Division 3 Jetstream are Premier standard!

Match reports East Lancs Table Tennis League February 11th 2012

Division three:

Doals Jetstream rolled away their club-mates Rolling Doals 24:12 aided by Oldham Premier league player Dave Buckley who played as reserve in this East Lancs div 3 potential title duel winning 3/3 (perfectly within the current rules as he isn’t registered for any other team in our league and was registered before the Jan cut off date!). Still Rolling Doals captain Neil Hepworth who is also playing a division or two below his weight this year to play with his son, gave the ‘super-sub’ a run for his money taking him to 5 sets. Hyndburn TTC ‘E’ go second in the table after winning their ‘derby’ v Hyndburn TTC ‘F’ 29:11 with Richard Staines & Felicity Pickard unbeaten. KSB ‘F’ who lost their first 4 games of the season haven’t lost since and notched up their 5th win on the trot just by 1 point this time as they won at home 19:18 v Doals Marauders, with Carlton Cooper again winning all 3 (Carlton is unbeaten this season apart from also losing to Jetstream Super-sub Dave Buckley 1:3 in the only other game DB has played up to now). Whalley Phoenix with Eric Ronan gaining 3 clean sheets & Matt Calow also with 3/3 won easily 29:5 in the Doals den v Vikings.

Division two:

Just two games to report on this week but important ones for the top four. KSB ‘D’ stay top with just a 3 point lead after beating Hyndburn TTC ‘C’ away 21:18, despite Bryan Edwards winning all 3 for Hyndburn who are in third place. Whalley Hawks are second and Tackyfire fourth after a closely fought game between them this week. The final score was 26:19 to the Hawks but there were no straight wins and 5 games went to 5 sets, with no-one unbeaten on the night.

Division One:

Old Masters are still on target for promotion and are in fact top at present (KSB ‘A’ lag behind in games played) after beating Nets N Edges away 23:15. They had a close loss though away 19:21 to Clitheroe LMC ‘B’ who were inspired by a super 100% performance by Bob Birch. Clitheroe go third in the table after another good close win away 22:19 to Hyndburn TTC ‘B’ (Dave Allen 3/3 for the losers). Fred Coghlan won 3/3 but it wasn’t enough for HSC as they still lost at home to KSB ‘B’ 17:22.

Premier Division:

Hyndburn TTC ‘A’ go top of the Premier after Mick Moir, Graham Young & Dean Walmersley eased their way through two matches: 30:9 at home v Ramsbottom ‘B’ & 29:9 away to Ward & Stobbart. Burnley Boys Club go second after winning away 25:12 to Ramsbottom ’B ‘as Martin Wyatt went unbeaten on the night. Ramsbottom ‘A’ go to third spot on top of beating Rovers away 24:12 led by in form Mandy Winskill with 3/3. At the other end the bottom two battled it out to share the spoils in the end as The Lions & Hyndburners drew 21:21 (Ian Mitchell 3/3 Lions)

From Neil Hepworth (East Lancs. Table Tennis League match reporter & Press Officer)

Email: Hepworth_neil@hotmail.com. Mob 07873834942