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With the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Season having reached it’s half way stage the 12 first division teams will now form two mini divisions and the teams will be looking forward to hearing who their fixtures are for the second half of the Season.
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We have been informed that Steve Siggs' funeral will take place at 12.30pm on Thursday 17 January 2019 at Chelmsford Crematorium (South Chapel).
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This week’s division one matches in the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League produced four close fought affairs and two 9-1 results. The leaders Maldon A predictably ran out 9-1 winners, against Rawreth after Trevor Lloyd and Alex Abbott had stayed undefeated.
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Entry Forms for the M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Closed Tournament, which will be held over the weekend of 1-3 February 2019, can be downloaded from this website.
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Malcolm Storey, a Writtle teammate and friend, has written this tribute to Steve Siggs who died on Thursday 6 December 2018 during a Brentwood League match.
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The two main contenders (and it’s not unfair to say the only contenders) met this week in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and their 5-5 draw means that Maldon A retain their six point lead over Chelmsford A. The match was a personal triumph for 2012 and 2013 M&G Investments Chelmsford Mens Singles Champion Alex Abbott who was on sparkling form and he won his three singles.
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The A Team comprised of the Danbury players Ben Porter, Ewan Hynd and Sam Mortimer- Ford again whilst the B Team was the Chelmsford Club’s James Donald, Sudheep Kamma and Joachin Mapes.
Sam and Ewan won 6 out of 8 matches and Ben 5 out of 8
DIVISION 2 TABLE
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We have to report the terribly sad news of the death of Steve Siggs who collapsed and died whilst playing in a Brentwood League match on Thursday 6 December 2018.
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Danbury B scored their first win of the Season in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and their 7-3 victory over Hatfield Peverel A takes them out of the bottom two. With Gus Heath, Steve Buer and Chris Buer all winning twice they raced in to a 7-0 lead as nothing went Hatfield Peverel’s way-literally nothing at all !.
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Danbury B - without a win in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League turned in an excellent performance against third placed Rawreth and only missed out 6-4. This was largely down to their leading player - Daniel Young who won his three singles.
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Arthur Clark, Chelmsford Junior Match Secretary, reports on the latest round of matches in the National Junior League which took place on 24 November 2018.
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Maldon A are setting a very hot pace in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and 69 points out of 80- eight wins out of eight is a fair indication of their level of dominance so far. You wouldn’t normally expect a Danbury A side containing Gary Young and Dave Richardson to lose 10-0 but that was their fate against Maldon A this week.
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It is with great sadness that the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Committee have to report the death of Life Member Hill Dowsett, a Coach of over 40 years standing in Chelmsford and Essex. Hill died on Tuesday 18 October 2018, aged 81.
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Liberal scored their third win of the Season in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. They beat Chelmsford B 8-2 after Adrian Pitt and Adam Buxton had both won their three singles. 8-2 doesn’t reflect the fact that six games were decided in the fifth end and Liberal won five of them.
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Sadly we have to report the death of another former Table Tennis player from the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. Roger Fuller, died aged 74 on Tuesday 30 October 2018 at Basildon Hospital where he had spent the last three weeks of his life.
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Junior Match Secretary, Arthur Clark, reports on the first round of National Cadet League matches for 2018/19, in which the Chelmsford League had two teams entered.
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The Bat & Chat sessions organised by Chelmsford City Council have moved to a new venue at Chelmsford Sport & Athletic Centre. Meeting on Thursdays from 10am till noon.
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Chelmsford C might just be the surprise act in division two of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. They made it six wins out of six by beating Danbury D 6-4. They displayed a “united front” to beat Danbury D 6-4. Waseem Qureshi, Mike Johnston and Wictor Delimat all won twice.
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Scott Dowsett is one of the most stylish and enigmatic players in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and there can be little doubt what a good player he is when he hits top form. He was involved in three close games as his side - Hatfield Peverel A lost 3-7 to OCs A.
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Alan Shepherd, a stalwart of table tennis in Middlesex and Essex, has died at the age of 89. Alan was an International Umpire (qualifying in 1975) and a National Referee. He officiated at the World Championships on home soil in 1977 and 1997.
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Three weeks ago OCs A’s Paul Lucas made the head-lines with a top draw hat-trick against Maldon A. This week OCs A were in the news again - after suffering a shock 8-2 defeat against an inspired Chelmsford B. Homegrown 24 year-old Robert Shrimpton and newcomer Simon Jarvis - better known in the Harlow League were both on inspired form and both scored hat-tricks whilst the vastly experienced Neil Brierley picked up two wins.
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Junior Match Secretary, Arthur Clark, reports on the First Round of matches in the National Junior League in which we have two teams entered.
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The first division is firmly back in the spotlight this week in the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. There were a number of strong performances and 14 year old Daniel Young led the way. He won all three singles as Danbury B lost 3-7 to Danbury A.
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It takes a very strong performance to take the spotlight away from division one in the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. Wiktor Delimat produced just that and more as he led Chelmsford C to an excellent 6-4 win over OCs B in division two.
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The favourites Maldon A made it two wins out of two in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League by beating OCs A 7-3. But it was Paul Lucas, the M&G Investments Chelmsford Under 21 Singles Champion back in 2000 and 2001 who stole the show.
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A new look OCs A team have made an excellent start to the Season in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. And in a division which now includes 12 teams and with no less than seven matches having been played this week this report is unashamedly a little “top-heavy” !.
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Chelmsford League Committee member Paul Nicol has provided this obituary on Colin Gooday - a Chelmsford League stalwart who sadly passed way on 17 June 2018, aged 76.
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Eagle eyed observers will already have noted that the 2018/19 Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League includes a significantly revamped first division. After a lot of thought by the League Committee and with Fixtures Secretary Gordon Gatheral calling the shots the first division has been increased from eight to 12 teams.
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With 25 points out of 30 Chelmsford A have been the dominant team in the first division of the Central Essex Summer Table Tennis League. Edward Ogbebor has been the best player with a perfect unbeaten record in his 10 singles.
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Chelmsford A have been the dominant team in this year’s Central Essex Summer Table Tennis League first division. They scored wins four and five of a very successful campaign with a 5-0 victory over OCs A and a 4-1 win over Danbury A.
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Chelmsford A have taken a firm grip on the first division of the Central Essex Summer Table Tennis League and with three wins from their three matches they look to be the team to beat. They have fielded the same side - Edward Ogbebor and Casey Cross on all three occasions and they romped to a 5-0 win over Writtle A.
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The Central Essex Summer Table Tennis League has proved to be really popular this year with six divisions - a sizeable increase. Rayne A are the early leaders in division one. Ian Whiteside and Steve Pennell excelled to beat Danbury A (Chris and Steve Buer) 5-0, a match that on paper looked pretty closely matched. Rayne won the three five-setters which undoubtedly gave them a real lift.
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Hatfield Peverel TT Club who have played in the Chelmsford League for the last four decades have an urgent need for new players for the 2018/19 Winter Season commencing in September 2018.
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The 2017/18 Chelmsford Table Tennis League Season has been concluded. The Division Two Knock-Out Cup Final between the all conquering Writtle Excalibur A (unbeaten in 18 League matches) and OCs A (who had not enjoyed the best of Seasons in the League) produced a superb encounter, arguably one of the best Finals on record.
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The website for the Central Essex Summer League 2018 is now live and contains details of all fixtures for the coming season which starts tomorrow - Monday 4 June 2018.
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Chelmsford A (Wale Bada, Ryan Gooday and Eddie Ogbebor) are the 2018 winners of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Open Knock Out Cup. They beat Danbury A 5-3 in a hard-fought Final with their top player Wale Bada clinching the victory by fighting back from 2-1 down to get the better of Gary Young 11-8, 6-11, 4-11, 11-9, 11-7.
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Date and venues for the Finals of all of the remaining 2017-18 Cup Competitions have now been arranged. Any C&DTTL member is more than welcome to come along to any of the Finals which all start at 7.30pm.
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OCs A (Adam Yardley, Tanishq Kotwal and James Mitty) are the 2018 Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Junior Knock Out Cup Champions and they won the title after a thrilling 5-4 victory in the Final against Chelmsford A (Ben Jackson, Harry Buckle and Joachin Mapes).
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Maldon are the 2018 winners of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Ladies Knock Out Cup Final. Their team of Dawn Baldry, Kelly Yuenyongpknan and Shirley Carroll ran out 5-2 winners against Chelmsford. The big games here were the 5-11, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 11-8 win for Dawn Baldry against Jan Fuller and a superb 3-0 victory for Dawn and Kelly against Julie Johnson and Jan Fuller in the middle doubles.
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The draw for the semi finals of all of the Chelmsford League 2017/18 Cup Competitons has been made. For details read the full news item.
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Division two Champions Writtle Excalibur A completed their programme with a 6-4 victory over Danbury B, their fifteenth win of the Season . What appears to have been on paper a routine win was anything but. Writtle surged into a 6-0 lead but inexplicably lost the last four games.
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Details of the Quarter Final Draws for all cup competitions have now been published along with the timetable to complete all of the competitions within the next 6 weeks.
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Maldon A have retained their title in the first division title of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. They achieved the feat in style by notching up their twelfth and thirteenth wins of the season. Trevor Lloyd (95%), Alex Abbott (90%), John Poysden (77%) and Colin Stalllwood (83%) all played their part in a campaign where it was clear from the outset that Maldon were the team to beat.
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Second-placed Chelmsford B look like they are on their way to promotion to division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League - along with the division two leaders Writtle Excalibur A. Chelmsford B scored a fine 8-2 win over Danbury D - a result that gives them a 12 point cushion over Hatfield Peverel A. Newcomer Simon Jarvis scored a hat-trick which included a last gasp 3-11, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6, 11-8 win over Simon Lowman
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Liberal A beat the higher placed Danbury A 6-4 in the first division of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. David Cole was the difference between the two sides and his hat-trick gave Liberal A the ascendancy.
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The bottom of the table action in division three of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League saw Hatfield Peverel C beat Danbury F 8-2 - a result that probably consigns Danbury F to relegation. Bob Garson was the Hatfield Peverel match winner and he beat John Robinson (12-10, 9-11, 11-5, 11-3) and Dave Marsh (9-11, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8).
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Reece Seddon was on top form for Rawreth in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. His hat-trick enabled Rawreth A to beat Chelmsford A 8-2. Included in his three wins was a 8-11, 11-7, 14-12, 11-8 win over Wal Bada - the best of the Chelmsford players and Seddon’s Doubles partner in his Mens Doubles success at the 2017 M&G Investments Chelmsford Closed Championships.
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The match between second-placed Danbury A and Liberal B in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League was a cracker. Five games were decided in the fifth end and Liberal B ran out 6-4 winners. Paul Davison sealed the Liberal victory with a 12-14, 13-11, 16-14, 9-11, 12-10 win over Dave Richardson.
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The M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Finals Night at Old Chelmsfordians Association on Monday 12 February 2018 saw Duncan Taylor crowned as Mens Singles Champion for the first time whilst 16 year old Gracie Edwards was a very worthy first time winner of the counter part Ladies Singles.
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Download a copy of the Programme for Chelmsford League Finals Night held on 12 February 2018
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Third-placed Hatfield Peverel A are realistically too far adrift to make the top two places in division two of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. However if they continue to pair Peter Barrett and Gary Ward together regularly they should start to put pressure on the two teams above them.
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The Rosebery/Pope & Smith Award is made annually in recognition of service to Table Tennis in Chelmsford during the current season. Nominations for the award....
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Colchester, Newcastle and West Ham football legend Vic Keeble died last week,aged 87. Vic was also a table tennis player of considerable talent.
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The M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League Championships weekend is concluded and six players have dominated proceedings. Leading protagonists - Trevor Lloyd, Sam Hume, Duncan Taylor, Dawn Baldry, Gracie Edwards and Daniel Young all had weekends they will remember.
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Daniel Richardson, who played for Danbury TTC, was just 25 years old when he died on 21 January 2018 after an 18 month battle with cancer. With kind permission from his friend and Burnham League Press Officer, Lee McHugh, we reproduce in full the tribute to Dan that is on the Burnham League Website.
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The full range of league and cup scorecards are now available to download from the website. They can be found under the "Handbook - Useful Documents" tab or.....
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Would all players competing in the Chelmsford Tournament this weekend please note that on Saturday 3 February 2018 access to Hylands School will only be via the main entrance to the School - off Writtle Road / Chelmsford Road
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It’s that time of the year again and the 2018 M&G Investments Chelmsford & District Table League Table Tennis Championships take place at Hylands School next weekend (Friday 02 / Sunday 04 February 2018).
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Maldon A have recaptured the lead in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League and they did this in style with a comprehensive 8-2 victory over second-placed Chelmsford A.
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Chelmsford A have taken the lead in division one of the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League. However, Chelmsford A had little to celebrate as they were well beaten 8-2 by Liberal A and second placed Maldon A who have a match in hand remain the heavy favourites to retain their title.
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