RICKS CLICKS AS HE LEADS OUR LADY A TO VICTORY
SAM Ricks was in awesome form as he clinched a maximum for OUR
LADY OF PEACE A in their 8-2 win at SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD
B in division one.
Sam beat Jamie Barlow 11-2
11-9 11-3 with some terrific blocks against Jamie’s attacking shots.
KINGFISHER A remain top after Martin Adams, Hari Gehlot and
Ross Saxby got trebles in their 10-0 victory against Tidmarsh A.
Phil Mead’s hat trick helped KINGFISHER B win their inter club derby against Kingfisher C 6-4,
Alan Cummings winning twice and Stephen Leggett gaining a vital win over Daniel McTiernan.
Jason Roberts starred with a three-straight treble as SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD A won 8-2 at bottom side TILEHURST RBL A, Jon Willis getting a notable win for Tilehurst by beating Neil Hurford.
Keith Winter’s treble helped Tilehurst RBL A to their first win of the season as they beat KINGFISHER C 6-4, Jon Willis chipping in with a nail biting win over Emma Blachford.
In Division two, with SONNING SPORTS A and OUR LADY OF PEACE B not playing this week, Reading FC A defeated Our Lady of Peace C 7-3 to retake top spot, Mike Childs recording a straight sets treble,
Jazz Dhillon a double and Wayne Alleyne a single while, for OLOP, Pradeep Desh won twice and Binit Bhaskar won once. D
anny Dockree’s maximum, abetted by singles from Jon Abbott and Mark Jones, along with the doubles, earned SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD D a 6-4 win at TILEHURST METHODISTS A, whose points were courtesy of a single from Jes Eassom, a double from Phil Jones and a single from Masoud Ghabachi.
Roger Pritchard’s treble along with a crucial doubles win and a single for Eapen John, meant that the points were split in KINGFISHER F’S match against TIDMARSH B, for whom Barry Carter and Dale Ballard each won twice, with club mate Ray Webb defeating John Liddle to help ensure the draw.
TIDMARSH C fared better, beating KINGFISHER E 7-3, Ian Wu the star with a treble, ably supported by Simon Craig with a double and David Shepard with a single while, for Kingfisher, Andrew Adair recorded two wins and Luca Bianchi recorded one win.
Division three leaders PANGBOURNE WMC extended their lead at the top of the division with a comfortable 8-2 win over Kingfisher H. Clive Taylor got his customary maximum for Pangbourne but he was pushed hard in his set against Ruben Hernadez which he just edged 11-8 in the fifth.
Ruben had an impressive win over John Simmonds.
KINGFISHER I recorded their third win a in a row beating second placed TILEHURST RBL B 7-3 to move up to third in the table.
New signing Ryan Chung got his second maximum in a row against promotion chasing teams and looked very impressive. Theo Kniep also played very well to record a maximum and this team look like they will mount a real promotion challenge in the second half of the season.
OUR LADY OF PEACE D just came out on top against SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD E with a 6-4 win in a match marred by OLOP’s Simon Brookes having to concede two sets due to illness. Graham Stark recorded a good maximum for the OLOP team including a very close encounter with Jim Warren which he won 12-10 in the fifth.
TIDMARSH D had a close match against Springfield which they won 7-3 with Ray Webb getting a very hard fought maximum for Tidmarsh which included two long fluctuation five game sets against Peter Gurney and Rob Wilkie.
In division four, OUR LADY OF PEACE F just scraped home 6–4 against SONNING SPORTS C mainly thanks to Alona Slobodskoy who won all three.
Qing Wu and Jan Polnik gave her good support by winning one each. In the local derby TILEHURST METHODISTS B won 7-3 at TILEHURST ROYAL BRITISH LEGION C, for whom Geoff Johnson took Martin Wetherell’s 100% record.
SONNING SPORTS B won 7-3 at OUR LADY OF PEACE F with Harry Brough doing the business by winning all three.