Division One Secretary Reports - Martin Bolton
5th Oct
Weeks 1-3
Loughborough Unicorn have won all three so far and are top on sets won. They beat Knighton Park IV 8-2, a maximum for Garry Knights and two wins each for Geoff Parsons and new signing Alex Holland. Geoff lost 8-11 in the fifth to Chris Hatton. For Park Chris H won two while Chris Parmar-Saville lost 8-11 in the fifth to Alex. Park missed a point when losing the doubles 8-11 in the fifth too. Loughborough then went to Desford and won 10-0. (it was 8-0 but the last two sets were conceded after a bad injury to Mick Allsopp). Maximums for Abishek Sudhakar and Geoff with Robin Pearce unbeaten. Knighton Park III were beaten 7-3 with a max for Robin, two for Geoff and one for Alex. Geoff with a good win over Karen Smith. For Park there was a win each for Karen, Jack Mooney and Pawel Szumlanski.
Knighton Park I are in second spot having won fewer sets, they beat Desford I 10-0, maximums for Chris Rogers, James Berry and Tony Smith. They beat Knighton Park II 7-3, a maximum for Chris, two for James and one for Tony. For Park II, Jakub Kurowski won two and Catherine Lv won one. Zia Malik lost 9-11 in the fifth to Tony. Park then had a narrow 6-4 win over Unicorn I. Chris with a max and one win each for Richard Hayes and James. Chris and James taking the doubles. Richard lost 10-12 in the fifth to Daniel Broner. For Unicorn Adam Pettitt and Daniel won two each. Daniel lost 11-13 in the fifth to Chris.
Syston Casuals I are in third spot, they beat their second team 8-2, Malcolm Truman with a max and two wins each for Jason Woodfield and Pete Jamieson. Chandresh Sodha won two for Syston II. Syston I lost 9-1 at Electricity, Malcolm lost 8-11 in the fifth to Gareth Edmunds. For Electricity there were maximums for Mat Hobday, David Grundy and Gareth. Syston I then beat Knighton Park IV 7-3, two wins each for Malcolm, Jason and Pete. Jason lost 8-11 in the fifth to Chris Parmar-Saville. For Park Chris P-S won two and Dave Mountain won one. Chris Hatton lost 9-11 in the fifth to Jason.
Electricity are fourth, they beat Knighton Park III 6-4, Andy LeButt with a max and one each for David Grundy and Harrison Allwood. David lost to Pawel Szumlanski 8-11 in the fifth. For Park, Karen Smith and Pawel won two each. Both Karen and Pawel lost 9-11 in the fifth to Andy. They also lost the doubles 9-11 in the fifth to Andy and Harrison. Mitchell Davidson lost 13-15 in the fifth to David.
Knighton Park III beat Knighton Park IV 10-0, maximums for Karen, Pawel and Maurice Newman.
Knighton Park II beat Desford Village I 8-2, a maximum for Jakub Kurowski and two wins each for Catherine Lv and Zia Khan. Danny Ricks won two for Desford.
Knighton Park V beat a two player Syston II 9-1, James and Corey Lancaster both unbeaten and one win for Umar Khan. For Syston, Silvanus Ward won one. John Szostak lost 13-11 in the fifth to Corey.
Syston Casulas II drew with Winstanley Wizards I, there were two wins each for Father and Son Bob and Danny Whittaker and the doubles. Danny lost 9-11 in the fifth to Kai Bhakta. For Winstanley Dan Andrews and Kai won two each plus one for Adrian Hotescu.
Individually Chris Rogers is 9/9 and Robin Pearce 5/5.