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ADTTL Summer League
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2010 COMPETITION - see below for reports
| 21-Jul | FINAL |
21-Jul | 3RD/4TH PLAY OFF FINAL |
Cleggs Combo 1 BaD Boys 3 |
Tring Juniors 4 David Bradbury & Ben Elliott 1 |
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| Pete Edwards lost to Pete Hargreaves+3 19-31,19-31 | Aaron Taylor+20 beat David Bradbury 31-18,31-18 | ||
| Tim Sallis+8 beat Andy Crofts 29-31,31-21,31-16 | John Richardson beat Ben Elliott+17 21-20,26-25 | ||
| Pete Edwards lost to Andy Crofts+10 12-31,14-31 | Aaron Taylor+10 beat Ben Elliott 31-26,31-12 | ||
| Tim Sallis+12 lost to Pete Hargreaves 30-31,16-17 | John Richardson lost to David Bardbury+3 31-22,26-31,21-31 | ||
| doubles | not played | doubles | Tring Juniors+6 won 31-13,31-22 |
| 21-Jul | FRIENDLY |
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John & Joyce 5 Olu & Edward 0 |
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| John Cripps beat Olu Sokoya+16 29-31, 21-20,21-20 | |||
| Joyce Witney+12 beat Edward Lock 31-14,31-14 | |||
| John Cripps beat Edward Lock+17 27-31,21-20,24-23 | |||
| Joyce Witney+14 beat Olu Sokoya 31-10,31-25 | |||
| doubles | Ed & Olu+6 lost 30-31,12-13 |
| 19-Jul | SEMI FINAL |
19-Jul | SEMI FINAL |
| The BaD Boys 4 Ladybirds 1 | Cleggs Combo 3 Hatter and Latic 2 | ||
| Pete Hargreaves beat Joan Fisher+22 26-25,26-25 | Pete Edwards lost to Paul O'Connell+5 21-31,22-31 | ||
| Andy Crofts beat Lianne Fisher+7 19-31,31-28,31-29 | Tim Sallis+15 beat Roger Mason 29-31,31-19,31-15 | ||
| Pete Hargreaves lost to Lianne Fisher+12 21-20,26-31,16-31 | Pete Edwards+7 lost to Roger Mason 8-31,13-31 | ||
| Andy Crofts beat Joan Fisher+19 31-27,25-24 | Tim Sallis+12 beat Paul O'Connell 31-10,31-17 | ||
| doubles | Ladybirds+16 lost 22-23,31-19,24-25 | doubles | Cleggs Combo+10 won 31-11,24-25,31-13 |
| 19-Jul | 3RD/4TH PLAY OFF |
19-Jul | 3RD/4TH PLAY OFF |
| Haddenham Hitters 2 Tring Juniors 3 | JJK 2 Haddenham Hawkes 3 | ||
| Lee Mallick lost to Aaron Taylor+21 19-31,25-31 | James Gibson+17 lost to Chris Hawkes 25-26,27-31 | ||
| Cynthia Kunschke+6 beat John Richardson 31-29,31-26 | Jock Campbell beat Jake Davis+16 31-27,22-31,31-26 | ||
| Lee Mallick beat John Richardson+4 31-29,31-26 | James Gibson lost to Jake Davis+14 30-31,18-31 | ||
| Cynthia Kunschke lost to Aaron Taylor+19 15-31,14-31 | Jock Cambell+15 beat Chris Hawkes 31-27,31-28 | ||
| doubles | Tring Juniors+13 won 31-19,30-31,31-21 | doubles | JJK+5 lost 31-22,26-31,27-31 |
Semi Final
The BaD Boys 4 Ladybirds 1
Cleggs Combo 3 Hatter and Latic 2
Final
Cleggs Combo 1 BaD Boys 3
Finals week – Bicester triumph.
Aylesbury's Summer League Table Tennis competition came to a competitive close this week with The Bicester and District Club taking the title against Aylesbury Sports' Cleggs Combo. Under the name of The BaD Boys, Bicester had seen off the challenge of Lianne Fisher and her Mum, Joan in the semi final. Crucial to this win was Andy Crofts' win against Lianne who had a start of 7 points. Andy won in three sets, 31 – 29 in the third. Lianne used her lead of 12 points against Pete Hargeaves more effectively, taking control with some steady hitting.
In the other semi final Cleggs Combo had worn down the consistency of The Gooner, Ram and Hatter, although they had to add a Latic to help complete their fixtures. Latic, Paul O'Connell played well with a 5 point advantage to beat Pete Edwards, but Tim Sallis completed a fine double against Paul and Roger Mason to put his team through.
Meeting the BaD Boys in the Final was a different proposition from their earlier match in the group stages when The Combo had won 4 – 1. This time Pete Hargreaves was in dominant attacking form, giving his team a good start with a two set win against Pete Edwards. Tim Sallis maintained his semi final form with a fight back from losing the first set to Andy Crofts and used his 10 point start to take the remaining sets and level the match. Andy regrouped for the game against Pete Edwards winning effectively in two sets. Now leading by two games to one, Pete Hargeaves ensured that The BaD Boys were this year's Summer League Winners seeing off a 12 point handicap against Tim Sallis, 31- 30, 17-16.
SCORECARD(to download & print)
Previous Winners
2008 Quainton Rebels(Mick Simmonds, Neil Mack, David Styles)
2009 Haddenham Hardbats(Jon Abungan, Chris Hawkes)
2010 competition reports
Week Nine – Last Season's Champions eliminated.
15/7/10
Last year's Summer League Champions, Haddenham Hawkes, lost out in the tightest of finishes in the Monday Group. Needing to win 5 – 0 against The Evergreenies to ensure safe passage through to the semi final, Ken Hill was the party pooper when he overcame a handicap of 15 points to pip the spirited Jake Davis by one point in the first leg. This gave Ken the confidence to do it again in the second leg, this time 25-24. Jake won plaudits for his win against the redoubtable David Bradbury later on. This group was very close as the top three teams all needed to win 5 – 0 to stand any chance of survival. The Bicester team of Pete Hargreaves and Andy Crofts did this in fine style against Janice Carey and Frank Hardy aka The Hardy Boys. But Cleggs Combo had it all to do, despite their advantageous handicaps, against Lee Mallick and Cynthia Kunschke of The Haddenham Hitters. The four singles all went to three legs but Bill McCafferty and Tim Sallis pulled out all the stops to take the match winning the doubles in two sets. The Bicester team and Cleggs Combo go into next week's semi finals from this group.
Paul O'Connell teamed up with Tim Cheek to beat Barry Green and Pat Higgs of The Barmy Bats 4 – 1 to take top spot in the Wednesday Group. They will meet Cleggs Combo in the semi final. This match featured three players on 100% performances. Barry lost his record to Tim Cheek in the first game and then overcame Paul to take his record, leaving Tim as the top Summer League individual on 100%. The Ladybirds were defending their second spot against Tring Juniors for whom Aaron Taylor has been outstanding throughout. Giving 10 points to Joan Fisher he comfortably won 19-18, 25-24, but Lianne Fisher overturned matters beating Aaron in three legs whilst having to peg back a start of 14 points in each leg. Joan, meanwhile, took advantage of her 21 points start to beat John Richardson and give Ladybirds the vital points to take second place by one point from Tring. Matters were becoming close in the battle for second place due to Tring Cockerels taking 4 points in their win against James Gibson and Jock Campbell. This put them just one point behind The Juniors. Elsewhere Josh Perry took a well earned win for The Perry's and together with Dad, Rob, restricted Titanics to a 3 – 2 win. Graham Butcher found his form to remain unbeaten in this match.
Week Eight – Defending Champions closing in.
9/7/10
Last year's Summer League Champions, Haddenham Hawkes, took a deserved 4 – 1 win against Pat and Iain Willcocks this week to join Bicester and District BaD Boys and Cleggs Combo at the top of the Monday Group on 22 points. Last week's leaders, Haddenham Hitters, had a free week and now languish in 4 th place two points behind the leading group. But they have the chance to affect the top places when they play Cleggs Combo in the final week. Both these teams will be relying on The Evergreenies to upset Haddenham Hawkes and The Hardy Boys disrupting the BaD Boys progress. Bicester missed a chance to go top when they allowed Torpedoes to win the doubles, although the match had passed well beyond the normal finishing time. Pete Eggleton and Anna Wharrier had made Pete Hargreaves and Andy Crofts work very hard with games going to three sets on three occasions with final games being decided by one or two points only. By contrast Terry Holland and Tim Sallis for Cleggs Combo played off equal gradings against The Hardy Boys, Phil Blind and Janice Carey, finishing their match much earlier. Games were close with Phil unlucky not to get past Terry. The Combo's 5 – 0 makes them a strong candidate for the semi finals.
The Gooner, Ram and Hatter have added a Wigan supporter to their ranks to complete their matches. He, Paul O'Connell, proved a hit with Hatter, Roger Mason and in a dour and sometimes very loud match overcame Neil Mack and Mick Simmonds of Quainton 5 – 0. This effectively puts the football quartet into the semi finals, being 4 points ahead of The Ladybirds. Whilst Lianne and Joan flew away from Titanics Nobby Tennison and Joe Gerrans, 4 – 1, they will have to do well against Tring Juniors next week to claim their semi final spot. The juniors are currently in third place two points behind The Ladybirds. The evening was highlighted by a strong performance from first timer Joe who managed a hard hitting win for Titanics against Joan and the unflagging enthusiasm and innate skill shown by Aaron Taylor with two wins against the tough Tottenham supporter, David Mosley and reserve, Brian Whitehead playing for Tring Cockerels. The Barmy Bats beat off the challenge of Josh and Rob Perry although both pushed Pat Higgs close. Her relentless forehand was much in evidence against Josh.
Week Seven – All change at the top again
3/7/10
This week's Mondays matches were all close 3 – 2 results, leaving Haddenham Hitters two points ahead of Bicester and Haddenham Hawkes who both have a match in hand. Cleggs Combo lie in fourth place one point further behind again with a match in hand. It appears that the semi finalists will come from these 4 teams. Lee Mallick, Paul O'Connell, Paul Hartnell and Brian Whitehead were unbeaten this week in their matches but Jake Davis rescued a point for Haddenham Hawkes with a valiant victory against Megabucks' Tony Greenham, giving his team a 3 – 2 win. Anna Wharrier and Paul Hartnell torpedoed The Evergreen Ken Hill and David Bradbury in their 3 – 2 success but still prop up the group being equal bottom with The Hardy Boys on 12 points. Iain Willcocks and Paul O'Connell playing for Collie Clonk Clowns harmed Cleggs Combo chances winning 3 – 2 where Terry Holland was unlucky not to gain a win taking both opponents to three legs.
In the Wednesday Group Roger Mason and Tim Cheek made light work again of their opponents, this time it was Titanics' Graham Butcher and David Badham, winning 5 – 0, each time in two legs. They top the group by 3 points from Ladybirds who take on Titanics in their next match. Tring Juniors and Tring Cockerels are third and fourth. The semi finalists from this group could well come from these four teams, each having a match in hand on fifth placed JJK and Quainton Rebels. Cockerels and Tring Juniors each had 4 – 1 wins with unbeaten performances from Aaron Taylor and Roger Shelton. James Gibson for JJK stole a game from John Richardson and Josh Perry dented David Mosley in three hard fought sets. Neil Mack took a maximum for Quainton in their 3 – 2 defeat of Barmy Bats for whom Paul Furness won once.
Week Six – Ladybirds and Bicester lead the way
30/6/10
Monday Group leaders, Bicester Bad Boys, have crept ahead after two crucial matches. Andy Crofts and Pete Hargreaves were pegged back by Chris Hawkes and Jon Abungan losing to the third placed Haddenham Hawkes 3 – 2, but then recovered with a crushing 5 – 0 victory over Haddenham Hitters, Cynthia Kunschke and Lee Mallick, who up till then had been the Group Leaders. Hawkes have a match in hand and lie three points behind Bicester but they share this position with Cleggs Combo. The Combo of Pete Edwards and Terry Holland outsmarted Evergreenies, Davids Bradbury and Shapter 3 – 2, but were well beaten 3 – 2 by the youngsters, Ben Elliott and Will Shackleton representing Megabucks. This time Terry partnered Tim Sallis. This group is very competitive, there being no better example than bottom team Torpedoes on 9 points taking an unexpected victory against Haddenham Hawkes despite Jake Davis' best efforts against Pete Eggleton, losing in three sets. Phil Blind was in good form last week for Hardy Boys beating David Shapter and Edward Lock of Evergreenies who were both successful against Janice Carey in their 3 – 2 win.
Ladybirds have moved to the top of the Wednesday Group courtesy of a walkover against Barmy Bats and a 3 – 2 defeat of James Gibson and Ken Walton. Joan Fisher proved too good with her handicap advantage although James was close at 31 – 30 in the second set. The Gooner, Andrew Eggleton and Ram, Roger Mason found Aaron Taylor in scintillating form for Tring Juniors and teamed up with Joe Wheatley to win the doubles and stop the soccer supporters winning run. Picking the top two teams at this stage is difficult with Titanics at 7 th place on 13 points just 7 points behind the leaders. 2008 winners, Quainton Rebels, were stopped in their tracks by Tring Cockerel, Roger Shelton and reserve, Brian Whitehead, but both teams are still in with a chance of qualifying for the semi finals. Well done to Josh Perry for his maximum against Ken Walton and Jock Campbell, evidence that he is finding his game after a spell out.
Week Four – No clear favourites
10/6/10
The top four Monday Teams met up last week and the results have closed the gaps for the third and fourth placed teams, Haddenham Hawkes and Cleggs Combo who are both on 10 points, four points behind the leaders with one game in hand. Cleggs Combo had strong handicap advantages against second placed, BaD Boys from Bicester and 75 year old Bill McCafferty for Cleggs celebrated by beating Ady Varney and denting Ady's 100% record. Bill then lost his own unbeaten record when Pete Hargreaves overcame the handicap of 12 points to win in 3 sets. Tim Sallis beat off the Bicester challenge each time in three sets to help Cleggs Combo win 4 – 1. Top team Haddenham Hitters, Cynthia Kunschke and Roger Mott, were eclipsed 3 - 2 by last season's champions, Haddenham Hawkes. Roger Mott took one game for The Hitters using his 13 point advantage to overcome Jon Abungan. Chris Hawkes was unbeaten for The Hawkes. In mid table The Evergreenies, David Shapter and Ken Hill, closed the gap on Iain Willcocks and his Mum, Pat winning 4 – 1, with Ken Hill unbeaten. Bottom teams, Megabucks and Torpedoes had a close match where Torpedoes were grateful to reserve player, Edward Lock winning both his games handsomely. Will Shackleton grabbed a win for Megabucks to reduce the defeat to 3 – 2.
Tring Juniors remain one of the favourites for the Wednesday top spot without raising a bat in anger. They lie in third spot one point behind joint leaders, Ladybirds and Gooner, Ram and Hatter, with a match in hand. However, the footballing mad team also have a game in hand and have won their last two matches 5 – 0. This week Tim Cheek and Roger Mason had too much knowhow for Josh and Rob Perry making light work of the steep handicaps. Ladybirds, Lianne and Joan Fisher, kept in the hunt for top spot, taking their chances with a 4 – 1 win against Tring Cockerels, David Mosley and Roger Shelton. In the battle for the minor places Jock Campbell and Ken Walton lost out 3 – 2 to Barmy Bats, Barry Green and Paul Furness with some close three setter games. Titanics David Badham and Graham Butcher squeaked past 3 – 2 against Quainton Rebel, Neil Mack and his reserve, John Cripps. Four of the five games went to three sets in a close and enjoyable match.
Week Three – Haddenham Hitters and Tring Juniors continue to lead the way
29/5/10
The top of the Monday Table is beginning to be very competitive. Whilst Haddenham Hitters, Roger Mott and Lee Mallick, beat off the Torpedoe challenge 4 – 1, The BaD Boys from Bicester kept in touch with a hard fought 3 – 2 win against David Bradbury and Ken Hill, The Evergreenies. Ady Varney pulled back a 15 point handicap to beat Ken Hill 31 – 28 in the third set but won a perfect handicap game against David Bradbury, 30 – 31, 31 – 30, 31 – 30, giving David a lead of only 4 points. Two points separate The Bicester Team from Haddenham with Collie Clonk Clowns a further 2 points behind following their 3 – 2 defeat of Tony Greenham and Gene Demagalski of Megabucks. Paul O'Connell was particularly strong for The Clowns but Pat Willcocks had an impressive three leg win giving Tony a 6 point start. Last year's Champions, Haddenham Hawkes, are lurking in 4 th place, one point behind with a game in hand. This week Jon Abungan and Jake Davis beat The Hardy Boys 4 – 1 with Jake winning well in three sets against Janice Carey. Watch out for Cleggs Combo in mid table with a game in hand also.
Tring Juniors tightened their grip at the top of the Wednesday Group beating The Barmy Bats 3 – 2. Barry Green for the Bats had a fine maximum inflicting a first defeat on Aaron Taylor who had an 8 point start. James Gibson was in sparkling form remaining unbeaten against Titanics' Graham Butcher and Nobby Tennison. His JJK team mate, Ken Walton managed a win against Graham to give them a 3 – 2 win and to stay in second place. High flying Ladybirds were shot down 4 – 1 by a Gooner and a Ram, but Lianne Fisher used her 16 point start to beat Andrew Eggleton. These two teams are likely to contest the top positions, but previous winners, Quainton Rebels, took a 5 – 0 win against Rob and Josh Perry to put themselves into contention. Whilst that result looks overwhelming, 4 of the 5 games were three set affairs and The Perry's were unlucky not to take one leg at least.
Second Week – Haddenham Hitters and Tring Juniors edge ahead.
20/5/10
Wins for Haddenham Hitters and The BaD Boys kept these two teams at the top of the Monday Group but matches were much harder, especially for Cynthia Kunschke and Lee Mallick against The Evergreenies, David Shapter and David Bradbury. Their match was a very close affair that lasted much longer than the others. Lee continued his 100% record bur David Shapter dented Cynthia's with a win 31 -29 in the third set. Malcolm Burr and John Cripps deputised for The Bicester Team with John winning both games against Tony Greenham and Will Shackleton of Megabucks. Will organised his 17 point advantage against Malcolm to win in three attacking sets. All teams in this group are competitive. Cleggs Combo turned in a 4 – 1 win as did Collie Clonk Clowns to put them equal to last week's winners Hardy Boys. Janice Carey stood out with the sole win for Hardy Boys against Iain Willcocks (Collie Clonk Clowns) and Bill McCafferty was impressive with a maximum against Gerry Saunders and Anna Wharrier of Torpedoes.
In an equally competitive Wednesday Group, Aaron Taylor and John Richardson are leading the way for Tring Juniors after a second 4 – 1 win, this time against Rob and Josh Perry. Rob played well to defeat John in three sets with a 15 point lead. The Tring theme continues with Tring Cockerels equal second with Ladybirds having beaten Titanics 3 – 2. Nobby Tennison won the crucial points for Titanics. This match was notable for two Whiteheads representing Tring, Brian and Gordon, something that is rarely seen! A Ram and a Hatter overcame James Gibson and Jock Campbell but well played to James for using his 17 point lead to beat Roger Mason. His team mate, Tim Cheek, was too strong but it still took three sets for him to beat Jock. Finally Ladybirds, Joan and Lianne Fisher kept the Quainton rebellion still in check with a 3 – 2 win, but watch out because these lads are notorious slow starters!
FIRST WEEK
13/5/10
The Summer League 2010 is under way with The Haddenham Hitters leading the way in the Monday Group but no clear leaders in the Wednesday Group.
Cynthia Kunschke and Lee Mallick for Haddenham Hitters were made to work hard for their 5 – 0 win by Ben Elliott and Gene Demagalski for Megabucks, each game going to 3 hard hitting sets. The BaD Boys (Bicester and District) overcame Iain Willcocks and Mum, Pat, who claimed a point beating Adrian Varney. Equal second at this stage are The Hardy Boys, Phil Blind and Frank Hardy, who outgunned Torpedoes duo, Paul Hartnell and Pete Eggleton. The outstanding player in this group was young Jake Davis for Haddenham Hawkes who have started the defence of their trophy with a 3 – 2 win against Cleggs Combo. Using his 22 point advantage, Jake scrapped hard to beat Pete Edwards 31 – 30 in the third set.
The Wednesday Group has four aspiring champions from the first round of matches, each team winning 4 – 1. Ken Walton and Jock Campbell (JJK) kept previous winners, Quainton Rebels, in check. Jock has recently returned to table tennis after a long break and used his points advantage well in beating Mick Simmonds and Neil Mack. Neil, however, overturned a 17 point handicap to beat Ken. Ladybirds, Joan and Lianne Fisher, beat Rob Perry and son Josh, another player returning to the sport after a break. Rob won their point pulling back an 18 point deficit to beat Joan. Jo Green was the sole winner for The Barmy Bats against Tring Cockerels beating Roger Shelton in three sets with a 17 points start. The outstanding player in this group was 10 year old Aaron Taylor playing for Tring Juniors. With an obvious improvement in his all round game he used his handicap well to take two legs with John Richardson winning once against Graham Butcher.
Summer League 2009
Haddenham Hardbats win Summer League Final
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.