The 2022/3 Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Season is fast approaching it’s end. Some teams have completed their fixtures. Division one Champions OCA A recorded two 6-4 wins. In both cases that was despite being a player short. Mark Mulley and Paul Lucas came out on top against Danbury B where the standout result was the fine (13-11, 11-7, 11-9) win for Sam Lowman over Paul Lucas. OCA A also beat Writtle A 6-4 and 2003 Chelmsford Mens Singles Champion Keiran Lally (was it really that long ago ?) impressed in his fourth appearance of the Season. He defeated Duncan Taylor in five ends (6-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-7, 11-7). An undefeated Sam Lowman was again the top player when Danbury B beat Chelmsford B 7-3. He beat Simon Jarvis in five games (11-8, 8-11, 14-12, 8-11, 11-5). Reserve Gus Heath made his mark with an excellent (11-7, 11-5, 11-7) victory over Wiktor Delimat. Danbury A came out on top 6-4 against Chelmsford A, good going as Harry Chivers was unbeaten for Chelmsford. Harry had to work hard for his three wins. Harry defeated Babul McLeod (12-10, 13-11, 11-7), Eric Green (10-12, 11-9, 12-14, 11-6, 11-8) and Dave Richardson (11-8, 9-11, 11-5, 13-11).
Division two leaders Galleywood A (Ben Page, Peter Barrett and James Hicks) produced a masterful performance to beat OCA B 10-0, a result that gives them an 11 point lead over Danbury D with two matches left. Ben Page excelled. He beat Charles Yeung (11-6, 11-13, 11-7, 11-9), Kevin Worthington (11-2, 11-9, 3-11, 6-11, 11-7) and Robbie Burton (11-6, 11-7, 5-11, 11-4). Writtle B ran out 9-1 winners over OCA C. Richard Storey and Phil Smith were both undefeated although the scoreline was “hard” on the OCA team who lost six games in the fifth end. Richard Storey gave Writtle a winning start by beating Mick Richardson (9-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5) in the first game. Chelmsford D did well to beat Hatfield Peverel A 7-3. Adi Kamma excelled and his red-hot hat-trick included wins over Alastair Piper (11-9, 11-9, 11-1), Julie Johnson (11-8, 5-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6) and Gareth Davies (11-13, 11-4, 11-5, 11-2). It was honours even between Galleywood B and Danbury E. No one player remained undefeated and Danbury E won the three five setters. Tim Cramphorn got the better of John Holland (11-4, 13-11, 2-11, 7-11, 11-9).
Second-placed Danbury G completed their division three fixtures with a 6-4 win against Writtle E but Danbury K who trail them by two points with a game left to play can overtake them. Ken Sheard and Peter Lucraft both won twice and Lucraft came closest to annexing a hat-trick. He just missed out against Malcolm Storey (5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 9-11, 10-12). Danbury K won 10-0, beating a depleted Maldon B – just Brian Riedling on this occasion. Mervyn Perriman had to pull out all the stops to get the better of Brian Riedling (9-11, 5-11, 11-6, 11-7, 13-11). Champions Danbury F were 6-4 winners over OCA D; Gus Heath and Steve Buer were both undefeated. Gus Heath was tested by Tom Barker before he edged home (10-12, 8-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-9). Connor Payne won his three singles as Hatfield Peverel B defeated Chelmsford E 6-4. Payne completed his hat-trick of wins by getting the better of James Grimston (12-14, 11-5, 11-6, 13-11). In another 6-4 result Chelmsford F beat Danbury H. Andy Swales, Dusan Doszkoty and Waseem Qureshi all won twice. Andy Swales sealed the Chelmsford victory by getting the better of John Robinson (11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 8-11, 11-8) in the last game of the night.
Division four is far from completed. Danbury L lead the way with 116 points although Buttsbury A only trail them by four points with a game in hand. Danbury L ran out 7-3 winners over Hatfield Peverel C. Teamwork ruled, in this case two wins for Rob Kneale, Dave Goody and Alan Dadswell which enabled them to suppress the three wins that Connor Payne scored for the Hatfield Peverel side. Buttsbury A beat Chelmsford H 6-4; their leading player – Jamie Elliott (86 %) was again undefeated with Cleon Fernandes winning twice for the Chelmsford side. Buttsbury A did even better against a two man OCA E and they won 8-2. Jamie Elliott was again undefeated whilst Farooq Ahmed won twice for the old Chelmsfordians side. This included a last gasp (12-10, 11-3, 5-11, 8-11, 16-14) victory over Alex Ware. The experienced Colin Blore was unbeaten in Galleywood C’s 7-3 victory over OCA F whilst Hatfield Peverel D did well to draw with third placed Chelmsford G (who were admittedly without their leading player – Harrison Hill). Neil Wood was undefeated for the Hatfield Peverel side.
Highwood A returned to pole position in division five. Nicola Pippen was undefeated in their 7-3 win over Danbury N. She beat Graham Naggs (11-9, 7-11, 11-7, 11-6); good going as Naggs had defeated Melanie Bonnett (11-9, 11-6, 11-4). Buttsbury B – nine wins out of 18 were 7-3 winners over Writtle F. Steve Webster gave them the edge and he remains undefeated (nine wins out of nine). Anglia Ruskin University also won 7-3. Bobby Sutthisa, Ifeani Edeh and Douglas Bawuah all won twice, although they all missed out against Marty Englander. It was touch and go before Englander got the better of Ifeani Edeh (5-11, 11-6, 7-11, 13-11, 11-8). Chelmsford J were 6-4 winners over Hatfield Peverel F. Peter Davenport led the way with three victories. Hatfield Peverel E also won, and they ran out 9-1 winners over a two man Galleywood D, their seventh success of the Season. Kath Little and Phil West carried all before them.
Chelmsford Tigers lead the way in Junior division 2A. They recorded win number seven by beating Danbury Dragons 4-1. Omar Mohammad was undefeated whilst Sami Osman won one, only missing out to Alex Wilson (11-13, 4-11, 14-12, 11-8, 9-11).
Buttsbury Bulldogs beat Danbury Griffins 3-2 in Junior division 2B. Francesca Hart and Freya Hart both won once to nullify the two victories of Peter Haverson.
The top two teams both won 5-0 in Junior division 2C. Runaway leaders Chelmsford Jaguars (George Gregory and Paras Jinturkar) beat Chelmsford Pumas whilst second placed Buttsbury Beavers (Vivaan Babbar and Jago Ware) also defeated Chelmsford Pumas 5-0. Chelmsford Panthers beat Chelmsford Leopards 4-1; Harry Tarplett was undefeated whilst Sean Kwan was on target for the losers with a (11-6, 11-5, 11-7) victory over Max Locke-Wheaton.
Steve Kerns Press Officer Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League