The clash in Division One of the Clacton League between the Windsor Club’s top two teams, the Hawks and Eagles, ended all-square with honours even. Andy Vincent remained unbeaten for the Hawks, while there were two each for John Pattrick and Gavin Price of the Eagles.

Pattrick came close to taking his three and denying Vincent his hat-trick, losing 11-9, 6-11, 10-12, 11-7, 10-12 to the Hawks’ number one, with the winning point in the final fifth set coming from a fortuitous net.

Scott Campbell of the Hawks was involved in two five-setters, beating Phil Smith 11-5 in the fifth but going down 11-7 in the fifth to Pattrick.

Elsewhere, the Nomads Lions’ juggernaut continued to motor on,  their 10-0 success against Brotherhood C their fifth whitewash win of the season. But despite three each for Adam Cuthbert, Adam Wilkin and Jason Lloyd, the Brotherhood team nearly snatched a point, Tim Leung going down 11-8 in the fifth to Wilkin, and Graham Playle losing out 12-10 in the fifth to Lloyd.

Nomads Panthers were 9-1 winners against Walton A. There were trebles from John Hatley and Greg Green, and a couple for Denes Somodi. Derek Willis took the Walton point with a victory over Somodi, who was also involved in the closest individual match of the week, edging past Mark Gale 13-11, 7-11, 10-12, 12-10, 12-10.

Trebles from Patrick Cheung and Russell Hillier saw Brotherhood B to an 8-2 success over Windsor Buzzards. James Smith-Daye picked up an 11-8 in the fifth victory over Dave Martin but went down by the same score to Buzzards’ reserve Barry Allen. Ray Chillingworth was the other points-scorer for the Buzzards.

In Division Two, Lily Liu recorded a debut hat-trick at this level in Brotherhood D’s 9-1 success against Windsor Kestrels, as well as sharing an 11-7 in the decider doubles win with Kevin Pryor against Graham and Jackie Bunce. Pryor also took a treble, while Fred Gallone won a couple but narrowly failed to make it three, going down 12-10 in the decider to Allen Denyer.

The Brotherhood J v Nomads Jaguars fixture ended all-square, a first drawn match of the season for both teams. Andy Hart with a hat-trick and Chris Petrou with two took the Jaguars’ points. For Brotherhood, Joe Sherwin won two, Lucy Carvell and Ruby Gallagher one each, with Sherwin and Gallagher sharing a doubles success. The first match of the evening was the only one to go the distance, Carvell beating Bob Jillins 11-8 in the fifth.

Three for Kelvin Olano-Harper, two for Paul Woolnough and a first win of the season for Paul Stanton was enough to give Windsor Penguins victory over Windsor Harriers. And the Penguins made it 7-3 thanks to an 11-7 in the decider doubles win for Olano-Harper and Stanton over Ferdy Rodriguez and Isabel Barton in the contest’s closest match.  

In Division Three, leaders Brotherhood H defeated Brotherhood E 7-3. Dan Grindrod took his maximum, with Gary Simpson and Danny Still taking two each. Jack Hillier of the ‘E’ team recorded fine wins over Simpson and Still.

Gary Stallwood and Gerry Widnell notched up trebles for Holland Hurricanes in their 9-1 victory over club-mates Holland Lancasters. John Smith-Daye won two but lost out to Dave Wright, 11-5 in the decider.

Three for Dominic Joannou, two for Anne Bonny and one for Mark Taylor, plus a Joannou/Bonny doubles win, gave Nomads Leopards a 7-3 victory against Holland Vulcans. Derek Foxley took two for the Vulcans, whilst James Horsler won one but went down 11-7 in the fifth to Bonny.

RESULTS

Division 1

Windsor Hawks 5 Windsor Eagles 5;

Nomads Panthers 9 Walton A 1;

Brotherhood C 0 Nomads Lions 10;

Windsor Buzzards 2 Brotherhood B 8.

Division 2

Windsor Penguins 7 Windsor Harriers 3;

Brotherhood D 9 Windsor Kestrels 1;

Brotherhood J 5 Nomads Jaguars 5.

Division 3

Holland Hurricanes 9 Holland Lancasters 1;

Brotherhood E 3 Brotherhood H 7;

Nomads Leopards 7 Holland Vulcans 3.

Report by Tony Oswick