Brentwood & District Table Tennis League

Second Division Knock Out Cup 2007-2008

Final played on Monday 21st April 2008

Hutton "C" Selo found the Divisons Runners Up a shade too strong in their Cup Final and were on the wrong end of a 5 - 1 scoreline.  Richard Hayhoe, Wally Sale and Mike Newman faced Martin Winter, Greg Cooper and Tim Mercer with the only success for Hutton coming in the tie between Hayhoe and Winter - Hayhoe just edging out Winter in the fifth end at deuce - 12/14, 12/10, 7/11, 11/8, 12/10.  This win pulled Hutton level as Brentwood Hard had won the first doubles in four ends. The match then fell away from Hutton after Hayhoe's victory as Newman and Sale lost their singles to Cooper and Mercer and with the doubles going to a Winter/Mercer combination over Hayhoe/Newman the tennis club were in control and needed one win from the next four games which came with a win for Cooper over Hayhoe in four ends.  The end of a successful season for the tennis club as they took the League Runners up spot despite finishing level on points with the top team - the title being awarded on matches won.

Semi-final  week commencing 10th March 2008

Brentwood Hard "A" 5  -  3  Hutton "B"

With Brentwood Hard "A" losing the first doubles it seemed certain that the match would be a close affair and when the home side led 3 - 1 the writing was on the wall for Hutton but they fought back to take the second doubles and following another win for Brentwood Hard - Roy Barnes pulled the visitors back into contention at 3 - 4 with a five end win over Greg Cooper - Tim Mercer then put paid to Hutton's resistance by defeating Ron Grief thus ensuring that a League and Cup double await the tennis club.   Martin Winter picked up two wins as did Tim Mercer with Cooper claiming one victory while Barnes notched the only singles victory for Hutton with Mike Pratley and Grief unable to score.

Hutton "C" Selo  9  -  1  Buttsbury "E"

Richard Hayhoe, Wally Sale and Mike Newman ensured that one Hutton team will be in the final with a 5 - 1 home win over the young players of Buttsbury "E".   As in the other semi final the first doubles went to the visitors but from then on it was Hutton "C" Selo all the way, taking the next four singles and the middle doubles for an impressive victory.  The first doubles went to five ends and the remaining ties all went to four ends - Graham Sturton, Sam Gilbert and Davey Crook of Buttsbury were extremely competitive but were unable to match their opponents. 

Second Round  week commencing 10th December 2007

Brentwood Hard "B" 2  -  5   Hutton "C" Selo

Brentwood "C" 3  -  5   Buttsbury "E"

Buttsbury "F" 1  -  5   Brentwood Hard "A"

Hutton "B"  W/O 5  -  0   Brentwood "D"

 

The two leading teams in the Division Buttsbury "F" and Brentwood Hard "A" met in this second round knock out cup match and current leaders Brentwood Hard powered home to a 5 - 1 victory away at Buttsbury TTC.  The first doubles set the visitors on the way followed by wins for Martin Winter over Duncan Ramsey in five ends, Greg Cooper over Alan Tofts to give the visitors a healthy 3 - 0 lead cut to two with the home side's David Ramsey claiming a fine five end win over Tim Mercer.  The success was shortlived however as the visitors took the middle doubles and Cooper defeated Duncan Ramsey in four to take his team through to the next round and a possible League and Cup doubles.          John Benson of Brentwood "C" kept alive his team's hopes in their home match with Buttsbury "E" but despite winning his two singles  and a share in the middle doubles he could not prevent the young visitors making progress 5 - 3 to the next round  - Graham Sturton, Paul Sturton and Sam Gilbert gained the necessary victories over the remaining Brentwood players Chris Hills and David Kennard to ensure victory.

 

Brentwood Hard "B" were drawn at home to Hutton "C" Selo and were beaten by the visitors 5 - 2 - after four games the Brentwood side were level at 2 - 2 but forced to concede the middle doubles due to the retirement from the match of Len Nicholas they were then unable to recover and lost the following two singles. Initially Hutton had taken the first doubles with Wally Sale and Mike Newman defeating John Barns and Len Nicholas followed by Richard Hayhoe defeating the home side's Paul Draper.  But Nicholas defeated Sale in four ends and J Barns had defeated Newman in three defeats for Draper by Sale and Barns by Hayhoe was enough to send Hutton "C" Selo into the next round.

 

No Preliminary Round - First Round in week commencing 8th October 2007

Draw as below

Buttsbury "E" 5  -  0  W/Over   Mountnessing "D"

Buttsbury "F" 5  -  1   Hutton "D"

Hutton "C" Selo   5  -  0   Buttsbury "D"

Writtle "B" 4  -  5   Hutton "B"

 

Writtle "B" were narrowly beaten at home in their match with Hutton "B" and will look upon the middle doubles as the crucial encounter which ultimately cost them the match  - the first doubles saw Writtle on their way winning in three but Roy Barnes gained a three nil win over Martin Goddard to level the score.  Francis Whitbread and Andy Fox then gained wins over Mike Pratley and Ron Grief to surge into a 3 - 1 lead for Writtle.  The middle doubles was taken to a fifth end with Hutton just coming out on top 12/10 to pull the score back - Hutton then collected two more singles victories with wins for Pratley over Goddard and Barnes over Whitbread. The score at 4 - 3 to the visitors but Fox then got the better of Grief to set up a grandstand finish in the final doubles which Hutton took in four ends to end up winners 5 - 4 in an excellent encounter.                          An easy win for Hutton "C" Selo over Buttsbury "D" with Richard Hayhoe, Wally Sale and Mike Newman taking all before them against John Newman, Alan Bacon and Bill Nutbrown - only one game of the first five went the distance - the battle between the two number ones Hayhoe and John Newman with scores of 4/11, 11/8, 11/5, 8/11, 11/6 - two of the other early singles saw ends won by the visitors but their resistance soon ended and the home side look potential winners taking the match 9 - 0 with all games played.                   Buttsbury "F" at home to Hutton "D" made progress with a 5 - 1 win over Alan Lovell, Tony Adams and Steve Murdock.  The home side lost only one of the first six games with Murdock defeating David Ramsey, but Duncan Ramsey and Alan Tofts safely took their team through to the next round with a comfortable victory. 

 

BYES - Brentwood Hard "A" - Brentwood Hard "B" - Brentwood "C"

Brentwood "D"