Spinners survive a blank... invite for coaches

TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE Premier leaders Spinners, despite postponing their match against Allstars, still lead the division.

Divergents, second in the table, defeated Crawley Knights, who were a player short, 6-3. Divergents’ Daniel Pound continues to lead the way with two wins and a walkover with Sally Hughes getting a win plus walker and Minesh Agnihotri a walkover.

Crawley Knights’ Josef Krakovsky played well to defeat both Hughes and Agnihotri with Fawzi Yousif also winning one.

A fired-up Dynamos team defeated Hang Em High 5-4 to stay fourth. Dynamos’ Matthew CaddybeatBothMichaelBridger and Andrew Sharland, Richard Caddy also had two wins with Richard Cosens coming in with one.

For Hang Em High it was two wins for both Christian Vincent and Michael Bridger.

Ping Panthers came away 7-2 winners over Crawley Community. Sasha O’Halloran starred with three wins followed by Peter Cracknel and Jeff Triggs with a pair.

Community’s wins came from Jacob Allenby with one and one also from junior Oscar Wiseman who came from two down to defeat Cracknell 12-10 in the fifth.

In Conference Division Onem there was an unusual match with both teams players short, with King Pongs’ Darius Mayhew and Paul Brinkhurst with two wins and a forfeit each and X Men also a player short.

Peter Caddy and Robert Hoare had a game forfeited to them as it ended 6-2 to King Pongs. This puts King Pongs well on the way to premier play next season.

CRICKET

April brings a county-led Foundation 1 coaching course at Lindfield Cricket Club, a tremendous opportunity for anyone with an interest in coaching to get properly trained and qualified locally. The Club will pay the normal fee of £150.

The course is open to men and women over 18 and will be run over four short sessions on April 10, 14, 20 and 21.

All sessions must be attended. Contact Bob Hopkins at for more.