Newspaper Article W/c 9th April
2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Handicap Cup Finals - W/c 2nd April 2012.
In the Division 1 final, Hollinwood B ‘s 117 point handicap start proved far too much on the night for Honeywell A, although it has to be said that had the Hollinwood team, of Paul King Mohammed Sagied and Nathan Buckley, put in similar performances during the season then they would not have been relegated.. The Honeywell A team of Marcus McNulty, Dave Buckley and Simon Hardwick, stuck to their increasingly difficult task throughout, in an entertaining match of offensive table tennis.
The Division 2 Final was was always going to be a close match and it did not disappoint. Grotton A gave Droylsden a 32 points start which was down to just 1 point after the third set, back up to 22 points after the fifth set and down to 12 after the 8th set. It was only after the last singles that Grotton got their noses in front taking a 4 point lead into the final doubles set only to instantly lost the first six points. but then, incredibly, went on to win the first game 11-8 with an unexpected Dave Morris back hand drive. Droylsden then took the next two games 12-10 reducing their deficit to 3 points with the final game of the doubles remaining. At 8 points each it could not have been any tighter, with Grotton needing just one more point from the next three to win whilst Droylsden could force the draw if they could win the next three points. All players and spectators were aware of this, adding to the tension and it was Grotton who secured the point they needed giving them a win by a single point.
In Division 3, the Champions and Runners-up met in the final and Deaf Club A gained revenge by beating Honeywell D by 27 points. Honeywell D started 75 points behind and reduced the arrears to 18 points with two games left but could not maintain the challenge. Liaqat Ali was outstanding for Deaf Club A picking up 16 points and a further 7 in the doubles partnering Ian Cockcroft. The Honeywell team of Bernard Davies, Rob Carter and Paul Carter all gained points, but not quite enough!
The Division 4 final was "Taylor-made" for Werneth G as they swept aside Unison C, who started with a 3 point advantage, to win by 65 points. Matt Taylor and Joe Taylor and Brian Philip were too strong for the Unison side of Dennis Heyes, Glenn Jackson and Barry Fordham, the latter of which offered the main resistance.
The Division 5 Final was between St Saviour’s and Coldhurst E who received a 215 points start from the divisional winners. With the doubles remaining, Coldhurst’s lead had been reduced to just 9 points, but a loss of a further 22 points gave St Saviour’s the victory by 13 points and with it ,the St Saviours team of Alex Reilly, Jacob Reilly and Mark Dalton claimed a league and cup double.
Newspaper Article W/c 26th March 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 22 - W/c 19th March 2012
In Division 1 Saddleworth Cricket Club A beat Glodwick B 8-2 to take the runners up spot as expected behind Glodwick A.
At the bottom, Rosehill, picked up an unexpected 7-3 win against Werneth B, courtesy of 3 points being gained due to an injury to Mandy Winskill in her first game. If they can gain 2 points from their final game against Glodwick B they will survive at the expense of Hollinwood B , who themselves, picked up 4 decent points against 3rd placed Werneth A.
In Division 2 Droylsden are safe following their draw against runners up Unison A, however Pennine have dropped down to second from bottom following a disastrous 1-9 defeat at Hollinwood D
Grotton need 7 points from their final match against Coldhurst A if they are to move above Pennine.
In Division 3, the runner up spot went to Deaf Club A after their 8-2 win against Gilders, leaving Saddleworth B in third spot despite an excellent draw against the division winners, Honeywell D.
Lancashire
& Cheshire League.
The Oldham men’s team of Darren Lindley, Paul Cicchelli and Gary Crossley are through to the final of the Norman Cook Trophy having beaten Warrington 5-2 at Honeywell on Saturday.
Newspaper Article W/c 19th March 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 21 - W/c 12h March 2012
With just one scheduled week of the League season to go, most promotion and relegation issues have been resolved.
In Division 1 Glodwick are champions for the sixth consecutive season and Saddleworth Cricket Club A need just 2 points from their last game at Glodwick B to finish runners up for their first time.
At the bottom Hollinwood C are relegated whilst the second relegation spot is between Rosehill and Hollinwood B who are 5 points ahead but have a tough game against Werneth A remaining. Rosehill have games against Glodwick B and Werneth B to retrieve the situation.
In Division 2 Hyde YMCA A are deserving champions and joining them in Division 1 next season will be Unison A.
Grotton seem doomed but with 3 games left there is still hope. Pennine and Droylsden are the other teams in the mix at the bottom
Honeywell D have won Division 3 but the runner up spot is a closely run affair between Deaf Club A and Saddleworth B. Deaf Club A have a 2 points lead with just Gilders to play, whilst Saddleworth have a tough game against champions Honeywell D. At the bottom Grotton B and Coldhurst C look set for the drop.
Division 4 is a Division which is all done and dusted with the juniors from St Matthews as champions and Honeywell E as runners up.
Our Lady’s A and Honeywell G are relegated.
In Division 5 St Saviour’s are champions with Pollards A finishing runners up.
Our Lady’s C will finish bottom with Coldhurst E one place above.
Newspaper Article W/c 12th
March 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Handicap Cups – Semi Finals
HANDICAP CUP RESULTS - SEMI FINALS
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McNulty (37) Hardwick (35)Buckley (24) |
Honeywell A |
563 |
549 |
Honeywell B |
Maciejewski (-28) Hayes (-30) Ryan
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Buckley (5) Evans (4) Sagied (-18) |
Hollinwood B |
588 |
556 |
Werneth B |
Pegg (33) K Hill (-5) D Hill (-19) |
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Higgins (26) Buckley (22) Travis (-21) |
Honeywell C |
568 |
607 |
Droylsden |
Greenald (17)
Truter (-11) Knowles (-33) |
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Bostock (-11) Foster (-17) Evans (-20) |
Hollinwood E |
438 |
445 |
Honeywell D |
P Carter(38) R Carter (23) Davies
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Nicholls (-3) Craven (-13) Wood (-44) |
Gilders |
472 |
523 |
Deaf A |
Ali (48) Cockcroft (20) Varney (-8) |
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Marrow (47) Johnson (-30) Handley (-35) |
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Unison C |
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Jefferson (26) A Murray (5) M Pellowe (-26) |
Werneth F |
566 |
589 |
Werneth G |
J Taylor (8) M Taylor (-4) Philip
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REPORT
ON THE ODTTL TABLE TENNIS TOURNAMENT HELD ON
04
MARCH 2012
There were a total of 83 entries.
The entries for each particular event were:
2012 2011 2010
Mixed Singles 64 64 64
Veterans 31 32 28
Doubles 64 51 60
Divisional 59 59 66
Juniors 19
Hopefully, the day was enjoyed by everybody participating. We were certainly treated to a feast of competitive Table Tennis, with perhaps the talking point being the early exit of the ‘fancied’ and ex Champion, Darryl Meredith in the 2nd Round of Singles along with the defeat of last years doubles champions Khamal Hussain and Jeff Craighill, by Nathan Buckley and Paul King.
Mixed Singles
This was run in 16 Groups of 4 players.
Winner: Darren Lindley
Runner Up: Paul Cicchelli
Juniors
This was run in 4 Groups of 4/5 players per group.
The semi finals and finals drew a large number of spectators, due to the quality of play. Oldham and D TTL can look forward to a talented group of players maintaining the strength of its divisions for many years to come.
Winner: Andrew Tarpey
Runner Up: Callum Allman
Veteran Singles
7 Groups of 4 Players
1 Groups of 3 Players
Winner: Jeff Craighill
Runner Up: Andy Jackson
Doubles
This is the event that tends to create bottlenecks because of the number of players involved in each event, however the quality of matches makes the trouble worthwhile
Winners: Andy Jackson/Mark Ramsbottom
Runners Up: Darryl Merdith/Ian McLean
Divisional Handicap
Competitions
Winner: 1 Matty Evans
Winner: 2 Mike Brierley
Winner: 3 Darren Brown
Winner: 4 Mark Pellowe
Winner: 5 Alex Reilly
The Semi Finals and Finals commenced about 6pm, but due to the involvement of players in each of the events, the Singles Final commenced slightly earlier than 7pm, with a crowd of 40 plus spectators.
We managed to depart the premises at 7.40pm.
A thanks to all those helpers who came on Saturday, but a SPECIAL thanks goes to Dave Cheetham for his help in running the tournament and Colin Pellowe, David Jefferson without whose tireless energy we would still be stacking tables and barriers. Finally, to Joe Redikin, who as usual, always contributes to the effective running of the tournament.
John Foster.
Tournament Organiser.
Newspaper Article W/c 5th March 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 20 - W/c 27h February 2012
There were some notable individual performances this week.
Division
1.
Mohammed Sagied beat Mark Ramsbottom, an ex Oldham Mens Singles and Veterans Champion, in 4 to give Hollinwood B their point against Champions Glodwick.
Mick Pellowe beat Gary Skinner in a close 5 setter for Werneth B against Werneth A.
Lucasz Maciejewski scored a maximum for Honeywell B against their A team.
Colin Boardman beat Tony Smith and Tom Lang whilst his team mate Ian Quinn beat Dave Hamilton in Hollinwood’s 4-6 defeat against BAE.
Division
2.
Unison’s Larry Bainbridge lost his 100% record losing to KenWard , with Mike Brierley putting in a superb unbeaten performance for Unison who lost the doubles in 5 sets allowing leaders Hyde YMCA A to maintain their unbeaten record.
Miles Benjamin scored a maximum for Droylsden including a win over Hyde YMCA B’s Steve Hilton in their 8-2 victory.
Division
3.
Junior, Matthew Kelly had 2 excellent wins for Werneth E beating Rob Carter and Pete Buckley in his team’s 2-8 defeat at Honeywell D.
Neil England, playing his best table tennis of the season, was unbeaten for Coldhurst C against their B team giving them a needed 6-4 win.
Division
4.
John Foster, stepping down, was unbeaten for Hollinwood F in their 4-6 defeat at second placed Honeywell E, beating Ken Dunkerley, Brian Hall and Pete Ganley.
Junior Mark Pellowe scored a maximum for Werneth F against Our Lady’s A including a win against junior Abishek Balakrishnan who bagged 2 wins himself beating Dave Jefferson and Ashley Murray.
Division
5.
Again it was a junior who stole the show for Our Lady’s B, with Lewis Toal winning all his matches against the ‘wily’ Dennis Heyes, Ian Connell and Brian Eaton in the draw against Unison D.
Junior Tom Farkas was also on form being unbeaten for Hollinwood G against the ‘experienced’ Pollards B team.
Newspaper Article W/c 27th February 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 19 - W/c 20h February 2012
Division 3
Honeywell D became Division 3 champions this week thanks to a 9-1 win over Hollinwood E. Paul Hutchinson’s single win for Hollinwood was overshadowed by trebles from both Rob and Paul Carter.
Saddleworth’s 9-1 win over Grotton B keeps them in the second promotion place with Gary Owen and Gary Crossley gaining maximums in their comfortable win.
Deaf Club A, however, remain just 2 points behind Saddleworth after their 10-0 demolition of Coldhurst C. Dave Varney, Liaqat Ali and Ian Cockcroft all gained maximums with Neil England coming closest to a win for Coldhurst, narrowly losing to Liaqat Ali in 5 sets.
Division 2
Hollinwood D continue their recent form with an 8-2 win over Werneth C. Joe Redikin gaining the player of the match performance due to his first maximum of the season. He was well supported by Peadar Mckinstry (3) and Steve Hathaway (2)
Grotton A have moved off the bottom of the division after a 7-3 win over Honeywell C. Grotton’s points were achieved through doubles from Ryan Conway and Steven Oliver, however man of the match performance goes to David Morris after a fantastic treble.
Division 1
There were two draw this week in the first division. The first of which was the game between Werneth A and Glodwich B. Darryl Meredith’s treble wasn’t enough for the win as Glodwick replied through Jeff Craighill (2), Kristof Pinter (2) and Andrew Tarpey (1)
The second draw occurred when Honeywell B entertained Werneth B. A double from Gary Skinner and singles from Dave Pegg and Mandy Winskill helped to achieve a well deserved draw. Lucasz Maciejewski’s maximum was supported by a double from Peter Fowler for Honeywell.
The surprise result of the week was Hollinwood C’s biggest win of the season. They overcame Rosehill 9-1 thanks to trebles from Dave Cheetham, Jack Christian and Gabriel Wilding.
Division 4
A close game between Werneth F and Honeywell E resulted in a 4-6 defeat for Werneth.
A good performance from Mark Pellowe gained him two wins for Werneth but Ken Dunkerley’s maximum swung the tie in favour of Honeywell.
With Our Lady’s A looking for just their second win of the season they had the perfect opportunity against basement boys Werneth G. On an eagerly contested night, where five of the games went the distance, Werneth came out 7-3 winners. David Jefferson earning a maximum for Werneth, however Lewis Toal’s double for Our Lady’s also has to be noted.
Division 5
St Saviours became Division 5 champions after their 9-1 win over Our Lady’s B. Jacob Reilly lost St Saviours only point and only his 4th game all season due to a superb performance by Lewis Toal.
Deaf Club C suffered a set back for any promotion hopes they had after they were beaten 7-3 by Uppermill C. Jim Bradbury and Ali Mirza gaining maximums in Uppermill’s win.
Newspaper Article W/c 20th February 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 18 - W/c 13th February 2012
Division 4
After four draws Our Lady’s ‘A’ defeated Unison ‘C’ 7-3 to claim their first win of the season. Junior Lewis Toal stepped up a division and was the star player winning a vital 3 for his team. Lewis was supported by doubles from father and daughter, Dean and Paige Allman. The win will help Our Lady’s in their efforts to avoid relegation this season.
Elsewhere Werneth ‘F’ visited bottom of the table Honeywell ‘G’ and gained a healthy 8-2 victory. A treble by Dave Jefferson led the way for Werneth, while Ronnie Holt’s double was in vain for the home side.
Division 5
In division 5 Deaf Club ‘C’ still have hopes of catching Pollards ‘A’. Their latest 10-0 victory against Coldhurst ‘E’ will have done nothing to dampen their hopes. Trebles for Scott Fleming, Ron Tench and Alan Cockcroft meant a victory was never in doubt.
The runaway leaders St Saviours continued their ruthless domination of the division, their 8th maximum of the season. Their latest came at home to Our Lady’s ‘C’. There were trebles for Alex Reilly, Mark Dalton and Brian Huskinson, who was playing his first individual match of the season.
Division 3
Werneth ‘E’ put a dent in the promotion chances of their Hollinwood counterparts. Junior Matty Kelly did the early damage, first claiming the scalp of Steve Evans and then that of John Foster before losing 11-8 in the 5th to Paul Rourke. This can only be further evidence that Matthew is capable of playing in higher divisions. Richard Hinchliffe had dropped down from the ‘D’ team to pick up an impressive double for Werneth.
Honeywell ‘D’ are now a mammoth 40 points clear of second place at the top of the 3rd division table. Their 9-1 victory at home to Gilders is their 16th victory of the season. Chairman of the league, Ken Dunkerley, stepped up a division and secured a double for Honeywell. Martin Nicholls’ four set victory over Ken was the sole success for Gilders.
Division 2
It’s an exciting race for the second promotion spot in division 2 this season. Unison ‘A’ currently occupy that spot following a 7-3 win against Hyde YMCA ‘B’. Despite a treble from Hyde’s Steve Hilton, Unison had too much strength in depth for Hyde with Mike Brierley, Alan Auxilly and Andy Hey all securing doubles for the home side.
Uppermill ‘A’ are close on the tails of Unison however they dropped points on their rivals this week following a 7-3 defeat at the hands of Pennine. Pennines wins came from doubles for Glen Chadwick, Steve Mather and Glen Dowse, as well as, a five set victory in the doubles.
Both teams will already be looking to the penultimate match of the season in which Uppermill visit Unison but much will also rest on how both teams fare against Werneth ‘C’ who themselves are not far behind.
Division 1
In the middle of the table clash between Honeywell ‘A’ and BAE, it was the latter that came away with the win. It was however a close 6-4 encounter in which Tom Lang proved to be the difference between the two sides with a maximum. There were doubles for Honeywell’s Simon Hardwick and Marcus McNulty.
Newspaper Article W/c 13th
February 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Handicap Cups – Round 2
Division 4.
The closest match of the round saw Hollinwood F emerge as victors by just 2 points over Honeywell F after conceding a 4 point start. With just 2 games remaining Hollinwood found themselves 19 points behind and staring at defeat. Having lost 15 points over the previous 8 games it was not looking good but ‘man of the match’ George Marrow (+26) battled well against Honeywell’s star man Alan Wynn (+17) to put them just 5 points behind with the deciding doubles to go. Hollinwood’s doubles pairing of George Marrow and Brian Handley managed to take 7 points from Alan Wynn and Derek Naylor to secure the narrowest of wins. What a game!
Werneth G, barely needed their 86 point start against Uppermill B, losing just 13 points to win by 73 points. Joe Taylor gained 15 points whilst Matthew Taylor gained 4 points for Werneth with David Bottomley (+18) being the pick of the Uppermill team.
Division 3.
Honeywell D overcame a 57 points handicap deficit against Saddleworth B to win by just 7 points. With the final doubles to go they were still 13 points behind but Rob Carter (+28) and Paul Carter (+38) gained 20 points from the Saddleworth pairing of Gary Crossley (+15) and Alex Griffiths (-27).
Hollinwood E, conceding 46 points to Werneth D went on to win by 13 points, mainly due to the 48 points gain by Steve Evans. Again it was all on the final doubles, and with Hollinwood just 2 points in front, they gained a further 11 points. Richard Hincliffe (+11) played well for Werneth.
The Deaf A team of Liqat Ali (+51), Ian Cockcroft (+39) and Dave Varney (+24) gained 125 points against Grotton B, whose handicap start of 96 points proved 29 points short.
Division 5
Pollards A overcame their B team by 64 points despite conceding a 99 points start. Debbie Robinson (+52), Dave Winterbottom (+38) and Rob Ainsworth (+ 61) were convincing winners.
Owls B were easy winners against Hollinwood G. Conceding 25 points, they gained 102 points to win by 77 points. Dinesh Gorasia (+60), Steven Cocker (+18) and David Foden (+2) did the damage, although Bobby Crossley (+24) played well for Hollinwood.
The inevitable victory resulted for St Saviour’s when Our lady’s C turned up with just 2 players due to illness.
Division 2.
The Hyde YM B team of Dennis Bradshaw (+19), Neil Coppard (-6) and Vernon Hyde (-10) all but evenly matched the scores of the Hollinwood D team, Steve Hathaway (+11), Joe Redikin (-4) and Paul Hutchinson (-10) to give them a 21 points victory after their 22 point start.
With a 3 points start Honeywell C gained a further 24 points to beat Coldhurst C by 27 points. Peter Buckley (+16), Brian Higgins (+9) and Howard Travis (-7) did the damage, with Simon Walsh (+18) and Simon King (+12) putting in good shifts for Coldhurst.
Grotton A easily beat Werneth C courtesy of a 77 points start and the 27 points gained by Dave Morris.
Division 1.
The only match actually played in this division resulted in a 41 points win for Hollinwood B against Werneth A. Matty Evans was their man of the match gaining 7 points on top of their 126 points start with Darren Meredith’s 64 points gain for Werneth to no avail.
Newspaper Article W/c 6th February 2012
Division
1
The basement battle between Honeywell B and Rosehill B finished 5-5 after a very closely contested match and kept both teams out of the relegation positions. All six players contributed with Lukasz Maciejewski (2) Ken Hayes (1) and Peter Fowler (1) for Honeywell and Phil Ashworth (2) Andy Perry (2) and Simon Collins (1) for the visitors.
Hollinwood B dropped back into second bottom position after a 3-7 reversal at high flying Saddleworth A, whilst Hollinwood C remain rooted at the bottom after a 0-10 whitewash at Werneth A.
Glodwick B suffered two heavy defeats, 2-8 to BAE and 0-10 to their A team who are now 15 points ahead of second place Saddleworth A.
There was another drawn match between Hollinwood A and Honeywell A with a Phil Myers treble and Steve Barber double for Honeywell matched by Colin Boardman (2) Ian Quinn (1) and Benjamin Armsrtrong (1) for the home side.
Division
2
Coldhurst A are the form team which has seen them climb up the table to 6th position and on the fringe of the second promotion spot. Their latest triumph was a 6-4 win over Droylsden with Simon Walsh, Derek Watmough and Paul Howarth winning two each whilst the Miles Benjamin treble was in vain for the visitors.
It was a similar pattern in the Hyde YM B match against Werneth C with the latter getting back to winning ways with a 6-4 win, this despite a treble from Stephen Hilton for YM. Mike Pellowe, Karen Hill and Matthew Kelly won two each for Werneth keeping them in 3rd position. However, Hyde YM A, 8-2 winners over Pennine, and Uppermill A, 7-3 winners at Honeywell C, maintained their positions at the top of this very competitive division.
Grotton A’s 1-9 spanking at Hollinwood D sees them drop to bottom position.
Division
3
Saddleworth B regained second spot after two good wins against Coldhurst B by 9-1 and Coldhurst C by 8-2. Trebles by Gary Crossley and Alex Griffiths and a Tony Prescott double were followed by another treble by Griffiths and two each from Peter Skuse and Gary Owen. Neil England won two for Coldhurst C.
Coldhurst B enjoyed a better evening with a 5-5 draw against Werneth D. Neil England (2) Malcolm Wills (1) and Darren Brown (1) registered wins whilst Colin Pellowe (2) Harry Ross (2) and Paul Whyatt (1) replied for the visitors.
Deaf A kept the pressure on Saddleworth B with an 8-2 win at Werneth E with Dave Varney’s treble the highlight.
Alf Barker had two good wins for Grotton B against leaders Honeywell D but the 2-8 reversal keeps them in the relegation battle with the two Coldhurst teams.
Division
4
Leaders St Matthews continued their march to the title with a 9-1 defeat of Uppermill B with Howard Meadham again beating Callum Allman for the “Mills” win. James Chappell and Adam Thompson trebled for the Saints.
An excellent treble by Lewis Toal for Our Lady’s A was in vain as they lost 3-7 at Honeywell F, with Derek Naylor, John Rutland and Lee Rowbotham winning two each for the Lane.
Division
5
Both St Saviours and Pollards A had 9-1 wins over Hollinwood G and Our Lady’s C respectively. Bobby Crossley gained the one for Hollinwood and Dion Dunn for Our Lady’s.
It
was much closer in the match between Owls B and Coldhurst E which finished 5-5.
Dinesh Gorasia trebled and Stephen Cocker grabbed a brace for the Owls whilst
Frank Corlett (2) Derek Taylor (1) and John Greenwood (1) replied for the
visitors with Corlett and
Newspaper Article W/c 30th January 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 16 - W/c 23rd January 2012
Division 1
Whilst leaders Glodwick A registered another 10-0 win this time at Rosehill, second and third place teams met at Werneth A, but it was the visitors, Saddleworth A who went away with a 7-3 victory to establish a 12 point lead over their rivals. Darren Lindley (3) Ian McLean (2) and Duncan Hadfield (2) starred whilst Darryl Meredith (2) replied for Werneth.
At the other end of the table, Honeywell B eased their relegation fears with an emphatic 9-1 win at bottom club Hollinwood C thanks to trebles from Lukasz Maciejewski and Kenny Hayes and a double from Peter Fowler.
Division 2
A Mark Simpson treble for second placed Uppermill A was in vain as they went down 4-6 to Coldhurst A for whom Simon Walsh, Simon King and Derek Watmough won two each.
Third place Unison A were unable to close the gap as they were held 5-5 by Honeywell C. Larry Bainbridge maintained his 100% record whilst Kenny Hayes and Brian Higgins doubled for Honeywell.
At the other end of the table, Hollinwood D eased their relegation worries with an excellent 7-3 away win at bottom club Droylsden thanks to doubles from Peadar McKinstry, Steve Hathaway and Joe Redikin. Mike Truter doubled for the home side.
Division 3
Leaders Honeywell D beat Owls A 9-1 but Phil Tamworth’s victory over Bernard Davies was worthy of note.
Deaf A kept up their challenge for second place with a good 7-3 win at Werneth D thanks to another treble from Liaqat Ali and a double from Ian Cockcroft.
Hollinwood E also kept the pressure on with a 10-0 win over Grotton B thanks to Stephen Evans, Paul Rourke and Philip Moran.
Division 4
All three top teams enjoyed big wins, St Matthews 10-0 over Werneth F, Honeywell E 10-0 over their F team and Uppermill B 9-1 over Deaf B.
Bottom club Honeywell G enjoyed a close match with Unison C before going down 4-6. Stephen Slater trebled and Dennis Heyes doubled for the visitors whilst John Rutland doubled for Honeywell.
Division 5
St Saviours continued their march to the title with another 10-0 win, this time over Unison D. Alex Reilly, Jacob Reilly and Mark Dalton starred.
Second placed Pollards A came unstuck against a strong Hollinwood G side and went down 4-6. George Marrow and youngster Amirul Hussain both trebled, the latter with impressive wins over Debbie Robinson, Dave Winterbottom and Robert Ainsworth.
Newspaper Article W/c 23rd
January 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 15 - W/c 16th January 2012
The first league matches in the New Year threw up a few surprises. One of which was Saddleworth’s first defeat of the season at the hands of Honeywell A. Gary Crossley’s treble was in vain as Honeywell won 6-4 with help from a rare first division appearance from Rob Carter.
Another surprise result was Hollinwood B’s third victory of the season as they conquered Werneth B by the convincing score line of 9-1. This result helps in their relegation battle, with Matty Evans and Mohammed Sagied gaining maximums.
A close game saw Werneth C narrowly defeated 4-6 by Grotton A. The result reduces Werneth’s chances of promotion but on the other hand helps Grotton gain much needed points, as they are currently located in the bottom two.
As Uppermill A and Hollinwood D clashed the game resulted in draw. A result that once again helps both teams as Uppermill have a strong promotion chance and Hollinwood are hoping to avoid relegation. New signing, Gabriel Wilding, scored a maximum for Hollinwood.
As Honeywell D continue their dominance with a 10-0 victory over Coldhurst C the battle for the second promotion spot continues. As a result of Deaf club A beating Saddleworth B 7-3, with doubles from all 3 Deaf club players, they are know level on points in second place.
Hollinwood E are just a further 2 points behind the second placed teams after they defeated Oldham Owls A 7-3. David Harthan gained all 3 points for Owls.
There were two derbies this week as Werneth G entertained Werneth F and Honeywell F faced Honeywell G. The scores resulted 4-6 and 8-2 respectively. David Jefferson maximum for Werneth F helped to achieve their win. Honeywell F points were provided by Lee Rowbotham (3), Alan Wynn 2 and John Rutland (2).
Eight year old Amirul Hussain once again indicated his potential as his maximum gave Hollinwood G a draw against Uppermill C. Jim Bradbury and Christopher Smith winning two games each in response for Uppermill.
Even at this early stage Pollards A and St Saviours look almost certain to be the two promoted teams. They beat Unison A 8-2 and Pollards B 9-1 respectively.
Newspaper Article W/c 16th
January 2012
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Handicap Cups – Round 1
Division 4.
Ken Dunkerley of Honeywell E was the biggest winner of the round in all divisions amassing an amazing 78 points in his team’s win against their G team. He had to play well as they were conceding a 152 points start and backed by gains from Pete Ganley (48) and Brian Hall (35) they went on to win by 34 points.
The Honeywell F team of Alan Wynn (22), Derek Naylor (15) and John Rutland (10) beat Coldhurst D, turning what was a close game upto the final doubles into a 22 points win.
Division 1
Werneth A put in a good team performance overturning a 113 points handicap deficit against Rosehill to win by 22 points. Darryl Meredith gained 69 points, Stuart Meredith 55 points and Jon DePledge 28 points.
Last years beaten finalist Hollinwood B progressed at the expense of league leaders Glodwick A . Their 114 point start was plenty as they won by 53 points with decent performances from Paul King (-14), Matty Evans (-18) and Nathan Buckley (-29).
Division 2.
Round 1 drew together last seasons finalists and it was Hyde YMCA B who were able to exact some revenge beating Unison A by 22 points. Unison’s team of Mike Brierley, Alan Auxilly and Andy Hey all clawed back similar amounts of points but the star man was Hyde YM’s Dennis Bradshaw who gained 7 points to add to their 101 points start.
Hollinwood D beat leaders Hyde YMCA A by 15 points courtesy of an 130 points start. Steve Hathaway (-33) Joe Redikin (-34) and Paul Hutchinson (-46) held on against Lionel Royle (47) Geoff Ogden (40) and Ken Ward (26).
Division 3.
Last seasons cup winners Grotton B , armed with a 54 points start won by 26 points against Unison B. Unison’s Dave Wild (20) and Adrian Borrel (48) played well but it was Grotton’s Steve smith, gaining 21 points that swung the balance.
Hollinwood E conceding an 11 points start to Owls A gained 26 points to win by 15 points.
After the singles Hollinwood were just 1 point behind and the result hinged on the doubles which Hollinwood’s pairing of John Foster and Steve Evans won by 16 points against Richard Tamworth and Colin Ogden.
Werneth D gave their E team a 44 points start and went on to win by 44 points. Colin Pellowe and Richard Hinchliffe both gained 41 points each whilst Paul Whyatt gained 9 points. Matthew Kelly played well for the E team gaining 3 points.
Ian Cockcroft starred for Deaf A gaining 62 points in their win at Coldhurst B who had a 90 point start. Further gains by Liaqat Ali (45) and Dave Varney (26) saw them through by 57 points.
Division 5.
Coldhurst E , with a 55 points start actually gained 7 points against Our Lady’s B to win by 62 points. Frank Corlett (10) Derek Taylor (3) and John Greenwood (-3) were always in control despite a good performance from Lewis Toal who gained 16 points for Our Lady’s.
Gains by Debbie Robinson (61) and Rob Ainsworth (27) was enough to give Pollards A a 29 points victory against Deaf C , having conceded a 41 start. Scott Fleming gained 5 points for Deaf to no avail.
Newspaper Article W/c 19th
December 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 14 - W/c 12th December 2011
Division 1
Leaders Glodwick A could only manage a 6-4 win at Werneth A with wins from Mark Ramsbottom (2) Khamal Huusain (2) and Andy Jackson (1) who all lost to Darryl Meredith returning after a 3 week break. Stuart Meredith had an excellent straight sets win against Andy Jackson.
Saddleworth move to within 4 points of leaders Glodwick A following their 9-1 win at Honeywell B.
Hollinwood A’s 9-1 victory at Rosehill takes them above Honeywell A who went down 7-3 at Werneth B.
In an exact reversal of the first half fixture Werneth B beat Honeywell A by 7-3. Gary Skinner won his three and Mandy Winskill won two. Dave Buckley replied with two wins, almost making it three, after being 2 games down to Gary Skinner he then levelled through sheer determination and was 9-5 down in the fifth before storming to a 10.9 lead but then Gary pulled through in a high standard game.
Division 2.
Leaders Hyde YM A entertained Coldhurst A but the result is not yet in.
Unison A moved into third spot after posting 7-3 and 6-4 wins against Hollinwood D and Uppermill A respectively. They are now just 3 points behind second placed Uppermill.
Droylsden, with a maximum from Miles Benjamin, beat Grotton A 6-4 to put them just 2 points off the bottom of the table which Grotton now occupy.
Division 3.
Table toppers Honeywell D took giant strides, posting two 9-1 wins against third placed Deaf A and lowly Coldhurst B, whilst second placed Saddleworth B lost 1-9 to Werneth E but bounced back to beat Werneth D 7-3.
Deaf A unexpectedly went down 6-4 to Unison B, thanks to a Mike O’Gara treble and a double from Adrian Borrell. This run of results leaves Honeywell D a healthy 28 points clear at the top.
Division 4
With no result in from leaders St Matthews at Werneth G, second placed Honeywell E met third placed Uppermill B and the points were shared with two wins each for Ken Dunkerley, Brian Hall, Howard Meadham and Dave Bottomley. At 5-4 down Honeywell’s doubles pairing of Dunkerley / Ganley just managed an 11-9 win in the fifth set against Hanson/ Bottomley to secure the draw.
Division 5.
The mid table battle between Uppermill C and Unison D ended up a draw with Jim Bradbury again in good form winning his three, backed by a double from Chris Smith. Steve Wild replied with two wins whilst Kyle Simpson and Brian Eaton added singles.
Newspaper Article W/c 12th
December 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 13 - W/c 5th December 2011
Division 1
Last week in the Oldham and District Table Tennis league, Glodwick dominated the 1st division. An excellent team performance saw Glodwick B 9-1 winners against Honeywell A. The score could have been very different though with all 7 of the ‘5 setters’ going the way of Glodwick. Trebles from Kristof Printer and Zillur Rahman combined with a brace from Andrew Tarpey made sure the two teams are now level on points in the league table.
Glodwick A followed suit and dispatched Honeywell B 9-1. Maximums from Mark Ramsbottom and Khamal Hussain combined with a double from Jeff Craighill ensured GlodwickA remain top.
Division 2
In division 2 last week table toppers Hyde YMCA A visited Hollinwood D and found them a tough task to overcome but eventually ran out 6-4 winners on the night. Ken Ward turned out to be the difference between the two teams though with a hard fought treble. Lionel Royle supplied a double for the visitors as did Steve Hathaway for the home side.
In the Saddleworth derby Uppermill A visited Grotton A and finished the night 7-3 winners. A treble from Dennis Taylor led the way. Dennis was supported by a brace from Dave Grundy and a single from Mark Simpson.
Division 3
Unison B are edging further away from the drop zone in the 3rd division following a 6-4 victory over Werneth D. Unison’s Adrian Borrell was the star of the show as he recorded a maximum and combined with Dave Wild to clinch the doubles and the victory. Dave Wild was unlucky not to record a maximum himself but was beaten 11-9 in the 5th by Paul Whyatt in the penultimate match of the night.
Hollinwood E are a strong team and are unlucky to find themselves out of the promotion spots in a very strong 3rd division. This week they defeated Coldhurst B 8-2. Steve Evans led the way for Hollinwood with a maximum and was supported by Paul Rourke and John Bostock who each recorded doubles. Gary Keylock and Darren Brown both scored the points for Coldhurst.
Division 4
St Matthew are now a staggering 20points clear at the top of the 4th division following their 3rd consecutive 10-0 win. Their latest conquest came against Our Ladys A. The team of Callum Allman, Adam Thompson and James Chappell are 13 wins from 13 games and don’t look like losing any time soon.
There was another 10-0 in the 4th last week. This time it was Hollinwood F who recorded a maximum against Coldhurst D. Hollinwood’s trebles came from the bats of Adam Newton, George Marrow and Paul Hutchinson.
Division 5
In division 5 leaders St Saviours are now 12 wins from 12 games following their 9-1 victory over Uppermill C. Mark Dalton and Jacob Reilly both secured maximums while brother Alex Reilly recorded a double following his 4 set loss to Jim Bradbury.
Maximums from Kyle Simpson and Glen Jackson helped Unison D to a 7-3 win over Coldhurst D. Andy Pogson, Derek Taylor and Frank Corlett all recorded wins for Coldhurst. The win sees Unison move into 4th.
Newspaper Article W/c 5th December 2011
Division 1
Saddleworth Cricket Club A completed an impressive double over current league leaders and reigning champions Glodwick A with a 6-4 victory in the Oldham and District Table Tennis League. Paul Cicchelli recorded a treble and was well supported by Ian McLean (2) and Duncan Hadfield (1). Mark Ramsbottom (2) and Andy Jackson (1) replied for the visitors with Jeff Craighill having a rare off night.
In a close inter-club match, Hollinwood C beat the B team 6-4 thanks to a treble from Jack Christian, two from Dave Cheetham and one from Gary Blackhurst. Paul King with two and one from Nathan Buckley replied for the B team with 5 games going the full distance.
Division 2
Steve Hilton continues to impress for Hyde YMCA B with another treble but it did not stop Hollinwood D coming away with a good 6-4 win thanks to Peader McKinstry (2) Steve Hathaway (2) and Joe Redikin (1).
Uppermill A put further pressure on Werneth C at the top with a 6-4 win over Droylsden, despite a treble from Laurence Lewis-Hanna for the visitors. Dave Grundy, Pete Watson and Keith Moores all scored doubles for the cricket club side.
Werneth C surprisingly went down 4-6 to Honeywell C despite a treble from Mike Pellowe. Pete Buckley and Howard Travis registered doubles for the visitors.
Division 3
3rd placed Deaf Club A had a good 8-2 win at 4th placed Hollinwood E, Ian Cockcoft (3) Liaqat Ali (2) and Dave Varney (2) doing the damage. John Foster and Paul Rourke replied for the home side.
At the other end of the table, Grotton B defeated Coldhurst C 6-4 thanks to Steve Smith (3) Alf Barker (1) and Neil Tomlinson (1). Gary Keylock (2) Neil England (1) and Neil Chapman (1) replied for Coldhurst.
Division 4
Uppermill B came away from Hollinwood F with a 6-4 win despite doubles from George Marrow and Philip Moran for the home side. Howard Meadham (2) Keith Moores (2) and Stuart Hanson (1) kept Uppermill in 3rd position behind St Matthews and Honeywell E who both had 10-0 wins over Unison C and Our Lady’s A respectively.
Division 5
It was mixed fortunes for the two Pollards teams. The 2nd placed A team beat 3rd placed Uppermill C 6-4 with doubles from Debbie Robinson, Dave Winterbottom and Fred Pickles. Jim Bradbury won all his 3 games and teamed up with Chris Shawmarsh-Smith to clinch the doubles.
Pollards B suffered a 2-8 defeat at home to Our Lady’s B with Dave Renton winning the two for Pollards. Lewis Toal starred for the visitors winning all 3 of his games and was well supported by doubles from Luke Gannon and Tony Aghayere.
Newspaper Article W/c 28th November 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 11 - W/c 21st November 2011
Division 4.
Leaders St Matthews have extended their lead following their 10-0 drubbing of second placed Honeywell E. Juniors, James Chappell Callum Allman and Adam Thompson are now 16 points clear and seem destined for Division 3 at the halfway point of the season.
Uppermill B in third place could only manage a draw at Werneth F mainly thanks to 3 wins from Peter Watson. Matthew Kelly and Dave Jefferson scored doubles for Werneth.
Division 3.
The top two teams also met in Division 3 and leaders Honeywell D were held to a draw by a strong Saddleworth B team. There were doubles for Honeywell’s Rob Carter and Bernard Davies and also Saddleworth’s Duncan Hadfield and Gary Crossley.
A maximum from Steve Evans and two wins from Paul Rourke helped Hollinwood E to a 6-4 win against Werneth D.
Division 5.
Second placed Pollards A had a 9-1 win at Coldhurst E to keep the pressure on leaders St Saviours who had no game last week.
After a bad start Unison D are moving up the table, their latest result being a 7-3 win at Deaf C in which Steve Wild was unbeaten aided by doubles from Kyle Simpson and Brian Eaton.
A strong Uppermill C team of Stuart Hanson, Ali Mirza and Chris Smith moved into third spot after their 10 – win at Pollards B.
Division 1.
A strong Saddleworth team of Darrren Lindley (3), Paul Cicchelli (3) and Ian McLean (2) beat Glodwick B 9-1 with Kristof Pinter gaining the one.
Paul King played well again for Hollinwood B this time picking up two excellent wins against Werneth A in their 8-2 defeat.
Dave Pegg returned to his old club Rosehill representing Werneth B and the points were shared. Gary Skinner was unbeaten for Werneth with Simon Collins winning two for Rosehill including a game 9 win in the fifth against his ex team mate.
Division 2.
The second and third placed teams met and it was Uppermill A who ran out 6-4 winners at Werneth C, despite Karen Hill’s maximum. Mark Simpson and Dennis Taylor won two each for Uppermill who now take 2nd spot just one point ahead but with a game in hand.
Coldhurst A closed to within 2 points of Honeywell Lane C following their 8-2 victory at Honeywell, with maximums from Paul Howarth and Derek Watmough.
Newspaper Article W/c 21st November 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 10 - W/c 14th November 2011
Division
1.
Second placed Saddleworth CC A extended their winning record to 10 wins out of 10 beating BAE 6-4. Paul Cicchelli won his three with Ian McLean two and Duncan Hadfield one. Tony Bates replied with 2 wins and Tony Smith one.
Hollinwood B gained their first win of the season against Honeywell B, but they remain bottom. Matty Evans, Nathan Buckley and Paul King all won 2 each.
Division
2.
Leaders Hyde YM A posted two 7-3 wins against Uppermill A and Droylsden. Ken Ward and Lionel Royle won 2 each in both matches whilst Richard Sarre went one better with a maximum against Uppermill. Miles Benjamin was unbeaten for Droylsden whilst Mark Simpson gained two for Uppermill.
Division
3.
Deaf A beat Grotton B 8-2 to go 2nd in the table with 3 wins from Liaqat Ali and doubles from Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney.
Werneth D remain one point above Gilders in mid table as, predictably, the points were shared. A maximum from Martin Nicholls was more than matched by doubles from Werneth’s Colin Pellowe and Harry Ross.
Division
4.
Leaders St Mathews beat Honeywell F 9-1 with maximums from James Chappell and Adam Thompson. Callum Allman won two losing to John Rutland in 4.
Uppermill B move to third, behind 2nd placed Honeywell E, after their 8-2 win against Werneth G. Stuart Hanson and Dave Bottomley were unbeaten with Ali Mirza winning 2, going down to Joe Taylor in straight sets.
Division
5.
Third placed Deaf C lost further ground on 2nd placed Pollards A losing 6-4 to them at home. An unbeaten performance from Debbie Robinson was the difference between the teams although Scott Fleming pushed her all the way, only losing game 12 in the fifth.
Junior teams Hollinwood G and Our Lady’s B met and it was Hollinwood who emerged 7-3 victors. Bobby Crossley’s maximum along with a double from Amirul Hussain and a single from Tom Farkas being enough. Lewis Toal replied with a double and there was a single for Luke Gannon. Tony Aghayere played well but without success.
Newspaper Article W/c 14th
November 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 9 - W/c 7th November 2011
Division 1
A close encounter resulted in BEA beating Hollinwood A 6-4. Tony Smith was the player of the match after winning all his games in 5 sets. Hollinwood replied with a fantastic performance by Paul King gaining 2 wins, including a straight set victory over Tony Bates.
In the battle between Werneth A and B team, it was the A team that came out 7-3 winners. Darryl Meredith gained yet another treble for the season, however Dave Pegg’s double could arguably be the star performance.
A spirited performance by Hollinwood C saw them lose 7-3 against a strong Glodwich B team. Khamal Hussain gained a maximum but a double from Jack Christian and a single win from Dave Cheetham helped to keep the scoreline respectable.
Division 2
A draw was the result this week as Coldhurst A and Hollinwood D clashed. Derek Watmough’s treble was in vain as doubles from Joe Redikin and Peadar Mckinstry levelled the scoreline.
Werneth C against unison A resulted in a convincing 8-2 win for Unison. Micheal Brierley gaining the man of the match award due to his unbeaten performance. Allan Auxilly and Andy Hey would have also gained maximums if it wasn’t for the efforts of Paul Wilkinson.
Hyde YM B overcame Droylsen 6-4 with Hyde’s Steve Hilton losing his first game of the season against Lourance Hanna, however Dennis Bradshaw won his three for the victory.
Division 3
The game between Grotton B and Werneth D resulted in an 7-3 victory for Werneth. Paul Whyatt, Colin Pellowe and Richard Hinchliffe all recording 2 wins each. Neil Tomlinson was the main performer for the home team with his 2 wins.
Oldham Owls A and Oldham Deaf Club A shared the points. Richard Tamworth and Colin Ogden both gained 2 wins for Owls however Liaqat Ali gave the performance of the night as he recorded a treble for the Deaf Club.
Honeywell D’s 10-0 demolition of Werneth E improved their promotion hopes as they are now 18 points clear at the top of the table after just 9 weeks. Bernard Davies, Rob Carter and Paul Carter all recorded maximums in the match.
Division 4
St Mathews 10-0 victory over Honeywell G kept them top of division 4. Trebles were achieved by Alan Thomson, James Chappell and Callum Allman.
Paul Carter dropping down from the ‘D’ team helped Honeywell ‘E’ achieve a 7-3 victory over Hollinwood ‘F’. Paul gained a maximum along with Brian Hall. Hollinwood’s points were gained by single wins from George Marrow and Paul Hutchinson.
Division 5
This weeks match between Pollards B and Coldhurst E saw Pollards record an 8-2 win. David Murphy’s unbeaten performance was supported by two wins each from Alan Nightingale and David Renton.
Struggling Our lady’s C lost another game this time to the junior team of Hollinwood G. Tom Farrell, Bobby Crossley and Tom Farkas all recording maximums in the 10-0 victory.
Newspaper Article W/c 7th
November 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 8 - W/c 31st October 2011
Division 1
Saddleworth A are now 8 wins from 8 in division 1 following their 6-4 win over Hollinwood A. Darren Lindley was the difference between the teams and remains unbeaten this season. Darren was supported by Ian McLean and Gary Crossley who both won 1. Darren then combined with Ian in the doubles to secure the win. Ian Quinn and Ben Armstrong both won 2 for Hollinwood.
A treble from Stuart Meredith saw Werneth A beat Glodwick B 6-4. Darryl Meredith won 2 and Jon DePledge won 1 for Werneth to ensure the victory. Kristof Pinter, Zillur Rahman and Andrew Tarpey all won 1 each for Glodwick.
Division 2
Uppermill A are the surprise package in a tough 2nd Division and remain unbeaten this season, following a 9-1 victory over Hyde YMCA B. Dave Grundy and Keith Moores were both unbeaten on the night with Mark Simpson supplying 2 wins and the doubles with Dave.
In a tight match, Honeywell C overcame Grotton A 6-4. Doubles from Steve Oliver and Dave Morris were not enough to stop Honeywell, for whom Barrie Royle won 3.
Division 3
Gary Crossley and Alex Griffiths recorded maximums for Saddleworth B against Grotton B to ensure a 9-1 win. Saddleworth’s only loss came at the hands of Steve Smith who narrowly beat Peter Skuse in the 5th set.
Honeywell D remain top of the division 3 table following an 8-2 win over Hollinwood E. Hollinwood will consider themselves unlucky they didn’t get more out of the game with 3 out of the 4 ‘five setters’ going the way of Honeywell D. A treble from Rob Carter and doubles from Bernard Davies and Pete Buckley, who usually plays in Division 2, ensured the result went the way of Honeywell.
Division 4
In division 4 it ended all square between Honeywell G and Hollinwood F. George Marrow recorded a treble for the visitors. Honeywell replied with a double from Leo Cogger and 1 win each for Ron Holt and John Rutland. Brian Handley and Adam Newton also supplied single victories for Hollinwood.
Elsewhere Deaf Club B beat Unison C 8-2. A Gordon Jennings treble and doubles from Matthew Gartside and Prakash Bhojani made sure the result would always be going in Deaf Clubs favour. Dennis Hayes provided the only resistance for Unison with 2 wins of his own.
Division 5
St Saviours extended their lead on top of the 5th division to an incredible 14 points with yet another 10-0 win. The latest came against Our Lady’s B. Brothers Alex and Jacob Reilly recorded trebles, as did Mark Dalton.
Pollards A kept up their chase of St Saviours however with a 9-1 victory against Owls B. Maximums from Debbie Robinson and Dave Winterbottom led the way. Owls only win of the night came from John Tanner who beat Rob Ainsworth to ensure Owls didn’t leave empty handed.
Newspaper Article W/c 31st October 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 7 - W/c 24th October 2011
Division 2
In the race for promotion and the Division 2 title Hyde YMCA A put their noses in front with an 8-2 win against rivals Werneth C. Geoff Ogden was in great form winning 3 for Hyde. Karen Hill supplying Werneth’s double. With 3 of 4 five setters going the way of Hyde the result could have been much closer.
Maximums from Barrie Royle and Pete Buckley ensured a 9-1 win for Honeywell C over struggling Droylsden.
Division 1
An efficient performance by Glodwick A saw them secure all 10 points against Werneth B. Andy Jackson and Khamal Hussain ensured the whitewash with a 12-10 win in 5th of the doubles. Mark Ramsbottom was also unbeaten on the night.
Mick Pellowe put in an exceptional unbeaten performance making his debut for Werneth A in their 7-3 win against Rosehill. Stuart Meredith and Jon DePledge had 2 wins each, losing to Rosehill’s Andy Perry.
Division 3
A tight affair between Werneth E and Hollinwood E saw it end all square. With 5 of the games being decided in the 5th set a draw seems like a fair result. Matty Kelly, Dave Jefferson and Paul Rourke won 2 each for their respective teams.
Another tight match in Division 3 saw Owls A narrowly beat Saddleworth B 6-4. Richard Tamworth was yet again the difference winning 3 for Owls. Alex Griffiths replied with 2 for Saddleworth and was unlucky not to beat Richard, eventually going down 11-8 in the 5th.
Division 4
Abishek Balakrishnan was the star of the show for Our Ladys A with a maximum against Unison C. Young Abishek’s treble is even more impressive considering he beat the experienced Mike O’Gara, who usually competes in division 3. The match eventually ended all square following Unison’s win in the doubles.
Maximums from Ken Dunkerley and Brian Hall saw Honeywell E run out 8-2 winners over Werneth E. Peter Ganley won 2 for Honeywell with his only defeat coming at the hands of Joe Taylor.
Division 5
Deaf Club C extended their unbeaten run this season and in the process helped their promotion credentials with an 8-2 win over Coldhurst E. Malcolm Normanton and Scott Fleming were unbeaten on the night and Ron Tench supplied 2 wins for Deaf Club.
Elsewhere in Division 5 Uppermill C ran out 7-3 winners over Owls B. Jim Bradbury and Stuart Hanson won 3 each and clinched the doubles for Uppermill.
Newspaper Article W/c 24th October 2011
Oldham
Table Tennis League Report for Week 6 - W/c 17th October 2011
Division
1
Honeywell Lane A beat Hollinwood A 8 -2 in a marathon match, winning 6 of the 7 sets which went the full distance, with Simon Hardwick emerging unbeaten on the night.
A draw resulted when Rosehill met Honeywell B with Phil Ashworth and Andy Perry from Rosehill and Steve Barber and Tommy Ryan from Honeywell all winning two each.
Division
2
Grotton A drew with Hollinwood D thanks to 2 wins from Dave Morris plus the doubles. Paul Hutchinson and Steve Hathaway replied similarly for Hollinwood.
High- flying Uppermill A, without the services of Dave Grundy, were held to a draw against Honeywell C, who were aided by a Paul Carter maximum.
Division
3
In a drawn match from the previous week, the in-form Richard Tamworth was unbeaten for Owls A against leaders Honeywell D, including excellent victories over Rob Carter, Paul Carter and Howard Travis.
A maximum from Liaqat Ali and doubles from Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney gave Deaf A an 8-2 win against Werneth E, for whom Suresh Patel and David Holme notched singles.
Division
4
Leaders St Matthews beat a strong Uppermill B team 7-3 with James Chappell keeping his unbeaten record whilst Callum Allman went down for the first time this season just losing game 10 in the fifth to Howard Meadham.
Prakash Bhojani and Matthew Gartside managed 2 wins each in their 6-4 defeat by Coldhurst D for whom Phil Mellor was unbeaten.
Division 5
Seven year old Amirul Hussain debuted for Hollinwood G at leaders St Saviours and came away with 2 wins. Alex Reilly and Josh Poole replied similarly for St Saviours.
In what was described as a ‘good friendly game’ Owls B just got the better of Coldhurst E to win 6-4 thanks mainly to a maximum from Philip Tamworth. Frank Corlett recorded two wins for Coldhurst.
Extra
Newspaper Article W/c 17th
October 2011
Seven year old Amirul Hussain from Clarksfield Primary School, is due
to make his debut in the Oldham Table Tennis league this coming week for
Hollinwood TT Club.
Despite his tender age, Amirul has to be seen to be believed, already
having;
won the Greater Manchester Schools championships under 11's .
represented Manchester in the National schools tournament,
runner up in the Blackpool 1 star tournament this year.
runner up in the 2 star tournaments at Burton and Uxbridge,
winner at Blackpool 1 star under 11's last month,
represented Oldham in the Lancashire & Cheshire league last weekend
where he won six games.
Amirul’s father Khamal, a member of reigning League champions Glodwick
Academy, took him for training in China last year for 2 weeks, and it is
certainly paying off.
A star of the future?!!
Newspaper
Article W/c 17th October 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 5 - W/c 10th October 2011
Division 1
The points were shared in the game between BAE and Glodwick B. The man of the match performance goes to Jeff Craighill who managed to win all 3, despite being 2 sets to love down against Tony Bates.
The Glodwick A team on the other hand were comfortable 9-1 winners against Rosehill. Both Khamal Hussain and Mark Ramsbottom recorded maximums whilst Phil Ashworth gained the consolation point beating Jeff Craighill.
Honeywell B recorded their first win of the season 6-4 against Hollinwood C. Tommy Ryan being the difference between the two teams as his maximum helped secure the much needed win. Gary Blackhurst and Dave Cheetham replied with 2 wins each.
Division 2
Steve Hilton’s maximum was not enough as his team, Hyde YMCA ‘B’, lost 6-4 against Werneth C, for whom Mick Pellowe, Karen Hill and Doug Hill recorded two wins each.
Hollinwood D lost 8-2 against a strong Drolysden team, Lourence Hanna and Tim Greenald were unbeaten. Hollinwood’s points were gained from single wins from Joe Redikin and Steve Hathaway.
A Larry Bainbridge maximum was in vain as Honeywell C pipped Unison A to a 6-4 victory, Barry Royle and Peter Buckley winning two games each for Honeywell.
Division 3
A fantastic game between Werneth E and Gilders ended 5-5. Man of the match performance goes to Martin Nicholls, however 5 of the games were decided in 5 sets.
Yet another 5-5 occurred between Deaf Club A and Werneth D. R. Hinchliffe winning all his 3 for Werneth. Two games each from Ian Cockcroft and Liaqat Ali helped to level the score line.
Division 4
There were two 10-0 wins this week in the fourth division with Uppermill B beating Deaf club B and Saint Mathews turning over Werneth F.
The Honeywell E and F clash resulted in a draw. A maximum from Aaron Rowbotham for the F team was cancelled out by two wins from B. Hall and K. Dunkerley.
George Marrow continued his recent form as he recorded yet another maximum as his Hollinwood F team beat Werneth G 8-2.Bob Johnson also won all 3 in the victory.
Division 5
Our Lady’s B and two man Coldhurst E shared the points. Lewis Toal was unbeaten for Our Lady’s whilst Paul Cahill and Frank Corlett played well to win two games each for Coldhurst.
Pollards continue their good start to the season by recording a convincing 8-2 win against Hollinwood G. Dave Winterbottom and Debbie Robinson were unbeaten.
Newspaper
Article W/c 10th October 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 4 - W/c 3rd October 2011
The match of the week was in Division 2 which saw Unison A share the points with Coldhurst A. Former town team player Larry Bainbridge, returning after 7 years out of the game through injury, won all 3 for Unison, whilst Paul Howarth doubled for the visitors. In a very close match Unison came back from 2-4 down.
The same two clubs met in Division 3 with the same 5-5 result. Simon Walsh won 3 for Coldhurst B whilst David Wild and Mike O’Gara won 2 each for Unison B, who combined in the doubles to take the set 13-11 in the fifth and secure the draw.
In another close match, Hollinwood E beat Owls A 6-4 with league secretary John Foster, Stephen Evans and Paul Rourke winning 2 each. Richard Tamworth continued his impressive start to the season, winning two for Owls and joining David Harthan to take the doubles 11-4 in the fifth.
Gary Crossley remains unbeaten for Saddleworth CC B as they beat Deaf Club A 6-4, Liaqat Ali winning two for the visitors.
In Division 4, Werneth G surprised their F team with a 7-3 victory but it was closer than the score suggests winning 4 of the 5 games which went the full distance, 2 of them at deuce in the fifth. Joe Taylor (3), Matthew Taylor (2) and Matthew Kelly (1) starred for the G team with David Jefferson, Alan Else and Ashley Murray winning 1 each for the F team.
Scott Fleming was the star man for Deaf Club C in Division 5, winning all 3 of his matches in a 6-4 win over Owls B. He was supported by Jason Wild (2) and Ron Tench (1) with John Tanner (2) and David Stanton (1) replying for Owls.
There were big wins for Glodwick A, BAE and Werneth A in Division 1 over Hollinwood C (10-0), Rosehill (9-1) and Honeywell B (9-1) respectively. Peter Fowler was the only winner for Honeywell who find themselves propping up the table after playing against four strong teams. Darryl and Stuart Meredith won 3 each and Dave Pegg 2 for Werneth.
Newspaper
Article W/c 3rd October 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 3 - W/c 26th September 2011
Division 1
Saddleworth CC A team made it 3 wins out of 3 despite being a player short last week against Werneth B and after picking up an 8-2 win against Honeywell B this week. Ian Mclean was unbeaten in both matches with Duncan Hadfield gaining 5 out of 6 wins. Kenny Hayes and Tommy Ryan’s win against Gary Crossley gave Honeywell their 2 points.
After last weeks loss at Werneth A the BAE team of Tony Smith (3) Tom Lang (3) and Tony Bates (2) are back to winning ways despatching Hollinwood C by 9-1, with Steve Collins notching Hollinwood’s point in a 5 setter against Tony Bates.
Division 2
Fancied Hyde YM A had a tough game at Coldhurst A, contrary to the 9-1 scoreline, with half of the sets going the full distance. Richard Sarre (3) just beat Simon Walsh game 12 in the fifth, as did Geoff Ogden (3) just beating Derek Watmough also game 12 in the fifth.
The also fancied Werneth C won 8-2 against Pennine with maximums from Paul Wilkinson and Karen Hill. Pennine’s Glen Chadwick and Steve Mather both beat Eddie Darlington.
Division 3
An excellent unbeaten performance by Richard Tamworth contributed greatly to the Owls A draw against Gilders. Martin Nicholls and Mark Craven won two each for Gilders , with Ged Lennox, pushing Richard closest, unlucky not to register.
Young Matty Kelly (3) starred for Werneth E assisted by Darren Mitzi (2) in their 6-4 win against the experienced Grotton B team of Alf Barker (1) Steve Smith (2) and Alan Sarsfield (1).
Division 4
In a game involving 3 previously unbeaten players, something had to give, and it was George Marrow who emerged with his record still intact for Hollinwwod F in their draw at Honeywell F. Previously unbeaten Aaron Rowbotham lost to George whilst Alan Wynn lost to both George and Brian Handley.
Another match ending in a draw was the Deaf B game against Our Lady’s A. Matthew Gartside won his three for Deaf with Prakash Bhojani, who had won two in Div 3 the night before, only won one. Juniors Paige Allman and Abishek Balakrishnan won 2 each for Our Lady’s.
Division 5
Tom Farrell beat Derek Taylor game 9 in the fifth to give him a maximum haul for the night in in Hollinwood G’s 6-4 win against Coldhurst E. Bobby Crossley won two for Hollinwood whilst Andy Pogson did likewise for Coldhurst.
Uppermill C won 4 of the 5 sets that went the full distance in beating Unison D 6-4. Uppermill’s Jim Bradbury was unbeaten with Chris Smith adding 2 wins. Steve Wild, returning after several years out, was the pick of Unison team winning two.
Newspaper
Article W/c 26th September
2011
Oldham Table Tennis League
Report for Week 2 - W/c 19th September 2011
Division 2
Steve Hilton continued his fine form with another unbeaten performance for Hyde YM B in their 6-4 win against Coldhurst A, which included a 4 set win against Derek Watmough.
Maximums from Mick Pellowe and Paul Wilkinson helped Werneth C to a 9-1 win against Droylsden for whom Tim Greenald notched their only win beating Doreen Schofield in three straight.
Division 1
Three hard fought wins by Phil Ashworth, backed by two similar wins by Simon Collins gave Rosehill a 7-3 win against Hollinwood B. Matty Evans won two for Hollinwood, going down game 7 in the fifth to Phil Ashworth. Paul King was unlucky to only register one win, losing to Simon Collins game 8 in the fifth having just lost the fourth, game 14.
Glodwick B have had a good start to the season winning their first 2 matches. Last weeks win was a 6-4 against Honeywell A and once again Kristof Pinter was unbeaten. Phil Myers was the main contributor from Honeywell winning two against Andrew Tarpey and Khamal Hussain.
Division 3
John Bostock, making his Oldham league debut was unbeaten along with team mate Steve Evans in the Hollinwood E 9-1 win against Coldhurst B. He lost the second game of his set against Darren Brown by 19-21 but went on to win in a close 5 setter. Malcolm Wills beat John Foster in 4 for Coldhurst’s point.
The strongly fancied Honeywell D team of Rob & Paul Carter and Bernard Davies all won two each in their 7-3 win against Deaf A, with Liaqat Ali (2) and Dave Varney replying for Deaf.
Division 4
A maximum from Joe Taylor was the foundation of the Werneth G draw against Unison C for whom Dennis Heyes contributed two wins. It all hinged on the last game, which Unison won game 11 in the fifth of the doubles to share the points.
Juniors James Chappell and Callum Allman, again unbeaten, starred for St Matthews in their 8-2 win against Our Lady’s A.
Division 5
Pollards A beat their B team 9-1 thanks to maximums from Debbie Robinson and Dave Winterbottom, although it was closer than the score suggests. Fred Pickles beat Martin Powell in 5 as did Debbie against Dave Renton. Dave Murphy beat Fred Pickles in 4 tight games for the B teams only point.
Maximums by Alan Cockcroft and Malcolm Normanton and a single from Eunice Sarsfield gave Deaf C an 8-2 win against the juniors from Our Lady’s C.
Doubles by Dinesh Gorasia and Steven Cocker helped Owls B gain a draw against the juniors from Our Lady’s B. Lewis Toal was outstanding for the juniors with 3 wins whilst Luke Gannon and Tony Aghayere gained their maiden wins in the league in only their second match.
Newspaper
Article W/c 19th September
2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 1 - W/c 12th September 2011
The Oldham and District Table Tennis started this week with a total of 261 players registered on 58 teams from 21 different clubs. In order to accommodate the 2 extra teams, it became necessary to change from 4 divisions of 14 teams to the new format of 5 Divisions catering for up to 12 teams. Formulating the new divisions was not easy as it was impossible to please every team. Thankfully, the majority of our members understood the implications and accepted the outcome.
Our membership comprises:
Total Juniors (players under 18 years old) = 25
Total Seniors (players between 18 and 40) = 50
Total Veterans (players over 40 years old) = 187
Our oldest player is aged 84.
This reflects that Table Tennis is a game that can be enjoyed and played at any age.
If you are interested then please contact Joe Redikin on 0161 626 1501 or by e-mail to j.redikin@ntlworld.com
Division 1
Glodwick, the champions for the last five seasons, stumbled at the first hurdle going down 7-3 to Saddleworth A for whom Darren Lindley and Paul Cicchelli put in unbeaten performances.
Mark Ramsbottom came close but lost to both Darren and Paul in 5 sets.
New team Glodwick B fared much better beating Werneth B 8-2 thanks to a maximum from Kristof Pinter and juniors Andrew Tarpey and Matthew Fields wining two each. Doug Hill was unable to convert 3 match points against Andrew Tarpey eventually losing 14-12 in the fifth.
Division 2
The summer practice sessions paid off for Alan Auxilly, winning his 3 against Grotton A in Unison A’s 8-2 victory, albeit two of them by the narrowest of margins. Kurt Leech, Grotton’s new signing from the Glossop League, gained two wins on his debut.
Division 3
Liaqat Ali was unbeaten for Deaf A in their 6-4 win against Hollinwood E. Bury player Steve Evans won two on his debut for Hollinwood but the Huddersfield based Stewart Clarke making a welcome return to the Oldham league was unlucky not to register going down game 9 in the fifth to Dave Varney.
Division 4
Dave Jefferson starred with 3 wins for Werneth F in their 7-3 victory at Coldhurst D. There were no ‘straight’ sets victories in this match and the closest game of the night was Paul Cahill’s 16-14 win in the fifth against Alan Else.
Honeywell E took all the points against Our Lady’s A but junior Abishek Balakrishnan took the experienced Brian Hall the full distance.
Division 5
In the new Division 5, Pollards A beat Uppermill C 7-3 with an unbeaten performance from Debbie Robinson ( Fletcher) returning having had many years out of the game.
Dave Renton is another returning player after many years out and he was also unbeaten for Pollards B in their 7- 3 win at Our Lady’s B.
Newspaper
Article W/c 18th April 2011
Oldham Table Tennis League
Report for Cup Finals - W/c 11th April
2011
Division 1.
Bottom club Coldhurst A had a big win against Hollinwood B in the final.
Despite conceding 15 points to Hollinwood B, Coldhurst A were on fire and won by 114 points. Hollinwood's Steve Collins (-53) Matt Evans (-37) and Mohammed Sajid (-21) had no answer to outstanding performances by Derek Watmough (48 ) Paul Howarth (57) and Simon King (8) and the result was never in doubt.
Result: Coldhurst A, 684. Hollinwood B, 570.
Division 2.
Armed with a 47 points handicap start Unison A more or less maintained this difference throughout to beat Hyde YMCA B by 48 points. Their lead was reduced to 35 points after the 5th game but this was as close as it got with good performances from the Unison players of Mike Brierley (12) Alan Auxilly (9) and Andy hey (-20). The Hyde team of Steve Hilton (25), Dennis Bradshaw (-5) and Neil Coppard (-21) worked hard in a good sporting contest.
Result: Hyde YMCA B, 448. Unison A, 496.
Division 3.
Grotton B and Saddleworth CC B were involved in an excellent match with the former conceding 35 points,but emerging as victors by 16 points. The match was evenly balanced with only one point separating the teams before the last singles match. Dave Morris (48) proved to be the difference but was well supported by Steve Smith (-6) and Neil Tomlinson (-2). For Saddleworth, Tony Prescott (22) kept them in the match with Gary Owen (-20) and Peter Skuse (-51) fighting hard but the team missed Alex Griffiths through injury.
Result : Grotton B, 481. Saddleworth CC B, 465.
Division 4.
St Saviours B Started with 17 point advantage which after 3 games Werneth F. had clawed back to draw level. St Saviours B then managed to forge ahead by 25 points at the half way stage. Two games later Werneth were in the lead for the first time by 10 points only to fall behind by 9 after the following game, however Werneth retained the lead again and went into the doubles with a 10 points advantage. St Saviours B youngsters were determined to give it their all and going into the last game of the doubles had reduced their deficit to 3 points. Werneth managed to stem the flow and finished the match with a 7 point win.
Wily veteran Alan Else with his unique style was the major difference between the sides amassing 53 points for Werneth and was well supported by Ashley Murray who gained a valuable 25. For the talented youngsters from St Saviours B, Jacob Reilly managed to keep a clean sheet with Josh Poole and Mark Pellowe fighting for every point.
It was a really outstanding game with every player playing their part in front of an appreciative good size audience.
Result : Werneth F. 490, St. Saviours.B 483.
Newspaper
Article W/c 11th April 2011
Oldham Table Tennis League
Report for Week 26 - W/c 4th April 2011
Division 1
Coldhurst A warmed for their Handicap cup final with their biggest win of the season, a 9-1 defeat of BAE B. Derek Watmough and Ryan Conway, promoted from the B team, both scored maximums. This result almost certainly condemns the BAE team to relegation.
Meanwhile the BAE A team secured the runners ups spot in the division with a hard fought 5-5 draw at Saddleworth A.
The individual player with most wins for the season is Glodwick's Khamal Hussain with 58.
Division 2
Hyde YMCA B team signed off their season in style with a 7-3 defeat of second placed Werneth C. Steve Hilton and Dennis Bradshaw both scoring maximums. This result left Uppermill B with a slim chance in pipping Werneth for promotion but they faced champions Hyde YMCA A and, with only 2 players, they went down to a 9-1 defeat that meant the runners up spot went to Werneth. The Deaf Club A teams 7-3 defeat at home to Honeywell D condemned them to the second relegation spot.
Ken Ward of Hyde YMCA clinched the most wins for the season award with 56.
Division 3
St Saviours A finally clinched the divisional title with a hard fought 7-3 defeat of a spirited Unison C team. Alex Leach was the hero for the Saints with 3 magnificent wins whilst Dave Wild was outstanding in winning 2 for Unison.
Saddleworth filled the runners up spot after a 9-1 defeat of a 2 man Unison team and will be looking forward to division 2 table tennis next year.
St Saviour's Brian Huskinson won the award for most wins during the season with 64.
Division 4
The dominant Our Lady's A team will be a force in next season's 3rd division, they ensured they remained unbeaten all season with an 8-2 demolition of Honeywell G. Both James Chappell and Matty Kelly have been superb for the champions all season with 11 year old James securing 66 wins during the campaign, more than anyone else in the entire league !
It is very likely that Werneth F will join them in the 3rd division next year, they require only 2 points in their final match against bottom team Dobcross..
Newspaper
Article W/c 4th April 2011
Division 1
Champions Glodwick went down to a second defeat of the season losing 6-4 to MC & MA. They were hampered by only having a 2 man team and having to face an in-form Tristran Swan who was unbeaten in both singles and doubles.
There was another inspired unbeaten performance from Mike Pellowe making his debut in the first division this season. He won his 3 singles for Werneth B in a 5-5 draw with Hollinwood A, youngster Paul King did well to win 2 for Hollinwood.
There was a tough match between 3rd and fourth at Werneth where the A team took on Saddleworth. Saddleworth prevailed 6-4 with Paul Cicchelli's defeat of Werneth number 1 Darryl Meredith was then tempered by his defeat to an inspired Stuart Meredith.
Division 2
Second placed Werneth C played 3rd placed Uppermill A and emerged with a crucial 6-4 victory leaving them 6 points clear in the promotion race with one match to play. Karen Hill's treble was essential to Werneth's win.
Hyde YMCA A are now assured of the championship following their 9-1 defeat of Hollinwood D.
4th placed Hollinwood C had a good 9-1 win over Unison A for whom, junior champion, Andrew Tarpey scored Unison's only success. The match also included a win over Andrew for fellow junior Callum Jones.
Division 3
St Saviour's clinched promotion and most probably the title with their 7-3 win over Coldhurst B with Brian Huskinson and Alex Reilly both scoring trebles.
Owls B promotion challenge faltered somewhat as they only managed a 6-4 win over Uppermill B. Owls Richard Tamworth was unbeaten whilst Stuart Hanson had 2 good wins for Uppermill.
Saddleworth B emerged as favourites for the runners up position after an 8-2 win over Gilders, Martin Nicholls was outstanding in winning Gilders 2 sets.
Division 4
Our Lady's A clinched the title with a 6-4 defeat of St Saviour's B but the Saints' Jacob Reilly scored a superb treble against the division's top team.
In the race for promotion Werneth F beat bottom team Dobcross by a 9-1 scoreline whilst Coppice held 3rd placed Coldhurst D to a 5-5 draw. Rob Ainsworth and Dave Winterbottom of Coppice and Wayne Carter and Paul Cahill of Coldhurst all won 2 each.
Newspaper
Article W/c 28th March 2011
Inter League
Oldham Mens team
produced the biggest comeback since Lazarus
with an outstanding performance to avoid relegation from the Lancs and
Cheshire League Premier division. Going into the league without a point the
team of Paul Cicchelli and last minute
call ups Duncan Hadfield and Lucasz Maciejewski had 5-1 victories over Bury and
Wirral and then a 'winner stays up' 4-2 defeat of
Division 1
Glodwick finally confirmed their 5th consecutive league title this week with a 10-0 defeat of Honeywell B and Honeywell A's 9-1 defeat of bottom club Coldhurst A confirmed their relegation. Coldhurst do have the consolation of a handicap cup final though.
BAE B are favourites to join Coldhurst after their 2 man team went down to their second placed A team. The story of the match though was Eddie Kalinowski's defeats of Tom Lang and Tony Bates.
Division 2
Hyde YMCA A have all but guaranteed both the league title and promotion, they had a 10-0 win over the Deaf A team this week, with Hyde's Ken Ward also in position to claim the top 10 individual title. They are likely to be joined in promotion by Werneth C who had a 7-3 win over Pennine, after being 3-2 down.
Bottom club Hollinwood D are now definitely relegated.
Division 3
Things are much tighter in this division with the match of the week being top team St Saviours against 4th placed Grotton B. Grotton were forced to field first division regulars Dave Morris and Steve Oliver but the Saints fought hard for a 5-5 draw. Steve Oliver won his 3 for Grotton but Brian Huskinson had a good win over Dave Morris and the Saints win in the doubles sealed a draw. Unison D are condemned to relegation despite a 7-3 defeat of the Deaf B team.
Division 4
Our Lady's A are now assured of promotion but must have had a scare against a Hollinwood E team bolstered by the inclusion of the experienced George Marrow. They eventually prevailed 6-4 thanks to a scintillating treble from James Chappell , who is also 5 sets clear in the top 10 competition. Adam Newton played very well to win 2 for Hollinwood.
Werneth F and Coldhurst D are left to fight out the other promotion place and both had 10-0 victories this week. Werneth have a 5 point advantage with 2 matches to play.
Newspaper
Article W/c 21st March 2011
Oldham Table Tennis League
Report Cup Semi Finals - W/c 14th March 2011
Division 1
Coldhurst A, with a huge 178 points start against Saddleworth, held on to win by a comfortable 31 points. The losses were restricted to 37 points each by Paul Howarth and Simon King and 63 points by SimonWalsh, with 10 points lost in the doubles.
Saddleworth’s gains were by Paul Cicchelli (54) Ian McLean (43) and Gary Crossley (40).
Hollinwood B had a 104 points start against Honeywell B and held on to win by 48 points. Lucas Maciejewski (35) Tommy Ryan (32) and Kenny Hayes (8) gained the points for Honeywell but the losses from Hollinwood of Steve Collins (-9) Matty Evans (-18) and Mohammed Sajid (-48) were good enough.
The handicaps, which were weighted to favour the lower teams in this division, generally worked well but may need tweaking a little for next season to get the balance right.
Division 2
There was a close match at Unison A where the home team conceded a 93 points start to Honeywell D and gained 96 points to win by just 3 points. With the last game of doubles to go Honeywell were 2 points in front but lost game 6. There were gains for Unison of Andrew Tarpey (35) Alan Auxilly (23) and Mike Brierley (45) with losses by Honeywell of Paul Carter (-5), Ken Dunkerley (-37) and Peter Ganley (-61).
Mid table Hyde YM B had to give second placed Werneth C a 50 points start due to Werneth’s team selection. All Hyde’s players gained points with Steve Hilton (42), Neil Coppard (25) and Dennis Bradshaw (2). With all Werneth’s players dropping points, Karen Hill (-2) Doreen Schofield (-27) and Bernard Davies (-40) it turned out an excellent win for Hyde by 27 points.
Division 3
Another close match saw Grotton B reach the final by a 10 point margin over Unison C.
Dave Morris (50) again starred for Grotton although he was only able to take 3 points from Dave Wild who gained 8 points for Unison. All other players dropped points, Steve Smith (-2), Neil Tomlinson (-9), James Collins (-19) and Mike O’Gara (-28), the 35 point handicap start for Unison proving just insufficient.
The closest match of the round was at Saddleworth B who beat Gilders by just the one point after being 14 points in front with the doubles remaining and needing 9 to win in the last set.
Division 4
Two Junior teams competed together for a spot in the final with St Saviour’s B emerging as winners against Hollinwood E by 31 points having conceded a 35 points start. All St Saviour’s players gained points with Jacob Reilly (9), Josh Poole (43) and Mark Pellowe (8). Adam Newton gained 6 points for Hollinwood with Bobby Crossley (-26) and Tom Farkas (-40).
Conceding 83 points, Werneth F gained 131 points to beat Coppice TTC by 48 points. Their team of Ashley Murray (23) Alan Else (42) and Dave Jefferson (55) overcame the Coppice team of Rob Ainsworth (-17), Dave Winterbottom (-37) and Alan Nightingale (-66).
Lancashire and Cheshire League
The Oldham Ladies team of Mandy Winskill, Karen Hill and Doreen Schofield beat the Manchester Ladies team 5-1 and are now through to the Final of the Mabel Neary Trophy again, having lost in last year’s final.
Newspaper
Article W/c 14th March 2011
Division 1
Glodwick all but clinched their 5th title in a row with their 9-1 defeat of basement boys Coldhurst A. The only hiccup was Simon Walsh's 5 set defeat of veteran's champion Jeff Craighill. Khamal Hussain and Zil Rahman were undefeated for Glodwick.
Gary Skinner's treble was instrumental in Werneth B securing a 6-4 win away at Honeywell B. Rob Carter also won 2 for Werneth and partnered Skinner to the vital doubles win.
Division 2
Hyde A took another step towards the Division 2 title with an 8-2 defeat of Werneth D. Ken Ward was in great form to win 3 for Hyde and Mick Pellowe won Werneth's 2 points.
Uppermill B's promotion hopes took a dent when they were held to a 5-5 draw at home to Deaf A. The in-form Dave Grundy again trebled for Uppermill, Liaquat Ali won 2 for Deaf and narrowly went down to Grundy in 5 sets after being 2 sets up.
Division 3
This week's surprise result was lowly Werneth E's 8-2 defeat of league leaders elect St Saviour's, their 4th defeat in the last 7 games. Darren Mitzi and Suresh Patel both scored maximum's for Werneth in a match were there was only 1 straight sets game.
The fight for the second promotion place is extremely tight with the 3 main protagonists, Grotton B, Saddleworth B and Owls A winning 10-0, 10-0 and 9-1 respectively.
Division 4
Promotion chasing Werneth F were held to a 5-5 draw by Our Lady's B for whom Callum Allman scored a tremendous treble. Dave Jefferson and Ashley Murray won 2 each for Werneth.
Hollinwood E's recent good form was interrupted by a 9-1 defeat to Honeywell G for whom John Rutland and Ronnie Holt scored maximums.
Newspaper Article W/c 7th March 2010.
No Report done covering week 22 League Matches due to involvement with
Tournament.
The Oldham Closed Table Tennis Tournament, held last weekend at the Radclyffe
Athletics Centre, attracted an entry of 64 players into the Singles
Competition.
Andy Jackson went through the Singles event unbeaten to take his fifth
championship title, beating last year’s runner up and previous four times
champion Darryl Meredith in four sets having lost the first set.
In the semi finals Andy beat defending champion Paul Cicchelli in 5 sets
mainly due to his ‘flat’ hitting which penetrated the stout defence of
Cicchelli on sufficient occasions to make the difference.
Darryl had accounted for the 2009 Champion Mark Ramsbottom in the other
semi final going through in four close sets.
Jeff Craighill teamed up with Khamal Hussain to take the doubles title beating Tony Bates and Tony Smith in 4 tight sets. This was some consolation for Khamal Hussain having been a losing finalist last year.
The Veterans event attracted 32 entries from which Jeff Craighill emerged as the champion for the second time running in a repeat of last years final, again beating two times Veterans Champion Andy Jackson by the narrowest of margins in the fifth set.
Jeff Craighill had beaten Tony Bates and Andy Jackson had beaten three time Veterans champion Mark Ramsbottom, to reach the final.
Out of an entry of 18 Juniors, Andrew Tarpey became the Junior Champion for the third consecutive year beating Callum Jones in the final. In the semi finals Andrew overcame James Chappell whilst Callum had accounted for Callum Allman.
Divisional
Handicaps.
Div 1 – Gary Crossley beat Ian McLean.
Div 2- Andrew Tarpey beat Callum Jones.
Div 3- Dave Holme beat Ryan Conway.
Div 4-Jacob Reilly beat Josh Poole.
Newspaper
Article W/c 28th February 2011
Division 1
League leaders Glodwick lost their first match for nearly 2 years when they went down to a strong Saddleworth team 8-2. Saddleworth's Paul Cicchelli and Darren Lindley both trebled on a night when the breaks mostly went Saddleworth's way.
At the other end of the table second bottom Aerospace B had a narrow 6-4 win over fellow strugglers Hollinwood A. Mick Hill and 'fast' Eddie Kalinowski both won 2 for BAE, as did Dave Cheetham and Paul King for Hollinwood,. BAE sealed the win with a 'deuce in the fifth' win in the doubles.
Division 2
Uppermill A kept up their promotion challenge but were made to fight hard for a 6-4 win over Droylsden. The 'Mill had Dave Grundy's treble to thank for the win, including a 5 game defeat of Miles Benjamin. Benjamin and Tim Greenald both won 2 for Droylsden.
Hollinwood C had to thank the 'born again' Jack Christian', returning after a sabbatical, for their 6-4 win over Honeywell C. Jack won his 3 and was well supported by 2 from Callum Jones. Barrie Royle won 2 for Honeywell.
Division 3
It was a good week for Grotton B as they beat basement team Unison D 10-0 and Coldhurst C 7-3 to move to within 3 points of the 2nd promotion place. In the game against Coldhurst Steve Oliver won his 3 but was pushed all the way by Coldhurst's Wayne Carter who was 2-0 up before losing in 5 close games.
Owls A team defeated leaders St Saviours A for a second time this season with Paul Woodward outstanding in winning his 3. There were a number of 5 setters including the match clinching doubles for the Owls.
Division 4
The young Hollinwood E team continue to improve and look a good bet for promotion next year. They won a tight match with Bluecoat by a 6-4 scoreline, Adam Newton won 3 for Hollinwood. They then followed this up with a 10-0 whitewash of the Owls B team. Adam, Tom Farrell and Bobby Crossley all registering comprehensive maximums.
Newspaper
Article W/c 21st February 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report Handicap Cup , Round 2 - W/c 14th February 2011
Division 1
This was the place to be for close matches.
Coldhurst A received a 152 points start from Werneth A and with the final doubles to play the lead had been reduced to just 16 points. This now seemed achievable for Werneth who put in a good effort but failed by just the one point having won the fourth game of the doubles 11-3. Darryl Meredith was the pick of the Werneth players gaining 73 points whilst Simon King
(-37). Paul Howarth (-41) and Simon Walsh (-58) formed the victorious Coldhurst team.
Oldham’s top team Glodwick also fell narrowly short against Honeywell B having conceded a 139 points start, it again came down to the final set of doubles with Honeywell holding onto a 14 point lead. With the final doubles game left the lead was still 7 points, but an 11-7 score to Glodwick was good enough for the Honeywell team of Lucas Maciejewski (-44) Steve Barber (-29) and Ken Hayes (-52) to cling to a 3 point victory.
Hollinwood B, receiving a 77 point start, beat Rosehill by just 6 points. Hollinwood’s Matty Evans gained 5 points with Mohammed Sajid (-6). Again it was down to the doubles and with Hollinwood holding a 17 point lead they lost 11 points to give them their 6 point victory.
Division 2
In an evenly handicapped match the Hyde YM B team of Steve Hilton (23) Dennis Bradshaw (-2) and Neil Coppard (-18) overcame Uppermill by just 5 points. Dave Grundy (27) played well for the Uppermill team.
The Honeywell D team of Paul Carter (-5) Brian Hall (5) and Allan Marston (-23) had a 51 point start against Deaf Club and held on to win by 21 points. Liaqat Ali (41) played well for the losers.
The Unison A team of Andrew Tarpey (22) Andy Hey (27) and Mike Brierley (62) turned a 58 point deficit into a 53 point victory against Droylsden.
Werneth C comfortably beat their D team by 57 points after conceding just an 11 points start. Paul Wilkinson (47) did most of the damage whilst Mick Pellowe (12) resisted well for the D team
Division 3
Grotton B, fielding Div 1 player Dave Morris off a Zero handicap, beat Unison D by 21 points overcoming a 105 points handicap deficit. All Grotton’s players gained points but the massive 80 points gained by Dave Morris was significant.
The Unison C team of Dave Wild (19) Mike O’Gara (28) and James Collins (10) conceded a 50 points start to Uppermill B and went on to win by 21 points.
Gains by all of the Saddleworth B team of Tony Prescott (39) Alex Griffiths (35) and Peter Skuse (2) saw them through by 29 points against Honeywell F after conceding a 69 point handicap start. Aaron Rowbotham played well for the losers, gaining 8 points
Division 4
Conceding 87 points the Hollinwood E youngsters of Adam Newton (55) Bobby Crossley (41) and Tom Farrell (47) brushed aside the Coldhurst E team by 81 points.
Werneth F had an even easier task beating Coldhurst D by 128 points from a fairly even start, Dave Jefferson (47) Alan Else (58) and Ashley Murray (14) doing the damage
Newspaper
Article W/c 14th February 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 20 - W/c 7th February 2011
General
Players are reminded that the Oldham Closed Championships take place at Radclyffe school on Sunday March 6th with the closing date for entries being Friday 25th February. This is always a great day and is generally regarded as the best run tournament in the North-West.
Inter League
The Oldham ladies are the Lancs & Cheshire league champions for the season 2010-2011, the team of Mandy Winskill, Doreen Schofield and Karen Hill won every match only dropping a single set to secure the title..
Division 1
It was a great week for Hollinwood A this week as they produced 2 wins to ease their relegation worries. They beat bottom club Coldhurst A 7-3 with Dave Cheetham being undefeated and secured a tremendous 6-4 win over Honeywell B with youngster Paul King scoring a brilliant treble.
Division 2
There was a tremendous match at Hyde this week when the top of the table A team took on the B team and just prevailed by 6-4. There were some superb matches with Steve Hilton playing superbly all night for the B team winning his 3 including a deuce in the fifth win over Lionel Royle. Lionel then turned things round with a narrow win over Vernon Hyde after being 10-7 down in the final set. Ken Ward and Geoff Ogden won 2 each for the A team to secure victory.
Division 3
2nd placed Saddleworth B took on 3rd placed Unison C and enhanced their promotion prospects with an 8-2 victory. The experienced Gary Crossley was the best player on show in being undefeated. Dave Wild won 2 for Unison who, earlier in the week, had defeated Honeywell F by a 9-1 scoreline.
Division 4
Our Lady's A had 2 derbies this week against both their B and C teams, and they won both by 7-3 scorelines. The rapidly improving James Chappell was undefeated over both games to cement his place at the top of the most wins table. Callum Allman, for the B team, and Elena Tepelus, for the C team, both played well to win in winning 2 each for their teams.
Newspaper
Article W/c 7th February 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 19 - W/c 31st January 2011
Inter League
Oldham Vets A team have made a strong start this year following their promotion to the first division of the Lancs & Cheshire league. Last Wednesday the team of Rob Carter, Dave Pegg & Dave Cheetham all won 2 of their singles against the Halton Vets team to come away with a 6-4 victory
First Division
Matty Evans of Hollinwood B continues to upset some of the more established players in the league. Last week he won his 3 singles against Rosehill but was unable to prevent his team going down to a 6-4 defeat. The Rosehill team of Richard Sarre, Dave Pegg and Phil Ashworth all won 2.
Honeywell B also went down to a narrow 6-4 defeat to MC&MA who had Tristram Swan's treble to thank for their victory. Lucasz Maciejewski and Peter Fowler won 2 each for Honeywell.
Division 2
Werneth C kept up their promotion charge with a 8-2 defeat of their D team. Paul Wilkinson was the C team's start with a treble. Mike Pellowe responded with an excellent double for the D team.
There was another derby this week when the Honeywell D team took on their C time but went down to a 8-2 defeat despite the efforts of Paul Carter who won 2. Barrie Royle was undefeated for the C team.
Division 3
3rd and 4th placed Saddleworth B and Coldhurst B did battle this week with the result a very hard fought 5-5 draw. Saddleworth took a 4-1 lead, with Alex Griffiths superb in winning 3, before Coldhurst fought back to lead 5-4. Saddleworth then won the doubles to secure a draw.
Oldham Owls A team took advantage of this result to move into 2nd place with a 7-3 defeat of Werneth E, Dave Harthan scoring a maximum for the Owls.
Division 4
A two man Owls B team upset the 2nd placed Coldhurst D team to beat them 6-4 with Dinesh Gorasia trebling and Colin Ogden winning 2 for the Owls.
An in-form Elena Tepelus was undefeated for Our Lady's C against the very experienced Honeywell G team but couldn't prevent her team from going down to a 6-4 defeat. Tom Loftus, Leo Cogger and Ronnie Holt all won 2 for Honeywell.
Newspaper
Article W/c 31st January 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 18 - W/c 24th January 2011
Division 1
Back to league action this week and there was a return to form for Grotton's Shaun Ellis who scored a straight sets treble against Saddleworth A but could not prevent his side from going down by a 7-3 scoreline.
Meanwhile BAE A didn't do their B team any favours to ease their relegation fears by beating them 9-1. Tom Lang and Tony Bates scoring maximums, while the B team's Mick Hill was their only winner
Division 2
Match of the week in the 2nd division was the 1st v 3rd clash with the visit of Hyde YMCA A to Hollinwood C. Top of the league Hyde just prevailed 6-4 thanks mainly to a treble from Geoff Ogden, supplemented by 2 from Ken Ward. Jack Christian won 2 for Hollinwood.
Hyde YMCA B also faced Hollinwood opposition in the shape of their D team and also came away with a 6-4 win. Steve Hilton was unbeaten for Hyde whilst Hollinwood's Paul Rourke won 2.
Division 3
Gilders, and Martin Nicholls in particular, had a tremendous week as they beat both the top 2 teams in the division with Nicholls being unbeaten in both matches. First of all they overcame the 2nd placed Owls A team by a 7-3 scoreline, they then defeated top of the table St Saviour's A 6-4.
Saddleworth B are now tied with Owls A in second place after their 8-2 triumph over Grotton B with Alex Griffiths and Tony Prescott undefeated for Saddleworth.
Division 4
There was another 1st v 3rd clash in the 4th division when top of the table Our Lady's A visited Werneth F and came away with a hard fought 5-5 draw. Young James Chappell was the best player on show in winning his 3 for Our Lady's while Dave Jefferson and Alan Else won 2 each for Werneth.
Coldhurst D moved into 2nd place with an 8-2 win over Bluecoat. Phil Mellor and Paul Cahill were undefeated for Coldhurst.
Newspaper
Article W/c 24th January 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Round 1 of Handicap Cups - W/c 17th January 2011
Handicap Cup - Round
1
The closest match of the round involved Droylsden and Hollinwood D in Division 2. Droylsden conceded a 31 points handicap start and with just the doubles left to play found themselves 17 points in front (Tim Greenald gaining 25 and Mike Truter 23).- Match Over? The doubles did not go fully to plan as the Droylsden pairing then lost 13 points in the first three doubles games to the pairing of John Foster and Paul Rourke, meaning that Hollinwood could win if they won the last doubles by 5 points. The tense last game was won by Hollinwood by 2 points leaving Droylsden the ‘relieved’ victors by just 2 points. A very close result considering that a total of 741 points were contested during the match.
In Division 3 Uppermill B made full use of their 33 points handicap start against Coldhurst C, holding on to win by 6 points. It all hinged on the final doubles at which stage they were 4 points behind but gained 10 points to assure them of their victory. Howard Meadham (+17) starred for Uppermill whilst Ryan Conway (+53) starred for Coldhurst.
Grotton B conceded a 10 points start to Werneth E and with gains from Steve Smith (+31) and Neil Tomlinson (+9) went on to win by 19 points. Suresh Patel (+8) and Phil Coombe (+9) played well for Werneth.
In Div 1 Honeywell B overcame their A team with their 62 point handicap start proving just enough as they held on to win by 14 points. Tommy Ryan was the pick of the B team gaining 11 points.
Grotton B conceded a 48 points start to BAE B but with Sean Ellis (+45), Stuart Sykes (+16) and Phil Schofield (+2) points they gained 62 points overall to win by 14 points.
Newspaper
Article W/c 17th January 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 17 - W/c 10th January 2011
Division 1
The Hollinwood B team are improving fast and celebrated 2 recent wins to calm their relegation fears. They beat bottom club Coldhurst A 7-3 in a rearranged game, although Coldhurst's Derek Watmough won all 3 of his games. Their team of Steve Collins, Nathan Buckley and Matty Evans then went one better to beat Grotton A 8-2 with Matty scoring an excellent treble.
The Glodwick juggernaut rolled on this week as they beat Werneth A by a 7-3 scoreline. It couldn't however negotiate a way past Werneth's Darryl Meredith who accounted for all of Werneth's points with close wins over the Glodwick team of Andy Jackson, Mark Ramsbottom and Khamal Hussain.
Division 2
It is very tight for the runners-up spot in the second division with 4 points covering 4 teams. Two of these met at Uppermill this week when Uppermill A hosted Hollinwood C with the home team eventually winning 6-4 after being 3-2 down. An in-form Callum Jones scored a fantastic treble for the visitors. Callum was also unbeaten, as was the returning Jack Christian, in Hollinwood C's 9-1 defeat of Droylsden which put a massive dent in the Droylsden team's promotion chances.
Droylsden also drew with 2nd placed Werneth C, this time they had star player Miles Benjamin in their ranks and he duly won his 3. Birthday Girl Karen Hill won 2 for Werneth and only went down to Miles in 5 sets.
Division 3
Match of the week in division was 3rd place Saddleworth B's visit to top of the table St Saviours A resulting in a very close 6-4 win for the visitors whose star man was the experienced Gary Crossley who won his 3 and shared in the doubles triumph with Alex Griffiths to seal the win.
Owls A are still favourites for the second promotion place after their 7-3 win over Unison D. Paul Woodward had 3 good wins for the Owls whilst Peter Roberts won 2 for Unison.
Division 4
Another youngster in fine form at the moment is Adam Newton who scored a magnificent treble in Hollinwood E's 6-4 win over Our Lady's C for whom Elena Tepelus won 2.
There was also a good game at Coldhurst where the E team drew 5-5 with Coppice. Dave Murphy was unbeaten for Coppice in a very hard fought match where there were many deuce scores.
Newspaper
Article W/c 10th January 2011
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 16 - W/c 3rd January 2011
Division 1
BAE A have surged up the league and now look to be favourites for the runners-up spot after 2 9-1 wins over rivals Saddleworth CC and Honeywell B, followed by a 10-0 over baseteam team Coldhurst A.
Saddleworth had a real battle with MC & MA which ended in a 5-5 draw, Tristran Swan lost his 100% record to Ian Mclean and Paul Cicchelli but his team mates Ian Quinn and Colin Boardman, in particular, played well to win 2 each. Cicchelli was unbeaten on the night.
Division 2
Uppermill A went down 7-3 to promotion rivals Honeywell C. Mark Simpson was superb in winning 3 for Uppermill but this didn't deny the Honeywell team of Peter Buckley, Brian Higgins and Howard Travis, who all won 2 each.
Division 3
Grotton B kept up their promotion challenge with an 8-2 defeat of Deaf Club B. Steve Smith and Neil Tomlinson both trebled for Grotton while Dave Varney and Mike Briggs both won one each for the Deaf Club.
Division 4
Our Ladys B fought out a draw with Hollinwood E for whom Adam Newton scored a sparkling treble. He was well supported with 2 from Bobby Crossley while Callum Allman also won 2 for Our Ladys.
There was another hard fought game at Coldhurst where the E team just went down 6-4 to the Owls B team. The Owls Colin Ogden trebled and there was a double for Dave Stanton. Andy Pogson won 2 for Coldhurst.
Newspaper
Article W/c 20th December 2010
Division 2
Unison A have had a mixed couple of weeks. First of all hey went down to a 7-3 defeat at Hyde YMCA B for whom the in-form Steve Hilton was inspirational in winning his 3 and teaming up with Neil Coppard, who won 2 singles, to win the doubles. Mike Brierley won 2 for Unison.
The next week however the Unison team hosted top of the table Werneth A and came away with an 8-2 triumph which included 4 close wins in the fifth set. Junior champion Andrew Tarpey was superb in winning 3 and he was well supported by Allan Auxilly and Mike Brierley who won 2 each.
Division 1
Champions elect Glodwick visited Grotton and scored an 8-2 win but the story was the home side's Shaun Ellis taking the 100% records of Andy Jackson and Khamal Hussein in recording his 2 wins. He did lose however to Glodwick's 3rd ranked player, Zillur Rahman, who was unbeaten on the night.
Another 'upset' was Coldhurst's Simon King's defeat of Saddleworth's Duncan Hadfield. Derek Whatmough also beat Gary Crossley for Coldhurst but these were their only wins in an 8-2 defeat. Ian Mclean was unbeaten for Saddleworth.
Division 3
Saddleworth B visited 2nd placed Owls A and came away with a hard fought 7-3 victory. Alex Griffiths was most impressive in being undefeated for Saddleworth. Owls Dave Harthan will have slept well after all his matches went to 5 sets.
Top of the table St Saviours A had a hard fought 6-4 win over the Deaf B team for whom Mike Briggs and Dave Varney won 2 each. Brian Huskinson and Alex Reilly did the same for the Saints and teamed up to clinch the doubles to ensure the win.
Division 4
Match of the round in the 4th division was 3rd placed Coldhurst D's 7-3 defeat of 4th placed Our Lady's B. Wayne Carter continued his fine form in winning his 3 singles for Coldhurst and Callum Allman showed his continued his improvement in winning 2 for Our Lady's.
Dave Bottomley of Dobcross was superb in winning 3 against Owls B but couldn't prevent his team from going down to a 7-3 defeat.
Newspaper
Article W/c 13th December 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 14 - W/c 6th December
2010
Division
1
Darryl Meredith produced the best
performance this week in the ODTTL in winning his 3 singles and teaming up with
Jon DePledge to win the doubles. This, however, couldn’t prevent his Werneth A
team going down to a 6-4defeat at the hands of BAE A.
Honeywell B beat Hollinwood B by a
9-1 scoreline that did not do justice to the youngsters of Hollinwood who
fought hard and only narrowly lost many of the games. Peter Fowler and Tommy
Ryan were undefeated for Honeywell.
Division
2
The top two teams in the 2nd
division met at Werneth and the home team avenged their only defeat against
Hyde YMCA A. Mandy Winskill and Karen Hill were both undefeated for Werneth C
in their 7-3 win. Werneth are now 2 points ahead of Hyde at the top of the
table but Hyde have a game in hand.
Hollinwood D’s Paul Rourke had a
brilliant night in being undefeated against Honeywell D and was instrumental in
getting a draw for his team, who are yet to win this season. Paul Carter and
Brian Hall won 2 each for Honeywell.
Division
3
Lowly Honeywell F produced a
tremendous performance to hold the 2nd placed Owls team to 6-4. The Owls
team had Colin Ogden to thank for their victory as he won his 3 singles and
teamed up with Dave Harthan in the doubles after the score was 4 all after 8
sets. Aaron Rowbotham was superb for Honeywell in winning 2 and only losing to
Colin deuce in the fifth.
Top of the table St Saviours beat 3rd
placed Unison C 8-2, with trebles for Brian Huskinson and Alex Leach.
Division
4
In a topsy-turvy game Coppice drew
with St Saviours B team 5-5. Fred Pickles was unbeaten for Coppice, winning all
his games 3 straight, whilst Jacob Reilly and Mark Pellowe won 2 each for the
Saints.
Werneth F and Coldhurst D also
fought out a 5-5 draw. Nobody was undefeated on the night and there was only
one game that was decided in 3 sets. Dave Jefferson and Alan Else won 2 each
for Werneth, Wayne Carter and Phil Mellor did the same for Coldhurst.
Newspaper
Article W/c 6th December 2010
Division 1
It was very much a weather affected week in the league this week, however Grotton A and Werneth B managed to beat the snow and fought out a 5-5 draw. Shaun Ellis was the classiest performer on the night and comfortably won his 3 and combined with Dave Morris to clinch a draw in winning the doubles. Dave Morris also had a very close 13-11 in the fifth win over Karen Hill. Eddie Darlington and Rob Carter won 2 each for Werneth.
Elsewhere Honeywell B added to BAE B's relegation worries by inflicting an 8-2 defeat on them. Lucas Maciejewski and Tommy Ryan both scored maximums for Honeywell.
Division 2
Promotion chasing, Werneth C, were made to fight all the way for a 6-4 win over Hyde YMCA B. Steve Hilton was the main thorn in the Werneth side as he was unbeaten in his 3 singles. Karen Hill and Doug Hill both won 2 for Werneth.
There was an early season relegation battle at Honeywell, where the D team went down to the Deaf Club A team. Ian Cockcroft won his 3 and Pete Dawson 2 for the Deaf Club whilst Paul Carter won 2 for Honeywell.
Division 3
A two man Owls A team narrowly went down to the Deaf Club B team to dent their promotion challenge. Prakash Bhojani was the Deaf Club's star in winning all his singles. Dave Harthan and Phil Tamworth won 2 each for the Owls.
Werneth E overcame Gilders tackle, also by a 6-4 scoreline, despite Gerry Lees treble for Gilders. Alan Else and Jefferson both won 2 for Werneth.
Division 4
Hollinwood E, and Adam Newton in particular, had a good week. First of all they beat Coldhurst E 6-4 with Adam scoring a superb treble. They then followed this up with a 7-3 defeat of Coppice, Adam was this time restricted to 2 wins but team mate Tom Farrell played excellently to win 3. Dave Winterbottom won 2 for Coppice.
The Our Lady's A team stamped their authority at the top of the table with a 10-0 demolition of fourth placed St Saviours B. The victorious team of James Chappell, Matt Kelly and Callum Allman all played magnificently.
Newspaper
Article W/c 29th November 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 12 - W/c 22nd November
2010
Division 1
In a real relegation battle Coldhurst A visited BAE B but had to be content with a narrow 6-4 defeat thanks mainly to an unbeaten treble fro BAE's Mick Hill. He was ably supported by 2 from Ian Byrne whilst Derek Whatmough won 2 for Coldhurst.
Rosehill and Grotton had a ding dong battle which ended up in a 5-5 draw after Rosehill won the final doubles 11-8 in the fifth set. Shaun Ellis showed something of a return to form with 3 wins for Grotton.
Division 2
Promotion contenders Uppermill A and Werneth C met this week resulting in a narrow 6-4 for Werneth with Karen Hill scoring 3 for Werneth, including 2 hard fought 5 set victories. She was ably supported by Doug Hill who won 2. Keith Moores played well for Uppermill in winning 2.
There was another close game between Unison A and Hollinwood C in which no player was unbeaten. Unison did go 4-1 up only to be pegged back to be trailing 5-4 before the doubles which Unison won to secure a draw. There were no less than 4 'deuce in the 5th' scorelines in the match.
Division 3
Highflying Owls A were shocked to go 2 down to lowly Uppermill C before they recovered to win 8-2. Former Uppermill player Dave Harthan was unbeaten for Owls.
In an even basement battle at Unison, the D team eventually went down 6-4 to Honeywell F. This was despite the efforts of Unison's Peter Roberts, who comfortably won his 3 without losing a set. All the Honeywell team won 2 sets each.
Division 4
The newly founded Bluecoat team are improving rapidly and held the Deaf C team to a narrow 6-4 defeat. There were plenty of close games with Chris Smith of Bluecoat winning 2, with Alan Cockcroft and Gary Mills doing the same for Deaf Club.
Callum Allman of
OurLady's B team continues to impress, he won 3 this week in the 7-3 defeat of
Owls B. His father, Dean, also won 2 for Our Lady's whilst Dinesh Gorasia won 2
for the Owls.
Newspaper
Article W/c 22nd November 2010
Inter-League
The Oldham Ladies team of Mandy Winskill, Karen Hill and Doreen Schofield won their first three matches convincingly, just dropping the one set against last years champions Manchester. They must now be firm favourites to take the title when the final 3 matches are played next February 2011.
The Oldham Vets team
managed a very creditable draw away at East Lancs in the Lancs and
Division 1
Hollinwood A had a great 8-2 win away to Grotton A. Paul King produced an excellent unbeaten display for the 'Wood backed with 2 each for Dave Cheetham and Gary Blackhurst. Shaun Ellis won 2 for Grotton.
The Glodwick band wagon rolled on with an 8-2 defeat of Werneth A. Mick Moir and Jeff Craighill both scored maximums for Glodwick, a rusty Darryl Meredith supplied Werneth's only singles win.
Division 2
There was a ding-dong match at Hollinwood between the C team and Hyde B which eventually resulted in the away team winning 6-4. Hollinwood's Joe Redikin won 2 but couldn't quite cope with the all round excellence of Hyde's Steve Hilton who won his 3 quite comfortably.
2nd placed Werneth C were made to work hard for their 6-4 victory at home to Pennine for whom Glen Chadwick and Steve Mather both won 2. This was trumped by a treble for Werneth's Paul Wilkinson who just about got the better of Chadwick 11-9 in the fifth set.
Division 3
The big match in the 3rd division was 2nd placed Owls A visit to 3rd placed Unison C. The visitors' Paul Woodward won 3 but couldn't prevent his team going down 6-4. Unison's victory was eventually clinched in the final doubles with a 14-12 scoreline in the fifth.
Saddleworth B continue to improve after a poor start and they had a 9-1 victory away at Werneth E. There were trebles for Gary Owen and Alex Griffiths, whose wins were all in 5 sets.
Division 4
The 'Old Uns' of Honeywell G hosted the juniors of St Saviours B with the youngsters just about prevailing by a 6-4 scoreline thanks to victory in the final doubles. Jacob Reilly and Mark Pellowe both won 2 for the Saints.
Pete Aspinall of Werneth F starred in their 6-4 win over Our Lady's C team, keeping his unbeaten record for the season with 3 straight sets wins. Elena Tepelus won 2 for Our Lady's.
Newspaper
Article W/c 15th November2010
Division 1
There were a number of very close games this week in the first division, none more so than at Werneth where the B team just got the better of Honeywell B by a 6-4 scoreline with 6 of the matches going to a deciding set. Gary Skinner produced a classy display to win his 3.Honeywell A also had a tight match with BAE A but went down 6-4. Tony Smith was excellent in winning his 3 for BAE as was Dave Buckley in winning 2 for Honeywell, just going down in a close 5th set to Tony after being 2-0 up.
Division 2
Hyde YMCA A moved to the top of table following close wins over Droylsden 7-3 and Werneth D 6-4. In both matches all the Hyde team won 2 singles each and that strength in depth should see them return to the first division after being relegated last term. Last year's other relegated team, Werneth C, moved into second with an 8-2 defeat over bottom club Hollinwood D. Evergreen Bernard Davies won 3 for Werneth.
Division 3
St Saviours A continue to stretch their lead at the top of the table with a 9-1 defeat of Werneth E this week. There were 3 wins each for Brian Huskinson and Alex Reilly, Werneth's only consolation was Suresh Patel's defeat of Alex Leach.
Owls A continue to chase Our Lady's and they had a good 8-2 win over 4th placed Coldhurst B. Richard Tamworth and Paul Woodward were unbeaten for the Owls who got the better of a large number of deuce games.
Division 4
The big match in Division 4 was at Coldhurst, where the second placed D team took on top of the table Our Lady's A. The result was in doubt all the game with Coldhurst turning a 3-1 deficit into a 5-3 lead before the league leaders fought back to force a 5-5 draw. There were 2 wins each for Coldhurst's Neil England and Phil Mellor, and 2 for Matt Kelly for Our Lady's.
Werneth F joined Coldhurst on 71 points in second place with an 8-2 win over the Our Lady's B team. There were maximums for Alan Else and Dave Jefferson.
Newspaper
Article W/c 8th November 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 9 - W/c 1st November 2010
Division 1
League leaders Glodwick again displayed their title credentials with a 9-1 defeat of second placed BAE A. There were trebles for Mick Moir and Andy Jackson, Tony Bates' straight sets defeat of Jeff Craighill was BAE's only reward.
BAE's B team meanwhile eased some of their relegation worries with a 6-4 defeat of Hollinwood B. They were indebted to a treble from Mick Hill along with singles from Ian Byrne and Eddie Kalinowski. Nathan Buckley and Matty Evans won 2 each for Hollinwood.
Division2
It's very tight at the top of the second division and two teams chasing promotion, Uppermill A and Droylsden, fought out a tough 5-5 draw. Miles Benjamin again won 3 for Droylsden with Keith Moores and Mark Simpson both winning 2 for the 'Mill. Mike Truter was unlucky not to score for Droylsden losing 2 very close games in 5 sets.
Andrew Tarpey was the star of the show for the B team in the big Unison derby, he won his 3 singles and the doubles but was unable to prevent the A team of Andy Hey, Allan Auxilly and Mike Brierley from winning 6-4.
Division 3
Following last week's defeat of league leaders St Saviours, Oldham Owls were surprisingly held to a 5-5 draw by Grotton B who had Dave Morris to thank for a solid treble. Dave Harthan and Paul Woodward won 2 each for the Owls.
Meanwhile Uppermill B had a good 6-4 win over Gilders to ease some of their relegation worries. Howard Meadham trebled for Uppermill accompanied with a double for Stuart Hanson. Ged Lennox won 2 for Gilders, both deuce in the fifth set !
Division 4
The youngsters of Hollinwood E put up a good fight against promotion chasing Coldhurst D. Adam Newton and Bobby Crossley both won 2 for Hollinwood but couldn't prevent a 6-4 defeat, Phil Mellor and Wayne Carter won 2 each for Coldhurst.
Elena Tepelus of Our Lady's C continued her good form this season with a treble and a double in her team's 5-5 draws with Coldhurst E and Coppice respectively. Coppice's Fred Pickles played well to score a treble.
Newspaper
Article W/c 1st November2010
Division 1
Table topping Saddleworth A visited current champions Glodwick with hopes of 'giving them a game'. However the result was a 10-0 defeat for the away team who now slip to 3rd in the table whilst Glodwick look more likely than ever to hold onto their crown.
Division 2
Hollinwood C hosted their Honeywell counterparts and drew 5-5 in a very close encounter with numerous games going to deuce. There were doubles from Nathan Buckley and Joe Redikin of Hollinwood and Barrie Royle and Brian Higgins of Honeywell. There was another draw in the Unison B against Pennine match. Andrew Tarpey was the best player on view in winning his 3.
Division 3
There was another top of the table clash in the 3rd division in which Oldham Owls A team inflicted the first defeat of the season on St Saviour's A. The story could have been much worse for the Saints had it not been for Brian Huskinson's treble. There was another excellent match in the 5-5 draw between Honeywell E and Werneth E. Pete Ganley and Derek Naylor scored 2 each for Honeywell but that was matched by Suresh Patel's treble and a nailbiting win for Werneth in the concluding doubles.
Division 4
Hollinwood E, and Bobby Crossley in particular, had a good week. First of all they beat Dobross 8-2 in a re-arranged game with Crossley and Tom Farrell winning 3 each. They then beat Owls B by a closer 6-4 scoreline thanks to an excellent team effort, including another 2 wins for Crossley. Colin Ogden's treble for the Owls was in vain.
Newspaper
Article W/c 25th October 2010
Division 1
The most improved team in Division 1 this year is without doubt Honeywell B thanks to the excellent form of Tom Ryan & Steve Barber, accompanied by the additions of Peter Fowler and Lucas Maciejewski to their squad. They moved up into 3rd place in the league this week following superb wins over MC&MA and Hollinwood A, 7-3 and 8-2 respectively. Honeywell stormed into a 7-0 lead against MC&MA only to be pegged back to 7-3. Honeywell then went one better in beating Hollinwood A 8-2, Peter Fowler scored maximums in both matches.
Division 2
In the second division the same could be said of Uppermill A who have risen to 2nd in the table on the back of some great team performances from Mark Simpson, Dave Grundy and Keith Moores. Last week they were most impressive in beating Hyde B by a 9-1 scoreline and in this week they fought off Unison A by beating them 6-4. Hyde A beat their B team counterparts 8-2 to maintain their position at the top of the table with Ken Ward and Geoff Ogden both winning 3.
Division 3
Comeback of the week has to go to Saddleworth B who were 4-1 down in their match with Unison C only to recover superbly to triumph 6-4. There were 2 wins each for Tony Prescott and Alex Griffiths and also a good win for young James Collins over Tony.
Bottom side Honeywell F had a good 7-3 win away at Uppermill B. Lee Rowbotham scored a treble and Aaron Rowbotham an excellent double. Howard Meadham replied with 2 for Uppermill.
Divison 4
In the Our Lady's derby, the top of the table A team beat their B team counterparts by an 8-2 scoreline. There were superb performances from the A team's Matt Kelly, who won 3, and the B team's Callum Allman, who won 2. Dave Bottomley of new team Dobcross was in top form in winning 3 against an experienced Honeywell G team but they were his teams only point in a 7-3 defeat.
Newspaper
Article W/c 18th October 2010
Division 1
There were mixed fortunes for Rosehill this week, first of all they had an excellent 8-2 win over a young Hollinwood B team which included some very close matches, thanks to a treble for the in-form Dave Pegg and two wins each for Richard Sarre and Phil Ashworth. Nathan Buckley and Mohammed Sajid had 5 game triumphs over Sarre and Ashworth respectively.
Rosehill then lost 7-3 at home to Saddleworth in which Sarre was unfortunate to lose 2 five set encounters to Ian Mclean and Duncan Hadfield.
Division 2
There were 2 'derbies' in the second division this week. At Werneth the C team just prevailed 7-3 over their D team despite Mike Pellowe having brilliant wins over Karen Hill and Dougie Hill. Paul Wilkinson was superb in winning his 3 for the C team.
Honeywell C beat their D team by an 8-2 scoreline but had to go to a deciding 5th set for 3 of their points. Brian Higgins won his 3 for the C team.
Division 3
Oldham Owls A continued their good start to the season with an 8-2 win over Werneth E in a match played in an excellent spirit despite the contrasting styles of play on view. Paul Woodward and Dave Harthan were unstoppable in winning 3 each for the Owls. Brian Micklethwaite's 11-9 in the fifth win over Phil Tamworth being Werneth's only consolation.
Youn Aaron Rowbotham played very well in winning 2 of his matches for Honeywell F against Unison C but couldn't prevent a 7-3 defeat.
Division 4
The newly formed Coppice team had a good week with a 6-4 win over Owls B followed by a 7-3 win over the Deaf Club C team. Fred Pickles was instrumental in both wins with a maximum against the Deaf Club and 2 against Owls. The improving Dave Winterbottom also had 2 good wins against the Deaf Club. Dinesh Gorasia's maximum for the Owls was to no avail.
Newspaper
Article W/c 11th October 2010
Inter-League
Oldham A vets team had
a superb 8-2 win over a very strong
Division 1
Last season's averages winner, Darryl Meredith bounced back to form by winning all his matches 3 straight in what was otherwise a very tight encounter in Werneth A's 5-5 draw with Honeywell B. Steve Barber and Tom Ryan both performed well for Honeywell in winning 2 each.
Dave Cheetham and Paul King had excellent wins over Tom Lang and Ian Gerrard respectively but couldn't prevent their Hollinwood B team going down 8-2 to BAE A. Tony Smith was unbeaten for Aerospace.
Division 2
The Deaf Club A team had a hard fought 6-4 win over Unison A. Liaquat Ali's treble for the Deaf Club were all close encounters and he was well supported with 2 from Ian Cockcroft. Mike Brierley won 2 for Unison.
Droylsden with trebles from Tim Greenald and Mike Truter won 7-3 away at Werneth D. Paul Whyatt , Colin Pellowe and the evergreen Harry Ross all won 1 for the home side.
Division 3
Werneth E's Darren Mitzi played 'fantastically well' in winning 3 in his team's 5-5 draw with Uppermill B. Howard Meadham and Stuart Hanson replied with 2 wins each and only narrowly went down to Mitzi in 5 games.
Gilder's Martin Nicholls is in top form and again won 3 against St Saviours A. This didn't prevent his team going down 6-4 however thanks to 2 wins each from Brian Huskinson and Alex Reilly. A single from Alex Leach and the doubles completed Saints victory.
Division 4
Callum Allman was the star player in the 5-5 draw between Our Lady's B and Honeywell G, he won all his 3 matches, and played in the winning doubles. Ronnie Holt and Leo Cogger won 2 each for Honeywell.
Meanwhile the Our Lady's A team won 7-3 against the Werneth F team. Young James Chappell was Our Lady's star in winning his 3 games.
Newspaper
Article W/c 4th October 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 4 - W/c 27th September 2010
Division 1
Holllinwood B again grabbed the headlines with a 6-4 win over Grotton A. Matty Evans scored a superb treble ably supported by a Steve Collins double and last minute replacement Joe Redikin winning a crucial single. Shaun Ellis' 2 wins were in vain.
MC & MA defeated last year's runners up BAE A 7-3 with Tristran Swan keeping up his unbeaten record and being supported by 2 wins each by Ian Quinn and Colin Boardman. Tony Bates won 2 for BAE.
Division 2
Highly fancied Droylsden played a strong looking Werneth C side with the result being a 5-5 draw. Miles Benjamin was superb in winning 3 for Droylsden with Pete Morris and Paul Wilkinson winning 2 each for Werneth.
In a hard fought match Honeywell C went down to a close 6-4 defeat to Hyde YMCA A. Ken Ward posted a maximum for Hyde who also had Geoff Ogden to thank for 2 wins. Honeywell's Barrie Royle scored an impressive double.
Division 3
Promoted Werneth E had a good 6-4 win over Coldhurst C with another superb treble from Suresh Patel and a double from Darren Mitzi. Neil Chapman won 2 for Coldhurst.
Unison C beat Uppermill B 8-2 thanks to 3 from Dave Wild and 2 each from Mike O'Gara and James Collins. Howard Meadham won Uppermill's points.
Division 4
There was a close game at Our Lady's where the C team just prevailed 6-4 over Hollinwood E. Elena Tepelus was again the stars for Our Ladys with 3 good wins. There were 2 wins each for Adam Newton and Bobby Crossley in reply for Hollinwood.
Coppice had an excellent 8-2 win over Coldhurst E with a treble from Fred Pickles and 2 each from Dave Winterbottom and Alan Nightingale. Derek Taylor replied with 2 for Coldhurst.
Newspaper
Article W/c 27th September
2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 3 - W/c 20th September 2010
Division 1
Pride of place in Division 1 this week went to the Hollinwood B team who beat their higher ranked A team by a 6-4 scoreline. Nathan Buckley was the star of the show with a treble and ably supported by a double from Matty Evans.
Saddleworth A won a keenly contested contest with the MC & MA team 6-4. Tristran Swan won 3 for the Ms including 5 set defeats of league champion Paul Cichelli and Darren Lindley, even though
Darren had 2 match points. Colin Boardman was particularly unlucky not to win any having had match point against Darren.
Division 2
Title favourites Hyde YMCA A beat Honeywell D 8-2 but the story of the match went to league chairman Ken Dunkerley who supplied Honeywell's points with defeats of Lionel Royle an Geoff Ogden. Ken Ward was undefeated for Hyde.
The Hyde B team drew 5-5 away at Werneth D in which Werneth's Colin Pellowe won his first ever match in the second division. Mick Pellowe won 3 for Werneth and Dennis Bradshaw 2 for for Hyde.
Division 3
Saddleworth B's Alex Griffiths and new boy Gary Owen both scored maximums in their 7-3 win over Honeywell E. All games were closely contested with 6 of them going to a deciding 5th set.
Grotton B had a closely
fought 6-4 win over Deaf Club B, Neil Tomlinson was Grotton's star in scoring a
maximum, backed up by 2 from Steve Smith. Matt Garside played well in winning 2
for the Deaf Club.
Division 4
The Our Lady's A 10-0 win over Coppice did not reflect how close the games were and how well the Coppice team played. Many games going to deuce and the doubles in particular could have gone either way.
The 2 new teams of Bluecoat and Dobcross fought out a 5-5 draw. Dave Bottomley's treble being nullified with doubles from Stephen and Chris Smith.
Newspaper
Article W/c 20th September
2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 2 - W/c 13th September 2010
Division 4
New teams Bluecoat and Dobcross are still finding their feet, losing 8-2 and 10-0 to Our Lady’s C and Owls B respectively.
Our Lady’s A team of Matthew Kelly, James Chappell and Pete Chappel had a convincing 9-1 win at Coldhurst E with Paul Cahill beating Pete for their single point.
Maximums for Dave Jefferson and John Murray and a double for Ashley Murray gave Werneth F a 9-1 win against the Hollinwood E juniors, with Bobby Crossley securing the point.
In a keenly fought match, displaying sportsmanship throughout, a draw resulted with Jacob Reilly unbeaten for St Saviour’s B, whilst Alan Cockcroft and Ron Tench won two each for Deaf C.
The Honeywell G team of John Rutland (3), Leo Cogger (2) and Ronnie Holt (2) beat Coppice TTC 8-2 with Rob Ainsworth scoring both wins in reply.
Our Lady’s B overcame a depleted Coldhurst D team 7-3 with Dean Allman beating both Phil Mellor and Paul Cahill.
Division 3
A fine treble by Mike O’Gara and a double by Dave Wild helped Unison C to a 6-4 win against Coldhurst B.
Alex Griffiths did similar in the 6-4 win for Saddleworth B against Owls A, being backed by a double from Chris Brazewell.
Ged Lennox starred for Gilders being unbeaten in their draw with Coldhurst C.
Unbeaten performances by Suresh Patel and Darren Mitzi helped Werneth E to a 8-2 win against Unison D.
Grotton B’s Alf Barker trebled in their 7-3 win at Uppermill B, as did Brian Huskinson in St Saviour’s 8-2 win at Deaf B.
Honeywell E came out 7-3 victors against their F team thanks to a maximum from Alan Wynn, whilst Aaron Rowbotham replied with a double.
Division 2
The Hyde YMCA A team of Ken Ward, Geoff Ogden and Lionel Royle are looking good for a quick return to the top flight after a convincing 10-0 win at Unison D.
Werneth C overcame Unison A 6-4 with a maximum from Doug Hill and a double from Karen Hill. Junior, James Collins had a fantastic win against the experienced Doreen Schofield.
Honeywell beat Hollinwood 8-2 with Paul Rourke beating Brian Higgins and Howard Travis but losing to Peter Buckley.
Uppermill A beat Honeywell D 7-3 with a maximum from Dave Grundy and doubles for Mark Simpson and Ken Dunkerley in reply.
Pennine were 7-3 victors against Werneth D thanks to Glenn Chadwick (3), Steve Mather (2) and John Robertson (1). Mick Pellowe replied with a double.
Liaqat Ali (2) was the only winner for Deaf A in their 7-3 defeat at Hollinwood A whose wins came from Joe Redikin (3), John Flowers (2) and Callum Jones (2).
Droylsden emerged 6-4 victors at Hyde YM B with wins for Miles Benjamin (3) and Mike Truter (2).
Division 1
BAE A have started well, posting two victories against Werneth A and Coldhurst A 8-2 & 10-0 respectively. Tony Smith is in fine form being unbeaten, including a win over Darryl Meredith.
The Werneth A team of Darryl Meredith (3), Stuart Meredith (2) and Jon DePledge (1) got back on track beating their B team 7-3.
Maximums from Tristran Swan & Ian Quinn gave MC & MA a 7-3 win against Hollinwood B, whilst Hollinwood A went down 6-4 at BAE B for whom Mick Hill won three.
Grotton A’s Shaun Ellis won 3 in their 4-6 reversal against Honeywell A for whom Gary Newton, Simon Hardwick and Steve Barber all won two.
Honeywell B drew with Saddleworth A with Tommy Ryan, Lucas Maciejewski, Ian McLean and Duncan Hadfield all winning two game each. Lucas beat Ian but lost to Duncan.
Glodwick disposed of Rosehill 9-1, Dave Pegg beating Zillur Rahman.
Newspaper
Article W/c 13th September
2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 1 - W/c 6th September 2010
The Oldham and District Table Tennis started this week with a total of 257 players registered on 56 teams competing in the four divisions.
There are 23 different clubs in the League this season including new clubs from Bluecoat and Dobcross.
Division 1
Reigning champions and perennial title favourites Glodwick signalled their intentions for the campaign with a 10-0 whitewash over Grotton A, their victorious team comprising of Mark Ramsbottom, Jeff Craighill and Khamal Hussain.
The new team of MC & MA had a good start with a 9-1 win over the BAE B team. George Jones and Colin Boardman were unbeaten for the M's, with Mick Hill winning BAE's consolation point.
A strong looking Honeywell Lane A team, prevailed 9-1 over Hollinwood A. Gary Newton and Phil Myers both won 3 for Honeywell whilst Dave Cheetham's defeat of Simon Hardwick provided Hollinwood's point.
Saddleworth beat promoted Coldhurst A 10-0. Paul Cichelli, Ian Mclean and Duncan Hadfield were all undefeated for Saddleworth while the Coldhurst team of Simon King, Simon Walsh and Ken Crimes put up a spirited display in defeat.
Werneth B and Rosehill fought out a draw with two wins each for Werneth's Rob Carter and Eddie Darlington. Dave Pegg and Phil Ashworth replied with 2 each for Rosehill.
Honeywell B beat Hollinwood B 7-3, their team of Lukasz Kaciezewski, Peter Fowler and Tommy Ryan all won 2 with Steve Collins (2) and Nathan Buckley (1) replying for Hollinwood.
Division 2
In the 2nd division there was an entertaining game at Unison where the A team let slip a 5-1 lead to draw 5-5 with Hyde YMCA B. Allan Auxilly and Mike Brierley won 2 each for Unison while Dennis Bradshaw replied with 2 for Hyde.
Last year's two relegated teams met at Hyde YMCA, where their A team defeated Werneth C 6-4 despite a tremendous treble from Werneth's Doug Hill. Ken Ward, Lionel Royle and Geoff Ogden all won 2 for Hyde.
Promoted Deaf A won an entertaining tight fought game 6-4 against Honeywell C. Pete Dawson and new signing Liaquat Ali won 2 each for the Deaf Club while Peter Buckley won 2 for Honeywell.
There was a good team effort from Hollinwood C as they defeated Werneth D 7-3. All the Hollinwood team of Joe Redikin, John Flowers and Callum Jones all won 2 each. Mick Pellowe replied with 2 for Werneth.
Droylsden beat Pennine 6-4 with Miles Benjamin and Tim Greenald winning 2 each for Droylsden and Glenn Dowse 2 for Pennine.
Uppermill A had a good 8-2 win over Unison B, with excellent trebles for Mark Simpson and Dave Grundy. Alan Meltzer and James Bollard replied with 1 win each for Unison.
Hollinwood D went down 8-2 at home to Honeywell D. Peter Buckley trebled for the visitors and there was also an excellent couple of wins for Pete Ganley and Brian Hall. Paul Rourke and John Foster won 1 each for Hollinwood.
Division 3
My tip to win this year's Division 3 title are St Saviour's A who started their campaign with a 7-3 win over Uppermill B. Brian Huskinson scored a maximum and Alex Leach 2 for the Saints. Stuart Hanson won 2 for Uppermill.
There was a keenly fought, competitive match at Unison as the D team drew 5-5 with Gilders. Dennis Heyes was Unison's hero in winning 3 with Gerry Lees and Fred wood winning 2 each for Gilders.
Coldhurst B beat Werneth E 7-3 with each of their team of Malcolm Wills, Darren Brown and Gary Keylock winning 2. Suresh Patel was outstanding for Werneth in winning all his matches.
Honeywell E narrowly defeated Deaf Club B by a 6-4 score line, after being 4-2 down at one stage. Alan Wynn and Pete Ganley both won 2 for Honeywell, Dave Varney won 2 for the Deaf Club.
The Owls A team proved too strong for Honeywell F and whitewashed them 10-0. Paul Woodward, Richard Tamworth and Dave Harthan all scored maximums for the Owls.
Grotton B went down narrowly, 6-4 at home to Unison C who had Dave Wild largely to thank for the victory as he won all 3. Neil Tomlinson won 2 for Grotton.
Division 4
Adam Newton turned in a brilliant display for Hollinwood E, winning all 3 in the 8-2 win over the Deaf Club C team. He was helped with 2 wins each for Bobby Crossley and Tom Farrell. Prakash Bhojani scored both the Deaf Club's points.
St Saviour's B team drew 5-5 with Coppice. Rob Ainsworth was the star for Coppice in winning 3, while Mark Pellowe and Tom Lowe won 2 each for St Saviour's.
Honeywell G beat Coldhurst F by a 6-4 score line. All the Honeywell team of Tom Loftus, Leo Cogger and Aaron Rowbotham won 2 and Coldhurst's Paul Cahill won all 3 of his matches.
Our Lady's A put the Owls B team to the sword by beating them 8-2. Matt Kelly scored a treble and both Pete Chappell and James Chappell 2 each for Our Lady's. Dinesh Gorasia scored both Owl's points.
New team Dobcross lost out 7-3 to Our Lady's C team. Elena Tepelus won all 3 and Louis Toal won 2 for Our Lady's while Dave Bottomley won 2 for Dobcross.
Coldhurst D and Werneth F fought out a 5-5 draw. Neil England won all 3 for Coldhurst while Dave Jefferson and Alan Else won 2 each for Werneth.
Finally, it was a case of the Smith's against the Allman's as the new Bluecoat team of Chris, Stephen and Barry Smith went down 8-2 to the Our Lady's B team of Callum, Dean and Paige Allman. Callum and Dean both scored maximums, Chris and Stephen supplied Bluecoat's points.
Newspaper
Article W/c 3rd May 2010
It was a mixed night for the Oldham teams as they contested the three Lancashire & Cheshire cup finals on the same night at the Hilton Table Tennis centre on Friday.
The good news was that the Men's Veteran's team of Dave Buckley, Phil Myers and Ian Quinn managed to win the Dennis Smith Trophy by defeating Halton 5-4. Phil managed a crucial win and Ian won two before Dave Buckley entered the final match against the highly ranked Halton number one with the scores tied at 4-4. He played magnificently to win the match easily and clinch the Trophy for Oldham.
Elsewhere the Men's team, of Darryl Meredith, Tristan Swan and Ian Mclean, narrowly went down by the same 5-4 score line in the Norman Cook Trophy final, despite having several chances to clinch the match. Tristan was brilliant in being unbeaten on the night, Ian won one but Darryl, despite playing magnificently in patches, just couldn't quite clinch the final set against a very well handicapped side.
The Ladies team of Karen Hill, Doreen Schofield and Paige Allman, deputising for the injured Mandy Winskill, also went down 5-4 in the Mabel Neary Trophy final to Halton Ladies. Doreen was the Oldham star in winning all 3 of her matches, with Karen winning the other. 14 year old Paige stepped up from the 4th division of the Oldham league to the highest level of competition in the North West of England and showed a great deal of promise for the future.
Newspaper
Article W/c 19th April 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Cup Finals W/c 12th April 2010
The Division 3 final turned out to be the closest of the finals with Owls A overcoming a handicap deficit of 78 points, gaining 90 points to beat St Saviours A by just 12 points. It took until the end of 7th set for the Owls team of David Harthan (41), Richards Tamworth (43) and Paul Woodward (15) to get their noses in front. The St Saviours team of Alex Reilly, Alex Leach and Mark Dalton contributed to an excellent sporting final which was well supported.
The Division 2 final was contested by the top two teams in the division with Hollinwood C reversing the league positions to beat Coldhurst A by 78 points.
Armed with a 41 points start the Hollinwood team of Nathan Buckley (7), Matty Evans (18) and Mohammed Sajid (1) actually gained 37 points against the Coldhurst A team of Paul Howarth, Simon King and Simon Walsh. Hollinwood had the ‘rub of the green’, but an excellent all round team effort gave them a deserved victory.
The Division 1 Final saw Werneth B increase their 14 points start by a further 49 points to beat Grotton A by 63 points. It was another excellent all round team perforrmance by the Werneth team of Rob Carter (16), Eddie Darlington (23) and Mandy Winskill (10) in beating Sean Ellis, Philip Schofield and Dave Morris for Grotton.
The Division 4 final was a one sided affair between the juniors from Counthill, with a massive 236 points start, and the Werneth E team of Phil Coombe, Joe Taylor and Dave Holme. The Counthill junior team of Tom Farkas, Tom Farrel and Adam Newton, having vastly improved since their handicaps were awarded, lost just 134 points to win by 102 points. This is something the committee will need to consider for the future.
Outstanding League Games.
In Division 1 BAE A are confirmed as runners up after victories in their last two games. Fielding the same team of Tony Bates, Tom Lang and Tony Smith in both fixtures they beat BAE B 9-1 and Hollinwood A 8-2 to go 2 points clear of Werneth A who finished third.
Newspaper
Article W/c 12th April 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 26 - W/c 5th April 2010
Division 1
This was the last scheduled week of fixtures in the league, however there are a number of issues still to be resolved due to outstanding fixtures.
BAE A's chances of the runners-up spot in the first division were considerably improved as they whitewashed Honeywell B 10-0, the team of Tony Bates, Tony Smith and Tom Lang trail Werneth A by 15 points but have two remaining games in which to catch their rivals.
At the other end of the table BAE B’s performance of the season gave them a 9-1 win at Werneth B, with maximums from Kevin & Mick Hill and a double from Eddie Kaklinowski. Rob Carter was werneth’s only winner. This now condemns Hyde YMCA's to the drop following their 8-2 defeat at home to Rosehill who had Richard Sarre in superb form in winning his 3. Hyde then also lost 9-1 away to Honeywell A for whom Dave Buckley and Simon Hardwick both won 3.
Champions Glodwick ended their perfect season with 26 wins from 26 matches by beating Hollinwood B 9-1. Zill Rahman and Jeff Craighill both trebled for Glodwick.
Hollinwood A Defeated Werneth C by the same 9-1 scoreline. There were maximums for Hollinwood’s Ian Quinn and Colin Boardman and a good win for Karen Hill over George Jones for Werneth’s point.
Division 2
Hollinwood C clinched the runners-up spot in the second division by beating Unison A 6-4 in a very competitive match. Hollinwood’s Matty Evans was superb in winning 3 to seal the win for his team. Liaquat Ali won 2 for Unison.
Third placed Honeywell C triumphed 8-2 over 4th placed Uppermill, Barrie Royle and Howard Travis both won 3 for Honeywell.
Pennine continue to blow hot and cold and this week went down 8-2 to Hollinwood D. Andy McNabb and Steve Hathaway both won 3 for Hollinwood.
In another 8-2 scoreline Hyde YMCA B beat Hollinwood F. Steve Hilton and Neil Coppard were both undefeated for Hyde.
Droylsden could be the team to beat in this division next year and they signed off with a 9-1 win over Werneth D. There were trebles for Droylsden’s Miles Benjamin and Mike Truter.
Werneth D also drew 5-5 with Uppermill, Mike Pellowe winning 3 for the Werneth team. Keith Moores replied with 2 for Uppermill.
Division 3
As things stand, Unison C clinched the third division championship by a single point after winning 10-0 against Gilder’s Tackle. James Bollard, Alan Meltzer and Mike O’Gara were all undefeated for Unison.
Runners-up Deaf Club A could only manage a 7-3 win against St Saviour’s A for whom Brian Huskinson was undefeated. Pete Dawson, Dave Varney and Ian Cockcroft all won 2 for the Deaf Club.
Owls A were able to field their strongest team against bottom club Coldhurst D and were rewarded with a 9-1 victory, Paul Woodward and Dave Harthan were both undefeated for the Owls.
Third placed Coldhurst B signed off with a 7-3 win over relegated Unison D. Simon King trebled for Coldhurst while Frank Sheldon won 2 for Unison.
Unison B continued their inconsistency with a 9-1 defeat to Grotton B for whom Steve Smith and Neil Tomlinson were unbeaten.
Honeywell E finished the season in style with a 9-1 defeat of Uppermill B, Terry Cooper and Pete Ganley both trebled for Honeywell.
Gilders ended their season with an 8-2 defeat to third placed Coldhurst B for whom Gary Keylock and Dave England both scored maximums.
Division 4
The 4th division title race was even closer than the 3rd with the Deaf Club B team and Werneth both finishing on the same number of points but the Deaf Club having actually won more games.
The Deaf Club won their final match 9-1 against Owls B team with Dave Varney and Prakash Bhojani both scoring trebles.
Werneth E beat
St Saviour’s B beat Werneth F 8-2 thanks to treble from Alex Leach and Mark Dalton.
Werneth G and Coldhurst E had a tight 5-5 draw where nobody was undefeated. Rob Ainsworth and Dave Winterbottom both won 2 for Werneth whilst Paul Cahill and Frank Corlett did the same for Coldhurst.
Newspaper
Article W/c 5th April 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 25 - W/c 29th March 2010
Division 1
The battle for the runners-up position is very tight. Werneth A currently lie second after an 8-2 win over Hollinwood B. Darryl Meredith winning all 3 for Werneth with Adam Rowbotham replying with 2 for Hollinwood.
Third placed BAE A beat bottom club Werneth C 9-1 to move within 17 points of Werneth with 2 games in hand. There were maximums this week for BAE's Tony Bates and Tom Lang, Karen Hill supplied Werneth's win.
The Honeywell A team beat their B team counterparts by a 9-1 scoreline. There were trebles for Dave Buckley and Simon Hardwick for the A team whilst Tom Ryan had a good win over Phil Myers for the B team.
Champions Glodwick prevailed 8-2 over Hollinwood A with trebles for Khamal Hussain and Mark Ramsbottom. Ian Quinn and George Jones won 1 each for Hollinwood.
At the other end of the table relegation threatened BAE B fought hard against Saddleworth A and only just went down 6-4. Duncan Hadfield was undefeated for Saddleworth whilst Mick Hill won 2 for BAE.
Werneth B beat Grotton A 6-4 despite Shaun Ellis' 3 wins for Grotton.
Division 2
Champions Coldhurst A finished their season with a 6-4 defeat of Hyde YMCA B. Paul Howarth clinched his 62nd individual win of the season whilst winning 3 for Coldhurst. Steve Hilton won 2 for Hyde.
Hyde B also went down 6-4 to Pennine, Steve Hilton again starred for Hyde in winning 3 but Pennine's Glen Chadwick and John Robertson won 2 each to seal the win.
In a rearranged match, Pennine also beat Werneth D by a 6-4 scoreline. Mike Pellowe won 3 in defeat for Werneth with Glen Chadwick and Steve Mather winning 2 each for Pennine.
Hollinwood D dealt a blow to Honeywell C's promotion hopes by defeating them 7-3. There were 2 wins each for Hollinwood's Joe Redikin, Matty Evans and John Flowers whilst Brian Higgins won 2 for Honeywell.
Unison A beat Hollinwood F 8-2 with 3 wins each for Liaqat Ali and Mike Brierley. John Foster supplied Hollinwood's only singles win.
There was a hard fought draw in the game between Hollinwood E and Droylsden. Matty Evans won 3 for Hollinwood and Tim Greenald won 2 for Droylsden who sealed the draw by winning the doubles in 5 sets.
Hollinwood C moved 8 points clear in 2nd place in the league by beating Honeywell D 8-2. There was again 3 wins for Matty Evans while Ian Naylor won 2 for Honeywell.
Division 3
With one game left in the league, the title chase is going right down to the wire with Deaf Club A 2 points clear at the top by beating Owls A 8-2. Ian Cockcroft starred for the Deaf Club in winning his 3, Paul Woodward and Richard Tamworth replying for Owls' points.
Main challengers Unison C beat their B team by a 7-3 scoreline to keep up the pressure on the Deaf Club. Andrew Tarpey won 3 for the C team while Ian Connell won 2 for the B team.
St Saviours A team proved too strong for Unison D and whitewashed them 10-0 with 3 victories each for Brian Huskinson, Alex Reilly and Mark Dalton.
Uppermill B went down 7-3 to Coldhurst C. Coldhurst's Gary Keylock was undefeated on the night and Stuart Hanson won 2 for Uppermill.
Honeywell E produced a good performance to beat Coldhurst D 9-1, with 3 wins each for Brian Hall, Alan Wynn and Pete Ganley.
Division 4
The title chase is even closer in Division 4 with just 1 point separating the top 2 sides with one game left. Deaf Club B are top and won 7-3 against Our Lady's B this week with Mike Briggs winning 3 for the Deaf Club. Youngster James Chappel won 2 for Our Lady's.
Nearest challengers Werneth E had a tough match against 3rd place Honeywell F but managed a 7-3 win thanks mainly to a Phil Coombes treble. Lee Rowbotham won 2 for Honeywell.
Werneth F beat the G team 7-3 despite Fred Pickles winning 3 for the G team. All the F team of Colin Pellowe, Ashley Murray and John Murray won 2 each.
Ron Tench celebrated becoming a great grandad with 2 wins for Deaf Club C in a 6-4 win over Owls B. Paul Woodward won 3 for Owls.
St Saviour's B won 8-2 away to Our Lady's C team. Jacob Reilly won 3 for the visitors while Paige Allman won 2 for Our Lady's.
The Our Lady's A team drew 5-5 with Counthill. Peter Chappell was unbeaten for Our Lady's while Adam Newton and Tom Farrell won games for Counthill.
Coldhurst E beat Glodwick Academy 9-1. Frank Corlett and Jordan Greaves both winning 3 for Coldhurst and Chris Smith winning the Academy's point.
Newspaper
Article W/c 29th March 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 24 - W/c 22nd March 2010
Division 1
Reigning champions Glodwick clinched this year's title with a 7-3 defeat of BAE A, the only team that were able to catch them. Andy Jackson and Mark Ramsbottom both trebled for Glodwick while Tom Lang and Tony Smith won one each for BAE.
The two teams battling to stay out of the second relegation spot both lost this week. BAE B went down 9-1 to Werneth A, Darryl and Stuart Meredith were both unbeaten for Werneth with Mick Hill supplying BAE's point.
The other struggling team, Hyde YMCA, lost 8-2 against Werneth B. Gary Skinner and Amanda Winskill scoring maximums for Werneth, Terry Taylor and Ken Ward both winning 1 for Hyde.
Hollinwood A produced the performance of the week in the first division of the League. Their team of Tristran Swan, Ian Quinn and George Jones triumphed 10-0 over their B team. 4 of the games did require a deciding 5th set.
Honeywell A won 8-2 against bottom club Werneth C. Dave Buckley and Simon Hardwick were unbeaten for Honeywell while Karen Hill won supplied Werneth's only singles win.
Shaun Ellis trebled for Grotton A against Saddleworth but they were his team's only points as Saddleworth eventually won 7-3.
Rosehill had a good 7-3 win over Honeywell B to go above them in the league table. Richard Sarre trebled for Rosehill.
Division 2
Honeywell D condemned Hollinwood F to relegation with a 9-1 defeat. Ian Naylor and Allan Marston were both undefeated for Honeywell with Paul Rourhe supplying Hollinwood's only win.
Droylsden dented Hollinwood C promotion chances by beating them 7-3. Jake Shaw won 3 and Miles Benjamin won 2 for Droylsden.
Uppermill A moved into contention for the promotion spot with a 7-3 defeat of Hollinwood D. Mark Simpson won 3 for Uppermill and Matty Evans won 2 for Hollinwood.
Hollinwood E beat Werneth D 7-3 with an excellent treble for junior Paul King. Mike Pellowe won 2 for Werneth.
Division 3
The fight for the 3rd division title got tighter as Deaf Club A beat Honeywell E 7-3. Pete Dawson scored an important treble for the Deaf Club while Brian Hall won 2 for Honeywell.
Unison C moved to within a point of the Deaf Club with a 9-1 defeat of Saddleworth B. Andrew Tarpey and Jim Bollard both won 3 for Unison while Alex Griffiths won Saddleworth's point.
Oldham Owls A condemned Unison D to the second relegation place by defeating them 9-1. There were 3 wins each for Paul Woodward and Richard Tamworth for the Owls and Ian Connell won Unison's point.
Bottom club Coldhurst D also lost, going down 7-3 to Uppermill B. There were trebles for Stuart Hanson and Howard Meadham for Uppermill.
Third placed Coldhurst B dropped down Simon Walsh and Simon King from their A team and both won 3 against Unison B in a 9-1 win.
St Saviour's A look like they will be a team to be reckoned with in this division next year, they defeated Gilders 7-3 with a treble for Brian Huskinson and doubles for Alex Reilly and Alex Leach. Colin Ogden won 2 for Gilders.
Grotton B narrowly went down 6-4 at home to Coldhurst C. Ryan Conway scoring a maximum for Coldhurst and Alf Barker 2 for Grotton.
Division 4
Title contenders Werneth E moved to within 1 point of the top of the league with a 9-1 defeat of Coldhurst E. Joe Taylor and Darren Mitzi both won 3 for Werneth and Peter Altham supplied Coldhurst's point.
League leaders Deaf Club B just about kept their position with a 6-4 defeat of third placed Honeywell F. Matt Gartside won a crucial 3 for the Deaf club and Lee Rowbotham 2 for Honeywell.
St Saviours B beat Our Lady's A 7-3 thanks to a treble from Mark Dalton and 2 each from Jacob Reilly and Tom Dalton. Pete Chappell won 2 for Our Lady's.
Our Lady's B whitewashed Deaf Club C 10-0. The winning team being Matt Kelly, James Chappell and Callum Allman.
Werneth G beat Our Lady's C 7-3 with a treble for Werneth's Rob Ainsworth. Yonni Morrisson, Callum Allman and Paige Allman all won 1 for Our Lady's.
A strong Owls B team beat Counthill 9-1. Paul Woodward and Phil Tamworth both won 3 for Owls whilst Adam Newton supplied Counthill's win.
Werneth F beat an enthusiastic
Newspaper
Article W/c 22nd March 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Cup Semi Finals - W/c 15th March 2010
The Division 1 handicap Cup Final will be contested between Grotton A and Werneth B.
Grotton beat Werneth C by 34 points with Shaun Ellis pulling back 72 points of the 75 points handicap deficit himself. With Philip Schofield also gaining 52 points their win was all but assured
Good performances by Rob Carter (28) and Eddie Darlington (24) helped Werneth B to overcome BAE B by 41 points with Mick Hill gaining 29 points for BAE B to keep the score this close.
In Division 2, the Hollinwood C team of Nathan Buckley (25), Mohammed Sajid (7) and Matty Evans (5), conceding 29 points, beat Werneth D by 23 points. Mike Pellowe starred for Werneth gaining 31 points to bring them just 8 points behind with the doubles to play.
Coldhurst A beat Hyde YMCA B by 22 points, no other details being available.
Both finalists of the Division 3 Cup went through by default. Owls A will meet St Saviour’s A.
In Division 4 the junior team from Counthill (Tom Farrell, Adam Newton, and Tom Farkas), armed with a 134 point start all played equally well and hung on to win by 23 points against Werneth F. Colin Pellowe (53) and Ashley Murray (63) played well for Werneth but unfortunately the handicap was just too much on the day.
Counthill will now meet Werneth E in the final after their 48 points win against Honeywell F in the other semi final. All Werneth’s players gained points , Phil Coombe (47), Joe Taylor (17) and Dave Holme (14) whilst John Rutland was the pick of the Honeywell team gaining 4 points.
Newspaper
Article W/c 15th March 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 23 - W/c 8th
March 2010
Division 4
Werneth E and Deaf Club B drew their top of the table clash in a very hard fought and close match this week. Matt Gartside and Mike Briggs both won 2 for the Deaf Club while Phil Coombe won 2 for Werneth. This result leaves the Deaf Club 4 points clear of Werneth with 3 games left.
Third placed Honeywell F had a resounding 10-0 win over the Deaf Club's C team, Lee Rowbotham, John Rutland and Leo Cogger being the winning team.
In a good sporting match, Werneth F beat Coldhurst E by an 8-2 scoreline where there were maximums for Colin Pellowe and Andy Murray.
Owls B just about prevailed over the promising young St Saviour's B team, eventually winning 6-4. There was a treble for Phil Tamworth for Owls, whilst Jacob Reilly won 2 for the Saints.
There was another close game at Our Lady's where the B team beat Counthill 7-3 with 3 wins each for Matt Kelly and James Chappell, the Counthill team of Adam Newton, Tom Farkas and Bobby Crossley all won 1 each.
The Our Lady's A team went down 7-3 against Werneth G, who had Fred Pickles and Rob Ainsworth to thank for 3 wins each.
Division 3
Deaf Club A maintained their position at the top of the table with a 9-1 win over bottom club Coldhurst C. There were trebles for Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney.
Unison C kept up the pressure on the leaders with a couple of good wins. First of all they beat Grotton B 7-3 with Andrew Tarpey winning 3. They then beat Coldhurst C by a 9-1 scoreline with Andrew Tarpey and James Bollard both trebling.
Saddleworth B made Coldhurst B fight hard for their 6-4 win. Simon Walsh's maximum for Coldhurst proving decisive.
A rejuvenated Unison D team just went down 6-4 at home to Honeywell E. There were 2 wins apiece for Terry Cooper and Alan Wynn for Honeywell while Dennis Heyes had 2 good wins for Unison.
St Saviours A had a tremendous 8-2 win away to Unison B with trebles for Brian Huskinson and Alex Leach.
Gilders had 2 wins, first a 6-4 over a two man Owls B team followed by an 8-2 over Coldhurst D where Colin Ogden won 3 for Gilders and Phil Mellor 2 for Coldhurst.
Uppermill B just beat Grotton B 6-4 thanks mainly to 3 good wins for Howard Meadham and 2 for Stuart Hanson. Alf Barker won 2 for Grotton.
Division 2
Champions elect Coldhurst A continued their run at the top of the table with a 7-3 win over Honeywell D. There were maximum's for Coldhurst's Paul Howarth and Simon King.
In the battle for the promotion place both Honeywell C and Hollinwood C had 7-3 wins keeping them level on points. Honeywell beat Hyde YMCA thanks mainly to a treble from Brian Higgins and 2 from Peter Buckley. Adrian Borrell won 2 for Hyde. Hollinwood C beat their E team thanks to 2 each from Steve Collins, Nathan Buckley and Mohammed Sajid. Paul King won 3 in defeat for the E team.
Droylsden beat Hollinwood F 7-3. Tim Greenald won 3 for Droylsden and George Marrow 2 for Hollinwood.
Pennine and Unison fought out a 5-5 draw. There were 2 wins each for Pennine's Glen Chadwick and Steve Mather and a maximum for Unison's Liaqat Ali.
There was a tremendous match at Werneth were the D team eventually went down 8-2 to Hollinwood D. Mike Pellowe won 2 for the home team but eventually went down 10-12 in the fifth to John Foster of Hollinwood who won 3.
Hyde YMCA B and Uppermill A drew 5-5. Hyde's Steve Hilton was unbeaten while Dave Grundy and Keith Moores won 2 each for Uppermill.
Division 1
Second placed Werneth A kept up their challenge for runners-up spot with an excellent 7-3 win over Hollinwood A. Darryl Meredith won 3 for Werneth including a very close win over Tristran Swann and he was well supported by Mandy Winskill winning 2 and Karen Hill winning 1. Tristran Swan won 2 and George Jones 1 for Hollinwood.
Champions Glodwick continued their perfect season with a 7-3 win over Honeywell A with Andy Jackson and Jeff Craighill both trebling.
Third placed BAE A won 7-3 against Hollinwood B after initially going 2-0 down. Tom Lang scored a treble for BAE whilst Dave Cheetham had an excellent win over Tony Bates for Hollinwood.
Honeywell B went down 6-4 at home to Werneth B. There were 2 wins each for the home team's Barrie Royle and Tommy Ryan but they were matched by 2 each by Rob Carter and Gary Skinner for Werneth.
Bottom club Werneth C got their second win of the campaign with a 6-4 triumph over Rosehill. There were 2 wins each for Werneth's Karen Hill and Paul Wilkinson and 2 each for Rosehill's Phil Ashworth and Richard Sarre.
Grotton A and BAE fought out a 5-5 draw, Shaun Ellis being unbeaten for Grotton and Phil Schofield winning 2. Kevin Hill won 2 for BAE.
Newspaper
Article W/c 8th March 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 22 - W/c 1st March 2010
With just 4 weeks of the season remaining, promotion & relegation issues are largely in the balance.
Division 4 is the closest where current leaders Deaf Club B lead by just 4 points from Werneth E after 10-0 and 9-1 victories respectively over their lower teams. The two teams meet in the League next week in a game which will more than likely determine the title.
The Allman family of Dean, Paige and Callum came away from Coldhurst E with an excellent 9-1 win for Our Lady’s C.
Our Lady’s B team of John Moran, Matt Kelly and James Chappell had the same result at St Saviour’s B.
The juniors from Counthill are also finding their feet somewhat with wins for Tom Farrell and Adam Newton in their 8-2 defeat against the experienced Honeywell F.
In Division 3 the title is between Deaf Club A and Unison C who are all but assured of promotion.
Relegation matters are similarly clear with Coldhurst D and Unison D adrift. They met this week and Unison D emerged as 6-4 victors despite a Philip Mellor treble for Coldhurst.
St Saviours A won 7-3 against Saddleworth B with excellent trebles for Brian Huskinson and Alex Reilly.
In Division 2 Coldhurst A are in a commanding position at the top but second spot is between Hollinwood C, Honeywell C and Uppermill A.
Honeywell C came unstuck at Unison A going down 6-4 despite a Pete Buckley treble. Liaqat Ali and Alan Auxilly both scored doubles for Unison.
Hollinwood C took advantage winning 8-2 against Werneth D with a maximum from Nathan Buckley. Mick Pellowe replied with 2 wins.
Uppermill A drew at Hyde YMCA B thanks mainly to doubles from Dave Grundy and Keith Moore, with Steve Hilton unbeaten for Hyde.
Hollinwood F are adrift at the bottom having been beaten this week 9-1 by their E team.
Honeywell D’s 8-2 win against Pennine could prove significant with a maximum from Ian Naylor and doubles for Allan Marston & Paul Carter.
In a crucial match in Division 1 BAE B beat Hyde YMCA A 7-3 keeping the relegation battle alive between the two teams. A Kevin Hill treble and a Mick Hill double did the damage, with Ken Ward picking up 2 wins in reply.
Bottom team Werneth C had a draw against an understrength B team with a good treble for Karen Hill.
Champions ‘elect’, Glodwick surprisingly dropped 3 points to Rosehill. Mark Ramsbottom was unbeaten but Jeff Craighill lost to Phil Ashworth and Khamal Hussain lost to Dave Pegg.
BAE A appear favourites for runners up but, Werneth A, Hollinwood A and Honeywell A are pressing.
Werneth A could only manage a 6-4 win at Grotton mainly due to a maximum from the home team’s Shaun Ellis which included a win over Darryl Meredith. Karen Hill stepped in for the injured Stuart Meredith winning two for Werneth.
Newspaper
Article W/c Ist March 2010
Inter League
The Oldham team
clinched the Lancs & Cheshire premier league title for the first time in 25
years with a 5-1 victory in the final match over main challengers
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 21 - W/c 22nd February 2010
Division 2
League leaders Coldhurst A went down to their first defeat of the season against a very strong Droylsden side this week, eventually going down 7-3. Jake Shaw won 3 and Miles Benjamin 2 for Droylsden, Paul Howarth won 2 for Coldhurst. Last week Coldhurst defeated Hollinwood E 8-2 with Paul Howarth and winning 3. Matty Evans and Paul King had good wins for Hollinwood though.
Hollinwood F went down 9-1 to their C team with Steve Collins and Nathan Buckley undefeated for the victors.
Werneth D and Unison A fought out a draw. Malc Pellowe with 3 wins and Richard Hinchcliffe with 2 gave Werneth the lead but Unison fought back with 2 from Allan Auxilly and a victory in the doubles to clinch a draw.
Honeywell C maintained their promotion challenge with a 7-3 win over their D team. Peter Buckley was undefeated for the C team.
Division 1
Werneth A defeated BAE A 6-4 to take a slim lead in the battle for runners-up position this season. Darryl Meredith again lead the way for Werneth with a treble. There were 2 wins each for Tom Lang and Tony Smith.
Rosehill had a bad week losing 9-1 at home to Hollinwood A in a re-arranged match, Ian Quinn and Adam Rowbotham being undefeated for Hollinwood. They then lost 7-3 away to Hollinwood B with Dave Cheetham notching an excellent treble for Hollinwood.
Hyde YMCA battled hard for some points against fellow strugglers Grotton but eventually went down 6-4. Grotton's Shaun Ellis proved to be the main difference between the sides, winning all his games in straight sets. Ken Ward worked hard for 2 wins for Hyde.
Honeywell B whitewashed a 2 man BAE B team 10-0 in their relegation battle, which leaves the Aerospace team in the bottom 2 of the table. Steve Barber, Tom Ryan and Lee Davenport being the victorious team.
Glodwick continued their march to the Championship with a 9-1 defeat of Werneth B. Andy Jackson and Jeff Craighill both trebling for the league leaders.
Division 3
League leaders, Deaf Club A beat Unison D 10-0 to continue their title challenge. Pete Dawson, Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney all winning 3.
Unison C kept up the pressure with a 9-1 defeat of Uppermill B. There were maximums for Jim Bollard and Frank Sheldon for Unison.
3rd placed Unison B went down to a shock 9-1 defeat to Honeywell E. Ian Naylor and Ken Dunkerley both being defeated for Honeywell.
Coldhurst B proved too strong for Grotton B and ran out 8-2 winners. Simon Walsh and Gary Keylock both trebling for Coldhurst.
Division 4
Third placed Honeywell F proved to be strong for St Saviour's B team and ran out 8-2 winners with John Rutland being undefeated. However there were 2 excellent wins for Jacob Reilly over Leo Cogger and Ron Holt.
Our Lady's B team defeated Werneth G 8-2, with trebles for Matt Kelly and James Chappell.
The Our Lady's A team also won, beating Coldhurst F 7-3. Pete Chappell won 3 and Deal Allman 2 for Our Lady's.
The Our Lady's C team went down 9-1 to Werneth F. Joe Taylor and Colin Pellowe were both undefeated for Werneth whilst Yonni Morrison won the consolation for Our Lady's.
The Owls B team
whitewashed an inexperienced
Newspaper
Article W/c 22nd February
2010
This week saw the second round of this year's handicap competitions.
Division 1
Performance of the round had to go to Grotton's Shaun Ellis as he gained 66 points to ensure his team beat unofficial competition favourites Honeywell B. Grotton gave the Honeywell side 31 points start but clawed back 51 overall to win by 20.
There was a very tight match at BAE where the B team managed to beat Honeywell A by just 2 points having had an 82 point start. 'Fast' Eddie Kalinowski was their star conceding just 6 points in his games. Phil Myers gained 34 points for Honeywell.
Werneth C just about prevailed over Hollinwood B winning by 11 points after having a lead of 43 points at the start. Karen Hill and Paul Wilkinson both crucially gained points for Werneth while Dave Cheetham gained 39 for Hollinwood in defeat.
Werneth B also progressed to the semi-finals after a walkover against Hyde YMCA.
Division 2
There was an extremely exciting match at Honeywell D where the home side held a 19 points lead going into the final doubles match but conceded 28 points and so lost by 9. Steve Hilton gained 50 points for Hyde.
In another close game at Pennine the home side started with a 22 points advantage against Hollinwood C but lost 29 points to go down by 7, with the doubles again being crucial. Matty Evans gained an important 37 points for the winners.
Coldhurst A beat Droylsden by 20 points and Werneth D also progressed to the semi-finals with Hollinwood E not having enough eligible players to raise a team.
Division 3
There was a great all round team performance from Saddleworth B against Coldhurst C where they originally had an 8 point start but gained an extra 11 points during the evening to win by 19. Chris Brazewell's defeat of Ryan Conway proving to be the turning point in the match,
Deaf Club A are still on for the League and Cup double after defeating Gilders by 15 points after conceding a 28 points start. Dave Varney was the star man of the evening gaining 31 points.
Last year's winners Uppermill B started 67 points up on Owls A but conceded 90 points to bow out of this year's competition. Paul Woodward proved to be the big difference between the sides gaining 54 points on the night.
St Saviour's A beat Coldhurst D by 24 points after starting off 10 points in front. Alex Reilly and Alex Leach had gains of 13 and 16 points respectively.
Division 4
Honeywell F turned in the performance of the round to overcome a starting deficit of 95 points to gain an incredible 194 points on the night to win by 99 with Lee Rowbotham and John Rutland gaining 67 and 68 points respectively.
Werneth E beat their G team by 31 points, to maintain their hopes of a league and cup double, overcoming an initial 87 points deficit. Phil Coombe was outstanding for the E team in gaining 54 points on the night.
Werneth F had a comfortable 45 points win over the Deaf Club C team after starting out with a 21 point advantage. Colin Pellowe's 29 point gain on the night being crucial.
Deaf Club B had to concede their clash with Counthill.
League Matches
Division 1
In a game brought forward Saddleworth A and Werneth A fought out a draw which could have gone either way. Darryl Meredith was outstanding in winning his 3 singles, beating Paul Cicchelli 11-9 in the fifth. Paul won his other 2 singles as did Ian Mclean. Werneth also won the crucial doubles set 11-9 in the fifth.
Grotton A also drew with Hollinwood A 5-5. Shaun Ellis scored a treble and Stuart Sykes 2 good wins for Grotton. Ian Quinn won 2 for Hollinwood.
Division 2
Uppermill A had 2 wins in rearranged games following the recent bad weather. First they beat Honeywell D 7-3 thanks to 3 wins for Mark Simpson and 2 each for Pete Watson and Keith Moores, Pete Buckley won 2 for Honeywell. Uppermill then beat Hollinwood C 6-4 thanks to 2 wins each for Mark Simpson, Dave Grundy and Keith Moores, Andy McNabb won 2 for Hollinwood and Paul Rourke had an excellent win over Mark.
Division 3
Unison D had a great 6-4 win over Uppermill B thanks to solid all round team performance from Dennis Heyes, Barry Fordham and Tony Hyde. Howard Meadham was unbeaten in defeat for Uppermill.
The Owls A team went down 6-4 at home to St Saviours A, Brian Huskinson's treble for the visitors proving crucial.
Newspaper
Article W/c 15th February 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 20 - W/c 8th February 2010
Division 1 leaders Glodwick beat Saddleworth CC 7-3 thanks to a maximum from Jeff Craighill and a double from Mark Ramsbottom with Darren Lindley notching two in reply.
A Tom Lang treble with a double from Mark Aspen gave BAE A a 7-3 win at Honeywell A for whom Dave Buckley scored a double.
An Adam Rowbotham treble was not enough to prevent a 6-4 defeat for Hollinwood B at Werneth B, for whom Rob Carter and Gary Skinner scored doubles.
BAE B overcame bottom team Werneth C by the narrowest of margins thanks to a Mick Hill treble backed by an Eddie Kalinowski double.
Shaun Ellis again starred for GrottonB winning his three games in a 6-4 win against Honeywell B.
Geoff Ogden’s single win against Werneth A‘s Pete Morris was all Hyde YM could muster in a 9-1 defeat.
Division 2 leaders Coldhurst A emerged 6-4 victors at Hollinwood C mainly due to a Paul Howarth maximum. Nathan Buckley won two in reply in a game where all players contributed to the scoreline.
Second placed Honeywell C went down 7-3 at Droylsden with Miles Benjamin unbeaten for the victors. Miles was again unbeaten in their draw at Uppermill the week before.
A rare treble for John Robertson gave Pennine a draw at Hollinwood E.
Maximums from Mick Pellowe and Richard Hinchliffe gave Werneth D a 7-3 win at Hollinwood F.
Division 3 leaders Deaf Club A team of Peter Dawson, Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney beat Gilders Tackle 7-3 with Mark Craven beating Pete and Ian for 2 of Gilders points.
Second placed Unison C went down 6-4 to a strong Coldhurst B team of Simon King (3), Simon Walsh (2) and Gary Keylock. Andrew Tarpey replied with two wins going down in 5 to Simon King.
Unison B held on to third place with a 9-1 win at Coldhurst D with maximums from Mike Brierley and Paul Whyatt.
Saddleworth B came away from Honeywell E with an 8-2 win thanks to trebles from Alex Griffiths & Chris Brazewell in a game which included an excellent win for Alan Wynn against Tony Prescott.
A treble for Grotton B’s Alf Barker gave his team a 6-4 win against St Saviour’s A.
Richard Tamworth starred in Owls A 8-2 win against Coldhurst C where there was a rare scoreline in the doubles with Coldhurst losing by the narrowest of margins in the fifth game. Every game was decided by just 2 points with two being deuce.
Deaf Club B remain top in Division 4 after their 10-0 win at St Saviours B, although they are closely persued by Werneth E who posted 9-1 and 10-0 wins against Owls B and Our Lady’s C respectively.
Honeywell F, in distant third, completed a 9-1 win at Werneth G with maximums from Lee Rowbotham and Ronnie Holt and a double from Tommy Loftus on his return from a lengthy injury.
Our Lady’s B beat their A team 9-1 with maximums from Matthew Kelly and John Moran. James Chappell won two, including one against his father Pete but losing to Dean Allman.
Peter Aspinall, appearing in only his third start of the season, was unbeaten for Werneth F in their 7-3 win against Our Lady’s A.
Newspaper
Article W/c 8th February 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 19 - W/c 1st February 2010
The O&DTTL annual closed championships are to take place at Radclyffe School on Sunday 7th March. Entry forms are in the handbook and the closing date for entry is Monday 15th February. All league members are asked to support this event which is generally recognised as being one of the strongest and best organised competitions in the North of England.
Division 1
It's getting very tight in the Division 1 relegation battle and this was exemplified by the fact that the Werneth C v Grotton A and Hyde YMCA A v Honeywell B, all teams trying to avoid relegation, matches both ended in draws.
Werneth C had the in-form Karen Hill to thank against Grotton as she won all her games.
Tom Ryan of Honeywell B was undefeated in their match against Hyde.
As a contrast there were 10-0 wins for Saddleworth A against Hollinwood B, Glodwick against BAE B and Hollinwood A against Werneth B, although these scores do not reflect how close some of the games were.
BAE A beat Rosehill 8-2 with Tom Lang winning 3 for BAE. Dave Pegg had 2 good wins over Tony Smith and Mark Aspen for Rosehill.
Division 2
Bottom team Hollinwood F gave the league leaders Coldhurst A a scare before Coldhurst eventually ran out 6-4 winners. There was another treble for Coldhurst's Paul Howarth and 2 good wins for Paul Rourke of Hollinwood.
The team in second
place,
There was another treble for Mike Pellowe of Werneth D in their 7-3 defeat of Hyde YMCA's B team.
Honeywell D won 7-3 away to their Hollinwood counterparts. Their team of Peter Buckley, Brian Hall and Paul Carter all winning two games each.
Division 3
Deaf Club C A stepped up in their bid for the league title with an 8-2 win at third placed Unison B. There was a maximum for Ian Cockcroft and Paul Whyatt won 2 for Unison.
Second placed Unison C maintained their challenge with a 7-3 defeat of St Saviours A with new signing Andrew Tarpey winning 3 for Unison.
There was a good 7-3 win for a two man Uppermill team against Coldhurst B with Keith Moores and Howard Meadham winning all their games.
Gilders beat Unison D 9-1 in a match much closer than the scoreline suggests. There were maximums for Gerry Lees and Colin Ogden whilst Dennis Heyes had a good win against Mark Craven for Unison's consolation.
Two teams near the foot of the table fought out a draw at Saddleworth against Coldhurst D. Tony Prescott winning 3 and Chris Brazewell 2 for Saddleworth. Phil Mellor won 2 for Coldhurst.
Grotton B defeated Owls A team 6-4 thanks to two wins each for Alf Barker and Steve Smith. Richard Tamworth won 3 in defeat for Owls.
Division 4
Oldham Deaf Club's B team maintained their title push with a 9-1 defeat of Werneth G. Prakash Bhojani and Matt Gartside both trebled whilst Fred Pickles won the consolation for Werneth.
Second placed Werneth E kept up the pressure in a 10-0 defeat of a plucky, young Counthill side. They also won 10-0 the week before against Our Lady's A.
St Saviours B had a good 6-4 win over the Deaf Club's C teamwith Mark Dalton registering an excellent treble for the Saints. Ron Tench won 2 for the Deaf Club.
In the Our Lady's derby the C team beat the A team 7-3 thanks to a treble from Matt Kelly, 2 from Callum Allman (including a win against his father Dean) and a single from Paige Allman. Pete Chappell won 2 for the A team.
In a match played the previous week Our Lady's C went down 7-3 to Owls B. There were three wins each for Dinesh Gorasia and Phil Tamworth for Owls.
Our Lady's B team of John Moran, Matt Kelly and James Chappell convincingly beat Coldhurst E 10-0.
Owls B and Werneth F fought out a 5-5 draw. There was another 3 wins for Owls' Dinesh Gorasia and 2 each for Werneth's Joe Taylor and Geoffrey Beard.
Newspaper
Article W/c 1st February 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 18 - W/c 25th January 2010
Inter League
There was success for
Division 2
In a rearranged top of the table clash in Division 2, Coldhurst A continued their march to the Division title with an 8-2 defeat of nearest rivals Honeywell C. Paul Howarth and Simon King both trebled for Coldhurst. In this week's game Coldhurst also won 8-2 against Werneth D, Paul Howarth was again undefeated, cementing his position at the top of the averages.
Honeywell C went down to another defeat, 7-3 at Hollinwood C for whom Steve Collins was outstanding in winning 3.
A two man Droylsden still managed to beat Hollinwood D 7-3, Miles Benjamin and Mike Truter both winning all their games, including the doubles.
Hollinwood's E team went down 8-2 at home to Uppermill for whom Mark Simpson won 3.
There were a lot of close games in Unison A's 7-3 victory over Hyde YMCA B. All Unison's team of Andy Hey, Liaqat Ali and Alan Auxilly won 2 games.
Hollinwood F lost 8-2 at home to Pennine. Glen Chadwick and Steve Mather registering maximums for the visitors.
Division One
Karen Hill was in excellent form for Werneth C against Hyde YMCA and won all her 3 games but couldn't prevent her team going down to a 7-3 defeat.
Another good
performance in defeat came from Grotton's Shaun Ellis who won 2 against
Glodwick, including beating reigning
BAE A won 7-3 away at Werneth B with Tony Bates proving to be the visitor's match winner in winning 3.
Saddleworth A and Hollinwood fought out a draw. The top performance of the night going to Adam Rowbotham, who won 3 including a defeat of Paul Cichelli.
There was another close encounter at BAE, where the B team drew 5-5 against Hollinwood B. Mick Hill was impressive in winning 3 for the home side. Hollinwood clinching a draw with an 11-9 win in the fifth set of the doubles.
In a great match at Honeywell there was yet another draw with Honeywell B putting in a good performance to match Werneth A 5-5, clinching the draw by winning the last set of the doubles.
Rosehill lost 8-2 at home to in form Honeywell A, Phil Myers and Simon Hardwick trebling for the visitors.
Division 3
The match of the round this week was at Oldham Owls, where their A team went down narrowly 6-4 to Unison C in a hard fought encounter. Jim Bollard proved to be the difference between the sides with 3 good wins and then clinching the deciding doubles with Alan Meltzer.
Oldham Deaf Club A increased their lead at the top of the table with a 9-1 defeat of Saddleworth B. There were maximums for Deaf Club's Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney.
Coldhurst C proved too strong for their D team and beat them 8-2. Malcolm Wills and Neil England both registering trebles.
In a rearranged game, Coldhurst B managed a hard fought 6-4 win at Honeywell E where they had to come behind from 4-2 down. There two wins each for Gary Keylock and Malcolm Wills. In a second tough game of the week, Coldhurst B then drew 5-5 with St Saviours A. There was an excellent treble for Brian Huskinson for the Saints, including a win over Simon Walsh.
In this week's game, Honeywell E went down 7-3 to Grotton B, whose team of Alf Barker, Steve Smith and Neil Tomlinson all won 2 matches.
Unison B gained bragging rights in beating their D team 8-2 in a match played in a good spirit. There were trebles for Paul Whyatt and Glen Jackson.
Another game played in a good spirit saw Gilders triumph 7-3 over Uppermill B, thanks mainly to a maximum from Gilders' Colin Ogden.
Division 4
In the match of the round, Werneth F and Our Lady's B drew 5-5 with youngsters John Moran and James Chappell both winning 2 for Our Lady's, as did Colin Pellowe and David Jefferson for Werneth.
A strong Honeywell F team beat Coldhurst E 8-2 with Leo Cogger winning 3.
Werneth G had mixed fortunes, drawing 5-5 in a rearranged encounter with St Saviours B team for whom Jacob Reilly and Josh Poole won 2 each. Rob Ainsworth and Alan Nightingale won 2 each for Werneth. In this week's game Werneth G went down 8-2 to the Deaf Club's C team for whom Ron Tench trebled.
Oldham Deaf Club B went
clear at the top of the table with a 10-0 win over an inexperienced
Newspaper
Article W/c 25th January 2010
Handicap Cup - Round
1
There were some exceptional matches in the Handicap Cup competition, none more so than at Coldhurst where the D team overcame Grotton B by a single point, 543-542. There were tremendous performances from Phil Mellor for Coldhurst and Neil Tomlinson for Grotton. Elsewhere in Division 3 there were wins for Deaf Club A, Coldhurst C, Uppermill B and St Saviour's A.
In the Division 4 competition there was also a thrilling victory for the Deaf Club C team over the youngsters of Our Lady's B, despite James Chappell pulling back 25 points for Our Lady's. They eventually prevailed 477-471 by winning the last set of the crucial doubles. There were also wins for Werneth E and Werneth G.
In Division 1 the performance of the round went to Darryl Meredith who managed a massive 74 point gain but couldn't prevent his Werneth A team from going down by 16 points to Hyde YMCA A. Grotton A comfortably beat league leaders Glodwick, Hollinwood B beat their A team and Honeywell B were victorious over Saddleworth A.
In Division 2, Droylsden had a narrow 11 point win over Unison A, despite Liaqat Ali having a 74 point net gain during the match for Coldhurst. There were also wins for Pennine over Hollinwood F, Hollinwood C over their D team and Werneth D over Uppermill A.
HANDICAP CUP RESULTS
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DIVISION 1 |
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Hollinwood B beat |
Hollinwood A |
556 |
489 |
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Honeywell B beat |
Saddleworth A |
610 |
550 |
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Grotton A beat |
Glodwick TTC |
462 |
398 |
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BAE B beat |
BAE A |
Walkover |
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Hyde YMCA A beat |
Werneth A |
506 |
490 |
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DIVISION 2 |
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Pennine beat |
Hollinwood F |
565 |
517 |
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Hollinwood C beat |
Hollinwood D |
534 |
502 |
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Droylsden beat |
Unison A |
521 |
510 |
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Coldhurst A beat |
Honeywell C |
505 |
462 |
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DIVISION 3 |
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Coldhurst C beat |
Unison C |
474 |
438 |
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Owls A beat |
Unison B |
Walkover |
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Uppermill B beat |
Honeywell E |
556 |
523 |
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St Saviour’s A beat |
Coldhurst B |
584 |
490 |
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Coldhurst D beat |
Grotton B |
543 |
542 |
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Deaf A beat |
Unison D |
507 |
493 |
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DIVISION 4 |
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Counthill TTC beat |
Our Lady’s C |
Walkover |
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Werneth F beat |
Glodwick |
Walkover |
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Deaf C beat |
Our Lady’s B |
477 |
471 |
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Werneth E beat |
St Saviours B |
468 |
445 |
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Werneth G beat |
Our Lady’s A |
532 |
475 |
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Coldhurst E beat |
Owls B |
Walkover |
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Outstanding League
Matches.
Division 4
The biggest story in this week's league results was a first win for the newly formed Counthill TTC who triumphed 7-3 over Werneth F. The youngsters Adam Newton, Tom Farrell and Tom Farkas all won 2 matches each, Fred Pickles was defiant in defeat winning 3 for Werneth. This shows the progress that all the new young teams in this league are making. In another rearranged match Werneth F also lost to title chasing Deaf B 9-1, Mike Briggs, Prakash Bhojani and Matt Garside were unbeaten for the Deaf Club.
Division 3
Alex Griffiths came back to form for Saddleworth B with 3 wins against Gilders but couldn't prevent his team from going down to a 6-4 defeat.
Unison C had a tough game at home against Honeywell E eventually running out 6-4 winners despite Brian Hall winning 3 for the visitors.
Grotton B were too strong for Coldhurst B and won 9-1, with trebles for Steve Smith and Alan Sarsfield.
Division 2
Uppermill A overcame Hollinwood C 6-4 with a maximum from Mark Simpson. Droylsden beat Hyde YMCA B by the same score thanks mainly to a treble from Miles Benjamin.
Hollinwood C proved much too strong for their D team and beat them 9-1 with maximums from Nathan Buckley and Matty Evans.
Division 1
Saddleworth's new year hangover continued with another 9-1 defeat to Honeywell A for whom Phil Myers and Simon Hardwick were unbeaten.
Newspaper
Article W/c 18th January 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 17 - W/c 11th January 2010
Division 1
Glodwick continued their march to the Division 1 title with a 9-1 victory over Hyde YMCA, Mark Ramsbottom and Jeff Craighill both won 3 for the reigning champions. Geoff Ogden won Hyde's consolation.
Honeywell B beat Werneth C 7-3 in a symmetrical game where the Honeywell team of Steve Barber, Ken Hayes and Tom Ryan all won 2 whilst Karen Hill, Bernard Davies and Paul Wilkinson all won 1 for Werneth.
Honeywell's A team beat Werneth B 7-3 with Dave Buckley superb in being unbeaten for Honeywell. Amanda Winskill had 2 good wins for Werneth.
Saddleworth had something of a New Year hangover and lost 9-1 away at BAE A. Tony Bates and Tony Smith were unbeaten for BAE whilst Duncan Hadfield supplied Saddleworth's only point.
Sean Ellis won a crucial 3 for Grotton A as they beat Hollinwood B 6-4, he was well supported by Dave Morris who won 2. Adam Rowbotham won 2 for Hollinwood.
Hollinwood A promoted Nathan Buckley from the C team and he responded with 2 good wins to support first team regulars Tristan Swan and Ian Quinn who were both undefeated in the 9-1 win over BAE B. Mick Hill scored BAE's consolation.
Bad weather meant that Rosehill could only field 2 players against Werneth A and they subsequently went down 9-1. Darryl and Stuart Meredith were unbeaten for Werneth whilst Richard Sarre scored Rosehill's point.
Division 2
Coldhurst A continued their title challenge with an 8-2 win away at Pennine with Paul Howarth and Simon King both scoring trebles. Glen Chadwick supplied Pennine's only singles win, beating Matt Ward.
Hyde YMCA B beat Honeywell D 9-1 as Steve Hilton and Neil Coppard both scored maximums. Ken Dunkerley providing Honeywell's consolation against Vernon Hyde.
There were some good games at Honeywell Lane as the C team beat Hollinwood F 7-3 with Howard Travis winning 3 for the home team and youngster Paul King replying with 2 for Hollinwood.
Hollinwood's D and E teams played out a hard fought draw with Saj Mohammed winning 3 and Paul King 2 for the E team. Nathan Buckley won 2 for the D team and they won the final doubles to secure the draw.
Division 3
Gilders had a tremendous 9-1 win away at promotion contenders Unison B. Mark Craven and Gerry Lees both winning 3 for Gilders as Steve Slater won Unison's only point.
Deaf Club A continued their title challenge with a 7-3 win away at Coldhurst C. Ian Cockcroft trebled for the visitors whilst Gary Keylock had 2 good wins for Coldhurst.
Coldhurst B beat Owls A 7-3 thanks mainly to a magical treble from Darren Brown. Dave Harthan won 2 for the Owls.
Uppermill B had a close fought 6-4 win over St Saviours A where Howard Meadham, Stuart Hanson and Jim Bradbury all won 2 for the 'Mill and Brian Huskinson was magnificent in winning 3 in defeat.
The presence of the Chronicle photographer inspired Unison D to win their second match of the season 6-4 in the Saddleworth snow. Ian Connell and Dennis Heyes won 3 and 2 respectively for Unison and Chris Brazewell won 2 for Saddleworth.
Division 4
In a match closer than the score reflects, Werneth E continued their title challenge with a 9-1 win over St Saviours B team. Joe Taylor and Dave Holme were unbeaten for Werneth as Jacob Reilly won the Saint's only point.
Our Lady's B beat their C team 8-2 with trebles for Matt Kelly and James Chappell. Yonni Morrisson and Callum Allman winning one each for the C team.
Joe Taylor scored his second treble of the week but his Werneth F team went down narrowly 6-4 away at Honeywell F for whom Lee Rowbotham and John Rutland both won 2.
In a tremendous match at Coldhurst, the E team went down 6-4 to Deaf Club C despite Paul Cahill being undefeated for the home team. Alan Cockcroft and Ron Tench both won 2 for the visitors.
Deaf Club B team beat Coldhurst E 8-2 with Mike Briggs trebling for the Deaf Club and Phil Mellor winning 2 for Coldhurst.
Deaf Club C won the final doubles to secure a keenly fought 5-5 draw with Glodwick Academy for whom Zac Rajput won 3. Ron Tench won 2 for the Deaf Club.
Newspaper
Article W/c 11th January 2010
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 16 - W/c 4th January 2010
The snow badly affected the fixtures last week with only 8 of the scheduled 27 games taking place. The results of these plus the results of 7 matches from previous weeks along with the latest league tables will appear in the Oldham Chronicle this week. i.e No Report.
Report on the 15 matches mentioned above ( Not submitted to the Oldham Chronicle)
Division 1.
Honeywell B picked up a good 2 points against leaders Glodwick thanks to wins by Tommy Ryan and Ken Hayes against Khamal Hussain.
Hyde YM did likewise against BAE A with Ken Ward & Lionel Royle beating Tom Lang. Hyde also drew with Hollinwood B with singles for Ken & Lionel and a double for Geoff Ogden. Dave Cheetham was unbeaten for Hollinwood with Adam Rowbotham adding 2.
Werneth B, starring Stuart Meredith, beat Rosehill 7-3 with doubles from Rob Carter and Doug Hill. Andy Perry and Warwick Francis picked up a win each.
Division 2.
Barrie Royle stepped into the Honeywell D team to win his 3 against Unison A, unfortunately this was not enough to prevent them going down 6-4. Allan Auxilly, Mike Brierley & Andrew Tarpey all won 2 each for Unison.
Previously, Unison A had beaten a 2 man Droylsden team 8-2.
Division 3
In the top of the table tussle Unison C came out convincing 8-2 winners against a depleted Deaf A. Mike O’Gara was man of the match with 3 wins backed by doubles for Frank Sheldon and Andrew Tarpey.
Deaf A went down again this week 6-4 against Grotton B. Grotton’s Steve Smith, Neil Tomlinson & Alan Sarsfield each won 2 games, with Ian Cockcroft doing the same for Deaf.
Uppermill B inflicted a rare 7-3 defeat on Unison B thanks to an unbeaten performance from Howard Meadham with a double from Jim Bradbury and a single from Stuart Hanson. Paul Whyatt (2) and Glen Jackson (1) replied for Unison.
The previous week Unison B had beaten Saddleworth B 7-3 with a maximum from Paul Whyatt and a double from Steve Slater. Alex Griffiths resisted with a double for Saddleworth.
Coldhurst C beat Unison D by the narrowest of margins with Ryan Conway and Neil Chapman winning two each and Ian Connell doing likewise for Unison.
Division 4.
Deaf Club B remain top after a convincing 10-0 win against Our Lady’s C.
Our Lady’s B shared the spoils with Owls B even though Matthew Kelly had to retire unwell after winning his first game, conceding his remaining two games. John Moran and Paige Allman added two games each for the draw.
Ronnie Holt & John Rutland were unbeaten for Honeywell F in their 9-1 win against Our Lady’s A for whom Pete Chappell picked up their only win against Leo Cogger.
Newspaper
Article W/c 21st December 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 15 - W/c 14th December 2009
Division 1
Werneth A welcomed back Stuart Meredith after a knee operation and he was superb in winning 3 in the 8-2 win over Werneth B. Stuart's son Darryl also won 3 .
There was a close game at Hollinwood where the B team drew 5-5 with Honeywell B. There were 2 wins each for Dave Cheetham and Adam Rowbotham for the home team while Steve Barber and Tom Ryan replied with 2 each for Honeywell.
Tristran Swann and Ian Quinn trebled for Hollinwood A in the 9-1 win over Hyde YMCA A, Ken Ward's win over George Jones being Hyde's only consolation.
There were maximums for Tony Smith and Tom Lang in BAE A's 8-2 win over Grotton A, Shaun Ellis' defeat of Tony Bates being Grotton's only singles triumph.
Ian Mclean and Duncan Hadfield were both undefeated as Saddleworth A beat Rosehill 6-4.
Honeywell A and Glodwick both had 10-0 wins over BAE B and Werneth C respectively.
Division 2
Werneth D had a narrow 6-4 win over Honeywell D with Richard Hinchcliffe and Mike Pellowe both winning 2 for Werneth. Ken Dunkerley and Tom Ryan did the same for Honeywell but Harry Ross' defeat of Paul Carter proved decisive.
Hollinwood D beat their F team 8-2 with Andy McNabb being unbeaten. George Marrow had 2 good wins for the F team.
Glenn Chadwick scored a maximum but his Pennine team went down 7-3 to Honeywell C. Barrie Royle, Brian Higgins and Howard Travis all winning 2 for Honeywell.
Coldhurst A continued their fine form at the top of the table with a 8-2 win over Uppermill A. Simon King was unbeaten for Coldhurst.
Hollinwood E beat Hyde YMCA B 6-4 with two wins each for Paul King and Andy McNabb. Neil Coppard won 2 for Hyde.
Division 3
Ken Dunkerley won 3 for Honeywell E in their 6-4 win at St Saviour's whilst Brian Huskinson replied with 2 for the home side.
Grotton B beat bottom side Unison D 8-2 with Alf Barker undefeated for Grotton.
Malcolm Wills trebled for Coldhurst B as they continued their promotion challenge with an 8-2 win over Coldhurst D for whom Phil Mellor won 2.
Owls A beat Uppermill B 7-3 thanks mainly to 3 wins from Richard Tamworth.
Gilders won 6-4 at Coldhurst C with Colin Ogden scoring a maximum for the visitors. Ryan Conway won 2 for Coldhurst.
Saddleworth B battled hard but still lost 7-3 to Unison B for whom Paul Whyatt was unbeaten. Alex Griffiths won 2 for Saddleworth.
Division 4
A two man Coldhurst E side were made to fight for their 6-4 win over improving Counthill. Frank Corlett was unbeaten for Coldhurst.
Abdul Gufar and Zac Rajput were again undefeated for Glodwick Academy in their 7-3 win over St Saviour's B.
Werneth E beat their G team 7-3 with a maximum for Joe Taylor. Fred Pickles won 2 for the G team.
Werneth F beat Deaf Club C 10-0.
Newspaper
Article W/c 14th December 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 14 - W/c 7th December 2009
Division 1
Glodwick won the battle of the top 2 sides in the first division 7-3 against Werneth A despite Darryl Meredith winning his 3 for Werneth. This result leaves Glodwick 24 points clear at the top of the table.
Honeywell B had a good 8-2 win away at Grotton with the highlight being Phil Myers treble including a close win over Shaun Ellis who won Grotton's points.
Saddleworth A beat Werneth B 7-3 with Paul Cichelli and Ian Mclean recording maximums and Tony Prescott winning one.
Hollinwood A beat Honeywell B 9-1 with maximums for George Jones and Tristran Swan.
In a match held over from last week, Honeywell B pushed BAE A all the way but just lost out 7-3, Mark Aspden's treble proving decisive for BAE. There was a good win for Tom Ryan over Tony Bates.
Rosehill had 2 good wins to allay any relegation fears. They first beat Grotton 6-4 despite Shaun Ellis winning 3 for Grotton. Rosehill then defeated BAE B 7-3 with Richard Sarre, Andy Perry and Phil Ashworth all winning 2 each. The in-form Mick Hill was undefeated for BAE.
Hollinwood B beat Werneth C 7-3 with Adam Rowbotham undefeated.
Division 2
League leaders Coldhurst A consolidated their position at the top of the table with a 7-3 defeat of Hollinwood D 7-3. There were maximums for Coldhurst's Paul Howarth and Simon King.
Werneth D dented Honeywell C's title challenge by holding them to a 5-5 draw, thanks mainly to Mike Pellowe's treble.
Hollinwood C kept up their promotion challenge with a 7-3 win over Hyde YMCA B despite Steve Hilton winning 3 for Hyde.
Hollinwood E had a tremendous 8-2 win over Unison A with Paul King notching another treble and 2 each for John Flowers and Callum Jones.
In a match held over from last week, Hollinwood D beat Pennine 7-3 with Andy Evans winning 3.
Miles Benjamin was unbeaten for Droylsden against Honeywell D for whom Brian Higgins won 2.
Division 3
Saddleworth B continue to lose the big points, losing 4 five setters in a 10-0 defeat to Coldhurst C and then a number of other close games in losing 8-2 to Uppermill. Howard Meadham won 3 for Uppermill.
Coldhurst D went down 7-3 at home to St Saviours A, with Brian Huskinson winning 3 for the Saints and Phil Mellor 2 for the home side.
Table toppers Deaf Club A just prevailed 6-4 at home to Coldhurst B. Ian Cockcroft and Pete Dawson won 2 each for the Deaf Club with Darren Brown and Gary Keylock doing likewise for the visitors.
Unison B also had a close 6-4 win over Coldhurst C with Paul Whyatt treble proving decisive for Unison.
Unison C kept up the pressure at the top of the table with 9-1 defeats of their D team, where there were maximums for Frank Sheldon and James Bollard, and also Gilders where Frank Sheldon and Mike O'Gara won 3 each.
There was a late night due to some very close games at Honeywell where their E team beat Owls A 7-3 with Alan Wynn scoring a treble.
Gilders beat Grotton B 7-3 with Mark Craven winning 3 for Gilders and Alf Barker 2 for Grotton.
In another match held over from last week, Honeywell F won 7-3 away at Uppermill, with Derek Naylor winning 3 for the visitors.
Division 4
Werneth E moved to the top of the table with a 9-1 win over Our Lady's B team with maximums for Darren Mitzi and Phil Coombe. James Chappell's defeat of Joe Taylor was Our Lady's only consolation.
A 2 man Owls B team lost 7-3 at home to Honeywell F for whom John Rutland was unbeaten.
Our Lady's C had a hard fought draw with Deaf Club C, with 2 wins each for Our Ladys' Yonni Morrison and Callum Allman. Alan Cockcroft won 3 for the Deaf Club. The improving Counthill side of Tom Farrell, Adam Newton and Bobby Crossley made Werneth F pull out all the stops for their 7-3 win.
Coldhurst E lost 7-3 at home to St Saviour's B. Jacob Reilly, Josh Poole and Tom Lowe all winning 2 each for the visitors.
In a postponed game Deaf Cub C lost 8-2 to Our Lady's B with Matt Kelly trebling for Our Lady's.
Newspaper
Article W/c 7th December 2009
Oldham Table Tennis League
Report for Week 13 - W/c 30th November 2009
Division 1
We are now at the halfway point in the season and there were some notable performances in defeat in several matches in the Oldham TT league this week.
Mick Hill was the star of the show winning 3 but his BAE B team went down 6-4 in a close encounter against Werneth B for whom Gary Skinner and Doug Hill won 2 each.
Werneth A beat a two man Saddleworth team 7-3 with all Saddleworth's point being won by Darren Lindley, including a very tight 11-8 in the fifth win over Darryl Meredith.
There were good singles wins for Karen Hill and Paul Wilkinson in Werneth C's 8-2 defeat against Hollinwood A. Adam Rowbotham won his 3 for Hollinwood.
Glodwick beat Hollinwood B 9-1 with Andy Jackson and Graham Young both being unbeaten.
Wayne Renton maintained his unbeaten record as Honeywell A beat Hyde YMCA A 9-1.
In a match held over from last week, BAE A beat Werneth C 10-0.
Most Wins Wins
D. Meredith (Werneth) 32
M. Ramsbottom (Glodwick) 26
K.Hussain (Glodwick) 23
T.Smith (BAE) 23
I.Mclean (Saddleworth) 23
P.Morris (Werneth) 23
D.Hadfield (Saddleworth) 23
Division 2
Hollinwood E had a good 8-2 win over Honeywell D with maximums from John Flowers and Paul King.
Hollinwood F lost 8-2 to Hyde YMCA B in a match that was tighter than the score suggests. The match also saw the return of Adrian Borrell, who won 2 for Hyde whilst Steve Hilton was unbeaten.
Honeywell C beat Uppermill A 6-4 with 2 wins each for Barrie Royle and Peter Buckley. Dave Grundy won 2 for Uppermill.
Mick Pellowe won 3 as Werneth D beat Droylsden 7-3. Tim Greenald won 2 for Droylsden.
Hollinwood C maintained their promotion challenge with a good 7-3 win at home to Unison A. Mohammed Sajid was outstanding in being unbeaten for Hollinwood whilst Mike Brierley won 2 for the visitors.
Most Wins Wins
Mike Pellowe (Werneth) 29
P Howarth (Coldhurst) 28
B Royle (Honeywell) 23
M Simpson (Uppermill) 23
S Hilton (Hyde YMCA) 22
Division 3
It seems that there was a noisy affair at Unison with 2 matches being played at the same time. A 'distracted' Grotton B side lost 7-3 to Unison B with Paul Whyatt unbeaten for Unison and Steve Smith won 2 for Grotton. On the adjoining table Unison's D team went down 6-4 to Coldhurst B for whom Gary Keylock was unbeaten.
Dave Harthan and Paul Woodward were unbeaten for Owls A in their 8-2 win over Coldhurst D.
Ian Cockcroft was Deaf A's hero by winning 3 in the 6-4 win over St Saviours A, Alex Leach having a great win over Pete Dawson for the Saints.
Most Wins Wins
B Huskinson (St Saviours) 32
I Cockcroft (Deaf Club) 30
P Whyatt (Unison) 29
G Keylock (Coldhurst) 24
D Brown (Coldhurst) 22
Division 4
Deaf Club B stayed at the top of the table by beating Owls B 7-3. Matt Gartside was undefeated for the Deaf Club.
Werneth E are a point behind the Deaf Club after winning 6-4 at home to Glodwick Academy, Phil Coombe being unbeaten for Werneth and Abdul Gufar winning 2 for Glodwick.
Maximums from Werneth G's Fred Pickles and Rob Ainsworth ensured that their team beat Coldhurst E 7-3.
There was a first win of the season for Adam Newton but maximums from Paige Allman and Yonni Morrison meant that Our Lady's C beat Counthill 8-2.
James Chappell was outstanding in winning his 3 for Our Lady's B in the draw with promotion contenders Honeywell F.
Alan Cockcroft and Ron Tench both won 3 as Deaf Club C beat Our Lady's A 8-2.
Werneth F beat St Saviours B 8-2.
Most Wins Wins
M Briggs (Deaf Club) 33
J Taylor (Werneth) 32
A Gufar (Glodwick) 31
M Gartside (Deaf Club) 30
M Kelly (Our Lady's) 25
F Pickles (Werneth) 25
D Holme (Werneth) 25
Club secretarys are reminded that written permission must be sought for ALL players who have not featured in 3 matches so far this season in order for them to play in the second half of the season.
Newspaper
Article W/c 30th November 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 12 - W/c 23rd November 2009
Division 1
Oldham League individual champion Mark Ramsbottom lost his 100% record to the evergreen George Jones but his Glodwick team still beat Hollinwood A 9-1 with Mick Moir and Kamal Hussein being unbeaten.
Hollinwood's B team also lost to Werneth B 8-2 with Darryl Meredith in top form in winning 3 whilst Adam Rowbotham won Hollinwood's consolation points.
Honeywell A prevailed 7-3 in the derby against their B team with Phil Myers being unbeaten. There were 2 good wins for Ken Hayes for the B team.
Rosehill won a close match against Hyde YMCA A 6-4 thanks to a treble from Phil Ashworth. Ken Ward and Geoff Ogden won 2 each for Hyde.
Saddleworth A beat BAE A with Tony Prescott continuing his good run with another win !
Division 2
There were several close games in the 2nd division, none closer than the 5-5 draw at Uppermill against Werneth D. Mike Pellowe trebled for the visitors, Mark Simpson and Pete Watson won 2 each for Uppermill.
There was also a draw at Hollinwood D against Honeywell C. Andy Evans won 3 for Hollinwood and Barrie Royle won 2 for Honeywell.
Another draw in the match between Hyde B against league leaders Coldhurst A. Steve Hilton and Dennis Bradshaw won 2 each for Hyde, whilst Paul Howarth trebled for Coldhurst.
Unison A beat Hollinwood F 6-4 thanks to a maximum from Andy Hey. The fast improving Paul King winning 2 for Hollinwood.
Honeywell D lost 7-3 at home to Hollinwood C with Steve Collins unbeaten for the visitors and Nathan Buckley winning 2. Alan Marston won 2 for the home team.
Droylsden beat a 2 man Hollinwood E team 9-1 with Miles Benjamin and Jake Shaw unbeaten.
Division 3
There was a 5-5 stalemate as Coldhurst C drew with Uppermill B, Neil Chapman and Ryan Conway winning 2 each for Coldhurst and Howard Meadham doing likewise for Uppermill.
Alf Barker won 3 as Grotton B beat Saddleworth B 7-3, Peter Skuse won 2 for Saddleworth.
In the big Unison derby, the B team beat the higher positioned C team 8-2 with Mike Brierley and Allan Auxilly both winning 3.
Coldhurst B beat Gilders 7-3 thanks to magical performance from Darren Brown who won 3. Mark Craven won 2 for Gilders.
Deaf Club A went down to their first defeat of the season in losing 6-4 to Owls A. Dave Harthan won 3 for the Owls whilst Ian Cockcroft won 2 for the Deaf club.
Honeywell E beat Coldhurst D 8-2 thanks to a treble from Alan Wynn and 2 each from Terry Cooper and Pete Ganley. Pete Altham won 2 for Coldhurst.
Division 4
In the big game of the week, Werneth E won 6-4 away to Honeywell F thanks to a treble from Darren Mitzi. John Rutland and Lee Rowbotham won 2 each for Honeywell.
Deaf Club B joined Werneth E at the top of the table with a 8-2 win over Our Lady's B, Mike Briggs winning 3 for the Deaf Club and James Chappell winning Our Lady's points.
Deaf Club C went down 9-1 to Owls B team for whom Dinesh Gorasia and a much improved Phil Armstrong won 3 each.
Counthill went down 9-1 to Our Lady's A team with Dean Allman and Pete Chappell both scoring maximums. Tom Farrell got Counthill's consolation.
There was a great tussle at St Saviours, where the B team had to settle for a 5-5 draw against the Allman family representing Our Lady's C.
Werneth G also drew 5-5 against their F team with Fred Pickles winning 3 for the G team.
Glodwick Academy beat Coldhurst E 7-3 with Abdul Gufar and Zac Rajput being unbeaten again for Glodwick.
Newspaper
Article W/c 23rd November 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 11 - W/c 16th November 2009
Division 1
Mark Ramsbottom kept his 100% record in league leaders 7-3 win over BAE A but there were 2 good wins for Tony Smith in defeat.
Adam Rowbottom was undefeated but his Hollinwood B still went down 7-3 to their A team. Ian Quinn, George Jones and Colin Boardman all winning 2.
Darren Lindley was unbeaten in his first match of the season for Saddleworth A in their 6-4 defeat of Grotton A.
Gary Skinner won 3 for Werneth B in their 8-2 defeat of Hyde YMCA A.
Likewise Richard Sarre trebled in their 8-2 defeat of Honeywell B.
The Honeywell A team fared somewhat better by beating bottom of the table Werneth C 10-0.
While Werneth A beat BAE B team 9-1.
Division 2
Keith Moores and Mark Simpson scored maximums for Uppermill A in the 8-2 defeat of Hollinwood D.
Hollinwood C had a good 8-2 win over Droylsden with Steve Collins and Matty Evans both undefeated.
Hollinwood F recorded their first win of the season with a 6-4 defeat of Honeywell D thanks mainly to 3 from Paul King.
Matt Ward and Paul Howarth both trebled in Coldhurst A's 8-2 defeat of Unison A.
Steve Mather had 3 good wins in Pennine's 7-3 defeat of Hyde YMCA B.
Werneth B just edged out Hollinwood E 6-4 with Mike Pellowe scoring a maximum.
Division 3
Tony Prescott scored 3 for Saddleworth B against Unison C but couldn't prevent a 6-4 defeat.
Alf Barker was unbeaten in Grotton B's 7-3 win over Coldhurst C.
There was a tremendous treble for Dennis Heyes for Unison D against Owls A, however this could not prevent his team from going down 6-4.
Gilders and St Saviours A fought out a 5-5 draw. Brian Huskinson being undefeated for the Saints.
Paul Whyatt won 3 for Unison B in their 7-3 defeat of Coldhurst C.
There were maximums for Stuart Hanson and Jim Bradbury in Uppermill B's 8-2 defeat of Coldhurst D.
Division 4
Deaf B prevailed 7-3 in the top of the table clash with Honeywell F thanks mainly to Matt Gartside's treble.
There was a good win for Our Lady's C team, 6-4 over Werneth G. Fred Pickles winning 3 in defeat.
Our Lady's A team won 7-3 against St Saviour's B, with 3 wins for Dean Allman.
Werneth E leapt to the top of the table with a 10-0 whitewash of Coldhurst E.
Newspaper
Article W/c 16th November 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 10 - W/c 9th November 2009
Division 1
BAE B had a tremendous win in week 10 of the season, beating Grotton A 7-3. Star of the show was 'fast' Eddie Kalinowski who scored a brilliant treble, he was well supported by Mick Hill with 2 wins. Shaun Ellis won 2 for Grotton.
Dave Buckley invoked standard AP( Average Protection) and was missing from the Honeywell Lane A line up in their 10-0 loss to league leaders Glodwick, although Phil Myers was particularly unlucky in going down in 5 to Mick Moir.
Werneth B beat Honeywell B 6-4 with 2 wins for Rob Carter and Doug Hill. Tom Ryan and Lee Davenport won 2 each for Honeywell but lost the crucial doubles.
Hollinwood A went down 7-3 at home to Werneth A with Darryl Meredith winning his customary 3 for the visitors, although he did have a scare against Hollinwood's Adam Rowbotham before triumphing 13-11 in the fifth. Adam won his 2 other matches and Pete Morris won 2 for Werneth.
Rosehill won 7-3 at home at home to Werneth C with Phil Ashworth scoring a maximum.
In the fourth 7-3 of the week, Saddleworth defeated Hyde YMCA A by that score with Ian Mclean winning 3.
Division 2
John Foster scored Hollinwood F team's only point in their 9-1 defeat to Droylsden for whom Miles Benjamin and Mike Truter were undefeated.
The Hollinwood E team were also defeated 9-1 by their C team, with Nathan Buckley and Andy Evans undefeated. Andy Evans was also undefeated for the Hollinwood D team in the 5-5 draw with Werneth D for whom Mike Pellowe and Richard Hinchcliffe won 2 each.
Hyde YMCA B team beat Honeywell C 6-4 with Steve Hilton scoring a treble and Dennis Bradshaw a double. Tom Ryan replied with 2 for Honeywell.
Unison A had a bad week as they went down 6-4 to both Pennine, and in a re-arranged fixture, to Uppermill A. Against Pennine, Mike Brierley won 3 for Unison but Pennine's strength in depth proved too much as Glen Chadwick and John Robertson won 2 each and the doubles to secure victory. Mike Brierley won 2 for Unison in the match with Uppermill, as did Andy Hey. But they were trumped by two wins each for Mark Simpson and Pete Watson.
Honeywell Lane D went down 8-2 to league leaders Coldhurst A for whom Paul Howarth and Simon King were unbeaten.
Division 3
Bottom of the table Unison D had a good 6-4 away win at Honeywell E, thanks to 3 wins for Ian Connell and 2 from Barry Fordham, who also combined to win the all important doubles. Evergreen Terry Cooper won 2 for Honeywell.
Saddleworth B went down to a pair of 7-3 defeats, firstly against St Saviour's A, for whom Brian Huskinson won 3 and the fast improving Alex Leach 2. They then went down to promotion chasing Coldhurst B by the same score.
The Deaf Club A team surged clear at the top of the table with a 10-0 rout of Coldhurst E thanks to Pete Dawson, Ian Cockcroft and Dave Varney.
There was a very close match at St Saviours where their A team drew 5-5 against Unison B. Brian Huskinson and Alex Leach won 2 for the Saints but Paul Whyatt's treble secured a draw for Unison.
Owls A drew 5-5 at home against a two man Gilders team, Mark Craven and Colin Ogeden winning 2 each and then combining for the doubles. Paul Woodward was undefeated for the Owls.
Grotton B and Uppermill B fought out a draw with Howard Meadham trebling for Uppermill. Alf Barker and Neil Tomlinson won 2 each for Grotton.
Division 4
In the top of the table clash Deaf B beat Werneth E 6-4 to leapfrog them into first place. Matt Gartside was unbeaten for the Deaf Club and Mike Briggs won 2. Joe Taylor won 2 for Werneth.
Coldhurst E beat Werneth F 6-4 with a maximum for Paul Cahill and 2 for Andy Pogson. Colin Pellowe won 2 for Werneth.
Counthill continue to improve although they went down 9-1 at home to Our Lady's B team. Adam Newton was particularly unfortunate in losing in 5 to Matt Kelly after winning the first 2 sets. The Our Lady's trio of John Moran, Matt Kelly and James Chappell won all the singles matches.
Goldwick Academy won 7-3 against Our Lady's C with trebles for Zac Rajput and Abdul Gufar. The Our Lady's team of Callum Allman, John Kenny and Paige Allman all won 1 each.
Meanwhile Our Lady's A had a good 6-4 win away at Werneth G, thanks mainly to a Pete Chappell treble.
Deaf C went down 10-0 to the Honeywell F team of Leo Cogger, Ron Holt and John Rutland. Deaf's Alan Cockcroft can count himself particularly unfortunate losing all his games in 5 sets.
Newspaper
Article W/c 9th November 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 9 - W/c 2nd November 2009
Inter League
There was a tremendous victory for the Oldham Vets A team in the Premier division of the Lancs and Cheshire League when they beat Mid-Cheshire 7-3 thanks to Pete Morris rolling back the years to post 3 wins. He was ably supported by Phil Myers and Dave Buckley who won 2 each.
Division 1
There were 2 good wins foe BAE A team, firstly they beat WernethA 7-3, Tony Bates scoring a maximum. They then followed up by defeating Hollinwood A 9-1 with maximums for Tony Smith and Tony Bates again.
Werneth C went down 8-2 to their B team for whom Dougie Hill scored a treble.
Honeywell B went down 8-2 at home to Saddleworth who had Ian Mclean and Duncan Hadfield to thank for 3 wins each.
Runaway leaders Glodwick beat Rosehill 9-1 with Mark Ramsbottom, Jeff Craighill and Kamal Hussain all winning 3.
Hollinwood B went down 7-3 at home to Honeywell A, Dave Buckley and Simon Hardwick winning 3 each for the visitors.
Werneth A beat Grotton A 8-2 with Darryl Meredith winning 3 for Werneth.
Division 2
Top of the table Honeywell C fought out a tough draw at home to Unison A, Brian Higgins and Peter Buckley winning 2 each for Honeywell and Andy Hey and Allan Auxilly replying likewise for Unison.
Werneth D and Hollinwood C also drew, Mike Pellowe and Richard Hinchcliffe's 2 wins being matched by 2 each for Steve Collins and Matthew Evans.
Uppermill A narrowly beat Hyde YMCA B 6-4 thanks to 2 wins each for Pete Watson and Keith Moores. Dennis Bradshaw won 3 for Hyde.
Pennine beat Honeywell D 7-3, thanks to an all round effort from Glenn Chadwick, John Robertson and Steve Mather all winning 2.
Coldhurst A kept up the pressure at the top of the table with a 9-1 defeat of Droylsden with maximums for Paul Howarth and Simon Walsh.
Andy Evans won 3 in Hollinwood D's 8-2 defeat of Hyde YMCA B.
Paul King was outstanding for Hollinwood E in their draw with their F team in posting 3 tremendous wins. Brian Handley won his first 2 games of the season for the F team.
Division 3
Uppermill B went down 7-3 at home to Deaf A. Ian Cockcroft, Dave Varney and Prakash Bhojani all won 2 for the Deaf Club.
Coldhurst B beat their C team 8-2 with a treble for Darren Brown.
Coldhurst D had a tremendous 10-0 win away at Unison D featuring many very close games. David England, Phil Mellor and Peter Altham being the victorious side in a match that could surprisingly have gone either way.
There was a tight fought draw at Gilders against Honeywell E for whom Terry Cooper and Derek Naylor won 2 each. Gerry Lees and Colin Ogden replying likewise for Gilders.
Grotton B held highflying Unison C to a 5-5 draw with Alf Barker and Neil Tomlinson posting 2 good wins. Alan Meltzer and Frank Sheldon won 2 each for Unison.
Division 4
Glodwick Academy won 6-4 against Owls B team thanks to trebles from Zac Rajput and Abdul Gufar.
Owls B then beat Werneth G 6-4 thanks mainly to 2 wins each for Dinesh Gorasia and John Tanner.
St Saviours B went down to Our Lady's B 9-1. There were trebles for John Moran and James Chappell for Our Lady's.
Our Lady's C fought out a noble draw with Coldhurst E. Dean and Callum Allman won 2 each for Our Lady's, Paul Cahill won 3 for Coldhurst.
Werneth F got better as the night went on but still lost 10-0 to their top of the table E team.
Deaf B kept up the pressure on Werneth E at the top with 10-0 wins over their C team and Counthill.
Honeywell F in 3rd place also won 10-0 against the young Counthill team.
Newspaper
Article W/c 2nd November 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 8 - W/c 26th October 2009
Division 1
BAE B were boosted by the return of the prodigal Kevin Hill this week which led them to their first win of the season 8-2 over Honeywell B. Suprisingly, Kevin was the only player from BAE to lose with his brother Mick and 'fast' Eddie Kalinowski both winning 3. Steve Barber was the only singles winner for Honeywell.
There were 2 good wins for Werneth B's Dougie Hill against league leaders Glodwick. This couldn't though prevent Glodwick from winning 7-3 Thanks to 3 from Jeff Craighill and 2 each from Andy Jackson and Zil Rahman.
Hollinwood's A team triumphed 6-4 against Honeywell A, Tristran Swann being the star with 3 wins, supported by 2 from Adam Rowbotham and 1 from George Jones. Dave Buckley replied with a double for Honeywell.
There was a good win for Hyde YMCA A, 8-2 away at Grotton. Ken Ward was undefeated and Geoff Ogden and Lionel Royle won 2 each, Phil Schofield replied with 2 for Grotton.
There was a hard fought draw at Rosehill against Hollinwood B. Two wins each for Dave Pegg and Phil Ashworth were matched by 2 each for Adam Rowbotham and Joe Redikin.
Ian Mclean and Duncan were undefeated for Saddleworth A in the 8-2 against Werneth C. Karen Hill and Paul Wilkinson supplied the Werneth points.
Division 2
Hollinwood C beat their F team 9-1 with maximums from Steve Collins and Nathan Buckley, the F team point was supplied by Andrew Tarpey's win over Matty Evans.
Hollinwood's E team restricted title chasing Coldhurst C to a 7-3 win. There was a maximum for Coldhurst's Paul Howarth.
Droylsden won 7-3 at home to Pennine with a good maximum from Mike Truter and 2 each from Miles Benjamin and Phil Denby. Steve Mather replied with an excellent 2 for Pennine.
Honeywell D went down 9-1 to their C team thanks to trebles from Barrie Royle and Brian Higgins with the D team point being Ken Dunkerley's win over Howard Travis.
Division 3
Gilders won 9-1 away to Coldhurst D thanks to maximums from Gerry Lees and Colin Ogden on his return from injury. Paul Cahill supplied Coldhurst's point.
Oldham Deaf A won 7-3 at home to Unison D with a treble from the Deaf Club's Dave Varney and 2 from Mike Briggs. Ian Connel replied with 2 for Unison.
In a great game at Honeywell, their E team beat Unison B 6-4, despite a maximum from Unison's Paul Whyatt. Pete Ganley and Alan Wynn won 2 each for the home side.
Owls A and Saddleworth fought out a draw at Owls. There was a good treble for Alex Griffiths and 2 from Tony Prescott for the visitors. Richard Tamworth replied 2 for Owls who secured the draw by winning a hotly contested doubles.
Brian Huskinson won 3 for St Saviours in their 6-4 win at home to Coldhurst C. Dave England replied with2 for Coldhurst.
Meanwhile Coldhurst B won 8-2 at home to Grotton B thanks mainly to trebles for Gary Keylock and Malcolm Wills. Alf Barker and Alan Sarsfield won 1 each for Grotton.
Top of the table Unison C slipped up by playing an ineligible player against Uppermill B, trebles from Frank Sheldon and James Bollard resulting in a 6-4 win instead of 9-1.
Division 4
Great credit was given to the youngsters of Our Lady's B team after their 8-2 win away at Werneth G. There were trebles for both John Moran and Matthew Kelly, Fred Pickles replied with 2 for Werneth.
The Allmans (Callum, Dean and Paige) of Our Lady's C team also received praise for the tremendous spirit even though they went down 10-0 to a strong Werneth F team.
Top of the table Werneth E won 9-1 away at Deaf Club C even though Joe Taylor lost his 100% record to Alan Cockcroft. There were maximums from Dave Holme and Phil Coombe for Werneth.
Honeywell F moved into 2nd place with a 10-0 win over St Saviours B team.
Finally Our Lady's A had a hard fought draw against Coldhurst E. Pete Chappell winning 3 and Dave Jones 2 for Our Lady's. Paul Cahill won 2 for Coldhurst.
Newspaper
Article W/c 26th October 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 7 - W/c 19th October 2009
Inter League
There was success for the Oldham Cadets in the National Cadet League. The A team (Mathew Kelly, James Chappell, & Josh Poole) ending with a record of 3 wins, a loss and a draw from their 5 matches putting them 2nd in Division 2.
The B team (Mark Pellowe, Paige Allman, Callum Allman, & Adam Newton)
did even better with 5 straight wins, dropping only 3 sets, to top Division 3.
It was also a great day
on Sunday for the Oldham Men's team in the Premier division of the Lancashire
& Cheshire league with 4 victories over East Lancs, Trafford, Ellesmere
Port and Halton respectively. Darryl Meredith and Tristran Swann were
outstanding in going through the day undefeated. The second team squad of Dave
Buckley, Phil Myers, Gary Newton and Ian Quinn were also successful with
victories over Glossop, Blackpool and East Lancs A before succumbing to a
powerful
Division 1
Saddleworth's unbeaten record went up in smoke with a 10-0 hammering by league leaders Glodwick. Andy Jackson, Mick Moir and Mark Ramsbottom were outstanding on the night.
There was a first league win of the season for Werneth C in their 7-3 defeat of BAE B with two wins each for Karen Hill, Paul Wilkinson and Doreen Schofield. Fast Eddie Kalinowski replied with 2 for Aerospace.
The return of Wayne Renton helped Honeywell A to a 7-3 win over BAE A as he was undefeated with help from Steve Barber and Phil Myers with 2 each. Tony Smith replied with 2 for BAE.
A close game at Hollinwood B where Werneth B triumphed 6-4.Gary Skinner was undefeated for the victors with Adam Rowbotham gaining 2 for Hollinwood.
Another close one at Honeywell where their B team drew 5-5 against Grotton. Shaun Ellis trebled for Grotton and there were 2 apiece for Tom Ryan and Steve Barber.
Hollinwood's A team won 8-2 at home to Rosehill with trebles from George Jones and Colin Boardman. Richard Sarre and Phil Ashworth replied for Rosehill's points.
Werneth A's Darryl Meredith, Pete Morris and Douggie Hill completed a ruthless 10-0 whitewash over Hyde YMCA A.
Division 2
Top of the table Honeywell C had a good 9-1 win over Droylsden with maximums for Barrie Royle and Peter Buckley.
Uppermill A also had a good 8-2 win over Honeywell's D team with a treble for Mark Simpson.
In a toughly contested match, Mike Pellowe and Richard Hinchcliffe scored maximums for Werneth D in a 8-2 win over Hollinwood F. John Foster and George Marrow replying for Hollinwood.
There was a tight 5-5 draw at Pennine against Hollinwood E, were Steve Mather and John Robertson 2 wins were matched by Paul King and Callum Jones.
Hollinwood D maintained their promotion challenge with a great 9-1 win at home over Unision A. There were undefeated performances from Andy McNabb and John Flowers.
Coldhurst A also maintained their challenge with a 7-3 defeat of Hollinwood C with Paul Howarth undefeated.
Division 3
An improving Saddleworth B team won 6-4 at home to Honeywell E with a tremendous maximum for Alex Griffiths and 2 for Peter Skuse. Terry Cooper replied with 2 for Honeywell.
Gilders went down 7-3 at home to the high flying Deaf Club A team for whom Ian Cockcroft was unbeaten whilst Pete Dawson won 2. Gerry Lees replied with 2 for Gilders.
Grotton B just prevailed 6-4 against St Saviours A with a maximum from Alf Barker and 2 from Steve Smith. Brian Huskinson won 2 for the Saints.
Top of the table Unison C won 9-1 at home to Coldhurst B thanks to trebles from Jim Bollard and Alan Meltzer.
In a match held over from 2 weeks ago, Coldhurst's C team beat their D team with father Neil England having a good win over his son Dave England.
Coldhurst C then went down 7-3 to Owls A in which Phil Tamworth scored 3 for the Owls and Neil England 2 for Coldhurst.
Unsion's B team of Paul Whyatt, Glen Jackson and Jim Bollard had a crushing 10-0 win over Coldhurst D.
Uppermill B had 7-3 win over a two man Unison D team, with Jim Bradbury undefeated for Uppermill and Ian Connell winning 2 for Unison.
Divison 4
Our Lady's A drew 5-5 at home to Werneth F for whom Colin Pellowe was undefeated. Peter Chappell won 2 for the home team.
The Our Lady's B team
went down 7-3 to
Top of the table Werneth E extended their lead with a 10-0 win over an improving but inexperienced Our Lady's C team.
Owls B team won 7-3 at home to Coldhurst E with maximum's for Dinesh Gorasia and JohnTanner, and a first win for Phil Armstrong.
Deaf C kept up their title challenge with a 9-1 win at home to a fast improving Counthill. There were maximums for Ron Tench and Alan Cockroft for Deaf and a good win for Tom Farrell of Counthill.
Deaf B had a resounding 10-0 win over St Saviours B team.
In matches held over from last week Glodwick Academy went down 7-3 at home to Honeywell F, thanks mainly to a treble from John Rutland.
Werneth F beat a two man Owls B team 7-3 with Colin Pellowe undefeated..
Fred Pickles 3 for Werneth G away to Honeywell F were in vain as his side went down 7-3.
Newspaper
Article W/c 19th October 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 6 - W/c 12th October 2009
Division 1
In a tight fought game at Honeywell this week, Werneth A beat their Honeywell counterparts 6-4, Darryl Meredith being the star of the show with 3 straight game wins, supported by Pete Morris with 2. Gary Newton won 2 for the home side with Simon Hardwick and Dave Buckley 1 each.
Meanwhile, Honeywell's B team beat Hyde A by the same scoreline in what was described as a 'great match'. The Honeywell trio of Ken Hayes, Steve Barber and Tommy Ryan all won 2 each with Ken Ward replying likewise for Hyde.
Tom Lang was undefeated in BAE A's 8-2 win away at Rosehill supported by Tony Smith and Mark Aspden. In consolation Richard Sarre had 2 good wins for Rosehill.
Werneth B went down 7-3 at home to Hollinwood A for whom Tristran Swann was undefeated .Rob Carter had 2 good wins for Werneth.
There was a good game at Saddleworth with the home team prevailing 6-4 against Hollinwood B. Ian Mclean won 3 and Duncan Hadfield 2 for the home side, with Dave Cheetham replying with 2 for Hollinwood.
Grotton A and reigning champions Glodwick both had 10-0 wins over Werneth C and BAE B respectively.
Division 2
In a match carried over from last week Hollinwood E won 8-2 away at Uppermill A with maximums coming from Andrew Tarpey and Paul King. Mark Simpson and Pete Watson won Uppermill's points.
This week Hollinwood E went down 8-2 at home to Honeywell C with Barrie Royle scoring a maximum for the visitors, with two each for Brian Higgins and Peter Buckley in support. Andrew Tarpey and Paul King scored Hollinwood's points.
Another treble for Glenn Chadwick was the highlight of their 7-3 win away at Hollinwood C, he was supported with 2 from Steve Mather. Matty Evans won 2 for the home side.
Hollinwood's D team won 8-2 away at Honeywell D with trebles for Andy McNabb and Andy Evans and 2 from John Foster who was defeated by fellow committee member Ken Dunkerley for Honeywell's only singles win.
Bottom club Hollinwood F put up a good fight in losing to a Coldhurst A that were top of the table. Coldhurst won 7-3 with Simon Walsh and Roger Lee scoring trebles with John Flowers and George Marrow, along with a doubles win, accounting for Hollinwood's points.
Hyde YMCA B won 7-3 at home to Werneth D with Geoff Ogden and Steve Hilton undefeated. Malc Pellowe and Richard Hinchcliffe won one each in reply for Werneth.
There was a hard fought draw at Droylsden for the visit of Uppermill A. Jake Shaw was the star for the home side in winning his 3 but a solid effort from Mark Simpson (2), Dave Grundy (2) and Pete Watson(1) secured the draw.
Division 3
2 good wins for Howard Meadham were in vain as his Uppermill B team went down 7-3 away to Coldhurst B. Darren Brown 'conjuring' up a maximum for the home side.
A good all round performance from Unison C's players in their 6-4 win away at a fast improving St Saviour's A team. Jim Bollard, Alan Melzter and Frank Sheldon all won 2 each with Alex Reilly being the Saints best player in winning 2. Previously St Saviour's had held Coldhurst B to a draw at Coldhurst thanks mainly to a treble from Brian Huskinson with Darren Brown and Gary Keylock winning 2 each for the home side.
There was another hard fought draw between 2 good sides at the Deaf Club where the A team lost their 100% record against Unison B. Alan Auxilly starred with 3 for the visitors backed up by 2 from Paul Whyatt. Ian Cockcroft won 2 for the home side.
There was a tremendous team performance from Saddleworth B in whitewashing Coldhurst D 10-0. Tony Prescott, Alex Griffiths and Peter Skuse being the victorious side.
Unison D went down 7-3 at home to Gilders thanks to 3 from Mark Craven and a brilliant 2 from Gerry Lees. Dennis Heyes won 2 for the home team.
Honeywell E beat Coldhurst C 8-2 with maximums for Ian and Derek Naylor. Ryan Conway and Malcolm Wills replied with 1 each for Coldhurst.
Division 4
Dean Allman gained bragging rights in the Allman household as he beat both son and daughter Callum and Paige in Our Lady's A 9-1 win over their C team. Pete Chappell was also undefeated for the A team, while Callum supplied the C team's only point.
The 3 youngsters of St Saviours B team were good value for their 6-4 win at home to the Deaf Club's C team despite Ron Tench winning 3 for the visitors. The Saints team of Tom Dalton, Josh Poole and Mike Pellowe all won 2.
Coldhurst E went down 9-1 at home to Our Lady's B, with maximums for John Moran and Matt Kelly. Andy Lees supplied Coldhurst's lone reply. Previously Our Lady's B had also beaten Werneth F 7-3 in an excellent game. John Moran was again unbeaten while Colin Pellowe won 2 for Werneth.
The Deaf Club's B team lost their top spot despite winning 8-2 away at Werneth G. There were 3 wins for Mike Briggs with Fred Pickles denying them maximum points with 2 for Werneth.
Werneth's E team leapfrogged Deaf B to top spot with a 10-0 away at Counthill with Joe Taylor, Dave Holme and the evergreen Phil Coombe comprising the winning team.
Newspaper
Article W/c 12th October 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 5 - W/c 5th October 2009
Division 1
Glodwick kept the only 100% record in the division and extended their lead at the top of the table this week with a 9-1 defeat of Grotton A with Mark Ramsbottom and Michael Moir, in his first appearance of the season, being unbeaten. Shaun Ellis provided Grotton's only point.
Saddleworth CC retained the other only unbeaten record in the division with a 6-4 defeat of Hollinwood A. Paul Cicchelli was again unbeaten for Saddleworth with good support from Duncan Hadfield's 2 wins. George Jones won 2 for Hollinwood.
Honeywell A won 8-2 at home to Rosehill with Gary Newton and Dave Buckley unbeaten. Richard Sarre supplied Rosehill's only singles win.
BAE A had a good 9-1 win over Werneth B with Tom Lang and Tony Smith unbeaten. Gary Skinner was Werneth's only winner on the night.
BAE's B team lost 7-3 at home to Hollinwood B where Ted Robakowski's defeat of Andy Kaye was their only point won on the table, with Phil Holmes' shoulder injury supplying the other two ! Dave Cheetham won 3 for the visitors.
In what was described as a great game, Hyde YMCA A won 6-4 away to Werneth C with Geoff Ogden trebling for Hyde with support from Ken Ward's 2. Karen Hill won 2 for Werneth.
Werneth A won 9-1 against Honeywell B, Pete Morris and Darryl winning 3 each and Adam Wilson, in his first appearance for 3 years, winning 2. His defeat at the hands of Tommy Ryan providing Honeywell's only point.
Division 2
In the top of the table clash at Hyde YMCA, the home side just lost out 6-4 against Unison A. There were 2 wins each for Alan Auxilly and Mike Brierley. Dennis Bradshaw replied with 2 for Hyde.
In a match full of unbelievable rallies, Honeywell C drew 5-5 with Hollinwood C. Nathan Buckley of Hollinwood was the only unbeaten player on the night with Honeywell's Barrie Royle and Brian Higgins winning 2 singles each and combining to win the doubles to secure the draw.
Pennine won 10-0 at home to bottom club Hollinwood F. Glen Chadwick, Steve Mather and John Robertson being the victorious side.
Hollinwood D managed to beat Droylsden 6-4 in a close fought match at Hollinwood. Miles Benjamin and Phil Denby won 2 each for Droylsden with Andy McNabb and John Foster replying likewise for Hollinwood.
Werneth D went down 7-3 at home to the division's only unbeaten side, Coldhurst A. Paul Howarth won 3 and Simon King 2 for the visitors. Richard Hinchcliffe won 2 for Werneth.
In a match postponed from week 2, Coldhurst A won 8-2 at home to Uppermill. Simon King was this time unbeaten with 2 apiece for Simon Walsh and Paul Howarth. Mark Simpson and Keith Moores supplying Uppermill's points.
Division 3
Deaf Club A maintained their position at the top of the table with a 8-2 win away at Saddleworth. David Varney winning 3 for the visitors, with 2 each for Pete Dawson and Ian Cockcroft. Alex Griffiths and Chris Brazewell supplying Saddleworth's points.
Unison C maintained their title challenge with a 10-0 win over Owls A. Alan Meltzer, James Bollard and Mike O'Gara the winning team.
Grotton B drew 5-5 against Honeywell E with Steve Smith and Alan Sarsfield winning 2 each for Grotton with Alan Wynn and Pete Ganley replying likewise.
Howard Meadham has now officially turned technophobe following Uppermill B's 8-2 defeat at home to Gilders for whom Martin Nicholls and Mark Craven were unbeaten. Howard and Stuart Hanson supplied Uppermill's points.
Unison B defeated their D team 8-2 with Paul Whyatt being unbeaten and Ian Connel winning 2 for the D team.
Division 4.
The big 3 at the top of the table all won again this week. League leaders Deaf Club B won 7-3 against Glodwick Academy, with Abdul Gufar, finally losing his 100% record, winning 1 and Zahid Rajput winning 2 for the Academy. Dave Varney was unbeaten and Matt Garside won 2 for the Deaf Club.
Werneth E drew level on points at the top with two good wins, firstly with a 8-2 win away at St Saviours B. Joe Taylor trebled for Werneth with 2 each for Dave Holme and Brian Micklethwaite. Mark Dalton won St Saviours' 2 points. Werneth E then beat Our Lady's A 9-1 in a match that was closer than the score suggested. Joe Taylor and Dave Holme were undefeated for Werneth with Pete Chappell supplying Our Lady's only point.
Honeywell F also maintained their challenge with a 10-0 win against Coldhurst E with Lee Rowbotham, Leo Cogger and John Rutland all winning 3.
James Chappell was excellent with 2 good wins for Our Lady's C against Owls B. However they were his teams only points in a 8-2 defeat. John Tanner trebled for the Owls.
The youngsters of Counthill were unable to cope with St Saviours B team and went down 10-0 despite some very close games. Mark Dalton, Josh Poole and Mark Pellowe being the winning side.
In a very good evening's table tennis, the Deaf Club's C team just beat Werneth G 6-4 with Alan Cockcroft's maximum proving decisive alongside 2 from Malcolm Normanton. Werneth G replied with 2 from Rob Ainsworth and 1 each from Alan Nightingale and John Barley.
Newspaper
Article W/c 5th October 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 4 - W/c 28th September 2009
Division 1
The return of former Lancashire No.1 Mark Hankey, from several years in retirement, couldn't prevent Hyde YMCA from going down 8-2 against reigning champions and league leaders Glodwick. Mark and Lionel Royle did manage to beat Kamal Hussain but couldn't get to grips with undefeated Andy Jackson and Graham Young. I feel Mark will be much more of a force after some practice and away from the confines of the small Hyde venue.
There was a tremendous game at Grotton where their A team beat Hollinwood B 9-1 with the scoreline not telling the full story. Apart from Shaun Ellis' trio of straight game wins, every match went to deciding set with no fewer than 18 games going to deuce ! Steve Oliver with a magnificent treble took most advantage of this while Andy Kaye won Hollinwood's consolation.
Plenty of games also going to a decider in the Saddleworth CC A match at home to BAE A, in a very competitive atmosphere Paul Cicchelli was undefeated and Duncan Hadfield won 2 as Saddleworth won 7-3, Tony Bates won 2 for the visitors. Hollinwood A won 8-2 away to BAE's B team despite two good wins for 'fast' Eddie Kalinowski, Ian Quinn was undefeated for Hollinwood with good support from an in-form Colin Boardman and George Jones.
Werneth B had a close match against Honeywell A and just came out on top 6-4. There were two wins for Rob Carter and Gary Skinner for Werneth whilst Gary Newton won 2 for Honeywell.
There was also a 6-4 win for Werneth's A team away to Rosehill. Daryll Meredith won his customary 3, all in straight games, with support from his father Stuart winning 2. All Rosehill's players contributed with 2 good wins for Richard Sarre and one apiece for Dave Pegg and Phil Ashworth.
Honeywell B won 8-2 at home to Werneth C with Dave Buckley and Steve Barber both winning 3. Karen Hill and Paul Wilkinson replied with 1 each for Werneth.
Division 2
Coldhurst A and Pennine shared the honours at Coldhurst, Glen Chadwick was again undefeated for Pennine while Paul Howarth and Simon King won 2 each for Coldhurst.
Hollinwood E and D also drew in their 'derby' match. 2 each for Paul King and Callum Jones for the E team, Andy McNabb responded with 2 for the Ds.
In a trio of ties, Hollinwood C drew at home to Uppermill A. Matty Evans trebled for the home side whilst Keith Moores won 2 for the 'Mill.
League leaders Unison A went down 6-4 at home to Werneth D with tremendous trebles for Mick Pellowe and Richard Hinchcliffe. Unsion's team of Andy Hey, Liaqat Ali and Mike Briarley all won 1 each and the doubles.
In week 3, Droylsden's Lawrence Hannah again won 3 but couldn't prevent his team going down 7-3 away to Hyde YMCA B. Steve Hilton, Neil Coppard and Vernon Hyde all won 2 for the home side.
Last week a strong Hyde YMCA B team whitewashed Honeywell D to move into second position, with the Honeywell team being unfortunate to lose 3 matches deuce in the fifth. A 'guesting' Lionel Royle, Steve Hilton and Vernon Hyde were the victorious trio.
Basement side Hollinwood F went down 9-1 to Honeywell C team with Paul Rourke's victory over Howard Travis being their only consolation. Barrie Royle and Peter Buckley were undefeated for the victors.
Division 3
In week 3 Saddleworth CC B prevailed 7-3 against Gilders Tackle, an in-form Chris Brazewell won three and Alex Griffiths 2 for the cricketers, evergreen Gerry Lees replied with 2 for Gilders.
Saddleworth drew away to Unison's D team last week, the home side's Ian Connell was undefeated as Saddleworth won a tight last match doubles to secure a draw. Meanwhile Gilders went down 8-2 at home against a strong Unison B team with Allan Auxilly and Mike Brierley undefeated for the visitors. Ged Lennox and Fred Wood won Gilders' consolations.
Oldham Deaf A team retained their lead at the top of the division with a 9-1 win at home to Coldhurst C with trebles for Pete Dawson and Ian Cockcroft, Dave England supplied Coldhurst's solitary win.
Unison C kept up the pressure on the Deaf Club with a 10-0 win away at Honeywell E. Mike O'Gara, Jim Bollard and Frank Sheldon being the victorious team.
A great win for the Owls A team at home to Coldhurst B with the match being a lot closer than the 8-2 scoreline suggests, with the Owls managing to win the vast majority of 'big' points. Dave Harthan and Richard Tamworth both won 3 for the Owls with Gary Keylock supplying Coldhurst's only singles win.
Coldhurst's D team went down 8-2 at home to Grotton B. Neil Tomlinson being undefeated for Grotton with good support from Steve Smith and Alan Sarsfield. Dave England supplied both Coldhurst points.
St Saviours had a good 7-3 win against Uppermill B with 3 for Brian Huskinson and 2 for Alex Reilly. Jim Bradbury won 2 for Uppermill.
The previous week Uppermill had also gone down 6-4 at home to Unison B thanks to 3 from a busy Mike Brierley and 2 from Paul Whyatt. Keith Moores won 2 for Uppermill.
Division 4
Our Lady's C team beat their B team 6-4 with James Chappell, celebrating his U-11 win at the Lancashire trials, won 3 with support from Paige Allman, runner-up in the U-15 girls event at the trials, and Callum Allman. Matty Kelly and John Moran won 2 each for the B team. The results of guest player John Flowers against the youngsters were not recorded !!
The previous week, the C team were highly praised for their attitude, competitiveness and sportsmanship in their 7-3 defeat away to Honeywell F. Lee Rowbotham was undefeated for Honeywell while James Chappell won 2 for Our Lady's.
Our Lady's A team lost 6-4 at home to Owls B team with Dinesh Gorasia winning 3 for the Owls. Pete Chappell replied with 2 for Our Lady's.
The previous week Our Lady's B team beat their A team 6-4 with Matty Kelly winning 3 and John Kenny winning 2. Pete Chappell again winning 2 for the A team. Werneth F lost 8-2 at home to Honeywell F with trebles for Ronnie Holt and Leo Cogger. Ashley Murray providing Werneth's only singles win.
Abdul Gufar kept his 100% record for the season but couldn't prevent Oldham Deaf C from recording their first win of the season with a 7-3 scoreline. Alan Cockcroft, Ron Tench and Malcolm Normanton each winning 2 with Ron and Malcolm combining to win the doubles.
Oldham Deaf B continued their march at the top of the table with a 10-0 demolition of Coldhurst E, Prakash Bhojani, Mike Briggs and Alan Cockcroft being the successful team.
Werneth G also beat Counthill 10-0 with Fred Pickles, Alan Nightingale and Rob Ainsworth supplying the points.
Newspaper
Article W/c 28th September 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 3 - W/c 21st September 2009
Division 1
In the Aerospace derby this week BAE A beat their B team 8-2 with 3 from Tony Bates and 2 apiece from Tom Lang and Pete Bradford. Mick Hill replied with 2 for the B team.
Werneth A followed up last weeks 10-0 demolition of the Werneth B team with a 9-1 win against their C team. Darryl and Stuart Meredith were undefeated while Paul Wilkinson scored the C team's consolation.
There was a close fought match at Rosehill where the home team lost 4-6 to Werneth B, Dave Pegg's double being trumped by a treble for Amanda Winskill. None of the singles were won in straight sets with 5 of them requiring a decider.
Another close game at Honeywell where their A team finally succumbed 6-4 to Saddleworth CC A. In his first game of the season, Paul Cicchelli scored a maximum for the cricketers, Phil Myers a good 2 for the home team.
Yet another close one for Hollinwood B at home against Hyde YMCA A where they just prevailed 6-4. Two from Andy Kaye and Dave Cheetham for Hollinwood with 2 each from Lionel Royle and Ken Ward in reply for Hyde. Phil Holmes' single and the doubles proving decisive.
Hollinwood A had a good win 9-1 at home to Grotton A. Tristran Swann and Ian Quinn scored maximum's and Colin Boardman an excellent 2 with Stuart Sykes supplying Grotton's only reply.
Title favourites Glodwick had another good win 8-2 at home to Honeywell B with Kamal Hussain and Zillur Rahman unbeaten.
Division 2
Early pacesetters Unison A beat Honeywell D 9-1 with 6 matches going to a deciding set. Liaqat Ali and Alan Auxilly scoring 3 each.
Uppermill A whitewashed Hollinwood F 10-0 with Mark Simpson, Pete Watson and Keith Moores being the successful trio.
An excellent night's table tennis at Werneth D against Pennine resulting in a 7-3 win for the visitors. Glen Chadwick was outstanding in being unbeaten for Pennine with support from Steve Mather (2) and an improving John Robertson (1). Mike Pellowe (2) and Richard Hinchcliffe (1) replied for the home team. Previously Pennine had gone down 9-1 at home to Honeywell C where their only success was in the doubles. Barrie Royle, Brian Higgins and Peter Buckley all being undefeated for the visitors. There were also some excellent games with outstanding rallies at the Honeywell C v Coldhurst A match. The visitors eventually prevailing 6-4 with 2 each from Matt Ward and Simon King. Brian Higgins and Peter Buckley replied with 2 each for Honeywell but Simon Walsh's win over an unlucky Howard Travis proved decisive. In the a derby At Hollinwood between the D & C teams, the Cs won 7-3 with trebles for Steve Collins and Matty Evans.
At Hyde YMCA the home team won 7-3 against Droylsden despite Laurence Hannah's treble for the visitors, Steve Hilton, Vernon Hyde and Neil Coppard all won 2 for Hyde.
Division 3
Deaf A continued their charge at the top of the league with a 9-1 defeat of Grotton B. Peter Dawson and Ian Cockcroft were unbeaten, with Alan Sarsfield replying with one for Grotton.
Unison C in second place won 7-3 against Coldhurst D with Mike O'Gara unbeaten and Jim Bollard winning 2. David England (2) and Peter Altham (1) replied for Coldhurst.
Meanwhile newly promoted Unison D struggled at home against Grotton B and ended losing 9-1. Alf Barker and Steve Smith were unbeaten for the visitors with Ian Connell supplying Unison's only reply.
Coldhurst's B team won 7-3 at home to Honeywell E thanks mainly to a treble from Malcolm Wills with support from Gary Keylock (2) and Darren Brown(2). Derek Naylor and Pete Ganley getting one each for Honeywell.
St Saviours Brian Huskinson lost his 100% record to an outstanding, unbeaten Paul Woodward in their 6-4 defeat to the Owls A team, although they did rally somewhat from being 6-1 down at one stage. Dave Harthan provided good support with 2 for the Owls.
Neil England was unbeaten in Coldhurst C's 8-2 defeat of Unison D with good support from Ryan Conway and Neil Chapman.
Division 4
The Deaf Club B team are mirroring their A team at the top of division 4, this week they won 10-0 against Werneth F.
Werneth E are the Deaf Club's closest challengers and inflicted 9-1 defeat on Owls B team. Joe Taylor and Darren Mitzi were unbeaten.
Werneth G were unable to inflict a defeat on Abdul Gufar but his 3 were Glodwick Academy's only points in a 7-3 win for Werneth. Abdul Gufar also won 3 against Counthill were the Academy won 6-4, this represented Counthill's first points of the season with Paul Boyer and Junior Folashade.
Coldhurst E had an unbeaten Phil Mellor to thank for their 6-4 win away at Deaf C. Ron Tench and Malcolm Normanton scored 2 each for the Deaf Club.
Lee Rowbotham was undefeated in Honeywell F's 7-3 defeat of the talented Our Lady's C junior team for whom James Chappel replied with 2 and the doubles.
Alex Leach's fine treble was in vain for St Saviours B in their 6-4 defeat against Werneth G for whom Fred Pickles and Alan Nightingale won 2 each.
Newspaper
Article W/c 21st September 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 2 - W/c 14th September 2009
Division 1
British Aerospace A team signalled their intentions for the new season with a resounding 10-0 defeat of Hyde YMCA and followed it up with a 7-3 defeat of Grotton A. Shaun Ellis scored all Grotton's points with a great treble.
Hyde YMCA then lost 7-3 to Hollinwood A despite a tremendous treble for Lionel Royle in a very hard fought match in which Hyde lost the 3 matches that went to a deciding set. George Jones, Colin Boardman and Kevin Chapman all won 2 for Hollinwood.
Hollinwood's B team had a 7-3 success against Honeywell B with Dave Cheetham being undefeated, with 2 each from Phil Holmes and Joe Redikin. Tommy Ryan replied with 2 for Honeywell.
Promoted Werneth C were thrown in the deep end against defending champions Glodwick and 'sank' 10-0.
The Aerospace B team salvaged a draw against Honeywell A mainly thanks to 3 from Mick Hill, Simon Hardwick and Dave Buckley scored 2 each for Honeywell.
Saddleworth narrowly defeated Rosehill 6-4 thanks to trebles from Ian Mclean and Duncan Hadfield.
Division 2
The Hollinwood 'derby' between the F and D teams became somewhat of a rout with the D team of Andy McNabb, Andy.Evans and John Flowers triumphing 10-0. Hollinwood's young E team lost 3-7 at home to Hyde B. Steve Hilton won 3 and Neil Coppard 2 for the visitors while Andrew Tarpey won 2 for Hollinwood.
Previously Hyde had also beaten Hollinwood's C team 6-4 with Steve Hilton again being undefeated and Nathan Buckley, with 2, being the main contributor for Hollinwood.
Droylsden struggled against the highflying Unsion A team of Andy Hey, Mike Brierley and Alan Auxilly and lost 9-1 with Miles Benjamin's defeat of Andy Hey their only success.
Werneth D beat Honeywell D 8-2 with trebles for Mike Pellowe and Richard Hinchcliffe.
Division 3
Honeywell E narrowly beat St Saviours A 6-4 despite Brian Huskinson winning 3 for the visitors. Terry Cooper and Derek Naylor scored doubles for Honeywell.
Uppermill B continued their good start with an 8-2 defeat of Owls A team. Keith Moores and Howard Meadham were undefeated for the 'Mill.
Unison B and Saddleworth B shared the spoils with Paul Whyatt winning 2 for Unison and Tony Prescott and Alex Griffiths 2 each for Saddleworth.
Gilders beat Coldhurst C 7-3 thanks to trebles from Mark Craven and Gerry (atrick) Lees.
Meanwhile Coldhurst's D team lost 8-2 to their B team with 3 from Malcolm Wills the highlight for the Bees.
The Oldham Deaf A team had an 8-2 win over a 2 man Unison C team for whom Mike O'Gara scored their points. Pete Dawson was again unbeaten for the Deaf Club.
Divison 4
At Werneth, in a close match with a wonderful atmosphere, their F beat the Deaf Club C team 6-4, with Ron Tench again winning 3 for the visitors. Colin Pellow, Ashley Murray and John Murray all won 2 for Werneth.
The Owls B team lost 7-3 at home to Our Lady's B thanks mainly to 3 from Matthew Kelly. Previously The Our Lady's B team had lost 9-1 to Werneth E with Matthew Kelly being their only winner. Joe Taylor and Darren Mitzi both scored maximums for Werneth.
Meanwhile the Our Lady's A team lost 9-1 at home to Honeywell F with Dean Allman's 12-10 in the fifth win over Ronnie Holt being their only success. Tom Loftus and John Rutland were undefeated for Honeywell.
In a match described as being closer than the scores suggest, the Deaf Club B team beat Our Lady's C 8-2, Mike Briggs continued his unbeaten start to the season while James Chappell won 2 for Our Lady's.
Glodwick Academy lost 7-3 at home to St Saviours B team despite Abdul Gufar winning 3 for the Academy. Josh Poole, Mark Dalton and Tom Dalton all scored 2 for the visitors.
A strong Coldhurst E team beat the Counthill juniors 10-0 while Werneth's E team were equally dominant over their G team.
Newspaper
Article W/c 14th September 2009
Oldham Table Tennis
League Report for Week 1 -W/c 7th September 2009
Division 1
Last year's winners and runners-up, Glodwick and Werneth 'A' clashed at Glodwick in the first game of the new season with reigning champions Glodwick coming out top 8-2. A sharp Mark Ramsbottom scored a maximum being supported by Kamal Hussain and Jeff Craighill, returning to league after a few seasons away, winning 2 each. Darryl Meredith and Gary Skinner replied with one win each.
Honeywell A beat Grotton A by the same 8-2 score line with 3 from the newly signed Phil Myers and 2 apiece for Dave Buckley and Gary Newton. Shaun Ellis scored the visitor's 2 points.
8-2 was also the score line in the Hollinwood A v Honeywell B game thanks to a George Jones treble and 2 each from Colin Boardman and Nathan Buckley. Ken Hayes and Tommy Ryan picked up 1 each for the visitors.
Karen Hill's treble was to no avail for Werneth C against Hollinwood B as they lost 7-3, Dave Cheetham, Phil Holmes and Joe Redikin scored 2 each on their return to the top flight.
Dave Pegg had 3 good wins in Rosehill's 6-4 win over BAE B, Mick Hill and 'fast' Eddie Kalinowski scored 2 each for Aerospace.
Werneth B and Saddleworth A shared the points. The in-form Gary Skinner trebled while Ian Mclean and Duncan Hadfield replied with 2 each and combined to win a very tight doubles. Tony Prescott also played for Saddleworth.
Division 2
Uppermill A triumphed 7-3 against Pennine with trebles for Mark Simpson and Keith Moores.
Both promoted sides clashed in a very close match with Honeywell D defeating Droylsden 6-4. Everybody won at least one match with nobody being undefeated! There were 2 each for Ken Dunkerley and Allan Marston of Honeywell and Saqib Mehrban of Droylsden.
Despite a tremendous performance from Werneth D's Mike Pellowe with 3 wins they went down 7-3 to Honeywell C with Barrie Royle, Brian Higgins and Howard Travis all winning 2 for Honeywell.
Liaquat (Smiler) Ali, Mike Brierley and Andy Hey combined for Unison A to beat Hollinwood E 9-1.
Hollinwood D's Andy Evans scored his side’s only points with 2 against Coldhurst A for whom Paul Howarth was unbeaten. Simon Walsh and Simon King scored 2 each for Coldhurst.
Division 3
Promoted St Saviour's A narrowly lost 6-4 against Coldhurst D, with Brian Huskinson scoring a maximum for the Saints. David England and Neil Chapman scored 2 each for Coldhurst and combined for the doubles.
Owls A team beat Honeywell E 8-2 with Richard Tamworth and Paul Woodward both notching trebles.
Coldhurst C and Unison B drew 5-5 while Coldhurst's B team lost 7-3 at home to Deaf Club A with Peter Dawson scoring 3 and Ian Cockcroft 2 for the visitors. Gary Keylock replied with 2 for the home team.
Saddleworth were looking down the barrel at 5-0 against Uppermill's B team but recovered somewhat to only lose 6-4. Keith Moores scored his second treble of the week and Jim Bradbury scored 2 for Uppermill. Chris Brazewell got off his bus to score 2 and Alex Griffith managed 1 and they combined for the doubles.
Grotton B and Gilders drew 5 all in an extremely tight fought game with Alf Barker and Alan Sarsfield scoring 2 each for Grotton and Martin Nicholls 2 for Gilders.
Division 4
The youngsters of Our Lady's C team were highly praised by their opponents Deaf Club C after beating them 7-3, with 'evergreen' Ron Tench's treble accounting for all the Deaf Club's points. James Chappell, Matthew Kelly and Callum Allman all scored 2 each for Our Lady's with Chappell and Allman combining to win the doubles.
Leo Cogger was the star of the show in winning 3 for Honeywell F against Owls B for whom Dinesh Gorasia played very well to score his team's point in an 8-2 defeat.
In another very close game St Saviour's B team drew with Coldhurst E. Josh Poole scoring a magnificent treble for the Saints while John Greenwood and Andy Lees scored 2 each in reply for Coldhurst.
There was a tough debut for Counthill against Werneth F with the visitors winning 10-0 despite the youngsters having some fine moments.
Likewise the Our Lady's A team suffered a similar 10-0 reverse against the experienced Deaf Club B team.
Newspaper
Article W/c 7th September 2009
The Oldham and District Table Tennis season gets underway this week with a total of 250 players registered on 55 teams competing in the four divisions.
There are 21 different clubs in the League this season including new clubs Counthill TTC and Glodwick Sports Academy.
Werneth Cricket Club have most members with 37 players for their 7 teams. Honeywell Lane have 27 players for their 6 teams whilst Hollinwood TTC have 24 players for their 6 teams.
The Junior coaching being undertaken by the Oldham Table Tennis League under the Coaching & Development Officer John Flowers and his team, is bearing fruit reflected in the total of 29 juniors registered for the new season.
Anyone wishing to take up the game should contact John Flowers on 0161 688 7243.
Please note the following Important Changes to Hand Book.
Werneth B team match night in Division 1 is Thursday.
Owls B match night in Division 4 is now Monday.