Eastbourne Table Tennis League – Weekly Report 2 – By Mike Savill
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It's back to the old guard in the Eastbourne Table Tennis League after just two weeks of the new season with all three of the usual challengers leading Division 1.
Champions Ministries A (Barry 3, Haselden 3 and Norwood 3) lead the division following their excellent 8-2 win at new boys Bedes Academy (Higgins 1, Ziad El Hassan 1 and Church). The Bedes youngsters their first season did themselves proud with a fine performance against the perennial champions. In second place are Laughton (K. Burnham 3, Adams 3 and Skates 3) won 10-0 to overwhelm a weakened Ministries B (Deeprose, Gould and Martin). Eastbourne Borough (Boreham 3, Hebdige 3 and Kellaway 3) did likewise when winning at 10-0 at Bishopstone B (Bailey 3, Hulka 3 and Littley). Bishopstone A (Anderson 3, Primett 3 and Suggate 3) also won 10-0 against Boro B (Ellis, King and Krstyc). St. Michael's A (S. Ahmed-Ali 3, C. Lance 3 and Y. Ahmed-Ali 2) won 8-2 against Polegate A (Macwana 1 Gorokhov and Hickey).
There were closer matches in Division 2 where newly promoted Hailsham A (A. Smith 3, Widd 1 and Lloyd) won the doubles to force a draw at Boro D (Winter 2, Goad 2 and Reddi 1). However, Polegate C (Stuart 3, Tran 3 and J. Wright 2) had a fine 9-1 win at Ministries C (Gould 1, Guy and R. Smith) to lead the table. Polegate B (Macreadie 3, Bowers 2 and D. Chumbley 1) are in second place following a hard earned 7-3 win against Boro E (L. Hyde 1, Irving and S. Marchant).
Ministries D (Cassiano 3, Srok 3 and Knights 2) lead Division 3 after winning 10-0 against Bishopstone D (Arachchilage, Jayawardana and Thompson). Ministries E (Card 3, R. Smith 3 and Vvedensky 3) were also 10-0 winners at Hailsham B (Cowderoy, Rose and Kimble). St. Michael's B (M. Lance 3, Sanders 3 and Boddington) are in second place having won 7-3 at Polegate D (K. Edwards 1, A. Marchant 1 and L. Wright). Willingdon Stoolball (Blunt 3, Collin 3 and Whibley 2) opened their season by winning 9-1 at Ministries F (P. Jeffrey's 1, H. Jeffrey's and Paice).