Finchingfield B\u2019s apparent stroll to the Braintree Table Tennis League division three title received an unexpected jolt last week when they were held to a draw by mid-table Black Notley H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After seven successive wins since the start of the season, the league leaders found their hosts a tough nut to crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seventeen-year-old Lucien Nolan-Bradford kept his unbeaten record \u2013 now 18 out of 18 \u2013 but was given a tough examination by Wayne Wilson, who bowed out only at 12-10 in the fifth game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two wins for Wilson and one each for Harry Wilson and Peter Foster, plus a doubles win for the Wilsons gave Notley a share of the points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Things were stirring behind the leaders as well where the teams in second and third place faced each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Notley E and Rayne F had both won six out of seven and it was the former who came out on top 7-3 to bring the two teams level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Peter Davenport and Dave Parker were unbeaten, but Davenport had to come back from two games to one down against Dave Whiting and Parker from 2-0 down against Conrad Gomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the other end of the table, the bottom two played each other with Sudbury Drifters picking up their first win of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An unbeaten Ian Whipps led them to a 6-4 win over Netts E.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rayne G had a 10-0 win over Yeldham Whitlocks B while Netts F\u2019s young warriors picked up a 7-3 win over Notley G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frank Chapman, 18, James Howard, 17 and Annabel Dix, 12, picked up two wins each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ben Southgate accounted for Notley\u2019s three wins, but he was stretched to four games by Dix and five by Chapman and Howard, clinching a win against Howard only at 17-15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In division two, Netts and Notley featured in two D v C matches and in both cases the C team came through 6-4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charles Calisin was unbeaten for Netts C against Notley D while Jamie Brooks took his three singles in Notley C\u2019s win over Netts D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The other match in the division was a draw between Yeldham A and Rayne D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lorraine Burgess made a welcome return for Yeldham after a lengthy injury lay-off but Dean Andrews\u2019 three singles ensured Rayne shared the points.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Finchingfield B\u2019s apparent stroll to the Braintree Table Tennis League division three title received an unexpected jolt last week when they were held to a draw by mid-table Black Notley H. After seven successive wins since the start of the season, the league leaders found their hosts a tough nut to crack. Seventeen-year-old Lucien Nolan-Bradford […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[10],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4144,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4143\/revisions\/4144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.essextabletennis.org.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"