Newspaper Article
W/C 24th September 2007
Report for week 2,
ending 21st September 2007.
After two weeks of the season the pre-season favourities for promotion are still unbeaten. Leading the way are Hollinwood C after an emphatic 9-1 victory
over Hyde YMCA B. Phil Holmes and Joe Redikin were both unbeaten, backed by two wins from John Flowers.
Locked together a point behind are Rosehill B and Unison A who both enjoyed 10 – 0 victories over Gilders A and Pennine respectively.
In the midtable clash between Hollinwood D and Unison B, Hollinwood came out on top with a 6-4 victory helped by an unbeaten performance from Glen Dowse.
Coldhurst A and Honeywell Lane A both registered 7-3 victories over Werneth D and Hollinwood E, respectively.
The highlight of the week in the top division was the first appearance in the Oldham League of England ranked junior Carolyn Hallows whose two wins helped Hyde YMCA A to a 6-4 victory over Hollinwood B.
Rosehill A sit top of the table after defeating newly promoted Werneth C 9-1.
Defending champions Glodwick remain unbeaten after a 6-4 victory at Werneth A.
Werneth B came away from Aerospace B with a 6-4 victory.
Division 3.
Coldhurst C sit proudly at the top of this division after defeating Gilders B 8-2. Malcolm Wills was unbeaten, backed by two wins each from John Mcloughlin and Murray Corbin.
Honeywell Lane C and B teams lie second and third after the C team defeated Coldhurst D 9-1 and the B team defeated Uppermill B 7-3.
At the other end of the table Failsworth C remain bottom after going down 10-0 to their B team.
The clash between Uppermill C and Honeywell D ended in a 5-5 draw while Grotton B got the better of Owls A 9-1.
At this early stage of the season Saddleworth CC sit top of the table after defeating Werneth E 7-3.
Unison D are in second spot after a 7-3 victory at Werneth F.
The youngsters of Failsworth E showed a great deal of ability despite losing 8-2 to Coldhurst E.
In an exciting encounter Failsworth D and Oldham TTC B shared the points, while Oldham Deaf defeated Failsworth F 10-0.
Newspaper Article
W/C 17th September 2007
Report for week 1,
ending 14th September 2007.
Table Tennis Report.
The first week of the new season in the Oldham and District Table Tennis League saw champions Glodwick TTC beat last year’s runners-up BAE A 8-2 thanks to wins from Mark Ramsbottom (3) Majed Tubasum (2) and Khamal Hussain (2). Tony Smith (2) replied for BAE A.
OTTC A beat Uppermill A 9-1 with Andy Kaye (3) Josh Boult (3) and Matthew Weatherby (2) starring.
Werneth A had a good 7-3 win at Hollinwood A with Darryl (3) and Stuart Meredith (2) doing the damage. Garry Newton (2) replied for the home side.
Hyde YMCA A had a 9-1 win over a weakened BAE B through Ken Ward, Geoff Ogden and Lionel Royle.
All three promoted teams tasted defeat with Wardle CC losing 1-9 at Rosehill A, Werneth C losing 3-7 against their B team and Grotton A going down 1-9 against Hollinwood B.
Honeywell Lane A and First Transport shared the points in an excellent match with Ken Hayes (3) and Tommy Ryan (2) registering victories for Transport and Brian Higgins (2) replying for the home side.
Another close match saw promoted Werneth D draw 5-5 with Hollinwood D. Mike Pellowe (3) for Werneth and Andy McNab (2) and Steve Mather (2) for Hollinwood starred.
Dave Cheetham (3) and Mike Brierley (2) starred for Unison A as they beat Hyde YMCA B 7-3 for whom Dennis Bradshaw won 2.
Hollinwood C saw off their E team 9-1 thanks to Phil Holmes (3) Bob Johnson (3) and John Flowers (2).
Rosehill B had a good 7-3 win at Unison B through Ian Stott (3) and Andrew Perry (2). Pete Dawson (2) replied for the home side.
Duncan Hadfield and Simon King both won 3 each as Coldhurst A had a winning 7-3 start at Failsworth A.
In the remaining match, promoted Gilders A beat Pennine 6-4 thanks to Ade Ewenla’s 3. Glen Chadwick (2) and John Robertson (2) replied for Pennine.
Alf Barker’s 3 for Grotton B was not enough in the 4-6 defeat at Honeywell C.
Coldhurst B and Gilders Tackle B shared the points with Simon Walsh (3), Colin Ogden (2) and Ged Lennox (2) the main contributors.
There were easy wins for Coldhurst C, 10-0 over their D team, for Unison C, 10-0 at Honeywell D, for Owls A, 10-0 over Failsworth C and for Uppermill B, 9-1 over their C team.
In the remaining match, Honeywell B won 7-3 at Failsworth B thanks to Alan Wynn (3), Terry Cooper (2) and Allan Marston (2). Richard Hinchcliffe (2) replied for the home side.
Favourites Saddleworth CC had a convincing 10-0 win over Failsworth D.
Oldham Owls B had a good 6-4 win at OTTC B thanks to David Foden (3) and Dinesh Gorasia (2).
Deaf Club’s return to the league resulted in a 4-6 defeat versus Coldhurst E.
Unison D won 8-2 at Failsworth E, John Mark winning 3. Paul King showed great promise winning 2 of his matches for Failsworth.
In the remaining match, the two Werneth teams shared the points with wins from Mark Riddle (2) for the F team and Phil Coombe (3) and Brian Micklethwaite (2) for the E team.
Newspaper
Article W/c 10th September 2007
The Oldham and District Table Tennis season gets underway this week comprising a total of 236 players, with 54 teams competing in the four divisions,. This is similar to the start of last season, although there are now two teams less.
Glodwick TTC, the current League Champions, have strengthened their squad, with the addition of Mick Moir, whilst maintaining the alegiance of Andrew Rushton, England’s current No 3 ranked player.
BAE A, last seasons runners up, have maintained their same squad so should be thereabouts.
Werneth A have lost Nick Mooney but have gained the services of Gary Skinner.
Hyde YMCA could be this year’s surprise package with the signings of Dave Hamilton and England’s No 3 ranked Junior, Caroline Hallows.
Division 2 appears as strong as ever with relegated Rosehill B looking to regain their Div 1 place. Their main opposition could come from the reformed Unison A team comprising of Dave Cheetham, Les Evans, David Hanson & Paul Whyatt.
First Transport have gained a new Number 1 in the shape of Steve Barber who plays in the Bolton & Bury Leagues and could put them amongst the contenders.
The relegated Hollinwood C should also figure.
It will be interesting to see how the promising Ade Ewenla of the promoted Gilders A fares in this division.
In Division 3 relegated Uppermill B should be looking for a quick return having maintained their same squad of Peter Watson, Keith Moores, Howard Meadham & Vince Hill.
The Failsworth B team of Steve Collins, Richard Hinchliffe, Vince Gaffey and Brian Handley along with the Honeywell B team of Terry Cooper, Allan Marston, Alan Wynn & Barry Fordham should be in contention.
Coldhurst B, with Simon Walsh, Tom Chandler, Murray Corbin & John McLoughlin are hoping for a good season whilst the Unison C team of Glen Jackson, John Mark, Frank Sheldon, Mike O’Gara and new signing from the Bury League, Jimmy Ballard, may cause a few upsets.
In Division 4 it is difficult to look past the Saddleworth CC team, who finished fourth last season and now includes ex First Division player, Ian McLean , all made possible as Saddleworth CC only have the one team, which happens to be in Div 4.
Otherwise, the division appears very competitive with the Deaf Club team of Hitesh Kanji, Prakesh Bhojani , Scott Hall & Ron Tench along with the Unison D team of Dennis Heyes, Tony Hyde, Martin Haigh & Jan Galikowski appearing to be among the favourites.
Werneth E welcome back Phil Coombe and with Darren Mitzi, Brian Micklethwaite, Geoff Aspinall & Peter Lees, could have a big say in the title race.
Werneth F see the long awaited return of Marjorie Riddle to join her son Mark, Peter Aspinall Ashley Murray, Malcolm Pellowe & Olive Ashworth
Youngsters, Paul King, James Collins & Andrew Tarpey from the Failsworth E Team, having competed in the Summer League, will no doubt be keen to display their continued improvement.
We welcome Failsworth F, a new team of youngsters, to the league comprising of Alex Leach, Sean McPhail, Alex Reilly, Tom Lowe & Robert Calow.
Please note the following
Important Changes to 2007 – 2008 Hand Book.
Oldham TTC A Team matches start at 8-00 pm.
Unison A has changed their match night to Tuesday. Their secretary is David Hanson. Tel: 01706653799
Unison B Team has changed their match night to Thursday.
Oldham TTC C Team has dropped out of the league.
Oldham TTC B Team matches
start at 8-00 pm.
Oldham Deaf club has changed their Match night to Monday.
Coldhurst F Team have dropped out of the league.
| DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLE |
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| TEAM |
PLAYED |
WON |
DRAWN |
LOST |
POINTS |
| Hollinwood
Town |
14 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
101 |
| Hyde YMCA
A |
14 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
82 |
| Hollinwood |
14 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
76 |
| Glodwick
TTC |
14 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
74 |
| Wardle
Con Club |
14 |
7 |
3 |
4 |
72 |
| Honeywell
A |
14 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
59 |
| Hyde YMCA
B |
14 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
50 |
| Coldhurst
A |
14 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
46 |
| DIVISION 2 FINAL TABLE |
|||||
| TEAM |
PLAYED |
WON |
DRAWN |
LOST |
POINTS |
| Failsworth
A |
14 |
12 |
0 |
2 |
107 |
| Werneth
CC |
14 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
88 |
| Coldhurst
B |
14 |
11 |
0 |
3 |
86 |
| Droylsden
TTC |
14 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
80 |
| Failsworth
B |
14 |
6 |
2 |
6 |
77 |
| Coldhurst
C |
14 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
66 |
| Honeywell
B |
14 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
45 |
| Failsworth
C |
14 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
11 |