W/C 17/11/25
DIV ONE:
Shopfitting by SWS A surprised Molyneux Associates A by beating them 9-1 with only Garry Reed getting Molyneux’s point beating Martin Parnell. Mike Briggs and Sam Rose both secured maximums although Briggs needed a fifth-end tie-break 15-13 to beat Glyn Price.
Shopfitting by SWS B (Jan Walaszkowski, Colin Mitchell and Dan Kayes) went one better by whitewashing Molyneux Associates B with some vicious shots from all their players, leaving Molyneux at the bottom of the table.
Toby Spencer claimed his first ever maximum in the top division, losing only two games out of eleven and then went on to win the doubles and the match 7-3 over Shopfitting by SWS F.
Johnny Hill was in fine form taking a maximum for Shopfitting by SWS C along with the doubles with John Palmer but his team mates failed to win any other individual games, therefore losing 4-6 to Crafthole A who currently lead the division by two points.
DIV TWO:
Relegated Shopfitting by SWS D (Steve Foster, Rob Barnes and Bryn Ford) showed the difference in each division by whitewashing promoted Woodland Fort C (Richard Searle, Lucas Deves and Pav Mohammed) winning 30 out of 33 games. Richard Searle was he winner of the three games for Fort.
There was a 9-1 victory for Woodland Fort B over Shopfitting by SWS E does not portray the closeness of the evening, with only three games being settled in straight games. Fort’s Graham Cooksley had to come from two games down to defeat Keith James but then needed a deciding fifth game after being two games up against by Les Cole. For SWS Tony Powsland picked up the solitary victory with a net filled narrow 12-10, 11-8, 13-11 win against Shaun Hughes.
A re-arranged match saw Shopfitting by SWS D’s Bryn Ford ride his luck throughout the evening winning 5 out of 7 tie-breaks against Woodland Fort A. Against Norman Hall he achieved a 12-10, 11-7, 14-12 win and against Brian Luscombe he won 13-11, 9-11, 14-12, 4-11, 12-10. After that he lost out losing both tie-breaks to Abel Hernandez 10-12, 11-9, 11-3, 8-11, 10-12 but his side still came away with a 7-3 victory.
There were some blistering shots from Crafthole's Antony Shapland but just not enough to stop Woodland Fort's Abel Hernandez from getting the only maximum of the night. A few of the matches could have gone either way and the evening ending in a draw seeing both teams are only separated by a single league point.
DIV THREE:
Astor B defeated Molyneux Associates F (8-2) but it was Shaun Hughes who got both of Molyneux’s points and it started with Hughes beating Ken Chambers 11-7, 11-0, 11-6 and ending in him beating Barrie Oliver 11-4, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6. Long standing Nigel Aston was just too much for Hughes winning 11-5, 11-9, 11-8.
Adam Forshaw scored a straight games maximum for visitors Fitness At Home against Molyneux Associates D. Forshaw then partnered John Dodd to a straight games win in the doubles giving his team a 6-4 win. Dodd managed to take a brace of wins and his toughest was against Jeremy Willcox winning a fifth end tie-break 8-11, 11-7, 7-11, 11-6, 12-10.
W/C 10/11/25
DIV ONE:
Crafthole A, with a 9-1 victory over Shopfitting by SWS F are the early leaders of Div One. Trevor Mole taking SWS’s solitary point beating Iain Oxenham 11-6, 11-99, 8-11, 4-11, 11-3.
Sam Rose took a maximum for Shopfitting by SWS A only losing one end due to a tie-break as his team won 8-2 over Molyneux Associates B. Throughout all the games there was some outstanding play from every player in a thrilling match.
There was a great battle by two of the top teams and Shopfitting by SWS B came out 6-4 winners over Molyneux Associates A. The top two players squared up and SWS’s Mike Griffiths came away with the point beating Tony Sweet in straight games 12-10, 11-3, 11-9.
Molyneux Associates C shocked Shopfitting by SWS C by beating them 6-4 but it was SWS’s Steve Garlick who came away with the only maximum although he had to fight hard for the points in an epic 14 out of a maximum 15 games played. The best match saw Garlick come from 2-1 down to beat young Toby Spencer 5-11, 19-21, 13-11, 11-77, 11-6.
DIV TWO:
Shopfitting by SWS D absolutely battered Crafthole B in the first half of their match, winning 4 out of the opening 5 sets. It was only after the home team plied the visitors with some home-made chocolate cake did things improve, with SWS then going 5-4 down before rallying to win the doubles. Crafthole’s Anthony Shapland continued his fine form with another outstanding maximum. Five of the matches went to the fifth game with Crafthole winning four of them along with all four tie-breaks!
The score line of 9-1 in favour of Woodland Fort B is not truly reflective of the overall performance of Horrabridge with some very close games. There were maximums by both Ralph Stone and Shaun Hughes. Max Jordan won Horrabridge’s only point beating Glenn Delaney 8-11, 13-11, 11-7, 5-11, 9-11.
Lee Mill won 6-4 over previously relegated Shopfitting by SWS E with Richard Smaridge unbeaten and only losing one end to each of the SWS’s players. Ann Warren needed 5 games to overcome Tony Powlesland 12-14, 11-3, 10-12, 11-4, 11-4.
Woodland for A and C met and almost everything went the way of the A team including all six tie-breaks in their 9-1 victory. Lucas Deves saved the whitewash beating Jon Goodfield 11-3, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7. Abel Hernandez secured his maximum with Noman Hall also taking his first maximum of the season.
DIV THREE:
Astor B defeated Shopfitting By SWS G 8-2 although the scoreline did not reflect the closeness of the games with only 3 sets going to 3 ends. There were some long rallies with big hitting especially from the young SWS team. Ken Chambers and Alper Eroglu (Astor B) achieved maximums. Chambers after a slow start to the season is coming back to form as his win against Jacopo Corino 9-11, 5-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6 showed great resolve.
The match between Molyneux Associates D and E went the way of the rankings with the D team winning 6-4 but no single player claimed a maximum.
Astor C still battle hard but yet again lost 10 nil, this time to Fitness At Home.
Shaun Hughes of Molyneux Associates F took the first and only point of the evening for his team (beating Clive Davies in straight games) as they then lost the remaining games to Astor C.
W/C 03/11/25
DIV ONE:
Molyneux Associates A (Tony Sweet, Glyn Price and Garry Reed) started phase two win a 10 nil win over their B club mates but the scoreline didn’t reflect the quality of some of the games between each set of players with great attacking, counter attacking and defensive play.
Shopfitting by SWS B managed to get the better of their A team club mates 6-4 with the return of Mike Griffiths who took the only maximum, but he needed a fifth end epic tie-break against Sam Rose 9-11, 13-15, 11-6, 11-4, 14-12 to secure it.
Newly promoted Shopfitting by SWS F (Trevor Mole 2) suffered a 2-8 loss to their C club mates where Steve Garlick earned a perfect maximum by not losing a game.
Molyneux Associates C played their first game in Div One after being promoted and lost 1-9. It was young Toby Spencer who excelled by taking the solitary point off Mike Cookson 8-11, 10-8, 11-9, 11-7
DIV TWO:
With a few easy three-setters for each side and both five-setters going to the home side, Lee Mill came to the doubles needing a win for a hard-earned draw against Woodland Fort A. Lee Mill’s Ricard Smaridge found himself 2 nil up against Graham Cooksley but Cooksley fought back to level at 2-a-piece. With Smaridge unusually finding himself pegged back, he dug in and managed to win the final game 11-7 Mark Chapman and Smaridge teamed up to come from one game down to win in four and secure the draw.
Crafthole B start the second phase as they did the first, with an 8-2 win. This time the opponents were Woodland Fort C. Another commanding performance from Anthony Shapland, dropping just the one game to Steve Harvey on his way to a maximum and the doubles with Paul Ager. With an overall points tally of +40 he was definitely the form player of the evening.
Relegated Shopfitting by SWS E visited promoted Horrabridge and came away with a 6-4 win but it could have been 8-2 if SWS’s Tony Powlesland hadn’t lost two tie-breaks against Crispin Jordan and Isa Puente (11-13, 10-12, 10-12). Puente went on to secure her maximum.
DIV THREE:
Astor B reversed their previous score against their A team winning 6-4 although at one stage they were 6-12 up. Alper Eroglu claimed his first ever maximum in the league and revenged his previous loss to the A team.
Two player Fitness At Home lost 1-9 to Molyneux Associates E with John Dodd saving the whitewash beating Tom Housden in five games. Housden also needed five ends to beat Chris Dodd 10-12, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 14-12.
Shaun Hughes of Molyneux Associates F claimed a brace but his team lost 2-8 to Shopfitting by SWS G with Jacopo Corino winning his second maximum of the season.
Again, Astor C lost 10 nil (Kieran McGarry, Dave Nash and Paul Eaton) but all credit to the team as they turn up every week for their match. This week it was Molyneux Associates D that inflicted the defeat.
