Club News at Woodlands 2014/15
Club Tournaments
Jim Holden Memorial Trophy, August 5th 2014.
Once again 24 club members took part in this now very popular club tournament, held in memory of our late secretary Jim Holden.
There is always a twist with this competition & this year there was no exception as our chairman David Richardson told the participants they were to play with their normal playing hand but with the hard bat they had used so well last year however this year they were to play pen holder grip. Then the bombshell that they had to use a very large table tennis ball. You should have seen their faces.
It was all taken in good spirit & it was obvious the amount of fun that was being had by the laughter heard throughout the evening. With the four round robins of 6 players per table it gave everyone at least 5 matches. Best of 3 games first player to 11 points.
The semi finals were between Jon Roberts & Geoff Wycherley and Chris Newberry & Barry Fillery.=Again it was good to see so many members stay till the end to support the players in the semi finals & the final.The final was between Geoff & Chris & although there were some very good rallies Geoff came out the worthy winner 3 sets to nil.
Jim would have loved all the fun of the evening & again we remembered our great friend.
Woodlands Singles, 6th May
This annual tournament had a full compliment of 24 players, 4 groups of 6 playing in a round robin, best of 3 sets, first to 11 points. So much fantastic table tennis & all played in such good spirit, a lot of banter& laughter. So pleasing 16 players stay till the end to support the players & to help put equipment away.
The semi finals were between Craig Burgess & Chris Baker which Chris won 2-0, then between Phil Aylward & Ken Trill which Ken won 2-0.
The final was played between Ken Trill and Chris Baker to the best of 5 sets & won by Chris Baker 3-0 with some brilliant rallies.
The trophies were presented by our vice president Bruce Theurer.
Dennis Rhodes Drawn Doubles, 23rd May
Winners: Barbara Bayford & Joanne Hanson. Runners up: Kris Pokorowski & Paul Robinson
Rose Harber Memorial Trophy, 20th May
Winner: Robyn Clark. Runner Up: Will Norrell
Social Members Drawn Doubles, 20th May
Winners: Robin Clark and Will Norrell. Runners Up: David Spires jnr and Nikki Thomas. (Nikki was standing in for this match as one social member was unable to stay to take part)
Handicap Singles and Drawn Doubles, May 13th
The Club handicap singles at Woodlands - where the handicaps were so close throughout the evening - resulted in Barbara Bayford winning against Ian Burgess in what was a close fought battle.
The Drawn doubles tournament was also fiercely fought and resulted in Barbara Bayford and Spencer Wells triumphing against Ian Burgess and Joanne Hanson.
This is certainly Barbara’s year after winning the handicap singles at LA the week before. Well done Barbara.
Thanks were given to Bob & Jenny Mansell for running the competitions at Woodlands this year, especially as Bob is standing down at the AGM & we will have to find someone else to organise the events.
Littlehampton Handicap Singles , 9th May
The LA Handicap Singles Tournament held on May 9th 2014 was a huge success. Very well organised by Nikki & George, putting many hours into making this a really great night. There were 3 tables of 5 players played as a round robin so everyone had 4 games, each game played 4 sets, first to 11 & each player given handicap numbers from their league positions.
There were some great games & it was fantastic to see some of their faces when they found they had won when adding the handicap to their scores.
The first semi final was between Joanne Hanson & Barbara Bayford, the second between Tony Gallagher & Kris Pokorowski. The winners were Barbara & Kris who went through to the final which was again played over 4 sets. They both had the same handicaps & it was 2-2 at the end of the match so it was on count back of points won with Barbara winning 36-33. A fantastic night had by all.
