Henley Pasties dropped three valuable points in their title quest when they entertained stable mates Henley B. Mike Evetts was defeated by Robert McCluskey over four games, while Jason Rainey was unable to build upon victory in the opener against Stuart Latham-Marr. The two successful visiting players combined to clinch the doubles, while McCluskey was on course to add to his tally after taking a two game lead over Mike Credland only to lose out in the only contest to go to a decider. Credland went home with a treble for Pasties, with Evetts and Rainey earning braces.

Meanwhile their championship rivals Shottery A delivered a perfect performance against FISSC. Stephen Foster, Graham Poole and Gary Stewart were all untroubled despite the latter twice being taken to deuce by the farmers’ in-form player Mark Jones.

Evetts also featured in West Warwicks’ visit to Veterans, and fully justified his selection with three wins without reply. He also successfully partnered Peter Rodwell in the crucial doubles which they completed with a marathon 22-20 fourth game victory. Rodwell and Alison Stewart each added a win which was just enough to see West Warwicks gain the narrowest of victories. George Mudie was the hosts’ top performer after coming through the only two contests to go the full distance. He put aside a two game deficit to defeat Stewart before taking the honours 12-10 in the fifth against Rodwell. Brian Marston and John Hunt both got on the card for Veterans but it wasn’t enough to prevent their team losing 6-4.