Table Tennis: Victory sees Aardvarks clear

The Aardvarks are four points clear at the top of the Dewsbury Table Tennis League after a 6-4 victory over the improved Colts A.

James Brown was the star, winning all his three games and was well supported by Garry Crossley, who won two, and James’ son Freddie, who won one.

The Colts’ points came from Lewis Williamson (two) and Josh Lane one.

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The best game in the match was Freddie Browns’s five-set win over Ben Phillipson.

Nine-year-old Freddie, who is coached at Dewsbury Table Tennis Centre, made a great start, winning the first set 11-7 but Phillipson took the next two 11-8, 13-11.

Freddie then produced excellent table tennis to win the final two sets 13-11, 15-13.

T’old Men are up to second, after a 6-4 win over Spen Methodists.

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Kevin Plowman was man-of-the-match, winning all three games. Veteran George Hoyle rolled back the years to win two for T’old Men, while Hoyle and Plowman won the doubles in straight sets.

Cheun Yoong was the star for Spen Methodists. beating Hoyle in five sets.

Cuckoos, who have plenty of games in hand, could still be title contenders, after they won 8-2 against Terriers.

Steve Morris and Adrian Worth won their three games for the Cuckoos, with Linda Sanderson winning one. Morris and Sanderson also won the doubles in four sets, beating Frank Lockwood and Bernard Oldroyd.

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Lockwood and Oldroyd won a game each for the Terriers. The game of the match was Lockwood’s five set win over Sanderson. Lockwood came from behind to lead 2-1 in sets but Sanderson took it into a decider, winning the fourth 11-7. The final set was outstanding with both having chances but Lockwood prevailed 12-10.

P W D L F A Bon Pt

Aardvarks 17 13 1 3 131 39 17 44

T’old Men 17 13 1 3 122 48 13 40

Simpsons 14 11 1 2 105 35 14 37

Terriers 16 9 2 5 89 71 14 34

Battyeford 15 8 1 6 88 62 14 31

Cuckoos 13 9 0 4 82 43 11 29

Colts A 16 6 0 10 76 84 16 28

Colts B 17 2 0 15 33 137 16 20

Spen Meths 14 2 0 12 36 104 14 18

Colts C 17 1 0 16 12 153 14 16

Averages P W %

James Brown (Aard) 24 23 95.83

Kevin Plowman (T’old) 24 23 95.83

Ian Teale (Simp) 24 20 83.33

Adrian Worth (Cuck) 30 24 80

Steve Kosmowsky (T’Old) 24 18 75

John Flynn (Batty) 36 24 66.66

Ian Fothergill (Aard) 30 20 66.66

Phil Bell (T’old) 24 16 66.66

Bernard Oldroyd (Terr) 48 30 62.50