5th February 2012

Division Reports for week 16 and second round Handicap results:

In the Handicap competition of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league the main competition saw Pterodactyl Old Boys beat Manor Park Pumas by 34.5pts. Graham Collier filled the void left by Wayne Chopping for Old Boys, but could not quite recover the handicap despite good wins against Dave Hallam and John Hunt. Ian Bell also enjoyed a 3 sets to 1 victory over Jon Dyke, but ultimately Dave Hallam’s 4 set victory over Bell and Hunt’s achievement in sharing the 4 sets proved enough for Pumas to be victorious. Dave White only lost 2 sets in the match to Hallam and Jon Dyke, but had to share the 4 sets with Collier against Hunt and Hallam in the doubles.

A 100% winning record for Trevor Simmons and an 11-1 record for Mike Keeley was not quite enough to deliver success for Manor Park Cavaliers against CSSC Nomads. Keeley’s solitary set loss was against Dave Hayes who also shared 4 sets with Matt Hodges. Ultimately this success coupled with some narrow losses for Tony Hughes and Adrian Fray was enough to deliver victory for the 2nd division side by 27.5 points

The absence of the experienced Ted Cates proved too much for Crackpots ‘B’ to overcome the youngsters from Malvern Tornados for whom Tom James won 11 of the 12 sets he played, ably supported by Andy Banks and Chris Burrows.

In the secondary competition Manor Park Devils beat Poolbrook Rangers after Nick Haggar suffered an early knee injury against Paul Lythgoe and was unable to complete the match, handing Devils a comfortable victory. Lythgoe and Liz Hallam enjoyed a creditable 4 set victory against Richard Cullis and Robert Weston although Cullis only lost 1 set against Lythgoe of the 12 sets he played on the night.

First division leaders Broadheath Belters proved too strong for the 2nd division opponents, Dukes Way Dynamos, although Charlie Burford took a creditable 11-9 set against Sasha Grokhotov as did John Phillips 11-7. Philips also took an 11-9 set against Brett Brining. However, Malvern League Champion, Michael Siket’s form proved to be overpowering on the night dropping only 42 points in the 16 sets he played including the doubles with Grokhotov against Philips and Burford.

Results in for division one saw Broadheath Belters remain on course for the title following another emphatic win, this time against Ledbury Lions, 9-1. The usual suspects Michael Siket and Sasha Grokhotov both won their three singles, while Brett Brining won twice. Together Siket and Brining took the doubles. For Lions the whitewash was saved by Chris Sabourin who beat Brining in four games while Jim Ahern also took a game off Brining. Steve Meredith was unlucky not to win a game as he went down 17-15 to Grokhotov and 18-16 against and Brining.

Pterodactyl Old Boys stayed in touch with the leaders following a hard fought 8-2 win over Crackpots 'E' where three sets went to five games. Dave White won his three singles while Wayne Chopping and Graham Collier both won twice, with White and Chopping also taking the doubles. For Crackpots Colin Dolding won twice, beating Collier 11-9 in the fifth and following this up with an even better win against Chopping in the final set of the evening 11-5, 4-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 to end Chopping 's unbeaten run for the season. Richard Maddrell also played well for Crackpots losing narrowly to White in five games 14-12, 4-11, 16-14, 7-11, 7-11.

Ledbury Collection stayed in third place after a 6-4 win over Manor Park Cavaliers in a match where three sets went the full distance. For Collection Harry Jutle, Ady Marshall and Ann Barnes all won twice. Whilst for Cavaliers Trevor Simmons won twice, Mike Keeley once and Simmons playing with Matt Hodges took the doubles.

Handicap Result;

Main Competition;

Home Side			Away Side
Team	Handicap	Total Score	Team	Handicap	Total Score
Pterodactyl Old Boys	-	393	Manor Park Pumas	115.5	427.5
CSSC Nomads	466.5	205.5	Manor Park Cavaliers	-	439
Crackpots ‘B’	286	-	Malvern Tornados	55.5	41.5

Secondary Competition;

Home Side			Away Side
Team	Handicap	Total Score	Team	Handicap	Total Score
Broadheath Belters	-	445	Dukes Way Dynamos	230.5	383.5
Manor Park Travellers	-	Win	Poolbrook Rangers	-	Injured Player
The Scuttling Gang			YMCA Vulcans

2nd February 2012

Draw for 2012 Malvern Championships:

The Draw for the Malvern Table Tennis Championships, to be held at the Malvern Winter Gardens has been completed and can be found at;

2012 Championship Draw

30th January 2012

Division Reports for week 16:

In Division 2 of the Malvern Paperstation table tennis league the Scuttling Gang’s match with Manor Park Crackpots ended in a win for them by 9 sets to 1, but eight sets went to four games and one of them to five. Many of the games were very close, but Bill Smith’s and Ed Palmer’s set was the toughest with Bill eventually winning by 10-12, 11-5, 14-12, 19-17. Stephen Lindner managed to save the whitewash for Crackpots, but Ray Davies and Chris Field won all their sets and the doubles for the Scuttling Gang. This win has jumped them two places up to the top of the table, but there are still only two points between the top three teams.

Paul Lythgoe won three and James Mulka two singles for Manor Park Devils. For X-Police James Palmer won two, Alan Preece and Alan Holmes won one each and Palmer and Preece won the doubles. Both teams were happy to settle for a hard fought draw.

Ripple made fairly light work of winning against Crackpots ‘B’ with just four sets going to four games. Stan Ginn was the only winner for the ‘B’ team, with Peter Quy and Peter Nash winning three each for Ripple. Roger Davies also took one for Ripple with Davies and Nash taking the doubles.

23rd January 2012

Division Reports for week 15:

Broadheath Belters have gone two points clear at the top in division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league following victories over CSSC Ramblers and Manor Park Travellers. Against Ramblers Michael Siket and Sasha Grokhotov both won their three singles while Brett Brining won twice in their 8-2 win. Ramblers point came courtesy of a singles win for Chris Hewitt while he also teamed up with Graham Thompson to win the doubles. Thompson was also very unlucky not to end Grokhotov 's unbeaten run for the season as he lost in five very close games, 13-11, 9-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-13. Against Travellers Siket, Grokhotov and Brining all won three singles each in their 9-1 victory. Travellers saved the whitewash by beating Siket and Grokhotov in the doubles, 11-7, 11-9, 11-2 with their winning pair being Martin Snee and Stewart Moss.

Pterodactyl Old Boys are in second place in the table after beating Manor Park Pumas 8-2. Wayne Chopping and Dave White both won their three singles and the doubles, while Ian Bell, who was making his first appearance of the season won their other set against John Hunt. Jon Dyke and Dave Hallam both won a set apiece for Pumas. Pumas were on form in their next match as they beat Crackpots 'E' 9-1. Hallam and Hunt both won three singles each while Dyke won twice. Also in the doubles Hallam and Dyke were the victors. Crackpots consolation win came from Dave Steen who beat Dyke 11-8, 6-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8.

In the match between Cavaliers and Express four sets went to five games and no player won their three singles as the match ended in a 5-5 draw. Mike Keeley and Trevor Simmons both won twice, with Matt Hodges taking one for Cavaliers. While for Express Pete Griffiths won twice, Dave Woodyatt and Ray Page won one each while Griffiths and Woodyatt won the doubles in five games.

Only two points separate the top three teams in the second division. This week Dynamos played X–Police and thanks to John Philips winning all his sets and the doubles, whilst being backed up by one win each from Collette James and Charlie Burford, they took three points to put them at the top of the table. James Palmer and Steve Mulka each won two for X–Police.

Poolbrook Rangers cancelled their match because they could not raise a team so they are now in second place behind Dynamos. Meanwhile The Scuttling Gang played the Devils and gained a three point win. Paul Lythgoe won two singles to give Devils a point, but Ray Davies was in top form and took three and the doubles with Don James. James and Bill Smith had two wins each for the Scuttling Gang.

All the singles sets were won in straight games when Crackpots ‘B’ played Malvern Tornados. Bill Nelson and Tom James took the first two sets for Tornados, but then their luck ran out except for the doubles which James partnered Andy Banks to come back from two sets down to win by 11-6, 11-9, 1-13, 6-11, 5-11. Stan Ginn had three wins, with Ted Cates and Alan Forsdike taking two each for Crackpots.

Dave Hayes won all his singles and the doubles with Adrian Fray for CSSC Nomads and Adrian Fray won a set to share the points with Ripple. Pete Nash and Roger Davies each won two, with Mark Davies taking one for Ripple. The doubles was extremely close with Nomads eventually winning by 13-15, 8-11, 11-6, 13-11, 16-14.

22nd January 2012

Handicap Draw for the second round and Quarter Finals:

The draw for the second round of the Handicap competition has been completed. This season the Quarter Finals have also been drawn at the same time. The draws are as follows;

2^nd Round (Main);

Pterodactyl Old Boys vs Manor Park Pumas

CSSC Nomads vs Manor Park Cavaliers

Crackpots ‘B’ vs Malvern Tornados

Byes were given to;

Manor Park Travellers

Abbeydowne

X-Police

Ledbury Collection

CSSC Ramblers

Quarter Finals (Main);

Abbeydowne vs Ledbury Collection

CSSC Nomads/Manor Park Cavaliers vs Manor Park Travellers

CSSC Ramblers vs Crackpots ‘B’/Malvern Tornados

X-Police vs Pterodactyl Old Boys/Manor Park Pumas

2^nd Round (Secondary);

The Scuttling Gang vs YMCA Vulcans

Broadheath Belters vs Dukes Way Dynamos

Devils vs Poolbrook Rangers

Byes were given to;

Crackpots ‘E’

Manor Park Express

Ledbury Lions

Manor Park Crackpots

Ripple

Quarter Finals (Secondary);

Devils/Poolbrook Rangers vs Ripple

The Scuttling Gang/YMCA Vulcans vs Manor Park Crackpots

Manor Park Express vs Crackpots ‘E’

Broadheath Belters/Dukes Way Dynamos vs Ledbury Lions

2^nd Round Matches are to be played week beginning 30/1/2012

Quarter Final Matches are to be played week beginning 27/2/2012

16th January 2012

Division Reports for week 14:

In division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league Ledbury Collection stayed in contention for the title following an 8-2 win over Manor Park Travellers. Ann Barnes was in fine form for Collection winning her three singles while good support came from the father and son combination of Bob and Ady Marshall who both won two apiece as well as the doubles. For Travellers their point came courtesy of Martin Snee and Toby Wren who both won once.

Manor Park Express moved up one place to fifth following a 6-4 win over Ledbury Lions. Pete Griffiths and Dave Woodyatt both won their three singles for Express while for Lions Jim Ahern, Steve Meredith and Richard Smith all won once, with Ahern and Meredith also taking the doubles.

The match between Manor Park Cavaliers and Crackpots 'E' ended up as a 5-4 win for Cavaliers as both sides could only field two players on the night , which meant that Cavaliers ended up with two points for the win as they only won five sets. Mike Keeley and Matt Hodges both won one set each for Cavaliers as did Colin Dolding and Dave Steen for Crackpots. The deciding set on the night was the doubles, which the Cavaliers pair won in five games; 1-11, 11-6, 12-10, 6-11, 11-7. The set of the night was between Hodges and Dolding in which the Cavaliers youngster came out on top thanks to some fine consistent forehand hitting 11-5, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9.

In division two Dukes Way Dynamos only managed to pick up one point this week whereas Poolbrook Rangers took three points from CSSC Nomads, so they take the lead in the second division. The Scuttling Gang with two matches in hand can still over take them both.

Roy Holland won a singles set for Abbeydowne against Crackpots ‘B’, who were a man short, so conceded a point in the match. Ted Cates won three singles, Alan Forsdike two and together they won the doubles, but more than half the sets went to four games and two of them to five.

CSSC Nomads were also a player short against Poolbrook Rangers, but Dave Hayes won all his games including the doubles with Adrian Fray. Nick Haggar, Alasdair Maxwell-Stewart and Richard Cullis all won one for Rangers.

Tom James, for Tornados, beat two of the Ripple team, both of them in four games and only lost to Pete Nash by 8-11 in the fifth game. Pete Nash ended up with three wins, with Peter Quy and Paul Davies both winning two. The match was not quite as easy as the score suggests as three sets went to five games, another three to four and ten games went beyond 9 all.

Manor Park Crackpots had a very long evening with X–Police when eight extra games had to be played and fifteen of them were won by just two points. The all important doubles was won by MP Crackpots players, Stephen Lindner and Ed Palmer playing against Alan Holmes and James Palmer by 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 12-10. Lindner won all his singles, with Will Jones and taking Ed Palmer one each. Malcolm Dalley and James Palmer both won two for X–Police.

James Mulka and Paul Lythgoe both won all their singles for Devils, but were unable to beat Crackpots ‘B’s veteran pairing of Ted Cates and Alan Forsdike in the doubles. On the night only two sets were won in straight games.

8th January 2012

Division Reports for week 13:

In division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league Pterodactyl Old Boys currently top the table after catching up on some games over the Christmas period. Their latest victory came against Manor Park Cavaliers by the scoreline of 6-4 with Dave White winning his three singles, while Graham Collier and Steve Glazzard both won once. Together White and Collier comfortably won the doubles. For Cavaliers Mike Keeley and Trevor Simmons both won twice, while Matt Hodges was unlucky not to register a win as he lost to Glazzard 11-8 in the fifth.

Just a point behind and with a game in hand are title favourites Broadheath Belters who easily overcame YMCA Vulcans 9-1. Michael Siket and Sasha Grokhotov both won their three singles and the doubles, while Brett Brining won twice. Craig Preece saved the whitewash for Vulcans as he beat Brining in the final set of the evening 11-4, 7-11, 11-8, 11-13, 11-9.

In third place are CSSC Ramblers who have won their last two matches 9-1 against Crackpots 'E' and Ledbury Collection. Against Crackpots Chris Hewitt and Alan Salisbury both won their three singles with Ian Backhurst also winning twice. For Crackpots Colin Dolding won once and together with Dave Steen they lost a close doubles to Hewitt and Backhurst 7-11, 11-4, 3-11, 11-7, 6-11. Ramblers ended Collection's winning start to the season as they beat them 9-1, with Hewitt and Salisbury again unbeaten on the night, while Graham Thompson won twice and also won the doubles with Hewitt. Harry Jutle was Collection's best player beating Thompson 11-7 in the fifth and also losing narrowly to Salisbury 12-10 in the fifth.

Ledbury Lions had a hard fought win over Crackpots 'E' with six sets going to five games, Lions managed to win four of them to record a 7-3 victory. Steve Meredith won his three singles for Lions with good support coming from Jim Ahern and Richard Smith who both won twice. For Crackpots Colin Doldling and Dave Steen both won one apiece and together they won the doubles against Ahern and Meredith 11-9, 9-11, 13-11, 9-11, 13-11.

Manor Park Express overcame Travellers 9-1 with Dave Woodyatt, Pete Griffiths and Ray Page all winning their singles, while Travellers consolation win came in the doubles as Martin Snee and Toby Wren beat Woodyatt and Page 11-6, 11-9, 8-11, 11-9. 

In Division 2 Poolbrook Rangers and Dukes Way Dynamos have started the New Year level on points at the top of the table, but Rangers have a much better record of 81 games won from their 11 matches, whereas Dynamos have won 67 games. Close behind them are the Scuttling Gang, who have two matches in hand and have won 71 games.

In this week’s matches Dave Hayes won two singles for CSSC Nomads and was supported with a win each from Tony Hughes and Adrian Fray. If the close fought doubles had gone their way they would have secured a draw. Chris Field won three, Lyn Davies two and together they won the doubles for the Scuttling Gang.

John Philips won three singles, Charlie Burford and Dave Bradley two each for Dynamos against CSSC Nomads, with Philips and Bradley also taking the doubles. Nomads were saved from the whitewash by Dave Hayes who won two.

Only Paul Lythgoe, for Devils, was able to beat any of the Ripple players when he won one and took both his other singles to four games. Roger Davies and Peter Quy won all their singles, while Pete Nash took two for Ripple.

Poolbrook Rangers took maximum points from their match with Abbeydowne. Len Hitchman and Bill Lucas both won games, but could not turn them into sets.

Finally Alan Preece won two and James Palmer one for X–Police and they only narrowly lost the doubles, but Dave Hayes won all his sets in straight games, with Tony Hughes winning two and Adrian Fray one for Nomads.

24th December 2011

Update to Handicap round 1:

The closest match in the opening round of the Malvern TT League Handicap competition took place between 2nd Division Ripple and 1st Division Manor Park Pumas, with Pumas just managing to pull back a handicap of 165.5 points to come out on top by 428 to 425.5. Pete Nash was victorious in 2 sets against John Hunt 11-4 and Jon Dyke 11-3, whilst Roger Davies also took a set off Hunt 11-6, but the 12 sets taken without loss by Dave Hallam were to prove decisive.

The match between Pterodactyl Old Boys and Dukes Way Dynamos also resulted in a win for the 1st Division side by 441 to 415.5 overcoming a handicap of 196.5 points. However, there were again creditable performances by the lower division team in particular John Phillips who took sets off both Wayne Chopping 11-9 and Graham Collier 12-10. Norman Merchant enjoyed a 100% set victory record for the Old Boys.

In the final match of the round Manor Park Cavaliers overcame The Scuttling Gang by 419 to 380.5 overcoming a handicap of 125.5 points. However, pride of place goes to newcomer Chris Field for The Scuttling Gang who defeated Matt Hodges 11-8, 11-7, 11-4, 9-11. Bill Smith and Ray Davies were also successful in taking sets off both Hodges and Mike Keeley respectively. However, the experience of Trevor Simmons proved invaluable in securing a win for the 1st Division side.

Results:

Cavaliers 419 Scuttling gang 380.5 (125.5)

Pumas 428 Ripple 425.5(165.5)

Pterodactyl Old Boys 441 Dukes Way Dynamos 415.5 (196.5)

MP Express conceded against Collection

22nd December 2011

Division Reports for week 12:

In division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league Ledbury Collection have moved level on points at the top with Broadheath Belters following a 10-0 win over YMCA Vulcans.

Nigel Foreshew, Ady Marshall and Bryan Farr were all unbeaten on the night while Foreshew and Marshall also won the doubles. For Vulcans Beryl Shammon took two of her sets to four games, while John Cawthra also took one of his sets to four games.

Manor Park Cavaliers secured a 7-3 win over Manor Park Pumas in a match where three sets went to five games. Mike Keeley and Trevor Simmons both won their three singles and the doubles for Cavaliers, while Jon Dyke, Dave Hallam and Dave Knowles all won once for Pumas. Stan Mason was unlucky not to register his first win of the season as he lost to Knowles in five games, 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9, 7-11. The two other sets that went to five both included Simmons as he beat Knowles and Hallam 11-8 and 11-9 in the fifth respectively.

In division 2 half the sets in the Dukes Way Dynamos and Ripple match needed four games and two went to five. John Phillips won his customary three singles and partnered Charlie Burford in successful doubles. Burford also won two singles. For Ripple, newly signed Chris Jones won two, with Roger Davies and Pete Nash each winning one.

The Devils proved too strong for Malvern Tornados, with only Rory Britain being able to get a win on the score card when he beat Denis Chetwood 12-10, 11-9, 2-11, 13-15, 15-13. Six sets went to four games and three to five. Ben Meredith who is still only 11, playing in his second league match narrowly lost to Chetwood by 11-13, 20-18, 1-11, 14-16. Liz Hallam and James Mulka won all their singles and Mulka was partnered by Paul Lythgoe to win the doubles.

Bill Lucas, Len Hitchman and Roy Holland all won a set for Abbeydowne, but again with half the sets needing extra games Steve Mulka and Alan Preece each won three for X–Police, with Mulka and Alan Holmes taking the doubles.

The clash between the two Crackpot teams in the second division went on till after 2230 hrs. Dina Murdie, Will Jones and Ed Palmer each won one set for the Manor Park team, whilst Alan Forsdike won three singles for the ‘B’ team. He was supported well by Ted Cates with two wins and Stan Ginn with one. Cates and Forsdike teamed up well to take the doubles. Three sets went to five games and another five to four games. Thirteen games were won by just two points and another eight by three points. Palmer’s set against Forsdike was probably the toughest of the night, ending with a score of 11-9, 9-11, 11-7, 12-14, 11-13 in Forsdike’s favour. Dina Murdie had a wonderful win against Cates 15-13 in the fifth, her first win of the season.

11th December 2011

Handicap Round 1:

The first round of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis handicap competition saw some close and exciting games. The closest match was an 8.5 point victory for Abbeydowne against Manor Park Crackpots who just failed to overcome their 90.5 point handicap despite a courageous performance by Stephen Lindner who won 15 of his 16 sets including the doubles with Will Jones. Lindner’s only dropped set came against Bill Lucas who also shared the 4 sets with Jones and triumphed 11-3, 11-3, 12-10, 11-9 against Dina Murdie. Len Hitchman also overcame Murdie 3-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-6 to ensure a narrow win for the Abbeydowne veterans.

First division leaders Broadheath Belters were beaten by 11.5 points by second division X-Police despite not losing any sets. Belters just failed to recover a handicap of 280.5 points due to excellent performances by Steve Mulka against both Brett Brinning going down 11-7, 11-5, 11-5, 12-10 and John Stalker 11-8, 11-4, 11-6, 11-9. James Palmer also took Malvern league champion Michael Siket to 11-9 in the second set of their game.

First division Manor Park Travellers overcame a 55.5 point handicap against Poolbrook Rangers to win by 335.5 points. Travellers Martin Snee won 15 out of 16 sets including the doubles, with Toby Wren and only Richard Cullis prevented a perfect record with an 11-5 fourth set victory. Cullis also enjoyed a creditable 11-9, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 win against Ken Hipwell. Nick Haggar from Poolbrook was able to split four sets against both Wren and Hipwell.

Ledbury Lions were narrowly unable to recover a handicap of 209.5 points against Crackpots B for whom Stan Ginn won two sets against Steve Meredith and he also took a set from Richard Smith. For Lions, Neville Meredith won all 12 sets, but the second division veterans came out on top by 33.5 points.

There was a second division clash between CSSC Nomads and Manor Park Devils. Nomads were victorious by 35.5 points overcoming a handicap of 121.5 points. Dave Hayes for Nomads only dropped one set to Devils James Mulka. Mulka managed an excellent 11-3, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8 victory over Geoff Davies. Tony Hughes also played very well to only drop one set against Mulka over the whole evening.

Second division Malvern Tornadoes had an incredible 62.5 point victory against first division YMCA Vulcans. Tom James took a single set off all three Vulcan players and Andy Banks chipped in with a superb 12-10 set win against Shafaz Ditta. Rory Brittain and James also extended Lukasz Gatkiewicz and Ditta to 15-13 in the second set in the doubles.

Results:

Home Side			Away Side
Team	Handicap	Total Score	Team	Handicap	Total Score
Ripple	165.5	425.5	Manor Park Pumas	-	428
Manor Park Travellers	-	397	Poolbrook Rangers	55.5	363.5
CSSC Ramblers	-	437	Crackpots ‘E’	150.5	426.5
Pterodactyl Old Boys	-	441	Dukes Way Dynamos	196.5	415.5
YMCA Vulcans	-	437	Malvern Tornados	499.5	259.5
Crackpots ‘B’	209.5	470.5	Ledbury Lions	-	437
Manor Park Crackpots	-	393	Abbeydowne	401.5	90.5
Manor Park Cavaliers	-	419	The Scuttling Gang	125.5	380.5
Broadheath Belters	-	441	X-Police	280.5	452.5
CSSC Nomads	-	402	Manor Park Devils	121.5	366.5
Ledbury Collection	-	Win	Manor Park Express	-	Conceded

5th December 2011

Notification:

Dukes Way Dynamos now play at the Foley Institute on a Thursday.

Division Reports for week 11:

In division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league Ledbury Collection moved within three points of the leaders Broadheath Belters after they beat local rivals Ledbury Lions 8-2. Once again Nigel Foreshew and Harry Jutle remained unbeaten in both singles and doubles on the night, while Ann Barnes won their other set. For Lions Steve Meredith and Jim Ahern both won once, while Meredith also lost narrowly against Jutle 11-6, 5-11, 14-12, 9-11, 6-11.

Manor Park Express claimed their biggest win of the season as they beat YMCA Vulcans 10-0 in a match where three sets went to five games. Pete Griffiths , Dave Woodyatt and Ray Page all won their three singles with Woodyatt and Page also taking the doubles against Shafaz Ditta and John Cawthra 11-2, 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-8. The other two sets that went to five games involved Cawthra and Page with the Express man winning 5-11, 10-12, 11-6, 12-10, 12-10 and Dave Watton , who was playing his first Malvern match of the season , losing to Woodyatt 8-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9, 4-11.

Pterodactyl Old Boys won their fifth match in six outings as they beat Manor Park Travellers 8-2. Wayne Chopping won his three singles in straight games while Graham Collier and Norman Merchant both won twice and together they also took the doubles. For Travellers Martin Snee continued his good form for the season winning twice, while Toby Wren played well to take Merchant to five games.

In division 2 Ray Davies, Bill Smith and Don James all were unbeaten for The Scuttling Gang in their match against Abbeydowne. The only player for Abbeydowne to win a game was Bill Lucas who managed to take the last set of the night to four games.

Ted Cates and Alan Forsdike each won a singles set and the doubles together for Crackpots ‘B’, but Dave Hayes had three straight game wins, with Adrian Fray and Tony Hughes taking two each for CSSC Nomads.

The Ripple trio of Roger Davies, Peter Quy and Pete Nash were all in fine form against Manor Park Crackpots and sent the visitors home without a point although Will Jones and Ed Palmer both managed to take a set to a fifth game while Dina Murdie only lost a set by 9-11 in the fourth game.

Five sets required extra games when Malvern Tornados played Dukes Way Dynamos. The longest set of the evening was between Bill Nelson and Collette James, which Nelson won by 11-3, 7-11, 9-11, 2-10, 11-6. Tom James’ contest with his mother was a close battle with Tom winning 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5. Tom also played well against John Philips, but lost in the fourth game. Philips ended with three wins and the doubles, which he won with Charlie Burford, whilst for Tornados Tom ended with two wins and Nelson took one.

Manor Park Devils very nearly got three points from their encounter with Dynamos and certainly deserved a draw. James Mulka played extremely well to beat both Collette James and John Philips, one of the divisions’ top players, in straight games, while Liz Hallam was two sets to love up before losing the fifth game by 11-9 against James. The doubles was another set that needed five games eventually being won by John Philips and Dave Bradley, who also both won two for Dynamos. For Devils Paul Lythgoe and Mulka won two each.

The league would further wish to notify league players that Dukes Way Dynamos have changed both playing venue and day. They now play out of the Foley Institute, Poolbrook on Thursday nights.

28th November 2011

Division Reports for week 10:

In division one of the Malvern table tennis league sponsored by PaperStation, Broadheath Belters remain three points clear at the top of the table following an 8-2 win over Manor Park Express. Michael Siket and Sasha Grokhotov were both unbeaten in their singles and together in the doubles, while John Stalker won their other set. For Express, Pete Griffiths and Dave Woodyatt both won one apiece.

In second place are CSSC Ramblers who beat Pterodactyl Old Boys 7-3, Chris Hewitt, Alan Salisbury and Graham Thompson all won twice, with Hewitt and Thompson also taking the doubles. For Old Boys Wayne Chopping won his three singles, while Graham Collier took an under par Salisbury to five games, losing 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 13-11, 7-11.

Manor Park Cavaliers secured their fourth win of the season as they beat Ledbury Lions 8-2 in a match where three sets went to five and another four sets to four games. Mike Keeley and Trevor Simmons both won their three singles, while Matt Hodges claimed his third win of the season as he beat Mike Morgan. For Lions their point came courtesy of Jim Ahern and Steve Meredith who both won once and they also both took Keeley to five games. The doubles was the best game of the night as the Cavaliers pair of Simmons and Hodges came from two games down against Ahern and Meredith to win in five, thanks to Hodges’ fine hitting, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-8.

Manor Park Pumas defeated Manor Park Travellers 6-4 in a hard fought match as five sets went the full distance. Jon Dyke was in fine form for Pumas as he won his three singles while Dave Knowles won twice and Dave Hallam, despite having an injured calf, won the last set of the evening against Stewart Moss to secure the three points. For Travellers Martin Snee won twice, Toby Wren won once and they also won the doubles, with Snee and Moss being the winning pair.

Crackpots 'E' have moved off the bottom of the table following an 8-2 win over YMCA Vulcans. Three sets went to five as Colin Dolding and Richard Maddrell both won their three singles for Crackpots, while this combination also won the doubles with Dave Steen winning their other set. Vulcans two sets came from Shafaz Ditta and John Cawthra. They also both took Maddrell to five games.

In division 2, top of the table Poolbrook Rangers have suffered their second defeat of the season. This time at the hands of fourth placed Dukes Way Dynamos. Rangers have played more matches than any other team and as the season reaches the half way point the top four teams are all very close. Against Dynamos Nick Haggar and Richard Cullis both managed to win two singles, but John Philips won three singles, with Charlie Burford and Dave Bradley each winning one. Philips and Bradley also won the doubles. Three sets did however go to five games and two others to four, with eight games going beyond nine all. Rangers fared better against X–Police when Haggar and Cullis won all their singles, while Alastair Maxwell-Stewart took one and the doubles with Cullis. Again half the sets required more than three games and ten were won by just two points. Alan Preece and Malcolm Dalley won a singles set each for X–Police.

Manor Park Crackpots took three points from their match with Malvern Tornados. Stephen Lindner and Ed Palmer won all their sets including the doubles. Andy Banks had his first success of the season, while Tom James and Rob Harness won one each for Tornados.

20th November 2011

Division Reports for week 9:

In division one of the Malvern table tennis league CSSC Ramblers have moved level on points with second placed Ledbury Collection following a 10-0 win over Manor Park Pumas. The Ramblers trio of Chris Hewitt, Alan Salisbury and Graham Thompson were all unbeaten on the night with Pumas main resistance coming from Dave Hallam. He took a game off both Hewitt and Thompson and lost closely in five against Salisbury 11-6, 8-11, 10-12, 11-9, 8-11.

Manor Park Cavaliers moved up to fourth place in the table following a 7-3 win over Manor Park Travellers. Mike Keeley and Trevor Simmons both won their three singles and the doubles for Cavaliers, while for Travellers Stewart Moss, Martin Snee and Toby Wren all won once. In Travellers previous match they recorded their first win of the season as they beat Ledbury Lions 6-4 and in doing so moved off the bottom of the table. Snee was in fine form for Travellers as he won his three singles and he also won the doubles with Moss who won twice. For Lions Jim Ahern won twice, with Steve Meredith and Mike Morgan both winning once.

Pterodactyl Old Boys won their fourth match in a row as they beat YMCA Vulcans 8-2. Wayne Chopping kept his one hundred percent start to the season as he won his three, with good support coming from both Graham Collier and Norman Merchant who both won twice, while Chopping and Merchant also took the doubles in five against Shafaz Ditta and John Cawthra 11-3, 7-11, 11-6, 3-11, 11-5. For Vulcans their point came courtesy of Ditta who beat Collier and Cawthra who beat Merchant.

In division 2 Abbeydowne recorded their first win of the season by beating Malvern Tornados 7-3. Bill Lucas, Len Hitchman and Roy Holland each won two. Holland and Lucas also won the doubles, while Tom James won all his singles for Tornados. When Abbeydowne played Ripple only Bill Lucas was able to get on the score card, although four sets went to four games and one of them to five. Roger Davies and Pete Nash won all their singles and the doubles for Ripple, while Peter Quy won two.

Manor Park Devils and Manor Park Crackpots had an evening of close games. Four sets went to five games and one to four. Ten games were won by just two points and another 8 by three points. James Mulka and Paul Lythgoe both won two singles and the doubles for Devils. Liz Hallam contributed one win which gave them three points on the night. Stephen Lindner managed three wins and Will Jones one for the Crackpots.

The Scuttling Gang have been in really good form taking Rangers 100% record from them and getting a three point win from X–Police. In their match with Rangers six sets went to four games and another one to five. Ray Davies and Chris Field won all their singles for the Scuttlers. For Rangers Richard Cullis and Nick Haggar won one each and the doubles. Steve Mulka saved the whitewash for X–Police by winning one singles and the doubles with Alan Preece. This time Field and Davies won three and Bill Smith two for the Scuttling Gang.

CSSC Nomads took all the points in their match with Malvern Tornados, who were only able to get two players. Bill Nelson managed to get one set by 11-8 in the fifth gameagainst Tony Hughes and was unlucky not to earn a point for his team when he lost by 12-14 in the fifth game against Adrian Fray.

13th November 2011

Division Reports for week 8:

Division one of the Malvern table tennis league is one of the closest it has been for many years with just ten points separating the bottom team to the third placed team. Broadheath Belters remain three points clear at the top following an 8-2 win over Crackpots 'E', Michael Siket won his usual three singles with Brett Brining and John Stalker both winning twice, while the doubles were won by Siket and Brining. Crackpots point came courtesy of Colin Dolding who won twice, while Matt White was unlucky not to win any as he lost to Brining 11-6 in the fifth.

Hot on the heels of Belters are Ledbury Collection who recorded their sixth straight win as they beat Manor Park Express 8-2. Nigel Foreshew and Harry Jutle both won their three singles and the doubles, while Ann Barnes won Collection's other set. For Express Dave Woodyatt won once beating Barnes in five, 9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-9, while Pete Griffiths also won once. He was also unlucky in the final set of the evening to lose to Foreshew 7-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7, 9-11.

CSSC Ramblers have moved up to third place in the table following recent victories over Manor Park Cavaliers and Ledbury Lions. Against Cavaliers Chris Hewitt won his three singles. He was ably supported by Alan Salisbury and Graham Thompson who both won twice, with Hewitt and Salisbury also winning the doubles. For Cavaliers Mike Keeley won twice. In the match against Lions, Hewitt again won his three singles while also taking the doubles with Salisbury who won twice and their other set was won by Thompson. For Lions two wins came from Chris Sabourin who was making his Lions and Malvern league debut, while Jim Ahern also won once.

Manor Park Pumas and YMCA Vulcans drew 5-5 in a match where only one set went to five, but there were thirteen other games which were won by just two points with Vulcans coming back from 4-1 down and 5-3 down to claim a share of the spoils. For Pumas Dave Hallam and John Hunt both won twice with Jon Dyke winning their other set, while for Vulcans Shafaz Ditta won his three singles and he also won the doubles with John Cawthra who won once. Ditta had two close wins on the night as firstly he beat Dyke 11-8, 11-9,9-11, 9-11, 11-9 and in the final set of the evening he beat Hallam 11-9, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9 to secure a draw for Vulcans.

In Division 2 CSSC Nomads were at full strength, with Dave Hayes back in the team, Hayes won all of his singles sets and the doubles with Geoff Davies, who also won two. Adrian Fray picked up the other win for Nomads. For the Devils, Paul Lythgoe won two and James Mulka one. The Devils could easily have taken a draw from the match as two sets were only lost by 11-7 in the fifth game.

Richard Cullis was the best player for Poolbrook Rangers only dropping one game in his singles sets. Nick Haggar supported him well with two wins and partnering him in the doubles, which went to five games, with three of them going to 9-11. Ted Cates won two for Crackpots ‘B’, with Stan Ginn and Alan Forsdike taking one each.

Stephen Lindner won two sets for the Manor Pak Crackpots, while John Philips won three and Collette James and Charlie Burford two each for Dukes Way Dynamos. The unluckiest player of the evening was Ed Palmer who lost two of his sets in the fifth game and one of these was against John Philips after Palmer had been 2 sets to 1 up after three.

7th November 2011

Division Reports for week 7:

In division one of the Malvern table tennis league Ledbury Collection moved within three points of leaders Broadheath Belters following a 10-0 win over Crackpots 'E'. Nigel Foreshew, Harry Jutle and Ady Marshall were all unbeaten on the night, while Foreshew and Jutle also took the doubles. For Crackpots Richard Maddrell took two of his sets to four games as did Colin Dolding in one of his.

YMCA Vulcans secured their second win of the season as they beat Manor Park Cavaliers 7-3. Shafaz Ditta was in fine form for Vulcans winning his three singles in straight games, while Lukasz Gatkiewicz also won twice and together they won the doubles. John Cawthra won their other set. For Cavaliers Mike Keeley won twice, while Matt Hodges claimed his second win of the season as he beat Cawthra in five games, 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-9.

In division 2 the match between The Scuttling Gang and Crackpots ‘B’ was closer than the score suggests as half the sets required extra games. Ted Cates lost all his sets, including the doubles in the fourth game. Chris Field, Ray Davies and Lyn Davies were the successful trio.

James Mulka and Paul Lythgoe both won all their singles and the doubles for Manor Park Devils against Abbeydowne, with Denis Chetwood picking up a win as well. Bill Lucas and Roy Holland managed to get the point for Abbeydowne.

One of the Poolbrook Rangers players, Richard Cullis, reported on their match with Ripple – “We had cracking match with Ripple last night. The match didn't finish until 11:20pm. Six sets went to a fifth game and Ripple were very unfortunate not to get at least a draw. Pete Nash in particular seems to have returned to form and was unlucky not to beat me after being 10-6 up in the fourth. Roger Davis saved 6 match points against Nick Haggar before Hagger won the match with a shot which just clipped the edge.”

Ted Cates and Stan Ginn both won two for Crackpots ‘B’ and Alan Forsdike partnered Cates to win the doubles. For X–Police Steve Mulka won three, with Alan Holmes and James Palmer each wining one, in a match where five sets went to four games and one to five.

Bill Lucas won two and Len Hitchman one for Abbeydowne when they played Dukes Way Dynamos, but the match could easily have gone to either team as three sets went to five games and another four to four games. Twelve of the games were won by just two points. Charlie Burford won three, Dave Bradley two and Collette James one for Dynamos.

30th October 2011

Division Reports for week 6:

In division one of the Malvern table tennis league Broadheath Belters completed their sixth straight win with another comfortable victory, this time over Manor Park Pumas, 10-0. Michael Siket and Sasha Grokhotov both kept up their unbeaten records for the season while Brett Brining also won his three singles. Jon Dyke was Pumas best player, taking Brining to five and Grokhotov to four as well as teaming up with Dave Hallam in the doubles to lose narrowly in five against Siket and Brining.

Manor Park Express are up to third place in the table following an 8-2 win over Crackpots 'E'. Pete Griffiths and Dave Woodyatt both won their three singles while Ray Page won their other singles set and together with Woodyatt they won the doubles For Crackpots their point was won by Colin Dolding and Matt White who both beat Page 13-11 and 14-12 in the fifth respectively. The match of the night was between Woodyatt and Dolding with the Express man coming out on top, 9-11, 8-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-8.

Ledbury Lions are in fourth place following a win and a draw in their last two games. Firstly they beat Manor Park Pumas 7-3, with Jim Ahern winning his three singles and Steve Meredith also winning twice and between them they also took the doubles. Richard Smith was playing his first match of the season for Lions and all of his three sets went to five games, with all of them ending at 11-8 in the fifth, with only one of them going in his favour. For Pumas Jon Dyke won twice and Dave Hallam once.

Lions next game was a 5-5 draw with YMCA Vulcans where five sets went the full distance with Vulcans winning three of them. Lucasz Gatkiewicz was in fine form for Vulcans winning his three singles with good support coming from Shafaz Ditta who won twice. For Lions Meredith won twice, Ahern and Mike Morgan both won once with Ahern and Meredith again winning the doubles.

Manor Park Pumas third game of the week ended in a 5-5 draw against Cavaliers where five sets went to five with the match not finishing until 11.10pm. Mike Keeley won his three singles for Cavaliers with Trevor Simmons winning twice. For Pumas Dave Knowles won twice with Jon Dyke and Dave Hallam both winning one a piece, whilst also winning the doubles. Matt Hodges was particularly unlucky not to win any for Cavaliers as he lost all three of his sets in five games. In actuality Pumas won all the sets that went to five games as well as coming back from 4-1 down to lead 5-4.

Manor Park Travellers remain bottom after a 9-1 defeat against CSSC Ramblers. Two sets went to five as Chris Hewitt and Alan Salisbury remained unbeaten in both their singles and the doubles with Graham Thompson also winning twice. For Travellers Stewart Moss saved the whitewash by beating Thompson 11-6, 8-11, 7-11, 11-9, 14-12, while Martin Snee was unlucky against Salisbury losing narrowly 13-11, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-13.

In division 2 Devils were disappointed not to get a point from their match with top of the table, Rangers, but in the final set of the evening Paul Lythgoe managed to save the whitewash. Half the sets went to four games and 19 of the 35 games played were won by just two or three points, so the match was much closer than the 1-9 score-line suggests. Nick Haggar and Richard Cullis were unbeaten in singles and doubles, while Chris Burrows won two for the Rangers.

Rangers second match of the week against Malvern Tornados was equally as close, with six sets needing four games and two going to five. Sixteen games went beyond 8-8. Tom James won two singles for Tornados and Cullis won three singles for Rangers and the doubles with Alasdair Maxwell-Stewart. Maxwell-Stewart and Haggar both won two.

Tornados also played twice this week, James, with three singles wins was the best player when they met X–Police. This time Bill Nelson won one. Steve Mulka and Alan Preece both won two and the doubles for X–Police, with Alan Holmes wining one.

CSSC Nomads were a player short again against Manor Park Crackpots, but thanks to three wins by Tony Hughes and one by Adrian Fray and together taking the doubles, they secured a draw. Stephen Lindner and Ed Palmer were the successful Crackpots players and Lindner nearly managed to get a win for them by taking Tony Hughes to five games in the final set and only losing by 11-8 in the fifth.

24th October 2011

League Notifications:

1. Lynda Reid, who has been General Secretary of the Worcestershire County Table Tennis Association for some twenty years or so, is stepping down at the end of this season. The County are seeking a replacement to be appointed at the AGM to be held in June 2012. Lynda has said that she is prepared to speak with anyone interested in the position and deal with any questions he/she might wish to raise. She can be contacted at home on 01386 553483. Any person interested in becoming General Secretary of the County Association should please contact Doug Young on 01905 352960.

2. All players should by now have paid their ETTA Individual Membership fees. This payment forms part of the insurance for individuals playing in the league and therefore, anyone who hasn't paid will be ineligible from league and cup matches until their payment has been confirmed. Any games played by that individual may (at the committee's discretion) be forfeited.

Division Reports for week 6:

In division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league favourites Broadheath Belters chalked up their fifth straight victory with a very comfortable 9-1 win over Manor Park Cavaliers. Michael Siket, Sasha Grokhotov and Brett Brining all won their singles. While Mike Keeley and Stan Mason saved the whitewash for Cavaliers by winning the doubles against John Stalker and Siket in a very tight set 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 9-11, 11-9.

Pterodactyl Old Boys have moved up to third in the table following wins over Crackpots 'E' and Manor Park Pumas. Against Crackpots Wayne Chopping won his three singles in straight games, while Norman Merchant and Graham Collier both won twice and together they also won the doubles to give them an 8-2 victory. For Crackpots Colin Dolding continued his good start to the season, winning twice. In the match against Pumas four sets went to five games and another three sets to four as Old Boys recorded a hard fought 6-4 win. Chopping again won his three singles, with Merchant and Collier both winning once. In the doubles Chopping and Merchant combined to secure the victory and the three points for Old Boys. Of the four sets that went the full distance Pumas won three of them as Jon Dyke won twice while Dave Hallam and John Hunt won one apiece.

YMCA Vulcans recorded their first win of the season as they beat Manor Park Travellers 8-2. Shafza Ditta and Lukasz Gatkiewicz both won their three singles with John Cawthra also winning once. For Travellers their point came courtesy of Stewart Moss and Martin Snee who both won once. The match of the night was in the doubles where the Travellers pair of Moss and Snee were two games up on Ditta and Gatkiewicz and they could have easily won in the third game, but having lost it, they went down to the youngsters 11-3, 12-10, 9-11, 4-11, 3-11.

In Division 2 this week CSSC Nomads continue to have problems getting a full team to play matches, but Geoff Davies and Adrian Fray each won three singles and the doubles for the team, ensuring they took three points from their match against Abbeydowne. Roy Holland came closest to winning a set for Abbeydowne when he lost by 12-14 in the fifth game with Davies.

Ripple had a closer match with The Scuttling Gang than the final score suggests. Pete Nash’s set against Bill Smith, the opening set of the evening, ended with a score of 11-9, 6-11, 21-23, 11-6 , 10-12 and in other sets scores of 13-15 and 14-16 were recorded, but Peter Quy and Pete Nash were each only able to win one. Bill Smith and Ray Davies were unbeaten on the night.

Manor Park Crackpots had a long evening with Abbeydowne, which did not finish until nearly 11 o’clock. Seven sets went to four games and four of them to five, with sixteen of the games only being won by two points. Bill Lucas saved the whitewash for Abbeydowne by beating Will Jones and narrowly lost to Ed Palmer with a score of 13-11, 15-13, 11-3, 9-11, 11-9. Stephen Lindner and Palmer both won all their singles and the doubles, whilst Jones took two for Crackpots.

17th October 2011

Division Reports for week 5:

In division one of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league Broadheath Belters have gone back to the top on games difference over Ledbury Collection. They defeated Manor Park Travellers 9-1 with Michael Siket and Brett Brining both winning their three singles and the doubles, while John Stalker chipped in with their other two wins. For Travellers the whitewash was saved by Martin Snee who beat Stalker 12-10 in the fifth.

Belters followed this up with a 10-0 win over Ledbury Lions, again Siket and Brining were unbeaten as was their third player Sasha Grokhotov. The nearest Lions came to taking a set was in the doubles where Steve Meredith and Jim Ahern lost narrowly in five against Stalker and Siket 7-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 8-11.

Ledbury Collection are in second place following a hard fought 6-4 win over Manor Park Cavaliers in a game where five sets went the full distance, with Collection winning four of them. Harry Jutle and Ann Barnes both won two apiece, while Bryan Farr won once and together with Jutle they also took the doubles. For Cavaliers Trevor Simmons and Mike Keeley both won twice.

CSSC Ramblers ran out 9-1 winners over YMCA Vulcans with Chris Hewitt and Graham Thompson both winning their three singles and the doubles. Alan Salisbury also won twice for Ramblers, but he was beaten by Shafaz Ditta 11-3, 4-11, 8-11, 11-13.

Manor Park Express came out on top in the derby game against Pumas when they won 6-4. Dave Woodyatt was in fine form for Express winning his three singles and he was ably supported by Ray Davies who was playing up from the second division, who won twice, while Woodyatt and Ray Page won the doubles in five games. For Pumas Dave Hallam won twice while there was a win apiece for both Jon Dyke and John Hunt.

In division 2 Tom James won two singles and Bill Nelson one for Malvern Tornados when they played Crackpots ‘B’, but Ted Cates was too strong for all the home team. Cates was supported by Alan Forsdike, with two singles sets and Stan Ginn who won one, while Cates and Forsdike also won the doubles. However seven sets went to four games and one to five, with eleven games only being won by two points.

Against Ripple only Ginn and Cates managed wins for the ‘B’ team, but this time five sets went to four games and two of them to five. Bryan Gregory was the best player for Ripple with three singles wins and he took the doubles with Pete Nash. Nash won two singles and so did Peter Quy.

In the match between X–Police and Manor Park Devils the doubles set was the vital contest of the evening. When this set was played the score stood at three all and the final doubles score line ended up at 9-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11 showing how closely fought the match was. After that the X–Police could only manage one more win giving the Devils a good 6-4 win. James Palmer took two, with Steve Mulka and Alan Holmes one each for the home team. Whilst for Devils James Mulka won three and partnered Paul Lythgoe to the doubles victory. Lythgoe also had two singles wins to his name.

10th October 2011

Division Reports for week 4:

With another three point win this week, Poolbrook Rangers have reached the top of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league division two table. Richard Cullis and Nick Haggar both won three for Rangers and the doubles. While newcomer to the league, Chris Burrows, won one. Ed Palmer and Stephen Lindner each won a singles set for Manor Park Crackpots.

Dukes Way Dynamos had mixed fortunes with their two results in this week. They beat X-Police 6-4, with Charlie Burford and John Philips both winning two and the doubles. Meanwhile Collette James won one, while James Palmer won three for X-Police and Malcolm Dalley one. The match between The Scuttling Gang and Dynamos saw five sets going to four games and another two to five. Chris Field and Ray Davies won two singles and the doubles for The Scuttling Gang, with Bill Smith winning three singles. While Charlie Burford and John Philips could both only manage one each for Dynamos.

The same team was again in action for The Scuttling Gang when they played the Devils and won all the sets. Four sets went to four games and two to five games. Devils were unlucky not to get any points from the match as eleven of the games were only won by two points and another four by three points.

In division one Ledbury Collection have gone top following 7-3 and 10-0 wins over Manor Park Travellers and Ledbury Lions respectively. Against Travellers Nigel Foreshew won his three singles while Bob Marshall and Bryan Farr both won twice while for Travellers Martin Snee and Stewart Moss won one each and the doubles. Collection's latest win was an impressive 10-0 win over Lions with Foreshew again winning all his singles as did Harry Jutle and Ann Barnes. While for Lions Mike Morgan was unlucky not to win any as he lost 11-9 and 12-10 in the fifth against Barnes and Jutle.

Manor Park Cavaliers are in second place following back to back wins over Crackpots 'E' and Express. In the two games Trevor Simmons and Mike Keeley both won five singles out of six as well as the doubles, while Matt Hodges won his first set of the season when he beat Matt White from Crackpots. For Crackpots Colin Dolding won twice as did Pete Griffiths for Express.

Favourites Broadheath Belters defeated CSSC Ramblers 9-1 with Michael Siket and Sasha Grokhotov both winning their singles and the doubles, while Brett Brining also won twice. Chris Hewitt saved the whitewash for Ramblers, while Alan Salisbury was unlucky to lose to Grokhotov 11-8 in the fifth.

Manor Park Pumas finally got their season started with a 7-3 over Crackpots 'E', Jon Dyke and Dave Hallam both won their three singles with John Hunt winning their other set. Dolding and White both won one for Crackpots, while Dolding and Dave Steen combined to win the doubles.

3rd October 2011

Division Reports for week 3:

In Division 2 of the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league Poolbrook Rangers have two three point wins to their credit this week, with a whitewash over Abbeydowne and a nine nil win against CSSC Nomads. Nick Haggar and Richard Cullis won all their singles and Alasdair Maxwell-Stewart won five. Alasdair played in both the successful doubles. Tony Hughes was the Nomads player to save them a whitewash and the only player to take a set off Rangers.

Stephen Lindner again won all his singles for Manor Park Crackpots and partnered Ed Palmer to win the doubles. Ed also won a singles set. Steve Mulka and Alan Preece both won two for X–Police, with Alan Holmes winning one ensuring a well won draw for both teams.

Stan Ginn and Alan Forsdike each won one singles for Crackpots ‘B’ and the doubles against Manor Park Devils. Paul Lythgoe and James Mulka both won three for Devils, whilst Denis Chetwood won one in an evening when half the sets needed extra games.

Tom James of the Malvern Tornados played extremely well to take three sets from the much more experienced players in the Ripple team. Rob Harness also won one set, but Roger Davies and Pete Nash each won two and the doubles for Ripple. Only two sets were won in straight games and three went to five games.

26th September 2011

Division Reports for week 2:

It's been a slow start in division one of the Paperstation Malvern Table Tennis League with only four results in from a possible ten matches, in the opening two weeks of the season.

Broadheath Belters are the early season leaders having beaten YMCA Vulcans 8-2, Michael Siket and debutant Sasha Grokhotov both won their three singles as well as the doubles, while John Stalker chipped in with their other win. For Vulcans Craig Preece and Lukasz Gatkiewicz both won one, while Shafaz Ditta was unlucky not to win any as he lost in five games to Stalker 3-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-13, 7-11.

Joint top with Broadheath are last years runners up Pterodactyl Old Boys who beat a new look Manor Park Cavaliers side 8-2. Wayne Chopping won his three singles and he had good support from both Graham Collier and Norman Merchant who both won twice, with Chopping and Collier also taking the doubles. For Cavaliers their point came courtesy of Mike Keeley who won twice, while Matt Hodges and Stan Mason both acquitted themselves well at this higher level. Hodges was particularly unlucky not to beat Merchant who was playing his first Malvern league game in five years as he went down 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 9-11, 3-11.

In the match between Travellers and Crackpots 'E' three of the sets went to five and another five went to four games as the match ended in a hard fought 5-5 draw. Stewart Moss was in top form for Travellers winning his three singles with two of these being by two points in the fifth game, while Martin Snee won twice, again one of these was won by two points in the fifth game. For Crackpots Colin Dolding won twice, Richard Maddrell and Matt White won one each, with Dolding and Maddrell taking the all important doubles.

Ledbury Collection beat YMCA Vulcans 6-4 in a game where four sets went the full distance. Nigel Foreshew won twice for Collection as did Ady Marshall while Ann Barnes won once and she then teamed up with Foreshew to take the doubles. Craig Preece played well for Vulcans winning his three singles, while Shafaz Ditta claimed the other win.

In division 2 Dave Hayes and Tony Hughes won all their singles in straight games for CSSC Nomads against X-Police. While Geoff Davies won two of his singles sets. The doubles went to Tony Hughes and Adrian Fray. James Palmer was the only X-Police player to win a set.

The match between Crackpots ‘B’ and Dukes Way Dynamos was much closer with seven sets requiring extra games and four of them went to a fifth game. Ted Cates won all his singles and was supported by Alan Forsdike with two wins and Stan Ginn with one for the ‘B’ team. Charlie Burford won two for Dynamos and Dave Bradley, making a welcome return to the Malvern League after many years absence, won one and the doubles with Charlie. Collette James was unlucky not to have a win as she only lost 15-17 in the fifth game against Alan Forsdike.

The Scuttling Gang had only two players against the Manor Park Crackpots, but five of the seven sets played went to four games and three of them to five. Stephen Lindner won two and the doubles with Will Jones for Crackpots, while Ray Davies and Bill Smith each won two for the Scuttling Gang.

The first two sets of the evening between Devils and Ripple went to five games and in spite of both going to Ripple (the first set being lost by 9-11 and the second by 10-12 in their fifth games), it looked like being a long close night ahead, but in the end James Mulka was the only Devil to win a set. While Peter Quy and Roger Davies won three singles for Ripple, Pete Nash two and together Nash and Davies took the doubles leaving Devils without a point from a match that didn’t finish until 10.45pm.

19th September 2011

Division Reports for week 1:

The opening games to the Paperstation Malvern table tennis league have commenced with some interesting results in division 2. All eight teams that played got at least one point from their matches. X – Police had the easiest win, with an 8 – 2 scoreline. Steve Mulka and James Palmer both won three singles, together they won the doubles and Alan Holmes took one singles set. While Len Hitchman and Roy Holland won one each for Abbeydowne.

Stephen Lindner won three singles sets for Manor Park Crackpots. He was supported by Will Jones with two wins and Ed Palmer with one. Ted Cates won two singles and Alan Forsdike one for the ‘B’ team. The ever reliable pair also won the doubles.

Charlie Burford and John Phillips both won all their singles and the doubles for Dynamos, while Roger Davies, Peter Nash and Peter Quy all took one for Ripple.

Last season’s Manor Park Allsorts have now become the Malvern Tornados. In an exciting start to the season they were held to a draw by Manor Park Devils. Tom James won three singles sets and partnered Rob Harness in a doubles win. Rob also picked up one singles set for Tornados. While James Mulka and Dennis Chetwood had two victories each for Devils and Liz Hallam took one.

18th August 2011

New Season/ Coaching

The new season will commence on Monday 12th September with a total of 22 teams split into two divisions. As per the rules for 2010/2011 the bottom 2 teams of Division 1 have been relegated and the top 2 teams of Division 2 promoted. This leaves the 2 divisions as follows;

Div 1	Div 2
Manor Park Cavaliers	Poolbrook Rangers (Relegated team)
Pterodactyl Old Boys	The Scuttling Gang (Relegated team)
Broadheath Belters	X-Police
CSSC Ramblers	Malvern Tornados (Formally Manor Park Allsorts)
Ledbury Collection	CSSC Nomads
Manor Park Express	Dukes Way Dynamos
Ledbury Lions	Crackpots 'B'
Manor Park Pumas	Manor Park Crackpots
Crackpots 'E'	Ripple
YMCA Vulcans (Promoted team)	Devils
Manor Park Travellers (Promoted team)	Abbeydowne

The new coaching sessions will commence on Sunday 18th September with the previous format remaining unchanged. For further details, please refer to the Coaching section of this website.

Draw for First Round of Handicap Competition

The draw for the 1st round of the handicap competition has been undertaken and is as follows;

Ripple vs Manor Park Pumas

Manor Park Travellers vs Poolbrook Rangers

CSSC Ramblers vs Crackpots ‘E’

Pterodactyl Old Boys vs Dukes Way Dynamos

YMCA Vulcans vs Malvern Tornados

Crackpots ‘B’ vs Ledbury Lions

Manor Park Crackpots vs Abbeydowne

Manor Park Cavaliers vs The Scuttling Gang

Broadheath Belters vs X-Police

CSSC Nomads vs Devils

Ledbury Collection vs Manor Park Express

Matches are to be played week beginning 5/12/2011