Division 1 Defending champions Lions A remain at the top of the table despite dropping a point from a 5-5 draw against 3rd placed side Cenkos Panthers A. Both sides were weakened as the leaders were missing their number 1 Phil Ogier and Panthers were missing their number 2 Adam Langlois. Paul Hainsworth and Liam Robilliard both won singles matches against Matt Stubbington and reserve Neil Hastie. The crucial encounter was between the 2 reserves and Lions' Joshua Butler recorded an excellent 3-0 win over Hastie to secure the draw. Olly Langlois was the main man for the Panthers side as he won all of his singles matches over the Lions players without dropping a leg. He then teamed with Stubbington to secure an important cloesly contested 4 game doubles win over Hainsworth and Robilliard. Whistlers B made the most of the slip up and moved to within just 2 points of the top following a comprehensive 10-0 win over a completely obliterated Panthers C side containing 3 reserves. Alice Loveridge, Mark Pipet and Phil Hunkin all defeated Peter Vivian, Andy Langlois and Andre De Carteret without dropping a single leg. The entire whitewash was completed when Loveridge and Hunkin defeated Vivian and Langlois 3-0. Whistlers A leapfrogged Panthers B into 4th position after recording a tight 6-4 win over the latter. Lawrence Stacey and reserve Alex Robinson each defeated Martin Sarre and reserve Sam King. Josh Stacey defeated Sarre and then teamed up with twin Lawrence to win the vital doubles encounter against Romeril and Sarre in 4 games to clinch victory. King recorded a good 3-1 win over higher ranked junior Joshua. Division 2 Whistlers C came out on top in the battle between the 2 sides with 100% after emerging triumphant over Panthers D 7-3. Kay Chivers had a big influence on the result as she won all of her singles matches against Sam King, Neil Hastie and Dave Unsworth. She also combined with Opie to overturn a 2-0 deficit in defeating Hastie and King in a doubles encounter over the distance. Opie himself added a 5 game win over Unsworth. Alex Robinson played well in defeating Hastie and Unsworth to ensure the Whistlers side are now top of the table by 2 points. Division 3 St Pauls B continued their relentless surge towards the league title after recording a 10th consecutive victory, a crushing 10-0 brush of Lions I. The St Pauls side utilised their strongest team using Brian Le Cras, Derek Carter and John Wills to good effect. All of the St Pauls stalwarts defeated Rose Powell, Derek Cave and Sam Lesley. Wills and Le Cras combined to win the doubles encounter against Cave and Lesley in 4 games. Division 4 Whistlers J ended Lions K 100% winning record and moved to within 2 points of the leaders following a 7-3 victory. Nigel Clark was the form player winning all of his matches against Val Guilbert, Di Le Page and reserve Bert Enevoldsen. John Le Poidevin added wins over Enevoldsen and Le Page and teamed up with Clark to beat Guilbert and Le Page in a straight game doubles win to ensure victory was obtained. Pierre Le Poidevin also chipped in with a 3-2 victory over Enevoldsen to increase the margin of victory. |
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08-12-2011 League Reportposted 8 Dec 2011 14:54 by Martin Sarre [ updated 15 Dec 2011 15:48 ] |