The core Kingfisher A quartet of Martin Adams, Ross Saxby, Darren Jones and Hari, Gehlot, who remains undefeated, have retained their title with little difficulty over the season.
Their lead became unassailable this week as they breezed past Sonning Common and Peppard B 10-0. Elsewhere second place Our Lady of Peace A defeated struggling Kingfisher C 7-3, despite an excellent triple from young Prayrit Ahluwalia.
The points were shared as Sonning Common & Peppard A hosted Kingfisher D in a rearranged fixture. Kingfisher’s Graham Mendick remained unbeaten although a crunch match with Gary Morgan could not be completed after Gary suffered an injury.
The team doubled up this week to defeat bottom club Reading FC 7-3, all three defeats originating from the bat of Michael Childs. Notably, Sonning reserve Malcolm Gregory contributed a useful double including a tight victory over Tony Alleyne 11-8 11-9 9-11 4-11 11-9.
Tidmarsh A narrowly defeated Tilehurst RBL A 6-4. Lee Calcutt, Simon Barter and Antony Baker all scored excellent wins over Marc Brent who was outscored by double victories by Jon Willis and reserve, Kate Maksimenko. Sonning Sports A continued their good form with a 7-3 home victory to a two-player Kingfisher B.
Dave Croucher was the only undefeated player but opponents Alan Cummings and reserve Luca Bianchi both contributed useful consolation points, Luca pushing aside Division one regular Nick Sears 11-5 11-7 11-6.
Division Two table toppers Sonning Common & Peppard D were held to a 5-5 draw by Tilehurst RBL B in a match which saw an epic encounter between two of the division’s top three players.
This ended with Tilehurst’s Kate Maksiminko beating SC P’s Danny Dockree 11-6 10-12 8-11 11-6 11-9 in the fifth in a fluctuating set which featured many high quality rallies. Sonning Common & Peppard C kept their promotion hopes alive with a 7-3 win at relegation threatened Our Lady of Peace C with Nigel Maltby getting a good maximum for the SC&P side.
In a close encounter Kingfisher E edged out Our Lady of Peace B 6-4 with skipper Clive Gold recording an impressive maximum for the Kingfisher team.
The set of the night was OLOP’s Chris West against Nilanjan Chakroborty which Chris won 11-7 in the fifth.
In the match between relegation threatened Tilehurst Methodists A and Kingfisher F the Tilehurst team won 6-4, a result which does little to improve either teams chances of staying up.
Tilehurst Captain Eric Van Looy got his customary maximum his team mate Phil Jones recorded two good wins including recovering from 2-1 down to beat Hamid Mohseni 12-10 in the fifth.
Pangbourne WMC maintained their lead of Division Three after beating 3rd placed Our Lady of Peace E 6-4, John Simmonds with a hat trick.
Second placed Springfield A were held to a 5-5 draw by Kingfisher H, Huzeyfe Borazan starring for Kingfisher with a treble.
Mark Carless got a treble as Our Lady of Peace D won 7-3 against Tilehurst Methodists B while Dave Edwards, Ray Webb and Chris Webb all got maximums as Tilehurst played their second match of the week, Tidmarsh winning 10-0.
Kingfisher I won 7-3 at Our Lady of Peace G with Mick Mitcham maintaining his good form by winning all three.
At the top Tilehurst Royal British Legion C were held to a 5-5 draw by Sonning Sports C for whom Stephen Reader won two as did Jim Brent and Paul Treadgold for the Tilehurst team.
Springfield B beat bottom side Kingfisher J 9-1 with Steve O’Connor and Richard Sabberton- Coe both obtaining trebles.
By Nigel Maltby
