This was a top of the table clash after the first two matches of the new season. WWCC fielding the same team that took out Aardvarks the previous week, looking to do the same with Fullerians and really establish themselves as the front runners.
Fullerian's team consisted of the same team that came through against Bats last week, so tonights clash looked like being a well fought match.
The 1st game on was Alan Thomas against Trafford Coker. Trafford not in his best form found Alan a bit hot to handle and Alan gave WWCC an early lead. Next up was Roger Pyle vs Dennis Robinson and after a summer of hard practice Roger consolidated WWCC position, now 2-0 up.
The 3rd game on, saw Chris Ogle eventually victorious against an inspired Caroline Wilkes, who hit some amazing backhand winners and was close to winning the tie until some disguised services enabled Chris to win out in the 5th set.
The next game game saw Alan Thomas lose out to Dennis Robinson in the 5th set after coming back from 2-0 down to force the 5th deciding leg. Dennis's consistency and tenacity pulled him through, the match now poised at 3-1 to WWCC. Chris Ogle then took on Trafford Coker and came through 3-0, followed by the best game of the night Caroline Wilkes vs Roger Pyle. Both players contributed to a great 5 set thriller which to be honest could again have gone either way. Roger Pyle, in the end closed out the 5th set victorious, but on tonights performance Caroline was unlucky to have played so well and come away with no points on the board.
Check out these videos from the Caroline and Roger game.
The game was now 5-1 to WWCC and with the match already won it was now a question of whether Fullerians would salvage a point from the game. Chris Ogle won against Dennis Robinson after dropping the 1st leg, 3-1 to make the match 6-1, however Trafford Coker and Caroline Wilkes combined well to take the doubles and secure a well earned point from the fixture.
Match Report : Chris Ogle
Other Videos from the Watford Table Tennis league for the 30th September can be seen here.
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