Tadmarton A strenghten hold on Division 1 of Banbury Table Tennis League
Tadmarton A strengthened their hold on the Division 1 title with an emphatic 10-0 victory over Bodicote B. Player of the match Jason Tustain led the way, with support from Tony Gorman and Simon Nolan. Roald Myers was unlucky to end up without a win after pushing both Nolan and Gorman to a deciding fifth set.
Bodicote A remain in second place after a comfortable 8-2 win over their club C side. Paul Rowan was undefeated, with Gary Jackson and Toby Dow taking two singles wins apiece. Jackson and Dow paired up to win the doubles. Joseph Fisher saw all his games for Bodicote C go the full distance, defeating Dow 16-14 and Jackson 11-8 in their respective deciding sets.
Having won the third set 19-17 he was two sets to one up against Rowan but was unable to push home his advantage for a win. Bloxham A remain rooted at the foot of the Division following a 3-7 loss away at Shutford A. Harry Smith remains unbeaten in the league this season after another 3 wins. Playing up from the B team Eric Barlow added two wins and Nicholas Walker another, while Smith and Walker took the doubles. Ricky Giblin picked up two points for Bloxham.
Bodicote D remain unbeaten and top of Division 2 following their defeat of Tadmarton B 7-3. A closely fought match saw Bodicote take all four of the encounters that went to five sets. Harry Hunt was undefeated with three wins, Alan Smith scored two and Zach Crocker added a further win and Crocker and Hunt took the doubles. Paul Waller replied with 2 wins for Tadmarton and Mick Hawkins added a further point. Shutford B edged past Bloxham B 6-4.
Nicholas Walker led with three wins with Derek Oxley and Mike Starkie adding a win each. Walker and Starkie won the doubles. Sever Bazavan and Alber Balazs both scored two wins for Bloxham.
Bloxham C have a strong lead at the top of Division C following a 7-3 win over Shutford C. Richard Anstis and Malcolm Charles were undefeated in their singles, while Jim Jackson chipped in with a point. The Shutford pair of James McFarlane and Ross MacRae surprised Anstis and Charles in the doubles with a hard-fought three sets to one victory. Macrae and Rod Haddrell added a win each in the singles.
Bodicote F took a narrow 6-4 win over Fritwell B. Alan Smith won all his singles with Nigel Green adding two wins and they then combined to win the doubles. Andrew Dayus was the lead player for Fritwell with two victories. Eddie Tait and Finn Gibbs shrugged off being unable to field a third player to lead Bodicote G to a 7-3 win over Bloxham D.