{"id":3656,"date":"2025-03-09T20:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2025-03-09T20:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T19:06:47","slug":"walton-b-on-the-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/2025\/03\/09\/walton-b-on-the-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Walton B on the up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The improvement of Walton B in Division One<\/strong> of the Clacton League <\/strong>has been one of the features of the season and they can now lay claim to be the best of the three Walton top-flight teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week, they inflicted a 9-1 defeat on club-mates Walton C, the two Marks, Gale and Ratcliffe, both recording hat-tricks. Paul Meikle took a couple, including an 11-7 in the fifth success over Clive Allenby, but he went down in four to the \u2018C\u2019 team\u2019s John Marshall who picked up a welcome win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Wilkin was Nomads Lions\u2019 best player in his side\u2019s 8-2 win over Walton A, but the match was far closer than the score-line suggests, the Lions taking all four matches which went the distance. Ethan Lloyd defeated Derek Willis, in his first match back from injury, 11-9 in the fifth and then Gavin Price 11-5 in the fifth, whilst Jason Lloyd defeated Kevin James 12-10 in the fifth and the unlucky Willis 11-7 in the fifth. This latter match was a 40-minute marathon, which very nearly went to expedite, one of the rallies including over 150 shots!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Gowlett\u2019s hat-trick for Brotherhood A against Windsor Eagles included a fine win over Gary Cattermole but it could not prevent his team going down 6-4. There were two each for Windsor\u2019s Cattermole and John Pattrick, and one for Phil Smith. The only five-setter of the evening was an 11-7 in the decider win for Brotherhood\u2019s Russell Hillier over Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Division Two<\/strong>, hat-tricks for Mark Boyland and John Gallager, and a 12-10 in the fifth win for Mark Beckham over Rodney Betts, saw Brotherhood C home 7-3 against Brotherhood E. Fred Gallone and Kevin Pryor enjoyed an excellent doubles win for the \u2018E\u2019 team against Boyland and Gallagher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Aumord was on-song for Windsor Kestrels, taking a treble in his team\u2019s 6-4 victory over Brotherhood G. Debra Found won two, as did Gary Simpson for Brotherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Harriers squeezed a 6-4 win against Nomads Jaguars, thanks to Barry Allen\u2019s final match 11-9 in the fifth win over Tom Wilkin. But none of the Windsor players could get the better of Nomads\u2019 Chris Petrou who remained unbeaten on the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Magpies were forced to field two guest players against Windsor Penguins and, unsurprisingly, went down 8-2. Paul Woolnough stayed undefeated, with Sharon Gowlett and Paul Stanton each winning two. Alan Rutledge, the Magpies\u2019 only regular player on show, enjoyed his best night of the season, notching up two wins, 11-4 in the decider against Gowlett and 11-8 in the decider against Stanton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Division Three<\/strong>, leaders Brotherhood F defeated Nomads Leopards 9-1 for a second time this season, Tom Bryden and Joe Sherwin staying unbeaten. Lily Liu took the Leopards\u2019 sole point with a surprise win over Ruby Gallagher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brotherhood H were also 9-1 winners, this over a Holland Lancasters\u2019 side fielding a guest player. The closest match of the evening was Owen Woollard\u2019s 11-6 in the fifth victory over Lancasters\u2019 captain Dave Wright. Wright took his team\u2019s sole point with a win over Harindu De Silva.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kelvin Olano-Harper maintained his season\u2019s unbeaten record in Windsor Falcons\u2019 match with Nomads Bobcats, but the Bobcats ran out 6-4 victors to keep them in the hunt for the runners-up spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bottom-team Holland Mosquitos earned praise from their opponents for their much-improved performance, but Holland Hurricanes were still too strong, Gerry Widnell, John Smith-Daye and Gary Stallwood of the Hurricanes taking the match 10-0. The closest encounter was Smith-Daye\u2019s 11-8 in the decider win over Pam Blakeley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

* The draw for the semi-finals of the Handicap Cup sees Nomads Lions, the only Division One side left in the competition, paired with Third Division Windsor Falcons. The second semi-final is an all-Division Three affair with Brotherhood F facing Nomads Bobcats, a repeat of a Group stage tie which the Brotherhood youngsters won 5-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the League will be saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected death of Zein Shafat. Zein had only recently joined the League and was currently in his second season with Nomads Tigers in Division Two. He was settling in well to the rigours of League play and, with an average of just under 50%, was developing into a determined and competitive player. Zein was only 49 years old and his death at such an early age has come as a shock to us all, and we send our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this extremely sad time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division 1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walton A 2 Nomads Lions 8;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walton B 9 Walton C 1;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Eagles 6 Brotherhood A 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Kestrels 6 Brotherhood G 4;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windsor Penguins 8 Windsor Magpies 2;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brotherhood C 7 Brotherhood E 3;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nomads Jaguars 4 Windsor Harriers 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nomads Bobcats 6 Windsor Falcons 4;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brotherhood H 9 Holland Lancasters 1;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holland Hurricanes 10 Holland Mosquitoes 0;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brotherhood F 9 Nomads Leopards 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Report by Tony Oswick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Ratcliffe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mark Gale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Web Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Date : 8th March 2025                    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a last call for entries for the League\u2019s Closed Championships, sponsored by The Survey Initiative, and to be held on 12th and 13th April at the Coastal Academy Sports Hall. The Championships are the highlight of the League\u2019s year and there are events to suit all level of abilities. Entries can be made on-line or posted to Tony Oswick. Please support the League if you can. The closing date is Friday 14th March.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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