DEWSBURY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE 2009/10

Closed Championship report 

‘Brown in top form’ 

James Brown was in top form in the recent Dewsbury Table Tennis League Closed Championships. Brown was the Open Singles winner, and he also won the Burton Cup, Bevan Walker Trophy and Jim Brown Trophy. Richard Lightowler was the top over 40’s player winning the Veterans Open Singles, and the Sam West Trophy. Lightowler also won the Open Doubles with playing partner Shaun Bibby.

 Open Singles     winner   James Brown

Open Doubles   winners   Shaun Bibby/ Richard Lightowler

Bevan Walker Trophy (handicapped) winner   James Brown

Burton Cup (handicapped) winner   James Brown

Jim Brown Trophy (Hard Bat) winner   James Brown

Veterans Open Singles winner   Richard Lightowler

Sam West Trophy (Vets H’cap) winner Richard Lightowler

DEWSBURY LEAGUE RESULTS

 AARDVARKS 10 V 0 BATTYEFORD

TERRIERS       10 V 0 SPEN METHODISTS

COLTS III        3 V 7   CUCKOOS

SIMPSONS      10 V 0 COLTS I

T’OLD MEN     9 V 1 COLTS II

LEAGUE TABLE 

 LEAGUE AVERAGES 

MATCH REPORT

‘SHOE-LESS TUCKER WINS TWO GAMES AS BATTYEFORD UP TO SECOND IN THE LEAGUE’

The Aardvarks are now four points clear at the top of the Dewsbury Table Tennis league, after a 7-3 victory over the Colts second team. James Brown and Richard Cooper were in fine form winning all their three games and not dropping a set. The Colts did play well though and the team of Joshua Lane, Tim Martin and Thomas Lennox all won a game each.  Freddie Brown also made is return for the Aardvarks, the 6 year old won a couple of sets, and is improving all the time with the intense coaching from dad James.

                                                                                            Battyeford are up to second in the league with a series of good wins, after playing some re-arranged matches. Battyeford’s match against the Terriers was a hard fought battle though, which they won 7-3. Man-of-the-match was the returning John Flynn who won all his three games and only dropped a single set on the night. He was well supported by team-mate Peter Tucker, who had to play his first game with no footwear. Luckily someone was able to lend him some trainers, and he went on to win two games. John’s son Nicky Flynn produced the performance of the match, with a straight set win over the Terriers’ Frank Lockwood, and a close five set defeat to Bernard Oldroyd. Chris Town was in good form for the Terriers winning two games. Tucker and John Flynn also won the doubles game in straight sets 11-6, 11-7 and 11-9.

                                 The Colts third team had their first win of the season, a 6-4 win over Spen Methodists. Hannah Ferguson, James Meehan, and Jack Baldwin were in fine form, with Ferguson and Meehan winning two games each, and Baldwin one. The Colts also won the doubles game. Chuen Yoong was the man-of-the-match though for Spen, winning all his three games in impressive fashion. The match was finally won with Meehan beating Alan Gill in four sets.

       Congratulations to Joshua Lane who was picked to train with the Northern Regional training squad at Bradford, run by former England International Sally Shutt. Sally is now one of the top coaches in the country. It now brings the number of Dewsbury juniors attending the academy to four. Jim Allan, Dewsbury coach, says that the hard work in the training sessions are now showing the results, and the future is looking bright. Any youngsters wishing to join the coaching sessions at the Heckmondwike Table Tennis Centre should contact Jim Allan on 01924 405491 for more information. Coaching sessions are on Saturday mornings and Monday evenings,

TABLE 

MATCH REPORT

 ‘Battyeford make flying start”

 Battyeford have made a 100% start to the season with three wins out of three and top the Dewsbury Table Tennis league table in the early part of the season. Battyeford produced a polished performance in beating the Terriers 8-2. Barry Ryan and Paul Sangster were in great form winning all three of their games, with Les Fenton also winning two. The Terriers’ two wins came from Bernard Oldroyd who beat Fenton in four sets, and Oldroyd and Frank Lockwood winning the doubles match in four sets against Ryan and Sangster. The best game of the match was Ryan’s five set win over the unlucky Oldroyd. Oldroyd won the first set 11-7, but Ryan came back to take the next two 11-9, 12-10. Oldroyd levelled at two sets each winning 12-10 in the fourth, but it was Ryan who upped a gear in the final set to win it 11-5. 

                      The Simpsons who won the league last season, were 6-4 winners against the Cuckoos. Richard Brearey was man of the match winning all his three games. He was well supported by Steve Crosby who won two games. Brearey and Crosby won the deciding doubles game in five sets, winning 11-9 in the final set. The performance of the match though was from the Cuckoos’ Steve Morris who beat Crosby in four sets 2-11, 11-8, 11-6 and 11-8.

                                      The improving Colts A team were impressive 10-0 winners against Spen Methodists. Alex Harrod-Edwards, Lewis Williamson and Haroon Ali all won their three games. The best game of the match was Harrod-Edwards five set win over Spen’s Chuen Yoong. Harrod-Edwards lost the first set 6-11, but came back to take the next two 11-3, 11-8, Yoong made it two sets apiece winning the fourth set 11-9, but the vastly improving Harrod-Edwards took the deciding set 11-9.  

 RESULTS

 WEEK 1 

AARDVARKS 8 V 2 T’OLD MEN

TERRIERS 10 V 0 COLTS ‘II’

COLTS ‘I’ 0 V 10 BATTYEFORD

CUCKOOS 10 V 0 SPEN METHODISTS

 WEEK 2

COLTS ‘II’ 0 V 10 AARDVARKS

BATTYEFORD 10 V 0 COLTS ‘III’

SPEN METHODISTS 0 V 10 COLTS ‘I’

SIMPSONS 6 V 4 CUCKOOS

 WEEK 3

 TERRIERS 2 V 8 BATTYEFORD

COLTS ‘III’ 3 V 7 SPEN METHODISTS

COLTS ‘I’ 0 V 10 CUCKOOS

SIMPSONS 4 V 6 T’OLD MEN

Harding Trophy Final??

Strange team selections!!

DEWSBURY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE    2008/09 

SAD NEWS

Stuart Brock sadly passed away at 7.00 pm on  Sunday the 17th May at the young age of only 48.

Stuart played for the Aardvarks in the Dewsbury League and will be greatly missed by all the team.  Stuart also played in the Wakefield and Leeds leagues from the Heckmondwike Table Tennis Centre.  Stuart previously played for Sedbergh in the Bradford league.

We send our condolences and best wishes to all his family.

A service will be held on Wednesday 27th May at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Brighouse at 11.30 am

St Josephs
Martin Street
Brighouse
HD6 1DA

This will be followed by a short service at Parkwood Crematorium Elland at 1.00 pm.
 

Park Wood Crematorium
Park Road
Elland HX5 9HZ

His family request no flowers but welcome donations on Stuart's behalf to either Cancer Research or Macmillan Cancer Support.

On Saturday the 30th May, at the request of Stuart, we are holding a day to help raise money for Cancer Research

We are holding a hard bat competition singles & draw doubles from 10am in
aid of Cancer Research, as you are aware Stuart Brock had been diagnosed
with terminal cancer and this event is something that he wanted to be
organised at Dewsbury Table Tennis Centre in Heckmondwike.

THE DAY

* Hard bat Competition

* starts 10am, Fee £5.00 per entry

* Prizes for winners & Runners up/

The evening will then start at 7.30pm with a live band the TOGS ( Bob Bond
band has kindly offered to play for free )

THE EVENING

* Live Band

* Disco

* Auction for Bradford Bulls Signed shirt, Signed Shirt from English
Table Tennis Player, Signed Bat from England players.

* 2 tickets for each of Leeds Rugby League & Union clubs, plus many
more raffle prizes.

* 2 Huddersfield Town FC tickets

* Hampers

* Food

Anyone who is unable to attend can donate to Cancer Research UK and we will
enter you into the prize draw listed above.
Please make cheques payable to :Cancer Research UK and send them to
Ian Fothergill , 23 Manor Gardens, Shaw Cross, Dewsbury, WF12 7RP

Please can you take this as a personal invitation and send this info on to
all your contacts (old and new), I would like to thank you for your
co-operation as this is a celebration of the lives of our players diagnosed
and lost to Cancer this year.

PLEASE CAN YOU LET US KNOW YOU ABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENT SO THE FOOD CAN BE
ORDERED ACCORDINGLY

Kind regards

Ian Fothergill
Dewsbury Table Tennis
07930 412705
 

Match Report 

“Simpsons win moves them into second”

 The Simpsons are up to second place in the Dewsbury Table Tennis league, with a 7-3 win over the Terriers. The star player on the night was the Simpsons’ Darren Page, who’s back playing after being injured for most of the season. Page won all three of his games without dropping a single set. He was well backed up on the night by his captain Jonathan Greaves who won two games, and Ian Teale one. Teale and Greaves also won the doubles match in five sets over Terry Armitage and Bernard Oldroyd. Oldroyd, Armitage, and Frank Lockwood all won a game each for the Terriers, with Oldroyd’s five set win over Greaves the game of the night. Oldroyd took a 2-0 lead, but Greaves clawed his way back to level at 2-2. Oldroyd stepped up a gear in the fifth set to win 12-10 in a nailbiter.

              Battyeford drop down to third place in the league, but were still 6-4 winners against Colts A. Barry Ryan, and Les Fenton were in fine form, winning two games each for Battyeford, with Paul Sangster winning one. Sangster and Ryan also won the doubles in straight sets. This win was far from easy though for Battyeford, with the Colts’ man of the match Xioafei Dyson winning all his three games. The best win on the night was the Colts’ Chris Reece five set win over Sangster. Reece took a two 2-1 set lead, but Sangster levelled at 2-2 winning the fourth set 11-6, Reece though showed his vast improvement, as the youngster won the fifth and final set 11-7.

                                    The closest game of the week was the T’old Men 5-5 draw with the Cuckoos. The T’old Men’s recent signing Keith Powell was man of the match, winning all three of his games. Powell was ably assisted by Steve Kosmowsky who won two games. The Cuckoos though were always a match for the T’old Men, with Mark Land winning two games, Linda Sanderson, and Adrian Worth one each. The game of the night was Powell’s five set win over Worth. Worth went into a 2-0 set lead, but Powell won the next three 11-9, 11-7 and 11-5 in a remarkable comeback. The doubles game proved to be the match decider, with Land, and Worth winning in five sets over the unlucky Powell and Kosmowsky to gain a point.

                       Colts ‘B’ had an unexpected win over Spen Methodists, winning 8-2 in an impressive victory. Youngsters Lewis Williamson and Alex Edwards were in fine form winning all their three games, and with Adarsh Bala winning two, they are certainly improving quickly. The only singles win for Spen was Alan Gill straight sets win over Bala. Spen also won the doubles in five sets. Man of the match though was young Edwards. He was playing so well that he only dropped one set all night in his three games.

 RESULTS 

COLTS A 0 V 10 SIMPSONS

COLTS C 0 V 10 TERRIERS

BATTYEFORD 10 V 0 COLTS B

SPEN METHS 0 V 10 T’OLD MEN

AARDVARKS 1 V 9 COLTS C

COLTS B 8 V 2 SPEN METHODISTS

SIMPSONS 7 V 3 TERRIERS

T’OLD MEN 5 V 5 CUCKOOS

COLTS A 4 V 6 BATTYEFORD

TERRIERS 4 V 6 AARDVARKS

BATTYEFORD 1 V 9 SIMPSONS

CUCKOOS 10 V 0 COLTS B

SPEN METHODISTS 2 V 8 COLTS A

YORKSHIRE CLUB FINAL RESULTS

 Mens

DEWSBURY 5 v 3 HULL  

Veterans (over 40)

DEWSBURY 4 v 5 HULL     

DEWSBURY LEAGUE TABLE

                              “AARDVARKS SUFFER FIRST DEFEAT”

The Aardvarks remain top of the Dewsbury Table Tennis league, but suffered their first defeat of the season, when they lost 7-3 to the T’old Men. The T’old Men had their best team out on the night, with Steve Kosmowsky, Steve Taylor, and Keith Powell winning two games each. The Aardvarks’ three wins came from the ultra consistent James Brown, who was the best player on the night. The Aardvarks are still four points clear at the top, but other teams have games in hand, and this season could still be a very close call.

 The Cuckoos kept up their recent good form, with a 7-3 win over the Colts first team, and are up to fourth in the league table. Alan Brook, Adrian Worth, and Phil Johnson all won two games each, with Worth and Johnson also winning the doubles game in four sets. The man of the match though was the Colts’ Xioafei Dyson who won all his three games, and that involved a five set win against the unlucky Worth. Xioafei won 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 4-11, 12-10. The other close game in the match was Brook’s five set win over the improving Sam Perkin. Brook won coming from two sets down, winning 8-11, 3-11, 11-6, 15-13, and 12-10 in a great game.

The other two Colts’ teams played against each other, with the Colts second team beating the third team 9-1. Dan Hudson and Lewis Williamson were in fine form, winning all their three games, and Andrew Rouse played well to win two. Williamson and Hudson also won the doubles game in straight sets. The third team’s only win came with Tom Lennox beating Rouse in four sets. All the kids are improving quickly due to the effort of coaches Jim Allan and Chris Town.       

Coaching for juniors is on Saturday mornings from 10:30-12:00, and on Monday nights from 7:00-8:30. Coaching takes place at Dewsbury Table Tennis Centre, Cemetery Road, Heckmondwike (next to the sports club).

RESULTS 

Aardvarks 9 v 1 Terriers

Colts I 8 v 2 Spen Methodists 

Colts III 5 v 5 T’old Men

Cuckoos 7 v 3 Colts I    

Spen Methodists 0 v 10 Battyeford

 T’old Men 8 v 2 Terriers

Colts II 9 V 1 Colts III

Simpsons 9 v 1 Spen Methodists

 T’old Men 7 v 3 Aardvarks

Colts II 0 V 10 Terriers

Colts I 9 v 1 Colts III

Spen Methodists 3 v 7 Cuckoos

 TABLE 

 AVERAGES 

Table Tennis - A Game for all ages

The match between Spen Methodists and T'Old Men caused the oldest turn-out for a match on record. 

The average age was, I think around 72 ( to be verified) and that with a young man of 56 in the team.

 First weeks play

“AARDVARKS MAKE A GOOD START”

The Dewsbury Table Tennis League is just six weeks into the season, but already the Aardvarks have pulled four points clear at the top, winning five out of five. The leader’s latest win came against Battyeford, with an impressive 8-2 victory. The star players on the night for the Aardvarks were James Brown and Ian Fothergill, who won all their three games, with Brown not dropping a set. Brown and Fothergill also won the doubles in a close five set game against Battyfords’ Paul Sangster and Peter Tucker, winning 11-6 in the final set. Battyeford’s points came from Tucker and Barry Ryan, who won a game each. The game of the match though was Fothergill’s five set win against Tucker. Fothergill had a 1-0, and 2-1 lead, but Tucker levelled in the fourth set 11-9 to make it 2-2. The fifth set was another close one, with Fothergill winning 11-9.

                     The new Colts third team had their first win in the league, an 8-2 victory over Spen Methodists. Adarsh Bala was man-of-the-match for the Colts team, winning all his three games. He was helped by his team-mates Dan Hudson, and Lewis Williamson who won two games each. Hudson and Bala also won the doubles match in five sets against Spen’s Geoff Hartley and Cheung Yoong. The game of the match was Bala’s impressive five set win over Yoong, with Bala winning 11-9 in the final set. Spen’s two wins were from Hartley and Yoong.

The T’old Men also had their first win of the season, a 9-1 win over the Colts first team. Steve Kosmowsky and Kevin Plowman were the stars of the night winning all their games, and the evergreen George Hoyle, who has played a countless number of seasons in the Dewsbury league, winning two games. The performance of the night though was achieved by the fast improving Colts player Chris Reece. Reece made a remarkable two sets down comeback to beat the unlucky Hoyle 11-7 in the fifth end.

Results

Colts ‘3’ 8 v 2 Spen Methodists          

Terriers 0 v 10 Battyeford

Aardvarks 9 v 1 Colts ‘1’

 Spen Methodists 0 v 10 Terriers

Battyeford 2 v 8 Aardvarks

Cuckoos 7 v 3 Colts ‘3’           

Aaardvarks 7 v 3 Spen Methodists

Simpsons 10 v 0 Colts ‘2’

T’old Men 9 v 1 Colts ‘1’

TABLE

DEWSBURY TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE

                       2008/2009

Weeks 1 & 2

“SIMPSONS AND CUCKOOS SHARE SPOILS”

The Simpson’s who have won the last three Dewsbury league titles started this season’s campaign with a 5-5 draw against the gutsy Cuckoos. The Cuckoos were really unlucky not to win the match, with Mark Land in fine form winning two of his three games. The match came down to the final deciding doubles game, which the Cuckoos won in straight sets. Land and new signing Steve Morris won 11/9, 11/9, 12/10.

                                                     Last season’s runners up the Aardvarks got off to a great start to the season, with an 8-2 victory over the T’old Men. Stuart Brock was the man-of-the-match, as he won all his three games, and only dropped one set. He was well backed up from the wily pair of Ian Fothergill, and Phil Thompson, who won two games each. The player of the night for the T’old men was Steve Kosmowsky who won two games out of three, to collect the T’old Men’s two points. Brock and Thompson won the doubles game in four sets, beating Kosmowsky, and new signing David Mosley 11/8, 11/8, 6/11, 11/9.                                                           

                                   The best match in the opening weeks was the Terriers’ 6-4 win over Colts ‘1’. The man-of-the-match was the Terriers’ Chris Town who won all his games in impressive style. Town was well supported by Bernard Oldroyd who won two, and Frank Lockwood one. The Colts first team player of the match was Xiaofei Dyson, who won two games. Xiaofei’s match with Oldroyd was the game of the match, with Xiaofei winning in five sets, after being 2-1 down. The game score was 12/10, 7/11, 6/11, 11/9, 11/6. The Colts’ other win came from Chris Reece, who produced the shock of the night beating Lockwood in four sets, winning 9/11, 11/9, 13/11, 12/10. The Colts also won the doubles, with Reece and Xioafei winning in straight sets.               

RESULTS

Week 1

Terriers 10 v 0 Colts ‘2’

Colts ‘3’ 0 v 10 Colts ‘1’

Aardvarks 8 v 2 T’old Men

Week 2

Simpsons 5 v 5 Cuckoos

Colts ‘1’ 4 v 6 Terriers

Battyeford 10 v 0 Colts ‘3’

Colts ‘2’ 1 v 9 Aardvarks

DEWSBURY & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE  

DEWSBURY & DISTRICT TABLE    TENNIS LEAGUE 2007/08

WEEKS 21-25

“LEAGUE TITLE STILL UP FOR GRABS”

The Dewsbury Table Tennis League title is still up for grabs as we come to the climax of the season. The two teams again who are fighting it out are the Aardvarks and the Simpsons. The Aardvarks have a five point league at the top, but the Simpsons have three games in hand which would take them one point clear if they were to win them all. The two teams meet at the end of season, and the winners look sure to take the title.

      The Simpsons kept their fine form going with a 9-1 victory over third place team the Hawks. Darren Page and Richard Brearey won all their three games impressively and Ian Teale won two. Brearey and Teale also won the doubles match in straight sets. The Hawks only win came from the ever consistent Jim Allan, who beat Teale also in straight sets.

                                                                                                 The Aardvarks were also convincing winners after they beat the T’old Men 8-2. James Brown was man of the match winning all his three games in straight sets. Phil Thompson and Ian Fothergill supported Brown well as they won two games each. The Aardvarks also won the doubles match in straight sets. The two wins for the T’old Men came from the in form Steve Kosmowsky who beat both Thompson and Fothergill in five sets. In both the games Kosmowsky had a two set lead, but he still managed to hold on.

            The closest game to come recently was the match between fourth place Battyeford and the third place Hawks. The match ended in a 5-5 draw, but both teams had some fine individual performers. John Flynn and Barry Ryan won two games each for Battyeford, with Paul Sangster winning one. Chris Town was in good form winning two games for the Hawks, whilst Jim Allan and David Firth won a game each. Town and Allan managed to get a draw in the game, after winning the doubles match against Sangster and Flynn 11-6 in the fifth set. The game itself had six of the ten matches going all the way to a fifth set. The best of these was Firth’s win over Ryan, the set scores were 5-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8 and 11-9.

                 Battyeford again kept up their impressive season, with a 7-3 win over the Dewsbury Colts. Player of the match was young Nicky Flynn who once played for the Colts. Flynn won all his three games, and the best of these was a straight sets win over the vastly improving Xiaofei Dyson. Flynn was well supported by Sangster and Ryan, who both won two games each. Xiaofei won two games for the Colts, and teamed up with Toby Lawton in the doubles to beat Flynn and Sangster in the match of the night. The match went to a fifth set with Lawton and Xiaofei winning 11-9. 

                      The Terriers were also involved in a close game, when they beat Ravensport 6-4. Kevin Jones, Bernard Oldroyd, and Frank Lockwood all won two games each for the Terriers. The man of the match though was Phil Bell for Ravensport, who won all his three games on the night. Bell and Kevin Plowman also won the doubles match in straight sets beating Oldroyd and Jones.

RESULTS

Week 21

Terriers 3 v 7 T’old Men

Colts 5 v 5 Wakefield Wanderers

Hawks 1 v 9 Simpsons

Week 22

Aardvarks 8 v 2 Cuckoos

Ravensport 4 v 6 Terriers

Hawks 9 v 1 Colts

Wakefield Wanderers 5 v 5 Battyeford

Week 24

Terriers 0 v 10 Aardvarks

Battyeford 5 v 5 Hawks

Spen Methodists 1 v 9 Wakefield Wanderers

Week 25

Aardvarks 8 v 2 T’old Men

Simpsons 7 v 3 Ravensport

Wakefield Wanderers 3 v 7 Cuckoos

Hawks 7 v 3 Spen Methodists

Colts 3 v 7 Battyeford

WEEKS 1 & 2

The Dewsbury & District Table Tennis League is under way and already looks like being a competitive season, with teams getting off to good starts.

                                       The T’old Men have got off to their best start for a number of years, after winning their first two games of the season. The first of these was a 9-1 win over the Colts, Dewsbury’s junior team. New signings Iqbal Majothi and Barry Drain won all their 3 games without dropping a set, and the wily George Hoyle won 2 games. The Colts only win was from up and coming junior player Toby Lawton who beat Hoyle in four sets 11-4, 9-11, 12-10 and 13-11 in the performance of the night.

   The T’old Men continued their winning ways with an 8-2 victory over Battyeford. Steve Taylor and Iqbal Majothi won all their three games without dropping a set, while Steve Kosmowsky who has left the Hawks to join the T’old Men won two games. Battyefords points came with a doubles win, and John Flynn beating Kosmowsky in straight sets 11-4, 11-5, 13-11, in the best match of the night.

                                                     The Aardvarks have also won their first two games, and top the league on points difference. The first win was a 10-0 win over the league’s new team the Wakefield Wanderers. John Stones, Phil Thompson, and James Brown won all their games, with Thompson and Brown winning the doubles match. The Aardvarks second win was an 8-2 win over the Hawks. Stones won all his games, with Thompson and Stuart Brock winning two. Jim Allan was the Hawks best player as he won two of his three games. He first beat Brock in straight sets, then won a five set classic against Thompson 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8 with a fine display.

                                                      The match of the week was Battyeford’s 5-5 draw with the Terriers. The Terriers new signing Kevin Jones was man of the match, as he won all his three games. Terry Armitage and Frank Lockwood also picked up a game each for the Terriers. John Flynn won two games for Battyeford, with Paul Sangster and Barry Ryan winning one. The game of the night was Jones’ five set win over Flynn. Flynn got off to a flyer winning the first two sets 11-1, 11-8, but Jones made a remarkable comeback winning the next three sets 11-5, 11-9, 11-5.

RESULTS

WEEK 1

T’OLD MEN  9 -1 COLTS

CUCKOOS 10-0 SPEN METHODISTS

TERRIERS 5-5 BATTYEFORD

AARDVARKS 10-0 WAKEFIELD WANDERERS

WEEK 2

HAWKS 2-8 AARDVARKS

BATTYEFORD 2-8 T’OLD MEN

SIMPSONS P-P CUCKOOS

SPEN METHODISTS 0-10 TERRIERS

TABLE

DEWSBURY & DISTRICT TABLE    TENNIS LEAGUE 2006/07  

SIMPSONS AND COLTS IN TROPHY SUCCESS

 The Simpsons added to their league success by winning the Rosebowl Trophy Final 5-2 against the team who finished second in the league the Aardvarks. It was the Aardvarks who took the early initiative, with James Brown beating Richard Brearey in four sets, after Brearey had won the first set 12-10. The Simpsons levelled the match though straight away, with Richard Lightowler beating Stuart Brock in four sets, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4. The Simpsons went two games to one up, when Darren Page beat John Stones 11-7, 11-8, 11-5. The Simpsons then took control of the match with the most crucial game of the final. It was the game between Brearey and Brock, Brearey won the first two sets 11-9, 11-7 and looked to be cruising, but Brock fought back to level at two sets all. Brearey found an extra gear though winning the fifth and final set 11-8. The match was wrapped up a little bit later, with Lightowler and Page winning a further game each to clinch the trophy.

The Dewsbury Colts made it their second Harding Trophy success in two years, as they beat the unlucky Aardvarks 10-8 in a repeat of last years final. The Harding Trophy is contested with each player given their own handicap mark. This years win for the Colts was much more difficult than last, as their three junior players all had lower handicaps. The match started well for the Colts, with Chris Reece beating James Brown 47-35. The Aardvarks levelled the match in the next game, with Stuart Brock beating Xioafei Dyson 47-40. The next game produced the same score, with the Colts’ Sam Perkin beating John Stones. The match then got really tight as the next two games were draws. Brock drew 45-45 with Reece, and Brown drew 35-35 with Perkin. The Aardvarks looked like they were going to pull away with match, as they went into an 8-6 lead, with wins from Stones and Brock, but the Colts showed their fighting spirit to win the last two games, with wins from Reece and Xioafei and claim a 10-8 victory.

SIMPSONS WIN LEAGUE TITLE

The Simpsons are the Dewsbury Table Tennis League Champions for the second year in a row after a 6-4 win over the Aardvarks. The Simpsons team of Richard Lightowler, Richard Brearey, Darren Page, Jonathan Greaves, Ian Teale, and Chris Wilding have all played their part in winning this years championship.

                                                                                     The Simpsons match against the Aardvarks was very tight affair, with Lightowler and Brearey in top form. Lightowler was the outstanding player on the night winning all his three games, and only dropping a set. Brearey was the key to the match though as he won two games, and also won the doubles game with Lightowler. The Aardvarks performed well though with Stuart Brock their best player winning two games. Ian Fothergill and Garry Crossley also won a game each.

        The Simpsons were in fine form the previous week also, they beat the Hawks (who finished third) 7-3. Brearey and Page won all their three games, and Greaves one. Jim Allan and Chris Town won a game each for the Hawks. 

                                                                                                        Battyeford finished fourth in the league, and they beat the Cuckoos 8-2. Steve Taylor was the player of the match winning all three of his games. The new signing from Bradford was in great form on the night and only dropped one set. Paul Sangster and Barry Ryan won two games each for Battyeford, and they also won the doubles game. Glenn Hinchcliffe was the Cuckoos only point scorer, as he won two games.

                                                                              Ravensport were also in winning form, beating the Colts 7-3. Ivan Tomlinson was the man of the match winning all his three games, he was well supported by Kevin Plowman who won two games, and Cathy Mitton one. Xiaofei Dyson won two games for the Colts, with Sam Perkin winning one.

RESULTS

WEEK 27

Hawks 9 v 1 Cuckoos

Battyeford 10 v 0 Ravensport

Simpsons 3 v 7 T’old Men

Terriers 0 v 10 Aardvarks

WEEK 28

Aardvarks 9 v 1 Spen Methodists

Ravensport 7 v 3 Colts

Cuckoos 2 v 8 Battyeford

Simpsons 7 v 3 Hawks

Tables, averages, and Cup Reports next week.

MATCH REPORT March 07

“TIGHT AT THE TOP”

Three teams are tied on the same points in the Dewsbury & District Table Tennis League. The Aardvarks, Simpsons and Hawks are all 24 points, but the Aardvarks lead on points difference.

The Aardvarks kept up their winning ways, with an easy 10-0 win over the Dewsbury Cuckoos. Richard Cooper, Garry Crossley, and Phil Thompson won all their games, and they also won the doubles match. Thompson was man of the match as he did not drop a set all night.

 The Simpsons remain in second place in the league, but have a game in hand on the Aardvarks. The Simpsons kept up their unbeaten form, with a 9-1 win over the Terriers. Richard Lightowlerand Jonathan Greaves were in fine form as they won all their three games, and Ian Teale won two games. Teale and Greaves also won the doubles game in four sets. The only point for the Terriers was Frank Lockwoods win over the unlucky Teale. The match went to five sets with Lockwood winning 11-8 in the final set.

The Hawks are in third place in the league, but are still in contention in the title race, with still the Simpsons to play. The Hawks kept up their winning form with an 8-2 won over the Colts. Stewart Milnes and Chris Town won all their three games, and David Firth one. Milnes and Town also won the doubles game. The Colts’ two wins came from two much improved juniors Xiaofei Dyson and Sam Perkin. The match of the night was Perkins brilliant win over Firth. Perkins came back from two sets down to win 13-15, 5-11, 11-6, 11-9, and 11-6.

The match of the week was the T’old Men’s 6-4 win over Battyeford. Phil Bell was in great form winning all his games, with team mate Ivan Lewis winning two. Lewis and Bell also took the doubles match in four sets. The performance of the night was Paul Sangsters win over Lewis. Lewis won the first set 11-9, but Sangster fought back to win the next three sets 11-9, 11-8, 11-9.

Ravensport gained two points in the league, with an 8-2 win over the Spen Methodists. Kevin Plowman was the man of the match winning all his three games, and without dropping a set. Ivan Tomlinson and Cathy Mitton also won two games each for Ravensport. Spen’s two wins came from Barry Catlow, and Catlow’s win over Tomlinson was the game of the night, as Catlow won in four sets 12-14, 12-10, 11-6, and 11-5.

RESULTS

 Week 21

 Colts 9 v 1 Spen Methodists

Cuckoos 3 v 7 Simpsons

Battyford 4 v 6 T’old Men

Hawks 8 v 2 Terriers

 Week 22

 Aardvarks 10 v 0 Ravensport

Terriers 1 v 9 Simpsons

Hawks 6 v 4 Battyeford

T’old Men 0 v 10 Colts

 Week 23

 Ravensport 8 v 2 Spen Methodists

Cuckoos 0 v 10 Aardvarks

Colts 2 v 8 Hawks

 TABLE 

MATCH REPORT Feb 07

“SIMPSONS REMAIN UNBEATEN”

 The Heckmondwike Simpsons are still on top of the Dewsbury & District,and remain unbeaten, after a 9-1 win over third placed Heckmondwike Hawks. Richard Lightowler, and Darren Page were once again in great form, winning all their three games, and also winning the doubles. Richard Brearey was also in good form, as he won two games for the Simpsons. The game of the match was Stewart Milnes’ win over the unlucky Brearey. Milnes won in five sets with some brilliant defensive table tennis. He won the game 12-10, 10-12, 11-13, 12-10 and 11-4.

The Mirfield Aardvarks are now in second place in the table, after they also beat the Hawks. The Aardvarks won 7-3, with the man of the match being the impressive James Brown, as he won all his three games. Phil Thompson was good back-up for Brown, as he won two games and Richard Cooper one. Cooper and Brown also won the doubles game 11-4 in the fifth set. The Hawks wins came with Steve Kosmosky winning two games and Jim Allan one. The game of the match was Phil Thompsons five set win over Chris Town. Thompsons excellent all round game was just too much for the unlucky Town. He won the game 12-10, 11-7, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7.

There was an excellent clash between two mid-table teams, when Battyeford beat the Dewsbury Cuckoos 6-4. John Flynn was the man of the match as he won all his three games for Battyeford. Barry Ryan also excelled for Battyeford as he won two games, with John Spedding one. Linda Sanderson, Phil Johnson, and Alan Brook won a game each for the Cuckoos.

 The Thornhill T’old Men had a convincing 8-2 win over Spen Methodists. Frank Thompson and Steve Adkins were in great form winning all their three games for the T’old Men. George Hoyle also won a game for the T’old Men, and Hoyle and Adkins won the doubles game. The two wins for Spen came from Alan Gill and Cheung Yoong. The game of the match was Gill’s five set win over Hoyle. The match was a war of attrition as the two defenders went to battle, with Gill winning 9-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 15-13.

 The Mirfield Terriers were also in fine form as they beat Ravensport 10-0. Bernard Oldroyd, Frank Lockwood and Tony Brentnall won all their three games, with Oldroyd and Lockwood winning the doubles.

The game of the match was Brentnalls five set win over Ravensports’ Ivan Tomlinson. Brentnalls attacking style was just too strong for the unlucky Tomlinson as he won 4-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5.

 MATCH REPORT  Jan 07

 “HAWKS REMAIN TOP” 

The Heckmondwike Hawks remain in top spot in the Dewsbury & District Table Tennis League, with a 6-4 win over the Dewsbury Cuckoos. Jim Allan, Steve Kosmosky, and Stewart Milnes all won two games each for the Hawks in a tight match. The Man-of-the-Match on the night though was the Cuckoos’ Mark Land who won all his games, and only dropped two sets. Land also won the doubles with team mate Phil Johnson in straight sets, beating Milnes and Allan 11-6, 11-8 and 11-8. The game of the night was Kosmosky’s five set win over the Cuckoos’ unlucky Glenn Hinchcliffe 11-7, 10-12, 11-2, 10-12 and 11-8 it finished. 

 The Mirfield Aardvarks are in third place in the league, after a 10-0 thumping of the Mirfield Terriers. Stuart Brock, Ian Fothergill, and Garry Crossley won all three of their games in an emphatic win. The best game of the match was the doubles. The excellent pairing of Fothergill and Crossley won the doubles over the Terriers’ Frank Lockwood and Bernard Oldroyd in a brilliant five setter 8-11, 11-6, 7-11, 11-7 and 11-8.

 Battyeford are up to fourth in the league, after an 8-2 victory over Ravensport. Barry Ryan and John Flynn won all their three games, and new signing John Spedding won a game. Ivan Tomlinson and Kevin Plowman won a game each for Ravensport. The game of the match was Tomlinson’s win over the unlucky Spedding. The game went to five sets with Tomlinson winning 11-7, 11-7. 7-11,  7-11, and amazingly, 11-7.

 Mirfield Terriers also got back to winning form, with a 7-3 win over the Dewsbury Colts. Bernard Oldroyd, Tony Brentnall, and Terry Armitage all won two games each, and Armitage and Brentnall won the doubles in straights sets. The man-of-the-match on the night was the Colts Xieo-Fei Dyson, once again the young player was in great form, as he won all his three games and only dropped two sets all night.

 Aardvarks Team Bonding

Ian Fothergill and Adrian Worth are going out on Valentines Night for a team bonding session.  Ian has tried this before when he took Garry Crossley to Blackpool for a bonding session.  Ian is going a little further on this occasion, I suppose he is hoping for better results.  They are going to try Athens this time, lets hope it proves to be a worthwhile, and successful trip.  Where will it all end?.