Kingsmith’s Direct route to success

Walker’s experience and defence then got the better of Hamza as he won the last two games to gain a further three points for his team.

In set three, Arak’s serves and attacking play got the better of Nehmiah to comfortably add to the points margin.

Sets four and five helped Kingsmith develop a margin of 99 points with comfortable four-game wins for Stott and Arak over Hamza and Gabriel respectively.

Deighton mounted a recovery in sets six and seven. Nehmiah beating Walker and Hamza beating Arak in what was possibly the best attacking play by both players seen in the final.

With two sets to play Deighton were trailing by 90, but still had the advantage knowing their 114 points handicap would be added at the end.

In the eighth set, Kingsmith reduced the points difference by 23 points as Stott took command right from the start to beat Nehmiah 11-5 11-3 11-5 11-8.

This set up the ninth and final set of the match between Walker and Gabriel, with Deighton holding a slim one-point advantage after taking account of the handicaps.

The result was never in doubt as Walker’s defence was far too steady for Gabriel in a victory that took Kingsmith home by a net margin of 19 points.

Stott was the man of the match, winning all his games for Kingsmith, but he was well supported by Arak and Walker.

Deighton Leisure Centre D 434 Kingsmith Engineering B 453: Godfrey Gabriel lost to Gareth Stott 5-11 5-11 4-11 2-11; Rawan Hamza lost to Peter Walker 11-6 11-8 8-11 3-11; Samuel Nehmiah lost to Stefan Arak 5-11 3-11 10-11 6-11; Rawan Hamza lost to Gareth Stott 4-11 8-11 6-11 5-11; Godfrey Gabriel lost to Stefan Arak 5-11 4-11 5-11 3-11; Samuel Nehmiah beat Peter Walker 9-11 11-6 11-7 9-11; Rawan Hamza beat Stefan Arak 11-9 8-11 11-10 11-7; Samuel Nehmiah lost to Gareth Stott 5-11 3-11 5-11 8-11; Godfrey Gabriel lost to Peter Walker 6-11 5-11 6-11 7-11.

Anyone interested in playing table tennis can take advantage of a number of sessions that are available at Deighton Leisure Centre on weekdays and Almondbury Sports Centre at the weekend.

Further details can be obtained from the Huddersfield Table Tennis website at www.huddersfieldtabletennisleague.co.uk.

Ladies only table tennis is also available at Deighton Leisure Centre on Tuesday evenings, 6pm to 7pm, with qualified coaches in attendance. Wilshaw A ....................................................................... Kingsmith Engineering A ..................................... Woodfield Park A ....................................................... Wilshaw B ....................................................................... Deighton Leisure Centre A .................................. Marsh Con A ................................................................. Deighton Leisure Centre B .................................. Kingsmith Engineering B ..................................... Greetland ........................................................................ Paddock A ...................................................................... Marsh Con B ................................................................. Scissett WMC A ........................................................... Marsh Con C ................................................................. Kingsmith PW ............................................................... Kingsmith Engineering D ..................................... Woodfield Park B ....................................................... Kingsmith Engineering C ..................................... New North Road Baptist Church A ................. Deighton Leisure Centre C .................................. Scissett WMC B ........................................................... Marsh Con D ................................................................. Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth ............................ Deighton Leisure Centre D .................................. Golcar Lib ....................................................................... New North Road Baptist Church B ................. U3A A ................................................................................ Deighton Leisure Centre E .................................. U3A B ................................................................................. Paddock B ...................................................................... Janet Adams (Wilshaw A) ......................................... Russell Senior (Wilshaw A) ....................................... Jonathan Heslop (Deighton LC A) ....................... Neil Crosland (Wilshaw A) .......................................... Gary Crossley (Wilshaw B) ........................................ Shaun Ellis (Kingsmith Eng A) ................................ Ian Tweedale (Marsh Con A) .................................... Cameron Sandhu (Deighton LC B) ....................... Damian Galka (Deighton LC A) ............................... Phil Schofield (Kingsmith Eng A) .......................... Geoff Dunne (Kingsmith Eng A) ............................. David Wood (Marsh Con A) ....................................... Ken Ward (Wilshaw B) .................................................. Clive Standen (Scissett WMC A) ............................. Alex Beresford (Kingsmith Eng C) ........................ Billy Ryan (Kingsmith PW) ......................................... Steve Martin (Marsh Con C) ..................................... Roger Morley (Scissett WMC B) ............................. Peter Fox (Kingsmith Eng D) .................................... Richard Cowling (Kingsmith PW) .......................... Jonathan Vaughan (NNRBC A) ............................... Stewart Clarke (Scissett WMC A) .......................... Keith Hague (Marsh Con C) ...................................... Brian Armitage (Scissett WMC A) ......................... Geoff Heywood (Kingsmith FOY) ........................... David Atherton (NNRBC B) ........................................ Scott Singleton (Golcar Lib) ...................................... Gerry Kerr (Kingsmith FOY) ...................................... Doug Holt (U3A A) .......................................................... David Singleton (Golcar Lib) ..................................... Matthew Barber (NNRBC B) ...................................... Roger Wood (Kingsmith FOY) .................................. Godfrey Gabriel (Deighton LC D) ........................... Steve Cook (Kingsmith FOY) .................................... Andy Parker (U3A A) .....................................................