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ETTA VISIT AYLESBURY

The League are expecting a visit from the Chairman of the ETTA, Alex Murdoch, and the ETTA Development Officer for our region on Friday 12th December. They are expected to visit the Elmhurst Centre to see the activities and to join in a discussion with the League Management Ctee later re ETTA / local league relations and current ideas re the development of our sport.

Timings for the visit have yet to be confirmed though the aim is for the discussions to be held in the Elmhurst Meeting Room probably starting about 7pm. Final arrangements will be notified to interested parties when confirmed.

Members of the League are invited to put forward items that they would like to be discussed. In addition Clubs may if they wish send one representative for the discussions with the ETTA. Please advise Brian Whitehead accordingly.

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A brief message:

The League is sorry to hear of the death of Ian Riddell last wednesday. Ian was a regular player in the League for many years with the Rediffusion and later the Ludwig Guttman Clubs. The funeral is at Amersham on Friday December 5th.

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SPORTS CLOSING IN

Dated 23/11/08

Quainton remain ahead in the race for the Title of the Premier Division with a tight victory at Sports B. Russell Fincher kept Quainton at the top with three wins but Tim Cheek ensured his team stay second with a fine double. By taking points off Quainton, the Sports team have done their A Team a favour, because they are now in third spot just two points behind Quainton courtesy of a 9 – 1 win against Tring A. Gerry Saunders and Graham Smith stopped the rot for Tring by winning the doubles in 5 sets. Sports also notched up a 7 – 3 defeat of Haddenham A for whom Andy Misseldine won two legs. Steve Buck won three for Sports, with Chris Hansell claiming two wins.

Bucks CC A are enjoying a resurgence this season but they could only close out 6 – 4 winners against their B Team. Andy Cullen managed two wins for the B Team but the A Team's Wilf Crompton maintained his purple patch with a maximum, pushing his success ratio to 83%. By contrast, the B Team are struggling to keep in touch at the bottom of the Division. They lost another match to Sports B for whom Tim Cheek and Andrew Eggleton were dominant. Nick Cresswell also picked up one game with a win over Mick Jeffries.

Bellingdon were without their form man, Stuart Brown, when they welcomed Quainton B last week, subsequently losing 7 – 3. Bas Mocharrafie won two games for Bellingdon but Ben Davies was victorious for Quainton. The game of the evening was between Bellingdon's Phil Tyler and David Styles with David winning in 5 sets. Finding himself two sets down, David attacked every ball to win the third 24 – 22 and then eased to victory in the last two sets.

Elmhurst have reasserted themselves as potential champions of Division One leading by 3 points from Haddenham C following a win at Tring E. Bradley Willis continued his good form from the previous week to take three for Elmhurst, but Dave Royle recovered some pride for Tring by winning two games including a five set defeat of top player Brian McMullen. Haddenham C are still in the mix for the Title but could only grind out a draw with fourth placed Quainton C with 6 games going to 5 sets. Man of this match was unbeaten Lee Mallick who is the top Division One player with a success rate of 96%.

Elsewhere Nobby Tennison helped his Sports D Team achieve a draw with a strong maximum against Bucks CC E for whom Ken Hill notched up two good wins. Mark Luscombe made another unbeaten foray into Division One for Tring D at Ridgeway. Team mate Steve Tipton had a creditable win against Brian Redrup, 12 -10 in the fifth set. Nobody was completely victorious in the 6 – 4 win that Tring C inflicted on third placed Haddenham D. Simon Witney for Haddenham came closest but lost 9 -11 in the fifth set to David Mosley. Mosley and Witney both had doubles along with Tring's Gordon Whitehead and Roger Hopkins.

Unbeaten Division Two player, Mark Luscombe, kept his Tring F Team in touch with the leaders with another maximum in the drawn match at second placed Bucks CC F. The Bucks D Team, however, is keeping its nose in front by 3 points following defeats of Brill B, 9 – 1, and Quainton D, 8 – 2.

Shock of the week in division two was the 10 - 0 home defeat of Bucks CC G by Sports H which restored Sports to third spot. With the signing of former stalwart Pete Edwards, Sports now look strong enough to challenge the Bucks CC D and F teams for the leadership.

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QUAINTON RISE TO THE TOP

dated 16/11/2008

Quainton A lead the Premier Division of the Aylesbury and District Table Tennis League courtesy of wins against Bellingdon and Bierton. Stuart Brown of Bellingdon did have other ideas taking a creditable maximum in the 6 – 4 loss to Quainton, with Keith Slipper claiming an impressive win against Russell Fincher. In the Bierton match their non playing captain, Bob Sargeant, umpired in a crucial overwhelming loss to Quainton with Neil Massa beating Steve Boyd to take their only point. Sports A still lurk menacingly in 5 th spot just 12 points behind Quainton but with 2 games in hand.

 

In other premier matches there was an evenly contested match between Haddenham A and Rivets A with 5 games going to 5 sets in this drawn fixture. Game of the evening was Arun Jogi for Haddenham who beat Dave Ralls 18 – 16 in the fifth set. Whilst Rodney Browne won once for Rivets he was to be the only success in their 8 – 2 loss to Quainton B. James McCafferty won three for Quainton as he and his colleague, Chris Walton, did in the 8 – 2 defeat of Haddenham B.

 

Haddenham C and Elmhurst are level on top of Division One, both having recent good wins. Top player Lee Mallick and James Mott of Haddenham were unbeaten in the 9 – 1 defeat of Tring E. The important Elmhurst and Bucks CC C match finished 7 – 3 for Elmhurst and included the much awaited confrontation between Barry Hammond for Bucks and father Pete for Elmhurst. Pete came second but then galvanised himself to win a long drawn out game with Mark Binder. Barry could not overcome Elmhurst's Bradley Willis in an unrestricted attacking game regarded as the best of the evening.

 

Elsewhere, Keith Creser for Rivets B stopped the whitewash with one win against Tring C for whom Gordon Whitehead and Dave Mosley had maximums. Sports D were reduced to two players when they visited Tring D, but Nobby Tennison and Terry Holland displayed durability and tenacity to win all their games with 5 going into 5 sets. Eric Dutton notched his second maximum of the season in Ridgeway's 8 – 2 defeat of Risborough A, with Malcolm Burr doing the same in the 7 – 3 win against Quainton C, for whom Michael Wade took two points.

 

The Bucks CC D and F Teams are pulling ahead in the quest for honours in Division Two. The D Team are top 8 points ahead after their 10 – 0 beating of bottom team Haddenham E who, by contrast, earned 5 valuable points in their draw with Sports G.

 

It is not often that a birthday is celebrated at a table tennis match. The recent match at Tring between the F team and visiting Bucks CC G saw three generations of the home side's Luscombe family celebrating Rosemary's 10th birthday with an iced cake for the interval refreshments. It would be nice to say that with dad Mark and grandad Fred in support, Rosemary's team were successful, but Bucks CC sneaked a 6 - 4 win.

 

 

In support of Aylesbury Vale District Council's aim to bring sport to everyone The Elmhurst Community Centre recently held an open evening for anyone interested in Table Tennis. It drew a minority interest and to build upon that the Centre is open each Friday night through the winter where any adult is welcome after 7.30 pm. Youngsters have a session from 5.30 pm until 7.00 pm. Anyone who wants to find out more about the sport can visit for free on their first night and we will warmly welcome beginners.

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