KO Cup 27/10/06   The draw and handicaps for the Knock-Out Cup are as follows:  Waverley (+7) play St Marys (-2),  Andover Sports (-4) play Viking (-6), BH Pegasus (-2) are at home to Beechdown (-2) and finally  Aldermaston (+5) play LoddonSherpas (+3).

Ladies Matches 27/10/06   In the only match reported so far in the Ladies 4 Division, BH Pegasus, Hayley McCall, Lesley Acheson, Doreen Quilter and Amanda Marsden, proved too strong for a Beechdown team, winning 6/0.  BH Pegasus have started their campaign to regain the Ladies 6 trophy in good fashion with two successive victories.  In their first match they accounted for Waverley with a 7/2 scoreline then they beat Viking 5/4 at John Hunt School.   Karen Hume/Alison Crawford won two of the loser’s rubbers with Ingrid Hart/Julie Shawley and Diane Cooper/Emma Day getting one each in this latter match.  Third pair Lesley Acheson/Hayley McCall obtained a maximum for BH Pegasus supported by two rubbers from Anu Davies/Amanda Marsden.   Alison Rendall and Wendy Mason were the solitary winners for Phoenix when they lost 8/1 to Beechdown at Sherfield School.  Sandra Smith/Karen Southwell and Ruth Seward/Katie Appleton both recorded maxima for Beechdown with Leanne Frances/Sara Grant supplying the remaining two. 

Mens Matches 27/10/06 Aldermaston suffered their second 5/2 defeat in Mens Division 2 when they went down by this score to a visiting BH Pegasus B side.  David Lowe and Stephen Gaunt won the two rubbers for the losers with Steve Glover/Dale Turpin and Andrew Bosworth/Alex Groom getting two each for BH Pegasus B supported by one from Ramsey Domloge/Andrew Hart.  In the same division Phoenix A had a 5/4 home victory over Andover Sports B at Sherfield School.  Jon Thomson/Greg Sudell recorded a maximum for the winners with Paul Nightingale/Tim Little supplying the remaining two.  Andy Kinge/Geriant Griffiths won two rubbers for the visitors complimented by one each from Peter Cowmeadow/Sarmin Sarmin and Chris Lisiak/John Egremont.  Chris Meeking/Keith Dowson. 

Richard Bowen/Lee Chajecki and Tim Williams/Bruce Scott comprised the strong Beechdown B team which beat Phoenix B 9/0 at Winchester Road in Division 3.   Phil Neal/Mike Powell and Dave Harfield/Paul Bonner won two rubbers each when LoddonSherpas B with only these two pairs lost 5/4 to BH Pegasus C at the Sports Centre.  Ray Chow and Steve Tribe won the two rubbers scored by the winning home team.

Mixed Matches 27/10/06  Viking Mixed A started their campaign to keep the Mixed title with an 8/1 home victory over Andover Sports A at John Hunt School in Division 1.  Tim Cooper/Susie Hubbard and James Bevis/Ingrid Hart both scored maxima with Scott Wilkins/Alison Crawford chipping in with the other two rubbers for Viking A.  Shaun McDonald and Liz Roberts won the solitary rubber for the losing visitors. 

In Division 2, the match between the two BH Pegasus sides resulted in an 9/0 win for the B team over their C side.  Prasanth Kumaran/Doreen Quilter, Kevin Harris/Hayley Fox and Martin Davey/Lesley Acheson made up the winning team.  Firefly had a 7/2 home victory over Aldermaston A in the same division with Phil/Sue Pike and Steve Webb/Rosemarie Pomroy getting three rubbers each supported by one from Mick Turrell/Sarah Corbett.  Glynn Libberton/Rhian Jenkins and Graham Page/Hannah Ward won one rubber each for the losers.  

Stuart Gordon and Vivienne Hazell won the only rubber for a two pair Whitchurch side which lost 8/1 to Waverley A at John Hunt School in Division 3.  Ian Ahearne/Jo Berry and Adam Bridgen/Linda Rapacioli won two rubbers for Waverley A supported by one from Colin Huntley/Debbie Symes. 

Phil Hood/Eve Bielby won a maximum for LoddonSherpas B in their close 5/4 victory over Basing Cavaliers at the Vyne School in Division 4.  Mike Powell and Liz Firth got the other two rubbers for them.  Steve Gaunt/Linda Russell won two rubbers for the home side  supported by one each from Richard Dearman/Sheila Weston and Dave Harfield/Theresa Simmonds.  Elsewhere in the division there were two 9/0 victories.  In the first Geriant Griffiths/Pauline Prior, Ian Swatton/Liz Jones and Chris Clarke/Val Wheeler made up the Andover Sports B side which beat Beechdown D at Winchester Road.  Later with Sue Hartfield replacing Pauline Prior, Andover Sports B had another 9/0 victory, this time at home against Basing Cavaliers.

Coaching Courses 27/10/06  Unfortunately due to lack of applications the Coaching Course for players from unaffiliated clubs which was to have been held on Sunday 5th November has had to be cancelled.  The course to be held at Westgate on 19th November will go ahead as planned.

Junior Club 27/10/06  Jenny Skilton (BH Pegasus ) is running a Junior Club at the Sports Centre each Wednesday for one hour in the afternoon in term time for children from 11 to 15 years of age. To enroll either contact Jenny on 01256 764044  or the Sports Centre on 01256 326331.