Newspaper
Article W/c 29th September 2008
Report for Week 3 -W/ending 25 Sept 08
BAE A however retained the leadership in the first division by defeating Rosehill B 10-0, victories coming from Tony Bates, Tom Lang & Tony Smith.
Rosehill A were also beaten by a weakened Hyde YMCA A side, for whom Neil Coppard, moving up a division, scored excellent wins against Ian Stott & Dave Pegg. Despite being on the losing side, Richard Sarre produced some outstanding wins and he proved to be the only singles winner for the Ashton based Tennis Club.
In the other first division matches Honeywell Lane A beat Saddleworth CC A 7-3, young Adam Rowbotham having as memorable evening beating Ian McLean 15-13 in the final game.
Hollinwood B beat Werneth B 7-3, Tristran Swann and George Jones recording treble wins and Grotton A defeated BAE B7-3, Shaun Ellis and Dave Morris having unblemished results for the victors.
In the 2nd Division, Werneth D surprisingly moved into top place by defeating Grotton B 8-2, Richard Hinchcliffe and Mike Pellowe winning all their singles.
Honeywell Lane B shared the points against Unison A, a similar result being recorded by Unison A against Honeywell Lane C, Brian Hall at the age of 75 being outstanding in this last match by proving victorious in all his singles games.
Coldhurst A beat Hollinwood E 8-2 in a more closely contested match than the score would indicate, 5 of the sets going to a 5th game. Simon King and Simon Walsh were both undefeated.
Hyde YMCA B gained their first win of the season beating Pennine in a match where Dennis Bradshaw and Vernon Hyde both gained treble wins.
In other Division 2 matches played Honeywell Lane C and Uppermill A both achieved hard fought victories against Failsworth A and Hyde YMCA B respectively.
3rd Division leaders, the consistent Honeywell Lane D players beat Unison B 7-3, peter Dawson winning all 3 sets for the losers.
Paul Woodward was the star in both of Owls A drawn matches against Gilders and Uppermill B where he was undefeated on both occasions.
Coldhurst C beat Deaf Club A 8-2 during a very sporting evening, when the final result was much closer than the score suggests, Neil Chapman & Neil England both gaining treble successes for the victors.
The remaining third division matches all resulted in 7-3 scores, Coldhurst B beating Failsworth B with a treble win for Malcolm Wills, Gilders beating Failsworth C with Colin Ogden following suit and newcomers Droylsden defeating Coldhurst D with Tim Greenald & Mike Truter obtaining treble victories.
Leading the field in Division 4 are the stalwart members of Unison D, who consolidated their position by beating OTTC B in a match in which Dennis Heyes proved outstanding.
It has proved to be a bad week for two of the Werneth sides, both being ‘whitewashed’, the contributions of Philip Tamworth, Dinesh Gorasia & John Tanner proving too strong for Werneth G, while the inter-club clash between the Werneth E & F teams resulted in a resounding 10-0 victory for the former, Phil Coombe, Darren Mitzi & Brian Micklethwaite all being successful, while Marjorie Riddle showed glimpses of her old form playing for the luckless F team.
The newly formed Deaf Club B team continued to make progress by beating Coldhurst E 8-2, three of the wins coming from Matthew Gartside, while David England received commendation on his performance for the losers.
The Deaf Club B team also beat Honeywell Lane F 6-4 in an enjoyable close encounter, Matthew Gartside once again proving the most successful player with his three wins.
Newspaper
Article W/c 22nd September 2008
Report for Week 2 -W/ending 18 Sept 08
Division 1
An unbeaten performance from Dave Griffith, with singles from Josh Boult & Reena Ardeshana helped OTTC A to a 6-4 win at Glodwick.
Saddleworth A were well beaten by Werneth B with trebles from Rob Carter and Doug Hill.
The fortunes of BAE’s A & B teams were mixed –A team defeating Hyde YMCA 8-2 and the B team losing by the same score to Hollinwood A.
Werneth A had a walkover due to Rosehill A unable to field a team.
Rosehill B team lost 7-3 to Honeywell A
Division 2
Hollinwood C are again chasing promotion with a 9-1 win over newly promoted Grotton B. Dave Cheetham and John Flowers each winning three with Joe Redikin winning two.
Werneth C managed a 6-4 victory over Honeywell B which was the same score Hollinwood E defeated Failsworth A.
Hollinwood D drew with Werneth D thanks to a treble from Andy McNabb. Coldhurst A could not repeat their previous weeks success and went down 7-3 to Uppermill A, with Pete Watson achieving his second treble of the season.
Division 3
Unison C repeated last week’s performance with a 7-3 win against Coldhurst B with doubles from Pete Dawson, Jim Bollard and Mike O’Gara.
Points were shared between Uppermill B and Coldhurst C in what was an extremely competitive match.
Saddleworth B’s 7-3 win over Oldham Deaf was a hard fought victory with Oldham Deaf losing four of the sets in the 5th game.
Honeywell D head the table with a 9-1 win over the junior team of Failsworth C. Coldhurst D managed a 6-4 win over Failsworth B despite Vinney Gaffey winning three for the Failsworth team. The two juniors (brothers Joe and Jake Crawley) are improving, with Jake scoring a single & Joe unlucky not to register.
Division 4
Honeywell E beat new comers St Saviour’s 6-4 with doubles from Lee Rowbotham Ronnie Holt and Leo Cogger.
Honeywell F lost to Unison D 8-2, for whom Martin Haigh was outstanding.
The clash between Werneth G & E came out all square with two wins for Dave Murphy and Fred Pickles and Brian Micklethwaite replying with three wins for E team.
Owls B recorded their 2nd win with a 6-4 victory over Coldhurst E, thanks to a treble from Phil Tamworth.
Deaf Club B prevailed over OTTC B by a 6-4 margin.
The clash of OTTC C and D Juniors resulted in an 8-2 win for the all girls team, with trebles from Natalie Dodd and Sarah Weatherby and two for Abigail Griffith. Alex Reilly replied with a win for the boys.
Newspaper
Article W/c 15th September 2008
The Oldham and District Table Tennis season got underway last week with a total of 254 players registered on 56 teams competing in the four divisions. With 32 juniors taking part all looks good for the future of Table Tennis in Oldham.
In Division 1 champions Glodwick got off to a 9-1 winning start at Rosehill A, with maximums from Phil Biggs & Khamal Hussain and a double from Zillur Rahman.
Newly formed Saddleworth A overcame Grotton A 6-4 with Shaun Ellis unbeaten for the losers.
A Tristran Swann maximum gave Hollinwood B a draw against their A team.
Dave Griffith trebled for OTTC A, backed by doubles from Josh Boult & Matthew Weatherby in their 8-2 win against BAE B.
Maximums for Tom Lang & Tony Smith gave BAE A a 7-3 win at Honeywell A for whom Adam Rowbotham, Graham Young & Tommy Ryan all scored singles.
In Division 2 the Honeywell Lane B team of Ken Hayes, Barrie Royle & Howard Travis whitewashed promoted Grotton B with Alan Sarsfield losing out in the fifth game twice.
Werneth C beat Honeywell C 8-2 in a closer game than it would appear. Karen Hill & Paul Wilkinson both escaped defeat, but only just.
Hollinwood C beat their D team 7-3 thanks to doubles from Dave Cheetham , Joe Redikin & John Flowers. Glen Dowse replied with a double.
Werneth D had a good 7-3 win against Hyde YMCA B with a treble from Mike Pellowe and a double from Richard Hinchliffe. New signing Steve Hilton scored a double for Hyde.
Coldhurst A beat Prennine 7-3 thanks to a maximum from Simon Walsh and doubles from Paul Howarth & Gary Keylock. John Robertson scoring both Pennines points.
The Failsworth A team of Steve Collins (3) Nathan Buckley (3) & Matthew Evans (2) had a terrific start to the season, beating Unison A 9-1.
Three wins for Pete Watson & two for Keith Moores gave Uppermill a draw on their return to this division against Hollinwood E.
In Division 3 new team Droylsden came away from Failsworth C with a 7-3 victory, thanks to an unbeaten performance from Miles Benjamin, ably assisted by Phil Denby (2) & Tim Greenald (1). Juniors Andrew Tarpey (2) & Paul King (1) replied.
Promoted Deaf Club A narrowly lost 6-4 at Coldhurst B despite doubles from Ian Cockcroft & Prakash Bhojani, who both lost to the unbeaten Malcolm Wills.
Unison C beat Failsworth B 7-3 thanks to a Jim Bollard maximum, a double from Mike O’Gara and a single from the unfortunate John Mark, who lost to both Joe & Jake Crawley in the fifth.
Dave Varney starred for Coldhurst C being unbeaten in a good close sporting contest against Gilders, which ended 7-3 for Coldhurst.
In Division 4, St Saviour’s had a resounding 9-1 win against Werneth F on their debut in the league, with maximums from their experienced coach Brian Huskinson and Alex Leach, with Sean McPhail playing well for his two wins.
Our Lady’s, a new Junior team in the league had a good draw against Werneth G, with Declan Beswick, Luke Riley & John Moran all contributing. Dave Murphy (3) and Fred Pickles (2) replied for Werneth.
The all girl, junior team of OTTC C were narrowly defeated by Honeywell E 6-4. Twelve year old Natalie Dodd was unbeaten but Tom Loftus, the oldest player in the league, pushed her all the way. Sarah Weatherby & Natalie’s younger sister Nicole both played well and should be encouraged by their performances.
The Junior boys team of OTTC D comprising Alex Reilly, Karl Jones & Sam Griffith displayed good promise but went down 9-1 against the experienced Unison D.
Please note the following Important
Changes to Hand Book.
The Failsworth School matches start at 8-00 pm. Room to be vacated by 10pm.
New team St Saviours replace Droylsden B. Match Night is Thursday.