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James versus David - Longer

Here is the longer version video of James versus David.

James versus David

Here is a short video of James verus David.

David Edwards, Watford's own Olympic hero!

Here below is clipping from the archives of David Edwards chatting about his trip to Australia for the Sydney Olympics.

Jets Cougars Vs WWCC 'A' Premier Div. Cup Semi Final - 26th Nov

Cougars fielding a strong side with Captain Tony Dias, Paul Erdunast and Richard Bellamy were looking to upset a boyant 'top of the table' WWCC 'A' side, represented by the regular trio of Chris Ogle, Roger Pyle and Alan Thomas.

Paul Erdunast has still a bit to learn as the experienced Roger Pyle took the first rubber 3-0, Tony Dias set the match even though with a straight sets comfortable win over Alan Thomas who is having a strange year for sure in the Watford League.

Richard Bellamy lost out 3-0 to Chris Ogle for the WWCC to edge again into the lead, before Tony Dias secured his second victory over Roger pyle in as many weeks and returned the match to 2-2.

Next up Paul Ernudast took the first leg comfortably against Chris Ogle and looked to be on course to cause a bit upset for the night, but Chris regained his composure taking the next 3 legs to push WWCC into a 3-2 lead. Richard Bellamy played an outstanding match against Alan Thomas to almost clinch the 6th game of the night but Alan following some good advice from team mate Roger managed to introduce some variation into the game and pinch the rubber in the 5th leg.

Tony Dias now looking to keep the match alive taking on Chris Ogle who has in recent times had the better of Tony, although Tony has beaten Chris in the past. Chris took the first two legs, however a slight change in tactics enabled Tony to keep his side in it now 2-1 Chris. The fourth set was more cagey that the others with both players keeping a few points within each other, but Chris in the end took the victory 3-1.

So the semi final ended with WWCC 'A' the victors 5-2, the doubles was not played. Good spirited game... thanks to Stuart for setting the table and surrounds up well in advance of the match kick off.

N.B. We believe the other semi final was won by Fullerians however no match report has come forth... would be good if some of the other CUP (or indeed league) results were forwarded for inclusion here... not just those that WWCC participate in !!!

Below a couple of video excerpts from the Tony Dias vs Roger Pyle game :-

Roger Pyle & Chris Ogle in County Duty

Last Saturday 21st November 2009, Chris and Roger represented Hertfordshire in the first round of the 3rd Division Veterans competition at St. Neots Table Tennis Club.

Chris was playing at No.1 and Roger at No.3. with Mark McCarthy at No.2 and June Nelson as the lady in the team.

The County championship has a different order to most events with each man playing two singles, one ladies single, two mixed doubles and a mens doubles. The doubles having a very siginificant role in the eventual outcome of any match.

The first match was Herts 3 vs Cambs 2, with a resounding 8-2 victory for Herts. Roger and Chris winning all their singles and the doubles in straight sets.

The second match against Bucks 2 was a different story. Herts went 4-0 down before Mark McCarthy pulled out the Home teams first set. Herts eventually lost out 6-4 Chris and June losing the final mixed doubles 11-9 in the 5th to miss out on picking up a draw.

Both Roger and Chris ended up with 3 singles wins from 4 and won both the mens doubles. A few pictures below from the day.

St.Neots Table Tennis Club Veterans County

Herts 3 vs Bucks 2 Mixed Doubles

Mark McCarthy vs John Barclay - Roger Pyle umpiring.

Penguin Plays Table Tennis

Just a bit of fun up on the blog, this is some up and coming talent...

Mark Semple meets Ma Long and Wang Liqin!

Mark sent us a photo over the weekend with 2 famous table tennis stars! It just so happened they were in the same chinese restaraunt (in Sheffield) as Mark on Saturday night, so he seized the opportunity to bag a photo!

Ma Long and Wang Liqin were at the English Open in Sheffield over the weekend. Ma Long picked up the singles title, and Ma Long was joined by Wang Liqin where they picked up the doubles title.

Here he is:

This is a prime example of news or events we want for the blog, so if anything like this happens to you, tell everyone about it by getting it posted on the blog!
 

Jets Dolphins vs WWCC 'A' Premier Div.14th Oct 2009

A late match starting, Ralph Taylor gave Dolphins an early lead by taking a good win against WWCC 'A's out of touch Alan Thomas. Roger Pyle then squared the match at 1-1 after a 4 leg victory against the aggressive attacking play of Ricky Tarani.

Chris Ogle edged WWCC club into the lead with a win over Allan Lander although it also took 4 legs to do it. Back at the table Ricky Tarani put on an impressive performance to bring the match score back to 2-2 with the second defeat of the night for Alan Thomas. Chris Ogle put Dolphins back into the lead again with a straight 3-0 win over Ralph Taylor, and Roger extended the lead by beating Alan Lander also 3-0.

The most competitive match of the night was Chris Ogle vs Ricki Tarani with Chris the eventual winner 11-7 in the fifth leg. The Doubles also went WWCC way with a 3-1 win for the pairing of Roger Pyle and Alan Thomas defeating Allan Lander and Ralph Taylor.

The fixture finished with WWCC taking the match 6-2. One or two video clips of the match are shown below.

It's nearly there !!

First look at the New Watford Boys Grammar School - Urban Progress TTPro Table Tennis Academy... Wednesday 7th October.. tables arrived, unpacked, final details thrashed out on timings and sessions... and West Watford Conservative Club (WWCC) check out the new venue.... even a surprise visit from a Blog Fan who takes the Met. train up to the venue from HARROW to check it out (Adam... plays with Steve Levin in the Wembley League)

I'm sure you'll agree it looks pretty fantastic... what a boost for Table Tennis in Watford and the local area!!

Sessions offiicially start on Wednesday October 14th timings as previously reported. Unofficially if you'd like to check out the venue we have an open evening on Friday 9th... why not come on down and see the venue for yourself and get more information... click here for Map to WBGS - Urban Progress TTPro Table Tennis Academy

Fullerians Vs WWCC 'A' (Premier Division) - 30th September 2009

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.