Champions, Burymead B, launched their campaign with an emphatic whitewash of their C team. Michael Hill, Richard Tanner and Chris Bush doing the damage. Newly promoted College Hill A easily beat Ash A 8-2. Rory Scott secured a maximum for College Hill with team-mates Phil Harrison and Andy Clegg each winning twice but both lost to Ash’s Rod Kay. Burymead A eased past Challoner A 6-4. Phil Snelson picked up a trio for Burymead with Robib Prettty supporting with a couple this was matched by Challoner’s Anthony Johnson. Merrow B beat Godalming B 7-3 with Richard Seymour unbeaten and Andy Meads winning a couple in Merrow’s cause. A feature of the match was a win by Godalming’s Danielle Kelly over Andy Meads.
In the First Division Merrow D put their cards down with a 9-1 mauling of Ash B. John Grant and Scott Ayers both recorded trios and Shaun Newbold won twice. Godalming D beat newly promoted Merrow E 7-3 with Fei Fei Pei unbeaten and Yawei Wang and Carsten Horne notching duos but both beaten by Merrow’s Nigel Oh. Bramley A and Godalming E shared the points with no player unbeaten. Geoff Nevitt and Peter Palmer won twice for Bramley as did Godalming’s Jason Minoo and Carsten Horne. Cody A and College Hill B also split the points with College Hill’s Graham Nutting undefeated. Colleague Ady Mitchell won twice as did Cody’s Paul Shakespeare.
In the Second Division Godalming F eased past Woking LTC A 6-4. Steve Day won all three for Godalming with Jamie Felton grabbing a brace in support. Daniel Koenigsberger won twice for Woking. Bramley B beat Godalming G 8-2 with Linda Makepeace unbeaten and team-mates Dick Nevitt and Joe Melchionno winning a couple apiece. Both were beaten by Godalming’s Adit Gandhi. Merrow F and two man Aftermath D shared the points with Frank Roberts undefeated for Aftermath.
In the Third Division Aftermath E edged past Bramley C 6-4. Bramley’s Kim Farminer secured a maximum with duos for the Aftermath pair of John Setterfield and Dave Thomas, Godalming L also won 6-4, this against College Hill E. Newcomer Henry Russell won three for Godalming with College Hill’s Melvin Rose winning a couple. Burymead D beat Woking LTC B 7-3 with Gordon Aplin recording a trio and colleague Richard penton winning twice as did Woking’s Malcolm Hollett. Ash C whitewashed Godalming J with Margaret Thornton, Tony Harrison and Sheila Pretty. Godalming H proved just too strong for Bramley D winning 6-4. Chris King won all three for Godalming with Shula Laws supporting with a brace. Gary Nicholson won a couple for Bramley. College Hill D showed they are promotion contenders this season with an emphatic 8-2 victory over Godalming K. Stephen Kamphansen won all three for College Hill with Mike Caudrey and Lesley Clement supporting with duos.
Merrow D is setting the early pace in the First Division. Another 9-1 victory, against Godalming E, giving them a healthy lead. John Grant and Scott Ayers were unbeaten with Shaun Newbold supporting with a pair. Even with only two players Godalming D maintained their 100% record with a 6-4 success against College HIll B. Yawei Wang secured a full house with team mate Fei Fei Pei winning twice. The only other perfect record in the division is that of Challoner B who beat Aftermath A 7-3. Steve Collins recorded a maximum with Trevor Spraggs supporting with a pair. This was matched by Aftermath’s Steve Pearce.
In the Fourth Division College Hill F boasts a perfect record after two matches. Their latest whitewash was against Godalming M with Rick Clement, Richard Abbey and Dick Tull winning the points. Their closest rivals, Emmanuel and Challoner C shared the spoils with Challoner’s Chris Ray undefeated. Keith Brown and Stephen Schofield each won twice for Emmanuel. Abinger B eased past Godalming N 6-4 with Jim Faulkner winning all three for Abinger and team mate John Whittlesea grabbing a brace. Rob Chatwin won a couple for Godalming.
Already the Second Division appears to be very tight with no team having a perfect record after two matches. Woking LTC A shared the points with Aftermath C with no player unbeaten. Dave Wilson and Martin Strutt each won twice for Aftermath as did Woking’s Richard Hitchcox. Merrow G eased past their F team 6-4 with James Selby winning all three for the G team supported by Carole Ingram with a couple. Tim Ngyou won a couple for the F team.
In the Premier Division Ash A and Godalming C split the points with two players from each side winning a couple, Eliot Tilley and Rob Gladstone for Ash and Tony Harrild and Manoj Shah for Godalming. Godalming B and College hIll A also shared the points with College Hill’s Phil Harrison unbeaten. Robin Honey and Danielle Kelly each won twice for Godalming. Godalming A could well be a force this season demonstrated by their 7-3 victory over Merrow A. Adam Laws and newcomer Federico Viterbo were both unbeaten for Godalming.
The two best players in the Premier Division last season Chris Bush and Adam Laws both suffered defeats in their latest match. Although Burymead B beat Merrow B 7-3 with Bush, Richard Tanner and Tim Goodship each winning twice Merrow’s Dan Barna claimed the prize scalp of Bush. Martin Chodounsky now with Ash A inflicted a rare defeat on Godalming A’s Laws. Godalming won the match 7-3 with Federico Vitterbo unbeaten and Laws winning his other two, Chodounsky won twice for Ash. Danielle Kelly is believed to be the youngest player to secure a maximum when her team, Godalming B, trounced the club’s C team. Kinga Oryl also won all three with Robin Honey bagging a brace.
The early pace setter in the Third Division is College Hill D. Their latest success was a 7-3 victory against Woking LTC B. All the College Hill trio, Dave Partridge, Steve Clement and Stephen Kampheson won twice. Also with a 100% record is Burymead D who added Bramley D as their latest victims in a 7-3 success. Gordon Aplin and Richard Penton were both unbeaten for Burymead. College Hill E and Aftermath E shared the points with Peter Caudrey grabbing a maximum and Peter Norman winning twice for College Hill this was matched by Aftermath’s Alan Webb.
In the First Division Godalming D possess the only perfect record after a narrow, 6-4, victory over Ash B. Fei Fei Pei won all her three for Godalming with Yawei Wang supporting with a duo. Merrow D still top the table but they had to share the spoils with Aftermath B. Trevor Sanders picked up all three for Aftermath with Shaun Newbold and Nigel Oh twice victorious for Merrow. Cody A has started the season well with the latest success being an 8-2 win over Godalming E. Both Kin Chan and Paul Shakespeare were unbeaten for Cody.
In the Fourth Division Abinger B continue unbeaten after a 7-3 success against Woking LTC D. Jim Faulkner and Keith Sutton were both unbeaten for Abinger. Godalming P and R split the points with newcomer Rob Chatwin unbeaten for the P team. Team-mate Alan Lewell chipped in with a pair and this was matched by the N team’s Aubrey Collins.
The Premier Cup competition, the Percy Lawes Cup, started with Godalming A entertaining Merrow C in a match that also doubled up as a league fixture. Godalming won the match 9-1 with Adam Laws and Federico Vitterbo unbeaten and team-mate Rob Poutney winning a couple. In the other Percy Lawes match Merrow A easily beat Burymead A 5-1 with both John Robinson and Jason Tendler undefeated
The Intermediate Cup produced a 5-0 whitewash for Bramley A against Godalming E. Peter Palmer, Geoff Nevitt and Nick Gould were the victorious trio. The match between Merrow D and E was much tighter with the D team winning 5-4. Scott Ayers and John Grant each won twice for the D team as did the E team’s Nigel Oh.
In the Lewis Cup Aftermath C swept past Cranleigh 6-2. James Sellen was unbeaten for Aftermath with colleague Dave Harden winning twice. Peter Coventry won the two for Cranleigh. Bramley D proved too strong for Merrow G winning 5-1. Both Linda Makepeace and Steve Cheeseman avoided defeat
Aftermath E started their cup campaign in the Last Two Cup with an emphatic 7-2 win over Ash C. John Setterfield was unbeaten for Aftermath with both Alan Sherwin and Dave Thomas winning a couple in support. Both lost to Ash’s Sheila Pretty. Bramley D eased past Godalming H 5-3 with no player unbeaten on the evening. Dave Phillips and Gary Nicholson both won twice for Bramley as did Godalming’s Fred Florance. Godalming K beat Challoner C 7-2. Paul Fenton secured a trio with colleagues Charlie Verschoyle and Richard Naylor both winning twice.
In the Bob Hammond Trophy Emmanuel TTC proved too strong for Bramley E winning 6-3 although Bramley’s David Barraclough was unbeaten. Stephen Schofield, Keith Brown and Stephen Bridle all won twice for Emmanuel. Cody B breezed past Godalming M 7-1. Kim Phillips and Ken Thompson were both undefeated for Cody.
A rare, if not unique, occurrence took place in the Third Division when College Hill D’s Steve Clement came back from 10-0 down to take a set off Bramley D’s Dave Phillips. Phillips, however, had the last laugh winning in five sets. This was part of a draw with College Hill’s Dave Partridge unbeaten and the Bramley pair of Phillips and Gary Nicholson each winning twice. Bramley C is edging up the table after a 6-4 victory over College Hill E. Kim Farminer recorded a maximum with the College Hill pair of Peter Norman and Dan Woods each winning twice.
In the Premier Division Burymead B inflicted the first defeat of the season on College Hill A. Chris Bush secured a full house with team-mates Richard Tanner and Tim Goodship both bagging braces but both lost to College Hill’s Rory Scott. Godalming A whitewashed their B team with Adam Laws, Federico Vitterbo and Rob Poutney. The first clash between the two sides destined for first and second is Halloween Night at Burymead.
Challoner C moved to the top of the table in the Fourth Division when they overwhelmed, previously undefeated, Abinger B 9-1. Ken Lemon and Chris Ray each picked up trios whilst Alan Cumper won a couple. Godalming R and Cody B split the points with Ty Tyson winning all three for Godalming and Alan Richards and Kim Phillips twice successful for Cody.
In the First Division Aftermath A secured their initial win of the season, 6-4, against Ash B. Simon Turner was unbeaten for Aftermath with colleague Steve Pearce winning a couple as did Ash’s Paul Rumble. Bramley A and Challoner B maintained their undefeated start to the season, sharing the points. No player was unbeaten with duos for Geoff Nevitt and Nick Gould for Bramley and Steve Collins and Crispian Knight for Challoner.
In the Second Division Cranleigh retained their 100% record with a 7-3 victory over Aftermath D. Peter Coventry won all three for Cranleigh with team-mates Angela Coventry and Brian Amos twice victorious, both losing to Aftermath’s Alan Webb. Abinger A also boast a winning record after a narrow 6-4 success over Woking LTC A. Mike Hughes was unbeaten for Abinger with colleague Brendan Bayley winning a couple as did Woking’s Mike Glen.
There were some significant results in the Third Division with several teams recording their first victory of the season. Woking LTC B beat Godalming J 8-2 with Bimal Shukla and Malcolm Hollett both unbeaten. Godalming K eased past Bramley C 6-4 with Paul Fenton winning all three and Richard Naylor supporting with a couple. This was matched by Bramley’s Kim Farminer. Bramley D overcame Godalming L 8-2 with both Dave Phillips and Gary Nicholson recording trios. College Hill D inflicted the first defeat on Burymead D winning 6-4. Gordon Aplin was unbeaten for Burymead with Steve Clement and Dave Partridge both winning twice for College Hill.
Merrow D lost for the first time in the First Division when Bramley A edged past them 6-4. Dave Halfpenny was the star performer on the evening with a full house for Merrow. Geoff Nevitt and Nick Gould both bagged braces for Bramley. Aftermath A beat Godalming E 8-2 with both Steve Pearce and Simon Turner notching trios. Albert Cheung won a couple in support.
Bramley E, in the Fourth Division, enjoyed their first success of the season, against Godalming R, 6-4. Ty Tyson won all his three for Godalming with all the Bramley team, Richard Phelps, Mahboob Raza and Malcolm Moran-Ellis each winning a couple. Emmanuel TTC inflicted the first defeat on College Hill F winning 8-2. Keith Brown and Stephen Schofield each recorded maximums for Emmanuel.
Three teams still boast a 100% record in the Second Division. Cranleigh eased past Merrow F 6-4 with Peter Coventry winning three times for Cranleigh and wife, Angela, twice successful. John Upham bagged a brace for Merrow. Abinger A beat Merrow G 8-2 with both Mike Hughes and Brendan Bayley remaining unbeaten. Godalming F, even with only two players, proved too strong for Aftermath D, winning 6-4. Steve Day won all his three with Jonathan Cannon winning twice in support.
The top two in the Premier Division, Burymead B and Godalming A, produced an excellent match and, ultimately, the points were shared. Godalming’s Adam Laws was the star performer of the evening with a maximum and team-mate Frederico Vitterbo bagged a brace as did Burymead’s Chris Bush. Merrow C eased past Godalming B 6-4 with Merrow’s Andy Mudie unbeaten. Micky Lang supported with a duo with Godalming’s Robin Honey also winning twice. College Hill A and Challoner A split the points with College Hill’s Rory Scott winning all three. Team mate Phil farrison won twice as did Challoner’s Anthony Johnson.
Woking LTC A in the Second Division chalked up their first win of the season against Godalming G. Daniel Koenigsberger won all three for Woking with the Godalming pair of Adit Gandhi and Chris Gottlieb each winning twice. Bramley B inflicted the first defeat of the season on Cranleigh easing past them 6-4. Steve Cheeseman recorded a maximum for Bramley whilst both Brian Amos and Angela Coventry each won a couple for Cranleigh.
Aftermath A & B met in the First Division when the B team tasted success for the first time this season. Trevor Sanders picked up a full house for the B team whilst Albert Cheung won a duo for the A squad. Cody A inflicted the first defeat on Bramley A winning 7-3. Kin Chan was undefeated for Cody with Paul Shakespeare supporting with a pair.
The Fourth Division promotion race appears to involve three teams. Challoner C lead the way with a 9-1 success over Godalming M. Ken Lemon and Chris Ray were both unbeaten with colleague Alan Cumper won twice. Emmanuel TTC beat Abinger B 7-3. Stephen Schofield picked up a full house with Keith Brown bagging a brace as did Abinger’s Jim Faulkner. Woking LTC C overcame Godalming P 7-3 with Andrew Bramwell winning three and team-mates Simon Reed and Derek Adams each successful twice. Rob Chatwin won twice for Godalming.
There were some major results in the Third Division when the two remaining unbeaten records fell. Godalming J beat College Hill D 6-4 with doubles from Matheus Brocardo and Hugh McKee but nobody could get the better of College Hill’s Steve Clement. Bramley D also won 6-4 to inflict Aftermath E’s first defeat. Gary Nicholson remained undefeated for Bramley with both Alan Webb and Dave Thomas bagging braces for Aftermath. Bramley C eased past Woking B 6-4 with Steve Palmer winning all three and colleague Alan Osgood winning twice. Malcolm Hollett won a couple for Woking.
Godalming F, in the Second Division, maintained their perfect record by inflicting the first loss of the season on Bramley B 7-3. Jamie Felton recorded a maximum for Godalming with colleague Charlie Cunningham supporting with a duo. Linda Makepeace won a couple for Bramley. Abinger A also have a proud unbeaten record after defeating Godalming G 7-3. Brendan Bayley recorded a full house for Abinger with team-mate Mike May getting a duo as did Godalming’s Paul Fenton.
In the Premier Division Godalming C beat a two-man College Hill A outfit, 8-2, to notch their first victory of the campaign. Clayton Green and Tony Harrild were both unbeaten for Godalming. Burymead C eased past Merrow C 6-4 with Daniel Heo leading the way with a full house. Tim Goodship won a couple in support as did Merrow’s Micky Lang.
Challoner B have moved to the top of the First Division with an emphatic 9-1 victory over Merrow D. Steve Collins and Maria Hilsdon were both unbeaten with Crispian Knight bagging a brace. Merrow E and Aftermath B shared the points. Trevor Sanders recorded a trio for Aftermath with team-mate Bill Matlock winning twice as did Merrow’s Ce Guo.
Guildford TTL Team Handicap – Round 1
A disappointingly low entry saw the need for just 6 first round matches, the winners of those matches joining 10 other teams in the last 16.
The pick of the round 1 matches was the game between Ash C and Woking A which finished 6-6 and therefore went to points scored with Woking edging it 373-359. Game of the evening was between Margaret Thornton and Alex Bolychevsky – giving away 3 points Margaret won 11-4, 11-8 but crashed to a 2-11 defeat in the final leg to leave Alex the winner by 2 points.
The all Godalming affair between the E & K teams resulted in a very comfortable victory for the K’s by 11-1. A few close results but Naylor/Verschoyle/Fenton look to have been in control for most of the evening. A similar situation in the Godalming H and Ash B match – a few close results but a comfortable 8-3 victory for the Godalming trio of King/Brocardo/Florance.
The only other result to hand involves Emmanuel and Bramley E which went the way of Emmanuel by 7.5 to 4.5. Scorecard in the post apparently.
No results received at time of writing for the Challoner C/Bramley C or Aftermath Y/Godalming P matches.
The next round of the team handicap is w/c 5th December. Please check the league website for details of the draw which will be updated once all results are to hand. Handicaps for round 2 will be on the website by 30th November latest.
Just a reminder that the league will hold its handicap tournament on 5th Feb 2017 at the Guildford TT centre. More details will be on the website early January.
The top two in the Second Division met with College Hill C taking the 100% record of Godalming F, 6-4. Derek Hubbard starred for College Hill with a maximum whilst Jamie Felton won a couple in a match in which every player tasted success over the evening. Abinger A maintained their 100% record with an 8-2 success against Aftermath D. Mike Hughes and Brendan Bayley were both unbeaten. Bramley B overcame Aftermath C 7-3. Steve Cheeseman picked up a trio for Bramley with team-mate Joe Melchionno bagging a brace as did Aftermath’s Martin Strutt. Woking LTC A edged past Merrow F 6-4 thanks to doubles from Daniel Koenigsberger and Michael Glen. Tim Ngyou won twice for Merrow. Cranleigh beat Merrow G 7-3 with Angela Coventry winning all three. She was ably supported by Peter Coventry and Brian Amos though both lost to Merrow’s James Selby.
In the First Division Ash B tasted success for the first time this campaign when they edged past Godalming E 6-4. Carsten Horne was undefeated for Godalming with pairs from the Ash duo of Chris Dury and Paul Rumble. Aftermath B beat College Hill B 7-3 with Trevor Sanders unbeaten and colleague Steve Cheek winning twice. Adrian Sharp secured a duo for College Hill. Bramley A beat Aftermath A 6-4 with Geoff Nevitt leading the way with a trio. Simon Turner and Steve Pearce each won twice for Aftermath.
Godalming H picked up an impressive 8-2 success against College Hill E in the Third Division. Fred Florance led the way with a full house whilst Shula Laws and Chris King both won twice each losing out to College Hill’s Melvin Rose. Bramley C and D shared the spoils. No player was unbeaten with duos from Alan Osgood and Kim Farminer for the C team and Gary Smith and David Barraclough matching this for the D squad. Aftermath E and College Hill D also split the points. The star player of the evening was College Hill’s Dave Partridge with the Aftermath pair of John Setterfield and Dave Thomas bagging braces. Yet another draw was played between Godalming J and L. Matheus Brocardo secured a maximum for the J team with Henry Russell and Zsolt Podolyak winning twice apiece for the L team. Burymead D eased past Godalming K 6-4. All the Burymead squad, Gordon Aplin, Richard Green and Richard Penton won twice as did Godalming’s Paul Fenton.
GUILDFORD TEAM HANDICAP – ROUND 2
The stand out match of round 2 featured Emmanuel at home to Godalming F. Three matches finished level on points with the visitors Jamie Felton’s 8-11, 5-11, 1-11 victory over Stephen Bridle being the pick of the bunch. Another 3 matches finished with a margin of just a couple of points and strangely the first of the doubles matches is recorded as ‘not played’ – no point awarded to either team. Godalming won the match 6.5 to 4.5 but Emmanuel may well have finished the evening reflecting on what might have been.
Three matches also finished level on points in the Bramley D vs Woking A with the visitors Richard Hitchcox featuring in two of those matches. Richard won his third singles but his efforts could not prevent Bramley winning the tie 6.5 to 4.5.
Strangest result of the round featured the all Godalming affair between the G and L teams. Played ahead of schedule it was a 2 a side match resulting in a 4-1 victory for the L team of James Landon and Ty Tyson over Danielle and Estelle Kelly.
The remaining results all suggest matches were won comfortably – Godalming K overcame Aftermath X by 8.5 to 3.5 and Cranleigh made the drive home fairly early after going down 7.5 to 0.5 at Aftermath Y. Challoner C triumphed 10-2 at Godalming although in fairness to the home team some of the matches were reasonably close. Merrow G lost 1-11 at home to Cody B – not seen the scoresheet for that one yet but I know Merrow gave some match practice to two new players. The result from the Godalming H vs Cody A match has not yet come thru.
There was an excellent quarter-final tie in the Intermediate Cup when Challoner B, who must be favourites for promotion, entertained Cody A. Peter Anthony started by beating Maria Hilsdon to give Cody the lead. Challoner hit back when Crispian Knight overcame Paul Shakespeare. Kin Chan restored the lead for Cody by beating Steve Collins in five games, Challoner then took a 3-2 lead when Knight beat Anthony and Hilsdon beat Chan. Cody squared the match with victory for Shakespeare over Collins. The critical seventh game was won when Knight suffered defeat for the first time against Chan. Collins again drew Challoner level with victory over Anthony. Shakespeare, in the ninth game, proved just too good for Hilsdon to give Cody the match 5-4. No player lost or won all three.
Challoner B bounced back from that unexpected defeat to secure an excellent First Division result, 7-3, against previously unbeaten Godalming D. Crispian Knight was undefeated for Challoner with team-mate Maria Hilsdon winning twice as did Godalming’s Carsten Horne. Merrow E thrashed their club mates the D team 8-2. Ce Guo led the way with a maximum whilst David Joyce and Nigel Oh both won twice but neither could beat the D team’s John Grant. There was a fiercely fought contest between Bramley A and College Hill B which went the way of Bramley 7-3. Peter Palmer won all his three for Bramley with colleagues Geoff Nevitt and Nick Gould each winning twice.
Another team experiencing defeat for the first time this campaign was Abinger A in the Second Division who fell to Bramley B 7-3. Steve Cheeseman recorded a trio for Bramley and he was supported by Linda Makepeace who won a couple. This was matched by Abinger’s Mike Hughes. Godalming G won for the first time this season when they edged past Aftermath D 6-4. The star performer of the evening was Aftermath’s Paola Sala with a full house but braces from Godalming’s Adit Gandhi and Chris King helped them over the winning line. Aftermath C entered the promotion battle after an emphatic 8-2 victory over Cranleigh. David Harden led the way with a maximum whilst team-mates Martin Strutt and James Sellen each won twice.
A major shock in the Third Division when Ash C beat high flying College Hill D 6-4. Anthony Connelly proved to be the hero for Ash with a maximum whilst team mate Tony Harrison chipped in with a duo. Steve Clement bagged a brace for College Hill. Godalming H and Burymead D shared the points with Burymead’s Gordon Aplin recording a maximum. Chris King and Fred Florance each won twice to keep Godalming firmly in the promotion race.