Senators tame the Tigers to close the gap on leaders Prudhoe

MATFEN Senators moved to within one point of Northumbria League Division One leaders Prudhoe.

Unbeaten performances by Alex Holliday and Neil Forsyth in both singles and doubles saw them defeat Cramlington Tigers 7-3.

North East Chinese Association had Yao Li in fine form as they defeated Saint Columba’s B team by the same score to ease away from the relegation places.

Ouston C suffered a setback to their promotion hopes in Division Three as they were beaten by Saints.

Vince Killen was unbeaten and was well supported by John Cook and Ray Joynson in a 7-3 victory.

Cramlington Spartans moved level with the Ouston side when Sree Kanakala, Sam Nair and Jamie Hall came away from Newton B with a 9-1 success.

Youngsters Alan Roskilly and Rohan Rawat were both in unbeaten for Division Four outfit Cramlington Dynamos.

They beat their Dragons stablemates 8-2 to go into third place - only five points behind the leaders with a game in hand. ■■THE Northumberland veterans side of Andrew Wilkinson, Eddie Smith, Martin Schapira and Christine Burke was in action in Huddersfield in Veterans Division 1a of the County Championships.

They drew with both South Yorkshire and Yorkshire Seconds but lost out to Yorkshire Thirds. ■■THE Northumbria League cadet side was in good form at Ormesby at the second session of the North Eastern section of the National Cadet League.

Ethan Brown of The Mount, Ferg Kilsby from Matfen and Brandon’s Patrick Nicholson won all four of their matches beating Darlington A, Scarborough B and Ormesby first and second teams to end up in third place overall.