W/C 03/03/25
DIV ONE:
Shopfitting by SWS A started the new phase with a 7-3 victory over promoted Crafthole A. SWS’s Martin Parnell took a maximum but required a fifth end tie break 12-10 win to defeat Shirley Luckhurst (2).
Molyneux Associates B hosted Shopfitting by SWS B and it started well with Steve Hill beating Jan Walaszkowski but it went all downhill from there losing 1-9. There were some close games but SWS had the edge throughout the matches.
Although Astor A were whitewashed by Molyneux Associates A, several of the games were closer than the end results suggested. Steve Garlick (Astor) had a competitive game against Garry Reed, managing to block Reed's powerful spin loop, however was unable to close out the 4th end losing it 15-17. Astor's Tony Maestri also came back well to take the 3rd end against Reed, having gone two games down, but the Molyneux player started to read Maestri's service and took the 4th end 11-9. Molyneux's Tony Sweet managed a clean sweep without dropping a game all night.
DIV TWO:
Despite some of the scores there were lots of very open games which made for an enjoyable evening when Lee Mill hosted Molyneux Associates C. The two stand out matches were Richard Smaridge against Mitch Nash and the Doubles and both were really tight games that could have gone either way. The doubles was exciting and a win for Lee Mill gave them a 4-6 loss.
Steve Foster got the only maximum of the night for Shopfitting by SWS C against Woodland Fort A, narrowly beating Forts Jon Goodfield in a 5th set deuce. Abel Hernandez pulled back from 2-0 to beat SWS'S Rob Barnes and with another 5th set deuce Fort won the doubles to draw 5 each at the end of the night.
DIV THREE:
A very enjoyable match with some long, close games saw two player Astor D having to settle for a 4-6 loss against Woodland Fort C players all winning braces.
Toby Spencer was the man of the match for Woodland Fort B in their 9-1 win over Astor E. Spencer playing up from Division 4, picked up his maximum with two fifth end decider wins, after being behind in both, against Ken Chambers and Nigel Aston.
Visitors Crafthole B were too strong for Molyneux Associates D. Anthony Shapland gained a maximum for the visitors with Martin Hynes and Martin Wilcox grabbing brace. Muhammed Arsal won two of his team's points for Molyneux in the singles and partnered Pete Andrews in the doubles to complete a 3-7 loss.
DIV FOUR:
Shopfitting by SWS C and Horrabridge played out a draw with the first 3 sets all going to 5 games with a lot of high scorelines. SWS’s Jack Heinemann (3) and Ayaan Chatterjee (2) played very well but Dave Vanstone and Dave Wilson played very well in the doubles to get the draw.
Adam Forshaw (Marjon) gained his first maximum of phase three. It was a close match between John Dodd and Life Centre All Star’s Shaun Hughes with a 5-game match with some amazing smashes but Dodd managed to secure the win helping Marjon win 7-3.
Astor F suffered a whitewash at the hands of Molyneux Associates E’s Alan Spencer, Toby Spencer and Jeremy Willcox.
