BLADES WIN BASEMENT BATTLE!

  In the battle of the bottom two, it was Lodgers Blades who came out on top with a 3-7 victory. Simon Raistrick was the player of the match, winning all three of his singles, beating Trev Blackbourn and Colin Bell in straight sets but having to dig deep against Richard Baxter, coming from 2-1 down before taking the next two ends 14-16, 9-11. Darron Kent started his evening with a titanic battle against Trev Blackbourn, Darron winning the first two ends before Trev hit back with the next two 11-4, 11-7. In the decider it was a tighter affair but Trev just nicked it 13-11. Darron did though beat Richard Baxter in four and Colin Bell in straight sets to add two points to his team's tally. Lucas East added another two points but was made to work extremely hard for them. First, he won a five set battle with Colin Bell, winning the decisive end 3-11 before losing in five ends to Trev Blackbourn - Trev coming from 0-2 down to take the next three 11-7, 11-7, 11-8. In his final match it was Lucas who came from 2-0 down against Richard Baxter to take the next three 9-11, 9-11, 7-11! The doubles also went the full distance when Baxter/Blackbourn took on East/Raistrick but it was the Lodgers B duo who took the last two ends 11-2, 11-8 to give themselves a third point on the night.