DOMINATORS TO DEFEND
Despite
five of the nine games requiring a deciding third set the Dominators picked up
all of the points available against Trimwise in their Blue Riband
semi final. Debra Faulkner took a first set lead in all of her games but none
of it would bear fruit and the determined Dominators pulled back the games on
all three occasions. Philip Tye had similar poor luck
after taking a set off both Martin Peek and Luke Caswell but finishing with
nothing to show for it. The Dominators will now defend their Blue Riband title against the Waveney Terminators in a repeat of
last years final. The Terminators steamed away from the Sidewaves with only a
win for Terry Shetliffe against Charles Goddard
preventing a complete whitewash. The final of the Blue Riband
Cup will be held on Friday 16th April at the Water Lane Leisure
Centre.
In the penultimate
week of the league, the Mill Lane Spartans found stiff competition from the
Mutford Merlins. Thomas Baxter collected a maximum three for the Spartans but
while Bob Knights found Colin Fortescue too challenging, Ian Rudock got caught out by a Kevin Baker counter attack after
taking the first set 21-9 and loosing the next two. Trimwise had little problem
with the Tables, not after Debra Faulkner beat Wally Ladmore
and then went on to complete her maximum three. The Conservatives welcome merely
two Piranhas to their Gorleston venue but two was enough, even after Malcolm
Vasey bested Martin Drew. And Dominators recorded their first league defeat of
the season. Inconsequential perhaps given they already have more than enough points
to retain the league champions title, and playing as they were with a weaken
team with reliance on second division support, but the Oddbods showed true grit
and made even the normally consistent Stuart Baxter work for his points.
In the second
division the LCC Shakers had an enjoyable, if fruitless, end of season game against
the Sidewaves. With the season up wrapped up, nothing was riding on the match
but the Sidewaves remained very competitive and bore all ten points for their
labour. The Critters had an early upset
when Kevin Jones made light work of Alan Peek. However, the Critters eventually
overwhelmed the Arrows and won 7-3. But there would be no reprieve for the
Misfits as the Kites sailed away with a 10-0 win, despite Jonathan Block taking
Bob Quantrill to three sets and David Etheridge snatching the first set from
Brian Gooch.
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League
Results
Dominators 3
Oddbods 7
Spartans 6 Merlins
4
Trimwise 7 Tables
3
Conservatives
4 Piranhas 6
Shakers 0 Sidewaves
10
Critters 7 Arrows
3
Misfits 0 Kites
10
Blue Riband Semi Final Results
Sidewaves 1
Terminators 8
Trimwise 0
Dominators 9
League
Tables
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DIVISION 1 |
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Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
PTS |
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Waveney
Dominators |
15 |
14 |
0 |
1 |
123 |
27 |
123 |
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Northgate
Oddbods |
15 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
95 |
55 |
95 |
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Waveney
Trimwise |
15 |
9 |
0 |
6 |
90 |
60 |
90 |
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Waveney
Terminators |
15 |
10 |
1 |
4 |
84 |
66 |
84 |
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Waveney
Piranhas |
15 |
9 |
1 |
5 |
82 |
68 |
82 |
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Waveney
Tables |
15 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
73 |
77 |
73 |
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15 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
64 |
86 |
62* |
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Mutford
Merlins |
15 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
37 |
113 |
37 |
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Gorleston
Conservatives |
16 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
32 |
128 |
30* |
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*-2 points deducted for postponed
match |
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DIVISION 2 |
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Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
PTS |
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Waveney
Sidewaves |
14 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
126 |
14 |
126 |
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Waveney
Hits |
13 |
9 |
1 |
3 |
86 |
44 |
86 |
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Waveney
Kites |
14 |
8 |
0 |
6 |
80 |
60 |
80 |
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13 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
69 |
61 |
69 |
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Waveney
Critters |
13 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
68 |
62 |
68 |
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LCC
Shakers |
13 |
7 |
1 |
5 |
66 |
64 |
66 |
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Waveney
Arrows |
13 |
1 |
0 |
12 |
19 |
111 |
19 |
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Waveney
Misfits |
13 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
16 |
114 |
16 |
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