Match Reports Division Three

Week commencing 25 October 2010

Ryton Park Dragons 3, Stanley Street "B" 7

The Stanley Street rota rolls on with yet another fine win which puts them top of the division for the first time this season.  Andy Kirkland continues to impress as he hit a fine brace before partnering his son Jack to an excellent doubles win over Andy Bell and Jack James.  Jack added two more singles wins with Glyn Williams also defeating Bell and James to complete the victory. Gary Scott won all his three games for the Dragons, his first treble in the league.

Ryton Park Cougars 9, Centre for Sport 1

The Centre were without captain Simon Thorpe and they struggled to come to terms with their opponents who were looking for some easy prey.  The win takes the big cats up to second in the promotion race and with both Chris Cutts and Thomas Rix hitting top form it will take a good side to stop them reaching the top three at the business end of the season.  Both players hit trebles with Dave Rix adding two more before partnering Thomas to a fine doubles win.  Steve Sampson spared the Centre's blushes with his first win of the season over Dave Rix.

Week commencing 18 October 2010

DTH Redlands Rookies 8, Ryton Park Dragons 2

The Dragons made it four losses on the trot and now lie at the foot of the table following this defeat to the Rookies, who now progress to joint top of the table along with the Echidnas and Stanley Street. Derek Piper and Kyle McIntosh netted excellent trebles for the winners with two more coming from David Cowburn.  The Dragons hit back with a single win for Gary Scott plus victory in the doubles when Scott and Andrew Bell paired up to defeat McIntosh and Cowburn.

DTH Redlands Echidnas 5, Ryton Park Cougars 5

These two challenging teams fought out a 5-5 draw to close the gap at the top to just one point behind Stanley St "B".  The match could have gone either way after a Chris Cutts treble for the Cougars had them ahead.  The Echidnas fought back however following a George Agnew double and one each from Matthew Williams and Ewan Pickersgill, but the Cougars Dave Rix won a further two leaving the doubles as the vital decider.  As it turned out Pickersgill and Agnew held their young nerves for the Echidnas to take the draw after winning 11-9 in the fifth against Cutts and Dave Rix.

Week Commencing 11 October 2010

DTH Redlands Echidnas 4, Stanley Street "B" 6

Division Three leaders the Echidnas lost their 100% start to the season when they  narrowly lost to league newcomers Stanley Street "B" in a thrilling encounter.  In fact the match went down to the wire after Ray Lucas and partner Andy Kirkland held their nerve to defeat Ewan Pickersgill and George Agnew 11-7 in the deciding fifth set of the final game of the night, such was the closeness of this fixture.  Six games were decided in the fifth set and the Echidnas battled hard to retain their promotion push, but an excellent performance by the "Street" saw captain Ray Lucas get his season off the mark after arriving back from America at the weekend with a fine double, while Andy Kirkland also added a brace before Jack Olliffe gained a solo win over Agnew which proved to be so vital at the end.  The "Street" fought back from 2-0 down to show their battling qualities, while in reply Lee Bohan won two for the Echidanas with his 11-9 win over Lucas in the fifth being a "close encounter of the third kind".  Pickersgill and Agnew won one each to complete the score-line and keep the game on a knife-edge throughout.

Ryton Park Dragons 4, Centre for Sport and Learning 6

A delighted Centre won their first ever match in Worksop following a narrow 6-4 away win against the Dragons.  Simon Thorpe gained yet another maximum to continue his excellent start to the season, while there were first wins for Declan Wilson who won two and Jordan McManus who gained a solo win over Lee Banton to edge the narrow win.  Gary Scott won two in reply for the Dragons with Andy Bell bagging a win against McManus before Scott Partnered Banton to a four set doubles win to complete the score-line

Week Commencing 4 October 2010

Stanley Street B 6, Ryton Park Cougars 4

The Street won their second game of the season to move into joint third place in the division.  Their narrow victory came via a brace from Alex Olliffe, a double from Jack Kirkland, one from father Andy Kirkland and finally the doubles when Alex Olliffe joined Jack Kirkland to win the doubles over Chris Cutts and Thomas Rix.  It was a close game with the Street coming back from 4-3 down to go in front 5-4 with just the doubles remaining.  The Cougars were always in the race for point after Cutts hit two along with Dave Rix.

DTH Redlands Rookies 3, DTH Redlands Echidnas 7

The Echidnas head Division Three following this win over the Rookies.  There were doubles for Matthew Williams, Ewan Pickersgill and George Agnew before Williams and Agnew teamed up to win the doubles in five sets over Derek Piper and Kyle MacIntosh.  MacIntosh starred for the losers after winning all his three matches.

Week Commencing 27 September 2010

DTH Redlands Echidnas 7, Centre of Sport and Learning 3

The Centre battle on despite losing three on the trot although once more it was Simon Thorpe who bagged a hat-trick to remain undefeated for the third match on the bounce.  Victory for the Echidnas was assured with a fine all round team performance in which Matthew Williams, Ewan Pickersgill and Dilip Malkan hit two each, Williams then partnered Pickersgill to take the doubles in three sets over Steve Samson and Declan Wilson.

Stanley Street B 4, DTH Redlands Rookies 6

This was a closely fought encounter with Derek Piper starring for the winners after taking all his three games, which included a brilliant 5-game match with Alex Olliffe.  Kyle McIntosh added two more for the winners with Jack Tarr picking up a solo win over Glyn Williams.  The Street fought back with a brace from Jack Olliffe, one from Alex, before the pair teamed up to win the doubles and close the final score to 6-4 after defeating Tarr and McIntosh.

Ryton Park Dragons 0, Ryton Park Cougars 10

Chris Cutts, Dave and Thomas Rix hit excellent trebles to record the Cougars' best win of the season.  They completed the dry-rub when Cutts and Thomas Rix defeated Jack James and Lee Banton in the doubles and completed a fine result for the Ryton  Park club.

Week Commencing 20 September 2010

Ryton Park Cougars 6, DTH Redlands Rookies 4

A Chris Cutts hat-trick was the decisive factor in the result of this hard fought game.  The new signing defeated Derek Piper, Jack Tarr (12-10 in 5th set) and Jack Slater in straight sets, before partnering Thomas Rix to win the doubles over Piper and Tarr in four sets and remain undefeated throughout the match.  Dave Rix had a straight sets win over Slater, while Thomas Rix was given the fright of his life by the young Slater before eventually winning a thriller 13-15, 12-10, 5-11, 13-11, 13-11.  Piper and Tarr won two each for the Rookies.

Centre for Sport & Learning 3, Stanley Street B 7

Stanley Street got their season under way with a 7-3 win over new club, Centre for Sport, however, they couldn't stop captain Simon Thorpe from registering a well taken treble.  Andy and Jack Kirkland and temporary captain Glyn Williams won two each for the Street before they took the doubles in straight sets to claim maximum points from the fixture.

Week Commencing 13 September 2010

DTH Redlands Echidnas 8, Ryton Park Dragons 2

The Echidnas who just missed out of finishing last season as runners-up, began their chase for promotion with a comfortable 8-2 win over the Dragons who were sporting three new players in their line-up. Dilip Malkan hit an opening treble for the Redlands outfit and he was well supported by both Ewan Pickersgill and Matthew Williams who scored a further two each.  Pickersgill and Williams wrapped up maximum points with a fine doubles win over Jack James and Lee Banton.  The Dragons replied with a double coming from Gary Scott

DTH Redlands Rookies 6, Centre for Sport & Learning 4

The Centre of Sport were desperately unlucky to fall by the narrowest of margins in their first ever game in the Worksop league.  The Rookies edged it thanks to an all round team effort from Derek Piper, Kyle McIntosh and David Cowburn who won two each to steer their side to victory.  Simon Thorpe made an impressive debut for the Centre after notching up a hat-trick of wins as well as partnering Declan Wilson to an excellent doubles win over the Rookies.