Sunday the 24th of June from 1pm – 5pm. Cost for the session is £25.

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MINUTES
Present Bryan Fitzpatrick (Chairman), Russell Benstead (Treasurer), Veronica Nicholas (General Secretary), Dave Terry (Fixtures Secretary), Tony Collard, Lola Roberts (Division Secretaries), Dave Kay.
Apologies Were received from Rob Wylie and Ivor Jones
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1. Chairman
a) Bryan opened the meeting and asked for the minutes of the previous meeting to be approved.
i. Section 3B in which the final sentence beginning “It was …..” has been deleted as it does not accurately reflect what was said at the meeting and the committee regrets any embarrassment this may have caused.
b) There were no matters arising from the previous minutes.
c) Veronica has been away and has not been able to prepare an agenda.
2. Treasurer
a) Sportivate – Funding has been received to pay our coaches and for equipment.
b) Russell will prepare rule changes and clarifications for AGM.

3. General Secretary
a) Veronica informed the committee of the recent ETTA correspondence she has received :
i. Following its AGM on 27th March 2012, The International Table Tennis Federation has made no changes to the Laws of Table Tennis and as a consequence, there will be no changes to the ETTA Approved Laws of Table Tennis for 2012/2013.
ii. The list of approved 40mm balls is published annually by the ITTF in January and is effective from 1.1.12 to 31.12.2012.
iii. The list of Authorised Racket Coverings, effective from 1.1.12 to 30.6.12, is available from the ITTF website.

4. Fixtures Secretary
a) Dave is starting to get back the cups in preparation for the AGM and presentation evening.
5. Division Secretaries
a) There are only a few outstanding matches to be played.

6. AOB
a) AGM and Presentation evening
i. We shall need to elect another president as Don Wragg is to stand down.
ii. Russell will be getting recipients of the cups to sign for them so that we can keep trace them in future.
b) Russell is to review the ETTA TT365 system.
c) The league was approached to give a table tennis demonstration, followed by a coaching session, at both Ellesmere Port and Chester colleges as part of a sports awareness initiative. The sessions are to take place on May 2nd & May 4th with Bryan Fitzpatrick, Aaron, .Joe, Rob and Bob Salisbury attending the session at Ellesmere Port and Bryan taking the session at Chester.

AGM & PRESENTATION EVENING
The Groves Sports & Social Club- Manning Lounge
Tuesday 12th June 2012
7.30pm
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With a handfull of matches outstanding the tilte is still undecided. British Steel are top following a tough 7-3 away victory over Barrow B for whom Scott Fletcher recorded 2 fine wins. Champions Barrow A
lie second but will almost certainly be overtaken by both Barrow and Corus who play this week and next. Select One are currently bottom but are only points behind Rhyl Morfa and Pulford.

DIVISION 1

County Officers forced a draw with their A team and duly took the title with Alan Rigby and his side coming in as runners up. At the bottom Saughall Port had numerous injury problems throughout the season
and unfortunately finished in a relegation position. A fine victory at the end of the season saw Pulford B overtake their own A side who consequently finished second from bottom.

DIVISION 2

Beechwood were relegated at the end of last season but proved too strong for this division which they won comfortably. A close run thing for runners up spot resulted in Barrow D just outpointing Whitby Sports A. At the bottom Tarporley finished last despite signing Dave Galley during the season as back up but unfortunately this player then suffered injury . Electric Sports A relied very heavily upon Russell Benstead for the bulk of their points and finished just ahead of the Tarporley squad.

DIVISION 3

Congratulations to Tony Collard and his County Officers B team who won the title. The runners up spot has not yet been decided but favourites are the Groves C team who have completed there fixtures and have points in hand. Barrovians suffered a blow when Dave Jump became unavailable for a large part of the season although Sylvia Dickson stepped in and did an admirable job, and they could still feature in a promotion spot but have to play 4th placed Barrow F.

PETER POWELL DIV 1 CUP FINAL

The final between Groves and County Officers A was a terrific clash which , under the new formula ,went to 4-4. The deciding game saw Sue Burgess up against Neil Ayling and the result was a narrow win for Sue and the Groves team.

BURRELL CUP DIVISION 2 CUP FINAL

Champions Beechwood jumped into a 3-0 lead when Dave Kay outpointed John McInally but Saughall Deva fought back and once again the scoreline went to 4-4! The final game this time was a doubles and Polina and John pulled off a fine win to see Saughall home 5-4.

DIVISION 1
Saughall Port 2 Groves 8 Dean and Steve lead league leaders Groves to an important victory
Corus A 7 Barrow C 3 Matty Gilmour leads Corus to win which keeps them in 3rd spot
Pulford B 1 Groves A 9 Gaham Boyd and Peter Cottam record terrific win over improving B trio.
Whitby Sports 3 C Officers A 7 Sports make unbeaten Officers work hard for victory.
Pulford A 4 Saughall Port 6 Bottom of the table Saughall fight hard for important win.
Groves 7 Pulford B 3 Terrific singles win for Ken Hill as he outpoints Dean Oldham
C Officers A 3 Corus A 7 Roger Lee leads Corus and ends the only remaining unbeaten league sequence.
Saughall Port 4 Whitby Sports 6 New signing Stuart Hambley hits 2 wins as Saughall go close.

DIVISION 2
Tarporley 3 Saughall Deva 7 A fine win for Saughall but could be too late for promotion push.
Groves B 3 Electric Sports 7 Mike Eastell leads Sports to a much needed victory.
Whitby Sports A 1 Beechwood 9 Leaders completely outplay challengers as they march towards title
Barrow E 6 Electric Sports A 4 Even Russell fails to save team from another defeat and they stay bottom.
Whitby Sports A 6 Saughall Deva 4 Mike Moss and Danny Cooper in good form for the Sports.
Barrow D 4 Beechwood 6 Geoff Willetts leads team to important success. John and Phil also in top form.
Electric Sports 4 Saughall Deva 6 John Mc Inally and Saughall team record fine win.

DIVISION 3
C Officers C 2 C Officers B 8 Tony and his team continue to close on leaders Groves
Barrow H 3 Barrow G 7 Gary and Michelle lead G team to fine win over Chris Dodd s side.
County Officers D 4 Northcote 6 Lola and her team score hard fought victory over young D side.
Saughall 6 Barrow H 4 Stan and his team continue to climb the table following 6 4 scoreline.
Northcote 5 C Officers C 5 Ganesh Gangadarah hits 3 as Northcote hold John Ashton s C team.

PREMIER CUP SEMI FINAL
Barrow A 5 Barrow B 4 Fantastic match as B side lead 4 1 at one stage.

BURRELL CUP SEMI FINAL
Barrow D 1 Beechwood 6 Phil Beech defeats Bryan in the opener and Beechwood take control

DIVISION 1
Groves 9 Barrow C 1 Steve Clift and Deano ensure Groves remain in top spot. 3 defeats for John Allera
Pulford A 3 C Officers A 7 Neil Aylings side remain the only unbeaten side in all 4 divisions but tough match
Groves A 3 Whitby Sports 7 Finally the talented Sports team hits a victory with Terry Marshall leading way
Corus A 10 Pulford B 0 Dave Fisher, Matty and Roger power past promoted B side for maximum points.
County Officers 5 Corus A 5 Depleted Corus side force excellent draw to dent Officers title hopes.
Whitby Sports 5 Groves 5 Whitby continue revival and stun leaders with draw. Dave Williams hits 2 wins
Pulford A 6 Pulford B 4 Ian Robinson s team continue to climb table. John Chan and Mike Plelan playing well

DIVISION 2
Tarporley 2 Barrow E 8 Home side continue to struggle with injured Dave Galley now out for season.
Saughall Deva 0 Beehwood 10 Unbelievable scoreline although a number of games went to decider.
Whitby Sports A 8 Groves B 2 Mike Moss and Danny Cooper lead the way to fine win
Barrow D 7 Electric Sports 3 Cameron backs up Bryan for vital victory as they stay in 2nd position.
Whitby Sports A 9 Tarporley 1 Laurie and his side continue to climb the table as Tarporley hit bottom.

DIVISON 3

C Officers B 8 Barrow G 2 Maximums for George Mechlenburgh and Colin Fergus in comfortable win.
Barrow F 6 Barrovians 4 Phil Choi leads way in a victory that just keeps F team in touch with leaders
Barrow H 4 Northcote 6 Fine win for struggling Northcote squad that takes them off bottom place.

ODEX TROPHY ROUND 1
Barroiw B 457 British Steel 502
Barrow 458 Saughall Deva 448

SARL WILLIAMS ROUND 1
County Officers B 560 Beechwood 508
Saughall 612 Electric Sports 550
SARL WILLIAMS ROUND 2
Northcote 490 Groves C 555

BURRELL CUP Q FINAL
Groves B 1 Barrow D 6

REPRESENTATIVE MATCH – LANCS/CHESHIRE PREMIER DIV
Chester/ E Port 5 Warrington 5 Rob 2 Mark 2 Tomasz Halucha 1

DIVISION 1
County Officers 8 Groves A 2 Home side maintain challenge with fine win over good Groves team
Whitby Sports 5 Barrow C 5 Unbelievably the strong looking Whitby squad still looking for first win.
Corus A 4 County Officers A 6 Alan Rigby maximum keeps the A team on course in 3rd spot
Pulford B 4 Groves SC 6 With Dean injured Steve Clift leads league leaders to narrow win.
Groves SC 5 C Officers 5 Draw fair result between two top sides with no maximums.
County Officers A 6 Groves A 4 Pete Cottam in fine form for visitors restricts defeat margin.
Corus A 7 Pulford A 3 Hosts battle back from 1 3 as Dave Fisher hits 3 great wins.
Pulford B 5 Barrow C 5 Captain Ken Hill hits first maximum in division 1 as team force draw

DIVISION 2
Beechwood 4 Barrow D 6 Great scoreline for villagers as Beechwood lose unbeaten tag
Saughall Deva 7 Whitby Sp A 3 Terrific maximum for young Polina Petrova as Deva move into 3rd spot
Groves B 6 Electric Sp A 4 Sports hit the bottom with this defeat and future looks grim.
Barrow E 7 Electric Sp 4 Martin Dodd in good form as E team consolidate mid table position.
Tarporley 3 Beechwood 7 Leaders back to winning form even without Geoff Willetts.
Groves B 5 Barrow D 5 Mal Turley maximum stuns high flying D team
Whitby Sp A 8 Electric Sp A 2 Danny Cooper backs up Mike Moss in emphatic win.

DIVISION 3
Barrovians 8 Barrow G 2 Brian Burr and Dave Jump lead Barrovians to fine win
C Officers C 10 Northcote 0 John Ashton leads team to a terrific win over struggling Northcote
Groves C 5 Barrow F 5 Leaders drop vital points to Phil Choi and his team
Barrovians 8 Saughall 2 Jenny hits vital singles win as Barrovians close on leaders
C Officers B 7 Barrow F 3 Colin Fergus inflicts first defeat on Phil Choi in good win
C Officers C 5 Barrow G 5 Michelle hits terrific maximum for the G side.
Groves C 8 Northcote 2 Lola s team suffer another defeat even though Linda on hols in Mexico.

CLOSED TOURNAMENT 2012

Will all players please be aware that this sesons closed tournament will be held on Sunday April 1st at the County Officers club between the hours of 12 and 7.
Finals night will be at the Groves Social Club on Tuesday April 3rd
All players are very welcome for what is normally a great afternoon of table tennis.
Entry Forms will be circulated in due course.

PREMIER DIVISION
Barrow 10 Pulford 0 Visitors fielded messrs Southall and Worthington but had no answer to Aaron, Jonathan and Mike.
British Steel 5 Barrow B 5 Youngsters go top for Christmas despite 3 for Simon and win for Andy over Joe.
PREMIER CUP Q FINAL
Barrow B 7 Pulford 2 Pulford fought hard and took 2 of the doubles surprisingly but Liam and lads into semis.

DIVISION 1
Groves 9 Corus A 1 A singles win for Dave Fisher was all the visitors could muster against Steve, Dean and Sue
Pulford B 0 County Off A 10 Neil Ayling and his team mean business and overwhelmed Ken and his Pulford side.
Whitby Sports 4 Pulford A 6 Unbelievably the strong Sports side have yet to win a match! Ian and his lads hit great victory.
Saughall Port 1 Groves A 9 Maximums for Pete Cottam and Barry Hough as Groves climb table at expense of weakened Port

DIVISION 2
Beechwood 7 Barrow E 3 Phil Beech and his teammates power past Jim Whittaker and Martin Dodd
Tarporley 8 Electric Sp A 2 A must win match for Ian and his team against a struggling side without Russell.
Whitby Sports A 5 Electric Sp 5 Mike Moss defeats Mike Eastell but goes down to hard hitting Jack Auckland.
Barrow D 9 Saughall Deva 1 A great win for the home side against rivals for promotion. Matty and Cameron improving weekly.
Groves B 5 Whitby Sp A 5 A vital draw for home side in their bid to climg away from the bottom, with Steve still indisposed.

DIVISION 3
Barrovians 7 County Off C 3 Barrovians have matches in hand on top 2 but are capable of closing the gap.
County Officers B 7 Groves C 3 Officers win battle between top 2 with Colin Fergus showing great form.
Northcote 0 Saughall 10 Saughall included student Kaye for her debut and visitors hit maximum but had to fight hard.
Saughall 1 Barrovians 9 Jenny backed up messrs Jump and Burr in splendid win to go clear 3rd in table.
County Off C 0 Groves C 10 Neil Powell , with Phil Hough and Steve Jones make no mistake when revisiting County Officers .
Saughall 6 Barrow F 4 Stan and Maureen continue fine run with terrific victory over strong Barrow trio.

DEVINE SHIELD SEMI FINAL
Barrow G 0 Barrovians 5 Comfortable victory for Barrovians as they reach cup final

SEE YOU ALL IN THE NEW YEAR !!

DIVISION 1
County Officers A 6 Groves 4 Alan Rigby leads the Officers to vital win over leaders
Pulford A 4 Groves A 6 Mike Phelan returns for injury raven Pulford A squad.
Pulford B 3 County Officers 7 Keith and team struggle to overcome lowly Pulford side.
Barrow C 8 Saughall Port 2 John Allera leads home side to convincing victory.
County Officers 5 County Off A 5 Honours even as 2 challenging teams fight it out.
Groves 6 Groves A 4 Graham Boyd defeats both Steve and Suzanne in tough match
Saughall Port 2 Corus A 8 Hard fought victory for highly placed Corus side.
Pulford B 6 Whitby Sports 4 Great win for Ken Hill and his boys over strong Whitby side.

DIVISION 2
Saughall Deva 4 Barrow E 6 Surprise defeat for high flying Port trio.
Groves B 6 Tarporley 4 Important win for Mal Turley and his team over bottom side.
Whitby Sports A 6 Barrow D 4 Mike Moss leads Sports to win over second placed Barrow.
Electric Sports A 3 Electric Sp 7 Maximum for Russell fails to save A side from loss
Groves B 1 Beechwood 9 Linda debutised for B side but leaders far too strong.
Barrow D 9 Tarporley 1 Win for Robin Ackerley consolation for Tarporley
Electric Sports A 2 Saughall Deva 8 Dave Trousdale and team back on course for promotion.

DIVISION 3
Barrovians 8 Barrow H 2 Dave Jump and teammates secure fine win and climb table
County Officers B 10 Northcote 0 Top versus bottom went a s expected with Colin Fergus in fine form
County Officers C 9 Saughall 1 John Ashton leads his team to terrific victory.
Groves C 7 Barrow G 3 Young Phil Hough showing fine form for league leaders.
County Off B 10 Barrow H 0 George Mecklenburgh ensures leaders hit maximum score.
County Officers D 0 Groves C 10 Linda and her side prove too experienced for plucky youngsters.

Date and time of next meeting: The Wheatsheaf, Upton
Monday 9th January, 2012
2.00pm
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DIVISION 1

C OFFICERS A 7 BARROW C 3 Officers remain undefeated following victory over Barrow trio
WHITBY SPORTS 1 C OFFICERS 9 Strong Whitby squad continue to struggle neat foot of table
SAUGHALL PORT 7 PULFORD B 3 Welcome win for home side against promoted Pulford team
GROVES A 1 CORUS A 9 Matty Gilmour leads visitors to unexpexted big victory

DIVISION 2

BEECHWOOD 8 WHITBY A John Bowen and the strong Beechwood side march on
ELECTRIC SPORTS 7 GROVES B 3 Visitors struggle with top player Steve Sung unavailable through work.
ELECTRIC SP A 5 BARROW E 5 Russell hits maximum to earn draw for home side.
BEECHWOOD 7 ELECTRIC SPORTS 3 Geoff Willetts undefeated for league leaders
WHITBY A 6 TARPORLEY 4 Mike Moss leads Whitby to important win
BARROW D 7 ELECTRIC SP A 3 2 wins each for the Barrow trio earns victory.

DIVISION 3

BARROVIANS 7 GROVES C 3 Brian Burr leads team to another win as they climb table
C OFFICERS B 10 C OFFICERS C 0 Tony Collards side hit top spot following 10-0 scoreline
BARROW G 5 BARROW H 5 Chris Dodd playing well for the H squad as they force draw.
C OFFICERS B 6 BARROVIANS 4 George Mechlenberg stars for the victorious B side
SAUGHALL 1 GROVES C 9 Linda and her side record comfortable win over sporting Saughall side
BARROW G 7 NORTHCOTE 3 G side climb table after defeating struggling Northcote side
BARROW H 2 BARROW F 8 Phil Choi and his team earn important win to challenge leaders
C OFFICERS D 1 C OFFICERS C 9 Youngsters unable to field strongest side but show potential