Table Tennis: Rich seam of form by Richard Collyer (From York Press)

Table Tennis: Rich seam of form by Richard Collyer

9:52am Saturday 12th November 2011 in Table tennis

THE performance of the week in the CE Electric York and District Table Tennis League came from division three player Richard Collyer.

Collyer won his singles without dropping a game as his Bootham ‘D’ side picked up a draw at promotion-chasing Shepherds ‘C’.

University ‘B’ edged out RI ‘G’ thanks to Adam Schober-Thomson, and the students followed up with an 8-2 defeat of Aviva ‘A’, Jay Wong proving too tricky.

Bootham ‘E’ picked up their first win of the season as they overcame BT ‘B’ 7-3, with Ray Mitchell unbeaten.

In division one, Paul Robertson guided RI ‘B’ to a narrow win over Coneysthorpe ‘B’.

In division two, a maximum haul from Mark Blackburn ensured a draw for RI ‘E’ with Bootham ‘C’.

However, University ‘A’ have already established a clear lead at the top after a 9-1 thumping of BT ‘A’, with Senri O’Hara and Rudy Huang in fine form.

The losers also came off second best in a 7-3 defeat at Bootham ‘C’, who had Dave Rawlings excelling.

Gareth Bryning proved a tough nut to crack as he led Bootham ‘B’ to a 7-3 win over Crescent ‘C’, though the losers saw off Tramways 6-4 with six of the sets going to a final game.

Shepherds ‘B’ whitewashed Holgate ‘D’, with Andy Fletcher, Nathan Taylor and Stu Stevens on top.

In division four, Mike Brookes guided Hartrigg Oaks to a draw with Holgate ‘F’, who had earlier been inspired by the returning Keith Hood to a 7-3 win over RI ‘K’.

RI ‘K’ crashed 8-2 to Thornton-le Clay, where Steve Pearson and Trevor Percival starred, and then went down 8-2 to Aviva ‘B’, for whom Terry Ruane was unbeaten.

John Mitchell was in charge as Hartrigg Oaks overcame University ‘C’ 7-3.