No, but the Central Essex Summer
League is! Five teams were entered for the Summer League,
with three of them ending up in the same division!
The 'A' Team consisting of
Neil Gooday, Adrian Pitt and Bradley Hudgell were placed in
the top division. This was to be Bradley's first test
against real class opposition and a test of progress to see
if he is ready for a jump to the big time for the next
season! Not only did the team come through with flying
colours but Bradley also made his mark, with a couple of
excellent wins against genuine first division opposition.
Overall the team finished 3rd with 16pts out of a possible
30. The top team scoring just 23. This was a very good
achievement.
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Bradley
& Neil warm up for their CESL Div 1 match as the
spectators gather. |
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The 'B' Team, placed in Div
2, equally impressed. Finishing in 2nd place, just 3 pts
short of the top team, who, incidentally, they beat 3:2 in
the final match! Their record of 5 out of six wins equalled
that of the top team, but with just 21 out of 30pts it
wasn't quite enough to secure first place. Nevertheless an
excellent performance by the team of Mike Johnston, Frank
Neill and Duncan Elloy.
The remaining 3 teams were
all placed in the bottom division, Div 4. It was the all
stars 'D' Team captained by Eric Clift who fared best in
what was quite a strong division for the lowest level. Eric
was able to use a range of players including the
'Pitt' family of Mike, Adam and Ryan as well as
Matthew Skeoch. But in a division where the top team could
have competed comfortably in the 2nd division the best place
they could manage was 3rd. Still a very good achievement of
3 out of 6 wins and 16 out of 30pts.
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Don't
know about 'all stars', seems more like 'all colours'
as the multi-coloured Mike Pitt warms up for CESL Div
4 match with D team captain Eric Clift. |
Adam
& Mike Pitt and Matthew Skeoch, 3 of the 5 man D
Team. But who's the little guy in the middle...? |
The 'C' Team was also an all
'Pitt' affair. The other ones! Diane, Hannah and Samuel.
They also managed a creditable 3 wins out of 6 with Hannah
proving to be the star of the show. But with just 14pts they
had to settle for 5th place.
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Yes,
it's the Pitts! Diane & Hannah, stars of the C
Team in Div 4 of the CESL |
