Veterans struggling in division one

HINCKLEY Veterans A team are finding life tough in the Midland League 1st Division this season. In their first match they came up against a very strong Nottingham A side losing by 9 sets to 1.

Trevor Kerry was the Nottingham player of the match whilst Harry White was the victor for Hinckley, a hard fought game with Hon Kau Chey winning 11-8 in the fourth game to secure the Town’s only set. They performed better in their next match against Birmingham A losing by 6 sets to 4. Jason Woodfield (Hin A) collecting two good wins for the home side. Ben Willson (Bir A) being awarded player of the match. Currently Hinckley A sit bottom but one with five points with only lowly Telford on 3pts below them. The bottom two sides are due to meet in early February.

The Hinckley B team have done much better in Division 4. In their opening match played at Caterpillar UK they drew with local rivals Nuneaton C, who had the player of the match in Sarah James who won all three of her matches, but with both Pete Jamieson and Jason Prescott taking two sets each for Hinckley plus the doubles a draw was a good result. In their next fixture they travelled to Sutton in Ashfield and came away with a useful 7 sets to three victory. Both P Jamieson and Jon Jacom winning all their matches for the Town.

Their next match took them to Shardlow in Derbyshire to take on Derby B. A match they won by 7 sets to three. P Jamieson was again in good form winning his three, he was well supported by Russ Pettitt who also won all of his games. Currently Hinckley B sit in second spot on 19pts six fewer that Nuneaton C but with a game in hand.

Next Saturday twenty young players from the Borough, from Market Bosworth, Sport in Desford and George Ward club will compete in the Leicester Development League at Leicester Grammar School. Several of the teams have the chance to do well in their Divisions particularly GWA who are well placed in Div. 1 for honours.