Table Tennis
Hermits edge Drummonds for title
Drummonds missed out on the Division Five title by a whisker as the Bradford League season reached an exciting climax.
The top three teams were all in with a chance as they faced their final fixture. Laisterdyke B held a five-point advantage over rivals Hermits G and Drummonds and began the week as favourites - but they had to play Drummonds, while Hermits faced bottom-placed Baildon B.
Hermits duly dispatched Baildon 8-2 to move top, so Laisterdyke needed a draw against Drummonds to become champions while Drummonds required an 8-2 win to take the title or a 7-3 success would give them a play-off place.
Malcolm Fowler won all his singles for Drummonds and, with Stewart Varley and Geoff Coupe adding one each, they led 5-3. But Drummonds could only manage a 6-4 victory, meaning they had to settle for third place while Hermits were crowned champions by just a point.
Hermits B clinched the Division Two title with a 10-0 whitewash against Laisterdyke A to cap a remarkable sequence of success for two members of their squad.
Chris Town and Steve Golden have enjoyed four successive title-winning seasons since teaming up in Division Five in 2004.
In Division Six, Salem Meths and Hermits J were level in second place when they faced each other with a play-off place at stake.
Salem emerged victorious - with Colin Waddington unbeaten, Ronnie Wright winning two and Brian Hall one - and now play Fastbats G from Division Five, with promotion up for grabs.
RESULTS - Division One: Police 10, Embassy A 0; Dewsbury TTC 6, Unity A 4; Highdale B 8, Dewsbury Sedbergh 2; Dewsbury TTC 6, Highdale B 4. Division Two: Laisterdyke A 0, Hermits B 10; Fastbats A 3, Highdale C 7. Division Three: Fastbats C 9, Unity C 1; Fastbats E 3, Thornbury B 7; Unity C 3, Fastbats D 7; Thornbury B 8, Hermits C 2; Fastbats D 5, Fastbats E 5; Fastbats B 10, Hermits C 0; Fastbats F 3, Fastbats C 7. Division Four: Hermits D 8, Baildon A 2; Unity D 5, Hermits F 5; Hermits E 5, Embassy C 5; Highdale D 9, Rastrick BC 1; Highdale D 8, Hermits F 2. Division Five: Fastbats G 3, Laisterdyke B 7; Baildon B 2, Hermits G 8; Laisterdyke B 4, Drummonds 6; Hermits H 8, Fastbats G 2. Division Six: Hermits L 7, Hermits K 3; Hermits J 3, Salem Meths 7; Unity 6, Fastbats H 4. Burton Cup semi-final: Dewsbury TTC 5, Embassy A 1.
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10:56am Wednesday 12th March 2008
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