Minehead A’s Don Davis became the first player this season to take a set from Wiveliscombe’s John Edbrooke, Davis eventually went down 3-1 but followed up with a 3 sets to 1 victory over Dennis Buckingham. Toby Kerslake contributed 5 singles points to Minehead’s tally forcing Dave Woodland to 5 sets and defeating Buckingham 3-2.
Harry Harrison made a welcome return for Roys Boys and took 7 of their 12 points from his singles. This included a 3-1 win over David Bryant and narrow five set defeats to Mervyn Hillier and Martyn Summerell.
A great team performance saw Swallows defeat Mad Batters by 35 points to 8. Benjamin Forster and Joe Camp recorded maximums for Swallows. Jasper Pye was denied his maximum by a 13-11 fifth set defeat to Mathew Short.
Steve Palmer and Graham Lamacraft took maximums for Barn Boys as they defeated bottom of the table Hobby Horse 35-10. Mike Lawrie scored Hobby Horse’s only singles success with a straight sets win over Andy Fay.
Leaders White Horse won 27-17 at Tony’s Troopers to maintain their title challenge. Colin White and Ian Rew notched maximums for White Horse. Sifa Vea top scored for Tony’s Troopers taking 6 points from his singles including a straight sets success over Jamie Robertson.
Results
Division 1
Mad Batters 8 Swallows 35
Wiveliscombe 33 Minehead A 9
Stogumber A 34 Roys Boys 12
Division 2
Hobby Horse 10 Barn Boys 31
Tony’s Troopers 17 White Horse 27
Junior League
Swifts 9 Kestrels 6
League Results
Division 1 P W PTS
Basement Dwellers 10 10 321
Stogumber A 9 8 297
Wiveliscombe 8 8 279
Gnomads 10 7 260
Minehead A 12 3 192
Shooting Stars 9 3 160
Swallows 8 3 149
Roys Boys 9 0 106
Mad Batters 11 0 87
Division 2 P W PTS
White Horse 8 7 226
Barn Boys 8 5 207
House Martyns 9 4 189
Drifters 8 4 185
Tony’s Troopers 7 5 176
St Audries 8 3 150
Hobby Horse 8 0 110
Junior League P W PTS
Magpies 5 5 61
Hawks 5 4 52
Swifts 6 1 43
Kestrels 5 1 32
Kites 5 2 28
Martyn Summerell
