Table Tennis News for December 2001

(No Oldham Chronicle Article w/c 24th December 01

or W/c 31st December 01 due to Holidays).

 

Match Reports for W/c 17th December 01 

In Division 1, Royton A lost their first match in over 2 seasons going down 6-4 at Werneth A. Werneth's Darryl Meredith maintained his unbeaten record for the season, assisted by Ian McLean (2) who came close to a maximum himself, having been one game up and 18-12 up in the second against Andy Jackson, before narrowly losing the third on deuce.

 

Werneth D gained their first win in Division 2 since the opening match of the season beating Hyde YMCA B 6-4 mainly due to Dave Simpkin (3) and Doreen Schofield (2). Winners for Hyde were Dennis Bradshaw (2) Ken Ward (1) and Vernon Hyde (1).

A Ceramics beat Honeywll Lane 9-1. Ken Dunkerley beat Stuart Carter 25-23, 22-20 for the single win.

Hollinwood F drew with Uppermill A. Hollinwood's Bob Johnson starred with 3 wins with single contributions from George Marrow and Harry Ross. Uppermill's replies came from Dave Grundy (2) and Peter Watson (2).

 

In Division 3, Grotton B kept their good run going beating close rivals Gilders 6-4. Bill Ingham being unbeaten.

Austerlands beat Transport B 6- 4 thanks to a 24-22 win in the deciding game of the doubles. Glenn Chadwick won his 3 for Transport.

 

Coldhurst A drew with Owls B. Geoff Hollin (3), Tony Hodgkinson (2) with Owls wins coming from Paul Woodward (2) Dinesh Gorasia (1) and Dave Foden (1).

 

Oldham Chronicle Article 17th December 01.

Hanging Gate picked up a welcome draw in the first division against Hamer A. Tony Hutchinson winning 3 for Hamer.

Hamer B lost 6-4 to A Ceramics in the second division in spite of an impressive unbeaten performance from Alex Hinchcliffe.

Hollinwood C kept up the pressure on A Ceramics and BAe, beating Werneth C 8-2 with a maximum from Dave Buckley.

Honeywell Lane whitewashed Werneth D, leaving them adrift at the bottom.

Transport B pegged back leaders of Div 3 inflicting the first defeat of the season on Transport A. Dave Harris starred with 3 wins.

Second placed Grotton B had a good 8-2 win against Unison A.

Peter Buckley continued his good form winning 3 for Community Centre in the draw with Unison B.

In Division 4 third placed Werneth E beat their F team 8-2. Mike Pellowe beat Phil Coombe who lost his second game of the season in consecutive weeks, having lost to Tony Hodgkinson last week.

Fifth placed Unison D lost 6-4 to second placed Uppermill B. Dennis Heyes was unbeaten for Unison.

Oldham Owls A remain clear at the top.

RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hanging Gate

5

5

Hamer 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'A'

4

6

Hyde YMCA 'A'

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hollinwood E

3

7

BAe B

 

Uppermill A

8

2

Grotton A

 

Honeywell

10

0

Werneth D

 

Hamer B

4

6

A Ceramics

 

Werneth C

2

8

Hollinwood C

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Lancs Racquets

4

6

Failsworth 'A'

 

Unison 'B'

5

5

Community Centre

 

Deaf 'A'

4

6

Hamer Delph

 

Transport 'B'

6

4

Transport 'A'

 

Grotton 'B'

8

2

Unison 'A'

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Unison 'D'

4

6

Uppermill 'B'

 

Owls 'B'

10

0

Failsworth 'B'

 

Werneth 'E'

8

2

Werneth 'F'

 

Failsworth 'D'

0

10

Owls 'A'

 

 

Oldham Chronicle Article 10th December 01.

In Division 2 Hollinwood D player John Flowers dented the hopes of his promotion chasing 'C' team by winning his 3 games in a 6-4 win for the 'C' team.

Other unbeaten performances this week:

Brian Higgins in Honeywell's 6-4 win against Hollinwood F.

Bernard Davies in Werneth C 6-4 defeat by Hollinwood E.

Glenn Chadwick in Transport B's draw with Hamer Delph.

Glenn Jackson in Unison A 6-4 win at Gilders Tackle.

Ian Cochrane in Deaf A draw with Community Centre.

Munawar Hussain in Failsworth A 6-4 win at Unison B.

Paul Woodward in Owls B 6-4 win against Uppermill B.

Jan Galikowski in Unison D 8-2 win at Failsworth C.

Phillip Hall in Owls A 6-4 win at Unison C.

Tony Hodgkinson in Coldhurst A 7-3 defeat by Werneth E in a game which the all action Hodgkinson inflicted the first defeat of the season on Phil Coombes.

RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Rosehill 'A'

2

8

BAe 'A'

 

Hyde YMCA 'A'

4

6

Royton 'B'

 

Werneth 'A'

10

0

Rosehill 'B'

 

Hanging Gate

0

10

Werneth 'A'

 

Rosehill 'B'

1

9

Hamer 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'A'

7

3

Rosehill 'A'

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hyde YMCA B

8

2

Hollinwood E

 

Hollinwood C

6

4

Hollinwood D

 

Uppermill A

2

8

BAe B

 

Honeywell

6

4

Hollinwood F

 

Werneth C

4

6

Hollinwood E

 

Hyde YMCA B

4

6

Grotton A

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Community Centre

5

5

Transport 'B'

 

Gilders Tackle

4

6

Unison 'A'

 

Unison 'B'

4

6

Failsworth 'A'

 

Transport 'B'

5

5

Hamer Delph

 

Grotton 'B'

10

0

Austerlands 'B'

 

Deaf A

5

5

Community Centre

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Coldhurst 'C'

0

10

Werneth 'E'

 

Werneth 'F'

7

3

Failsworth 'D'

 

Uppermill 'B'

10

0

Coldhurst 'C'

 

Unison 'C'

4

6

Owls 'A'

 

Owls 'B'

6

4

Uppermill 'B'

 

Werneth 'E'

7

3

Coldhurst 'A'

 

Failsworth 'D'

7

3

Deaf 'B'

 

Failsworth 'C'

2

8

Unison 'D'

 

 

DIVISION 1

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Werneth 'A'

11

8

1

2

86

Royton 'A'

8

8

0

0

72

Hamer 'A'

11

6

1

4

68

Royton 'B'

9

7

1

1

60

Hollinwood 'A'

10

5

2

3

54

BAe 'A'

9

6

1

2

51

Hollinwood 'B'

10

4

2

4

46

Rosehill 'A'

11

3

1

7

44

Werneth 'B'

9

2

2

5

34

Hyde YMCA 'A'

10

2

1

7

32

Hanging Gate

11

2

0

9

28

Rosehill 'B'

11

0

2

9

25

DIVISION 2

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

BAe B

12

11

0

1

91

Hollinwood C

11

10

0

1

88

A Ceramics

11

9

1

1

85

Grotton A

12

6

2

4

64

Uppermill A

11

6

2

3

62

Hollinwood D

12

5

4

3

62

Hyde YMCA B

12

5

1

6

53

Werneth C

12

3

1

8

49

Hollinwood E

12

4

1

7

46

Hollinwood F

12

2

1

9

42

Hamer B

10

1

3

6

40

Honeywell

12

3

1

8

39

Werneth D

11

1

1

9

29

DIVISION 3

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Transport 'A'

11

9

2

0

79

Grotton 'B'

11

7

2

2

70

Gilders Tackle

11

4

3

4

62

Austerlands 'B'

11

7

0

4

60

Unison 'A'

11

5

1

5

57

Failsworth 'A'

11

5

2

4

57

Community Centre

11

2

4

5

51

Transport 'B'

10

3

5

2

50

Unison 'B'

10

3

2

5

48

Hamer Delph

11

2

4

5

48

Lancs Racquets

10

3

1

6

36

Deaf 'A'

10

0

2

8

22

DIVISION 4

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Owls 'A'

14

14

0

0

120

Uppermill 'B'

13

9

0

4

98

Unison 'C'

13

10

1

2

96

Werneth 'E'

13

10

0

3

94

Unison 'D'

13

9

1

3

87

Owls 'B'

14

8

1

5

77

Coldhurst 'A'

12

5

1

6

62

Werneth 'F'

12

6

1

5

61

Failsworth 'C'

13

6

0

7

54

Deaf 'B'

12

2

0

10

36

Failsworth 'D'

13

3

0

10

35

Coldhurst 'B'

12

2

0

10

27

Failsworth 'B'

12

1

1

10

23

Coldhurst 'C'

10

0

0

10

10

 

Oldham Chronicle Article 3rd December 01.

The ‘makeshift’ Hollinwood A pulled off a surprise 9-1 win at the high flying Hamer A in Division 1 with wins from Jack Christian (3), John Flowers (3) and Simon Hardwick (2). John DePledge was Hamer’s only winner.

In Division 2 Hollinwood F drew with Hamer B thanks to 3 wins from Bob Johnson. Alex Hinchcliffe and Adam Thornton replied with 2 wins each.

Hyde YMCA B beat Hollinwood E 8-2 with wins from Ken Ward (3) Nick Bakewell (2) and Dennis Bradshaw (2). Ray Statham and Paul Rourke were Hollinwood’s winners.

In Division 3, Community Centre drew with Unison B with three of their victories by way of the narrowest of margins. Peter Buckley won his three, with his 13-21,32-30, 24-22 win over Steve Wild being the highlight.

Leaders Transport A convincingly beat second placed Grotton B 9-1.

Third and Fourth placed Austerlands and Gilders Tackle met with Austerlands running out

6-4 winners, mainly due to Pete Roddy who won his 3.

Owls A, leaders of Division 4, had a 10-0 win over Failsworth C. Their regular players, Philip Hall, David Harthan and Martin Raines were too strong for Failsworth with only one set going to 3 games.

Second placed Unison C beat Deaf B 8-2 with John Hanson being unbeaten.

RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hamer 'A'

4

6

Werneth 'A'

 

Royton 'B'

6

4

Rosehill 'A'

 

BAe 'A'

8

2

Hyde YMCA 'A'

 

Hanging Gate

0

10

Royton 'A'

 

Hamer 'A'

1

9

Hollinwood 'A'

 

Werneth 'B'

10

0

Hanging Gate

 

Royton 'A'

10

0

Hollinwood 'B'

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hollinwood D

5

5

Werneth C

 

Hollinwood F

5

5

Hamer B

 

Grotton A

8

2

Honeywell

 

BAe B

9

1

Hyde YMCA B

 

Hollinwood E

3

7

Uppermill A

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Community Centre

5

5

Unison 'B'

 

Austerlands 'B'

6

4

Gilders Tackle

 

Transport 'A'

9

1

Grotton 'B'

 

Failsworth 'A'

8

2

Deaf 'A'

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Owls 'A'

10

0

Failsworth 'C'

 

Deaf 'B'

2

8

Unison 'C'

 

Coldhurst 'A'

9

1

Coldhurst 'B'

 

Failsworth 'B'

0

10

Werneth 'E'

 

Unison 'D'

5

5

Owls 'B'