Beechdown A v Viking A  Match Report 20/10/04 James Bevis reports on the first clash this season between these two great rivals. Click on this link to read James's full report.

Ladies Match Report 20/10/04 Last season’s Ladies 6 champions, BH Pegasus started their campaign for this year’s title, in the Ian Dewar (Castlegate Investments) sponsored League with a narrow 5/4 home victory over Waynflete.  Anu Davies and Kim Newman set up the win by taking all three of their rubbers aided by two from Amanda Marsden/Fiona Tebbutt.  Sarah Impey/Caroline Barter won two for the visitors with Kirsty Wykes/Claire Beckett and Helen Davies/Caroline Hudson getting one each.  In the same division, a two pair Andover Sports team were beaten 8/1 by visitors Beechdown.  Pauline Prior/Liz Roberts salvaged the only home rubber with Andrea Hill/Ruth Seward and Madge Cummings/Debbie Watkins winning two rubbers and Karen Southwell/Sandra Smith getting one

Mens Match Report 20/10/04 After two matches each, Beechdown A and Viking A are level in Mens Division 1 as a result of a 5/4 home win for the former over the latter.  Neil Marie/Tim Corke took a maximum for the winners with Mick Cummings/Daniel Harvey getting the other two.  Richard Whatley/James Bevis won two rubbers for Viking A while Mike Fidge/Tom Noel and Tim Cooper/Jonathan Phillips supplied one each.

In the first match reported in Division 2, Aldermaston beat Andover Sports B 5/4 at home.  Chris Apsey/Graham Page won their three rubbers for the home side supported by two from Stephen Gaunt/David Lowe.  Peter Cowmeadow/Graham Woodrow won two rubbers for the losing visitors and almost got the third while Andrew Kinge/Ronan Jackson and Ian Swatton/Chris Clark obtained one each.  In an earlier match in the same division, Firefly beat Beechdown B 8/1 at Winchester Road.  Nigel Appleton and Nick Jones were the only successful home pairing.  Phil Pike/Scott Armstead and Steve Webb/John Weston both recorded maxima for Firefly supported by two rubbers from Colin Pink/Mick Turrell. 

In Division 3, Loddon emerged close 5/4 winners after a visit to Whitchurch.  Phil Hood/Mark Gentry recorded a maximum with Matthew Hawkins/Steve Woodward getting the other two for Loddon.  The home side’s rubbers were scored by Stuart Gordon/Dave Cooley, two and Sean Mallard/Phil Cooke and Steve Watts/John Aiken  one each.   In the same division, in an unfinished match, Hurst beat Waverley 6/2 at John Hunt School.  John Beattie/Keith Miles and Darren Nicholls/Andrew Mountford won a rubber each for Waverley with David Ord/Chris Puxley getting a maximum for Hurst supported by two rubbers from Adam Jesney/Dan Parkin and one from Ken Jones/Don Hartwell.  

Despite having only two pairs Andover managed to only lose 5/4 to Sherpas at John Hunt School in Division 4.  Both the visiting pairs, Chris McIntyre/Joe Dale and Alan Dixon/Peter Fletcher won two rubbers while brothers Ian and Chris Young won two rubbers for Sherpas.

Mixed Match Report 20/10/04  Aldermaston A, in Mixed Division 2, suffered differing fortunes in their first two matches.  They firstly beat a two pair visiting Firefly team 6/3 and then went down 9/0 when they played BH Pegasus B at the Sports Centre.  David Lowe/Sandra Page won two rubbers in the match against Firefly with Graham Page/Sally Jenkins getting the third.  Phil Pike/Kim Rhodes won two of the Firefly rubbers supplemented by one from Steve Webb/Rosemarie Pomroy.  The three successful BH Pegasus B pairings in the 9/0 defeat of Aldermaston A were Tony Ashworth/Ling Tan, Andy Lang/Sue Lorraine and Peter Pfeiffer/Lesley Acheson.  

Carlo Rapacioli/Diane Cooper and Ian Shoard/Ruth Cairns both won two rubbers for Viking C when they beat Beechdown C 5/4 at Beechdown in Division 3.  Horace Mitchell/Barbara Leadbeater got the vital fifth for the visitors.  Mick Cummings/Jan McDonald kept a clean sheet for the home side with Nigel Appleton/Karen Southwell getting the fourth.  Later, Tim Williams/Lynn Perrini scored a maximum for Beechdown C when they beat visitors Loddon 6/3.  Nigel Appleton/Karen Southwell won two rubbers and Bruce Scott/Jan McDonald one to complete the victory.  Phil Hood/Lee Timperley won two of the loser’s rubbers supported by one from Mark Gentry/Lynn White.