Ladies Match Report 11/03/05   In their penultimate match in the Ladies 4 Division of the Ian Dewar (Castlegate Investments) sponsored league BH Pegasus managed a 3/3 draw with Andover.  Norma Scott and Amanda Marsden participated in two winning rubbers while Emmy Davies and Jenny Skilton took part in one each.  For the home team Karen Causley played in two winning rubbers as did Laura Thomas with Ann Viney and Kay Carrington playing in one each.  A 5/1 away win over Waverley leaves Sherpas leading the table with 26 points, three ahead of BH Pegasus and with one more match to play than their rivals.  Avril Mason and Debbie Symes were the only successful home pair while sisters Cheryl and Stephanie Matthews took part in three winning pairs for the winners supported by Hayley Kopp and Liz Firth playing in two.

Mens Match Report 11/03/05  In a Division 3 Mens match which could not be completed because one of the visiting players turned up late Loddon maintained their second place in the table with a 5/3 victory over Alresford.  They now only require only one point from their last match which is at home to unbeaten leaders Hurst, to make sure of promotion.  Richard Burt/Phil Hood and Steve Woodward/Mark Gentry won two rubbers each for Loddon complemented by one from Mitchell Hockley/Phil Neal.  Bob Thirkell and Scott Page won two of the visitors rubbers with Nigel Butcher/John Read securing the third.  

In Division 1, Tim Cooper/Jonathan Phillips, James Bevis/Richard Whatley and Mike Fidge/Scott Wilkins were the three successful Viking A pairs which accounted for a two pair BH Pegasus B team with a 9/0 scoreline. 

Andover clinched the Division 4 title with a 6/3 home defeat of Phoenix B despite a maximum three rubbers from the visitors Paul Nightingale/Paul Verling.  Each of the home pairs, Ivor Brojek/Phil Neal, Jo Li/Paul Fletcher and Geoff Lewis/Mark Jenkins won two rubbers.

Mixed Match Report 11/03/05  BH Pegasus B team comprising Abdul Khan/Lesley Acheson, Tony Ashworth/Kim Newman and Andy Lang/Sue Lorrain beat a two pair Firefly side 9/0 in Mixed Division  2 at the Sports Centre. They only need three points from their last game which is against second placed Beechdown B to secure the top promotion spot.  Beechdown B beat Viking B 6/3 at Winchester Road.  Mick Cummings/Cathryn Perkins won a maximum for the home team supported by two rubbers from Mark Bayliss/Lynn Perrini and one from Daniel Sheppard/Sandra Smith.  Tony Coombes/Diane Cooper won two of the loser’s rubbers with Carlo Rapiocoli/Sarah King getting the other.  

The Division 4 table has undergone quite a change with the receipt of Waverley B’s outstanding cards.   In mid-October they beat Aldermaston B 7/2 at home with Keith Fleming/Lucinda Blain and Rod Jenkins/Joan Vinall each winning a rubber for the losing visitors.  Ray Rich/Avril Mason and Darren Nicholls/Sally Holmes recorded maxima for Waverley B supported by one from Kevin Caldicott/Sandra Jennings.  Some five weeks later they accounted for a two pair Sherpas B side with a 6/3 scoreline.  Andrew/Heather Mountford won two rubbers with Ray Rich/Avril Mason getting one to complete the scoring.  Seth Ball/Eve Bielby won two rubbers for Sherpas B with Mengkang Peng/Liz Firth getting their third.  Early in January Basing Cavaliers were on the wrong side of a 6/3 score against Waverley B.  Again Andrew/Heather Mountford were to the fore for the winners taking all three of their rubbers supported by two from Darren Nicholls/Margaret Quinn and one from Ray rich/Avril Mason.  Steve Gaunt/Judith Lillis won two of the three Basing Cavaliers rubbers with Andrew Dance/Jan Hall supplying the third.   Then the Mountfords were the only winners when Waverley A beat their B side 7/1 with Colin Huntley/Debbie Symes and Richard James/Sandra Jennings securing maxima for the winners complemented by one rubber from Philip Quinn/Caroline Rodbourne.  In their latest encounter Waverley B, only able to field two pairs to face Aldermaston B at Aldermaston, suffered a 5/4 defeat. Glynn Libberton/Joan Vinall won the two home rubbers while Andrew/Heather Mountford won two for Waverley B as did Darren Nicholls/Margaret Quinn.  This glut of results now leave Waverley A and Waverley B in the top two places in the table with 55 and 50 points respectively 

Inter County Championships 11/03/05 Hampshire County 3^rd team remain unbeaten in Section D of Regional Division 4 in the Inter County Championships after a 10/5 victory over Cornwall at St Austell and just last Sunday a similar score against Wiltshire 3rds at Melksham.  The 2^nd team have not fared so well having lost their last two matches in Division 1 section D.  Berkshire beat them 12/3 at Woodford and then they went down 11/4 to Somerset at Yeovil.