Honeywell in surprise setback

DIVISION 3 leaders Honeywell D were surprisingly beaten 7-3 by Owls A in the Oldham Table Tennis League.

Dave Harthan scored a maximum for Owls and there were doubles from Richard Tamworth and Paul Woodward.

Droylsden move into second spot after their 7-3 win against two-man Failsworth C.

Unison C are just one point behind after beating Failsworth B 8-2. Failsworth turned up a man short and, with Steve Collins playing but ineligible, they were effectively a one-man team, with Vin Gaffey winning the two.

The Coldhurst B team of Malcolm Wills, Darren Brown and Neil Chapman all won two each, losing to Ian Cockcroft who scored all the Deaf Club A points.

Other unbeaten players in this division were Alex Griffiths for Saddleworth B, Paul Whyatt for Unison B and Neil England for Coldhurst C.

Long-time leaders of Division 2, Hollinwood C have slipped to third spot after only managing a draw with their D team.

The Werneth C team of Karen Hill (3), Paul Wilkinson (2) and Terry Donlon (2) go top after beating Honeywell C 8-2.

The Honeywell B team of Brian Higgins, Howard Travis and Paul Buckley are now second after whitewashing bottom team Grotton B.

In Division 1, Hollinwood A drew with Hollinwood B mainly thanks to a Gary Newton treble, beating Tristran Swann, George Jones and Colin Boardman.

OTTC A beat BAE B 8-2 with maximums from Dave Griffith and Josh Boult.

A similar score was recorded by Werneth B at Rosehill B, with Doug Hill and Bernard Davies scoring maximums.

The Unison D team of Ian Connell, Tony Hyde and Dennis Heyes, remain top of Division 4 after beating OTTC D by the maximum.

Second-placed OTTC C managed a draw with close rivals Honeywell E, while third-placed Owls B were also held to a draw at OTTC B, with Philip Tamworth unbeaten.

Bottom team Coldhurst E drew with Werneth E mainly thanks to an unbeaten performance from Peter Altham.

Division 1: BAE ‘B’ 3, Rosehill ‘A’ 8; Saddleworth CC ‘A’ 5, Hollinwood ‘A’ 5; Rosehill ‘B’ 1, Grotton ‘A’ 9; BAE ‘A’ 5, Werneth ‘A’ 5; Werneth ‘A’ 8, Hyde YMCA ‘A’ 2; Glodwick TTC 10, Rosehill ‘A’ 0; BAE ‘B’ 2, OTTC ‘A’ 8; Hollinwood ‘B’ 5, Hollinwood ‘A’ 5; Saddleworth CC ‘A’ 4, Grotton ‘A’ 6; Rosehill ‘B’ 2, Werneth ‘B’ 8; BAE ‘A’ 8, Honeywell ‘A’ 2.

Division 2: Coldhurst ‘A’ 5, Werneth ‘D’ 5; Unison ‘A’ 7, Failsworth ‘A’ 3; Werneth ‘C’ 8, Honeywell ‘C’ 2; Grotton ‘B’ 0, Honeywell ‘B’ 10; Hollinwood ‘D’ 5, Hollinwood ‘C’ 5; Coldhurst ‘A’ 6, Pennine TTC 4; Hollinwood ‘E’ 0, Uppermill ‘A’ 10.

Division 3: Unison ‘B’ 6, Failsworth ‘C’ 4; Unison ‘C’ 8, Failsworth ‘B’ 2; Deaf Club ‘A’ 3, Coldhurst ‘B’ 7; Uppermill ‘B’ 3, Saddleworth CC ‘B’ 7; Gilders Tackle 3, Coldhurst ‘C’ 7; Honeywell ‘D’ 3, Owls ‘A’ 7; Droylsden ‘A’ 7, Failsworth ‘C’ 3; Coldhurst ‘D’ 4, Unison ‘B’ 6.

Division 4: Honeywell ‘E’ 5, OTTC ‘C’ 5; Werneth ‘F’ 0, St Saviours 10; Werneth ‘G’ 9, Our Lady’s 1’ Coldhurst ‘E’ 5, Werneth ‘E’ 5; OTTC ‘B’ 5, Owls ‘B’ 5; Honeywell ‘F’ 1, Deaf Club ‘B’ 9, OTTC ‘D’ 0, Unison ‘D’ 10.