Ladies Matches 13/02/07  Phoenix ladies in the Ladies 6 Division suffered two defeats recently.  Firstly they went down 8/1 to Viking at John Hunt School and later lost 7/2 to leaders BH Pegasus at Sherfield School.  Carolyn Neale and Sam Taylor were the only Phoenix pair to win a rubber in the match against Viking. Alison Crawford/Jane Halls and Julie Shawley/Emma Day won maxima for Viking supported by two rubbers from Diane Cooper/Ruth Cairns. Against BH Pegasus Carolyn and Sam again won one rubber as did Alison Rendall/Wendy Mason.  Lesley Acheson/Hayley McCall and Anu Davies/Amanda Marsden both won maxima for BH Pegasus with Jenny Skilton/Nicky Major winning the seventh. Caroline Rodbourne/Linda Rapacioli won two rubbers for Waverley when they lost 5/3 at home to Beechdown.  Sally Holmes/Gill Trimmer got the other.  Andrea Hill/Ruth Seward won their three rubbers for the winners complimented by one each from Sara Deed/Leanne Francis and Karen Southwell/Sandra Smith.  These results leave BH Pegasus 5 points ahead of Viking although the latter have a match in hand. 

BH Pegasus had a win in the Ladies 4 Division, beating Beechdown 4/2 at Winchester Road. Each lady in the winning team, Anu Davies, Hayley Fox, Doreen Quilter and Jean Deverill took part in two successful rubbers while Sandra Smith and Leanne Francis were partners in the two rubbers scored by Beechdown.

Mens Matches 13/02/07   Beechdown Mens A beat Firefly 7/2 in Division 1 with Martin Webb/Paul Deed and Daniel Sheppard/James Bartlett both winning maxima. The remaining rubber came from Mark Bayliss/Nigel Appleton.   Phil Pike/Scott Armstead and Steve Webb/John Weston each won one rubber for the losing home team. Later Beechdown A suffered an 8/1 home defeat at the hand of Andover Sports A with Martin Webb/Paul Deed the only winners for them.  Damien Roberts/Tim Hunt and Chris Clarke/Geriant Griffiths both scored maxima for the winning visitors supported by two rubbers from Shaun McDonald/Emerson Cumberbatch.  Andover Sports A kept up the chase of division leaders Viking A when they beat them 5/4 at John Hunt School despite a maximum from the home side’s James Bevis/Richard Whatley.  Tony Coombes/Chris Powell won the Viking A fourth rubber.  Shaun McDonald/Emerson Cumberbatch and Damien Roberts/Tim Hunt both won two rubbers for the winners with Chris Clarke/Ian Swatton supplying the fifth. This leaves Andover Sports A on 47 points form 8 matches with Viking A on 46 from 7. 

 David Ord and Mark Payne won the two home rubbers when a two pair Hurst side lost 7/2 to visiting Aldermaston in Division 2.  Chris Apsey/Steve Gaunt won two rubbers for Aldermaston supported by one each from Graham Page/Neil Hince and Lawrence Sutton/Ben Coapes.  

In a long delayed match LoddonSherpas B conceded to Alresford in Division 3 while a Beechdown B team comprising Richard Bowen/Lee Chojecki, Keith Dawson/Chris Meeking and Tim Williams/Tim Jefferies proved too strong for Phoenix B winning 9/0. Veera Arunachala/James Skilton and Karthik Srinivarshan/Mark Chappell both won their three rubbers when BH Pegasus C beat Waverley 7/2 at the Sports Centre.  Steve Tribe/Ray Chow won the remaining rubbers for the home side.  Ian Aherne/Adam Bridgen and John Beattie/Marie Sewhee won one rubber each for the losers.

Mixed Matches 13/02/07  Ian Young/Stephanie Matthews won their three rubbers when a two pair LoddonSherpas A lost 5/4 at home to BH Pegasus A in Mixed Division 1.  Phil Hood and Hayley Kopp won the other rubber. Martin Hill/Amanda Marsden and David Burrell/Anu Davies won one rubber each for the wining visitors. 

A 6/3 victory over Beechdown B at Winchester Road has placed BH Pegasus B currently at the top of the Division 2 table.  Two of the home side’s rubber were won by Martin Webb/Kate Appleton with Nigel Appleton/Jan McDonald getting the third.  Martin Davey/Lesley Acheson kept a clean sheet for the visitors  as did Karthik Srinivaarshan/Doreen Quilter. 

Stuart Cheng/Ruth Cairns, Vince Yong/Sara Haddow and Neil Hodges/Diane Cooper were the successful Viking C side in Division 3 which accounted for Whitchurch with a 9/0 scoreline.  Earlier Viking C had beaten Aldermaston B 6/3 at Aldermaston with Chris/Lisa Apsey winning two of the home rubbers complimented by one from Neil Hince/Pam Dines.  Neil Hodges/Sara Haddow won their three rubbers for Viking C supplemented by two from Simon Williamson/Ruth Cairns and one from Phil/Diane Cooper.  With only two matches remaining unbeaten Viking C now have an almost unassailable lead in the table.  Second placed Waverley A lost 6/3 to Phoenix A before coming back to defeat Aldermaston B 5/3 at Aldermaston.  Against Phoenix A all three Waverley A pairs, Colin Huntley/Debbie Symes, Adam Bridgen/Linda Rapacioli and Ian Aherne/Jo Berry won one rubber.  Both Greg Sudell/Alison Rendall and Paul Nightingale/Carolyn Neale won their three rubbers for Phoenix A   Neil Hince and Sally Jenkins won the three Aldermaston B rubbers in their 5/3 defeat by Waverley A for whom Colin Huntley/Debbie Symes won a maximum supplemented by two rubbers from Milo Rapacioli/Jo Berry.  

Chris Clarke/Val Wheeler, Paul Williams/Liz Jones and Peter Cowmeadow/Sue Hartfield were the Andover Sports B ream which defeated Beechdown D 9/0 in Division 4.   Richard Burt/liz Firth and Paul Bonner/Caroline Thompson both won their three rubbers when LoddonSherpas B beat Phoenix B 7/2 at Sherfield School.  Mike Powell and Eve Bielby won the remaining rubber for them.  Bob Cosgrove/Wendy Mason and Mark Fuller/Sam Taylor won a rubber each for the home side.  Andover visited Waverley A to emerge 5/4 winners thanks to three rubbers from Alan Dixon/Karen Causley and two from Dave Sneddon/Mo Hudson  in the same division.  Robert Jackson/Gill Trimmer and Milo Rapacioli/Caroline Rodbourne won one rubber each for the home team supplemented by two from John Beattie/Sally Holmes.

Knock-Out Cup 13/02/07  BH Pegasus is the second team through to the Knock-Out Cup semi-finals having beaten Beechdown 187/135.  We still await the results from the Andover Sports v Viking and Aldermaston v LoddonSherpas matches before the four places for the semi-finals, to be played on March 25^th, are decided. Earlier St Marys had beaten Waverley 186/113 to reach the same stage of the competition.

Hampshire County 1st Team 13/02/07  The pressure is now on the County 1st team to  ensure their survival in National Division 1 as the 2nd team, having already won all five of the matches they have played so far this season, seem to be assured of promotion from the Regional divisions to National Division 2.  The Rules do not permit two teams from the same county playing in the same division.