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ADTTL Summer League 2009
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Previous Winners
2008 Quainton Rebels(Mick Simmonds, Neil Mack, David Styles)
2009 Haddenham Hardbats(Jon Abungan, Chris Hawkes)
Summer League 2009
Haddenham Hardbats win Summer League Final
MONDAY 20 July SUMMER LEAGUE SEMI FINALS
Despite valiant efforts against overwhelming odds the Oxford duo, Bill Mason and Mike Aistrop were unable to prevent Chris Hawkes and Jon Abungan progressing to Wednesday's final. Bill managed to take a leg off Chris and Mike stuck in well to take a leg off Jon, but this was after the match was already decided. Chris and Jon will play Pete Hargreaves and Arun Jogi of Wot no S who performed well to beat Brian Whitehead and Colin Sturges, representing Iceberg. Again the result was decided after the first three games, but Iceberg managed to win the doubles. Some excellent rallies were evident in both matches from these mainly attack minded players.
In the 3 rd /4 th spot play offs Andy Templeton and John Richardson for Tring D overcame Ken Walton and David Bradbury (Ken & Rob) by 4 to 1 and Clive and Joyce beat substitute team Pete Edwards and Nobby Tennison 5 ? 0.
FINAL 22 July
Pete Hargreaves and Arun Jogi tried their hardest with some excellent table tennis against two players in the peak of form, both with the benefit of testing handicaps. Jon Abungan saw off Pete in two legs with a start of 12 points in the first game where Pete narrowed the deficit to 7 points in the second leg. Again Yogi scored more points than Chris in the second game, but not enough, losing 31-23, 31-26, giving away 13 points at the start. Jon then maintained his one hundred per cent record beating Yogi 31-19, 31-29 with 16 points start. Yogi had levelled the scores in the second leg, but Jon kept his cool to take the game. This gave the match to Haddenham Hardbats who have been favourites throughout the tournament. In the remaining singles Chris dropped a leg against Pete before winning through and The Hardbats took the doubles to make the score 5 ? 0. Well done Chris and Jon.
In the play off for third spot Joyce Witney and Clive Westbury beat Andy Templeton and John Richardson of Tring D, despite Joyce losing the first game to Andy Templeton. This was a gruelling match with all games going to three legs and scores in the legs being very close.
There were friendly matches played on the other tables, thanks to Ken Walton, Stan Harding, Paul O'Connell and David Badham filling in the vacant places.
Finally many thanks to David Ballard who turned up with the trophies and made the presentation for what has been an enjoyable competition.