Anon Plate

Southport ‘A’ vs Southport ‘B’

Gunson Cup

St Teresa’s ‘C’ vs Southport ‘D’ (+150)
Southport ‘B’ vs Southport ‘C’ (+70)

Gunson Plate

Southport ‘E’ (+260) vs Formby HT ‘D’

Division 2

Division 3

Are you looking forward to any ping pong pressies this Christmas? Will Santa be bringing you a new bat? Or some new kit? What about some coaching videos or maybe even a copy of the rules of table tennis?

Whatever you get, may I wish you all a very merry Christmas and, when it comes, a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

Alan,

secretary / webmaster

We all know football is a game of two halves, but I hadn’t thought of table tennis in that way. How wrong I was - as soon as the half-time whistle blows, we leave the field of play, put our feet up, and refresh ourselves with orange segments!

Yes, the Christmas break is here already and soon we’ll be tucking in to those chocolate oranges.

So how are we doing at the half-way stage? And, just as importantly, how are you enjoying your games? Please, please do register on the website and post your comments.

Speaking only about the ‘C’ team, I can honestly say we’ve had a good first half, still unbeaten in the league (won 5, drawn 4) and still in the Gunson Cup handicap competition.

In the second half, we’ll need to get some fresh legs (literally), and introduce some tactical ploys we’ve been working on in training as I’ll miss the last 7 matches in the league with a hip operation, but I’m sure we’ll still be in there with a chance of promotion by the end of the season. Andy Hickey has been our “Supernova” so far, with a 100% record in his league singles games.

Alan Nolan

I’ve now confirmed the booking for an extra practice night before the Christmas holidays:

• Wednesday, 19th December, from 7.00pm (not 7.30pm) until 10.00pm.

See you there.

Alan

Passing swiftly over defeats by St Teresa’s ‘D’ (a 2nd division team) in the Anon Plate and by Argyle ‘B’ in the league, the ‘E’ team (’E’ for elated) drew an exciting match last week with Argyle ‘C’.

On equal terms for most of the match, this was a fixture which, with a little more luck, might have resulted in a victory. Hopefully, we can achieve this in the return fixture at home later in the season.

Norah was on court in the last game at 5-4 down and needed to win to draw the match. Happily, she withstood the pressure and won in 3 straight games. Ken also was in good form again and won both his singles. Pat notched up a singles win and Tom & Norah completed a good night’s work with success in a close match in the doubles.

Thursday, 6th December, is the last practice night before Christmas. See you there.

Remember, you can always see the list of practice nights on the website.

Alan