Home record left in ruins as girls excel

Oldham Table Tennis League

OTTC ‘C’, the all junior girls team, had plenty to shout about in the Oldham Table Tennis League.

They inflicted the first defeat of the season on table-toppers Unison ‘D’ — they won 7-3 — thanks to trebles from Natalie Dodd and Sarah Weatherby. They are now third in the table.

The Owls ‘B’ team of Paul Woodward, John Tanner and Dave Foden are in second place after a 10-0 triumph against the juniors from Our Lady’s, Blackley.

Fourth spot belongs to Tom Loftus, Lee Rowbotham and Leo Cogger of Honeywell ‘E’, who posted identical scoreline against their ‘F’ team.

Werneth ‘G’ gained their first victory of the season, sweeping aside Coldhurst ‘E’ 8-2. Fred Pickles and Dave Murphy recorded maximums.

Honeywell ‘D’, featuring Terry Cooper, Ken Dunkerley and Alan Wynn, have stretched their lead in division three after a 10-0 win at Deaf Club ‘A’.

Coldhurst ‘C’ beat their ‘D’ team 7-3, while Unison ‘C’ edged out their ‘B’ team 6-4, with doubles from John Mark and Frank Sheldon.

Unison ‘B’ also posted a 6-4 win at Failsworth B. This time Mike Brierley was unbeaten, and he was aided by a double from Steve Slater.

There were a clutch of notable performances in division two.

Failsworth ‘A’ overcame Uppermill ‘A’ 8-2 with maximums from juniors Nathan Buckley and Matthew Evans, while Unison ‘A’ beat Coldhurst ‘A’ 7-3. Andy Hey, Paul Whyatt and Alan Auxilly notched doubles.

Honeywell ‘B’ maintained their fine form by defeating Werneth ‘D’ 8-2 courtesy of maximums from Brian Higgins and Peter Buckley.

Karen Hill recorded a hat-trick for Werneth ‘C’, who drew with Hyde YM ‘B’.

A Mark Simpson treble helped Uppermill ‘A’ to a 6-4 win against improving Unison ‘A’.
The two-man Hollinwood ‘D’ team of Andy McNabb and Steve Mather were too good for struggling Grotton ‘B’, who succumbed 7-3.

In division one, Honeywell Lane ‘A’ had an excellent 8-2 success at Hyde YM ‘A’, with maximums from Adam Rowbotham and Steve Barber.

Lionel Royle defeated Ken Hayes in five for Hyde’s only singles win.

OTTC ‘A’ are the new leaders after posting two 10-0 wins.

One was by default, against Grotton ‘A’, while the other was against an out of sorts Rosehill ‘A’.

Rosehill ‘A’ also lost to Werneth ‘B’ 9-1, while Werneth ‘A’ are up to second place after a 9-1 victory over Rosehill ‘B’ 9-1.

BAE ‘B’ drew with Hollinwood ‘B’ thanks to a maximum from Kevin Hill, who beat Ian Quinn in the fifth.

And a Tom Lang treble, assisted by a double from Tony Smith and a single from Pete Bradford, clinched a 6-4 win for BAE ‘A’ against Hollinwood ‘A’.

Results are —

Division one: OTTC ‘A’ 10, Rosehill ‘A’ 0; Hollinwood ‘A’ 4, BAE ‘A’ 6; OTTC ‘A’ 10, Grotton ‘A’ 0; Rosehill ‘A’ 1, Werneth ‘B’ 9; Hyde YMCA ‘A’ 2, Honeywell ‘A’ 8; Werneth ‘A’ 9, Rosehill ‘B’ 1; BAE ‘B’ 5, Hollinwood ‘B’ 5.

Division two: Uppermill ‘A’ 6, Unison ‘A’ 4; Hyde YMCA ‘B’ 7, Grotton ‘B’ 3; Hollinwood ‘C’ 9, Hollinwood ‘E’ 1; Honeywell ‘B’ 8, Werneth ‘D’ 2; Honeywell ‘C’ 7, Pennine TTC 3; Failsworth ‘A’ 8, Uppermill ‘A’ 2; Unison ‘A’ 7, Coldhurst ‘A’ 3; Werneth ‘C’ 5, Hyde YMCA ‘B’ 5; Grotton ‘B’ 3, Hollinwood ‘D’ 7.

Division three: Unison ‘B’ 4, Unison ‘C’ 6; Droylsden ‘A’ 6, Deaf Club ‘A’ 4; Coldhurst ‘C’ 7, Coldhurst ‘D’ 3; Failsworth ‘B’ 4, Unison ‘B’ 6; Deaf Club ‘A’ 0, Honeywell ‘D’ 10; Uppermill ‘B’ 4, Gilders Tackle 6.

Division four: Werneth ‘E’ 9, OTTC ‘D’ 1; Our Lady’s 0, Owls ‘B’ 10; St Saviour’s 4, Deaf Club ‘B’ 6; OTTC ‘C’ 7, Unison ‘D’ 3; Honeywell ‘E’ 10, Honeywell ‘F’ 0; Werneth ‘F’ 2, OTTC ‘B’ 8; Werneth ‘G’ 8, Coldhurst ‘E’ 2.