The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Tuesday 31st August, at 8.00pm, at Leo’s Bar, Nevill Street, Southport.
Agenda
Alan
Secretary
The League’s Ordinary General Meeting (also known as the “handbook meeting”) will be held on Tuesday 7th September 2010 at St Teresa’s Club, Upper Aughton Road, Southport, commencing at 8.00pm.
The Agenda for the meeting is as follows:-
Colin Fyles holding the Bertrand Travis Cup after beating Paul Lunan in the club championships
With no time to play the last match on Sunday, Colin Fyles and Paul Lunan had to play the final of the club championship competition on Thursday evening.
On a very warm evening, each player needed only 15 minutes warm up before squaring up to each other. After a very cagey start from both players (the first set lasted almost 7 minutes and finally went to Colin 11-9), Colin found his backhand flick/smash to be the most effective way to win points and Paul had no answer as Colin raced ahead to take the next two sets 11-5, 11-7.
The win was a true reflection of Colin’s form throughout the competition and confirms his number 1 rank in the club.
His name has now been added to this illustrious list of previous winners:
1960 - 61 - D Gunson
1961 - 62 - D A Ashby
1962 - 63 - P G Longhurst
1963 - 64 - D A Ashby
1964 - 65 - D A Ashby
1965 - 66 - D A Ashby
1966 - 67 - J Watts
1967 - 68 - J Watts
1968 - 69 - D A Ashby
1969 - 70 - D A Ashby
1970 - 71 - P R Beatham
1971 - 72 - P R Beatham
1972 - 73 - P R Beatham
1973 - 74 - F W S Smith
1974 - 75 - J M Davidson
1975 - 76 - W J Evans
1976 - 77 - M D Cray
1977 - 78 - N A Cray
1978 - 79 - J M Cray
1979 - 80 - L Linforth
1980 - 81 - J M Cray
1981 - 82 - M R Pearson
1982 - 83 - M R Pearson
1983 - 84 - S Baker
1984 - 85 - M Fletcher
1985 - 86 - A Clark
1986 - 87 - J D Killip
1988 - 89 - C Ford
1989 - 90 - J Quirk
1990 - 91 - A Clark
2009 - 10 - C Fyles
Pat Boylett, winner of the Handicap Plate, with Oliver Cox, the other finalist.
Those who were unsuccessful in the main event could then enter the Handicap Plate competition. Seven people entered for this, and handicaps, which had been decided before the main event started, were applied at the start of each game. Each match consisted of the best of 5 games, each game being played until one person reached 11 points.
The eventual winner was Pat Boylett.
The annual Closed Championships of the Southport & District Table Tennis League will be held on Sunday 7th February at Formby High School. Details of location and how to enter are on the entry form.
You can download an Entry Form in either Adobe PDF (closed10.pdf) or Microsoft Word (closed10.doc) format. If you are interested in entering, please print a copy of the entry form, complete it and send it together with your entry fee(s) to Roger Neal as indicated on the form. Please put your initials in the box for each event you wish to enter, as in the example attached (closed10 example.jpg).
If you want to enter the doubles and have a partner, please indicate their name; if you want to enter the doubles, but don’t have a partner, put a question mark (“?”) in the box.
I would encourage you all to have a go. The odds are that you won’t win a trophy (though two of our club did reach the finals night last year), but you’ll get to play different people than usual, and you’ll get to see some good players in action.
By the way, if anyone has a suitable raffle prize they wish to donate, please let me know.
Alan Nolan
The second half of the TT season has been delayed, unless you were due to play last Monday. If so, you probably just managed to get your game in before the big freeze hit us.
Southport College has been closed since Tuesday, and although it is scheduled to open again on Monday 11th January, the car parks will not reopen, and further fixtures will be affected next week.
Players should contact their team captains to confirm whether matches will go ahead as planned.
The Draw for the first round of the Gunson Cup has been made, as detailed below.
This is a handicap competition, and the numbers after the team names show the advantage over the opponents. Each match consists of eight singles events, each of 5 games up to 11 points. At the end of the match, points for each team will be totalled and the handicap adjustment added to each team. The team with the greatest number of points after the adjustment will be the winner.
| Home Team | Away Team | |||
| North Meols ”D” | 280 | v | Formby HT “B” | |
| Southport “C” | 220 | v | St Teresa’s “A” | |
| Southport “A” | 160 | v | Formby HT “C” | |
| Southport “F” | 280 | v | North Meols ”B” | |
| Paraplegics “A” | 280 | v | Formby TTC “B” | |
| Formby TTC “C” | v | Formby TTC “E” | 300 | |
| Argyle “B” | v | North Meols ”C” | 120 | |
| Formby TTC “G” | 180 | v | Formby HT “E” | |
| Southport “E” | v | Formby TTC “F” | 80 | |
| Argyle “A” | v | Formby HT “D” | 130 | |
| Formby TTC “D” | 140 | v | St. Teresa’s “D” | |
| Southport “D” | v | Bye | ||
| St Teresa’s “C” | v | Bye | ||
| St Teresa’s “B” | v | Bye | ||
| Southport “B” | v | Bye | ||
| Argyle “C” | v | Bye |
Matches to be played during w/c 2nd November 2009. Home team captains to arrange the fixture by offering the opponents 2 dates, at least one of which is in the cup week.
The Club’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Thursday 17th September, at 8.00pm, in the sports hall at Southport College.
Draft Agenda
Alan
Secretary
The practice nights scheduled for 27th August and 3rd September 2009 have been cancelled because the sports hall at Southport College is unavailable due to student enrolments.
Unfortunately, we have been unable to rearrange the practice sessions at short notice.
