Monthly Summary Report 1

East Lancs. Table Tennis League 2011-2012: Monthly Press Report 1.

Premier Division

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Ward & Stobbart 6 3 0 3 112

2. Ramsbottom A 4 4 0 0 111

3. Burnley Boys Club 4 4 0 0 100

4. Rovers 5 1 0 4 88

5. Clitheroe LMC A 3 3 0 0 80

6. Hyndburn TTC A 3 3 0 0 78

7. Hyndburners 5 2 0 3 73

8. Ramsbottom B 4 0 0 4 61

9. East Lancs 3 1 0 2 60

10. The Lions 5 0 0 5 40

Division One

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Old Masters 5 3 0 2 105

2. Hyndburn TTC B 5 2 0 3 96

3. Nets 'N' Edges 5 2 0 3 92

4. HSC 4 4 0 0 90

5. Brierfield 4 3 0 1 89

6. Clitheroe LMC B 4 3 0 1 78

7. KSB A 3 3 0 0 77

8. Whalley Eagles 4 0 0 4 59

9. KSB C 5 0 0 5 57

10. KSB B 3 1 0 2 54

Division Two

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. KSB D 4 2 0 2 86

2. Tackyfire 4 2 0 2 83

3. Hyndburn TTC D 3 3 0 0 75

4. Adpak Aces 4 1 0 3 69

5. Doals Army 3 2 0 1 65

6. Hyndburn TTC C 3 2 0 1 58

7. The Misfits 3 1 0 2 50

8. Slayers 4 0 0 4 47

9. Whalley Hawks 2 2 0 0 44

10. Whalley Kestrels 2 1 0 1 43

Division Three

Team Played Won Drawn Lost Pts

1. Doals Marauders 5 4 0 1 106

2. Doals Jetstream 5 2 0 3 98

3. Hyndburn TTC E 4 3 0 1 98

4. Rolling Doals 4 2 0 2 88

5. KSB E 3 3 0 0 57

6. Whalley Phoenix 3 3 0 0 68

7. KSB F 4 0 0 4 43

8. Whalley Falcons 2 1 0 1 40

9. Doals Vikings 5 0 0 5 36

10. Hyndburn TTC F 3 1 0 2 33

Individual merit tables: Top 10

Premier Division

Name Team %

1. Michael Moir Hyndburn TTC A 93.10

2. Phil Riley Clitheroe LMC A 85.71

3. Andrew Jackson Hyndburn TTC A 83.33

4. Mandy Winskill Ramsbottom A 79.31

5. Martin Wyatt Burnley Boys Club 77.27

Division One

Name Team %

1. Matt Hirst KSB A 87.10

2. Matt Hodgkinson KSB A 85.71

3. Jack Keogh Brierfield 81.82

4. Fred Coghlan HSC 79.41

5. Ian Beecroft Nets N Edges 77.14

Division Two

Name Team %

1. Ben Farrar Hyndburn TTC D 84.38

2. Charlie McGrath Hyndburn TTC D 75.00

3. Elton Atkins Tackyfire 72.73

4. Pak Wan Tackyfire 72.73

5. Don Cunliffe Doals Army 72.22

Division Three

Name Team %

1. Richard Staines Hyndburn TTC E 93.10

2. Ian Mills Doals Marauders 82.35

3. Burhan Kahn Hyndburn TTC E 77.27

4. Eric Ronnan Whalley Phoenix 76.67

5. Carlton Cooper KSB F 75.00

Ward & Stobbart sit top of the Premier division having played more games than anyone else but the serious early contenders are Ramsbottom A & Burnley Boys Club unbeaten after 4 games and Clitheroe LMC A as well as Hyndburn TTC A unbeaten after 3 games. Michael Moir for Hyndburn TTC A has started as he means to go on and sits top of the individual merit table. Table Tennis is a genuinely gender inclusive sport in which men and women play in the same league and it is good to see Mandy Winskill from Ramsbottom A up there in the top four merit table.

Old Masters lead the table in Division One but again it is HSC and KSB A with 100% records so far that are likely to challenging for promotion. Matt Hirst from KSB A will take some toppling and is already top of the Div one merit table.

KSB D are top of the table in Division two but as in the other divisions due to more games played than two other teams yet unbeaten. Whalley Hawks have played two and won two and this young team look like they will make a promotion challenge when they get more games in. Looking very impressive though, and my early tip to win the division is Hyndburn TTC D, another young team with Ben Farrer and Charlie McGrath both playing superbly and heading up the individual merit tables.

Doals Marauders having won 4 out of 5 are doing well and are top of Division Three, but of all the divisions the third looks the most open as perhaps any two from 6 teams could still emerge as the front runners. Hyndburn TTC E, another team of young people have started well and look promising, and KSB E as well as Whalley Phoenix are yet unbeaten. Richard Staines for Hyndburn TTC E is a young man vastly improved and hasn’t lost a game yet and is leading the merit table with an impressive 93%.

From Neil Hepworth (East Lancs. Table Tennis League: Press Officer)