KINGFISHER MOVE CLOSER TO CAPTURING LEAGUE TITLE
KINGFISHER A now need just a few more points to confirm their title defence as they breezed past bottom club READING FC 10-0.
Mike Childs came close to upsetting Ross Saxby as he spurned a couple of match points going down 11-6 11-7 8-11 16-18 3-11.
Second met third when
OUR LADY OF PEACE A hosted KINGFISHER D but it was the visitors who came out on top in a fantastic tussle. Both Ryan Chung and Graham Mendick overcame Ian Cole, Justin Mead and Mo Cook to seal the
4-6 result.
Elsewhere Young Theo
Kniep helped Kingfisher B to a 6-4 victory over two-player SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD A team including a comingof-age performance over Neil Hurford 11-5 11-5 11-8.
Another Prayrit Ahluwalia maximum, including the scalp of Ed Lush, could not stop a 4-6 defeat for struggling KINGFISHER C at Sonning Common & Peppard B, while Dave Croucher’s triple saw SONNING SPORTS A through with another 6-4 win, this time over TILEHURST RBL A.
In the SC&P local derby league leaders SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD D consolidated their position at the top of the division two table with a 7-3 win over SONNING COMMON & PEPPARD C with Danny Dockree getting his customary maximum, alongside Jon Abbott.
The tightest set of the night was the D team’s Jonathan Abbott just edging out Nigel Maltby in four very close games 6-11 14-12 15-13 12-10.
TIDMARSH B moved up to second place in the division with an 8-2 win over relegation threatened OUR LADY OF PEACE C with Dale Ballard getting a very good maximum. *
The highlight set was
OLOP’s Sanket Dave recovering from two games down to beat Francois Durand in five.
KINGFISHER G jumped up into third place and into the promotion battle with a comprehensive 9-1 win over a weakened TILEHURST METHODISTS A team with
Satej Jaywant and Savva Chistodoulou getting maximums for the
Kingfisher side.
Tilehurst’s Bill Stamatiou had a good comeback win in five against Kingfisher captain Andrew Adair. In a mid-table clash TILEHURST RBL B beat OUR LADY OF PEACE B 6-4.
The highlight set was Tilehurst’s Nick Lean overcoming the difficult to beat Darak Kaminski 11-9 in the fifth after losing the fourth 14-16 from a commanding winning position. OLOP’s Dave Godfrey had a good comeback win against John Willcocks winning 11-8 in the fifth having lost the first two games.