Ryedale Table Tennis League

2009 Bower Trophy (Team KO Competition)

The 2009 Bower Trophy draw		Handicaps

Congratulations to Amotherby A who won the 2009 Bower Trophy. Report:

Bower Trophy final: Ryedale SC A 4½ Amotherby A 4½

Well, table tennis matches don't come much closer than this, and when they are the final of the league's KO competition with the top two Div 1 sides facing each other it's all the more exciting. Ryedale Sports Club's first team put out a strong line up of Dave Burnham, John Flintoft and Mike Fenby to face Amotherby A who were without Ian Stansfield who has been unbeaten in handicap games for a remarkable length of time.

Ryedale took the initiative from the off, with Mike Fenby outplaying Pat Swindell, and Dave Burnham's antispin expertise proving difficult for the opposition. Paul Young beat John Flintoft, however, as did Tom Needham, although the Pickering man picked up a set against Pat Swindell, his bogey player of times past.

With one set to play, Ryedale found themselves 4½ - 3½ ahead and needing just a draw or win to take the Bower Trophy. Up stepped the evening's only two unbeaten players: Mike Fenby and Tom Needham. Their encounter was a tremendously tight tussle, with controversial edge calls and two great battling performances but Tom came out on top, levelling the match and requiring a points countback. With the card checked several times, Amotherby A emerged as the winners, by 11 points, and so it was by the narrowest of margins that they won the league and cup double for 2009. Well done to them and commiserations to Ryedale Sports Club who put up a great fight.

The draw:

Whitby	Whitby	Whitby	Whitby	Ryedale A
Bye
Helmsley D	Helmsley D
Bye
Malton B	Hutton B	Ryedale D*
Hutton B
Amotherby C	Ryedale D
Ryedale D
Helmsley B	Helmsley B	Ryedale E	Ryedale A
Hutton A
Ryedale E	Ryedale E
Amotherby E
Ryedale A	Ryedale A	Ryedale A
Swinton
Malton A	Helmsley C
Helmsley C*
Amotherby D	Ryedale C	Amotherby A	Amotherby A	Amotherby A
Ryedale C
Amotherby A	Amotherby A
Amotherby B
CSL A	CSL A	Ryedale B
Hutton C
Ryedale B	Ryedale B
Ryedale F
Amotherby F	Amotherby F	Helmsley A	Helmsley A
Westow
Helmsley A	Helmsley A
Laundry
Coneysthorpe	Coneysthorpe	Coneysthorpe
Scarborians
CSL B	The Drifters
The Drifters

*Conceded match

Results

First Round (5 Jan 09)

Malton B	3	6	Hutton B
Amotherby C	1½	5½	Ryedale D
Helmsley B	8	1	Hutton A
Ryedale E	6	3	Amotherby E
Ryedale A	5	2	Swinton
Malton A*	p	p	Helmsley C
Amotherby D	2	7	Ryedale C
Amotherby A	5	3	Amotherby B
CSL A	7½	1½	Hutton C
Ryedale B	7	2	Ryedale F
Amotherby F	5	4	Westow
Helmsley A	5½	3½	Laundry
Coneysthorpe	5	4	Scarborians
CSL B	2½	6½	Drifters

 *Conceded match

Second Round

Whitby	5	4	Helmsley D
Hutton B	0	5	Ryedale D
Helmsley B	4	5	Ryedale E
Ryedale A	5	1	Helmsley C
Ryedale C	2	5	Amotherby A
CSL A	1	5	Ryedale B
Amotherby F	4½	4½	Helmsley A**
Coneysthorpe	5	4	Drifters

** Helmsley A win 378-375 on points

Quarter finals

Whitby	5	0	Ryedale D*
Ryedale E	1	5	Ryedale A
Amotherby A	5½	2½	Ryedale B
Helmsley A	6	1	Coneysthorpe

 *match conceded

Semi finals

Whitby	4	5	Ryedale A
Amotherby A	5	1	Helmsley A

Final

Amotherby A

4½

Ryedale A

4½

Points to note

First round matches should be played during the week of Jan 5^th.
Any team unable to fulfil their first round match by Jan 19th should concede the tie.
If your team progresses, please arrange your next match right away.
Scorecards should clearly be marked KO or Bower Trophy and sent to Andy Seed within 3 days of the match.
Matches consist of nine singles games. Each game is one set, first to 42, unless a player with a minus handicap is playing: see below for details.
Only players listed in the handicap list attached are eligible to play in this competition.

Scoring and rules

Matches consist of 9 singles sets. In the event of a tie (as shown below), the winner shall be the team with the highest aggregate points total.

In games between two players on a plus handicap, there is one set up to 42 points, two serves each, change ends at 21.

The score is written on the card, as below, then the handicap points added to find the winner.

In games involving a player on a minus handicap, the lowest handicap is converted to to a plus and added to 42 to determine the length of a game. Eg, if a player on -8 plays someone on +2, there will be one set to 50, change at 25.

Completed Team KO scorecard:

Game 1 here is played to 49 because Boll has a -7 handicap (42+7, see). Boll wins 42-41 after his handicap is taken off and Wang’s is added on. Game 4 is a tie at 57-57, so each team gets half a point. The match is a 4½-4½ draw, so the overall points are added up. Shanghai win by 433 to 423 (but I saw the match and Amotherby were very unlucky).

Handicaps

Edward Fambely	- 24	Trevor Teasdale	- 6	Thomas Thorp	18
Joel Wright	- 24	Andy Grayson	- 4	Ian Dawson	18
Ian Stansfield	- 24	Ray Holroyd	- 4	Lisa Rivis	20
Steve Oldfield	- 22	Luke Lunn	- 4	Stuart Ellis	20
Paul Young	- 20	John Loftus	- 4	Colin Payne	20
Tom Needham	- 20	David Chugg	- 4	Ray Chadwick	20
Mike Fenby	- 20	Phil Hattan	- 4	Angela Parker	20
Dave Burnham	- 20	Mick Carter	- 2	Dawn Hopkins	22
John Flintoft	- 18	John Stokes	- 2	Mike Shepherdson	22
Chris Londesbrough	- 18	Doug Annan	- 2	Josh Garcia-Hall	22
Jo Suchecki	- 18	Chris Parker	- 2	Mircea Voicu	24
Rebecca George	- 18	Ken Pidgeon	0	Bernadette Billington	26
Pat Swindell	- 18	Finn Needham	0	Andrea Mayne	26
Ross Dransfield	- 18	Ian Johnson	0	Oliver Grimshaw	26
Dave Hildreth	- 16			Roger Dunning	26
Charlie Allott	- 16	Ken Darby	4	Andrew Cavanagh	26
Mike Wheatley	- 16	Alan Kirkwood	4	Mark Phillips	26
John Eastwood	- 16	Stephen Temple	4	James Ellis	26
Dave Hildreth	- 16	Paul Morse	4	Mary Chappell	26
Ed Wardman	- 14	Steve Miller	6	Linda Clarke	26
John Gascoyne	- 14	Tim Penrose	6	Liz Chadwick	28
Gareth Bryning	- 14	Jim Bailey	6	Cameron Walker	28
Ruth Purseglove	- 14	Ken Mills	6	Sara Winn-Darley	28
Tom Harrington	- 14	Kenny Brown	6	Julie Cavanagh	28
Wendy Prest	- 14	George Davison	8	Mike Addison	28
		Phil Trevelyan	8
Malcolm Haswell	- 14	Roger Wang	8	Richard Budgey	28
Bernie Welford	- 14	Andy Paton	10	Phil Aldwinkle	28
Neil Raine	- 14	Jean Wardman	10	Silvio Rusu	28
Gareth Olney	- 14	John Ellis	10	Andy Baxter	28
James Mayne	- 14	Johann Voigt	10	Janey Bailey	28
John Hanson	- 12	Giles Budge	10	James Stansfield	28
Paul Cuthbertson	- 12	Gill Thorp	10	Pawel Plonczkier	28
John Freeman	- 12	Li He	12	Graham Izzard	28
Danny Foxton	- 12	Patrick Hough	12	John Boardman	30
Ray Mitchell	- 12	John Clayton	12	Will Pile	30
Andy Seed	- 10	James Harrison	12	Guy Harris	32
Stuart Brown	- 10	Russ Grimshaw	14	Tom Nixon	32
Peter Lee	- 10	Henry Peak	14	David Grayson	32
Steve Milner	- 10	Chet Butler	14	Paul Hampson	34
		Adrian Voicu	14	Colin Humpleby	34
		Nick Knight	14	William Pile	34
Eddie Prest	- 8	Kris Waluk	14	Ruth Kneeshaw	34
Alec Hodgson	- 6	John Toll	14	Paul Hampson	34
Titch Temple	- 6	John Mothersill	14	Harry Kendall	34
Gerald Cosens	- 6	Paul Stansfield	14	Matthew Shipley	34
Howard Mayne	- 6	Andrew Chappell	14	Niki Hampson	36
Adam Ridley	- 6	Katharina Heinrich	16	Wendy Borass	36
Barry Todd	- 6	John Smith	16	Barbara Johnson	38
Jan Bryan	- 6	Richard Brown	16
Joe Newton	- 6	Tom McAuley	16
Stuart Chadwick	- 6	Jill Adams	16
Macaulay Youngson	- 6	John Smith	18