Ladies Match Report 25/02/05  There were no matches reported this week.

Mens Match Report 25/02/05     A 7/2 victory by Viking A over Andover Sports A in Mens Division 1 of the Ian Dewar (Castlegate Investments) sponsored league keeps them in second spot in the table with 54 points.  They could be overhauled by BH Pegasus A who with four matches to play have 35 points while Viking A have only two to go.  Unless they have a disastrous final match against BH Pegasus A current leaders Beechdown A look assured of the title.  Tim Cooper and Jonathan Phillips recorded a maximum for Viking A against Andover Sports A with James Bevis/Richard Whatley and Mike Fidge/Scott Wilkins each winning two rubbers.  The visiting losers rubbers were scored by Tim Hunt/Damien Roberts and Shaun McDonald/Emerson Cumberbatch, one each. 

In a time constrained match in Division 3 Loddon beat Waverley 5/2 at Waverley.  Richard James/Andrew Mountford and Darren Nicholls/Philip Quinn won a rubber each for the home side.  Steve Woodward/Mark Gentry won two for Loddon  as did Mitchell Hockley/Matthew Hawkins.  Richard Burt and David Williams supplied the fifth.  Loddon look as though they will finish in second place in the table behind unbeaten Hurst. 

A two pair Basing Cavaliers team lost 5/3 to a visiting two pair Andover team in the fourth division.  Richard Dearman/Andrew Dance won one rubber for the home side before being forced to concede the other because of an injury.  Ivor Brojek/Jim Dale and Alan Dixon/Mark Jenkins won  one rubber each for the visitors.

Mixed Match Report 25/02/05  
Tim Cooper/Karen Bayman, Richard Whatley/Rachel Phillips and James Bevis/Diane Richards made up the Viking A team which defeated Sherpas A 9/0 in Mixed Division 1.  

Promotion from Division 2 is almost certain for a 
BH Pegasus B team which accounted for Aldermaston A with a 9/0 scoreline at Aldermaston.  Andy Lang/Sue Lorrain, Martin Davey/Lesley Acheson and Tony Ashworth/Ling Tan were their successful pairs.  Elsewhere in the division Beechdown B maintained their challenge for the second promotion spot with a 6/3 win over Firefly at the Hurst.  Daniel Sheppard/Sandra Smith set up the victory by taking all three of their rubbers complemented by two from Mick Cummings/Cathryn Perkins and one from Martin Webb/Lynn Perrini.  Steve Webb/Rosemary Pomroy won two rubbers for Firefly with Phil Pike/Kim Rhodes getting the other.  

With three teams, Beechdown C, BH Pegasus C and
St Marys, all vying for the two promotion places in Division 3, the latter improved their chanced with a 7/2 home win against Viking C.  Philip Desbois/Andrea Farmer and Keith Vincent/Margaret Mason both recorded maxima for the home side supplemented by the seventh rubber from husband and wife pairing Tony/Lyn Glinos.  Stuart Cheng/Ruth Cairns and Horace Mitchell/Barbara Leadbetter won a rubber each for Viking C.  When the other two teams met BH Pegasus C ran out 7/2 winners.  In this match Alex Groom/Kim Newman and Martin Davey/Jenny Skilton both won maximum three rubbers and Steve Glover/Doreen Quilter won the other for the winners.  Nigel Appleton/Karen Southwell and Mark Bayliss/Jan McDonald each won a rubber for Beechdown C.  Only one point separates these two teams with BH Pegasus C having 39 points to Beechdown C’s 38.  Each has two matches to play to complete their programme, so every rubber will be vital.  

Bob Cosgrove/Alison Rendall won the sole rubber for Phoenix B in an 8/1 defeat by Waverley A in Division 4.  Richard James/Sandra Jennings and Daniel Wee/Averil Mason scored maxima for the winners with Philip Quinn/Sally Holmes supplying the remaining two.  Beechdown D just beat Sherpas B 5/4 in the same division with Paul Deed/Sue Nolan getting a maximum three rubbers complemented by one rubber each from Tim Jefferies/Leanne Francis and Mark Bowles/Sara Grant.  Mark Iredale/Eve Bielby and Mangkang Pang/Liz Firth each won two rubbers for the visiting losers.

Veterans 25/02/05   The Hampshire Open Veterans Tournament was held at the Westgate Centre in Winchester on the 29/30^th January.  The events were played in age groups, Over 40’s, Over 50’s, Over 55’s, and Over 60’s as Mens and Ladies Doubles on the Saturday and as Mixed Doubles on the Sunday   Diane Cooper (Viking) took part in the latter group on the Sunday and partnered by John Stuck from Essex. won the event.  Peter Seward (Beechdown) who recently reached the ‘veteran’ stage played in these events with Tony Coombes (Viking) and had an enjoyable first outing at this level.  Over the second weekend in January the Veterans Inter-County Championships for the south of England were played at Worthing Leisure Centre.  The counties involved were Hampshire, Kent, Sussex, Middlesex, Essex and Berkshire.  As well as the age groups mentioned earlier there was also an Over 65’s.  Hampshire won the Over 50’s,Over 60’s and Over 65’s and will go forward to compete in the Veterans National I.C.C in Hatfield at the beginning of April

County 1st Team 25/02/05
Last weekend the Hampshire County 1^st team drew all their matches in the final round of matches in National Division 1 at Milton Keynes.  Their opponents were Avon, Essex and, eventual winners of the competition for the first time, Warwickshire..  The 15 points gained left them in 9^th position in the table with 40 points well above bottom county Cheshire.  Two teams are due to be relegated but if Yorkshire 2^nd team finish 1^st or 2^nd in Division 2 they cannot be promoted as two teams from a county may not play in the same division.  Hampshire’s hopes are that Yorkshire 2nds will be successful so that only one team, Cheshire, will have to go down.