In the other game this week a two man Thorpe Bay B side were strong enough to take a 6-3 victory over Hockley A, Gurj Bhambra and Keiran Skeggs with the wins for the Bay.
Duncan Taylor, Premier Div. DRS
Barrie Delf, Div 1 DRS
Those dropped points gave Thorpe Bay A a chance to take top spot and take it they did. John Poysden, Paul Sayer and Paul Whatton all won three games to consign Warehouse A to a 9-0 defeat.
Peter Radford, Rayleigh Mill - 3 great wins
Duncan Taylor, Prem. Div. DRS
• Premier Division.
Back to the league action, and a high-quality match and great evening saw Lentern emerge 6-3 victors over Rawreth B. For the winners, each player picked up two games, but it was the inspirational Matt Spero who again was MoM scoring another hat-trick.
• Premier Division.
• 1st Division.
Barrie Delph, 1st Div DRS
David Barnes, 2nd Div DRS
• 3rd Division.
Team of the Week – again, hard to choose this week, but Hullbridge D by a whisker.
The match result was never in doubt when a below strength Customs A side came up against the inform Thorpe Bay A team of John Poysden, Paul Sayer and Mark Stones. Only one game extended beyond three ends leading to a 9-0 win for the title-chasing Bay.
Duncan Taylor, Premier Div. DRS
There was also an intriguing battle at the other end of the table which saw Stanford le Hope record their first win of the season against Customs A. There were two wins each for Chris Hancox, Andy Paton and Ryan Sutcliffe with Roy Thomas remaining unbeaten for the losing side.
Duncan Taylor, Prem. Div. DRS
Division 1:- Division 1 – Week 8
Barry Delf, Div 1 DRS
David Barnes, Div 2 DRS.
Division 3:- DIVISION 3 WEEKLY REPORT
Player of the Week – Simon Lisner
Paul Strutt, Div.3 DRS
The team of James Goddard, Reece Harris-Griffiths and Dan Zeffie played 4 rounds of matches against teams from Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, winning 24 out of 24 matches, dropping only 3 sets on the way.
Report from Dave Zeffie
We wish the Hullbridge Cadets good fortune in this weekend's National Cadet League in Stow Market.
Sdttl are likewise very proud of our current strong Junior Base, with our 3 Junior Clubs, Hullbridge, Rawreth and Hockley all growing and producing a lot of good players.
Thorpe Bay A were in no mood to mess around as they put in a dominant performance to see off Premier Division new boys Hockley A 9-0. Jon Poysden, Mark Stones and John Monk were all unbeaten.
Duncan Taylor, DRS Premier Division
Barry Delf, DRS Division 1
Elsewhere, Hockley proved too strong for Stanford with Liam Squirrell in outstanding form taking all three of his games. Rahul Sharma was the only player to take points from the Hockley team with two wins.
Duncan Taylor DRS
Barry Delf DRS
David Barnes DRS
Any finally this week, hatricks for Justin Jeffrey and Mike Hayes were enough to see Rawreth B home 6-3 over Hockley A
Duncan Taylor -,Prem. Div DRS
Canvey A were without a game this week but remain second, 5 points behind Forum A.
Barrie Delf - Div - DRS
Southend League had 2 junior members representing Essex county at Batts, Harlow on 8th Oct. Justin Jeffery (Rawreth TTC) and Matthew Stringer (Hockley TTC) played against Middlesex, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.
Report from Tim Pang
Premier Division.
There was an excellent hat trick from Colin Chatfeld playing with his new short pimples as his Rayleigh Mill side overcame warehouse A 6-3. Chatfield was backed up by the two Steve’s Sawyer and Maltby with two and one win respectively
1st Division
Finally this week, Hamish Innes’s win over Richard Brown was all Hadleigh Forum A had to show from the visit of Hullbridge A. Kevin Caldon and Stuart Gibbs were again unbeaten for the visitors.
Duncan Taylor Premier DRS
John Holland was in fine form as his hat-trick helped Hullbridge B to a 5-4 away win over Castle Point A. For the home side, Barrie Delf and Chris Jacob had wins over Matt Rolfe, and Simon Jacob went one better with an excellent victory over Glen Johnson.
New boys Stanford Le Hope put in a good effort in Week 1 pushing Rawreth B all the way in a 5-4 defeat. Rawreth’s Eric Green put in a strong performance winning his three, while Rahal Sharma played well for the home team, only losing out to Eric in 5 sets.
After a gap of some 8 years, the ECTTA Annual Closed Championships for Seniors, Vets and U21s returned. It was held at the Rayleigh Leisure Centre, in Rawreth, home of Southend’s Annual Closed Championships.
Photo Gallery from the 2016 -Medal Presentation Picnic held at Rawreth TT Club
on Sunday 26th June 2016
Directions are:- A127 towards Southend. Leave at the A130 turnoff. Then take the A1245 towards Hullbridge & Rawreth. Turn right at the 2nd Junction, which is Rawreth Lane. The Venue is half a mile along Rawreth Lane on the right, immediately behind Asda
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Sdttl 2016 Winter League End of Season Reports.
Premier Division:-
Thorpe Bay B finished a commendable 4th, an achievement of note when you consider that they have a squad of only three players, Richard Stubbington, Gurj Bhambra and Keiran Skeggs.
The final game of the week came as the already relegated Lentern B went down 8-1 to Rayleigh Mill with three wins a piece from Peter Radford and Minda Sinkus. Wayne Farmer with the consolation win for Lentern over Rayleigh's very own Steve 'Magic' Maltby.
Regards, Duncan Taylor
Our Tottenham Hotspur who are waiting for any slip by the leaders are Thorpe Bay A who like their premiership counterparts are keeping up the pressure with a 9-0 win over Warehouse A.
Regards, Duncan Taylor
Regards, Barrie Delf
Regards, David Barnes.
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Bottom club Lentern B went down 7-2 to Castle Point this week although there were good wins for Paul Churn over ex-teammate Dave Page and Chris Jacob. Lentern turned up with 2 players and must regroup for next year for life in Division 1.
Regards Duncan Taylor
Premier Division Week 28
Rawreth A dropped only one game, a good win for Justine Jeffrey over Charles Sweeney, in their match against Rawreth D.
Regards, Duncan Taylor
Regards, Barrie Delf
Regards David Barnes
Regards, Paul Strutt
Back to Week 27, it was a week where the fashionable result seemed to be 8-1 with all of the top three sides recording victories of that margin.
Regards, Duncan Taylor
Regards, Barrie Delf
Customs A continue to push but a close 5-4 win over a determined Hadleigh Forum C team has moved them further away. Roy Thomas with his inevitable 3 points took the honours in the match, although Russell Bright and Mark Everard with two each for Forum put up stubborn resistance.
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Division 3, Week 24
Division 1
Division 3, Week 23
The team comprising of Keith Adams,Django Fung,Terry Guymer,Glenn Johnson and John Poysden won the title in Blackpool over the weekend of 23rd and 24th January.
Division 1
Barrie Delf
Premier Division – DRS – Duncan Taylor Duncan.Taylor@essex.gov.uk
Leading Positions:- Rawreth A P12 Points 83
Week 13 Week 13
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