Battle of pace-setters in Leamington Table Tennis League ends in a stalemate

St Georges A’s Laurence Sweeney’s brace included a very rare defeat for Free Church A’s Lee Dorning. Tony Deren added one, as did Damon Fenton with Fenton and Sweeney taking the doubles. The Church star was Rex Wong, the Division’s youngest player, who landed a treble to Dorning’s double.

Second placed St Georges B overcame Colebridge A 7-3. Mark Jackson and Mark Rose were unbeaten for Georges in singles and doubles, Jackson pipping Craig Allen 11-9 in the 5th. Allen, Michael Browne and Mike Rinnhofer were all single winners in response.

Rugby A are going well in 5th and defeated 11th placed County Council A 8-2. Ryan Lines and Matt Outhwaite accounted for 7 of the points with Luke Smith adding one. Taran Dhillon and Niall Herbert shared Council’s tally.

Free Church B and C fought out a draw. James Berry led the way for B with a hat-trick, Chris Ho won once and joined Berry for the doubles. Chris Blowey and junior Dan Stone won braces in reply, Stone pipping Greg Swan 11- 9 in the 5th, and Ming Fan won once.

Leaders Nomads Aces trounced Colebridge B 8-2 in division 2. Simon Nolan bagged 3 and Andy Davies and Tony Thomas chipped in with two wins apiece. Nolan and Thomas landed the doubles. Jason Rainey and Andrew Rowland secured Colebridge’s points with Rowland just losing to Thomas 11-8 in the 5th.

Third placed WCC Bears fell 3-7 to Flavels. Trevor Bradley’s two wins saw him pip Chris Hughes 11-9 in the 5th, Luke Hobbins’ pair of victories included an 11-8 in the 5th win over Clive Irwin and Shivam Kapur also won twice as well as taking the doubles with Bradley. Irwin (2) and Hughes (1) replied.

Rugby C won 8-2 against Whitnash A. Daryl Burgess and Marina Ndumengo won their singles and combined to secure the doubles 11-9 in the 5th. Peter Ratcliffe won one. Richard Smith and Paras Tejani responded.

In Division 3, second placed Free Church F were held to a draw by their H side. H’s Nick Darwen was rampant, posting a triple and Deva Bakthisaran lent good support with two wins. Susie Swan was F’s mainstay with two and Nick Newman and Mark Singleton added singles. Newman and Singleton collected the doubles.

Rugby E, in 10th, demolished 6th placed Moreton Morrell Tennis Court Club 9-1. Hurshvardan and Jack Kuomi won trebles, Grace Newman won twice and joined Kuomi for the doubles. Pablo Smith got the consolation. Ashorne A got their first win of the season in impressive style whitewashing WCC Dinos. Jim Goodwin, Richard Grover and Martin Hamer were the responsible trio.

Rugby D are third after a 9-1 success at Eathorpe C. Dave Cox and Martin Lilley were unbeatable in singles and doubles and Chris Maddox provided the other two points. Darren Hadley scored for the villagers.

Ashorne B lead Division A, crushing Eathorpe E 5-0 through Richard Grover and Alexandros P