Handicap Cup Final
House Martyns 326 Shooting Stars 338
Results
Division One
Basement Dwellers 35 Stogumber A 10
Roys Boys 21 Shooting Stars 18
Gnomads 35 Minehead A 8
Shooting Stars 16 Stogumber A 28
Despite a heavy defeat to Runners Up Basement Dwellers – Stogumber A secured third place in League Division One. Only a fine five set win for Marcus Short over Mike Vickery denied Dwellers a maximum 36 points. Vince Court and Paul Rees brought their seasons to a close with fine maximums.
Stogumber completed their season with a 28-16 away win at a depleted Shooting Stars. Martyn Summerell was forced to 5 sets by both Geoff Williams and Martin Shoots. Marcus Short also defeated both of the home players.
Marcin Szram recorded a comfortable maximum for Gnomads as their storming finish to the season was completed with a 35-8 victory over Minehead A. Nigel Foster also notched a maximum for Gnomads. Don Davis was Minehead’s only singles winner as he beat Martin Rant over 5 sets.
Roys Boys recorded their first victory of the season in their final fixture. The win was largely thanks to a Barry Hooper maximum, six singles points for Roy Hooper and a first singles win of the season, in straight sets, for Bob Preston.
Shooting Stars are the 2016/17 Handicap Cup Champions. In a thrilling finish Mark Scyner gained 4 points against Ellie Baker to secure a narrow 12 point victory over House Martyns. Thanks to overall gains of 26 and 5 points for Scyner and Martin Shoots Stars looked comfortable with 2 games to play. However Jack Lancaster made a gain of 32 points against Geoff Williams in the penultimate game to narrow the gap to just 8 points, leaving Scyner to hold on in the final game.
Division One – Final Table
P W PTS
Wiveliscombe 14 13 436
Basement Dwellers 14 12 431
Stogumber A 14 9 367
Gnomads 14 8 335
Swallows 14 5 259
Minehead A 14 2 245
Shooting Stars 14 4 204
Roys Boys 14 1 156
Division Two – Final Table
P W PTS
White Horse 14 14 423
Tonys Troopers 14 12 387
Mad Batters 14 8 337
Barn Boys 14 9 314
Drifters 14 6 313
Space Invaders 14 4 303
Hobby Horse 14 2 264
House Martyns 14 0 177
Martyn Summerell