News & Views from the Colchester Table Tennis League
with Press Officer Martyn Green

30th October-07
PEGASUS ‘A’ THE ONLY TEAM IN LEAGUE WITH A 100% RECORD

Pegasus A are the only remaining team left in the Colchester & District Table Tennis League that have a perfect record having played seven, won seven. Two more wins, 9-1 against Dedham B and 7-3 against Lawford B takes them seventeen points clear at the top of Division Three. Steve Noble has been a good acquisition for Pegasus and was joined in winning his three by Pete Mills although Clive Forster slipped up losing 12-10 in the fifth set to Dedham ’s Stephen Haygren. Mark Nowers stood alone for Lawford B beating all three Pegasus players only dropping one set inflicting Steve Nobles first defeat in the process. Clairmont A have quietly risen to third place and this week they hammered H20 Rowhedge F 10-0 with maximums for James Tindle, Jack Kennedy and Paul Hewitt. Pegasus B drop to fourth following a surprise 6-4 defeat by their ‘C’ team, no player was unbeaten, youngster Toby Turner coming closest just losing out to Roy Miller 11-9 in the fifth end. However, the score line was reversed against Lawford B with Mark Nowers rich vein of form continuing in completing another maximum to bring the two teams level in fifth place. Tollesbury B’s miserable start continued with a fourth straight defeat, Keith Armes three wins leading his Gt Horkesley D team to a 6-4 win.

The vastly experienced team of St Mary’s E have taken over at the top of Division Four with Ivan Jarred once again on the mark taking a hat trick of wins as the West Bergholt team won 8-2 against Lawford D. Pegasus D beat a two player H20 Rowhedge H by the same score as the two Colchester juniors James Swabey and Andrew Harvey dominated the match with Swabey winning the head to head 8-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-9, 13-11 in an epic match! CRGS B slipped from the top after failing to turn up at Gt Horkesley E and therefore conceding the ten points.

In Division One H20 Rowhedge A lost at home for the first time ever surprisingly it was at the hands of Walton A, 6-4 a record that goes back more than five years and over fifty matches! Kevin James played a blinder for the seaside team winning his three games. With Dave Cole playing this week however, they bounced back to beat Gt Horkesley A 7-3 as he won three and Greg Green just missed out on a maximum losing 11-9 in the fifth to wily Jim Farrow from Ipswich who also beat Kevin Gowlett. Gowlett took just one win for the first time this season as he also lost to Richard Goodhand. St Mary’s A are back to second as they returned to winning ways beating Walton B 6-4, Sue Welham’s double the highlight of the evening.

H20 Rowhedge D head Division Two although they have played two more games than Walton C and they made short work of Tollesbury A 10-0 as Phil Smith, Lawrence Wilcox and Jon Ward went through the evening without defeat. St Mary’s C are joint second but also have played two more than Walton and that man Martin Edwards was once again their star player winning his three with consummate ease in straight sets as his team beat Gt Horkesley C 6-4. Anchor Press are fourth and they beat a two player St Peters 9-1 as messrs Warren and Speller rolled-back the clock for the Tiptree team. Graham Mortimer returned from injury to lead Gt Horkesley A to a comfortable 8-2 win against Lawford A including a tight five set win over Suffolk county player Sian Cook who won Lawford’s two points.