Holy mountain to top
wills for the opening points, before Dave took his chances to snub out any recovery, winning it 11-5, which made it 6-2 to Waddington.
Both doubles were then comfortably won in three straight by the home side, giving a final score of 8-2, rounding off another thoroughly entertaining night at the Waddington Club.
With that win they also leapfrog Crosby B into second place with 60 points, but have played a match more than their rivals.
Argyle A (50pts) are in fourth place ahead of Holy Trinity A on 46 points.
Southport A, having led 5-1 against Waddington B, finally won it 6-4, Alan Nolan with his first win and two from Thomas Ray looked to be the deciding factors.
At the bottom Argyle C (27 points) increased the gap between them and bottom club Crosby C to eight points, but being so much under strength didn’t help the Crosby cause.
Leaders of the Second Division Waddington D (69 points) kept a strong grip on their title ambitions as well as their 100 per cent record, in not letting their C team upset their rhythm.
A good start from the C team came with wins from Chris Foley and Colin Fyles either side of a Gordon Wood reply, giving them a 1-2 lead, before that D team rhythm kicked in with seven wins on the bounce.
Crosby E (60 points), kept in touch with another impressive win against their D team, putting quite a lot of daylight between them and third placed Waddington C who have 47.
They have a match in hand as well, making it look more and more like a two horse race for that title, even before the Christmas break.
Elsewhere in Division Two, it was an all round stalemate with three intriguing draws.
Waddington E relied on two wins apiece from Josh Taylor and Brian Haslam, whilst two wins from Steve McGanity and one each from Brian Sharrock and Naresh Tagore kept Argyle D in the contest.
Argyle E had some luck on their side when Holy Trinity C arrived with a player short, Mike Parker and Ilona Kuznik with the crucial wins that kept it all square at the end.
Talking of luck, bottom team Crosby F’s fortune changed at Holy Trinity D.
Well it was not exactly luck, but when three players, Alex Baldwin, Marcus Doyle and John Aitchison all record their first wins of the season in one match, then something must have been in the stars.
Marcus even went on to complete a full quota of wins.
Two wins from Holy Trinity’s Gordon Parmenter and Richard Woodley’s first two victories made it a memorable night.
Waterloo A certainly look favourites now in the Third Division title race, their fourth maximum win in succession has put them in complete control on 66 points, that’s seven ahead of the Paras who themselves earned a maximum win against a courageous Crosby H team in a rearranged fixture.
With four contests going to five games then the three young players who were bolstered by debutant Wayne Lang were unfortunate not to get something.
However in their scheduled match they did, a narrow win at Argyle G looked to be just about deserved with contributions from each player adding to the success.
Waterloo B and Argyle H fought out an exciting draw which leaves them tied in third place with identical records (55 points each).
Argyle had taken an early 1-3 lead before being pegged back to 4-4 by the home side, and with just the doubles to go, honours were finally shared after both contests went to five games in a tense climax, which saw Argyle pair Mo Mohammadi and Phil Marshall win the last four points to rescue the match from 9-7 down in the fifth.
Southport C remain in fifth place a little off the pace with 48 points. All information can be found at www.tabletennis365.com/southport.