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WATFORD & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE w/c 9th Jan 2012

The league program got back on track after the Christmas break and it was a good chance to shed the extra ounces (pounds) put on over that period.

In the Premier Div, Progress ‘A’ carried on where they left off, and had a convincing 7-1 victory vs. Bats. Aardvarks did even better beating Cougars 8-0. Progress ‘B’ had a very good result overcoming a strong Abbots Langley team 5-3

In Div One, leaders Eagles continued their good form, with a 6-2 win vs. Gazelles. Chief rivals Post Office had a surprising loss to Watling ’A’, going down 3-5. Lowly Huskies had a boost with an 8-0 victory vs. Hounds, although they both still ‘prop’ up the division.

In Div Two, Audit ‘A’ suffered their first defeat, losing 3-5 to Watling ‘C’. Kangaroos lost 3-5 to a strong Iguanas side. This puts Watling ‘C’ in second place, just behind Audit ‘A‘, and with a game in hand.

In Div Three, Newts, with only two players, won all the legs played in their 5-3 win vs. Progress ‘C’. Panthers gained maximum points in their 7-1 victory vs. Watling ‘D’.

Results:

Premier Div: Bats vs. Progress ’A’ 1-7; Progress ’B’ vs. Abbots Langley 5-3; Cougars vs. Aardvarks 0-8. Div One: Gazelles vs. Eagles 2-6; Post Office vs. Watling ’A’ 3-5; Huskies vs. Hounds 8-0.
Div Two: Watling ’C’ vs. Audit ’A’ 5-3; Kangaroos vs. Iguanas 3-5.
Div Three: Watling ’D’ vs. Panthers 1-7; Progress ’C’ vs. Newts 3-5

Match Results by : Geof Bax

WATFORD & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE w/c 14th Nov

Div One, leaders Eagles suffered their first setback of the season, losig 3-5 to Watling ‘A’, Jonathan Jackson unbeaten for Watling. Danger side Post Office had another fine victory defeating Huskies 7-1, Les Leech was their star. Young Ishan Bairoliya gave another good performance when winning all his games in Falcons 6-2 win vs. Gazelles.

In Div Two, leaders Audit ‘A’ had to come from behind to draw with Iguanas, David Oram Iguanas star. Audit ‘B’ also drew, but this was a bit fortunate in that Oxhey Hall only had two players.

In Div Three, Lions have taken over the lead as they had been threatening to do for a few weeks. They had a comfortable 8-0 win vs. Quails. Richard Carter, Ricky Poplawski, and Stuart Cass, the Lions side. Meerkats drop to second spot, after dropping a point to Watling ‘D’, 6-2 the score. Very young Jamie Fisher was again unbeaten. Progress ‘C’ posted their second victory, with Ospreys the losers, 6-2 the score. James Weston the Progress star.

In the Premier Div, Cougars had a very good result when drawing with Fullerians, with a good all round team effort. There were easy wins for Bats and Aardvarks, vs. Dolphins, and Progress ‘B’ respectively, 8-0 both matches.

Results:

Premier Div: Bats vs. Dolphins 8-0; Aardvarks vs. Progress ‘B’ 8-0; Cougars vs. Fullerians 4-4.
Div One: Eagles vs. Watling ‘A’ 3-5; Huskies vs. Post Office 1-7; Gazelles vs. Falcons 2-6.
Div Two: Audit ‘A’ vs. Iguanas 4-4; Audit ‘B’ vs. Oxhey Hall 4-4.
Div Three: Lions vs. Quails 8-0; Watling ‘D’ vs. Meerkats 2-6; Ospreys vs. Progress ‘C’ 2-6.

I am missing quite a few results. Will all captains please make sure I am made aware of the results quickly, this enables me to keep the League tables up to date, which is for everyones benefit. Thank you.

Report by : Geof Bax

Urban Progress 'A' take maximum against Abbots Langley!

Urban Progress 'A' continued their march at the top of the table with a 7-1 victory over Abbots Langley on the 16th Nov.

The Home team of Chris Ogle, Roger Pyle and Alan Thomas proved too strong for visitors Ken Stonebridge, Mick Lowens and Peter Groves. Ken Stonebridge picked up the only win for Abbots with a convincing win over Alan Thomas. The only 5 setter was Alan Thomas against Peter Groves which had it gone Abbots way would have netted them a point, but as it was alan picked up the 5th set and Urban Progress took all the points!

Match report by : Chris Ogle

WATFORD & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE w/c 7th Nov

Audit ‘A’ of Div Two lost their 100% record when Kangaroos, who have yet to win, visited them and shared the ‘spoils’. Mitchell Hyams of Kangaroos was unbeaten. At least the ‘A’ team did better than the ‘B’, Watling ‘C’ winning 8-0. Andrew Goldstein, Peter Meisel and Simon Blum, the winning team. Oxhey Hall and Iguanas also drew David Oram of Iguanas the star in this match.

In Div Three, Lions also lost their 100% when drawing with top team Meerkats who had young Jamie Fisher starring. Newts, a very young team, hang onto second place for another week, after an easy 8-0 win vs. Quails. Jake Henley, Fred Mummery and Matthew Barker the Newts team. Watling ‘D’ played two man Progress ‘C’, winning 5-3. They thought the match was a draw, but Progress had played the wrong order and one game was inadmissible.

In Div One, top team Eagles gained full points vs. Huskies, in a 7-1 win. Dave Sims and Ian Hamilton being unbeaten. Watling ‘B’ drew with their ‘A’ team and stay in second place. Andrew Meisel unbeaten for the ‘A’ team. Ishan Bairoliya was unbeaten for Falcons in their 6-2 victory vs. Hounds.

In the Premier Div, Progress ‘A’ returned to the top of the league after ‘thumping’ Aardvarks 7-1, and displacing them. Timor Kardar and Roger Pyle were unbeaten. Progress ‘A’ are now the only team with a 100% record, a very hard team to beat. Progress ‘B’ could not match the ‘A’ teams win, losing 3-5 to Bats, despite their player Zoltan Kulics being unbeaten. Abbots Langley, having a stronger side this season, overcame Fullerians 5-3, and leapfrog them in the tables.

Results:

Premier Division: Abbots Langley vs. Fullerians 5-3; Bats vs. Progress ‘B’ 5-3; Progress ‘A’ vs. Aardvarks 7-1.
Division One: Hounds vs. Falcons 2-6; Watling ‘A’ vs. Watling ‘B’ 4-4; Eagles vs. Huskies 7-1.
Division Two: Audit ‘B’ vs. Watling ‘C’ 0-8; Oxhey Hall vs. Iguanas 4-4; Audit ‘A’ vs. Kangaroos 4-4.
Division Three: Lions vs. Meerkats 4-4; Newts vs. Quails 8-0; Watling ‘D’ vs. Progress ‘C’ 5-3.

Match report by : Geof Bax

Urban Progress 'A' take max points against nearest Rival!

On the back of a max points victory against 3rd placed Fullerians the week before Urban Progress 'A' put an even greater gap between them and their closest rivals in a top of the table Premier clash this week.

For the home side, unfortunately Alan Thomas had been called away to Nottingham on business for the day and was unable to get back in time, so Tibi Kadar agreed to play at short notice... Tibi is keen to get a few matches underway so that he can defend his title at the Watford championships later in the year and so understandably was anxious to get his campaign started this year... we are already a third way through the season and he had yet to play a game! The in-form Roger Pyle and Chris Ogle made up the home team side... For the visitors, Adam Johnson, Piotr Borkowski and Anthony Budden...

In a match which started off on the skew because the visiting team had a player arrive pretty late, the order of the games had to be switched around to accommodate hence the inevitable score card confusion and errors writing the results into the wrong spots!

It turned out to be a match which on paper looked far more impressive than it actually was, with highlights being Adam and Chris's 5 set thriller and Anthony Budden beating Chris Ogle yet again in a close fought encounter!

The home team romped home to a 7-1 victory taking maximum points and putting themselves 7 points clear at the top of the table... the race is on! Score card of events shown below :-

Match Report : Chris Ogle

WATFORD & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE - w/c 31st Oct 2011

An unusual occurrence happened in the Premier Division this week, when in the match between Aardvarks and Bats, all eight games went to a fifth leg. Unfortunately for Bats seven of those fifth ends were lost, so a victory for Aardvarks 7-1. Another 7-1 win was achieved by Progress ‘A’ vs. Fullerians. Better still was Abbots Langley’s performance vs. Dolphins 8-0 the score. Progress ‘B’ with two players drew with Cougars.

In Div One the two top teams met, and Eagles just managed to win 5-3, with six games going to five. Post Office with two games in hand look dangerous, just six points behind. They beat Hounds, also 5-3. That score seemed to be the order of the day for the division, Gazelles overcoming Huskies 5-3.

In Div Two, second placed Jaguars came unstuck when only one player turned up to play Watling ‘C’, and they lost 1-7. Iguanas also beat Audit ‘B’ by the same score, all games in this match had three legs only. Near the wrong end of the table, Kangaroos met Oxhey Hall, this ended honours even 4-4.

In Div Three, the two top teams met, and a draw was the result. Meerkats remain top, but Newts have now been overtaken by Lions, who defeated Progress ‘C’ 8-0. Lions have a game in hand, and are only one point behind Meerkats, and are still 100%. Ospreys playing Watling ‘D’ started well and led 3-1, but faded away to lose 3-5. Quails and Panthers had a close encounter, the latter just winning 5-3.

Results:

Premier Div: Fullerians vs. Progress ‘A’ 1-7; Aardvarks vs. Bats 7-1; Progress ‘B’ vs. Cougars 4-4; Dolphins vs. Abbots Langley 0-8.
Div One: Post Office vs. Hounds 5-3; Watling ‘B’ vs. Eagles 3-5; Huskies vs. Gazelles 3-5. Div Two: Watling ‘C’ vs. Jaguars 7-1; Iguanas vs. Audit ‘B’ 7-1; Kangaroos vs. Oxhey Hall 4-4. Div Three: Meerkats vs. Newts 4-4; Progress ‘C’ vs. Lions 0-8; Ospreys vs. Watling ‘D’ 3-5; Quails vs. Panthers 3-5.

2nd Nov. Fullerians Vs Urban Progress 'A'

After a bit of too-ing and fro-ing this fixture took place on its allotted evening. For Fullerians: stalwarts Trafford Coker and Caroline Wilkes plus Richard Cotteral making a rare start for the home side.

Urban Progress 'A' had their regular trio, Roger Pyle (who's been outstanding this season, playing the 3 singles) with Alan Thomas and Chris Ogle making up the team.

Fullerians couldn't have wished for a better start with Caroline seeing off Alan Thomas in straight sets... next on was Chris was on next against Richard Cotteral who took the 1st leg, but couldn't make it count as Chris eventually took this in 4... Roger Pyle was on next and was taken all the way to 5 legs by Trafford Coker, who all agreed was having a very good night...

1-2 to the visitors at this point, next Caroline took on Roger, Caroline picked up the first leg in convincing style and put Roger on notice, continue playing like this and you'll get the same treatment that Alan took earlier in the evening! Roger, fortunately for the away team picked up his game and brought home the bacon in 4 legs. Richard then lost out in an incredibly close set to Alan, before Chris stretched the lead still further for UP 'A' with a hard fought battle against Trafford who's controlled blocking made things extremely difficult for Chris.

The final singles game of the night was Richard against Roger which went 0-3 in Rogers favour. The match was poised at 1-6 to Urban Progress 'A' with a point up for grabs on the outcome of the last but now important set of the night... the doubles.

Caroline and Trafford are a good doubles pairing and until this year Alan and Chris had rarely played together, so this looked like it was going to be a fascinating encounter... Roger Pyle ascended to the Umpires chair... (his first of the night - much to his pleasure)

The first two sets went to Fullerians who it must be said played their 'Get out of Jail' card a few times towards the end of the first leg, although the second was much more convincing for the home pairing... Chris mentioned that he was not going to have Roger umpire a straight 3 setter in his one and only umpire for the night... and this inspired the away team who took the 3rd set... and then the 4th too! It was now all on the 5th decider... The away team got away to a good start, but after the halfway change over the home team came back strongly... the final result was 11-9 in the fifth to the away side.

So max points for the visitors with a 7-1 victory, and although consensus of opinion was that it would be inapproriate to amend the score sheet... we all agreed that in fairness Fullerians played really well on the night and deserved to pick up a point!!

Match Report : Chris Ogle

COULD NOT HAVE BEEN CLOSER!!!!!!

Teams:- for Bats - David Warren, Kevin Williams, Neil Seaholme
              For Abbots - Peter Dick, Mick.

Man of the match was Dick who won all 3 games in 3 straight sets.
Peter took a set off Kevin in the first game but lost 3 - 1,  but then beat David 3 - 2.
In the doubles Peter and Mick took 1 set off Kevin and Neil losing 3 -1.
 
The match ended 4 games each
 
On counting sets it was 14 sets each
 
So we added the points won which came to Bats  251 Abbots Langley 252
Abbots Langley won by 1 point on count back.

Points difference Bats 56  Abbots 57

Match report by : Mick Lowens

Urban Progress 'A' see off Bats!

Kevin Williams was the only one to receive any honours at the Boys Grammar school when he took down Chris Ogle with comparative ease in straight sets. That was the only chink of light in an otherwise dark night as Urban Progress took the fixture 7-1. Brave attempts by Dave Warren and Kevin Williams to defeat Alan Thomas met with disappointment as Alan took both in 5 sets.... full score sheet below :-

Match report by : Chris Ogle

Urban Progress put down the Cougars at WBGS

Ishan, James and Alan found the regular Urban Progress 'A' team a bit much to handle on the 5th October down at Watford Boys. Roger Pyle enjoying the 3 singles romped home whilst Chris and Alan only dropped 1 set between them. The full match is below and in the absence of score cards sharp minds improvised with blank paper, pens and a call to Howard Davies to tell us the order of play... on a positive note we did have a new ball though :-)

Urban Progress came through victors with a 7-1 result, but all credit to the much improved Ishan who picked up the only set of the match for cougars beating Alan Thomas in convincing 4 leg thriller!

Match report by : Chris Ogle