Ladies Matches 17/12/07 A 8/1 home victory over Andover Sports enabled Viking Ladies in the Ladies Division of 6 to top the table at this early stage. Juliet MacAskill/Emma day and Alison Crawford/Sophia Rapacioli both scored maxima for the winners complimented by two rubbers from Ingrid Hart/Julie Shawley. Sandra McDonald and Liz Roberts won the solitary rubber for the losing visitors. Sally Holmes/Kim Street, Anu Davies/Jenny Skilton and Doreen Quilter/Amanda Marsden comprised the BH Pegasus team which beat Phoenix 9/0 at the Sports Centre.
Mens
Matches
17/12/07 Viking
Mens B in Division 1 traveled to Andover to come away 8/1 winners against
Andover Sports B.
Geriant Griffiths/Nick Gladwin won the only rubber for the home side
with Carlo/Milo Rapacioli and Neil Hodges/Scott Haddow both recording maxima
for the visitors.
Stuart Cheng and Simon Williamson won the other two rubbers for Viking
B.
In Division 3, LoddonSherpas B defeated Alresford 5/4 at the Sports
Centre.
Three of the visitor’s rubbers were won by Bob Thirkell/Mark Emerson
and the fourth came from Ted Dowson/Mark Webb.
Keith Last/Michael Nash and Paul Bonner/Arjun Karnad won two rubbers
each for LoddonSherpas B supplemented by one from Anthony Jubert/Ricky Sewhee.
Mixed
Matches
17/12/07 BH
Pegasus Mixed A had a 8/1 win against Viking B at Everest College in Division
1. The loser’s one rubber was
achieved by Carlo/Linda Rapacioli. David
Gough/Sue Lorrain and Richard O’Kelly/Amanda Marsden both kept clean sheets
for the winners supported by the other two rubbers from David Burrell/Anu
Davies.
Beechdown A maintained their top position in the Division 2 table with a 9/0
victory over BH Pegasus C. The
victorious team was Neil Marie/Andrea Hill, Daniel Sheppard/Karen Southwell
and Martin Webb/Hayley Kopp. The
Beechdown B side are second in the same table following a 6/3 home win against
Waverley A. James Bartlett/Sandra
Smith set up the win by winning their three rubbers supported by tow from Mark
Bayliss/Cathryn Perkins and one from Nigel/Kate Appleton.
Despite having only two pairs, Milo Rapacioli/Diane Cooper and Vince
Yong/Ruth Cairns, Viking C were able to defeat LoddonSherpas a 6/3 at Everest
College to keep third place in the table.
Aldermaston A are firmly in the lead in Division 3 after a 7/2 home
defeat of Andover Sports B. Geriant
Griffiths/Val wheeler won the visitor’s two rubbers while Chris Apsey/sue
Richardson won a maximum for he home team complimented by two rubbers each
from Glynn Libberton/Sandra Page and Neil Hince/Rhian Jenkins.
Hampshire
County 1st & 2nd Teams 17/12/07
After their second series of matches in National Division A the Hampshire 1st
team finished in sixth place in the table with 28 points. They lost 8/2
to leaders Yorkshire, 6/4 to Glasgow & North Strathclyde and then beat
Buckinghamshire 7/3 on the Sunday. Buckinghamshire are still in the
bottom position and already seem doomed for relegation.
The 2nd team did not have a very good weekend, finally finishing in 9th place in the table and will have quite a struggle, over the last weekend, to improve their present position.
| Last updated on 17 December, 2007 |