News - January 2003

Newspaper Article W/c 27^th January 03

Last week saw the Divisional Handicap Cup underway and the closest finish of all the games was in Division 4 where Failsworth C beat Werneth F by just two points. Failsworth's team of Brian Handley, Alan Nightingale and Andrew Stott set off with a 50 point lead, which by the sixth game was down to 13 points. Next on was Andrew Stott who took 13 points against Malcolm Pellowe to give them a bit of a cushion ,and with just the doubles left their lead was back down to 17 points. This meant they needed 26 points for the win and in a very tense second game they managed the 14 points they needed giving them their 2 point victory.

Elsewhere in Division 4 the 190 point start which youngsters Adam Young, Paul Carter and Nathan Buckley had was good enough to see Failsworth E through by 35 points against Unison D.

The Werneth E team of Phil Coombe, Julian Minshall and Stephen Micklethwaite overcame a 92 point handicap deficit against Owls B and went on to win by 15 points.

In Division 3 the Owls A team of Philip Hall, Martin Raines and Paul Woodward, overcame a 29 point handicap deficit against Gilders B and went on to win by 37 points.

In Division 2 the Gilders A team of Ray Woods, Martin Nicholls and Colin Ogden set off with a 75 point start against Honeywell Lane and held on to win by 20 points.

The Austerlands team of Pete Roddy, Gary Keylock and Dennis Hanson were given a 48 point start by Hamer B and actually won the game on the night increasing their lead to 62 points.

In Division 1the Hanging Gate team of Glen Hewitt, Gary Blackhurst and Keith Fendall set off with a 29 point lead which at one time was down to 18 points, but were able to hold on against Hollinwood B for a 21 point victory.

The Hamer A team of Andy Boardman, Tim Hatton and Phil Myers gave BAe B a 131 point start and went on to win by 30 points.

Full Listing of Handicap Cup results. ( Winners in BOLD)

Division 1

Hamer A	442	BAe B	412
Werneth B	516	NCFPPP	420
Rosehill A	502	Hollinwood A	457
Hanging Gate	591	Hollinwood B	570
BAe A	447	Hyde YMCA A	499

Division 2

Hollinwood F	551	Uppermill A	485
Hyde YMCA B	504	Hollinwood D	526
Austerlands	624	Hamer B	562
Gilders A	527	Honeywell Lane	507
Grotton A	478	Hollinwood E	403

Division 3

Racquets	602	Failsworth A	572
Pennine	Beat (W/O)	Werneth D
Coldhurst A	Beat (W/O)	Deaf A
Owls A	546	Gilders B	509

Division 4

Failsworth C	489	Werneth F	487
Deaf B	537	Unison C	425
Owls B	430	Werneth E	445
Coldhurst D	Beat (W/O)	Failsworth D
Unison D	431	Failsworth E	466

League Results

	HOME TEAM	PTS	PTS	AWAY TEAM
DIV 3	Racquets	5	5	Owls A
	Racquets	8	2	Failsworth A
DIV 4	Failsworth D	3	7	Coldhurst B
	Owls B	3	7	Werneth E

Newspaper Article W/c 20^th January 03

Entries for the Oldham & District Table Tennis League Closed Championships are to be in by 10^th February 03. The event, generally regarded as the best tournament locally, will be held at Oldham Sports Centre on Sunday 2^nd March 02 from 9 am. The finals are scheduled to start at 7 pm. Spectators are welcome.

Division 1.Hamer A beat Werneth B 8-2 with an unbeaten performance from Phil Myers and doubles from Andy Boardman and Tim Hatton. Werneth's victories came from John DePledge who beat Andy and Mandy Winskill who had an excellent win over Tim Hatton.

Stuart Wood scored a treble on his seasonal debut for Hyde YMCA A in the match against bottom team Hollinwood C. Terry Taylor (3) and Geoff Ogden (2) proved too strong and ran out 9-1 winners.

Division 2. Leaders Werneth C beat second placed Grotton A 6-4 with two wins each for Bernard Davies , Doreen Schofield and Paul Wilkinson. Grotton's Tony Prescott beat Doreen and Paul with Alf Barker beating Bernard.

Third placed Honeywell might have expected better than 7-3 against bottom club Austerlands, but new signing Steve Bain was in fine form and took the three points.

The Hollinwood F team of Pete Dawson (3) John Foster (2) and George Marrow (2) beat Uppermill A 7-3. Dave Grundy was Uppermill's only winner with two wins.

Hollinwood D drew with Hyde YMCA B thanks to a maximum from Ray Statham and a single from Roy Hicketts. Hyde's replies came from Nick Bakewell (2), Ken Ward (2) and Vernon Hyde (1).

Division 3. Leaders Pennine beat second placed Hamer Delph 8-2 in a game that the scoreline did not reflect the closeness of the game. Glenn Chadwick won his three whilst John Robertson and Dave Harris won two each. Derek Naylor and son Ian scored singles for Hamer Delph.

Gilders Tackle B came away from Werneth D with a 6-4 victory thanks to maximums from Gerry Lees and Dave Cuniffe. The Werneth team of Tony Hyde, Alan Else and Christian Halford all won one each.

Division 4. Unison D went top following their 9-1 win against Failsworth D. Barry Johnson and Wayne Carter were unbeaten. Pete Aspin beating Jan Galikowski for Failsworth's point.

Unison C team, in second place 13 points behind but with 2 games in hand, beat Failsworth E 8-2. Peter Rands scored a treble with Martin Haigh and Jan Galikowski scoring doubles. Pete Aspin and Adam Young replied for Failsworth.

League Results

	HOME TEAM	PTS	PTS	AWAY TEAM
DIV 1	BAe A	7	3	Rosehill B
	Hyde YM A	9	1	Hollinwood C
	Hamer A	8	2	Werneth B
	BAe B	5	5	Hollinwood A
DIV 2	Hyde YM B	9	1	First Transport
	Hollinwood D	5	5	Hyde YM B
	First Transport	8	2	Hollinwood E
	Austerlands	3	7	Honeywell
	Hollinwood F	7	3	Uppermill A
	Grotton B	10	0	Hamer B
	Werneth C	6	4	Grotton A
DIV 3	Uppermill B	3	7	Deaf A
	Coldhurst A	7	3	Uppermill B
	Deaf A	5	5	Unison B
	Werneth D	4	6	Gilders B
	Pennine TTC	8	2	Hamer Delph
DIV 4	Coldhurst D	0	10	Unison C
	Werneth F	7	3	Coldhurst C
	Coldhurst B	3	7	Deaf B
	Unison C	8	2	Failsworth E
	Failsworth D	1	9	Unison D
	Failsworth C	3	7	Failsworth B

Newspaper Article W/c 13^th January 03

Division1. Leaders NCFPPP lost 6-4 at home to Hamer A for whom Tim Hatton was unbeaten with Andy Boardman & Tony Hutchinson adding singles. Winners for NCFPP were Andy Jackson (2) and one each from Wayne Renton and Howard Leigh.

Hollinwood C lost 6-4 at home to Rosehill A. Joe Redikin, John Flowers and Bob Johnson each won singles for Hollinwood but maximums from Kevin Rothwell and Ian Stott gave Rosehill their victory.

Werneth A beat their B team 8-2 with a maximum from Ian McLean. Stewart Meredith lost to Eddie Darlington and Pete Morris lost to Jon Depledge.

Division 2. Werneth C won 7-3 at Grotton B with wins from Bernard Davies (3), Paul Wilkinson (2) and Alan Else (1). Steve Smith (2) and Alan Sarsfield (1) replied for Grotton.

The Hollinwood E team of Steve Mather, Stuart Clarke & Glen Dowse beat Austerlands 7-3 but none could beat new signing Steve Bain who 'bagged' the three for Austerlands.

Division 3. Leaders, Pennine , were beaten 8-2 at home by Oldham Owls, their two wins coming from Glenn Chadwick who beat Martin Raines and Dave Harris who beat Dave Harthan. Philip Hall was unbeaten for Owls.

The Hamer Delph team of Alan Marston (2) Derek Naylor (2) & John Kershaw (1) beat the Coldhurst A team of Geoff Hollin (3), Murray Corbin (1) and Peter Altham 6-4.

Unison B drew with their A team with a treble from Dave Wild and a double from Steve Wild. Glen Jackson (2), Craig Oldfield (1) and Steve Slater (1) replied for the A team.

Division 4. Leaders ,Unison D, were held to a draw by Owls B for whom Paul Woodward starred with three wins and Dinesh Gorasia had a fine win against Barry Johnson. Mike O'Gara (2), Wayne Carter (2) & Barry Johnson (1) were Unison's winners.

Werneth E avenged their earlier 6-4 defeat by their F team beating them the same score in the return fixture. It was an all round team effort with two wins each for Phil Coombe, Julian Minshall & Brian Micklethwaite who were all beaten by Mike Pellowe.

Notices.

Players are reminded that if they have not played in 3 matches during the first half of the season that they need to apply for permission to play in the second half.
Pennine TTC have changed their Match Night to Monday's

League Results

	HOME TEAM	PTS	PTS	AWAY TEAM
DIV 1	Hyde YM A	4	6	Rosehill B
	Werneth B	2	8	Werneth A
	NCFPPP	4	6	Hamer A
	Hollinwood C	4	6	Rosehill A
	Rosehill B	3	7	Hollinwood B
	Hollinwood A	5	5	BAe A
DIV 2	Uppermill A	1	9	Grotton A
	Honeywell	8	2	Hollinwood F
	Hollinwood E	7	3	Austerlands
	Hamer B	7	3	Gilders
	Grotton B	3	7	Werneth C
DIV 3	Racquets	4	6	Unison A
	Gilders B	5	5	Racquets
	Unison B	5	5	Unison A
	Hamer Delph	6	4	Coldhurst A
	Pennine TTC	2	8	Owls A
DIV 4	Deaf B	1	9	Unison D
	Coldhurst C	9	1	Coldhurst B
	Werneth E	6	4	Werneth F
	Unison D	5	5	Owls B
	Failsworth D	1	9	Failsworth C

DIVISION 1 HANDICAPS			DIVISION 2 HANDICAPS
PLAYER	TEAM	H/CAP	PLAYER	TEAM	H/CAP
M Ramsbottom	BAe A	0	R Woods	Gilders	45
P Biggs		2	M Nicholls		62
J Hope		7	C Ogden		81
W Russell		7	R Hicketts	Hollinwood D	48
D Taylor		42	R Statham		32
I Byrne		40	H Ross		73
M Moir		0	G Phoenix	First Transport	15
D Buckley	Hollinwood B	59	K Hayes		34
B Huskinson		80	T Ryan		24
S Hardwick		69	B Hall		49
S Abraham		49	A Tindale		93
C Boardman		62	P Roddy	Austerlands	58
D Sefton	Hyde YM A	10	D Hanson		111
B Baldwin		50	G Keylock		103
L Royle		69	P Hopwood		114
G Ogden		56	J Foster	Hollinwood F	47
A Borrell		88	G Marrow		71
K Rothwell	Rosehill A	39	P Dawson		71
I Stott		56	T Prescott	Grotton A	37
N Coulson		69	S Oliver		37
P Ashworth		52	D Morris		31
D Pegg		42	A Barker		47
A Boardman	Hamer A	20	D Grundy	Uppermill A	34
T Hutchinson		14	P Watson		31
P Myers		31	M Simpson		37
H Lowe		47	K Moores		56
T Hatton		12	P Rowbotham	Honeywell	0
D Meredith	Werneth A	0	B Higgins		52
I McLean		7	H Travis		46
S Meredith		17	T Cooper		48
P Morris		21	K Dunkerley		65
E Darlington	Werneth B	55	G Dowse	Hollinwood E	40
A Winskill		63	S Mather		34
K Richardson		69	S Clarke		52
D Hill		60	P Rourke		76
J DePledge		48	N Bakewell	Hyde YM B	29
A Jackson	NCFPPP	3	K Ward		30
W Renton		9	D Bradshaw		49
L Bainbridge		2	V Hyde		71
H Leigh		9	A Hinchliffe	Hamer B	54
T Reed		9	R Hinchliffe		74
G Payne		17	P Whyatt		96
J Redikin	Hollinwood C	97	Liqat Ali		108
J Flowers		97	A Thornton		79
B Johnson		82	S Smith	Grotton B	52
G Hewitt	Hanging Gate	73	A Sarsfield		79
G Blackhurst		56	N Tomlinson		77
K Fendall		108	M Tobi		82
B Peace		97	B Davies	Werneth C	14
S Collins	Rosehill B	54	D Schofield		15
J Findlow		62	P Wilkinson		36
B Moores		58
W Francis		77
A Perry		85
G Jones	Hollinwood A	33
J Christian		54
G Hallsworth		80
K Hill	BAe B	32
M Hill		60
E Kalinowski		82
P Hill		81
E Robakowski		102

DIVISION 3 HANDICAPS			DIVISION 4 HANDICAPS
PLAYER	TEAM	H/CAP	PLAYER	TEAM	H/CAP
G Hollin	Coldhurst A	39	D Gorasia	Owls B	29
M Corbin		95	L Woodward		36
P Altham		109	D Foden		59
H Kanji	Deaf A	35	P Tamworth		47
I Cochrane		66	M Stansfield		73
P Bhojani		68	Mick Pellowe	Werneth F	11
G Jackson	Unison A	39	P Aspinall		20
C Oldfield		36	M Dyson		48
S Slater		81	Malc Pellowe		64
P Jones		85	M Tattersall	Coldhurst B	36
A Else	Werneth D	39	D Tattersall		82
T Hyde		62	D Taylor		73
D Renton		73	D England		83
C Halford		81	J Mark	Unison C	1
D Atkinson	Racquets	51	P Rands		1
J Herman		73	R Jagger		15
D Bleakley		73	J Galikowski		17
R Carter	Failsworth A	0	M Haigh		7
G Mercer		62	V Gaffey	Failsworth B	33
J Greenwood		77	F Pickles		45
P Aspin		68	R Tench		23
G Lees	Gilders B	46	M Buckley		70
A Robinson		63	M Woolfe	Failsworth E	105
M Craven		77	N Buckley		98
S Wild	Unison B	35	A Young		63
D Wild		32	P Carter		63
R Holt		103	S Hall	Deaf B	51
J Bradbury	Uppermill B	70	J Parker		81
H Meadham		60	E Butterworth		30
S Hanson		67	C Brown		75
G Kershaw		99	S Davis		33
A Marston	Hamer Delph	11	J Elliott	Coldhurst D	109
D Naylor		44	D Keane		108
J Kershaw		63	A Brown		107
I Naylor		33	J McLoughlin		98
G Chadwick	Pennine TTC	14	S King	Coldhurst C	63
D Harris		25	S Walsh		73
V Flannagan		61	J Greenwood		70
J Robertson		17	P Coombe	Werneth E	14
P Hall	Owls A	46	C Lord		33
M Raines		81	J Chadderton		45
P Woodward		30	B Micklethwaite		25
			G Aspinall		43
			S Micklethwaite		30
			J Minshall		13
			D Heyes	Unison D	6
			N Chapman		12
			W Carter		22
			M O'Gara		0
			J Hulme	Failsworth D	36
			G Dalton		81
			A Stott	Failsworth C	82
			B Handley		25
			A Nightingale		66
			J Barley		79

Newspaper Article W/c 6^th January 03

Division 1. In the clash between the top two teams it was leaders NCFPP who came out on top establishing an 18 point lead over Werneth A, although they have played one extra game.

Andy Jackson was in excellent form scoring a treble, his game against Darryl Meredith being the pick of the night, where from 16 each in the third he ran out a 21-17 win. Larry Bainbridge won two with Howard Leigh beating Peter Morris. Winners for Werneth were Darryl Meredith (2) and Ian McLean (1).

Division 2. The improving Hyde YMCA B team came away from Austerlands with a 9-1 victory thanks to maximums from Nick Bakewell and Ken Ward with Vernon Hyde adding a double. Dennis Hanson was the only winner for Austerlands .

The Gilders Tackle A team of Ray Woods, Martin Nicholls and Colin Ogden had no trouble disposing of the Grotton B team 10-0.

LEADING PLAYER AVERAGES - ( 50% of team games played to qualify)

DIVISION 1
PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	AVERAGE
A Jackson	NCFPPP	30	27	90
L Bainbridge	NCFPPP	33	29	88
W Russell	BAe A	24	21	88
D Meredith	Werneth A	30	26	87
T Reed	NCFPPP	24	20	83
I McLean	Werneth A	36	29	81
T Hutchinson	Hamer A	27	21	78
A Boardman	Hamer A	21	16	76
S Meredith	Werneth A	24	18	75
K Hill	BAe B	30	21	70

DIVISION 2
PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	AVERAGE
P Rowbotham	Honeywell	39	36	92
T Ryan	First Transport	30	24	80
D Schofield	Werneth C	33	26	79
K Ward	Hyde YM B	42	32	76
B Davies	Werneth C	33	25	76
R Statham	Hollinwood D	42	30	71
K Hayes	First Transport	30	21	70
P Watson	Uppermill A	36	25	69
S Mather	Hollinwood E	36	25	69
T Prescott	Grotton A	42	28	67
M Simpson	Uppermill A	36	24	67
S Oliver	Grotton A	21	14	67

DIVISION 3
PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	AVERAGE
A Marston	Hamer Delph	39	35	90
G Chadwick	Pennine TTC	39	33	85
J Robertson	Pennine TTC	21	17	81
D Wild	Unison B	39	31	79
G Hollin	Coldhurst A	24	19	79
S Wild	Unison B	39	30	77
C Oldfield	Unison A	30	23	77
P Woodward	Owls A	33	25	76
G Jackson	Unison A	24	18	75
D Harris	Pennine TTC	39	29	74

DIVISION 4
PLAYER	TEAM	PLAYED	WON	AVERAGE
M O'Gara	Unison D	30	28	93
P Rands	Unison C	24	22	92
Mick Pellowe	Werneth F	39	35	90
D Heyes	Unison D	24	21	88
M Haigh	Unison C	21	18	86
J Minshall	Werneth E	24	20	83
B Micklethwaite	Werneth E	21	17	81
N Chapman	Unison D	24	19	79
R Jagger	Unison C	18	14	78
B Handley	Failsworth C	18	14	78