The ‘E’ team ( ‘E’ for effete-adj. exhausted, spent, worn out,but not all of us ) visited Formby on Friday 26th Oct. & were again the model of consistency by losing 9-1.
Despite another great win by Ken in his singles, a winning game by Norah & some determined battles in all sets the home [...]
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On 24 October we played at the Holy Trinity church hall against the Holy Trinity ‘E’ team. We finally finished the games at 10-45pm, much to the chagrin of one of their team members who wanted to go to the pub.
We had an excellent evening, a friendly group, well matched teams with the score ending [...]
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Southport ‘E’ ( E for embattled ) entertained Formby HT ‘E’ at home on Tuesday 16th Oct. and suffered their heaviest defeat to date, going down 0-10 against a very strong team.
For a variety of reasons Formby were unable to field their usual team and drafted in two very senior players in order to [...]
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This handicap competition uses a different scoring system from the League and Anon Cup fixtures.
Firstly, there are no doubles events.
Each player plays 2 singles events, each event consisting of 5 games up to 11 points.
When one player reaches 11, the game is over and the next game is played, until all 5 games are complete.
The [...]
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To make it easier to find out when the hall is available for practice nights, there is now a separate page: Practice nights.
Please Bookmark the page or add it to your Favourites, then check frequently to see any changes to the dates.
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It was with great sadness that we learnt of the death on Thursday, 4th October, of David Ashby, the club’s longest serving member.
Dave joined the club at the age of 19 in November 1948, and was soon making his mark. Within 3 years he was elected to the committee and during 59 years as a [...]
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Southport “E” ( E for exiting no, not exciting, exiting ) met Paraplegics in the Anon Cup on Wednesday 10th. and the hosts ensured that our Cup run did not go on and on.
Hope flickered briefly when Charles won the first game against Ian Littlewood but Ian responded fiercely and the set was lost by 3 [...]
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As a result of Maghull ‘A’ dropping out of the league, the Anon Cup match between Southport ‘D’ and Maghull is cancelled and the evening is freed up for practice.
So, there WILL BE a practice evening between 7.30 and 10.30pm. All members are invited to come along (except the ‘C’ team, which has a match [...]
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The ‘D’ team has a policy of rotating its players to give them experience, and on this occasion, it was Paul Lunan’s turn to take a break. With a total age for the ‘D’ team less than the table tennis playing experience of one of the ‘C’ team members (Tom Banton) they were always going [...]
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The ‘E’ team (‘E’ for eclectic ) travelled in hope to North Meols on Thursday 4th Oct. but despite valiant attempts to overcome the home side trundled home as losers by 9 sets to 1.
The scorecard achieved a modicum of respectability through Ken Ray’s great singles win and again there were some good rallies and [...]
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