Ruby Gallagher and Lucy Carvell were the stars of the show for
Brotherhood F in their side’s 8-2 win this week against Nomads
Ocelots in Division Three of the Clacton League, the two
talented fourteen-year-olds displaying a deal of determination
along with their undoubted talent, and both recording fine hat-
tricks.
In a tight match, Brotherhood won four of the five matches which
went the distance, Carvell defeating Hazel Blanche in five and
getting past Arthur Wells-Garrett 11-6 in the decider, while
Gallagher defeated Wells-Garrett 11-7 in the decider in the final
match of the evening.
However, the closest encounter, as is often the case, was the
doubles, where Carvell, partnered with JJ Barry, edged past
Wells-Garrett and Blanche 11-4, 11-8, 14-16, 11-13, 13-11.
Wells-Garrett and Blanche picked up a point each for the Ocelots.
Another promising young player, Dan Grindrod, was Brotherhood
G’s unbeaten hero in his side’s drawn match with Windsor
Magpies. Gary Simpson and Dan Still took one each. There were a
couple apiece for Windsor’s Dave Sweetland and Alan Rutledge,
the pair sharing a crucial doubles, beating Grindrod and Still 9-11,
11-7, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9.
Relegated Windsor Harriers’ first match at this level saw them
emerge with an 8-2 win over Nomads Leopards. But the score-
line concealed a much closer match, the Harriers scraping past in
all four matches which went the distance. Isabel Barton beat Stu
Wilson 11-6 in the decider and Bob Jillins 11-9 in the decider,
whilst Ferdy Rodriguez, who also won twice, had another tight
tussle against Jillins before winning 14-12, 10-12, 11-5, 13-15,
11-7. Dominic Joannou took the two Leopards’ points.
A strong Brotherhood E side, Duncan Dunne, Fred Gallone and
Tricia Salter, proved too good for a Walton E side who were

forced to use a guest player, winning 10-0. But Walton came
close to snatching a point, Gallone and Salter taking a close
doubles 12-10 in the fifth against Lynette Sparks and Adrian
Sexton.
The all-Nomads clash between the Bobcats and the Lynx ended in
a 6-4 win for the Bobcats. Mike Vilka returned to League action
with a treble, Alex Baldock took two and Jack Riddleston one.
Lynx captain Dave Wright won two while Gerry Widnell picked up
a debut League win with an 11-8, 6-11, 12-10, 13-15, 13-11
success against Riddleston.
Brotherhood A got their Division One season under way with a
9-1 win against Windsor Buzzards, Kevin Gowlett and Russell
Hillier taking trebles and John Cleasby a couple. Dave Martin
ensured there was no Buzzards’ whitewash by exacting victory
over Cleasby in the last match of the evening, a hard-fought 11-9
in the fifth.
Nomads Lions chalked up their second win of the season, and
Adam Cuthbert his second hat-trick, as they defeated Walton 7-3

Jason Lloyd’s two for the Lions included a last gasp 11-9 in the
fifth win over Colin Dearman, while Adam Wilkin won one and
shared an 11-4 in the decider doubles victory with Cuthbert over
Dearman and Derek Willis. Former Mens champion David Binns,
making only his fifth appearance in the last eight seasons, took
two for Walton.
In Division Two Andy Foster recorded a hat-trick as Walton D,
last season’s runners-up, defeated Nomads Jaguars 6-4. Tigers’
captain Chris Petrou and Kevin Hogg, in his first Clacton League
match for almost twenty years, both won two for the losers. The
crucial match proved to be the first of the evening, Foster edging
out Petrou 11-8 in the decider.
Walton followed this with an 8-2 success against Windsor
Kestrels, Foster again unbeaten, with Paul Woolnough and Mo
Hardy winning two each. Foster and Hardy took a close doubles
11-9 in the fifth against Allen Denyer and Peter Aumord. Graham
Bunce was the Kestrels’ points-scorer.
Brotherhood D continued their promising start with a 7-3 victory
over Nomads Tigers, Simon Smith-Daye, James Smith-Daye and
Kevin Pryor all winning two. But none of them could get the
better of Tigers’ new signing Denes Somodi who recorded an
impressive treble.

Finally, promoted Windsor Penguins showed they’ll be no
pushover at this level, sharing the spoils with Lawford. Neil
Chegwidden remained unbeaten and Scott Campbell won two,
Campbell denied his hat-trick by John Colvin who took their
individual encounter 11-6 in the fifth. Colvin won two for Lawford,
with Ian Sherwood and Charlie Denholm winning one each.
RESULTS
Division 1
Windsor Buzzards 1 Brotherhood A 9;
Nomads Lions 7 Walton A 3.
Division 2
Nomads Jaguars 4 Walton D 6;
Lawford 5 Windsor Penguins 5;
Walton D 8 Windsor Kestrels 2;
Brotherhood D 7 Nomads Tigers 3.
Division 3
Windsor Harriers 8 Nomads Leopards 2;
Brotherhood G 5 Windsor Magpies 5;
Nomads Ocelots 2 Brotherhood F 8;
Walton E 0 Brotherhood E 10;
Nomads Lynx 4 Nomads Bobcats 6.