Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 28/02/10 

The Town Championships will be held week beginning March 22^nd.

Tuesday 23rd Youths. Singles START 7pm at NORTHGATE.

Thursday 25th Singles. START 7pm at NORTHGATE.

Friday 26th over 40,s. START 8pm at NORTHGATE.  

Entries to 01493 667440 OR 01493 720225 by MARCH 16TH **.
 

Week beginning March 29th
Tuesday 30th  FINAL SPRING PAIRS. Start 7pm at NORTHGATE.

Thursday 1st APRIL -  DOUBLES. Start 7pm at NORTHGATE.

Entries as above by March 26th**.

Quiz will be held on Thursday May 20th followed by the

A.G.M. on Thursday May 27^th.

 WILL ALL PLAYERS HOLDING TROPHIES RETURN AT ONCE TO T. FLOWERS (in a clean condition).

Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 14/02/10

The first half of the season has been completed. Secretaries have worked hard to play/re-arrange matches affected by the bad weather and have been calling on Juniors and players from the lower division to help out.

Young Josh Baxter has helped out Hospital St Johns "A" standing in for the injured Eddie Fuller (maybe Eddie should have a course of spinach !!! ).

Burrage strengthened their position at the top of Division One with two more decisive victories.  B.S.C pushed up the table when they gained fourteen points from their last two matches.

Newly promoted Kings Church "B" are picking up points and holding position. Hospital Sparks and Gorleston Conservatives are currently in the bottom two places.

Top of Division Two is between Hospital Telecom and Hospital Claydon with the latter just ahead.

The young players of ENSFC "B" - Kings Church Crusaders and Caister "B" are all doing well and enjoying their matches -  Kings Church "C" team will do better now they have signed Jason Austin.

Kings Church "D" team has had to withdraw, their results have been deleted.

Mill Lane - Caister "A" and the Beacons all continue to produce surprising results.

A reminder that entries for the Town Handicap must be received by Wednesday February 24^th. Singles will be played on TUESDAY MARCH 2nd - Doubles on THURSDAY MARCH 4^th.

Latest Results

Hospital "A" 5  BSC  5. This was very competitive with four going into three game sets Carl Stevenson and Paul White three each.

Hospital Dynamos 6  Police 4. Terry Shetliffe did the damage taking three, Chris Neve three  and Kevin Chaney two. (Did your track-suit put the opposition off Kevin ??).

Kings Church "A" 7  Hospital St Johns "A" 3. Thomas Baxter scored a maximum.

Hospital Police 1  BSC 9.  Police could only muster two players.

St Johns "B" 2   Burrage  8. Even with Paul Wright Jnr scoring two the Saints could not manage another win.

Kings Church "B" 4  Kings Church "A"  6. The club derby proved to be a hard fought game and the result depended on the doubles with the "A" team just getting the upper hand to win the match.

St Johns "B" 7  St Johns "A" 3.  With Wally Ladmore and Paul Wright Jnr on great form the "A" team had their backs to the wall and could only scrape three points.

Hospital Sparks 1  Burrage 9. Chris Durrant gained the only point for the Sparks who had no answer to the brilliant play of Ernie George and Ryan Moore.

Hospital Dynamos 9  Hospital Sparks 1. The Dynamos blasted through the Sparks with Brendan Green the only player to gain a point for the losers.

St Johns "A" 9  Hospital Sparks 1. Ray Lee and Bob Lamb doing the damage.

Kings Church "C" 0  ENSFC  "B"  10.  David Sursham - Peter Littleboy and Alex Harley proved far too strong.

Kings Church "C"  4  Caister "B"  6. Kings had a better result in this match just losing the doubles- for the winners -Mathew Current and Gavin Brewer took two each.

Caister "B" 3  Hospital Telecom  7. Graham Chapman took three with Dick Boyce winning two. Sarah Xioa is proving to be quite a handful player- she won two very good games for the losers- a player to watch for the future.

Mill Lane Beacons 2  Hospital Claydon 8. Those good old boys won again !!  Brian Cunningham took three- John Smith playing his usual solid game won two- a very friendly match which lasted three and a half hours.

Mill Lane Beacons 6  Kings Church Crusaders  4. John Smith was at his best  and scored a maximum but the young Crusaders fought back and all rested on the doubles with the Beacons just pipping their opponents to secure the win.

 
League results submitted by Edna Fletcher 05/02/10 via Eddie Fuller email 24/01/10
 
  Div 1
  5th Jan     Sparks            v     Hosp 'A'                  2 - 8      3 ea Luke Casewell/Simon Allen.
  6th Jan     Kings Ch A     v     Gorleston Cons      9 - 1
  7th Jan     Dynamos        v     Hosp St Johns A    5 - 5      3 for Chris  Neeve, 2 each Bob Lamb/ Eddie Fuller.
  14th Jan    Gorleston  Cons     v     BSC               0 - 10
  18th Jan    BSC                v     Kings Ch A            7 - 3      3 for Carl Stevenson 2 for Tom Baxter.
  19th Jan    BSC                v     Sparks                    9 - 1
  19th Jan    Hops St J 'A'   v     Burrage                  4 - 6     3 each for Ryan Moore/Ernie George.
  20th Jan    St Johns 'B'       v    Dynamos              8 - 2     3 each for P.Wright(Jnr)/Wally Ladmore.
  21st Jan    Hospital 'A'      v    Hosp St Johns 'A'  5 - 5     3 for Bob Lamb.
  21st Jan    Hospital 'A'      v    Police                      4 - 6     3 for S.Baxter
  21st Jan    St Johns B      v    Dynamos                 6 - 4

  Div 2
  4th Jan      Caister 'A'       v     ENSFC 'A'              5 - 5    3 for M.Piggot. Caister did well to draw with 2 man team.
  6th Jan      Beacons         v     ENSFC 'B'              5 - 5
  21st Jan     Crusaders      v     Caister 'B'              7 - 3
  21st Jan     Telecom          v     Mill Lane                4 - 6    3 for Josh Baxter. Colin loses 100% to Graham Chapman


Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 17/01/10

The group rounds of the Spring Pairs Competition have been completed and some interesting results emerged- notably the advancement made by the younger players in every tournament they play

St John’s “A”  Bob Lamb with Ray Lee won Group “A” the former was unbeaten- new player Curtis Robinson playing for Kings Church “C” had a narrow win of  21 – 20 over Ray

Burrage were good runners –up- Ernie George and Ryan Moore dug in to overcome their big handicaps and racked up seven points

Group “B” played at Mill Lane saw two teams – St John’s “B”  Paul Wright Snr and Jnr . and Kings Church Crusaders represented by Curtis Beales and Brendan McManus tie for top position-  in the play off Curtis beat Paul Jnr 21 – 15 for the extra point that took his team to victory-  Robin Tovell and Paul White were the players for BSC and Derek Humphries and John Smith for Mill Lane Beacons

Thanks go to Mike Harvey who was the referee for this group

In Group “D”  Kings Church “D” team failed to arrive thus reducing the teams to three

ENSFC  “B”  represented by Alex Harley and Peter Littleboy came out top with seven points followed by Hospital Police- Tony Shaw and Steve Allen – and Chris Durrant and Brendan Green for Hospital Sparks

Group “D” saw Hospital “A” battle their way to victory- Stuart Baxter played very well to overcome his – 14 handicap losing only  one game to Martin Piggot and was supported by Simon Allen with six points

A great battle for Runner-up spot between Kings Church “A” Mill Lane and ENSFC “A” with the  latter stealing the position by one point

Group “E” was probably the most exciting with eight games being won/lost at  21 – 20

Kevin Chaney was involved in three and came out unbeaten and with team mate Chris Neve backing up took the group title

Hospital Claydon- Brian Cunningham and Roy Pells  wer good runners-up followed by Hospital Telecom / Kings “B” and Gorleston Conservative Club- the latter team lost three of their games 20 – 21

The tournament secretary would like to thank all who helped to make the tournament run smoothly

Final in March at Northgate 

An alteration to a result-  Claydon beat Caister  “B”   10- 0 

If Northgate teams need to book a new date for a match –please liaise with E F  who holds the master booking sheet

Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 04/01/10 

St Johns “B” played a strong team against Kings Church “B” and won all ten games. In a very close match Kings Church “A” just pipped Hospital Dynamos thanks to three from Thomas Baxter.

Ray Lee won three and this helped St Johns “A” to an 8 - 2 victory over Gorleston Conservatives.The Con Club then ground out a 5 – 5 draw when they met Hospital Sparks. Young Louis Woolston had an excellent win over the experienced Brendan Green and then Albert Cadmore and Malcolm Vasey overturned a deficit of 8-17 in the first game of the doubles to win 26 - 24 /  28 - 30  /  21 - 19.

Hospital Police were too strong against the Gorleston Club and with Nick Calver and Tony Shaw gaining maximums they won 8 - 2.

Kings Church Crusaders with Curtis Beales unbeaten tried hard to beat ENSFC “B” but eventually went down 4 - 6.

ENSFC “A” met Kings Church “C” who could only muster two players and they won 9 - 1. Kings then met Caister Com “A” and although Mathew Smith won at 17 in the third against Malcolm King the score ended up Caister winning nine games to one.

The College A team then met Hospital Telecom but went down by the narrowest margin six games to four. Telecom could not follow up their win when they met Caister “A” but ground out a hard fought draw.

Caister C A “B” had Charlie Hacon, Gavin Brewer and Tyler Harrison unstoppable and they won 10 - 0 against Hospital Claydon.

Michael Harvey and John Smith led their team Mill Lane Beacons to a 9 - 1 victory when they met Kings Church “C”.

Thomas Turrell had a good win over Louis Woolston but could not stop Claydon from beating Kings Church “D” 9 - 1.

Week beginning January 11^th sees the Spring Pairs Competition swing into place – paper work is now ready for distribution.

League results submitted by Eddie Fuller on 14/12/09

TEAM AGAINST DIV F A RES DATE Match Comments
Caister CA. 'B' Kings Church Crusaders 2 4 6 L 12-Oct Match played in
good spirit by all.Outstanding performance from Mat Current against
Curtis.Liam also tight game with Curtis.scored maximum
Kings Church 'B' Hospital Sparks 1 3 7 L 8-Oct Match brought forward
from 24th December.Mike Wood      scored maximum
Hospital Telecom ENSFC 'B' 2 9 1 W 8-Oct Dick Boyce      scored
maximum
Hospital Claydon Mill Lane Beacons 2 9 1 W 13-Oct Claydon to strong.
Brian Cunningham  Roy Pells    scored maximum
Burrage Centre 'A' Hospital St. John's 'A' 1 10 0 W 16-Oct Ernie
George David Boatman Rhys Moore    scored maximum
Mill Lane Kings Church 'C' 2 7 3 W 9-Oct Josh Baxter Colin
Fortescue     scored maximum
Mill Lane ENSFC 'A' 2 7 3 W 16-Oct Colin Fortescue Josh Baxter    
scored maximum
Kings Church 'D' Caister CA. 'A' 2 1 9 L 16-Oct
Hospital Dynamos St. Johns 'B' 1 2 8 L 15-Oct A much closer game than
score line suggests.scored maximum
Gorleston Conservatives Kings Church 'B' 1 4 6 L 15-Oct
Hospital Police Hospital 'A' 1 4 6 L 15-Oct
Kings Church 'A' B.S.C. 1 2 8 L 15-Oct
Hospital Sparks Hospital Dynamos 1 1 9 L 15-Oct
Hospital St. John's 'A' Kings Church 'A' 1 6 4 W 20-Oct Enjoyable
game Hospital A came from 4-3 down to clinch the win by winning the last
3 games. Ray Lee beat Tom Baxter 22-20 in the third Andrew Lilly beat Bob
Lamb in the third for a hard fought  win. scored maximum.
Mill Lane Beacons Caister CA. 'B' 2 5 5 D 23-Oct   John Smith   
scored maximum
Kings Church 'C' Hospital Claydon 2 0 10 L 22-Oct
Caister CA. 'B' Kings Church 'C' 2 9 1 W 26-Oct Gavin Brewer  Sarah
(XIAO)Li    scored maximum
Hospital Claydon Hospital Telecom 2 6 4 W 27-Oct
Burrage Centre 'A' St. Johns 'B' 1 6 4 W 23-Oct Burrage only had 2
players but after a hard fought match came out on top. Ernie George     
scored maximum.
Hospital 'A' Gorleston Conservatives 1 9 1 W 23-Oct Sub Paul Bartrum
Stuart Baxter    scored maximum
Hospital St. John's 'A' St. Johns 'B' 1 2 8 L 27-Oct Enjoyable
match Paul Wright (Jnr) wins all three supported by Darren Swan and
Wally Ladmore 2 each. scored maximum.
Kings Church 'B' B.S.C. 1 1 9 L 22-Oct BSC to strong for Kings Church
BMike Wood their only win against Peter White. Good to see Peter back in
action again.scored maximum
ENSFC 'A' ENSFC 'B' 2 3 7 L 21-Oct
Kings Church 'A' Kings Church 'B' 1 9 1 W 29-Oct Thomas Baxter Martyn
Clarke scored maximum.
Kings Church 'D' Mill Lane 2 1 9 L 29-Oct
Kings Church Crusaders Mill Lane Beacons 2 8 2 W 29-Oct Curtis Beales
Sam Gallant    scored maximum.
Hospital Dynamos Hospital Police 1 8 2 W 29-Oct Terry Shetcliffe    
scored maximum
Burrage Centre 'A' Hospital Sparks 1 10 0 W 30-Oct Ernie George Ryan
Moore David Boatman    scored maximum
Hospital Sparks Hospital St. John's 'A' 1 5 5 D 30-Oct Ray Lee won all
3  Josh Baxter playing up performed very well winning one game. Result
depended on Doubles. Ray and Josh coming out winners. scored maximum
Hospital Telecom Caister CA. 'B' 2 8 2 W 3-Nov Excellent sporting
match Highlight Was the game between Kit and Liam Kit just winning 25-23
in the third. Dick Boyce Graham Chapman     scored maximum

Hospital 'A' Kings Church 'B' 1 6 4 W 5-Nov Well played Mike Wood
winning all 3scored maximum
Hospital Claydon ENSFC 'A' 2 9 1 W 3-Nov Max wins for Brian Cunningham
and Alan Yardy Martin Pigott secured a point for ENSFC A. Brian
Cunningham Alan Yardy scored maximum
Kings Church 'D' Mill Lane Beacons 2 3 7 L 5-Nov scored maximum
Kings Church Crusaders Kings Church 'D' 2 9 1 W 5-Nov Thomas Turrell 3
games all went to 3 finally beating Sam Gallant in a very exciting game.
Curtis Beales Brendan McManus  scored maximum
St. Johns 'B' Kings Church 'A' 1 7 3 W 5-Nov   Paul Wright Jnr  
scored maximum
Hospital Dynamos Burrage Centre 'A' 1 2 8 L 10-Nov
ENSFC 'B' Caister CA. 'A' 2 3 7 L 28-Oct
Mill Lane ENSFC 'B' 2 6 4 W 28-Oct Josh Baxter      scored maximum
Hospital Police Burrage Centre 'A' 1 0 5 L 28-Oct
B.S.C. Hospital Dynamos 1 9 1 W 16-Nov Paul White Carl Stevenson    
scored maximum
Hospital St. John's 'A' Hospital Police 1 3 7 L 16-Nov Josh Baxter
commendable performance playing against very experienced players. Match
played in good spirit enjoyed by all Regretfully Eddie Fuller had to
retire due to hamstring problem again.3 for Nicky Calver and Tony
Shaw.    Nick Calver Tony Shaw scored maximum
Hospital St. John's 'A' Kings Church 'B' 1 6 4 W 10-Nov Max for Ray
Lee 2 for Josh Baxter  Ray Lee    scored maximum
Caister CA. 'A' Hospital Claydon 2 4 6 L 16-Nov 3 for Brian
Cunningham Games were very close.   Brian Cunningham   scored maximum
St. Johns 'B' Hospital Sparks 1 9 1 W 18-Nov Steven Cruickshank scores
max on his second appearance in league. Consolation win at the death
saves Sparks blushes.  Steven Cruickshank scored a maximum Wally
Ladmore scored a maximum  
Hospital Dynamos Kings Church 'B' 1 8 2 W 19-Nov Mike Wood secures two
for Dynamos. Terry Shetcliffe scored a maximum  
Hospital 'A' Kings Church 'A' 1 6 4 W 19-Nov Luke Caswell scored a
maximum    
Burrage Centre 'A' Gorleston Conservatives 1 10 0 W 19-Nov
Conservatives out gunned by possibly the strongest team in the league.
Ryan Moore scored a maximum Ernie George scored a maximum Rhys Moore
scored a maximum  
B.S.C. Hospital 'A' 1 3 7 L 19-Nov Result could have gone either way
as there were some very close games.    Martin Peek scored a maximum 
Luke Caswell scored a maximum
ENSFC 'A' Caister CA. 'B' 2 6 4 W 18-Nov Martin Pigott scored a
maximum    
Kings Church 'C' Kings Church Crusaders 2 1 9 L 18-Nov Miguel Reyes
the only winner for Kings C after a titanic struggle with Sam Gallant.
Overall Crusaders were the  much stronger side.     Brendan McManus
scored a maximum Curtis Beales scored a maximum
Kings Church Crusaders Hospital Telecom 2 4 6 L 19-Nov
Kings Church 'D' ENSFC 'B' 2 1 9 L 19-Nov Peter Littleboy the lone
winner for Kings Church "D".    David Sursham scored a maximum  Alex
Harley scored a maximum
Caister CA. 'B' Caister CA. 'A' 2 0 10 L 23-Nov Local derby result
looks one sided but many of the games were hard fought and 4 went to
the third game    Paul Bartram scored a maximum Chris Gould scored a
maximum Malcolm King scored a maximum
Hospital Telecom Mill Lane Beacons 2 7 3 W 24-Nov John Smith on the
ball. (Sorry about the rest) Card comments not the results
secretary.      John Smith scored a maximum
Hospital Claydon Mill Lane 2 5 5 D 24-Nov Enjoyable evening. Five
games go to the third. Result a fair one. Well played Colin ably
supported by Josh Baxter.    Colin Fortescue scored a maximum 
Kings Church 'C' Kings Church 'D' 2 7 3 W 26-Nov    Matthew Smith
scored a maximum  
Hospital St. John's 'A' B.S.C. 1 4 6 L 1-Dec      Carl Stevenson
scored a maximum
Hospital Police St. Johns 'B' 1 2 8 L 26-Nov An enjoyable evening with
lots of good table tennis.    Paul Wright Jnr. scored a maximum Wally
Ladmore scored a maximum
ENSFC 'A' Kings Church Crusaders 2 3 7 L 25-Nov Keenly fought match
with Curtis just beating Martin in the third to clinch his maximum.    
Curtis Beales scored a maximum
Caister CA. 'A' Kings Church Crusaders 2 6 4 W 25-Nov Crusaders
improving rapidly and will soon be pushing for Div 1 status. Very
promising young team. Chris Gould scored a maximum    
St. Johns 'B' Gorleston Conservatives 1 9 1 W 25-Nov Paul Wright Snr.
scored a maximum  Wally Ladmore scored a maximum  

Kings Church 'B' Burrage Centre 'A' 1 0 10 L 3-Dec     Ernie George
scored a maximum Ryan Moore scored a maximum David Boatman scored a
maximum
B.S.C. St. Johns 'B' 1 3 7 L 7-Dec Competitive match much closer than
the score suggests    Paul Wright Jnr. scored a maximum  Wally Ladmore
scored a maximum
Kings Church 'C' Hospital Telecom 2 2 8 L 3-Dec     Graham Chapman
scored a maximum  Alan Jones scored a maximum
Mill Lane Beacons ENSFC 'A' 2 5 5 D 4-Dec Draw was a fair result. John
Smith in good form. For ENSFC "A" 2 each for Martin Pigott and Darren
Smith.  John Smith scored a maximum   
Caister CA. 'B' ENSFC 'B' 2 2 8 L 7-Dec Match Closer than score
suggests. Sarah Lee improving all the time claiming the 2 wins for
Caister "B". Friendly and sporting evening. David Sursham scored a
maximum.
Kings Church 'A' Hospital Sparks 1 6 4 W 3-Dec Tom Baxter Max. Ably
supported by Martyn Clarke  Thomas Baxter scored a maximum   
Hospital 'A' Hospital Dynamos 1 5 5 D 3-Dec    Stuart Baxter scored a
maximum  
Hospital Police Kings Church 'A' 1 4 6 L 8-Dec
Kings Church 'D' Hospital Telecom 2 0 10 L 10-Dec Kings "D" tried hard
but experience made its mark. Kings "D" will do better the second half
of the season.    Dick Boyce scored a maximum Graham Chapman scored a
maximum Alan Jones scored a maximum
Kings Church Crusaders Mill Lane 2 4 6 L 10-Dec Hard fought match many
games very close and could have gone either way. Colin retains his 100%
record. Who will be the one to beat him?  Colin Fortescue scored a
maximum.


Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 14/12/09
 
Caister Community “A” just managed to hold off the fast improving Kings Church Crusaders 6 games to 4. Crusaders were in action again against ENSFC “A”  and thanks to a fine win by Curtis Beales over Martin Piggott they won  7 – 3. Against Mill Lane the Crusaders went down 4 – 6 in a very hard fought match- Colin Fortescue again held his team together retaining his 100% record – who will be the one to topple him from the top spot ?

St Johns “B” were too strong for Gorleston Conservatives-  Paul Wright Senior and Wally Ladmore took their three in a 9 – 1 victory  -  the Saints had another good win- this time against B.S.C. thanks to Paul Wright Junior they won  7 – 3.

With Graham Chapman and Alan Jones on form – Hospital Telecom beat Kings Church “C” 8 – 2.

Mill Lane Beacons and ENSFC “A” ground out a draw – with John Smith scoring another maximum.  Martin Piggott and Darren Smith took two each

Sarah Li is improving with every match that she plays for Caister “B”- this time she took two when they entertained ENSFC “B” who had David Sursham unbeaten score 2 – 8.

Tom Baxter did the damage when Kings Church “A” met Hospital Sparks- he was unbeaten in their  6 – 4 win.

Hospital “A” had Stuart Baxter to thank for their draw against Hospital Dynamos.

The Spring Pairs Competition will be held in early January- please refer to the handbook for playing nights and venues. The “C” group venue is to be confirmed.

Please forward the names of the two players to represent each team to the tournament secretary E F as soon as possible to enable the format etc to be worked out and distributed.

Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 05/12/09

The Annual Sports Partnership Games was recently held in Kings Lynn. Several sports were represented including table tennis.

Players were from Broadland, Dereham, Wymondham, West Norfolk, Norwich and East Norfolk.  Richard Grove, the Sports Officer Organiser for the East  is based at the Cliff Park High School and held trials at the school where Josh Baxter and Mathew Current together with Casey Packham and Kizzie Packham  were chosen to represent the table tennis section.

Josh having qualified in first position was drawn in a group playing all other number 1s and came third overall. Mathew played in the group meeting other number 2s and came out top, the two became overall boys winners. The girls at 11years old tried hard but were up against older and more experienced players  but will have ample opportunity to enjoy better results in the future.

Ernie George who has been a leading player in the Yarmouth and Lowestoft Leagues for many years has recently qualified as a table tennis coach and he accompanied the players to the tournament.

At present Ernie is kept very busy coaching different levels at various local schools and clubs including Belton, Bradwell, Priory, Alderman Swindell, Gt Yarmouth High School, Kings Centre, ENSFC, John Grant school and a beginners class at Northgate Hospital Social Club.

Anyone interested in coaching please ring 601504  OR  667440.

Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 01/12/09

B.S.C. entertained Hospital “A” but could not stop Martin Peek and Luke Caswell scoring a maximum each although several of the games went to three. Final score 3 - 7.

Conservative Club were outgunned when they visited Burrage, the current League Champions, Rhys and Ryan Moore and Ernie George were unstoppable, score 10  - 0.

B.S.C. were the victors in their second match scoring 9 against Hospital Dynamos. Paul White and Carl Stevens three each.

St Johns “A” without the injured Eddie Fuller (who is out until the New Year) played Josh Baxter against Kings Church “B” and he managed to win two games with Ray Lee taking three – the Saints won 6 games to 4.

Wally Ladmore scored three and Stephen Cruikshanks in only his second match in the Yarmouth League also won three when St Johns B played Hospital Sparks who only managed in the very last game to save a whitewash 9 - 1 the score.

Although Mike Woods took 2 games he could not stop his team losing 2 - 8 to Hospital Dynamos who had Terry Shetliffe unbeaten.

Luke Caswell shone for Hospital “A” scoring another maximum when they defeated Kings Church “A” 6 games to 4.

Caister C A .“A” played two matches and in the first narrowly lost to Hospital Claydon  4  - 6,  Brian Cunningham winning three very close games and in the local derby against their “B” team they took all ten games although four went the distance. The “A” team turned out their big guns of Malcolm King/ Paul Bartram and Chris Gould.

Hospital Telecom had a good match against Mill Lane Beacons where John Smith was unbeaten, score 7 - 3, against the Kings Church Crusaders they just managed to hold on for a 6 - 4 victory.

When the two Kings Church teams “D” and “C” met Mathew Smith enjoyed his maximum giving the “C” team victory 7 – 3, but they could not keep on the winning trail going down  9 – 1 against Kings Crusaders and  had Miguel Reyes as their only winner after a titanic struggle with Sam Gallant-  Brendan McManus and Curtis Beales enjoyed three victories each.

Martin Piggott playing for ENSFC “A” took his three and helped his team to win 6 - 4 against Caister “B”.

Alex Harley and David Sursham put paid to Kings Church “D” when they were both unbeaten  score  9  - 1.

Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 13/11/09

The Autumn Handicap was held at Northgate with players drawn into four groups.

Nine Juniors entered and with handicaps/scaling down they used this to their advantage producing some hard fought games.

Group “A” saw Alex Harley take top spot with 6 points followed by Mathew Current who tied with Colin Fortescue with 4 points but on count back took the runner-up spot.

Group “B” had Josh Baxter lead with 6 points and Alan Yardy by defeating Ray Lee two straight claimed runner-up.

Peter Littleboy topped Group “C” gaining 7 points pushing Roy Pells to second spot with 6 – Martin Clarke won  4 followed by Curtis Beales and Kevin Baker.

Brian Cunningham was the victor in Group “D” – with Thomas Baxter runner – up followed by David Sursham and Louis Woolston.

In the quarter – finals Peter beat Mathew two straight  - Josh beat Roy again two straight -  Alex had to fight against Thomas but won 20 – 21 /  21  - 8  / 21 – 18   Brian beat team-mate Alan in two straight.

Josh came out fighting in the semi-final taking the first game off Alex  21 – 18  but Alex took the next  21 – 14 .  At 18 all in the third Josh gained the last three points to go through to the final.

The second semi saw Brian put out Peter – two straight.

The final was a good entertaining game, Josh took the first  21 – 11  but Brian changed tactics using his vast experience to win the second  21 – 13.  All to play for in the third.  Brian took a lead and went to a 15 – 10 lead but young Josh fought back point by point to square at 15 –all, but two errors gave Brian the lead and he hung on to take the title 21 – 18.

Tournament Officer and Referee Edna Fletcher were in attendance.
 
League results

Kings Church “A” had a good win over their “B” team 9 games to 1.

St Johns B scored 8 against Burrage with Paul Wright winning three and Wally Ladmore and Darren Swann 2 each.

Terry Shetliffe scored three and two each from David Willgoss and Chris Neave gave Dynamos an 8 -2 victory over Police.

In Division Two – Mill Lane had a good win over Kings Church “D” Josh Baxter and Colin Fortescue scoring maximums and Jackie Fortescue was pleased to win another two games.

Sam Gallant and Curtis Beales were the stars for Kings Church Crusaders winning three each – Brendan McManus took two when they met Mill Lane Beacons- some of the games were very close and with a little more luck the losers could have had two more.

ENSFC  B  and Caister “A”  played a very hard fought match with 5 of the games going to three- Caister were the winners 7 games to 3.

Caister “B” had a good win over 2 man Kings Church “C”- score  9 – 1.

Top of the table Claydon and Telecom met and with 4 games going to three it was Claydon who took victory with a 6 – 4 score.

Mercury report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 09/11/09

Hospital St John’s “A” were pushed hard by Kings Church “A” – the winning post reached only after victory in the doubles Score  6  - 4.

St Johns played Hospital Sparks- the points were divided -  score  5  - 5.

Kings Church “B”- newcomers to the top division found B.S.C. in excellent form, with Paul White and Carl Stevenson taking three each  they went down 1  -  9.

Ernie George scored a very good maximum when two man Burrage met St Johns “B”  his team won  6 - 4.

Chris Neve and David Willgoss helped take Sparks apart when Dynamos won  9 – 1.

In the second division- Caister “A” were pushed hard by Mill Lane who had Colin Fortescue winning three – the doubles gave Caister victory  6 games to  4.

Another game depending on the doubles was Mill Lane Beacons –with John Smith winning three – against Caister “B” Score  5  -  5.

The Kings “C” team could make no impression against the strong Hospital Claydon side and went down  0  -  10.

Kings Church Crusaders did better when they met Mill Lane Beacons who were without their strong player John Smith. Debbie McCourt played well but the young Crusaders were on top form.  Mike Harvey beat Brendan McManus and teamed up with Derek Humphreys to take the doubles-  score 8  -  2.

Any teams struggling to alter games contact Edna to ascertain whether free tables at Northgate


League results submitted by Eddie Fuller on 23/10/09 for w/c 12/10/09

Div 1

Kings A             v     B.S.C                         2 - 8   Carl Stevenson wins all 3.

Burrage             v     St Johns A               10 - 0   St Johns outclassed.

Gorleston Cons v     Kings Church B        4 - 6  Mike Wood wins all 3.

Dynamos           v     St Johns B                 2 - 8  A much closer game than the score suggests.

Police                 v     Hospital A                 4 - 6  Luke Caswell wins all 3 but only just beating Tone Shaw 18 in the 3^rd.

Kings Church B v     Sparks                       3 - 7 played on 8th Oct brought forward from 24.12.09


Div 2

Kings Church D  v     Caister A                  1 - 9 Chris Gould and Jerry Walker win all 3 Thomas Turrell the only winner for Caister.

Caister B             v     K C Crusaders         4 - 6  Match played in good spirit by all. Outstanding performance by Mat Current against Curtis. Liam unlucky against Liam. K C Crusaders only had 2 players yet still managed to win.

Mill Lane              v      ENSFC A                 7 - 3   Colin Fortescue and Josh Baxter win all 3. Jackie Fortescue still trying very hard but without success yet.

Claydon               v      Mill Lane Beacons   1 - 9   Claydon have comfortable win.
Telecom              v      ENSFC B                  8 - 2   R Boyce wins all 3 but only just Josh Baxter took him to 19 in the 3rd. A Jones and Kit Marsden 2 each contributed to Telecoms win. Some games were very closely fought..

Mill Lane              v      Kings Church C        7 - 3 Josh Baxter and Colin Fortescue win all 3. Jackie finally wins a game to her delight. Fixture brought forward from Xmas day fixture played on 9th Oct 09.            
 

Please forward match results a.s.a.p. to Match Secretary  Eddie Fuller.

League Cup competition report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 11/10/09

The League Cup competition has been finalised.

Hospital Claydon put out Burrage in the Semi-final 5 games to 2. Ernie George winning the 2 for the losers, Ryan Moore lost all three games in the third.

Kings Church “A” just managed to fight off their young Crusader team to book their place in the final.

Thomas Baxter opened the League Cup Final winning his first match in three against Brian Cunningham but Roy Pells put Claydon back in contention winning the next in two straight against Martin Clarke. Claydon went ahead when Alan Yardy won 21 - 19   21 - 18 against Andrew Lilley and Brian just managed to grab a win against Martin in three. Thomas pulled one back for Kings when he defeated Alan. Claydon stormed to a 4 - 2 lead when Roy won against Andrew. Back came Kings with Martin being victorious over Alan. Score 4 - 3.

Tension was running high, could Andrew level the score? In an excellent game Brian won in three giving Claydon victory and the trophy. Final score  5 - 3.

Tournament Officer-  Charles Hacon congratulated the players. 

League play has commenced. Please forward results a.s.a.p. to Match Secretary  Eddie Fuller.

League Cup competition report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 04/10/09

Kings Church Centre hosted two games in the quarter-finals of the League Cup – their “B” team played against Burrage and in an exciting finish went down 5 games to 4. Ernie George for the visitors took his three games beating Mike Wood 21 – 20   21 – 20. Young Lewis Carby took 2 games and Darren Smith, 1 for Kings.

The second match saw the young Kings Crusader team fight to the finish against the experienced St Johns “B” and this match also went to the last game when Brendan McManus beat Darren Swann in the third  21  - 11.

ENSFC  “B” played Kings Church “A” and a very entertaining match saw the new comers fight for every point before going down 6 games to  3 with several games being lost at 21 – 20.    Alex Harley was in excellent form winning all three. These young players should do well in their first year in the league.

Claydon overwhelmed Hospital Dynamos 8 games to 1. Chris Neve took the only game for the losers. 

The semi-final draw  Kings “A”  v  Kings Crusaders  and  Burrage  v Claydon  will be played at Northgate on Tuesday Oct 6^th.  

The FINAL will be at Northgate on Thursday October 8^th. 

Would all players please note in the “Tournament Calendar” – Divisional Singles should be April 26^th NOT April 19^th.

Players may now practice Monday mornings at NORTHGATE. This will ease Thursday morning play which has become very popular.

League matches commence w/c October 12^th. Owing to the number of fixtures, please try and re-arrange, NOT postpone matches, especially those scheduled for w/c Dec 21^st.

League Cup competition report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 21/09/09

The preliminary rounds of the League cup have finished. 

Latest results

Mill Lane 3  Burrage 6
Caister “A” 7 Telecom 2
Sparks 1  Claydon 8
Police 2  Kings Crusaders 7
ENSFC “A”  5  Kings “D” 4
Kings  “B” 7  Mill Lane Beacons
Gorleston Cons  9  Kings  “C”  0
ENSFC “B” 7  Mill Lane  2

Quarter – finals are listed below and will be played at HOME club premises w/c Sept 28^th. Any problems, Northgate can accommodate.

Hosp Claydon v Hosp Dynamos
King Crusaders v St Johns ‘B’
Kings ‘B’ v Burrage
ENSFC ‘B’ v Kings Church ‘A’ 

Semi-finals will be played at NORTHGATE on Tuesday October 6^th.
FINAL will be played at NORTHGATE on Thursday October 8^th. 

Please note result cards should be posted to Eddie Fuller. Please change address if using last season cards.


League Cup competition report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 14/09/09

The first games in the League Cup competition have been played. The young Kings Church Crusaders - Brendan McManus - Curtis Beales and Sam Gallant had a good win over Hospital St Johns “A” 6 - 3. The Hospital team were without Eddie Fuller and called on junior Mathew Current to make up the team.

New team ENSFC “B” had an excellent victory over BSC. Alex winning three  - David  two  and Peter one - Robin Tovell praised the youngsters for their play and attitude.

Gorleston Conservatives played St Johns “B” at the Sussex Road Club and could only field two players and went down 1- 8.

New team Caister “B” were on the losing side against Hospital Claydon going down 0 – 9, junior Liam Current was very unlucky, he took all of his games to three but could not get that little bit of luck to turn one into a victory.

Hospital “A” were another team to field only two players - Simon Allen and Stuart Baxter losing 2 - 7 to Kings Church “B”.

Burrage were too strong for Mill Lane winning 6 games to 3.

Please forward results to Eddie quickly as this competition is running on a very tight schedule (email/phone/post ).

Ernie is coaching the very young players on Tuesdays - at Northgate - start  5pm finish 7pm  cost  £1.00.

There are vacancies for young beginners - just turn up and register - any queries ring 667440.

League Table Tennis Report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 03/09/09

The new Table Tennis season started with the Dickie Moore cup held at Northgate once again proving popular and attracting 24 players who were drawn into four groups.

Group “A” saw Ernie George win all five games to go top. Martin Clarke and Darren Swann tied for second spot with three points each. On count back Martin went through pushing Darren into third place. Mike Harvey came fourth and juniors Curtis Beales and Peter Littleboy tied for fifth spot.

Wally Ladmore was expected to win Group “B” which he duly did when defeating Thomas Baxter 22 – 20 in an excellent game. New player Brian Cunningham came third followed by John Smith Charlie Taverner and Mathew Current.

 Bob Lamb took himself to top place in Group “C” when he defeated Paul Wright Junior- but both progressed to the Quarter-Finals. Roy Pells and Josh Baxter scored two points each and Brendan McManus and David Sursham one each, the latter with an excellent victory over Pells.

There was another tie for points in Group “D” but on count back Ray Lee emerged as the winner pushing Paul Wright Senior to runner-up position.   Colin Fortescue came third followed by Alan Yardy who only lost 20 – 22 to Ray.  Juniors Alex Harley and Liam Current played well with the former claiming two victories.

The first Quarter Final saw Ray Lee enjoy his first victory in this competition  over Wally Ladmore in three excellent games 22 – 20   11 – 21   21  - 16. Thomas Baxter took out Paul Senior in two straight 21 – 19   21 – 16.  Martin Clarke knocked out Bob Lamb again in two 21 -19    21 – 16. The last Quarter Final was most exciting and the hardest fought.  Paul Jnr took the first game against Ernie George 21  - 18. and was leading by three points in the next when Ernie found five good shots to take the game 22 – 20. Paul raced to a good lead in the third and with Ernie unable to close the gap went through 21 – 13.

Ray had a good win over Martin  21 – 9   21 – 18 to take his place in the final where he was joined by Paul Jnr who overcame Thomas  21 – 15   21 -  9.

Ray put up a strong challenge in the Final, but Paul was determined to take the title which he duly did  21 -  17   21 -  14.

Charles Hacon, Tournament Officer and  Edna Fletcher officiated.

Wally Ladmore on behalf of the players thanked both officers for a well run and most enjoyable tournament.

 
League Table Tennis Report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 17/08/09

The new season starts with the “Dickie Moore” cup on Thursday September 3^rd prompt 7pm start. Entries by the 28^th August to Charles  720725  or Edna  667440. Entries could be restricted. Players will be informed of the new handicaps.

Please note the last coaching session at Northgate will be Tuesday 1^st September.

League Cup has been drawn into 6 x groups of 3  (A – F )  and 1 of  4  (G )    First matches will be played week beginning September 7^th. One team from groups  A  - F  and  two from group  “G”  will qualify  for quarter finals.

St John’s  “B”  v Gorl Cons  ( A),  Hospital “A” v  Kings “B”  (B),  Kings “D”  v  ENSFC  “A “ (C), Caister  “B”  v Claydon   (D), Hosp St Johns “A” v Kings Crusaders (E),  Kings  “A”  v Caister  (F),  Burrage v  Mill Lane (G),  B.S.C.  v  ENSFC “ B “(G).

The following have byes for the first week: Kings “C”, Mill Lane Beacons,  Dynamos, Sparks, Police, Telecom.

2^nd week commence  September  14^th.  3^rd week  September  21^st . Quarter-finals  week September 28^th  . Semi-Finals  Tues.  6^th Oct.  Final  Thurs. 8^th Oct.


League Table Tennis Report submitted by Edna Fletcher on 11/08/09

 The new season will start on THURSDAY September 3^rd  when the “Dickie Moore” Cup will be staged at Northgate. Start time 7pm prompt. Entries to be sent to Edna  667440  OR  Charles  720225  by  AUGUST 28^th.

The first round of the League Cup will be played in week commencing September 7^th then the 14th and 21st. Quarter-Finals w/c 28^th. Semi-Finals and Final  w/c October 5^th. All matches must be played in weeks specified.

Draw will be published next week.