Evesham and District Association

THE top two sides in Division Two met at Littleton where Wyre Netting came out victorious over the Loopers.

The losers were without both Bruce Ford and Martin Brown while the visitors were missing captain Graham Gooderham.

Eric Salter won three for the Netting including revenge over Andrew Taylor who beat him in the first half of the season 11-9, 11-7, 14-12.

Malcolm Daley beat Anthony Lown and James Byrne with Wendy Moulton also overcame Byrne to secure the victory before Taylor and Lown inflicted the first doubles defeat of the season over Salter and Moulton 15-13 in the fifth set.

The Netting had previously beaten Littleton Borg 8-2 when young Luke Moffat beat Eric Salter 14-12, 6-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-7.

The Borg also lost 6-4 to clubmates Supermarine in a real nail-biter. Moffat was again in brilliant form winning his three singles with Rob Sinderberry inflicting a rare defeat over Ken Sefton.

Terry Lown beat Maria Casas 11-3, 7-11, 11-9, 11-9 in the ninth game of the night and Rob Sexton and Sefton just edged the doubles over Sinder-berry and Moffat to take the match.

The Supermarine swept Wyre Barbedwyre aside 8-2 but the Wyre side bounced back to beat Bengeworth Lions 6-4 to stay in the title chase.

Lions' Jean Lewis registered excellent wins over Keith Diver and Don Bailey, while Bailey inflicted a rare reverse on Dave Simkins.

Bengeworth Sapphires are still well in touch with the top sides following their 9-1 win over clubmates 49ers who were also beaten by Bengeworth Lions 6-4 and Bengeworth Green 7-3 for whom Peggy Mytton beat both Sandra Wheeler and Anny Roper.

Leon Williams beat Bryan Kirkman 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, but Wyre Coils went down to Bengeworth Lions 6-4.

Bruce Ford and Andrew Taylor both won three singles each to help Littleton Loopers to a 6-4 victory over Benge-worth Green.

Division One

P W D L F A Pts

Wyre Netting 12 7 4 1 72 48 41

Littleton Loops 12 6 2 4 68 52 37

Littleton Super 11 6 4 1 65 45 37

Wyre Barbed 11 7 2 2 66 44 36

Benge Sapph 10 6 3 1 62 38 35

Benge Green 11 4 2 5 61 49 32

Benge Lions 11 3 2 6 46 64 25

Benge 49ers 11 3 2 6 46 64 23

Wyre Coils 10 2 0 8 36 64 16

Littleton Borg 11 0 1 10 28 82 9