New – or new – players were forward in the first week of the new Braintree Table Tennis League season.
Champions Nett A came from a winning start with an 8-2 win over promoted Sudbury Wanderers. Three wins were expected for Paul Davison and James Hicks, but Richard Fifield and David Hitchen, both new in the competition last season, got better from Joe Meleschko.
Alesha Ellis-Austin, also in her second season and promoted this year as division one, joined her Black Notley A teammates by staying unbeaten against the club’s B team.
There is nothing new about Chris Parr, Sean Clift and Adam Clift, but they will appear this season in the colors of Netts B after their move from Black Notley and opened their account with a 9-1 win over Liberal B.
Paul Lombardi’s time in the competition goes a long way back, but he can hardly have played better than his performance for Rayne B against Rayne A. He won his three singles and joined Keith Martin to win the Doubles in the 5-5 draw.
In Division twoNetts D’s New Signing by Christopher Gibbons made an unbeaten start of his Braintree career in the 10-0 win over newly promoted Sudbury walkers. He was accompanied by JJ Calisin, a division from last season, and father Jimmy Calisin.
The other Kalalin, Charles, went to Division two last season and showed his continuous improvement with excellent victories over Dave Marsh and Adi Kamma in the 8-2 defeat of Netts C by potential title challenge finances Rayne C. Matthew Brown went through where he left last season and the only one overcounded.
Last year Division three Champions Finchingfield A came an unfortunate start when Peter Clark injured his back and had to withdraw after a set of their match against Rayne D.
He had lost on 11-8 in the fifth game against Richard Whiteside, who won his other two singles in the 6-4 victory.
Former liberal player Trevor Laird joined Finchingfield B in division three and was unbeaten in their 8-2 victory over Yeldham Whitlocks B. Lucien Nolan-Bradford’s evening was the same way flawless.
Notley H’s new signing Wayne Wilson took his three singles against the club’s E team. That included a victory on 11-9 in the fifth game against Peter Davenport, who lost only nine out of 47 last season.
Karl Bowden started his Braintree League career with three victories for Rayne G in the draw with Netts F.
Aivars Taimins and Jonathan Achanya, both products from Notley’s Casual Club, made their competition debut for Notley E in the 6-4 victory against Notley G. Taimins won two and Achanya One. Peter Foster, back in action after an absence of two years due to injury, also won twice, but none of them could pass Ben Southgate
There were six well-known names in the 8-2 victory of Rayne F over Netts E, of whom two, Conrad Gomes and Dave Whiting, remained unbeaten.
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