Despite losing his unbeaten record in the last match of the season, Paul Davison reigned supreme in the Braintree Table Tennis League individual averages.
Given his eight men’s singles titles, it is something of a surprise to find it is only the third time he has done so.
It was Scott Dowsett who beat him in the open singles this time and he was the one who denied him a 100 per cent record in league matches.
Dowsett finished third in the averages, up eight places from last year, with just two defeats, by James Hicks and Ashley Skeggs.
Hicks finished above him, losing only to Dowsett in their second meeting, Skeggs and Luke Burridge.
Adi Kamma could put in a claim to being the success of the year, vaulting up from a 74 per cent average in division two last year to 75.8 and fifth place in the top flight.
For the second year running Matthew Brown tops the division two table, although his three defeats compared with only one last year.
This time he lost to Kamma before his rise into division one, Dave Fiddeman and James Grimston.
Fiddeman’s three defeats, to Brown, Jamie Brooks and Richard Whiteside, secured second spot while Charles Calisin, 20 last month, jumped from 14th place to a commendable fourth.
Youth was to the fore in division three too, where 18-year-old Lucien Nolan-Bradford remained unbeaten until Ben Southgate got the better of him in late February.
He was followed by Graham Turner, who lost only twice before moving up to division two, and Peter Davenport, whose four defeats compare with nine last season.
Individual averages (qualificationone-third of team’s matches)
Division 1 (last season in brackets:
1 (2) Paul Davison 25 wins in 26 sets, average 96.2; 2 (5) James Hicks 33-36, 91.7; 3 (11) Scott Dowsett 19-21, 90.5; 4 (10) Aron Jordan 27-32, 84.4; 5 (-) Adi Kamma 25-33, 75.8; 6 (6) Andy Holmes 15-20, 75; 7 (9) Luke Burridge 26-36, 72.2; 8 (-) Richard Fifield 31-44, 70.5; 9 (30) Szczepan Ziobro 14-20, 70; 10 (13) Karl Baldwin 27-43, 62.8; 11 (22) Ian Whiteside 15-24, 62.5; 12= (26) Steve Pennell 27-45, (28) Neil Freeman 21-35, 60; 14 (20) Zach Harrington 19-33, 57.6; 15 (19) Chris Parr 30-54, 55.6; 16 (25) Sean Clift 28-51, 54.90; 17 (27) Ashley Skeggs 23-42, 54.8; 18 (16) Steve Noble 18-33, 54.6; 19 (21) Sam Burrows 19-36, 52.8; 20 (-) Steve Kerns 12-23, 52.2
Division 2
1 Matthew Brown 48-51, 94.1; 2 Dave Fiddeman 33-36, 91.7; 3 James Grimston, 21-24, 87.5; 4= Charles Calisin, Richard Whiteside 35-42, 83.3; 6 Roy Hooper 38-48, 79.2; 7 Dean Andrews 22-29, 75.9; 8= Jamie Brooks 36-48, John Colvin 30-40, 75; 10 JJ Calisin 26-36, 72.2.
Division 3
1 Lucien Nolan-Bradford 38-39, 97.4; 2 Graham Turner 22-24, 91.7; 3 Peter Davenport 40-44, 90.9; 4 Dave Parker 38-43, 88.4; 5 Ben Southgate 47-54, 87.0; 6= Dave Whiting 35-42, Conrad Gomes 20-24, 83,3; 8 Tom Verrier 33-41, 80.5; 9 Karl Bowden 41-51, 80.4; 10 Wayne Wilson 40-50, 80
Report by Ron Fosker