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WEEK 13

Billericay B Vs Bluehouse B: 8 – 2

A great result for Billericay Keith Ashton won all three matches in four , both R Kemp and Ken James won a brace each, but both lost to Cliff Firth. Surprisingly Chris Crooks and Brian Spencer came away with nothing. To round off the evening Kevin and Ken beat Chris and Cliff in the doubles in three.

Bluehouse C Vs Selbourne A : 4 – 6

Perhaps some points dropped by Selbourne A or a spirited defiance by Bluehouse C. Either way Roy ( I never get any nets ) Thomas was his usual majestic self winning all three comfortably. Andy Mckay seems to be finding his feet again beating Mark Jupe and Tony Stowell but lost to Dave Reynolds in four. Dale ( Give us a smile big boy ) Gutteridge lost in five to Dave and Mark but beat Tony in Four. Bluehouse managed to win the doubles as Dave and Mark beat Andy and Roy in Four.

Hadleigh Forum A Vs Selex B : 3 – 7

Their poor form continued losing heavily to Selex B at home . Graham Farmer beat Trevor Ward in five winning 11-9 in the fifth in a very close game. Anthon and Tony Jacks picked up a win against Alan Wood who beat Graham in five winning 11-9 in the fifth. Gary Hartgrove beat Anthon in four and Graham and Tony in five. Selex rounded off the evening with Trevor and Gary beating Anthon and Graham in the doubles.

WEEK 12

Grays A Vs Hadleigh Forum A : 3 – 7

Really a night to forget for Anthon, when you play at Grays you need to be on top of your game and if not you will lose. He only managed one game against Jarek, losing in four and losing in a straight three to Martin and Max. However, we must not take anything away from Grays, both Martin and Jarek were unlucky to lose to John Tendler in five and Max pushed Tony Jacks to a five setter. Even Martin and Max lost 9-11 in the fifth against John and Tony. Hadleigh Forum rode their luck and Grays were unlucky not to get a draw.

Hadleigh Forum A Vs Selbourne A : 2 – 8

This match was a postponed match and this time The Forum`s luck ran out. A night to forget both John Tendler and Graham lost all three matches more or less in a straight three, John managed to pick up a game against Dale Gutteridge losing 9-11;9-11;11-1 and 11-5.Dale also beat Anthon in a close match 11-3;10-12;10-12 and 8-11 and his fortune continued as he beat Graham 12-10;9-11 and 6-11. Roy Thomas was untouchable he was sublime at best, anything he touched went on and he didn`t even break a sweat. Mike Worship was also on a hat trick, having beaten John and Graham in three he lost to Anthon in five in a tight match. Graham and Anthon managed to beat Roy and Dale in a tight five setter to win the doubles. The Forum could have lost 10-0 and any hope of catching Selbourne B evaporated.

Selex B Vs Selbourne B : 2 - 8

A similar fate was bestowed upon Selex as was for The Forum by a Selbourne side, losing 2 – 8 to a strong B squad.

Billericay B Vs Bluehouse C : 5 – 5

The spoils were shared this week: on the Billericay side Keith Ashton and Dave Kirston won two each and Alf Fox managed a win against Dave Reynolds who unfortunately lost all three for Bluehouse, but in contrasr Steve Muth won all three and Steve Aspland managed a win against Alf Fox. Bluehouse were 5 – 4 down, but managed to draw with the two Steves beating Keith and Dave in three in the doubles.

Selbourne A Vs Kingswood B : 4 – 6

A surprising result. Roy ( I never get any nets ) Thomas won all three whilst Dale ( give us a smile Big Boy ) Gutteridge lost all three in five. Andy McKay managed a win against Colin Clements who himself only managed one point. Les and Sue Body managed a brace of wins each and to round off the evening Les and Sue beat Mr Nets and Big Boy in the doubles. A much needed win for Kingswood.

WEEK 11

Bluehouse B Vs Selex B : 4 – 6

An excellent result for the visitors at Bluehouse . However, Chris Crooks won all three of his matches, but only just beating Trevor ward in five, winning the fifth 11-9. In contrast Len Jupe lost all three in three. Of the visitors Gary Hartgrove and Kevin Smart won two a piece. Brian Spencer managed a win against Trevor Ward and Gary and Kevin beat Brian and Chris in three in the doubles. As they say ` it ain`t over till the fat lady sings` ( sorry Kev ! )

Selbourne B Vs Grays A : 7 – 3

This was always going to be a tough call for Grays and indeed it was. As usual Charles Sweeney won all three. Charlie Bates won two, losing to Max ( the abo ) Southby in five. Ollie managed a win against Max, but lost to Wayne Macalear and Martin Treleavan who also took a two game lead in the doubles, but Charles and Charlie came back to win in five. At the moment the only team that could potentially catch Selbourne is Hadleigh Forum , but that isn`t likely.

Kingswood B Vs Bluehouse C : 3 – 7

Unfortunately a bit of a familiar score line for Kingswood B. Colin Clements managed to win two and only just lost to Peter Hilton in five. Peter technically won three, but his match against Steve Buer was conceded as Steve had a falling out with Steve Muth ( Like a scene from a Rocky movie ). Peter Pond was unfortunate to lose all three, losing in five to Peter Hilton, who seems to grind out five game wins. Steve Buer managed a win against Mark Jupe and the doubles was won by Mark and Peter beating Peter and Colin in three. Kingswood may be losing heavily, but they know how to keep things spicy.

WEEK 10

Selbourne A Vs Selbourne B : 4 – 6

A repeat score of their previous encounter, however Ollie Podd was the star of the show winning all three matches and he only dropped one game to Dale ( give us a smile) Gutteridge who in contrast lost all three matches, two of which went to five games. Roy ( I never get any nets ) Thomas managed two wins against James Marshall and Martin Turner. Andy MacKay managed one win against Martin but also lost to James in a very close five game match. Finally Andy and Roy lost the doubles in four to Ollie and James. On this form Selbourne B look unbeatable and will probably get promotion at the end of the season.

Billericay B Vs Kingswood B : 7 – 3

Kingswood are still struggling this season, another heavy defeat to Billericay. Keith Ashton had a clean sweep, Ken James won two and he managed to beat Colin Clements in five. Alf Fox just managed the one win beating Colin in five, which left Colin without a win. Steve Appleby and Les Taylor picked up a win each against Alf. Billericay finished by winning the doubles with Keith and Ken beating Steve and Les in a straight three. Billericay are still in the hunt for a second place finish this season.

Bluehouse C Vs Hadleigh Forum A: 5 – 5

An interesting evening as Hadleigh Forum got off to a terrible start. Both sides ( apart from John Tendler ) tried to play attacking table tennis, but Bluehouse chose to use the `magic` table? Peter Hilton had a good start beating John Tendler in an EXHILARATING!!! Five game match. Later on Peter beat Anthon in three, but the second went to 23-21 and Peter had a number of lucky nets to keep him in the match. Steve Aspland beat Anthon winning in four 11-9;12-10;8-11 and 11-5 . He also beat Paul Fawell to give Bluehouse a 5 – 1 lead. The Forum were starring into the Abyss ( or perhaps it was Anthon in his tiny black shorts!).Nevertheless it was the Abyss(Anthon) who lead his team back beating Dave in four. John Tendler was leading Steve Aspland 2 – 1, but Steve decided that watching paint dry wasn`t to his liking and to everyone`s relief he `kicked the tin of paint over` losing the fourth game 1-11. Paul finally, like Anthon, got his game together and beat Peter in four. Paul and Anthon completed the come back by beating Peter and Dave in four.

WEEK 9

Bluehouse C Vs Selbourne B: 1 – 9

A very good win for Selbourne but results can be deceiving as four of the visitors matches were won in five. Nevertheless Kim Shead and Charles Sweeny won all three, while Olliie Podd dropped a match to Dave Renoylds. Finally Kim and Ollie beat Tony Stowell and Peter Hilton in a straight three in the doubles. Another strong win for Selbourne who are opening up a lead at the top of division one, who can catch them ?

Kingswood B Vs Hadleigh Forum A: 3 – 7

The Forum still trying to keep in touch with the top , had a good win against Kingswood. Paul Fawell won all three matches, whilst John Tendler dropped a match against Sue Body and Paul Reed in his first Basildon match managed a win against Sue Body. Steve Beur and Peter Pond picked up a match each against Paul Reed and the two Pauls beat Peter and Steve in the doubles.

Billericay B Vs Selex B: 4 – 6

A very good away win for Selex, Kevin Smart winning all three of his matches, Trevor Ward winning two matches and Alan Wood`s form still evading him as he failed to win a match. Ken James beat Trevor and Selex managed to win the doubles to seal a good away win.

Selbourne A Vs Bluehouse B: 7 – 3

Another step in the right direction for Selbourne Roy ( I never get any nets ) Thomas won all three matches, Dale ( give us a smile ) Gutteridge won two and Andy Mackay managed one win. Chris Crooks managed two wins and Brian Spencer picked up a game. Mark Jupe was unable to make an impact and Roy and Andy rounded off the evening with a doubles win against Chris and Mark.

WEEK 8

Selex B Vs Grays A : 2 – 8

Selex, at home to Grays, didn`t fare too well this week. Unfortunately for Selex, three of the matches went to five games, but two went to Grays and Alan Wood retired injured in his last match of the evening. Wayne McAlear and Martin Treleavan won all three of their matches and the only singles win for Selex went to Trevor Ward who beat Max Southby in five. Finally Trevor and Kevin Smart beat Wayne and Martin in four to take the doubles , which was some sort of consolation for the evening and Grays continue their steady push for the top.

Selbourne B Vs Kingswood B : 7 – 3

This was a match of the young versus the old and in fairness the `older` experienced visitors were unlucky not to come away with more. The home team of Ian Tuckey, Charlie Bates and James Marshall all won two matches each, but four of the home wins went to five games. Peter Pond, Steve Appleby and Peter Lucraft won a match each and the two Peters were unlucky to lose : 12-10;11-6;9-11 and 11-9 in the doubles to Ian and Charlie. Another win for Selbourne B , who have strength in depth and appear to be favourites to win the league.

Hadleigh Forum A Vs Billericay B : 6 – 4

The Forum should have done better, Anthon throwing away a two game lead to lose in five to Ken James, a familiar story in Anthon`s season. Having said that, Mick Tappenden also lost to Ken in four. Once again Paul Fawell managed a clean sweep but only just beat Dave Kirston in five. Alf Fox picked up a game against Anthon and Dave Kirston was unable to manage a win. Ken and Dave did manage however to beat Anthon and Paul in the doubles.

WEEK 7

Kingswood B Vs Bluehouse B : 3 – 7

Another defeat for Kingswood, but with some consistency as Les Taylor, Sue Body and Steve Applby all won a game each and the unlucky recipient was Mark Jupe who lost all three of his matches. Despite only winning one match Sue was unfortunate to lose in five to both Brian Spencer and Cliff Firth, neither of whom dropped a match. Brian and Cliff then teamed up to win the doubles in a straight three, beating Sue and Steve. A good away result for Bluehouse.

Hadleigh Forum A Vs Selbourne B : 4 – 6

This was always going to be a tight match, Selbourne turned up with their `biggest guns` Charles Sweeny, Charlie Bates and Ollie Podd. The result was decided by Anthon Ranjit-Singh who didn`t really turn up and was for the best part out played, losing all three of his matches. Ollie was looping really well but only managed the one win over Anthon. Charles won all three but nearly came unstuck against Mick Tappenden who should have taken the game to a five setter. He eventually lost in four : 12-14;10-12;11-8 and 7-11. Both Mick and John Tendler won two a piece and Charlie beat Anthon. Selbourne finished the evening with Charles and Charlie beating Anthon and John in three in the doubles.

Selbourne A Vs Selex B : 5 – 5

Selex seem to be finding their form again with an away draw against Selbourne A. Roy ( I never get any nets) Thomas won all three of his matches in a straight three. Dale Gutteridge beat Alan wood in a tight four game match winning : 11-9;10-12;11-7 and 11-3. Andy MacKay made a return to table tennis and lost to Alan Wood and Gary Hartgrove in two tight five setter matches, but over came Kevin Smart in four. Gary also beat Dale and he and Kevin beat Dale and Andy in the doubles in a straight three.

Billericay B Vs Grays A : 3 – 7

A very good win for Grays away Wayne Mc Cleer won all three of his matches. New signing Ken James lost to Wayne in four but beat Martin Treleavan and Max Southby. Alf Fox came out with nothing and Mike Joslin just scraped past Max Southby eventually winning 12-10 in the fifth. Grays cleaned up by Wayne and Martin beating Mike and Ken in three in the doubles. Another good away win for Grays.

WEEK 6

Bluehouse B Vs Hadleigh Forum: 6 – 4

Something about playing at home Bluehouse have beaten three strong teams , Grays , Billericay and now Hadleigh Forum 6 – 4 at home. Chris Crooks was the star of the show beating John Tendler ; Mick Tappenden and Anthon Ranjit –Singh in four. Mick beat Mark Jupe in a straight three and Anthon either very unlucky or cursed was leading both Mark and Brian and should have won, but eventually lost in five to both. Who can beat Bluehouse B at `Fortress Bluehouse?`

Selex B Vs Bluehouse C : Postponed

WEEK 5

Kingswood B Vs Selex B : 4 – 6

Two struggling teams met and Selex came out winners but only just, two matches went to five with either team winning one. Steve Appleby lost 10-12,5-11,11-9,11-5,14-16 to Alan Wood and Sue Body beat Kevin Smart in five 11-9,11-8,8-11,6-11 and 11-8. Les Taylor and Sue Body lost the doubles in a straight three to Alan Wood and Kevin Smart.

Selbourne B Vs Bluehouse B : 7 -3

Selbourne B carried on their good form inflicting a heavy defeat on Bluehouse B, who seem to play better at home. This week Charlie Bates won all three matches and Ollie Podd and James Marshall won two a piece. Chris Crooks and Cliff Firth picked up a point each beating Jamie and Ollie respectively. Bluehouse managed to win the doubles to stop the rot.

Bluehouse C Vs Grays : 2 – 8

Not a good week for the Bluehouse club, their B team lost heavily and their C team were not much better. Grays are still maintaining a challenge for the league with an important win.

Billericay B Vs Selbourne A : 8 – 2

Unfortunately Selbourne only had two players for this match and automatically gave away three matches. Both Roy Thomas and Dale Gutteridge beat Alf Fox to take two points for the Selbourne side. Despite this Billericay still dominated to win the match.

WEEK4

Selex B Vs Hadleigh Forum : 3 – 7

Another good win for the Forum, John Tendler winning all three but had to play five games to finally beat Kevin Smart. Paul Fawell lost to Gary Hartgrove in four in a fairly tight match and Anthon lost to Kevin Smart in three and should have beaten Gary, eventually losing in five. Alan Wood maintained his poor form and lost all three singles. Anthon and Paul comfortably won the doubles in three to round off a good evening.

Bluehouse B Vs Billericay B : 6 – 4

Another 6 -4 home win for Bluehouse against a strong Billericay side , Bluehouse making the most of their home advantage.

Grays A Vs Kingswood B : 5-5

A good result for Kingswood after their poor start to the season earning them a five all draw away to Grays which is a tough venue to play.

Selbourne A Vs Bluehouse C : No Result

Selbourne A Vs Selex B : 5 – 5

Billericay B Vs Grays A : 3 – 7

WEEK 3

Hadleigh Forum Vs Grays : 5 – 5

Another draw for The Forum with some mixed results. Mick Tappenden won all three matches in three , four and five against Wayne; Max and Martin. Graham Farmer beat Max in four but lost to Wayne and Martin both in four, while Anthon beat Martin in five, lost to Max in five and Wayne in four. Grays levelled the score by winning the doubles in three.

Bluehouse C Vs Billericay B : 3 – 7

Billericay maintained their form with Keith Ashton winning all three sets and Alf Fox and Dave Kirston winning two apiece. For the home side Dave Reynolds won two and Tony Stonell beat Alf fox whilst Steve Aspland couldn`t manage a win. Billericay finished by winning the doubles.

Selbourne B Vs Selex B : 6 – 4

Another win for Selbourne, the score could have been higher if Gary Hartgrove hadn`t won all three of his, while Charlie Bates; Ollie Podd and James Marshall won two each. Unfortunately Alan and Kevin lost all of their matches but selex made the score respectable as Kevin and Gary sneaked the doubles in five.

Kingswood B Vs Selbourne A : Postponed.

WEEK 2

Selex B Vs Bluehouse B : 2 – 8

Not the start Selex would have wanted losing to an in form Bluehouse team, who were convincing winners. Gary was the only home singles success, beating Mark Jupe 11-7;11-6 and 11-4. Brian and Cliff had a clean sweep and Selex managed a doubles win.

Bluehouse C Vs Kingswood B : 9-1

Early days in the season and Kingswood could be staring down the barrel of a gun! An experienced side of Sue Body, Colin Clements and Steve Appleby losing heavily although some of the games were close. Colin beat Tony Stonell in a straight three and lost to Pete Hilton in a tight five. Both Pete Hilton and Dave Reynolds clocked hat-tricks. Another good result for the Bluehouse Club.

Selbourne A Vs Hadleigh Forum : 5 – 5

An interesting evening full of nets and edges! But a good evening enjoyed by both sides nevertheless. Roy Thomas won all three of his matches, but had a fair bit of luck in some tight matches beating John, Paul and Anthon in five, four and four respectively. Caroline Cole beat Paul in five and Dale beat Anthon in Five. The Forum won the doubles comfortably to round off the evening.

Grays Vs Selbourne B : 4 – 6

A score line following Grays again as they lost 4-6 away to Selbourne B, in spite of a hat-trick from Wayne MacAlear. For the visitors Ollie Podd and Kim Shead notched a brace apiece, with Martin Turner adding one more point, and a doubles win clinched the victory.

WEEK 1

Selbourne B Vs Selbourne A: 6 - 4

A good win for the B team with Charlie Bates , Andy Seabrook and James Marshall all winning two apiece and surprisingly Roy Thomas , Caroline Cole and Dale Gutteridge winning 2 , 1 and 0 respectively. A great start for the B team in challenging their A team.

Bluehouse B Vs Grays : 6 – 4

Grays are the new boys in division one and were unlucky not to have at least got a draw with a very tight match between Martin Turnerand Brian Spencer, with Brian eventually winning 11-9; 8-11; 7-11; 14-12 and 11-8. Brian won all three of his and contrastingly Cliff Firth struggled to beat Max Southby, having lost to Martin and Jarek Grochowski. A good start for Bluehouse.

Kingswood B Vs Billericay B : 2 – 8

A convincing win for Billericay, tempered by Colin Clements grinding out two wins for the home side. Marilyn Bawden comfortably won all three of her matches and Debbie Auvache and Keith Ashton both dropped a match to Colin. A fine start for Billericay.

Hadleigh Forum Vs Bluehouse C : 8 – 2

Returning to division one in their third season in the Basildon league after relegation two seasons ago, the Forum had a good win over Bluehouse. John Tendler won all three matches comfortably. Mick Tappenden and Graham Farmer dropped a match to Steve Muth in a straight three and the home team won the doubles also in three, getting Forum of to a flying start to the season.