Last week was the semi finals of the Divisional Handicap Cups.

Hyde YMCA A beat BAe A to book their place in the final of the Division 1 Cup. Their opponents in the final are yet unknown as the other semi final between Royton A and Werneth A is still to be played.

The Division 2 leaders BAe B gave Werneth D a 120 point start and went on to win by 14 points. Kevin Hill pulled back 66 points in his games. The final will be contested between BAe and Werneth C, who easily beat Honeywell Lane by 106 points.

In Division 3, Oldham Deaf Club A beat Failsworth A by 28 points after having a 95 point start. They will meet Transport A in the final, who were given a walk - over against Transport B.

In Division 4, Unison C defeated Owls A by 22 points mainly due to an outstanding evenings work from John Mark who won all his games, and gained 57 points against the Division leaders.

In the other semi final Werneth E turned a 42 point handicap deficit against their F team into a 46 point win.

Would all teams with outstanding games please make a special effort to fulfill their fixtures URGENTLY, as the end of the season beckons.

Entries for the Summer League are due in by 5^th April. Contact George Jones (627 3904).

This is an opportunity to 'keep your eye in' and try out your new bat before the 'serious season' starts. Look on it as 'Organised Practice'.

In division 1 of the Oldham & District Table Tennis League Royton B beat Hamer A 6-4 mainly thanks to 3 wins from Larry Bainbridge. Andy Boardman and Phil Myers each won 2 for Hamer.

Werneth B moved off the bottom of the table with a 8-2 win at Hollinwood A. Karen Richardson won all her games with Eddie Darlington & Mandy Winskill winning 2 each.

This leaves Rosehill B bottom.

In Division 2 leaders BAe B slipped to an unexpected draw against Hamer B, Alex Hinchliffe was unbeaten for Hamer.

Second placed A Ceramics had wins against Werneth D 6-4 (Doreen Schofield winning 3) and Werneth C 7-3 (Bernard Davies winning his 3).

Third placed Hollinwood C did their relegation threatened F team no favours beating them 10-0.

Honeywell Lane eased their relegation fears somewhat beating Hollinwood E 8-2, which puts both teams level on points third from bottom.

Division 3 leaders Transport A beat Unison A 7-3 with Tommy Ryan gaining a maximum. Frank Sheldon won 2 for Unison.

Gilders Tackle have moved into second spot with 8-2 victories over Community Centre & Hamer Delph.

Grotton B promotion chances were given a severe knock when they were unable to field a team against Failsworth A conceding the game 10-0. They are now 9 points behind Gilders. Alf Barker returned from holiday, to help them overcome Community Centre 7-3.

In Division 4, runaway leaders Owls A beat Werneth F 9-1. Phil Hall lost to Mick Pellowe in what was only Phil's third loss of the season.

The previous week Owls A beat beat Coldhurst A 9-1 in a match which saw Coldhurst's Geoff Hollin lose his 100% record going down to Phil Hall and Dave Harthan.

A draw for Unison C against Coldhurst A moved into second place, although Uppermill B are only 2 points behind with a game in hand

The Oldham & District Table Tennis League Championships were held on 3^rd March at the Oldham Sports Centre and local boy Darryl Meredith took the Singles Title beating last years Bury & Bolton champion Mick Moir game 19 in the third.

There were 52 entries in the singles event, the initial stage being played in groups of four or five with the winner and runner up going into the knock out stage.

The Quarter Finals saw Darryl Meredith beat Stewart Meredith, Larry Bainbridge beat Dave Sefton, Mick Moir beat Mark Ramsbottom and Howard Leigh beat last years winner, Andy Jackson.

In the semi finals Darryl beat Larry and Mick beat Howard.

The Junior event attracted 10 players with Jonathon Hulme (Failsworth School) beating Dean Brennan (Failsworth Club) in the final.

The Veterans event had 34 competitors, played in the same format as the Singles event. Last years winner Larry Bainbridge again reached the final but was beaten 22-20, 21-13 by the new champion Mark Ramsbottom.

At the Quarter final stage, Larry Bainbridge beat Geoff Ogden, Gary Skinner beat Tony Hutchinson, Stewart Meredith beat Dave Buckley and Mark Ramsbottom beat Pete Morris.

In the Semi finals Larry beat Gary and Mark beat Stewart.

Twenty one teams entered the doubles event. The final was a repeat of last years final in which the holders, Wayne Renton and Mick Moir successfully defended their title against Darryl Meredith and Ian McLean winning game 19 in the third.

Divisional Handicap events were also staged.

Division 1 Winner: – Andy Boardman who beat Terry Taylor.

Division 2 Winner: – Nick Bakewell who beat Harry Ross.

Division 3 Winner: – David Bleakley who beat John Herman.

Division 4 Winner: – Peter Aspinall who beat Paul Carter.

Results of the Oldham & District Table Tennis Championships held on Sunday 3^rd March 02 at Oldham Sports Centre.

More details to follow next week

League Matches.

In the relegation battle in Division 1 Hanging Gate beat Rosehill B 6-4 with 2 wins each for Glen Hewitt and Gary Blackhurst and one for Keith Fendall. Andrew Perry won 3 for Rosehill.

In Division 2 BAe B had a big 8-2 win at Hollinwood C to take them a step nearer to the Title. The three Hills won 8 of their 9 singles.

A Ceramics beat Hollinwood F 7-3, Duncan Hadfield being unbeaten. Bob Johnson beat Stuart Carter and Yajati Ghosh.

Werneth C drew with their relegation threatened D team for whom Dave Simpkin won his three games.

In Division 3 Gilders Tackle beat Failsworth A 8-2 to put them equal second place with Grotton B.

Ray Woods just had the edge over Munawar Hussain, winning his three.

Grotton B were held to a draw against Lancashire Racquets . David Atkinson was unbeaten for Racquets.

Transport B drew with bottom of the table Deaf A , with Dave Harris winning his three.

In Division 4 Failsworth C snatched a draw with Werneth F thanks to the doubles win in which Ron Tench and Adam Young (54 years Rons junior ) overcame the father and son team of Malcolm and Mike Pellowe 26-24,19-21,22-20.

Deaf B beat Coldhurst A 6-4 mainly due to Prakash Bhojani , who , stepping down from the third division , won his 3