Newspaper Article W/c 29th April 02.

 

The annual Dinner and Presentation Evening of the Oldham & District Table Tennis League takes place on Friday 10th May 02 at the Avant Hotel.

Mike Ford, the ex Coach of Oldham Roughyeds and currently on the coaching staff of the Irish Rugby Union International team is the guest speaker and will be presenting the prizes.

 

The Oldham Summer League has attracted 8 teams this year and starts on 13th May

 

LEAGUE RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM
 

Hollinwood 'B'

9

1

Rosehill 'B'
 

Hyde YM 'A'

5

5

BAe 'A'

 

FINAL LEAGUE TABLES

DIVISION 1

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Royton 'A'

22

20

0

2

192

Werneth 'A'

22

19

1

2

177

Royton 'B'

22

16

1

5

137

Hamer 'A'

22

13

2

7

135

BAe 'A'

22

12

2

8

116

Hollinwood 'B'

22

8

3

11

99

Rosehill 'A'

22

7

3

12

91

Hyde YMCA 'A'

22

6

4

12

86

Hollinwood 'A'

22

6

3

13

82

Werneth 'B'

22

6

2

14

78

Hanging Gate

22

4

1

17

66

Rosehill 'B'

22

2

4

16

61

DIVISION 2

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

BAe B

24

22

1

1

184

Hollinwood C

24

20

1

3

181

A Ceramics

24

20

1

3

166

Uppermill A

24

14

4

6

146

Hollinwood D

24

12

4

8

127

Grotton A

24

10

3

11

120

Hyde YMCA B

24

10

2

12

111

Werneth C

24

8

3

13

110

Hamer B

24

4

5

15

96

Honeywell

24

6

1

17

83

Hollinwood E

24

5

2

17

82

Hollinwood F

24

4

3

17

80

Werneth D

24

5

2

17

74

DIVISION 3

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Transport 'A'

22

17

2

3

156

Gilders Tackle

22

13

3

6

143

Grotton 'B'

22

13

5

4

133

Austerlands 'B'

22

14

1

7

117

Failsworth 'A'

22

11

2

9

116

Unison 'B'

22

9

5

8

112

Unison 'A'

22

9

2

11

110

Transport 'B'

22

7

8

7

105

Hamer Delph

22

6

4

12

96

Community Centre

22

6

5

11

96

Lancs Racquets

22

4

2

16

76

Deaf 'A'

22

2

3

17

60

DIVISION 4

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Owls 'A'

26

26

0

0

232

Uppermill 'B'

26

21

0

5

199

Unison 'C'

26

20

2

4

186

Werneth 'E'

26

17

0

9

172

Unison 'D'

26

18

2

6

171

Owls 'B'

26

16

3

7

162

Coldhurst 'A'

26

12

3

11

135

Werneth 'F'

26

12

2

12

135

Failsworth 'C'

26

12

1

13

121

Deaf 'B'

26

6

1

19

81

Failsworth 'B'

26

6

1

19

72

Failsworth 'D'

26

5

0

21

61

Coldhurst 'B'

26

2

1

23

54

Coldhurst 'C'

26

0

2

24

39

 

Newspaper Article W/c 22nd April 02.

 

In a well contested 2nd Division Handicap Cup Final, Werneth C , with a 79 point start, managed to maintain an advantage over BAe B until the sixth set when a devastating spell of hitting by 'Fast' Eddie Kalinowski overpowered veteran No 1 Bernard Davies 21-15, 21-8 wrested the initiative from Werneth.

BAe B then appeared to be coasting to victory, until the last singles when Davies avenged his earlier defeat by beating BAe No 1 Kevin Hill 21-9, 21-18 to reduce the deficit to a mere 12 points with just the Doubles remaining. At one stage, Werneth led the doubles 12-6 but the father & son combination of Peter & Kevin Hill stepped up a gear to win eventually 21-13, 21-19 taking the cup by 22points. BAe B are the only team this year to complete the League & Cup Double.

 

The Division 1 Handicap Cup was won by Hyde YMCA A beating Royton A by 46 points. Wayne Renton played brilliantly all night for Royton but 'Bandit' Lionel Royle did the business for Hyde, ably assisted by Dave Sefton and Terry Taylor.

 

Deaf A won the Division 3 final increasing the 67 point start they had against Transport B by an extra 27 points to win easily by 94 points. Hitesh Kanji starred gaining 26 points himself, whilst Ian Cochrane and Prakash Varsani held their own.

 

In the Division 4 Final Werneth E, with a 5point start, went on to beat Unison C by 59 points. Tony Hyde turned on the style picking up 51 points in his games.

 

LEAGUE RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Werneth 'B'

2

8

Hyde YMCA 'A'

 

Royton 'B'

0

10

Royton 'A'

 

Hyde YM 'A'

8

2

Werneth 'B'

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hamer B

3

7

Uppermill A

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Community Ctre

6

4

Racquets

 

Unison 'A'

3

7

Community Ctre

 

Deaf 'A'

7

3

Failsworth 'A'

 

Community Ctre

7

3

Deaf 'A'

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Failsworth 'B'

2

8

Unison 'D'

 

Coldhurst 'C'

0

10

Uppermill 'B'

 

Deaf 'B'

7

3

Failsworth 'D'

 

Werneth 'F'

10

0

Coldhurst 'B'

 

Uppermill 'B'

7

3

Owls 'B'

 

Newspaper Article W/c 15th April 02.

 

Last week was the last scheduled week of the Oldham & District Table Tennis League season, although a few outstanding games are arranged for this coming week, which is the Cup Finals week. All promotion and relegation issues though have already been settled.

 

In Division 1 Werneth B moved away from relegation when they beat Hollinwood B 6-4 in a game played for double points. George Jones won his 3 for Hollinwood.

Royton A are the champions for the 9th consecutive year. Werneth A are runners up.

We are guaranteed new champions next year as the Royton teams are disbanding due to their premises no longer being suitable.

Rosehill B and Hanging Gate ended the season in the relegation spots.

 

BAe B won Division 2 by three points from Hollinwood C.

Werneth D finished bottom with Hollinwood F just 2 points behind their E team who finished third from bottom.

 

Transport A have won Division 3 by 13 points from Gilders Tackle, whilst Lancashire Health & Racquets Club and Deaf Club A finished adrift at the bottom.

 

Owls A team has easily won Division 4 and Uppermill B need only 2 points from their last 2 games to become runners up.

The youngsters from Failsworth B have acquitted themselves very well as have new team Coldhurst C. Both teams will have learned much about the game to stand them in good stead for next season.

 

Spectators are welcome at this week's Handicap Cup Finals to be staged as follows:

Tuesday 16th April = Division 1 Final between Hyde YMCA A and Royton A at Hollinwood.

Tuesday 16th April = Division 3 Final between Transport and Deaf A at Werneth.

Wednesday 17th April = Division 2 Final between BAe B and Werneth C at Lees Zion.

Friday 19th April = Division 4 Final between Unison C and Werneth E at Lees Zion.

 

 

 

LEAGUE RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Royton 'B'

6

4

BAe 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'B'

4

6

Werneth 'B'

 

BAe 'A'

0

10

Werneth 'A'

 

BAe 'A'

4

6

Royton 'B'

 

Rosehill 'A'

6

4

Hollinwood 'A'

 

Hamer 'A'

8

2

Rosehill 'B'

 

Werneth 'A'

9

1

Hanging Gate

 

Werneth 'B'

6

4

Hollinwood 'B'

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hamer B

7

3

Werneth D

 

Hamer B

4

6

Hollinwood F

 

Hollinwood D

3

7

Hollinwood C

 

Werneth D

6

4

Hamer B

 

Hollinwood F

3

7

Honeywell

 

Grotton A

4

6

Hyde YM B

 

BAe B

7

3

Uppermill A

 

Hollinwood E

4

6

Werneth C

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Unison 'A'

4

6

Gilders Tackle

 

Austerlands

6

4

Grotton 'B'

 

Hamer Delph

9

1

Transport 'B'

 

Failsworth 'A'

3

7

Unison 'B'

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Werneth 'F'

3

7

Unison 'C'

 

Uppermill 'B'

7

3

Werneth 'E'

 

Unison 'C'

8

2

Deaf 'B'

 

Coldhurst 'B'

1

9

Coldhurst 'A'

 

Owls 'A'

9

1

Unison 'C'

 

Coldhurst 'A'

6

4

Werneth 'E'

 

Failsworth 'B'

9

1

Coldhurst 'C'

 

Unison 'D'

7

3

Failsworth 'C'

 

Newspaper Article W/c 8th April 02.

 

In Division 1 of the Oldham & District Table Tennis League Rosehill B gained only their second win of the season beating Werneth B 6-4. Simon Collins and Jimmy Findlow had 2 wins each with one from Bob Moores .

Simon also had a good win against Ian McLean in Rosehill's 9-1 home defeat by Werneth A.

Hyde YMCA A beat Royton B 6-4 in a close match where Dave Sefton made the difference winning all three games, including a game 19 win in the third against Larry Bainbridge.

 

Second Division leaders BAe B had a 'Hiccup' against Hyde YMCA B. Kevin Hill, who had previously been unbeaten all season, went down to Ken Ward who also accounted for Mick Hill and Eddie Kalinowski in winning his three.

Grotton A left Honeywell Lane in trouble at the wrong end of the table beating them 8-2.with wins from Dave Morris (3), Tony Prescott (2) and Alf Barker (2). Howard Travis won Honeywell's two. Their last match is a 'cruncher' against Hollinwood F with the loser likely to be relegated.

 

Division 3 Winners Transport A suffered an unexpected 6-4 defeat at Grotton B. Alf Barker did most of the damage winning all his games.

Gilders Tackle are almost assured of Runner up spot after an 8-2 win over Austerlands. Ray Woods and Martin Nicholls were unbeaten.

Relegated Deaf A gained their first win of the season, albeit at the expense of fellow strugglers Lancashire Racquets. Ian Cochrane and Hitesh Kanji were unbeaten with Prakash Bhojani winning 2 in their 8-2 victory.

 

In Division 4, Owls B fought out a draw with Unison D with wins from Dinesh Gorasia (3) and Paul Woodward (2). Martin Haigh pushed Dinesh all the way narrowly losing 22-20 in the third game.

Werneth F beat Failsworth D 8-2. Wins for Mike Pellowe (3) and two wins each for Malcolm Pellowe and Mark Dyson completed the victory. Andrew Stott replied with 2 wins for Failsworth.

LEAGUE RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Werneth 'B'

4

6

Rosehill 'B'

 

Royton 'B'

4

6

Hyde YM 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'B'

0

10

Royton 'A'

 

Hanging Gate

4

6

Werneth 'B'

 

Rosehill 'B'

1

9

Werneth 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'A'

0

10

Hamer 'A'

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hollinwood C

10

0

A Ceramics

 

Uppermill A

8

2

Hollinwood E

 

Hyde YM B

4

6

BAe B

 

Honeywell

2

8

Grotton A

 

Werneth C

6

4

Hollinwood D

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Racquets

2

8

Deaf 'A'

 

Gilders Tackle

8

2

Austerlands

 

Unison 'B'

7

3

Racquets

 

Transport 'B'

7

3

Community Ctre

 

Grotton 'B'

6

4

Transport 'A'

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Owls 'B'

5

5

Unison 'D'

 

Werneth 'E'

10

0

Failsworth 'B'

 

Failsworth 'D'

2

8

Werneth 'F'

 

Failsworth 'C'

0

10

Owls 'A'

 

Newspaper Article W/c 1st April 02.

In Division 1 leaders Royton A scored a maximum which helps them towards retaining their title, whilst putting Hanging Gate further into trouble at the other end of the table. Royton A are 23 points clear of Werneth A who have one game in hand. Hanging Gate have a tough run in with Werneth A and Werneth B to play.

 

Division 2 leaders BAe B beat Honeywell 9-1, Ken Dunkerley beating Peter Hill for Honeywell’s one. Mick Hill and Ted Robakowski were unbeaten for BAe.

A Ceramics beat Hollinwood D 6-4. Duncan Hadfield (3) Alan Bamford (2) with Stuart Carter, surprisingly, losing his three.

Grotton A beat Hamer B 6-4 with wins for Steve Oliver (2) Dave Morris (2) and Tony Prescott (1). Alex Hinchliffe won his three for Hamer.

Werneth D and Hollinwood F currently occupy the relegation spots with just two games remaining.

 

Division 3 Champions Transport A beat second placed Gilders Tackle 6-4 courtesy of the doubles win. Ken Hayes was unbeaten for Transport.

Third placed Grotton B won 7-3 at Hamer Delph to keep the pressure on. Their winners were Steve Smith (3).Alf Barker(2)and Bill Ingham (2).

Austerlands fought out amid table draw with Unison A with Pete Roddy winning his three.

Deaf A have already been relegated and its looking bad for Lancashire Racquets

 

In division 4 Owls A are champions by a long way with Uppermill being favourites to join them in division three next year.

Coldhurst C are enjoying their first season in the league. Despite not having won a game so far, they always play with great enthusiasm and sportsmanship and set a good example for all the ‘Old hands’.

 

The Dates and Venues for the Finals of the Handicap Cups, which take place W/c 15th April 02, have now been decided:

Monday 15th = Division I at Hollinwood.

Tuesday 16th = Division 3 at Werneth

Wednesday 17th = Division 2 at Lees Zion

Friday 19th = Division 4 at Lees Zion

 

Will last years trophy winners please return them to any committee member asap.

 

LEAGUE RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hollinwood 'B'

2

8

Werneth 'A'

 

Werneth 'A'

8

2

Hyde YM 'A'

 

Rosehill 'A'

1

9

Royton 'B'

 

Werneth 'A'

8

2

Hollinwood 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'A'

0

10

Hamer 'A'

 

Royton 'A'

10

0

Hanging Gate

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

A Ceramics

6

4

Hollinwood D

 

Werneth D

0

10

Hollinwood C

 

Grotton A

6

4

Hamer B

 

BAe B

9

1

Honeywell

 

Hollinwood E

3

7

Hyde YM B

 

Uppermill A

1

9

Werneth C

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Austerlands

5

5

Unison 'A'

 

Transport 'A'

6

4

Gilders Tackle

 

Hamer Delph

3

7

Grotton 'B'

 

Failsworth 'A'

8

2

Transport 'B'

 

Unison 'B'

7

3

Racquets

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Deaf 'B'

0

10

Owls 'A'

 

Coldhurst 'A'

8

2

Failsworth 'D'

 

Failsworth 'B'

6

4

Coldhurst 'B'

 

Unison 'D'

10

0

Coldhurst 'C'

 

Owls 'B'

8

2

Failsworth 'C'

 

Owls 'B'

5

5

Unison 'D'

 

LATEST TABLES

DIVISION 1

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Royton 'A'

20

18

0

2

172

Werneth 'A'

19

16

1

2

149

Hamer 'A'

21

12

2

7

127

Royton 'B'

18

14

1

3

121

BAe 'A'

18

12

1

5

103

Rosehill 'A'

21

6

3

12

85

Hollinwood 'B'

18

7

3

8

82

Hollinwood 'A'

21

6

3

12

78

Hanging Gate

20

4

1

15

61

Hyde YMCA 'A'

18

3

3

12

59

Werneth 'B'

16

3

2

11

52

Rosehill 'B'

18

1

4

13

51

DIVISION 2

BAe B

22

20

1

1

171

A Ceramics

23

20

1

2

166

Hollinwood C

22

18

1

3

164

Uppermill A

21

12

4

5

128

Hollinwood D

22

12

4

6

120

Grotton A

22

9

3

10

108

Hyde YMCA B

22

9

2

11

101

Werneth C

22

6

3

13

98

Hamer B

20

3

5

12

78

Hollinwood E

22

5

2

15

76

Honeywell

22

5

1

16

74

Hollinwood F

22

3

3

16

71

Werneth D

22

4

2

16

65

DIVISION 3

Transport 'A'

21

17

2

2

152

Gilders Tackle

20

11

3

6

129

Grotton 'B'

20

12

5

3

123

Failsworth 'A'

20

11

2

7

110

Austerlands 'B'

20

13

1

6

109

Unison 'B'

21

8

5

8

105

Unison 'A'

20

9

2

9

103

Transport 'B'

20

6

8

6

97

Hamer Delph

21

5

4

12

87

Community Centre

18

3

5

10

73

Lancs Racquets

20

4

2

14

70

Deaf 'A'

19

0

3

16

42

DIVISION 4

Owls 'A'

24

24

0

0

213

Uppermill 'B'

23

18

0

5

178

Unison 'C'

23

18

2

3

170

Owls 'B'

25

16

3

6

159

Unison 'D'

24

16

2

6

156

Werneth 'E'

23

16

0

7

155

Coldhurst 'A'

24

10

3

11

120

Failsworth 'C'

24

12

1

11

118

Werneth 'F'

23

10

2

11

114

Deaf 'B'

24

5

1

18

72

Failsworth 'B'

23

5

1

17

61

Failsworth 'D'

24

5

0

19

56

Coldhurst 'B'

24

2

1

21

53

Coldhurst 'C'

24

0

2

22

35