Three results from the Premier Division this week to bring you and the first two resulted in 6-3 wins that followed the same pattern of the player of the match winning three but unfortunately being on the losing side. The first match saw the Rawreth A side of Charles Sweeny, Mike Hayes and Kevin Read beat Irons A with the Rawreth players winning two each against John Monk and Babul McLeod. They were however not able to get the better of Reece Seddon who took his three for the Irons.

There were wins for both Hockley teams in the Premier Division of the Southend & District Table Tennis League this week. Hockley A were in fine form as they pulled out an unlikely 9-0 scoreline over Hadleigh Forum A. Sanjay Saptarshi living up to his ‘Sensation’ nickname from the Burnham league won all his games as did Matt Stringer and Player of the Match Dan Patynski.

Three games from week 7 of the Premier Division but first a late result in from week 6 and it was a tremendously close battle between two very evenly matched teams in the shape of Rayleigh Mill and Irons A. Only one of the eight games was settled in three ends with four matches going the full distance, the closest being a 14-12 win for Eric Green over Dave Bowles.

The first few weeks of the season in the Premier Division of the Southend & District Table Tennis League has given us a few indications that it is going to be a much tighter title race this year. Last year’s champions Thorpe Bay A have already experienced their first loss and we have seen strong performances from Irons and Rawreth B, both of whom seemed to have strengthened their squads over the summer.

The Lions have been running a Sports Day for the Disabled at The King John School in Benfleet for some years. It is a multi-sport and inter-club competition for all disabilities. In 2012 they approached SDTTL for assistance in running the Table Tennis.

Basildon clubs continue to dominate in Division 1 of the Southend Summer League with Basildon TTC topping the table and Northlands sitting just behind in second. Northlands are in the stronger position however just four points behind but with two games in hand on their rivals. Having already beaten Basildon 8-1 earlier in the season the title looks theirs to lose.

We are into the fifth week of the Summer League and already it’s not too hard to see who are likely to be the winners in Division 1. Northlands sit top having played and won three games, dropped just one point, and are two points clear of second placed Basildon who have played a game more.

Calling our women and girls' attention to this tournament in West Sussex on Saturday 1st July. Details below and entry form attached.

Herewith the Final Reports for the Southend 2022/3 Winter Season, League Positions and Leading Averages.

Our massive thanks to our DRSs, Duncan Taylor, David Barnes, Paul Strutt and Dave Woolmer, for all their work in producing the Reports each week.

Hockley is a hard place to go these days and get a result, but Thorpe Bay B made their task impossible by having to forfeit 3 games as they only could field 2 players against Hockley A. Kieran Skeggs did record two wins against Ian Wall and Tim Pang and Richard Stubbington also managed a win against Pang. Neither could get the better of Hockley number 1 Andy Cunningham and so this resulted in a 6-3 win for Hockley.