Mike Wood won two but the younger players were outfoxed by the saints more experienced players.

A good battle was fought when Caister Community "A" met Kings Church "B", Tadeusz was the star for Church when he defeated Paul Bartram in an exciting five setter to gain a maximum- score five games all .
Yarcon Telecom played their usual solid game and just won 6-4 when they met Caister Com "B" who had Gavin Brewer unbeaten- Dick- Graham and Alan took two each for the winners.

The youngsters of Cliff Park Lions tried hard against the College "B" team but went down 2 games to 8. They lost again 2 - 8 when they met Caister Com "B" who had Sarah on top form with her blocking and fast play confusing the young players.

Autumn handicap is on Tuesday 15th November at the Yarmouth Con Club start 7pm- entries by 8th to the Tournament Officer.

Mike Wood then pulled one back for Kings Church "A" to begin the fight back but not before George Yusuff had notched another win against Curtis Beales to make the score 4 - 1

An exciting final game between George Y and Lewis ended in victory for the latter 17 - 21 / 21 - 20 / 21 - 19 to put Kings into the final.

Martyn Clarke - Martin Pigott and Mike Woolston for ENSFC "A" came up against Yarcons "A" who found them just too strong the college went into a winning 5 - 3 lead -Michael Edwards took two and Eddie Fuller one for the losers.

The final was hotly contested with some good attacking from both sides. The first game between Martyn Clarke and Mike Wood went to three with Martyn winning 21 - 20 /14 -21/ 21 - 20 Lewis Carby then levelled beating Martin Pigott 21 -13 / 21 -20. Another three setter saw Curtis Beales stay steady against the much improved Mike Woolston winning 21 - 14 / 20 - 21/ 21 - 18. In the battle of the left-handers- Lewis won his second game 21 -15 / 21 -16 against Martyn Clarke. Mike Wood and Lewis both beat Mike Woolston to give a very deserved victory to Kings Church "A"

Wally Ladmore thanked the Tournament Officer for organising and excellent competition and the players for making the final matches so entertaining.

Next Tournament will be the "AUTUMN HANDICAP" to be held on TUESDAY November 15th at the Yarmouth Conservative Club - start 7pm Entries to Tournament Officer by 8th November

Cliff Park Lions 6 ENSFC "B" 3

Final matches to determine Group winners are being played this week- teams will be informed

Would secretaries please forward all future results in the League Cup to THE TOURNAMENT SECRETARY- BY- E-MAIL / POST / OR TELEPHONE.

The Dickie Moore Cup attracted a large entry and players were drawn into four groups of seven.

Wally Ladmore had a hard exciting game with young Matt Current in group "A" emerging as the victor 21 - 19 which put him at the top of the group- followed by Chris Durrant and Mike Wood- young James Smith enjoyed playing against the stronger players and managed to win one game.

There were close games in Group "B" Josh Baxter just came home in a deuce game against Dominic Cutter. Paul Wright Senior was steaming ahead until he met Ray Lee and the latter had a comfortable victory 21 - 9 - Ray then went down to Curtis Beales and had to fight to win his last game against Josh to become joint winner of the group with Paul- in the play-off Ray won 21 - 18 and went forward to the semi's.

Tadeusz Maciocha produced a shock in Group "C" when he beat Martin Clarke 21 - 13 he also took victory at deuce against Peter Littleboy but his luck left him when he met Brendan Green and again against Louis Woolston at deuce. Martin had to fight to attain top spot and go forward.

Group "D" saw Sean Molloy back in competition play and he was in fine form winning all his six games. Lewis Carby and Alex Harley played well to take four each-followed by Darren Smith- Andy Knell and Colin Fortescue.

The first Semi Final saw Ray Lee win against Martin Clarke 21 - 19 / 9 - 21/ 21 -19.

The final had some good rallies- Ray held fast until half way through each game- when the superior shots from Sean took the remaining points and the title- 21- 8 /21 – 7.

President Edna Fletcher presented the awards and thanked the players who had made this first event so enjoyable.

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