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Paul Davison proved himself as the top player in this season’s Braintree Table Tennis League by not only winning the men’s singles, but also finishing with the best average in league matches.
He lost only once, to Kevin Gowlett, in his 36 sets, to edge out Peter Hayden, the man be beat in this year’s singles final.
He also beat Hayden in their only encounter in the league, but that was Hayden’s only defeat until his final match when he went down surprisingly to Jon Hill. But for that defeat he would have finished in the No.1 position.
The most significant rise in the table is that of James Hicks from 19 to 8, a reflection of his increased stature during his two seasons in the league.
Division two champions Rayne E have their three players all in the top six while division three champions White Lions B have theirs in the top nine.
The division one averages contain only those players who played in the division for the whole of the season
Qualification for divisions one, two and three is two-thirds of the team’s matches, while for the second phase of the season it is one-half.
Division 1: 1 (4) Paul Davison 35 wins in 36 sets, average 97.2;
2 (6) Peter Hayden 42-44, 95.4; 3 (2) Kevin Gowlett 42-46, 91.3;
4 (5) Ian Hayden 33-37, 89.2; 5 (3) Nigel Hodder 23-29, 79.3;
6 (10) Ian Whiteside 21-27, 77.8; 7 (-) Nikki Kennard 38-51, 74.5;
8 (19) James Hicks 31-42, 73.8; 9 (13) Graham Farmer 33-50, 66;
10 (16) Steve Pennell 29-46, 63.0; 11 (7) Jon Hill 34-56, 60.7;
12 (18) Trevor Carter 22-37, 59.5; 13 (-) Philip Lawson 20-36, 55.6;
14 (20) Barry Pritchard 30-58, 51.7; 15 (-) Larte Lawson 16-33, 48.5;
16 (23) Mike Johnston 24-50, 48; 17 (27) Scott Dowsett 15-32, 46.9;
18 (21) David Edwards 8-24, 33.3; 19 (24) Robin Armstrong 19-59, 32.2;
20 (14) Richard Jennings 7-24, 29.2; 21 (30) Laurie Sapiano 7-37, 18.9;
22 (31) Rob Stannard 6-37, 16.2.
Division 2: 1 Richard Whiteside 36-42, 85.7; 2 Paul Wellington 33-41, 80.5;
3 Trevor Laird 32-42, 76.2; 4 Phil Wade 34-45, 75.5;
5 Roy Hooper 33-45, 73.3; 6 Simon Fleming 31-48, 64.6;
7 Luke Tarrant 28-44, 63.6; 8 Kevin Saunders 22-36, 61.1;
9 Lyndon Griffiths 21-36, 58.3; 10 Gordon Fairchild 19-33, 57.6.
Division 3: 1 Tom Elder 19-19, 100; 2 Adam Clift 31-37, 83.8;
3 Stuart Ascott 31-38, 81.6; 4= Adam Purslow 35-45, Steve Clift 14-18, 77.8;
6 Keith Perrins 21-29, 72.4; 7 Will Jackson 25-35, 71.4;
8 John Breen 28-41, 68.3; 9 Steve Ascott 29-44, 65.9;
10 Mike Pitt 19-29, 65.5.
Play-off group 1: 1 Paul Mitchell 15-15, 100; 2 Brian Riedling 14-15, 93.3;
3 Peter Hance 16-18, 88.9; 4 Duncan Elloy 13-15, 86.7; 5 Ryan Pitt 6-9, 66.7.
Play-off group 2: 1 Gordon Fairchild 13-14, 92.9; 2 Lyndon Griffiths 13-15, 86.7; 3 Tim Huxtable 10-13, 76.9; 4 Malcolm Wehmeyer 6-8, 75;
5 Kevin Saunders 10-14, 71.4.
Consolation trophy: 1 Tom Elder 9-9, 100; 2 Adam Purslow 13-16, 81.3;
3 Clare Johnson 8-10, 80; 4 Charles Wilkinson 11-14, 78.6;
5 John Breen 14-18, 77.8.
