{"id":3515,"date":"2025-01-28T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2025-01-28T16:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T15:28:15","slug":"whiteside-shines-against-division-2-leaders-buttsbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/28\/whiteside-shines-against-division-2-leaders-buttsbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Whiteside shines against Division 2 leaders Buttsbury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There were no positional changes in week 19 of division one<\/strong> as leaders Danbury C extended their lead at the top to nine points thanks to trebles from Gary Young, Paul Davison and Trevor Lloyd in a 10-0 home win over Galleywood A.  Chelmsford A lost ground in second place as they were held to a 5-5 draw by Danbury A despite Chelmsford\u2019s Joshua Bickles firing his ninth league treble of the season. Bickles and Danbury\u2019s Chris Penrose entertained the crowd with an awesome five-gamer which went in favour of Bickles 15-13, 11-9, 9-11, 13-15, 11-7. The only other five-gamer was the previous match in the running order which saw Simon Jarvis fight back from 2-0 down to beat Dave Richardson.  C&DTTL men\u2019s singles champion Duncan Taylor was back in action and posted a treble alongside Mark Mulley and Trevor Carter in Writtle A\u2019s 10-0 victory over Chelmsford B who sit just three points above bottom side Galleywood A.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Whiteside went unbeaten for Danbury F in a 6-4 home loss against division two<\/strong> leaders Buttsbury A. Whiteside had to recover from 2-0 down against David Gatheral for the first of his three wins while there were two other five-gamers – Buttsbury\u2019s Grace Liu beat Alan Scammell before Rob Burton saw off Ken Sheard. Second-placed Maldon A narrowed the gap on Buttsbury with a 7-3 home win over Old Chelmsfordians B in a fixture which saw a third treble in his last four outings for Chris Hancox. Hancox\u2019s biggest test was from OC\u2019s David Porter who had held a 2-1 advantage before the Maldon man fought back. Porter had earlier given up a 2-1 lead against Colin Napper. Chelmsford C narrowed the gap on the two teams above them when posting an 8-2 home win over Writtle C.  Simon Jarvis won all three and remains undefeated in 28 division two singles matches this season.  Mark Glenister was unbeaten as ninth placed Galleywood B won 6-4 over Hatfield Peverel A – a seventh consecutive loss for the visitors. Sanjay Saptarshi and Daniel Patynski won three apiece as fourth-placed Danbury D won 7-3 on the road at Writtle B – Patynski dropped just one game in his three singles wins with Saptarshi flawless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chelmsford D made it seven division three<\/strong> victories in a row with a 7-3 home win over Writtle D who slip from third to fifth.  Chelmsford\u2019s Christopher Denyer was the only undefeated player though he was taken the distance by Malcolm Hemstock.  Writtle\u2019s Hemstock saw two further five-game losses against Alex Tkachuk and Mike Johnson. Following a second loss of the season in week 17, second placed Buttsbury B were back to winning ways with a 7-3 home win over Danbury J thanks to trebles from Paul Sturton and Joshua Freeman, while third placed Danbury G beat Writtle E 7-3 despite a treble from Writtle\u2019s Dave Moles. C&DTTL under 15 boys champion Kuzey Musabak won all three of his matches in Chelmsford E\u2019s 7-3 home win over Hatfield Peverel B, while Colin Blore went undefeated in Galleywood C\u2019s 6-4 away win at Danbury H.  Bottom side OCA C earned their second victory of the season when overcoming eighth placed Chelmsford F, Tom Barker fired a hat-trick though had to recover from 2-1 down against Cleon Fernandes in his first match of the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hutton A extended their lead at the top of division four<\/strong> with a seventh victory on the trot – a 9-1 win over Danbury K, Alex Ware and Gheorge Nita won three singles matches with Charlie Ware winning two. Danbury M are still searching for their first league victory of the season though they walked away from their meeting against eighth placed clubmates Danbury L with a credible 5-5 draw – Graham Naggs scored a hat-trick for the M team who remain bottom of the table.  Second placed Maldon B lost some ground on the leaders despite earning a 7-3 away win over 10th placed Hatfield Peverel C.  Ella Sach, Chris Ravenhill and Brian Reidling won two apiece for Maldon while Neil Wood carried the fight for Peverel with two victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week 19 saw a thirteenth win of the season for division five<\/strong> leaders Hutton B who moved 17 points clear with an 8-2 success over Hatfield Peverel E.\u00a0 Division five singles champion Lee Vallis won all three of his singles matches, dropping just one game in the process. Buttsbury E remain in second place despite a 6-4 reversal at home to Chelmsford H, Jason Clark won three and Shengbing Zhu two for the visitors who remain sixth.\u00a0 Arthur Shadforth won both of his matches as Maldon C beat the two-person team of ARU 8-2.\u00a0 Ron Tam and Michael Anthony were in fine form as they both posted trebles in fourth placed Writtle F\u2019s 9-1 home win over Galleywood E, while fifth-placed Hatfield Peverel D won 8-2 over Hatfield Peverel F thanks to three victories from Richard Drozd and two apiece from Andy Simmonds and Bruce Wickham.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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