Newspaper Article W/c 23rd April 07

 

The finals of the divisional handicap cups took place last week in the Oldham & District Table Tennis League

 

In Division 2, in front of a full house at Lees Zion, Failsworth A entertained Honeywell B, but with only a 7 point start it was always going to be difficult. Rob Carter, Paul Carter & Nathan Buckley put in their best efforts and after 7 games were only 8 points behind. The combined gains of Barrie Royle (27), Howard Travis (18) and Ian Naylor (11) saw Honeywell B through by a 59 points margin in a great advert for the game of Table Tennis.

 

In Division 3 Failsworth made the most of their 42 points start to hang on for a 13 points victory. It was a victory which seemed hardly likely after the first game when Gilders Tackle No 1, Ade Ewenla, pulled back 26 points to reduce the arrears to just 16 points with the experienced Martin Nicholls and Gerry Lees to follow.

To Failsworth’s credit they battled on with spirited performances by Steve Collins, Richard Hinchliffe and young Matthew Evans to take the Cup.

 

In Division 4 Honeywell G’s 104 point start was just enough against Uppermill C as they held out for a 13 point victory. John Ganley, Peter Ganley & Peter Sharples, all spending their first season in the league, lifted the Cup for Honeywell G. Uppermill’s Jim Bradbury & Ali Mirza pulled back most of the points with Mark Burke picking up his bat for the first time in months to help Uppermill raise a team.

 

In Division 1 Hyde YMCA A conceded a 76 point start to Hollinwood B and went on to win by 21 points, picking up 83 points in the last 5 games. Steve Lyons, Terry Taylor and Lionel Royle formed the winning team with Dave Cheetham, Colin Boardman & Jack Christian representing Hollinwood in an excellent and sporting match.

 

OLDHAM TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE RESULTS

DIVISION 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

BAE A

10

0

Werneth B

Glodwick TTC

10

0

BAE B

DIVISION 2

Hollinwood E

7

3

Unison B

 

DIVISION 1 FINAL TABLES

Updated:

23rd April 07

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Glodwick TTC

26

25

1

0

212

BAE A

26

18

4

4

187

Werneth A

26

19

2

5

179

Hyde YMCA A

26

17

4

5

158

Hollinwood A

26

14

5

7

144

OTTC A

26

13

3

10

131

Rosehill A

26

8

6

12

121

Werneth B

26

10

4

12

117

Hollinwood B

26

9

1

16

110

Honeywell A

26

6

5

15

106

Uppermill A

26

5

3

18

98

BAE B

26

5

6

15

92

Hollinwood C

26

3

4

19

87

Rosehill B

26

5

2

19

77

DIVISION 2 FINAL TABLES

Updated:

13th April 07

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Unison A

26

18

4

4

183

Werneth C

26

21

1

4

182

Grotton A

26

21

0

5

181

Honeywell C

26

18

3

5

160

First Transport

26

17

0

9

159

Hyde YMCA B

26

14

5

7

145

Honeywell B

26

12

4

10

130

Failsworth A

26

8

3

15

121

Hollinwood D

26

5

6

15

109

Unison B

26

7

1

18

101

Hollinwood E

26

6

6

14

101

Coldhurst A

26

5

3

18

101

Pennine

26

5

3

18

75

Uppermill B

26

5

1

20

72

DIVISION 3 FINAL TABLES

Updated:

13th April 07

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Gilders Tackle A

24

22

2

0

181

Unison C

24

14

4

6

164

Werneth D

24

19

2

3

157

Grotton B

24

16

1

7