Terriers use a cup break to move up into mid-table spot
A BREAK in the league season for cup matches has provided an opportunity for teams to catch up with outstanding league matches.
In Division One of the Filedoc Huddersfield Table Tennis League, Marsh Terriers have had to postpone a number of matches due to work commitments, but over the past two weeks have played three outstanding fixtures – beating Greetland and narrowly losing to Wilshaw A and Kingsmith Engineering A – to move into a comfortable mid-table position.
In Division Three, New North Road Baptist Church A had another convincing win, beating Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth to bring the fixtures in that division up to date.
Further rounds of the two cup competitions took place over the past two weeks.
Last year’s Royds Hall Printing Trophy winners Deighton B are through to the quarter-final stages of this year’s competition, beating a Deighton C team by a 63-point margin. Greetland and Kingsmith Engineering A also comfortably progressed to the quarter-final stages beating Kingsmith Engineering C and Deighton F by 93 and 70 points respectively.
Deighton C from Division Two were up against the Third Division’s Deighton G team and it was the lower division side that progressed by a narrow two-point margin.
Marsh Con D, Woodfield Park B, Wilshaw A and Wilshaw B occupy the remaining places in the quarter-finals beating Deighton D, Kingsmith Engineering D, Marsh Con C and Deighton A respectively.
There will be a new name on this season’s Table Tennis Direct Cup, as last year’s finalists were involved in the Trophy competition.
U3A B were in receipt of a net nine-point handicap advantage and progress to the quarter-final stage with a comfortable 81-point win over fellow Division Three side Scissett.
The remaining matches were a lot closer with Marsh Con B, New North Road Baptist Church A and Paddock booking their places with wins over Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth, Marsh Terriers and Woodfield Park A respectively.
Due to the odd number of teams involved in the cup competition, it was necessary for some teams to be allocated a bye. Kingsmith Engineering E, U3A A and New North Road Baptist Church B will therefore progress to the next round.
Marsh Con D 506 Deighton D 481, Woodfield Park B 563 Kingsmith Engineering D 528, Greetland
481 Kingsmith Engineering C 388, Kingsmith Engineering A 427 Deighton F 357, Deighton E 574 Deighton G 576, Wilshaw B 413 Deighton A 385, Deighton C 340 Deighton B 403, Marsh Con C 397 Wilshaw A 419.
Kingsmith Engineering A v Greetland, Deighton B v Woodfield Park B, Wilshaw A v Wilshaw B, Deighton G v Marsh Con D.
Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth 531 Marsh Con B 543, New North Road Baptist Church A 448 Marsh Terriers 426, Scissett 529 U3A B 610, Woodfield Park A 437 Paddock 466, Kingsmith Engineering E, U3A A and New North Road Baptist Church B receive a Bye into the next round. Kingsmith PW forfeited their match to Kingsmith Engineering B.
Marsh Con B v New North Road Baptist Church A, U3A A v Paddock, Kingsmith Engineering E v U3A B, New North Road Baptist Church B v Kingsmith Engineering B.
Greetland 2 (Garry Jowett 1, Richard Broadbent 1) Marsh Terriers 8 (Steve Dearing 1, David Wood 3, Ian Tweedale 3), Marsh Terriers 4 (Tony Stead 1, Ian Tweedale 2) Wilshaw A 6 (Janet Adams 3, Russell Senior 2, Neil Crosland 1), Kingsmith Engineering A 6 (Shaun Ellis 3, Phil Schofield 1, Steve Hanson 2) Marsh Terriers 4 (David Wood 2, Steve Dearing 1).
Kingsmith PW 5 (Richard Cowling 1, David Williamson 2, Ian Charlton 1) Marsh Con D 5 (Alan West 2, Glyn Normanton 3),
Kingsmith Fountain Of Youth 0
New North Road Baptist Church A 10 (Jonathan Vaughan 3, David Atherton 3, Ross Lander 3)
PW LD Deighton B ........................................ 13 9 1 3 Deighton A ........................................ 12 8 0 4 Wilshaw A .......................................... 13 8 3 2 Kingsmith Engineering A ........ 12 9 2 1 Marsh Terriers ................................ 12 4 6 2 Wilshaw B .......................................... 12 4 7 1 Woodfield Park A .......................... 12 3 7 2 Greetland ........................................... 13 3 9 1 Kingsmith Engineering B ........ 11 2 7 2 Deighton C ........................................ 12 2 10 0
Paddock .............................................. 12 11 0 Deighton D ........................................ 11 5 1 Marsh Con B .................................... 11 4 4 Kingsmith Engineering C ........ 12 5 4 Marsh Con C .................................... 11 5 5 Woodfield Park B .......................... 11 4 5 Marsh Con D .................................... 11 3 5 Kingsmith PW.................................. 11 3 6 Deighton E ........................................ 12 1 11
N.N.R.B.C. A ........................................ 13 13 0 U3A A ................................................... 13 12 1 Deighton F......................................... 13 8 5 N.N.R.B.C. B ........................................ 13 8 5 Scissett................................................ 13 6 4 Deighton G ........................................ 13 3 9 Fountain Of Youth ........................ 13 3 7 Kingsmith Engineering D ........ 13 3 7 U3A B.................................................... 13 1 9 Kingsmith Engineering E......... 13 0 10
1 5 3 3 1 2 3 2 0
0 0 0 0 3 1 3 3 3 3
Sets 94 83 82 75 58 52 50 42 40 34
83 68 62 60 59 57 48 44 29
124 96 77 68 67 54 53 52 34 25