In division 1 clear favourites Kingfisher A further increased their lead with a 10-0 win over Our Lady of Peace A.
Justin Mead, Steve Murgatroyd and Mo Cook having no answer to the Kingfisher trio of Darren Jones, Hari Gehlot and Martin Adams, although Mo and Steve managed to win one game against Hari.
Sonning Common & Peppard A climb into second place after the same 10-0 winning score line against their B team, Gary Morgan, Jamie Barlow and Neil Hurford all getting maximums.
The other two matches played this week were much closer affairs. Julian Telford was awarded plyer of the match as Kingfisher D also maintained their challenge for runners up with a 6-4 victory but were made to work hard against two-player Kingfisher C team.
The points were shared when Tidmarsh A met Kingfisher B, with all players contributing either one (Lee Calcutt, Martin Pugh and Alan Cummings) or two (Anthony Baker, Simon Barter and Phil Mead) to the 5-5 score line.
The tightness of the match was exemplified when Anthony narrowly lost out on his maximum after being edged out by Martin Pugh 10-12 11-6 10-12 11-9 13-15.
Table toppers Sonning Common & Peppard D had a hard fought 5-5 draw against Our Lady of Peace B with Danny Dockree getting yet another maximum for SC&P.
OLOP’s Dave Godfrey had a long night with all of his sets closely fought and going to five including just coming up short against Danny Dockree and Mark Jones. He did however get a good victory over Jon Abbott winning 11-8 in the fifth.
In another long match second placed Sonning Common & Peppard C had a very late finish against Kingfisher G in a match they edged 6-4 with Malcolm Gregory getting a good maximum including a very good three straight win over Neil Dellar.
Andrew Adair had a mixed night for Kingfisher recovering from two games down to beat Brian Meheux 13-11 in the fifth but losing 11-8 in the fifth against Malcolm Gregory having been two games up.
Tilehurst RBL B had a 8-2 win over Kingfisher F in a match that was closer than the final score suggests. Tilehurst skipper John Willcocks recorded his first maximum of the season only dropping one game on the night, Hamid Mohseni won twice for Kingfisher including an excellent win in five against Kate Maksimenko.
Tilehurst Methodists A got a good 5-5 draw against Tidmarsh B despite having to play a reserve. Eric Van Looy got another maximum for Tilehurst but was pushed all the way by Barry Carter before winning 11-9 in the fifth.
The highlight set was Tilehurst’s Bill Stamatiou against Mike Alstrop which Bill won 16-14 in the fifth.
In division 3, Tidmarsh C beat Tidmarsh D 6-4 in their inter club derby. Ian Wu was the player of the match with three wins on the night.
The highlight of the match was the five-setter doubles match which Tidmarsh D won 12-10 in the 5th game, which made the defeat less harmful. Our Lady of Peace F hosted Kingfisher H and it was Kingfisher H who won 9-1 in a long game. Eyup Odemis claimed a well-deserved player of the match title with his first three wins in the season.
However, the highlight of the match was the great comeback from Ruben Hernandez in the last game of the match. In the 5th set, Ruben saved five match points when he was 10-5 down, and he won the game 12-10. With this comeback, Ruben also won his first maximum of the season. James Smith got OLOP F’s single point.
Pangbourne WMC saw off Sonning Sports B 9-1. Sonning Sports B made a great effort to win some games however Pangbourne were as tough as they always have been. Cris Reynolds played his best table tennis and had game points in two of the three sets against Clive Taylor but failed to convert either. The only point for Sonning’s side came from Harry Brough. Harry saw off Leroy in four sets which rescued them from the whitewash.
In division 4 Sonning Common & Pepppard E beat Sonning Sports C 8-2, Anthony Reeve and Derek Brooke-Wavell were the hat trick men. Club mates Sonning Common & Peppard F also won 8-2 after they beat Our Lady of Peace G, Graeme Streets had a good night for the Commoners.
Despite a very good maximum from Mick Mitcham Kingfisher I lost 6-4 at Springfield C.
