Marshall and Hodgson hit top form
Unbeaten displays from Mark Marshall and Glen Hodgson set up Corinthians to record a heavy 9-1 win over The Hit
Squad in the Scarborough Flooring Division One.
Hodgson kept his nerve to defeat Ross Dransfield 12-10 in the only five-set rubber of the night. The latter had better luck in defeating Dale Symons to stop the whitewash.
Corinthians B also had a success, beating Pindar 6-4.
Best player on show was Pindar’s Macauley Youngson as his hard-fought treble included two five-set wins.
Against Ed Wardman he showed all his fighting qualities to win the rubber, 11-8, 9-11, 10-12, 14-12, 12-10.
A win in the doubles with Nigel Clapham completed Pindars score.
Corinthians victory was a full team effort with Wardman,
Pete Lee and Pete Kirk all scoring a brace each
In the Scarborough Flooring Division Two, Picadore won the derby match against Picadore B 7-3.
The match was dominated by another top performance from Sally Hunter.
She inflicted another defeat on the struggling B team by staying unbeaten and taking the doubles with Richard Lloyd.
The latter added a brace and there was a single from Chris Smith.
Mainstay of the B team Steve Atkinson hit a brace and Tony Ingham added a single in reply.
Matty Whilde was unlucky to be on the losing side as Scalby Old Boys slipped to a 7-3 loss against Trinity.
The Scalby number one had brilliant wins over all three Trinity players.
Scalby could not add to their score, leaving Sam Lowe, Moke and John Warburton to reply with a brace each and a win in the doubles by Lowe and Moke Warburton.
Ryedale included Pat Swindell in their squad and he did the business with a treble and a win in the doubles with John Gascoyne as they beat Hobnobs 8-2.
Both Gascoyne and Mick Carter fell victim to the resilient qualities of Tom Byrne but it was to be the Hobnobs’ only successes.
Bottom placed Scalby fought hard to secure a rare win, beating Eastfield Warriors 6-4.
Les Smith, James Biggs and Luke Howland all played well to win two rubbers each.
Top performance came from Eastfield’s Piotr Ozon,
who hit another treble and took the doubles with Daniel Lister.
The two top sides in the Glazetech Division Three locked horns in what proved to be a one-sided contest as
Whitby Resolution bagged a 9-1 victory against Bingo McVitie.
Bingo were no match for the experienced Whitby side and it was left to Rod Ives to stop a whitewash.
Nick Campbell, Stuart Hurworth both hit straight set trebles and Ken Benford added a brace and a doubles triumph with Campbell.
Liberators bagged an 8-2 victory against Desperatum.
There was a personal best from Liberators’ Kath Edwards, who won a treble, two of which were in straight sets.
Brian Goodliffe also remained unbeaten and Naomi Edwards scored a well-earned single by defeating ex-Civil Service champion, Russell Ives.
The doubles also went to Edwards, partnering Goodliffe.
Bottom placed Desperatum had to settle for singles for Richard Mirfin and Stephen Davies. Rogues N Joshers were held at 5-5 by Delphstone.
Rogues lost out due to another masterclass display from Delphstones’ Matthew Rutt, who hit a treble and took the doubles with promising youngster Josh Pickin.
Delphstone secured the draw when Pickin managed a vital single.
Rogues’ reply came from John Blaymires and Dominic Grunwell, who both hit a brace and Tom Anderson, who added a single.