Table Tennis News for September 2001

Oldham Chronicle Article 24th September 01.

We did not have to wait long for the first fixture between the reigning first division champions Royton ‘A’ and the fancied Werneth ‘A’, which resulted in a 6-4 win for Royton despite 3 wins from Werneth’s Darryl Meredith over his ex team mates. " Carrying his new team mates won’t do Darryl’s bad back much good." was mentioned.

Hollinwood ‘B’ had an excellent draw against Hamer ‘A’ with 2 wins each for George Jones & Jack Christian. Phil Myers won his 3 sets, narrowly beating Jack game 19 in the third game having been 20 - 11 up and then relying on the net for the final point.

In Division Two, 8 of the 10 sets went to three in the drawn match between Hamer ‘B’ and Hollinwood ‘D’, with three hard earned wins for Hamers’ Richard Hinchcliffe .

In Division Three, Transport ‘B’ defeated Austerlands 7-3 with 3 wins from Glenn Chadwick, ably assisted by 2 wins each from the 73 year old Vinnie Flannagan and Dave Harris( Age unknown).

Division Four match at Unison ‘D’ saw the up and coming Schoolboys from Failsworth ‘B’ go down 10 - 0, although they were far from disgraced. The spirit and skill they are displaying in their first season in the league is very encouraging for the future of Oldham Table Tennis, under the guidance of coaches Pete Aspin and Dave Griffiths. Gareth Dalton, Adam Young, Dean Brennan, Paul Carter and Daniel Oliver have already made their debuts, with John Stephenson and Jonathan Hulme yet to appear.

RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Royton 'A'

6

4

Werneth 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'B'

5

5

Hamer 'A'

 

Hanging Gate

4

6

Rosehill 'A'

 

Rosehill 'B'

2

8

Hyde YMCA 'A'

 

Hollinwood 'A'

3

7

BAe 'A'

 

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hollinwood E

5

5

Grotton A

 

Uppermill A

6

4

Hollinwood F

 

Hyde YMCA B

5

5

Werneth D

 

Honeywell

1

9

A Ceramics

 

Hamer B

5

5

Hollinwood D

 

Werneth C

2

8

Bae B

 

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Lancs Raquets

4

6

Community Centre

 

Unison 'B'

4

6

Hamer Delph

 

Deaf 'A'

0

10

Transport 'A'

 

Transport 'B'

7

3

Austerlands 'B'

 

Grotton 'B'

6

4

Gilders Tackle

 

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Unison 'D'

10

0

Failsworth 'B'

 

Owls 'B'

2

8

Coldhurst 'A'

 

Coldhurst 'C'

2

8

Werneth 'F'

 

Werneth 'E'

8

2

Deaf 'B'

 

Coldhurst 'B'

4

6

Owls 'A'

 

Failsworth 'D'

0

10

Unison 'C'

 

Failsworth 'C'

1

9

Uppermill 'B'

 

 

Oldham Chronicle Article 18th September 01.

New team Coldhurst ‘C’ has entered the 4th Division as Team Number 10. Their match night is Tuesday.

In Division 2 the match between Grotton’A’ and Uppermill ‘A could not have been closer despite the 3 - 7 score, with 9 of the sets needing a third deciding game.

Division 3 looks like being the most competitive of the divisions, if last weeks results are anything to go by, with 3 of the 4 games played resulting in draws.

In Division 4 Werneth ‘E’ just beat their ‘F’ team in an exciting match which was decided on the final doubles. Howard Mayers and Brian Micklethwaite just overcoming Malcolm and Mike Pellowe 23-21 in the 3rd game to give the ‘E’ team a 6-4 victory.

Please send in match cards immediately by first class post or hand deliver, to ensure the latest information is available for printing. Please also remember to complete the ‘Sportsmanship Points’

Check out the O&DTTL web site on www.tabletennis.co.uk/oldham

RESULTS

DIV 1

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hyde YMCA 'A'

3

7

Hollinwood 'A'

 

Hamer 'A'

10

0

Hanging Gate

 

Werneth 'A'

10

0

Hollinwood 'B'

 

Werneth 'B'

0

10

Royton 'A'

 

DIV 2

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Hollinwood C

10

0

Werneth C

 

A Ceramics

7

3

Hamer B

 

Werneth D

7

3

Honeywell

 

Hollinwood F

7

3

Hyde YMCA B

 

Grotton A

3

7

Uppermill A

 

BAe B

8

2

Hollinwood E

 

DIV 3

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Unison 'A'

5

5

Grotton 'B'

 

Transport 'A'

5

5

Transport 'B'

 

Hamer Delph

5

5

Deaf 'A'

 

Failsworth 'A'

3

7

Lancs Raquets

 

DIV 4

HOME TEAM

PTS

PTS

AWAY TEAM

 

Unison 'C'

9

1

Failsworth 'C'

 

Owls 'A'

10

0

Failsworth 'D'

 

Deaf 'B'

6

4

Coldhurst 'B'

 

Werneth 'F'

4

6

Werneth 'E'

 

Failsworth 'B'

1

9

Owls 'B'

 

Uppermill 'B'

8

2

Unison 'D'

 

 

 

Oldham Chronicle Article 11th September 01.

The new season commences on 10th September, with a total of 232 players registered on 50 teams playing in 4 divisions.

Royton Cricket Club ‘A’ team, Division 1 champions for the last 8 seasons, should have a more difficult time this season defending their title since the ‘transfer’ of Daryl Meredith to rivals Werneth Cricket Club. Aerospace, Royton ‘B’ and Hamer could also be in the shake up.

Division 2 Title is likely to be fought between the relegated Aerospace ‘B’ Team along with A Ceramics Dental and Hollinwood’C’ who include the improving Dave Buckley.

Division 3 Title contenders could be Gilders Tackle, Failsworth ‘A’ and Unison ‘A’ with the relegated Transport ‘A’ and Grotton ‘B’ teams also fancied.

Division 4 Title is likely to be between Uppermill , Coldhurst , Failsworth and Unison together with the relegated Owls.

Please note the following teams have dropped out :

Div 1 -Austerlands ‘A’

Div 3 -Aerospace ‘C’

Interesting first week fixtures include; Rosehill ‘A’ v Rosehill ‘B’.Unison ‘A’ v Grotton ‘B’.Transport ‘A’ v Transport ‘B’.

We are hoping to regain our regular Tuesday night article in the Chronicle, which we know all the players have missed.