Braintree & District Winter League 2011/12
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11th January - Round 5
Round 5 was the half way point of the BDPL Winter League and a nice bit of symmetry saw 1st v 2nd, 3rd v 4th & 5th v 6th
In the Feering Bell Paccard v Tey Sharpshooters match the Bell started well with a 13 – 3 win in the doubles. The subsequent
singles were shared both seeing valiant comebacks that just came up short. John won for Tey 13 – 10, with Dave W coming back
from 12 – 1 down and Dave P won for the Bell 13 – 9 after Paul fought back from 9 – 0 to 9 – 9.
The 2 – 1 loss was the
Sharpshooters first of the season but they retained their top spot in the league with Bell Paccard halving their lead to 3 points.
The Tey Coche Dodgers v Feering Bell Marinelli match saw both teams coming off the back of 3 – 0 wins in the last round. In the doubles
Keith and Frank successfully execute a double comeback for the Coche Dodgers after being 6 – 0 and 12 - 6 down to win 13 – 12.
Bell Marinelli have a excellent singles record this season, having lost only one game and this continued with Ian winning 13 – 5
against Frank and Chris 13 – 0 against Keith.
With the 2 – 1 win Bell Marinelli remained in 3rd place 7 points adrift
of the lead, but within striking distance with a game in hand. The Coche Dodgers retained 4th place a further 2 points back.
In the Feering Bell Whitechapel v Tey Bandits match the Bandits had a good 13 – 2 win in the doubles. In the singles Karen played
very well in a close game to win for the Bell 13 – 11 against Bill. Lloyd responded for Tey by winning the other
singles 13 – 6 against Dave B. The 2 – 1 win for the Bandits sees them move up to 5 th with a game in hand, with Bell
Whitechapel, one point adrift in 6th.
Feering Bell Paccard
vs
Tey Sharpshooters
2
1
Tey Coche Dodgers
vs
Feering Bell Marinelli
1
2
Feering Bell Whitechapel
vs
Tey Bandits
1
2
