Mens Match Report - 17/03/06   Viking Mens A continued their unbeaten run in Division 1 with a 8/1 home victory over Andover Sports A.  Shaun McDonald and Emerson Cumberbatch won the solitary rubber for the losing team with James Bevis/Richard Whatley and Tim Cooper/Mike Fidge getting maxima for Viking A supported by two rubbers from Tony Coombes/Chris Powell.  In a match played in early February and just reported Andover Sports A played Beechdown A at Winchester Road losing 5/4.  Shaun and Emerson won two rubbers for them as did Chris Clarke/Ian Swatton.  Neil Marie and Peter Seward kept a clean sheet for Beechdown A with Mark Bayliss/Martin Webb and Daniel Sheppard/Nigel Appleton winning one each   In their penultimate match in the division Beechdown A defeated visiting Aldermaston 9/0.  Peter Seward, Neil Marie, Daniel Sheppard, Mick Cummings, Martin Webb and Mark Bayliss made up the victorious team.  BH Pegasus A led by a maximum from Andy Lang/Tony Ashworth beat Andover Sports B 5/4 at Andover to go into third place in the table. Martin Davey/Andy Bosworth supplied the other two rubbers.  Peter Cowmeadow/Paul Williams won two of the home side’s four rubbers with Geriant Griffiths/Andy Kinge and Mark Tilston/Nick Gladwin getting one each. 

Late in February, BH Pegasus B, in Division 2, beat Beechdown B 8/1 at the Sports Centre.  Kevin Harris/Alex Groom and Steve Glover/Dale Turpin won three rubbers each for BH Pegasus B with Jon Brooks/Prasanth Kumaran getting the other two.  Richard Bowen and Tim Williams recorded the consolation rubber for the visitors.  Beechdown B recovered to later beat struggling Alresford 5/4 at Alresford.  Scott Page/Ben Webb and Marc Page/Mark Emmerson won two rubbers each for the home side in this match with Keith Dawson/James Bartlett winning a maximum for Beechdown B supported by one rubber each from Paul Deed/Sam Jefferies and Steve Nolan/Tim Jefferies.  LoddonSherpas A had a 5/4 home win over Firefly.  Matthew Frost/Ian Young and Phil Hood/Mark Gentry won two rubbers each for the home side complimented by one from Seth Ball/Richard Burt.  Phil Pike and Scott Armstead won two rubbers for Firefly with Colin Pink/Mick Turrell and Steve Webb/John Weston getting one each.  Earlier they, LoddonSherpas A, despite a maximum from Ian Young/Matthew Frost, had lost by the same score to BH Pegasus B at the Sports Centre. Phil Hood and Richard Burt had combined to win the fourth rubber for them. Steve Glover/Dale Turpin and Alex Groom/Kevin Harris won two rubbers each for the winners with Andrew Boswell/Nick Harvey supplying the fifth.   

Of the three matches reported in Division 3 two showed 9/0 scores when Phoenix B had a match conceded to them by LoddonSherpas B and then they themselves were later forced to concede a match to Whitchurch.  The other match resulted in a 8/1 victory for BH Pegasus C over Phoenix B at Sherfield School.  Tim Pink and Mark Cleaver won the solitary home rubber.  Jon Brooks/John Franklin won two rubbers for BH Pegasus C with Ray Chow/Steve Tribe and James Skilton/Andrew Minting each recording maxima. 

Mixed Match Report - 17/03/06   Beechdown Mixed A team beat Andover Sports A 6/3 at Andover in Division 1 to maintain their position at the top of the table.  Their last match, late in April, is against second placed Viking A who are 16 points in arrears but have two matches in hand so the titleholders will probably only be decided then.  Damien Roberts and Pauline Prior won two of the home side’s rubbers with Shaun McDonald/Liz Roberts getting the third.  Mick Cummings/Andrea Hill won their three rubbers for the visitors supported by two from Neil Marie/Madge Cummings and one from Daniel Sheppard/Sandra Smith. 

In Division 2 St Marys profited to the tune of 9 points from a concession by Viking B who were unable to raise a team to travel to Newbury due to injuries and work commitments and later visited John Hunt School with only two pairs to beat Viking C 6/3.  These valuable points have now put them in the first promotion spot in the table.  Both pairs Mark Ferguson/Margaret Mason and Tony Glinos/Andrea Farmer won maxima.  

In Division 3 Firefly beat BH Pegasus C 5/4 at the Hurst.  Phil/Susan Pike won their three rubbers for Firefly supported by two rubbers from Steve Webb/Traicy Tait.  Kevin Harris/Laura Stella won two rubbers for BH Pegasus C and both Dale Turpin/Jean Deverill and Steve Glover/Jenny Skilton won one.  The four points from this match enabled BH Pegasus C to win the division with a total of 51 points.

Knock-Out Cup 17/03/06  In the semi-finals of the Knock-Out Cup, Waverley (+8) the holders, beat Beechdown (-1,owe a hand) by 55 points, 169/114.  Waverley won all three Ladies Doubles games and one of the Mens and then took two of the Mixed.  The winning team was Richard James, Colin Huntley, Adam Bridgen, Debbie Symes, Sally Holmes and Sandra Jennings.  St Marys (Scr) accounted for Viking (-4, owe a hand) in the other semi-final 187/123.  The only Viking success was in the A & C Mens which they won 21/19. 

The final between Waverley and St Marys, a repeat of last seasons, saw the Newbury based team reverse last years result winning this time by 64 points, 189/125.  St Marys, represented by Tony Glinos, Andy King, Peter Braithwaite, Janine Fisher, Andrea Farmer and Pam Norman won all nine of the games.   The battle for 3^rd and 4^th place between Beechdown and Viking ended in a 5 point victory for the former in a close match which was finally won with the last Mixed doubles.