NEW signing Richard Moss made a superb start for his new club, Sessions 'A', in the NEDL York and District Table Tennis League.

The former Poppleton star swept to three victories in the 6-4 division one win over Bootham CC 'A'

Martin Lowe's hat-trick of wins helped Coneysthorpe 'A' draw 5-5 with leaders York RI 'A'.

Youngster Tom Weeden did well to win a couple of matches as York RI 'B' beat Groves WMC 'B' 6-4. Jill Rounce was unbeaten for RI.

John Farmery outgunned all his opponents as Holgate WMC cruised to an 8-2 win over Groves WMC 'A'.

In division two, David Lamb's three wins were not enough to stop Nestl Rowntree 'A' losing 6-4 to Holgate WMC 'B'. He had better luck against Bootham CC 'B' when he was again unbeaten and this time his team went on to a 8-2 win.

Ed Wardman played well for Holgate WMC 'B', winning all three in a 5-5 draw with Sessions 'B'.

Bootham CC 'C' continued their domination of division three after beating Poppleton 'B' 8-2. Ray Mitchell and Bob Plant were both undefeated.

Three wins from BT 'B' player Jim Stevenson was to no avail as Coneysthorpe 'B' ran out 6-4 winners.

Richard Church showed good form for York RI 'E' in a 6-4 victory over Groves WMC 'C' and Daniel Foxton won all three of his matches in Coneysthorpe B's 8-2 win over Groves WMC 'C'.

York RI 'F' helped themselves to an 8-2 win in division four over Norwich Union 'A' thanks to unbeaten performances by Brian Walton and Anna Barnard. John Temple was undefeated for Holgate WMC 'C' in their 5-5 draw with Shepherds 'A'.

Steve Wands won all three of his games for Holgate in the 6-4 win over Shepherds 'C' in division five.

Colin Dickson was a treble winner for Holgate WMC 'C' but still finished on the losing side against Nestl Rowntree 'B'.

Steve Potter starred for Groves WMC 'D' in their 7-3 victory against Nestle Rowntree 'B'. Howard Lewis and Richard Falkingham each won three in a 7-3 victory for Nestl Rowntree 'B' over York RI 'G'.

Division six leaders York RI 'G' whitewashed Norwich Union 'B' and York RI 'K' hammered Poppleton 'E' 9-1.

Results

TABLE TENNIS

NEDL York and District League

Div 1: Holgate WMC 'A' 8 (Farmery 3, Hatfield 2, Eastwood 2), Groves WMC 'A' 2; Sessions 'A' 3 (Moss 3, Parker 2), Bootham Conservative Club 'A' 4 (Eastwood 2); Coneysthorpe 'A' 5 (Lowe 3), York RI 'A' 5 (Bartle 2, Noutch 2); Groves WMC 'B' 4 (Harpham 2), York RI 'B' 6 (Rounce 3, Weeden 2).

Div 2: Nestl Rowntree 'A' 4 (Lamb 3), Holgate WMC 'B' 6 (Wardman 2, Flintoft 2, Young 2); Bootham Conservative Club 'B' 2, Nestl Rowntree 'A' 8 (Lamb 2); Sessions 'B' 5 (Elsegood 2), Holgate WMC 'B' 5 (Wardman 3, Flintoft 2).

Div 3: Northern Electric 0, BT 'A' 10 (Broadbent 3, Somers 3, Norville 3); Bootham Conservative Club 'C' 8 (Mitchell 2, Plant 2), Poppleton 'B' 2; Coneysthorpe 'B' 6 (D Foxton 2, Hodgson 2), BT 'B' 4 (Stevenson 3); Groves WMC 'C' 2, Coneysthorpe 'B' 8 (D Foxton 3, J Foxton 2, Haswell 2).York RI 'E' 6 (Church 3, Houlison 2). Groves WMC 'C' 4.

Div 4: Shepherds 'A' 5 (Neads 2, Surtees 2), Holgate WMC 'C' 5 (Temple 3); York RI 'F' 8 (Walton 3, Barnard 3), Norwich Union 'A' 2.

Div 5: Holgate WMC 'D' 6 (Wands 3, Dickson 2), Shepherds 'C' 4 (Milner 2); Nestl Rowntree 'B' 7, Holgate WMC 'D' 3 (Dickson 3); Groves WMC 'D' 7 (Bellton 3, Potter 3), York RI 'G' 3; Nestl Rowntree 'B' 3, Groves WMC 'D' 7 (Potter 3, Hood 2); York RI 'G' 3, Nestl Rowntree 'B' 7 (Falkingham 3, Lewis 3).

Div 6: Norwich Union 'B' 0, York RI 'I' 0 (Brown 3, Smith 3, Grayson 3); Poppleton 'E' 1, York RI 'K' 9 (Carter 2, Bartle 2).

The following scorecards have not yet been received by the match secretary and should be sent as soon as possible:

Div 1: Bootham Conservative Club 'A' v York RI 'A', Bootham Conservative Club 'A' v Groves WMC 'A', Bootham Conservative Club 'A' v Sessions 'A', Groves WMC 'A' v Groves WMC 'B'. Div 2: University 'A' v Holgate WMC 'B'. Div 4: Shepherds 'A' v Norwich Union 'A', York RI 'F' v Shepherds 'B'. Div 5: Groves WMC 'D' v Shepherds 'C', Nestl Rown 'B' v Shepherds 'C', Div 6: Shepherds 'D' v University 'B'; University 'B' v Shepherds 'D', Poppleton 'E' v York RI 'J'.

Updated: 08:57 Saturday, December 03, 2005