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Week 1 (Legra 9, Shell A 1) A good start for Legra, with hat-tricks from Dave Bowles and John Monk, who won all sets in three. A slightly out of form Stuart Gibbs conceded his unbeaten record from last season to Dave Bassett, who triumphed 11-9 in the fifth. Neal Barker also took Stuart close, being on the wrong end of a 11-9 again in the final end, whilst new signing Vinnie McAneney also stretched him to a five ender. Dave and John cleaned up in the doubles in three against Neal and Dave 11,6,10. Newly promoted Billericay and Selex A met at Crays Hill, but the home squad proved no match for a Selex team strengthened by Kevin Worthington and Gary Ward, both of whom clocked hat-tricks. Brian Cole scored the only point for Billericay, narrowly defeating skipper Trevor Collin 12-10 in the final end, and he also took Gary to five before conceding. Dave Kirston took one game from each of his three opponents and Debbie Auvache was 2-1 up against Kevin before losing the final two. Gary and Kevin had no trouble in the doubles with an easy three gamer against Debbie and Brian. Bluehouse A had an encouraging 7-3 win against Hullbridge B thanks mainly to a fine hat-trick from Paul Brown playing up from the Division One side. Paul dropped just one game to Bill Smith. Chris Crooks dropped just one set to Colin Chatfield, and was taken all the way by Bill who eventually conceded in the fifth 11-6. Paul Grant scored a lone win in four against Pat White, who also managed just one win over Bill. The doubles was the closest contest of the evening, with Chris and Paul nicking the final end 11-9 against Colin and Paul. Hullbridge A turned out the big guns against Apollo and were duly rewarded with a 7-3 victory. George Reeves dropped just one game to Gary Baker in his hat-trick, whilst Kevin Read sailed through winning all three in three. An ailing Nigel Lamb was unable to pick up a point, losing out to Chris Jacob and John Poysden in four and three respectively, but he did give Gary a run for his money as he just conceded the final end 11-8. George and Kevin took the doubles in four against Gary and Chris. Week 2 (Apollo 0, Legra 10) A great result for Legra! Very unlucky for Apollo losing six games in the fifth. Chris Jacob was 10-8 up against Jamie Willson and 10-7 up against Dave Bowles, both in the final end. John Poysden was 6-2 up again in the fifth against both Jamie and Pete Saunders. The doubles again went to five as John and Chris conceded to Dave and Pete. A very long night! (from Jamie Willson). (Shell A 8, Billericay 2) No quarter given by the home side as Billericay slid to another defeat. Graham Arthurton and Neal Barker both clocked hat-tricks, but Derek Pearson, playing up from the B squad, conceded two points to Marilyn Bawden and Bruce Kettle, a newcomer to the Basildon team. Brian also ran Graham close, losing out in the final end. Neal and Graham duly won the doubles, dropping just one game to Marilyn and Brian Cole. (Hullbridge B 5, Hullbridge A 5) A commendable result for the B squad in spite of a hat-trick for the A's by Charles Sweeny. All the 'home' team got on the score sheet, Bill Smith and Lee Grant winning one apiece and Paul Grant clocking a brace, losing narrowly to Charles. Nigel and George Pavitt were restricted to one win apiece, and in the final doubles, Paul and Lee secured the draw by the narrowest of margins against Nigel and Charles 6,-8,-8,10,11. (Selex A 7, Bluehouse A 3) Keith Spicer clocked a hat-trick for the home side, but the result was perhaps closer then the scoreline suggests. Ian Rattray, playing up from Brian Spencer's side, was the most successful for Blues with wins against Chris Aukett and Dave Calleja, but Pat White failed to score a point, narrowly losing to Chris 5,-7,9,-10,9. A marathon doubles saw Chris and Dave sneak the point against Ian and Chris Crooks 13,-9,8,-9,7. Week 3 (Legra 5, Hullbridge B 5) Great match! Well played Hullbridge. Duncan Taylor was superb with a a hat-trick and Colin Chatfield played the best I've ever seen him play, beating Pete Saunders and myself both in five and losing only to John Monk. Legra only deserved a draw, with Jamie and John taking the doubles against Colin and Duncan to even the scoreline (from Jamie). (Bluehouse A 3, Billericay 7) Success at last for the visitors with a brace of wins for each of Brian Cole, Debbie Auvache and new acquisition Andy Murray. Pat White continued his poor run with a blank to his name, Chris Crooks managed a single point with a commendable win over Debbie in five, and Kevin Cox returned from holiday to chalk up a couple of wins at the expense of Andy and Brian. Billericay turned on the heat in the doubles as Debbie and Andy disposed of Chris and Kevin in three. (Hullbridge A 8, Selex A 2) A straightforward win for Hullbridge with Kevin Read strolling to a hat-trick dropping one game only to Kevin Worthington in the process. Nigel fared better this week with successes over Chris Aukett in four and Kevin 11-8 in the fifth, but fell to Trevor Collin again 11-8 in the final end. Richard Brown, playing for the first time, had two easy wins against Trevor and Chris but was outmanoeuvred by Kevin who picked up Selex's second point in four. Kevin and Nigel rounded off the evening by cruising through the doubles in three against Trevor and Kevin. |