Press Report 11.2.08
by Graham
Trimming
Junior British League 2nd Weekend
(9-10.2.08)
For the second year in succession the Cippenham boys’
team finished runners-up in the Junior British League Division 2 completed at
Wolverhampton over the weekend. The girls’ team finished fourth in Division 1.
Both teams doubled their points tally from the first weekend, held in October,
and retained their former positions.
The boys had two wins, both by 5-1, two draws and a
defeat only to champions Bridge the Gorge who retained their unblemished record
throughout the season. Andrew Linz scored maximums in both the victories while
Edward Mitchell scored a brace against the bottom team Crusaders, and Ruihao
Zhang did likewise against Uxbridge (Burton).
Perhaps a draw against third placed Halton was all that was really needed to secure Cippenham second place. It would seem as if this was in the players’ minds as they led 3-0 only to be pegged back to 3-3. A topsy-turvey match in which four of the six individual matches required a fifth game to decide them. Against Byng Hall, Cippenham went 1-0 up and then slumped to 1-3 down before gaining the point with another 3-3 draw. Both drawn matched were real team affairs with each of the Cippenham boys winning once and losing once in each match.
The girls’ best performance came against third-placed
St. Andrews. Cippenham upset the form book with a scintillating 5-1 victory.
Rachel Pilgrim and Rachel Farquhar won twice each while Catherine Hayes got the
all-important fourth and winning set with a great victory over the much higher
ranked Megan Sparrey.
The girls also beat bottom team Waterside B 4-2 but
lost 5-1 to division winners Ballina and 4-2 to both Waterside A and Redland
Bats.
League Tables:
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
Boys’ Division 2A |
|||||||
|
Bridge the Gorge |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
14 |
20 |
|
Cippenham |
10 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
35 |
25 |
12 |
|
Halton |
10 |
2 |
5 |
3 |
28 |
32 |
9 |
|
Uxbridge |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
26 |
34 |
8 |
|
Byng Hall |
10 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
25 |
35 |
7 |
|
Crusaders A |
10 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
20 |
40 |
4 |
Girls’ Division 1 |
|||||||
|
Ballina |
10 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
45 |
15 |
19 |
|
Waterside A |
10 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
38 |
22 |
14 |
|
St. Andrews A |
10 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
31 |
29 |
10 |
|
Cippenham |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
27 |
33 |
8 |
|
Redland Bats |
10 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
22 |
38 |
7 |
|
Waterside B |
10 |
1 |
0 |
9 |
17 |
43 |
2 |