Ladies Match Report 25/11/04   The only Ladies match reported, saw a 6/3 home win for a two pair Viking team over visiting Waynflete in the Ladies 6 Division.  Hayley Kopp/Jane Halls and Karen Bayman/Ruth Cairns were the winning combinations.

Mens Match Report 25/11/04  The two top teams in Mens Division 4 of the Ian Dewar (Castlegate Investments) sponsored league clashed last week with Andover emerging easy winners by 8/1 over 
BH Pegasus C.  Ray Chow and Steve Tribe were the solitary successful home pair. Ivor Brojek/Colin McIntyre and Alan Dixon/Paul Fletcher won maxima for Andover complimented by two rubbers from Geoff Lewis/Mark Jenkins.  This victory leaves Andover just four points behind BH Pegasus C with a match in hand. 

Firefly and Aldermaston share the lead in Division 2 at the moment with 23 points after the former won 6/3 at home. Firefly have the advantage having played one match less than Aldermaston.  The three home pairs, Steve Webb/John Weston, Colin Pink/Mick Turrell and Phil Pike/Gary Leach won two rubbers with Chris Apsey/Graham Page getting two for Aldermaston supported by one from David Lowe/Stephen Gaunt. 

Mixed Match Report 25/11/04   Beechdown Mixed B in Division 2, had a 6/3 away victory over Viking B at John Hunt School.  Daniel Harvey/Cathryn Perkins recorded a maximum for Beechdown B supported by two rubbers from Daniel Sheppard/Kate Marlow and one from Martin Webb/Sarah Flay.  Chris Powell/Jane Halls got two rubbers for the losers with Tony Coombes/Ruth Cairns obtaining the third.  

Like their B side the Winchester Road based C team also notched up a win this week.  In Division 3, they beat Whitchurch 7/2 with the visitor’s two rubbers coming from Stuart Gordon/Moya Abbott.  Mick Cummings/Lynn Perrini won three rubbers for Beechdown C with Nigel Appleton/Karen Southwell and Mark Bayliss/Jan McDonald getting two each to complete the victory.  After an 8/1 home defeat of BH Pegasus C, in the same division, St Marys now have a commanding lead over the nearest rival, Beechdown C, of 9 points.  The sole winners for BH Pegasus C were Dale Turpin and Jean Deverill.  Keith Vincent/Pam Norman and Ilya Goldberg/ Sanola Wilkinson both secured maxima for St Marys with Peter McFarlane-Smith/Debbie Freeman getting the other two rubbers.  

Led by three rubbers from Stephen Gaunt/Judith Lillis Basing Cavaliers beat Aldermaston B 5/4 at Old Basing in Division 4.  Andrew Dance/Sheila Weston won the other two.  Keith Fleming/Rhian Jenkins won two rubbers for the losers with Paul Roper/Emily Eadingham and Joan Vinall/Rod Jenkins chipping in with one each.

Knock-Out Cup 25/11/04 In the first round of the Knock-Out Cup Waynflete beat Aldermaston 169/147 in an exciting match at Winchester.  BH Pegasus received a walk-over from Loddon who were only going to be able to field one lady player for their encounter.

Coaching Course 25/11/04 The Coaching Course which was held at the Westgate Centre on Sunday 21^st November proved very successful.  We have had complimentary comments from the attendees and requests in quite a few cases for a follow-up course.  Thanks are due to the County Development Officer, Denis Blazye and his five assistants for running the course.