Weeks three and four saw the top two in division one – Chelmsford A and Danbury A – win a match each to remain undefeated with three wins from three. Kim Shead and Simon Jarvis did the business in Chelmsford\u2019s 5-0 home win over South Woodham Ferrers A, while Sanjay Saptarshi won both his matches and Eamonn Hall won one as Danbury A beat Writtle A 4-1. It may not be just a two-horse race though as Buttsbury A also remain undefeated with two wins from two – Evie Knaapen and Harry Sawford won two apiece in Buttsburys\u2019s 5-0 win over Hutton A. Buttsbury will face a good test of their title credentials as they travel to Danbury A in week five. Elsewhere, week three saw an entertaining encounter between Hutton A and Blackwater which was won by the Blackwater team of Alan Scammell and Neil Freeman. Scammell won twice – dropping just one game in his matches against Alex Ware and David Thammadi, while both of Freeman\u2019s matches went the distance – a 15-13 loss in the deciding game against Thammadi as well as a loss having been 2-1 up against Ware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Division 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n OCA A look to be the team to beat in division two as two more wins in weeks three and four continued their unbeaten start to the season. Chelmsford C and Danbury B also won both of their matches as they both post an identical record of three wins from four matches. Week 3 saw OCA A beat Cold Norton A by a close 3-2 in a match which went down to the doubles contest – Mick and Luke Richardson took the deciding game 11-9. Week four was more comfortable on paper for OCA A as they triumphed 4-1 at home against Galleywood A though Mick Richardson edged his encounter with Will Goodchild 11-9 in the fifth as Galleywood earned their sole win of the contest with a 3-2 victory in the doubles. There were two wins apiece for Rev Matthews and Alesha Ellis-Austin as Chelmsford C beat the Galleywood A team of Nathan and Colin Blore 4-1 in week three, while James Grimston won twice in a 3-2 victory over OCA B. Grimston had to dig deep to get the better of Tom Barker having trailed 2-1. John Tendler and Denis Crapnell were in action as Danbury B won 4-1 against Buttsbury B – Tendler won both of his contests while Buttsbury\u2019s Harry Sawford earned a win over Crapnell. Danbury B earned the same 4-1 scoreline in their week four away match at Cold Norton A. Crapnell was joined by Eric Green who won both of his matches 3-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Division 3<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hutton B lead the way in division three with three wins from their four matches as Cold Norton B and Buttsbury D lead the chasing pack with two wins each. As seen in division one the Buttsbury team are worth keeping an eye on with a 100% record from their two matches. Jason Yeh and Oladapo Owolabi won two apiece in their five nil away win at OCA C before Yeh was joined by Charlie Ware for their 4-1 win over South Woodham Ferrers B – the only blemish being South Woodham\u2019s win in the doubles. The first of Ware\u2019s two wins was a close 3-2 victory over Scott Perry – 15-13 in the decider. Cold Norton B\u2019s Peter Harveson won all four of his singles matches across week three and four as his team were beaten 3-2 by Buttsbury C before edging OCA C by the same scoreline. Buttsbury D won both of their matches with a 3-2 scoreline – Jenne Seibolt won twice in the week three victory over South Woodham Ferrers B though his winning streak was ended by Chris Ravenhill who got the better of their close encounter 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Division 4<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The two unbeaten teams in division four are separated by three places and four points as Danbury C lead the way with 13 points from their three matches while Buttsbury E have nine from the same number of matches. Buttsbury\u2019s Francesca Hart won both of her matches against Hutton C after losing out to a Doug Blaber come-from-behind 3-2 victory the previous week against Galleywood B. Greg Cooper won twice as Danbury C won 4-1 at home to Chelmsford E though with Peter Davenport back in action the following week Chelmsford E beat Writtle B 3-2. Davenport dropped just one game over his two victories. James Hughes won both of his matches 3-1 as Buttsbury F lost 3-2 on the road at Hutton C while victories were shared among all four players as Maldon B won 3-2 at Writtle B. Matthew Copsey and Arthur Shadforth gave Maldon a 2-0 lead with five-game wins over Michael Anthony and Paul Aarons only for the Writtle duo to win the next two matches before being bettered in the doubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Division 5<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Buttsbury G sit proudly on top of division five with four perfect 5-0 victories – Joshua Freeman won all of his matches over the two week\u2019s play and he was well supported by 100% records from Lewis Woods and Vivaan Babbar. Chelmsford F beat clubmates Chelmsford G 5-0 thanks to wins for Ben Robinson and Amir Chetitah, while Chelmsford H fell to 5-0 losses to Buttsbury G and Hutton D. Hutton D won their week three fixture by the same 5-0 scoreline as Martis Heyes and Oliver Davies earned the victory over Hutton E. The encounter between Davies and Theo Rugg went to a decider after Rugg had recovered from 2-0 down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ___________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeremy Hill, Press Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n ___________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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