Newspaper Article W/c 30th October 2006

 

                                                Meredith Stars

 

Oldham’s Men’s Table Tennis Team of Darryl Meredith, Ian McLean, Philip Myers and David Buckley made an encouraging start in the Premiership of the Lancashire and Cheshire League. After a 6 – 0 victory over Halton they drew 3 – 3 with Bolton before suffering a 4 – 2 defeat by Liverpool. The highlight of the day was the unbeaten performance of Darryl Meredith.

Division 1

Rosehill A’s David Pegg had 3 excellent wins against Aerospace A. Aerospace replied with 2 wins each from Tony Bates and Tony Smith.

Rosehill B left Holinwood C still looking for their first win of the season. Rosehill won 6 – 4 with John Flowers winning three sets for the losers.

Hollinwood A and YMCA A still remain unbeaten after sharing the points in a 5 – 5 draw. Wayne Renton and Jon DePledge won two sets each for Hollinwood with Steve Lyons winning two for Hyde YMCA.

Honeywell A are still looking for their first win of the season after drawing with Aerospace B.

 Division 2.

A Paul Wilkinson treble helped Werneth C to a 7 – 3 victory over First Transport.

A similar performance from Ron Mitchell enabled Hollinwood E to draw 5 – 5 with Honeywell B.

For Grotton A Philip Schofield marked his debut with three wins in Grotton’s 7 – 3 victory over Honeywell C.

Pennine recorded their first win of the season with two wins each for Glen Chadwick and John Robertson and one for Tony Jones. Rob Carter replied with three wins for Failsworth A.

Unison B defeated Hollinwood D 6 – 4 with an unbeaten performance from John Maher.

Division 3

In the inter club match between Failsworth B and Failsworth C the B team ran out 8 – 2 winners with Matty Evans unbeaten.

Gilders A got the better of Unison D 7 – 3, in a match closer than perhaps the score suggests. Adi Ewelia maintained his unbeaten record and Dennis Heyes won two games for the losers.

In another match closer than the score suggests Coldhurst B defeated Honeywell E     9 - 1 with Simon Walsh and John McLoughlin unbeaten.

Paul Woodward was unbeaten for Oldham Owls A in their 8 – 2 victory over Honeywell D.

Division 4

Coldhurst E defeated OTTC B 7 – 3 with Neil Chapman unbeaten and David England scoring two wins on his return from France. Jordan McNamara recorded two wins for OTTC B.

In   a very close match Werneth E got the better of Honeywell C 6 – 4.  Dave Renton was unbeaten for Werneth.

In another battle between Werneth and Honeywell, their respective F teams shared the points in a 5 – 5 draw. Alan Wynne gave an outstanding performance for Werneth.

The ever-improving juniors from Rosehill C shared the points with Failsworth E with three wins from Ashley Murray and one each from Danny Nelson and John Baxendale. Alan Nightingale and Dave Murphy replied with two wins each for Failsworth E.

Uppermill C defeated Owls B 6 – 4 with an outstanding win in the final game of the night, the doubles. Uppermill came from six match points down to win the final game   13 – 11.

 

 

LEAGUE RESULTS

 

DIVISION 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

Werneth B

6

4

OTTC A

BAE A

6

4

Rosehill A

Hollinwood A

5

5

Hyde YMCA A

Werneth A

10

0

Hollinwood B

BAE B

5

5

Honeywell A

Rosehill B

6

4

Hollinwood C

DIVISION 2

First Transport

3

7

Werneth C

Honeywell C

3

7

Grotton A

Hollinwood E

5

5

Honeywell B

Uppermill B

1

 

Unison A

Failsworth A

4

6

Pennine

Unison B

6

4

Hollinwood D

DIVISION 3

Failsworth B

9

1

Coldhurst B

Honeywell E

 

 

Coldhurst B

Werneth D

8

2

Coldhurst C

Gilders Tackle A

7

3

Unison D

Failsworth C

2

8

Failsworth B

Unison C

10

0

Gilders Tackle B

Owls A

8

2

Honeywell D

DIVISION 4

Coldhurst E

7

3

OTTC B

Honeywell F

5

5

Werneth F

Uppermill C

6

4

Owls B

Failsworth F

0

10

Coldhurst D

Coldhurst F

3

7

Saddleworth CC

Honeywell G

4

6

Werneth E

Rosehill C

 

 

Failsworth E

 

LATEST TABLES

 

DIVISION 1

Updated : 28/10/06

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

BAE A

7

6

1

0

55

Glodwick TTC

6

6

0

0

45

Hyde YMCA A

7

5

2

0

45

Werneth A

7

4

1

2

45

Hollinwood A

7

5

2

0

43

Werneth B

7

4

2

1

43

Rosehill A

7

3

1

3

35

OTTC A

7

1

2

4

32

BAE B

7

1

3

3

28

Uppermill A

6

2

0

4

26

Honeywell A

7

0

1

6

23

Hollinwood B

7

2

0

5

22

Rosehill B

7

1

1

5

19

Hollinwood C

7

0

0

7

19

 

DIVISION 2

Updated : 28/10/06

TEAM

PLAYED

WON

DRAWN

LOST

POINTS

Werneth C

7

6

0

1