Chamberlain and Wood sink Kingsley
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Park Avenue moved back to the top of the Premier Division table with a 9-1 win over Kingsley B, repeating the score in their first encounter of the season.
Paul Wood and Jamie Chamberlain notched hat-tricks, Gerald Henson a brace and Wood combined with Henson to take the final doubles.
For Kingsley, Andy Harrison prevented the complete whitewash with his win against Henson but must count himself unlucky to lose his other two matches in the fifth sets, against Wood by 6-11 and Chamberlain by 10-12.
Park Avenue were aided in recovering the leadership by DCA Flyers’ heavy defeat by a Malcolm Arnold A side containing top county player Andy Trott.
Trott won his three comfortably and obviously inspired his team-mates Aaron Ark and Aiden Smith as they both played really well.
Ark gained a hat-trick and Smith a brace.
Trott and Ark then teamed up to win the doubles, giving their side a 9-1 victory.
For the Flyers Paul Gatiss prevented the whitewash with his five-set win over Smith, but Richard Bashford for the first time in recent years was unlucky to lose all three.
Steve Silk, another highly ranked county player, was included in Turvey’s side for their match with University and he duly delivered with a straight sets hat trickasdf.
Dave Beddall gained a brace and Alan Shouler won one of his three singles’ events for Turvey, but the University trio of Tim Pollard, Grant Timms and Peter Ratcliffe responded with one win.
Pollard and Timms just defeated Shouler and Beddall 11-9 in the fifth in the final doubles set to make the match score 6-4 the Turvey.
Mention here must be made of Ratcliffe’s marathon performance against Beddall, which he won by 11-8 4-11 11-8 8-11 12-10.
DIVISION ONE
DCA Dragons consolidated their position at the top with a 7-3 win over fourth placed MA Falcons.
Mark Stewart scored a hat-trick and Paul Malpass and Chris Alder both scored doubles.
Ben Tombs and Aaron Lee both won one and combined to take the doubles for the Falcons.
Treasurers and Saints in second and third place and separated by one point was expected to be a close affair.
Although Saints ran out 7-3 winners two of the games were 11-9 fifth set affairs both to the Saints.
Nigel Thompson scored a hat-trick Adam Bradshaw a double and Mick Henderson won one.
Thompson and Henderson then combined to take the doubles.
Alan Woolston won two and Gerry Crasto one for the Treasurers.
Gayton had an 8-2 win over ACC A with Dave Ewen scoring a maximum and Martin Wilson and Jim Brogan both scoring doubles.
Wilson and Ewen then took the doubles.
Pete Gibbs scored both ACC’s points including a thrilling 12-10 fifth end win over Martin Wilson.
Gayton in action again went down 6-4 to MA Falcons.
Ewen won two for Gayton and Richard Pringuer and Jim Brogan one each.
For MA Falcons, Aaron Lee scored a hat-trick Ben Tombs won two and these two also took the doubles.
DCA Tigers were held to a 5-5 draw by MA B.
Greg Norden won two and George Bashford and Fred Wakefield had one win apiece with Norden and Bashford taking the doubles.
David George scored a maximum for MA B with Patrick Proske winning two.
MA B beat clubmates MA C 7-3 with Patrick Proske scoring a hat-trick, Dave Thomas a double and Colin Hughes Rowlands winning one.
Hughes Rowlands and Proske also combined to take the doubles. For MA C Frank and Cadoc Whiteley and Dan Ives all won one.
Headlands Hawks beat ACC A 6-4 thanks to a Bhanu Chadalavada hat-trick and single wins for Alan Creed and John McMahon.
Chadalavada then teamed up with John McMahon to take the doubles and secure the win.
Chris Gibbs won two for ACC and Pete Gibbs and Dave Long each winning one.
DIVISION TWO
DCA Panthers moved up to second place despite losing 6-4 to Headlands Herons.
For the Panthers Jonathan Edlund and Guy Sparrow won two each.
The Herons’ points came from a Trevan Vass hat trick with Richard Kitchener and Keith Parsons winning one each and then teaming up to win the doubles.
ACC B beat Headlands Otis 9-1 thanks to trebles from Morris Freeman and Dan Archer, with Don Fraser winning two.
Freeman and Fraser also went on to win the doubles.
Alan Dale secured the solitary point for Otis.
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