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Week 1 (Bluehouse D 6, Hospital B 4) The improving Adrian Atkinson scored a hat-trick for the Medics but this couldn't stop the Blues chalking up a useful victory. Len King must have been delighted to notch a brave of wins, considering his lack of success last season, and Dave DeCoster chipped in with two points also. Perennial Len Jupe added one last singles win, leaving Mike Drage with one point and Sid Hills unsuccessful. Dave and Len then swept aside Mike and Adrian in the doubles in three to seal the victory. (Shell C 10, Hullbridge C 0) A dismal start for the visitors as the Oilmen whitewashed them with hat-tricks from Ian Shepherd, Dave Hills and John Handscombe. Bob S-Smith put up the most resistance, losing narrowly to Ian 6, -5,-10,-18, but Sue Reece and Rob Hills were unable to make much impression. Ian and John were untroubled in taking the doubles in three. (Canvey A 8, Selbourne B 2) Newly promoted Selbourne, previously the extinct RESSC C squad, had a hard baptism in the division as a strong Canvey side pressurised them into defeat. Tony and Terry Giddens both clocked hat-tricks with no set going past four, but Tony Westwell conceded the only singles point to canny Dave Newton in a tough contest -11,14,3,-7,-7. The visitors had a slight consolation in the doubles as Dave and Andrew Seabrook sneaked a win in the fifth 11-7 against Tony and Terry. Week 2 (Kingswood C 9, Shell C 1) Bill Wall is having a good run at the moment, with hat-tricks for the B side as well as three wins today. Although John Handscombe couldn't handle his rubbers, Ian Shepherd and Dave Hills only caved in at the last gasp, losing -7 and -9 in thefifth respectively. Peter Pond made a welcome return after many years' absence for Kings, and just missed his maximum as Ian took the fifth 11-8 to record Shell's only point. Reg Innes was also in good form for the home squad, also clocking a hat-trick after defeating the unfortunate Ian 12-10 in the final end. Kings sealed the victory with an easy doubles win in three. (Hullbridge C 6, Bluehouse D 4) A welcome win for Janet's Hullbridge side, aided by Blues fielding only two players. Dave DeCoster was in useful nick, defeating Janet, Sue and Rob Hills, but Len King couldn't repeat last week's success, managing only one game against Sue as he drew a blank scoresheet. A tense doubles saw Dave and Len increase their points total as they overcame Rob and Sue -9,3,-11,5,9. (Selbourne B 3, Selbourne A 7) This interclub clash at Don Baker's produced a great evening for all concerned with some cliff hangers along the way. The two final singles were the closest, as Dave Newton just pipped Vince Gurney 15-13 in the fifth, and likewise Roger Nutbrown ousted Dave Woolmer 11-9 again in the fifth to record his hat-trick. Dave Woolmer had the most success for the "home" side beating Vince in four and Caroline Cole 5,10,11, but Mike Harris was a trifle unlucky to draw a blank, losing narrowly to Vince -9,-9,12,10 and also Caroline -9,-9,4,-10. Mike and Dave N pulled back two games in the doubles, but saw their hopes vanish as Roger and Caroline took the the final end. |