Two man Kingfisher A still managed a 7-3 win over Kingfisher B with trebles from Hari Gehlot and Darren Jones, Darren just holding of Alan Cummings to win 10-12 11-4 9-11 11-9 11-7.
Kingfisher D moved back up to 3rd place after cruising to a 10-0 win at Tilehurst RBL A, Julian Telford, Graham Mendick and Yugo Yick all getting 3-straight maximums.
Sonning Common & Peppard A managed a 7-3 win over two man Tidmarsh A thanks mainly to a Gary Morgan treble while Sonning Common & Peppard B beat Sonning Common & Peppard C 6-4.
Simon Berry and Brian Meheux both won twice for the B team, while Tim Raby had an excellent night for the C team earning an 11-5 15-13 11-6 win over Simon Berry and beating Nigel Maltby 11-9 11-5 10-12 11-9 in the final set of the night.
In Division 2 Kingfisher F lost 3-7 to Tilehurst Methodists A, Theo Kniep playing up from Division 3 recording two wins after losing his opening set to Eric Van Looy 11-5 7-11 1-9 7-11 9-11, Ajai Kamath defeating Masoud Ghabachi for his win, while Eapen John had no joy, despite all of his sets going to five games, none closer than his loss to Eric 6-11 5-11 13-11 14-12 9-11, after his fight back from 0-2 down.
For the Methodists, Eric was undefeated on the night with all four of his sets requiring five games to decide the winner, his doubles partner Bill also winning two singles, while Masoud defeated Eapen 6-11 11-8 11-9 8-11 11-8 for his one win.
Relegation seems likely for Tidmarsh C, following their 4-6 defeat by Kingfisher G, for whom Neil Dellar and Satej Jaywant both scored maximums, their teammate Hamid Mohseni losing to all three Tidmarsh players, Ian Wu, Simon Craig and David Sheppard, although his loss to Simon was by the narrowest of margins, 11-9 12-10 5-11 7-11 10-12.
Despite fielding just two players, Sonning Common & Peppard D won 6-4 away to Kingfisher E, thanks to a doubles win, a treble from Danny Dockree and a double from Jon Abbott, who defeated Andrew Adair and Luca Bianchi but missed out on a treble when he lost to Stephen Leggett. Our Lady of Peace C won 7-3 against Tidmarsh B, Pradeep Desh recording a treble,
Binit Bhaskar a double and Arun Rajagopal a single, Tidmarsh’s points earned by a double from Barry Carter and a single from Mike Aistrop, with Chris Webb still looking for his first win, although he was again close to a win in his final set, eventually losing to Binit 4-11 11-7 11-8 5-11 8-11.
Sonning Sports A returned to the top of the division following their 8-2 victory over Our Lady of Peace B, aided by their opponents having a late withdrawal due to Covid. Nick Sears and Paul Savage were both undefeated on the night, Keith Machin losing tough match-ups against both Darek Kaminski 9-11 5-11 9-11 and Chris West 10-12 11-9 8-11 9-11.
Hat tricks from John Willcocks and Kate Maksimenko kept Tilehurst RBL B on course for promotion from division 3 after they won 9-1 at Our Lady of Peace D, Linda King adding a useful double.
Pangbourne WMC saw their chances of going up dented by a 6-4 defeat to Springfield, Jason King, Peter Gurney and Rob Wilkie all winning twice with wins over both Leroy Wilson and Clive Taylor. John Simmons was unbeaten for Pangbourne.
Kingfisher I’s march to the title continued after they won 9-1 against Milestone A, Theo Kniep, Ethan Zeng and Sahil Tekurkar all getting impressive maximums against a useful Milestone trio of Sachin Mundra, Oliver Bonser and Zoltan Keleman.
Tilehurst Methodists B beat Sonning Sports C 9-1 in division 4, Steve Christelow and Patrick O’Sullivan both hitting trebles. Sonning Common & Peppard F went down 8-2 to leaders Sonning Sports B for whom Harry Brough hit a maximum while Our Lady of Peace F maintained their promotion push by beating a 2 man Kingfisher J team 9-1.
Sonning Sports B played bottom side Milestone B in a re-arranged fixture and won 10-0 with hat tricks from Cris Reynolds, Himanshu Pasbola and Harry Brough. In the near top of the table clash Tilehurst Royal British Legion C beat Reading FC B 6-4 mainly thanks to a Paul Treadgold maximum.
