The Baddow Village A team closed
the gap on their nearest rivals Three E's I in the second
round of matches in the London North National Junior League
played at the Ellenborough TTC in Enfield on Saturday 20
January.
A brilliant performance on
the day saw the team, of Bradley Hudgell, Dacre Pell and
Phil Twite, undefeated in this round of matches including a
first class reversal of their only defeat in the first round
of matches when they toppled leaders Three E's I 4:2. They are now
just 1 point behind the leaders with one more round of
matches to play. Bradley stayed unbeaten on the day with
Dacre taking 7 out of 8 and Phil a very useful 3 out of 6.
Adam Pitt also played up for 1 match taking his 2 singles. A
first class team performance. The highlights were the two
matches against Three E's I & II. Against the leaders
Dacre excelled with a 3:1 win over the Three E's No.1
player, then Bradley fought back from 2 down against the
same player to take the set 3:2 with an 11:9 in the 5th win.
Dacre sealed the match with a 3:1 win in the final set. The
team went straight on again to play the Three E's II team.
And perhaps it was the euphoria of the previous success
which saw Dacre in his very next match slip up against the
Three E's No.1 for his only defeat of the day. But Phil made
sure the A Team stayed ahead with a vital win over the
opposing No.3. These two very useful 4:2 wins meant the A
Team topped the group on the day with a perfect 10 pts and
closed the gap on the division leaders to just 1pt.
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London
North - National Junior League
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Div 1
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|
Positions
after 2nd round of matches
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Three
E's I |
10 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
50 |
10 |
18 |
| Baddow
Village A |
10 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
48 |
12 |
17 |
| Three
E's II |
10 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
34 |
26 |
11 |
| Barnet
I |
10 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
46 |
6 |
| Ellenborough
I |
10 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
23 |
37 |
5 |
| Wembley
I |
10 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
11 |
49 |
3 |
|
Phil
Twite, Dacre Pell and Bradley Hudgell
the all conquering BVTTC A Team
Not quite sure what happened to the team colours! |
The Club took a large B Team
squad on this occasion. 5 players, Adam Pitt, Matthew Skeoch,
Claire Austin, Tom Lee and Roland Johnson. And perhaps it
was just as well we did. At least 3 teams from other clubs
found themselves a player short and the extra Baddow players
were therefore able to gain valuable extra experience by
substituting for the other teams. This allowed most of the
players to get at least 1 match in the top division, and
there they acquitted themselves very well.
The B team continue to top
the table in Division 2 and again came out on top on the
day. But in this round of matches they were pushed all the
way by a strong side from Mayfield who were unable to play
in the first round of matches. The strength of the two sides
was well illustrated when they played each other in the
final group encounter of the day, the match finishing all
square with each of the Baddow players, Adam, Matt and Tom
taking 1-a-piece. The other 3 group matches on the day
resulting in confident 5:1 wins. Tom made an excellent debut
with 5 out of 6 wins, and Claire kept a clean sheet with 4
out of 4, Adam & Roland both finished with 3 out of 4
and Matt, generally playing at either No.1 or 2 found
himself a little disappointed on the day with his 3 out of
6. A very good all round team effort.
Both teams also had 1
friendly match on the day to make the total number of
matches for each team up to the expected 5. The A team won
theirs convincingly against Div 2 opposition. The B Team
however put in a tremendous performance against Three E's II
(who finished 3rd in Div 1). In a very close run match the
team went down 4:2 with Tom defeating the No.2 and only just
losing out over 5 ends to the No.1 in a tremendous battle.
Roland also took 1 in this match beating the No.3 over 5
ends. Claire couldn't quite match this success but
nevertheless put in a very good performance.
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London
North - National Junior League
|
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Div 2
|
|
Positions
after 2nd round of matches
|
|
P |
W |
D |
L |
F |
A |
Pts |
| Baddow
Village B |
10 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
51 |
9 |
19 |
| Three
E's III |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
31 |
29 |
9 |
| Mayfield
I |
10 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
23 |
37 |
9 |
| Ellenborough
II |
10 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
26 |
33 |
8 |
| Barnett
II |
10 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
24 |
36 |
8 |
| Ellenborough
III |
10 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
24 |
35 |
7 |
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So
who's that in the white hat in the background?
Yes, it is Team Coach Ryan Pitt!
Seen here with the BVTTC B Team of:
Roland Johnson, Claire Austin, Adam Pitt, Matthew
Skeoch and Tom Lee.
At least Tom has his team shirt! |
We now look forward to the
last round of matches on the 24th February. Spectators
welcome. Adrian can provide details.
