Annual General Meeting  
This will be held at the Basingstoke Rugby Club on Tuesday 8th July, commencing at 7.30pm.  The agenda and formal notice will be sent to all secretaries in mid-June.

Summer Clubs 07/05/08

BH Pegasus Summer Club.  Tuesdays at the Sports Centre 19.40 - 22.20. £5.00 + entrance to the Centre Further details from Andrew Bosworth (07866 830733).

LoddonSherpas Summer Club.  Mondays from 2nd June to 25th August at the Sports Centre.  19.40 - 21.40. £40 for adults and £24 for juniors for the season or £5/£3 for adults/juniors per night.  Details from Terry Firth (01256 471856)

Phoenix Summer Club.  Tuesdays at Sherfield School.  Details from Ruth Thompsett (01256 810700) or Matthew Hawkins (01256 882096)

Waverley Summer Club.   Details from Heather Mountford (01256 447930)

League Secretary 18/04/08 The League Chairman, Ruth Cairns, has sent a letter to all clubs pointing out that we require a volunteer to be appointed as secretary at the Annual General Meeting which will be held on Tuesday 8^th July at Basingstoke Rugby Club.  Commencing at 7.30pm.

Ladies Matches 07/05/08  BH Pegasus Ladies in the Ladies Division of 6 beat leaders Viking 9/0 at Everest College to regain the title by 3 points.  Sue Lorrain/Lesley Acheson, Amanda Marsden/Anu Davies and Kim Street/Ali Hodgetts comprised the victorious team.  Despite a 5/4 defeat by Andover Sports Beechdown took third place in the table. Sandra McDonald/Pauline Prior scored a treble for Andover Sports supported by two rubbers from Liz Roberts/Sue Hartfield.  Leanne Frances/Andrea Hill won two of the Beechdown rubbers with Karen Southwell/Sandra Smith and Kate Appleton/Hayley Kopp contributing one each.  LoddonSherpas managed a 5/4 win over a two pair Andover Sports side early in March with sisters Stephanie and Cheryl Matthews winning the two necessary rubbers.  Each of the visiting pairs, Pauline Prior/Ellen Dennett and Liz Jones/Val Wheeler won two rubbers  Later the two Matthews sisters were again the sole victors when LoddonSherpas lost 6/3 to BH Pegasus for whom Lesley Acheson/Sue Lorrain, Kim Street/Sally Holmes and Jenny Skilton/Amanda Marsden won two rubbers each.

Mens Matches 07/05/08  A 9/0 defeat of Andover Sports B means that BH Pegasus A could, if they win their outstanding fixture, finish second to Viking A in the Mens Division 1 table.  Their victorious team was David Gough/Richard O’Kelly, Alex Wigmore/Kevin Harris and David Burrell/Martin Davey. 

The current leaders of Division 2 BH Pegasus C could be passed by Beechdown A if they win their outstanding away fixture against Andover by a sufficient margin. Beechdown A had previously beaten Phoenix A 7/2 at Sherfield School with a maxima from both Mark Bayliss/Simon Johnson and Daniel Sheppard/James Bartlett supported by the seventh rubber from Tim Jefferies/Martin Webb.  Paul Verling/Matthew Savastano and Jon Thomson/Greg Sudell won a rubber each for the home side.   LoddonSherpas A recorded the same score when beating Waverley at the Sports Centre.  Ian Young/Phil Carley won their three rubbers for the home team with Phil Hood/Mitchell Hockley and Jamie Webb/Wayne Haist wining two each.  Adam Bridgen and Keith Miles won the two rubbers for Waverley.

 Late news.  Andover were forced to concede the match to Beechdown A  due the non-availability of the hall at the last minute so Beechdown A take the Division 2 title.

Whitchurch finished their season in Division 3 with two defeats; firstly they lost 9/0 to Hurst at the Hurst and then, a week later, lost 7/2 at home to Phoenix B   In this latter match Mark Loader/Joe Clark and Sean Mallard/Peter Askew won a rubber each for Whitchurch.  Bob Cosgrove/Matthew Savastano and John Shipman/Roy Galle both scored maxima for Phoenix B with Mark Cleave/Mark Fuller getting the seventh.  In the earlier match the successful Hurst team was Keith Lawrence/Chris Puxley, Mark Payne/Duncan Kenny and Dave Keep/Colin Cresswell.

 Mixed Matches 07/05/08   Two cards received from St Marys, in which the home were successful,  meant that the Mixed division 1 table could be completed.  In the first of the two matches they beat Division winners BH Pegasus A 6/3 and in the second they accounted for Andover Sports A 7/2.  Against BH Pegasus A Mark Ferguson/Margaret Mason and Peter Braithwaite/Janine Fisher won trebles with each of the visiting pairs, David Burrell/Anu Davies, Martin Hill/Amanda Marsden and Chris Pearson/Sue Lorrain obtaining one rubber.  Damien Roberts/Pauline Prior and Shaun McDonald/Liz Roberts won a rubber each for Andover Sports A in their 7/2 defeat. Mark Ferguson/Margaret Mason and Peter Braithwaite/Janine Fisher again  won their three rubbers for St Mays.  This time a seventh rubber came from Kevin Digwood/Andrea Farmer.  

With Beechdown A clear winners of Division 2 the fight was on to get the second promotion spot.  The competition was between Beechdown B and Viking C who finished their season with a 6/3 defeat of Waverley A.  Vince Yong/Sara Haddow set up thgis win by taking all three of their rubbers supported by two from Ben Ansell/Ruth Cairns and one from Neil Hodges/Diane Cooper.  Adam Bridgen/Jan MacDonald won two of the loser’s rubbers with Keith Miles/Jo Berry getting the other. The other match in the division resulted in a 6/3 home win for BH Pegasus C over LoddonSherpas A.  Martin Davey/Lesley Acheson , Dale Turpin/Jean Deverill and Steve Glover/Haylie Fox won two rubbers each for BH Pegasus C  Ian Young/Cheryl Matthews won two of the loser’s rubbers with Phil Hood/Sue Evans getting the third. The Viking C/Waverley A result means that both Viking C and Beechdown B finished equal on 48 points. They were both level with 108 Games for, so the fight for the second promotion spot to Division 1 was, according to our rules, down to points for.  Beechdown B had scored 3641 points compared to 3613 for Viking C and so gain promotion along with their A team.

Division 3 was completed when a Andover Sports B side comprising Daniel Pharoh/Ellen Dennett, Peter/Sue Hartfield and Geriant Griffiths/Liz Jones beat Beechdown C 9/0