Lillington and Rugby end year top of Leamington table-tennis league

By Phil John
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Lillington Free Church A joined Rugby A at the top of Division 1 when knocking aside WCC Antelopes 10-0. Lee Dorning, Dave Ramsey and Sam Weaving were in unforgiving form though Chris Brewer just lost to Weaving 9-11 in the 5th.

WCC Bats moved into the top half of the table after edging St Georges A 6-4. Nilton Green and Simon Griew took braces and combined to win the doubles in 5. Reserve Martyn Todd won once but lost out to Gary Jackson 10-12 in the 5th. Damon Fenton posted two for Georges and Mark Rose beat Griew in 5. Free Church B emphasised their superiority over their C team with a 7-3 victory. Chris Ho starred with a treble, James Robertson won two and Nikit Sajiv chipped in with a single, Robertson and Sajiv taking the doubles 11-8 in the 5th. Harry Gwilliam, Harry Purewal and Rex Wong all scored one for C. Oxhill defeated 11th placed Rugby B 7-3 thanks in no small part to Tony West who nailed a hat-trick and paired with Brian Hobill to lift the doubles. Hobill won two and Tony Gorman added one. Niall Herbert returned two for Rugby and Luke Smith won once.

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The top two sides clashed in Division 2 with Free Church D getting home 6-4 against WCC Coots. Chris Blowey, Owain Jones and Roald Myers all won twice but none could master “Yogi” who also won the doubles with Mark Freeman. Church lead by 3 points, having played a match less. Flavels are 4th and came back from their trip to Colebridge B, in 6th, with a draw. Shivam Kapur won a maximum and helped Trevor Bradley, who won once, to the doubles. Mike Evetts and Dean Hicks collected two apiece for the hosts and Michael Credland ensured stalemate.

Free Church F are top of Division 3 and defeated their H team 7-3 in a close tussle. Jun Chung was unbeaten in singles and the doubles with Daniel Stone. Stone won two and skipper Jerry Chung contributed one. Dan Shaw’s two included a tight 11-9 in the 5th win over Stone whilst Chris Jones won by the same score against Jerry Chung. Rugby D are 14 points adrift but have played two less and dispatched Nomads Codgers 9-1. Martyn Lilley maintained his 100% average, Jo Outhwaite also won her three and Kal Singh just dropped the one to Richard Miles. Eathorpe A look strong in this division and swept aside WCC Dinos 10-0 through Marius Morariu, Kieran Podbury and Pete Titmas.

Free Church I lead Division 4 and whitewashed WCC Flounders through Nathan Jackson, Morgan Page and Mark Singleton. Rugby F also look strong but have matches to make up. They beat Free Church J 8-2 with triples from Marina Ndumengo and Harbinder Singh, the pair combining for the doubles, and a single from Nicholas O’Connor. Marc Briscoe and Ashley Knott shared Church’s points.

Division A leaders Nomads Enigmas collected all 5 points against Eathorpe C where Paul Jamieson and Malc Macfarlane proved too strong. Second placed Rugby G also won 5-0 against Free Church M, Dave Cox and Harbinder Singh doing the damage.

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In Division B Free Church N upset the form book when pipping Eathorpe E 3-2. County Cadet player, Mia Chan, won two eye-catching singles and team-mate Arnav Mulay beat Ben James. James and Paras Tejani won the doubles and Tejani took the scalp of Mulay. Ashorne A remain top and beat Rugby H 5-0 with the points coming from Andy Coonan and Roger Pye.

Radford are an improving team in Division C and overcame Rugby I 4-1. Lee Edwards won his two and the doubles with Ian Ogden who won one. Nicolas Jacko got a consolation. Ashorne B edged Eathorpe F 3-2 with Martin Hamer and Navdeep Mulhay each winning one and pocketing the doubles. Muhammed Eissa and Richard Freeman replied for the villagers.

Free Church Q are making a strong bid for second spot and thereby promotion in Division D and did their cause a boost by beating Eathorpe G 4-1. Joe Cole and James Delahaye won the 4 singles but Jon Attridge and John Gymer rallied to win the doubles. Free Church R sit third and overhauled their S team 5-0 in what was nonetheless a very competitive match. Alex Bosworth and Matt Hayes used their experience to land the points.

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