Newspaper Article W/c 27th September 04

BAe A MAKE SOLID START

The Wilmsow based team made their Oldham league bow with a 9-1 win over BAE B.Ian Mathers & Tony Bates were unbeaten with Tom Lang (2).

Glodwick A registered a fine 7-3 win at Werneth B. Majid Tubasum trebled with Kamal Hussain (2) and Phil Myers replying likewise.

Tim Baker posted his first top flight treble as Honeywell shared the points with Rosehill A 5-5,Phil Ashworth & Simon Collins (2 each) for Rosehill.

In Div 2 Hollinwood C have set the early pace with a 9-1 win over their E team. Phil Holmes and John Flowers were unbeaten with Bob Johnson (2).

Relegated Werneth C had to fight all the way to win 6-4 at Hollinwood D. Bernard Davies (3) & Paul Wilkinson (2) with Stuart Clarke (2) for Hollinwood.

Grotton B are finding life tough with a 9-1 home defeat to Unison A Paul Howarth & Dave Wild were unbeaten.

In Div 3 relegated Hamer Delph are finding life easier with a 7-3 win at Owls A.

Alan Marston & Ian Naylor were both unbeaten for Delph.

Dave Atkinson was unbeaten for PBAIS in a 7-3 win over Failworth D. He was backed up by Dave Bleakley (2),  with Paul Carter replying likewise.

Geoff Hollin & Simon King both trebled for Coldhurst A in a 6-4 win over Gilders A.

The B team of Gilders fared better with a 6-4 win over Uppermill B. Colin Ogden, Mark Craven & Tony Robinson all scoring 2 with Jim Bradbury replying likewise.In Div 4 Dave Renton was unbeaten for Werneth E in a close fought 6-4 win at Failsworth F. He was supported by Brian Micklethwaite (2),  and Rob Ainsworth (2)

Pete Aspin trebled for Failsworth G in a close 6-4 win over Owls B for whom Dinesh Gorasia replied with two.

Dave England’s treble was in vain as Coldhurst E went down 6-4 to their F team. Adam Bychiowiec, Jeff Elliot & Paul Cahill, all scoring two

The set of week 2 was probably between Elaine Butterworth of Deaf Club against Mark Burke of Uppermill C with Elaine eventually winning 19-17 in the 5^th game.

The match was won 8-2 by Uppermill. 

League Results.

Newspaper Article W/c 20th September 04

Division 1.

Last seasons runners – up, Werneth A, went down against Failsworth A, despite an exceptional performance from Stuart Meredith who was unbeaten on the night, including a straight sets victory over Dave Griffith, the current Town Champion, The all round strength of the Failsworth A team of Dave Griffith, Neil Pickard and Simon Abraham, who all won two each, gave them a deserved 6-4 victory.

The Werneth B team fared better against Hollinwood B, winning 8-2 with maximums from Eddie Darlington & John DePledge.

Newly promoted Grotton A lost 7-3 to Honeywell Lane A, for whom Paul Rowbotham was unbeaten.

The Rosehill A team of Phil Ashworth (3), Dave Pegg (2), and Ian Stott (2) beat BAe B 8-2, with Eddie Kalinowski registering the two for BAe B.

Division 2.

Last seasons relegated teams, Rosehill B and Werneth C, might have expected to do better, as they both came unstuck against First Transport and Hollinwood C respectively. Ken Hayes was unbeaten for First Transport as was Phil Holmes for Hollinwood C.

Promoted Honeywell B had a dream start beating Grotton B 9-1 with maximums from Terry Cooper and Howard Travis and a double from Brian Higgins.

Hollinwood E shared the points with Hyde YM B, for whom Nick Bakewell trebled.

Uppermill A beat Hollinwood D 8-2 with maximums from Gary Crossley and Peter Watson.

Division 3.

Relegated Hamer Delph overcame Unison B 8-2 with trebles from Alan Marston and Ian Naylor. Glenn Jackson and Steve Slater replied for Unison B.

Unison C had an excellent 6-4 win against Coldhurst A thanks to an unbeaten performance from John Maher, ably assisted by Hitesh Kanji (2) and Barry Johnson (1). The Coldhurst A team of Geoff Hollin, Gary Keylock and Simon King all won one each.

The Gilders A team of Colin Ogden (3), Martin Nicholls (3) and Gerry Lees (2) beat PBAIS 8-2 with David Atkinson being the only singles winner for the visitors.

Uppermill B drew with Werneth D, mainly thanks to a guest appearance from Peter Watson (3). Mick Pellowe and Alan Else won two each for Werneth.

Division 4.

As in Division 2, last season’s relegated teams, Unison D and the Deaf Club, both lost their opening matches against Coldhurst D and Honeywell C respectively. The Coldhurst D team of, new signing Malcolm Willis (2), Neil Chapman (2) and Neil England (1) took the fifth game of the doubles 12-10 to win the match. Unison’s Mlke O’Gara (3) was unlucky to be on the losing side.

Adam Rowbotham was unbeaten for Honeywell C, whilst Prakesh Bhojani (2) and Elaine Butterworth (1) registered for the Deaf Club.

The Werneth E team of Dave Renton (3), Brian Micklethwaite (2) and Geoff Aspinall (1) beat Uppermill C 7-3. Gary Kershaw (2) and Mark Burke (1) registered for Uppermill.

League Results.

Newspaper Article W/c 13th September 04

The Oldham Summer League was played to a conclusion last week with Hollinwood Conservative Club emerging as the new champions.

The Stanley Road squad of Phil Holmes, Steve Mather, Eddie Darlington, Glen Dowse and George Jones staved off a strong challenge from the Honeywell Lane Methodist squad of Brian Higgins, Ken Ward, Ken Dunkerley, Terry Cooper, Paul & Adam Rowbotham, Ronnie Holt, Tim Baker and Dennis Heyes.

Summer League Final Table

Notice to Teams in Division One for the new Winter Season

The Stanley Square team have dropped out of Division One since the publication of the hand book.

Newspaper Article W/c 6th September 04

TABLE  TENNIS  PREVIEW

The Oldham and District Table Tennis 04/05 season gets underway next week with 55 teams competing in the four divisions with a total of 235 registered players. This is indicative of a very strong league in a sport, which in recent years has experienced considerable decline.

The unfortunate demise of the Hamer Club in Rochdale together with BAe A resigning from the league has left two available places which have been taken up by Glodwick and a team from the Wilmslow league playing under the name of and playing from BAe A. The former Glodwick club now play at Failsworth and are renamed Failsworth A.

It is impossible to see the NCFPPP Division 1 monopoly derailed since top former BAe A players Mark Ramsbottom & Mike Moir have joined their squad.

Former top player Nick Mooney has joined Werneth A after a lengthy spell out of the game. Phil Myers teams up with his Rochdale colleague Eddie Darlington at Werneth B. Gary Blackhurst has moved to Hollinwood B and Ken Ward stepping up a division at Honeywell A. The new Wilmslow team are likely to finish in the top four with players of the calibre of Ian Mathers. Tony Smith, Tony Bates & Tom Lang to call upon.

Div 2 promises to be stronger than in recent years with the newly relegated Rosehill B favourites for a quick return to the top flight with players such as Simon Collins. Jim Findlow and Andy Perry at their disposal.

Uppermill, who in recent seasons have possibly underachieved, could mount a serious challenge with the signing of ex Div 1 player Gary Crossley after several years absence.

Failsworth C should mount a challenge with Rob Carter, Philip Moran & new signing Siful Khan.

Div 3 also looks to be very competitive with Unison B, Gilders A, Coldhurst and Owls A together with the relegated Hamer Delph, all likely to be thereabouts.

In Div 4 the Werneth , Failsworth and Uppermill teams should all be in contention. Failsworth have three lady players registered this season in Rebekah Griffith, Champa Vachji and Hayley Wilkinson.