The semi finals of the Divisional Handicap Cups took place last week in the Oldham & District Table Tennis League. Rosehill A overcame their B Team thanks to gains for Dave Pegg (35), Phil Ashworth and Ian Stott (31 each) resulting in a 52 pt win.
They will now face BAE A in the final after a Tony Bates gain of 45 pt together with a 28 pt contribution from Tony Smith giving them an overall winning margin of 51 pts over Glodwick.
Success starved Hollinwood D will feature in the Division 2 final after a narrow 12 pt win over Failsworth A. Glen Dowse gained 22 backed by a Steve Mather gain of 20 edged proceedings for Hollinwood.
Coldhurst A will also contest the Div 2 final after a narrow 21 pt win over Hyde YM B. Gains from Nick Bakewell (36) and Dennis Bradshaw (28) were to no avail since the handicaps in favour of Coldhurst proved too steep a hurdle.
The Division 3 final will be an all Failsworth affair. Failsworth C had Ray Woods to thank (60 pt) and Derek Buckley (38) to steer them to an overall 23 pt win over Gilders B.
The deficits of Failsworth D were kept to a minimum in order to defeat Unison C by a mere 9 pts. The sizeable gain of 64 pt for Andy Hey proved to no avail.
In division 4 Coldhurst E defeated their D team by 478 to
454 and Honeywell E defeated Uppermill C by a mere 19 pts.
Winners in BOLD Type
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DIVISION 1 |
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Rosehill B |
537 |
Rosehill A |
589 |
BAE A |
504 |
Glodwick |
453 |
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DIVISION 2 |
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Coldhurst A |
541 |
Hyde YMCA B
|
520 |
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Failsworth A |
548 |
Hollinwood D |
560 |
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DIVISION 3 |
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Failsworth D |
524 |
Unison C
|
515 |
Failsworth C |
502 |
Gilders B
|
479 |
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DIVISION 4 |
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Coldhurst D
|
454 |
Coldhurst E |
478 |
Honeywell E |
517 |
Uppermill C
|
498 |
DIVISION 1 |
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HOME TEAM |
PTS |
PTS |
AWAY TEAM |
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Honeywell
A |
3 |
7 |
Rosehill
A |
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DIVISION 2 |
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Hollinwood
D |
7 |
3 |
Failsworth
A |
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Hyde YMCA
B |
6 |
4 |
Hollinwood
E |
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DIVISION 3 |
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Community
Centre |
3 |
7 |
Grotton B |
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DIVISION 4 |
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Deaf Club |
5 |
5 |
Werneth E |
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DARRYL RECLAIMS
TITLE
Darryl Meredith
strolled to his third Open singles title in the Deckers Restaurants Oldham
Table Tennis Championships. He overcame Mark Ramsbottom in the semi-final
12-10, 11-8,11-8 whilst Dave Griffith accounted for the holder Siful Khan in
the other semi 9-11,11-4,11-8,11-8.
The final saw
Meredith produce an awesome display of attacking forehand loops and early ball
backhand winners which could not be matched by a tiring Dave Griffith. Few people
could argue that the league’s best player justifiably triumphed on the day
(11-4,11-3,9-11,11-5).
The overworked Dave
Griffith again featured in the latter stages of the Veterans event. He
accounted for Ian McLean 8-11,11-7,11-5,11-9 in the semis whilst Mark
Ramsbottom despatched doubles partner Andy Jackson 11-6,11-9,11-8.
The final was
shaded by Mark Ramsbottom 13-11,11-7,11-8.
The junior event
saw the top four seeds reach their expected semi-final stage. Nathan Buckley
beat Paul Carter whilst Adam Rowbotham overcame Rebekah Griffith
11-7,12-10,11-8 to set up a repeat of last years final. It was a similar
outcome as Adam won 11-5,11-9,11-8.
All the juniors
have shown significant improvement from last year and the future bodes well.
Darryl Meredith
collected his second title of the day via the doubles event. They overcame
father and daughter team Dave and Rebekah Griffith in the semis 11-5,11-7,11-7
whilst Mark Ramsbottom and Andy Jackson beat Tim Hatton and Jon De Pledge
11-9,11-9,11-4.
The final proved to
be a tense see-saw match which eventually went in favour of Meredith and McLean
10-12,11-8,5-11,11-5,11-6.
The much improved
Steve Lyons won the Div 1 handicap event with Adam Rowbotham winning Div 2.
Derek Buckley and Bradley Dawson won divisions three and four respectively.
Werneth A are
within touching distance of the Div 1 title after a 9-1 win over Werneth B
whilst second placed BAE A lost ground drawing at Hollinwood A.
In Div 2 Uppermill
A overwhelmed Coldhurst A 10-0 in a result which sees Coldhurst in the drop
zone.
In Div 3 Unison B now occupy the second
promotion spot after a 9-1 win at Honeywell D.
The promotion
aspirations of Div 4 Unison D were somewhat pegged back after a 5-5 draw with
Coldhurst E.
DIVISION 1 |
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HOME TEAM |
PTS |
PTS |
AWAY TEAM |
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Glodwick
TTC |
7 |
3 |
Werneth C |
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Hollinwood
A |
5 |
5 |
BAE A |
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Rosehill
B |
4 |
6 |
OTTC B |
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Werneth B |
1 |
9 |
Werneth A |
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Hollinwood
B |
5 |
5 |
Hyde YMCA
A |
DIVISION 2 |
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Uppermill
A |
3 |
7 |
Hyde YMCA
B |
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Honeywell
C |
8 |
2 |
Grotton A |
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Unison A |
4 |
6 |
Hollinwood
C |
|
Failsworth
B |
5 |
5 |
Honeywell
B |
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Coldhurst
A |
0 |
10 |
Uppermill
A |
|
Pennine |
3 |
7 |
First
Transport |
DIVISION 3 |
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Coldhurst
C |
2 |
8 |
Unison C |
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Unison B |
6 |
4 |
Gilders
Tackle A |
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Werneth D |
5 |
5 |
Owls A |
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Honeywell
D |
1 |
9 |
Unison B |
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Gilders
Tackle A |
10 |
0 |
Coldhurst
C |
|
Werneth D |
8 |
2 |
Gilders
Tackle B |
|
Coldhurst
B |
8 |
2 |
Community
Centre |
|
Grotton B |
3 |
7 |
Uppermill
B |
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Owls A |
5 |
5 |
Unison C |
DIVISION 4 |
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Uppermill
C |
4 |
6 |
Honeywell
E |
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Werneth F |
2 |
8 |
Coldhurst
D |
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Failsworth
E |
7 |
3 |
Deaf Club |
|
OTTC C |
3 |
7 |
Failsworth
F |
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Unison D |
5 |
5 |
Coldhurst
E |
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Coldhurst
F |
2 |
8 |
Werneth E |
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DIVISION 1 |
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TEAM |
PLAYED |
WON |
DRAWN |
LOST |
POINTS |
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Werneth A |
21 |
19 |
0 |
2 |
167 |
|
BAE A |
21 |
17 |
2 |
2 |
158 |
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Werneth B |
21 |
15 |
1 |
5 |
128 |
|
Glodwick
TTC |
21 |
12 |
1 |
8 |
119 |
|
Hollinwood
A |
21 |
11 |
3 |
7 |
114 |
|
Hyde YMCA
A |
21 |
10 |
1 |
10 |
106 |
|
OTTC B |
22 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
102 |
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Rosehill
A |
20 |
9 |
1 |
10 |
102 |
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Honeywell
A |
21 |
9 |
1 |
11 |
93 |
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Hollinwood
B |
21 |
7 |
3 |
11 |
92 |
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BAE B |
21 |
6 |
0 |
15 |
74 |
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Rosehill
B |
22 |
3 |
1 |
18 |
68 |
|
Werneth C |
21 |
0 |
2 |
19 |
47 |
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DIVISION 2 |
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TEAM |
PLAYED |
WON |
DRAWN |
LOST |
POINTS |
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Uppermill
A |
23 |
21 |
1 |
1 |
181 |
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Hollinwood
C |
23 |
17 |
3 |
3 |
150 |
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Honeywell
C |
23 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
134 |
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Hyde YMCA
B |
22 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
130 |
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First
Transport |
23 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
126 |
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Unison A |
23 |
12 |
5 |
6 |
123 |
|
Honeywell
B |
23 |
8 |
4 |
11 |
115 |
|
Grotton A |
23 |
9 |
1 |
13 |
109 |
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Hollinwood
D |
22 |
9 |
3 |
10 |
103 |
|
Pennine |
23 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
93 |
|
Failsworth
A |
22 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
90 |
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Hollinwood
E |
22 |
6 |
4 |
12 |
88 |
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Coldhurst
A |
23 |
5 |
1 |
17 |
87 |
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Failsworth
B |
23 |
2 |
2 |
19 |
61 |
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DIVISION 3 |
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TEAM |
PLAYED |
WON |
DRAWN |
LOST |
POINTS |
|
Uppermill
B |
23 |
19 |
2 |
2 |
158 |
|
Unison B |
23 |
15 |
3 |
5 |
155 |
|
Werneth D |
23 |
18 |
3 |
2 |
154 |
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Honeywell
D |
23 |
13 |
4 |
6 |
135 |
|
Failsworth
C |
22 |
13 |
5 |
4 |
133 |
|
Gilders
Tackle A |
23 |
11 |
3 |
9 |
132 |
|
Grotton B |
22 |
14 |
2 |
6 |
131 |
|
Owls A |
23 |
7 |
4 |
12 |
110 |
|
Coldhurst
B |
23 |
7 |
5 |
11 |
100 |
|
Unison C |
23 |
7 |
2 |
14 |
93 |
|
Gilders
Tackle B |
23 |
5 |
3 |
15 |
88 |
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Community
Centre |
22 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
83 |
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Failsworth
D |
22 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
79 |
|
Coldhurst
C |
23 |
1 |
0 |
22 |
39 |
|
DIVISION 4 |
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TEAM |
PLAYED |
WON |
DRAWN |
LOST |
POINTS |
|
Coldhurst
D |
23 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
194 |
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Unison D |
23 |
17 |
4 |
2 |
154 |
|
Uppermill
C |
22 |
13 |
1 |
8 |
141 |
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Coldhurst
E |
23 |
15 |
2 |
6 |
139 |
|
Werneth E |
22 |
11 |
4 |
7 |
128 |
|
Owls B |
22 |
9 |
5 |
8 |
118 |
|
OTTC C |
23 |
11 |
1 |
11 |
112 |
|
Failsworth
F |
23 |
8 |
3 |
12 |
110 |
|
Deaf Club |
21 |
9 |
3 |
9 |
104 |
|
Honeywell
E |
22 |
10 |
1 |
11 |
96 |
|
Saddleworth
C.C |
22 |
7 |
5 |
10 |
95 |
|
Werneth F |
23 |
4 |
1 |
18 |
63 |
|
Failsworth
E |
23 |
3 |
1 |
19 |
63 |
|
Coldhurst
F |
22 |
2 |
1 |
19 |
53 |
In Div 1 of the Oldham & District Table Tennis League Hyde YMCA A pulled off a surprise 8 –2 win against a Glodwick team which included Siful Khan (1) and Kamal Hussain(1). Geoff Ogden was unbeaten, backed by doubles from Terry Taylor & Lionel Royle.
BAE A beat Rosehill A 8-2 with a Tony Smith maximum & doubles from Tom Lang & Tony Vaughan with a Richard Sarre double in reply.
Rosehill B had an excellent 8-2 win against Honeywell A mainly thanks to trebles from Simon Collins & Jimmy Findlow though it may not be enough to avoid the drop.
OTTC B beat BAE B 7-3 with maximums from Dave Griffith & Gary Skinner.
Werneth A retain top spot with a 9-1 win against Hollinwood B, Ian McLean and Peter Morris being undefeated, backed by a Nick Mooney double.
Division 2 Leaders Uppermill suffered their first reversal of the season at Hyde YMCA B. A Steve Lyons treble backed by a Denis Bradshaw double inflicted the damage.
A Dave Morris treble backed by a double from Steve Oliver gave Grotton A a 6-4 win against Hollinwood D.
Hollinwood E had a surprising win 7-3 against Honeywell C. A Gary Newton treble and a John Foster double forming the basis.
Improving Coldhurst A won at Honeywell B, thanks to doubles from Gary Keylock & Pete Kelly with Brian Higgins replying likewise.
First Transport beat Failsworth A 8-2 thanks to a maximum from Brian Hall and doubles from Tommy Ryan and Ken Hayes.
Unison A overcame Pennine 6-4 with a Paul Howarth treble and Craig Oldfield double with John Robertson replying likewise.
In Div 3 Werneth D were held to a draw against Owls A. Dave Harthan starring for Owls with a maximum backed by a Philip Hall double.
Failsworth C edged the game against Honeywell D with Ray Woods being unbeaten Doubles in reply for Ken Dunkerley & Derek Naylor resulted in the 6-4 scoreline.
A maximum from Tom Chandler helped Coldhurst B to a 7-3 win at Gilders B. Team mates Simon Walsh & John McLoughlin added doubles as did Gerry Lees in reply.
In Div 4 Coldhurst D marched on with a8-2 win against Failsworth E.
Uppermill C slipped up losing 6-4 at Coldhurst E.The match contained doubles from Murray Corbin, Peter Altham , Howard Meadham and Jim Bradbury.
A two player Unison D also slipped up at Honeywell E going down 6-4.
Failsworth F youngsters drew with Saddleworth for whom Mark Lee was again unbeaten.
Owls B beat Werneth F 8-2 with a treble from Philip Tamworth and doubles from Dinesh Gorasia & Richard Pullen. Ron Tench repied likewise.
DIVISION 1 |
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HOME TEAM |
PTS |
PTS |
AWAY TEAM |
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Glodwick
TTC |
4 |
6 |
Werneth A |
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Honeywell
A |
2 |
8 |
BAE A |
|
BAE A |
8 |
2 |
Rosehill
A |
|
Werneth C |
1 |
9 |
Hollinwood
A |
|
Hyde YMCA
A |
8 |
2 |
Glodwick
TTC |
|
Werneth A |
9 |
1 |
Hollinwood
B |
|
OTTC B |
7 |
3 |
BAE B |
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Rosehill
B |
8 |
2 |
Honeywell
A |
DIVISION 2 |
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Hollinwood
D |
5 |
5 |
Hollinwood
E |
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Hyde YMCA
B |
5 |
5 |
Honeywell
B |
|
Failsworth
A |
2 |
8 |
First
Transport |
|
Grotton A |
6 |
4 |
Hollinwood
D |
|
Hollinwood
E |
7 |
3 |
Honeywell
C |
|
Honeywell
B |
4 |
6 |
Coldhurst
A |
|
Hollinwood
C |
9 |
1 |
Failsworth
B |
|
Unison A |
6 |
4 |
Pennine |
DIVISION 3 |
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|
Failsworth
C |
6 |
4 |
Honeywell
D |
|
Uppermill
B |
8 |
2 |
Failsworth
D |
|
Gilders
Tackle B |
3 |
7 |
Coldhurst
B |
DIVISION 4 |
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Saddleworth
C.C |
7 |
3 |
OTTC C |
|
Coldhurst
D |
8 |
2 |
Failsworth
E |
|
Owls B |
8 |
2 |
Werneth F |
|
Coldhurst
E |
6 |
4 |
Uppermill
C |
|
Honeywell
E |
6 |
4 |
Unison D |
|
Failsworth
F |
5 |
5 |
Saddleworth
C.C |
|
OTTC C |
2 |
8 |
Coldhurst
F |
BAE IN VITAL WIN.
BAE
B almost certainly secured division 1 table tennis next season after a 7-3
success over relegation threatened rivals Rosehill B. Kevin Hill was unbeaten
backed by a Mick Hill double.
Dave
Griffith trebled for OTTC B backed by a Gary Skinner double in the 6-4 win at
Werneth B for whom Doug Hill notched two.
The
Dave Buckley treble shaded proceedings for Hollinwood A against Hyde YM A with
Steve Lyons responding with a double in the 6-4 scoreline.
Richard
Sarre, Dave Pegg and Ian Stott inflicted maximum damage upon a beleaguered
Werneth C who are certainties for a return to division 2.
Division
2 leaders emphasised the gulf in despatching third placed Honeywell C 9-1. Glen
Hewitt and Gary Crossley were unbeaten backed by a Mark Simpson double.
Joe
Redikin trebled for Hollinwood C in the 6-4 win at Coldhurst A for whom Simon
King and new signing Peter Kelly notched doubles.
A
Glen Chadwick maximum backed by a John Robertson double did the survival
prospects of Pennine no harm after a 6-4 win over Failsworth A for whom Phil
Moran posted two.
Paul
Howarth was unbeaten for Unison A backed by a Liaquat Ali double in the 7-3 win
at seemingly doomed Failsworth B.
Division
3 leaders Uppermill B suffered a setback losing 6-4 at Honeywell D. Ken
Dunkerley notched a fine treble backed by an Alan Marston double with Peter
Watson responding similarly.
Second
placed Werneth D were 7-3 winners at Coldhurst B. Mike Pellowe was unbeaten
backed by an Alan Else double with Simon Walsh replying likewise.
The
9-1 win for Unison B at their C team has put them firmly in the promotion
picture. Unbeaten stints from John Maher and Mike O’Gara backed by a Dave
Atkinson double were responsible for this timely surge.
Dave
Harthan trebled for Owls A backed by a Paul Woodward double with Philip
Tamworth notching his maiden victory at division 3 level over bottom side
Coldhurst C 7-3.
Two
player Community Centre edged away from the basement after a 6-4 win at
Failsworth D. Peter Buckley was unbeaten backed by a Tom Loftus double.
Champions
elect Coldhurst D won 8-2 at Werneth E in division 4. Malcolm Wills and Terry
Holland were unbeaten backed by a Neil England double.
Second
placed Unison D were pushed all the way by the much improved Failsworth F. John
Mark was unbeaten backed by a Dennis Heyes double with Danny Cooper responding
likewise.
A
Dinesh Gorasia treble backed by doubles from Richard Pullen and David Foden
were the foundation of the 8-2 success at Failsworth E for whom Alan
Nightingale notched the two.
OTTC
A have resigned from the league and all their records expunged.
The
Deckers Restaurants Oldham Table Tennis Championships take place on Sunday at
Oldham Sports Centre with an 8-45 start. Any help with erecting the courts and
tables on the day would be most welcome.
DIVISION 1 |
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HOME TEAM |
PTS |
PTS |
AWAY TEAM |
|
BAE B |
7 |
3 |
Honeywell
A |
|
Hollinwood
A |
6 |
4 |
Hyde YMCA
A |
|
Rosehill
A |
10 |
0 |
Werneth C |
|
BAE B |
7 |
3 |
Rosehill
B |
|
Werneth B |
4 |
6 |
OTTC B |
DIVISION 2 |
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|
Honeywell
C |
1 |
9 |
Uppermill
A |
|
First
Transport |
8 |
2 |
Grotton A |
|
Failsworth
B |
3 |
7 |
Unison A |
|
Coldhurst
A |
4 |
6 |
Hollinwood
C |
|
Pennine |
6 |
4 |
Failsworth
A |
DIVISION 3 |
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|
Honeywell
D |
6 |
4 |
Uppermill
B |
|
Gilders
Tackle A |
2 |
8 |
Failsworth
C |
|
Unison C |
1 |
9 |
Unison B |
|
Coldhurst
B |
3 |
7 |
Werneth D |
|
Grotton B |
5 |
5 |
Gilders
Tackle B |
|
Failsworth
D |
4 |
6 |
Community
Centre |
|
Owls A |
7 |
3 |
Coldhurst
C |
DIVISION 4 |
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|
Werneth F |
3 |
7 |
Coldhurst
E |
|
Failsworth
E |
2 |
8 |
Owls B |
|
Werneth E |
2 |
8 |
Coldhurst
D |
|
Unison D |
6 |
4 |
Failsworth
F |
|
|
|
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