Newspaper Article W/c 25th April 05

 

 

ROWBOTHAM IS NEW TITLE HOLDER

 

Adam Rowbotham of Honeywell Lane was crowned the Oldham & District Table Tennis League Junior Singles Champion this week. The event was played on a group basis with the top two from each group contesting the semi-finals.

Nathan Buckley faced Aaron Rowbotham in the first semi-final and displayed patience and correct shot selection to beat Aaron 11-9 11-8 11-8.

The other semi-final was between Adam Rowbotham and title holder Paul Carter. Adam displayed sound counter blocking skills coupled with aggressive forehand attacks to dethrone the holder in a match of high quality, 13-11 11-13 11-6 11-8. Adam beat Nathan in the final 11-5 11-7 11-7.

 

The Divisional Handicap Cup Finals were staged this week with the all Division 1 Werneth encounter proving somewhat one-sided. Contributions from Nick Mooney (45) and Stuart Meredith (34) were the foundation of the 85 point win for the A team.

 

 In Division 2 Uppermill A started proceedings with a 32 point lead over Hollinwood C who seemed unable to challenge this deficit. Gary Crossley gained 25 points with Mark Simpson and Keith Moores chipping in with 10 and 8 respectively to win the match by 92 points.

 

Division 3 provided the closest game with Hamer Delph overcoming Coldhurst C by just 18 points. Alan Marston clawed back 56pts, backed by Ian Naylor (44) and Derek Naylor (25).

 

The Failsworth H and Honeywell C Division 4 final was witnessed by a sizeable enthusiastic crowd, they enjoyed the skills of a host of junior talent which resulted in a surprise win for Failsworth. Matthew Evans impressed with a gain of 18pts with Daniel Cooper and Bradley Dawson stemming the tide. The 57pt clawback from Adam Rowbotham was in vain as Failsworth took the cup by 52pts.

                                                                                                 

The Oldham Vets team beat Bury away 5-4 in the inter-league trophy semi-final. Doubles from Dave Buckley and Ken Hayes set up a final date with the winners of Wirral and Halton.     

 

The Annual Dinner & Presentation Evening is at the Pennine Way Hotel on Friday 13th May 05 and all monies should be with Bob Johnson by the Closing date of 30th April 05

 

Ten teams have entered for the Summer League which starts on 9th May 05. The Fixture List will be out this week

 

 

 

League Results.

 

HOME TEAM

POINTS

POINTS

AWAY TEAM

DIV 1

Hyde YMCA A

 4

6 

Werneth B

 

Failsworth A

 10

0 

NCFPPP

DIV 2

Hollinwood D

 7

3 

Pennine

 

 

 

 

 

DIV 3

Community Centre

 3

 7

Coldhurst A

 

Uppermill B

 6

 4

Coldhurst B

 

Community Centre

 7

 3

Werneth D

DIV 4

Coldhurst D

 7

 3

Failsworth F

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINAL LEAGUE TABLES

 

DIVISION 1

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

NCFPPP

24

22

0

2

197

BAe A

24

19

1

4

176

Failsworth A

24

16

1

7

149

Werneth A

24

15

2

7

148

Glodwick TTC

24

16

1

7

147

Werneth B

24

12

3

9

127

Hollinwood A

24

11

4

9

121

Hollinwood B

24

9

5

10

104

Rosehill A

24

6

4

14

103

Honeywell A

24

6

4

14

94

BAe B

24

4

3

17

83

Hyde YMCA A

24

3

4

17

79

Grotton A

24

0

2

22

32

DIVISION 2

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Rosehill B

26

23

1

2

192

Werneth C

26

19

3

4

181

Hollinwood C

26

20

2

4

174

Uppermill A

26

16

6

4

157

First Transport

26

13

3

10

139

Hyde YMCA B

26

15

1

10

138

Unison A

26

10

4

12

129

Hollinwood E

26

13

3

10

127

Honeywell B

26

8

2

16

123

Failsworth C

26

8

4

14

115

Hollinwood D

26

7

3

16

106

Pennine

26

5

4

17

94

Failsworth B

26

4

2

20

89

Grotton B

26

1

2

23

57

 

DIVISION 3

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Coldhurst A

26

24

1

1

201

Hamer Delph

26

24

0

2

187

Gilders A

26

17

2

7

164

Unison C

26

14

6

6

156

Werneth D

26

14

5

7

150

Community Centre

26

11

2

13

134

Unison B

26

12

3

11

126

Owls A

26

9

3

14

126

Uppermill B

26

9