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Week Commencing 14th March 2005

Swindon Table Tennis: League Update

White almost whitewashed but team hang on for draw

Division 3 : GWRSA G 5 / Ferndale D 5

With team captain Bob Adams on holiday, Alan Kimber was heading GWRSA's team and got the evening off to a good start by beating Jason Viola in 4 sets; but Ferndale's Stuart Hobbs evened the score when he beat GWR's stand-in Paul Carey in similar fashion.

A surprise result ensued in the third game however, when 74 year old Keith Freeman beat Ferndale's team captain Ron White. Freeman took White all the way to 5 sets, and actually won it in the 5th 12-10. White was to have more problems when he faced Alan Kimber, when for the first time, Kimber not only beat White, but also did so in straight sets (11/8, 11/9, 11/9).

With only one game left to avoid a personal zero, it was down to White  to win against GWR's substitute Paul Carey, but this too was a huge struggle and Carey looked certain to win when in the 5th set, at 10 points to 4, he needed just one more point to win. At the last moment however, White regained his form and with grim determination gradually clawed his way back up to win the game in the last set 14 points to twelve.

 Despite White's run of bad luck, Ferndale D did well on the night, particularly as GWRSA G are 4 places ahead in the League table. 14 year old Jason Viola had notable victories against both Cary and Freeman, and Hobbs and White won the doubles to secure a final result of 5 games each.
 

Division 1 Played   Won  Drawn Lost     For    Against
Centre Fitness A 13 13 0 0 120 10
Nationwide A 17 13 1 3 117 53
GWRSA A 15 13 1 1 115 35
Ferndale Bandits 17 8 2 7 90 80
St Saviours A 13 8 1 4 84 46
Northside 16 6 1 9 66 94
Sanford Link A 18 5 2 11 59 121
Centre Fitness B 14 3 3 8 56 84
GWRSA C 17 2 0 15 38 132
GWRSA B 16 1 1 14 35 125
           
Division 2 Played   Won  Drawn Lost     For    Against
Sanford Link D 16 11 3 2 101 59
Ferndale B 14 11 2 1 100 40
GWRSA D 15 8 2 5 82 68
GWRSA F 15 6 3 6 70 80
Ridgeway A 12 5 4 3 64 56
GWRSA E 13 5 2 6 64 64
Nationwide B 13 5 3 5 58 72
Sanford Link C 13 2 1 10 49 81
Sanford Link B 15 0 0 15 40 110
           
Division 3 Played   Won  Drawn Lost     For    Against
Ferndale E 17 12 1 4 113 57
Sanford Link E 17 11 2 4 103 67
GWRSA G 16 9 5 2 98 62
GWRSA H 15 9 4 2 87 63
St Saviours B 14 5 5 4 74 66
Swindon County Court 18 3 5 10 74 106
Ferndale D 17 4 4 9 72 98
Sanford Link F 17 4 4 9 70 100
GWRSA I 18 5 2 11 67 113
Ferndale C 15 3 2 10 62 88
           
Division 4 Played   Won  Drawn Lost     For    Against
Sanford Link H 15 13 0 2 107 43
Ridgeway B 12 7 3 2 79 41
Ferndale F 12 8 3 1 78 42
Buckland A 11 6 2 3 63 47
Ridgeway C 14 5 2 7 62 78
Ferndale G 13 4 3 6 55 75
Buckland B 14 3 1 10 48 92
Sanford Link G 12 2 2 8 44 76
Ferndale H 13 1 2 10 44 86

 


UPDATE: This article was subsequently edited and published by the Evening Advertiser on Tuesday 22nd March 2005.