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The latest news & updates, not covered on our other web pages, will be featured below. For example weekly League reports will be in the Reports Page, Weekly Tables on the Tables Page and Weekly Results Summary on the Results Page
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Apr 2011 - Portsmouth League Division Summary
Amazingly all the divisional winners dropped 2 points and finished on 34 points...
Div 1 - Winner PTTC Orange, Runner Up Generation Aces
Div 2 - Winner PTTC Purple, Runner Up Sporting St Clare's
Div 3 - Winner Cowplain Neptune, Runner Up Eastoke Cougars
Div 4 - Winner Avenue Dodos, Runner Up Cowplain Crimson
Div 5 - Winner St Clare's Swifts, Runner Up Knowle Valiant
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29th March 2012 - Constad & Stannard Cup Results 2011-12
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18th March 2012 - Portsmouth 2011-2012 Closed Report.(R Plunkett)
The Portsmouth closed tournament attracted a small, but strong entry. The first event was the junior singles which was won by Julian Linsell beating brother Dylan 15-13, 11-9,8-11,11-7. The next event was the veterans singles. In the first semi final Charlie Childs beat Pete Woodacre 11-9,11-7,11-8. In the other Danny Lucking beat John Taylor 11-2,11-6,12-10. In the final Childs romped home 11-9,11-4,11-6. The Peter Goldring event for non Division one players was won by Martin Matuzevicius against Steve Long 11,3,11-3,8-11,13-11 in the final.
In the Blue ribband eveent the mens singles Billy Ho triumphed. In his semi group he beat Matuzevicius 11,8,11-8,11-3 and Childs 11-2,8-11,11-4,11-3. In the other group Lucking beat Ross Saxny 11-8,4-11,11-0,11-9 and Pete Woodacre 4-11,11-8,11-6,8-11,11-4. In the final Ho breezed it 11-7,11-4,11-4. In the consolation David Woodacre beat James Mason in the semi final in 5 sets. John Taylor beat Tim Hampton in straight sets. Dave Woodacre won the final 11-8,11-13,13-11,12-14,11-7.
In the mens doubles the number one seeds Childs and Ho knocked out Jimmy Yeung and Mason and Graham wiggins and Tim Hampton. The second seeds Lucking and Saxby knocked out Matuzevicius and Taylor and edged out the Woodacre's 11-9 in the fifth set. In the final Lucking and Saxby raced to victory 11-6,11-1,11-4.
In the handicap singles Eric Linsell lost to Dave Woodacre having been given a 9 start 24-20,22-24,26-28. Julian Linsell beat Saxby 27-25,27-8 having had a 20 point start. Ho beat Eric Harvey 25-19,25-21 after given away 15.Dylan Linsell made use of his 14 start on Lucking by winning 25-18,25-23.In the first semi final Woodacre beat Julian Linsell 26-22,26-23 having given away a 16 point start. Dylan Linsell beat Ho 22-26,26-24,26-13 with an 18 point start. Dylan won the final against Dave Woodacre 24-22,24-18 having made full use of his 13 start.
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18th Aug 2011 - Portsmouth League Fixtures are now available for 2011-12. There will be 5 Divisions of 10 teams and season commences Oct 3rd
Fixtures are now stored in the new Handbook Section
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Apr 2011 - Constad and Stannard Cup Results
In the first Constad semi Blue beat Eastoke Cougars 5-2 with Billings again winning both of his rubbers. David Woodace won two from three having lost only to Gary Bannister. Plunkett won once, but lost to Jim Broad. In the other semi. Sapphire beat Portsmouth trio of Emma Marlow, Stan Marlow jnr and Stan Marlow snr 5-0. Blue beat SESA Perseus 5-1 in the quarter final with two apiece for Billings and Dave Woodacre. Ray Lush got the only reply versus Plunkett. Cowplain Sapphire beat BCA Red of Division one 5-3 in their quarter final. Paul Tinsley and John Amey both won twice having both lost to Andy Stagg. Paul Tomsett won once, but lost to Lee Mullett. Portsmouth Cobalt won 5-3 in their quarter final with Sporting St Clares. Stan Marlow snr won three from three games and son Stan Marlow jnr won both of his rubbers. Eastoke Cougars had a walk over versus PW Red.
In a thrilling Constad Cup Final Cowplain Blue of Division one beat Cowplain Sapphire of Division two 5-3. Blue had to give starts ranging from 9 to 12. Blue's number one Robin Plunkett had three setters. Firstly he beat John Amey 25-20 in third set having looked like losing two sets to nil. Richard Billings then easily beat Paul Tinsley. Bob Shaw pulled one back by beating Pete Woodacre 24-20, 25-23. Plunkett came close to making it three one, but Tinsley pulled off a strong finish to defeat Plunkett 25-22 in their decider. Amey then defeated Woodacre 24-15 in the third set to put Sapphire 3-2 up. Billings then won a vital deciding leg with Shaw 24-22 to level things again. Woodacre easily beat Tinsley two straight to put Blue 4-3 up. Plunkett then had his third three setter with Shaw whom he overtook to 20-16, but Shaw hit top form only to lose out 25-23 having failed to take his one match point.
In their Stannard semi Portsmouth Claret Hurley and Giles disposed of SESA Perseus 8-0. In the other semi Sapphire won 5-1 against Lovedean with three wins for Shaw, one fom Tomsett having lost to Len Couzens. Jim Malcolm replaced Tomsett for the second sequence and beat Sandra Collier to clinch the match. In the quarter finals Claret beat Cowplain Blue 5-1.Shaw and Tomsett took Sapphire to a 5-0 win over Nuffield Blues of Division five. Lovedean of Div 4 beat Cowplain Cobras 5-3 thanks to Collier and Couzens. In the other quarter Perseus beat Sporting St Clares 5-2 with Lush winning three and Alan Bland two having both lost to Graham Wiggins in the first sequence.
In the final of the Stannard shield Gordon Giles and Mike Hurley of Portsmouth Claret beat Cowplain Sapphire 6-2. The first half of the match was shared 2-2 against Jim Malcolm and Bob Shaw as Giles won both of his rubbers, but Mike Hurley lost both of his. In the second sequence of matches Gordon Giles won twice again. Sandwiched in between this Mike Hurley vitally defeated Malcolm 24-18 in the third set having been given a 12 point start. With the match over at 5-2 Shaw sportingly played on, but lost to Hurley as the match ended 6-2.
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Mar 2011 - Portsmouth 2010-2011 Closed Results
The Portsmouth Closed Tournament was held on Sunday March 13th at the Admiral Lord Nelson School. Letitia McMullan sweeps the board winning six Trophies.
Cadet Singles -Winner Letitia McMullan, Runner Up Jimmy Yeung
Junior Doubles - Winners Letitia McMullan, Tim Buckman Runners Up Jimmy Yeung, Martin Matuzeviciene
Junior Singles - Winner Letitia McMullan, Runner Up Jimmy Yeung
Womens Singles - Winner Letitia McMullan, Runner Up Sandra Collier
Mens Singles - Winner Billy Ho, Runner Up Mike Rhodes
Veteran Singles - Winner Charlie Childs, Runner Up Paul May
Barry Boorah Handicap Singles -Winner Roger Winkworth, Runner Up Danny Lucking
Mens Doubles -Winners Charlie Childs, Billy Ho, Runners Up Pete Boniface, Alex Rorke
Mixed Doubles -Winners Letitia McMullan, Charlie Childs Runners Up Heather George, Paul Fitzgerald
Womens Doubles - Winner’s Sandra Collier , Letitia McMullan Runner s Up Heather George, Monika Gluszowska
Mens Consolation - Winner Martin Matuzeviciene Runner Up Tim Buckman
Peter Goldring - Winner Mike Gibbs Runner Up Paul Fitzgerald
The Portsmouth Closed tournament was held at the Admiral Lord Nelson school and attracted a healthy entry. The first event was the veterans singles. The first semi final saw number one Charlie Childs beat number two Pete Woodacre 11-9, 11-6, 11-5. In the other semi third seed Paul May defeated Sven Lind the fifth seed 11-9, 11-7, 11-5. The final was won by Childs 11-8, 11-1, 11-8.
The Cadet singles was won by Letitia McMullan who beat fellow 12 year old Jimmy Yeung in the final. In the junior singles first semi Letitia McMullan the first seed beat the second Tim Buckman in straight sets. The other semi saw Yeung beat James Mason 13-11 in the fourth set. The final was won by McMullan over fourth seed Yeung 13-11, 12-10, 11-8.
The first quarter final of the Peter Goldring special Tournament for non Division one Players saw Pete Grubb beat Eric Lindsell in five sets. Number three seed Paul Fitzgerald overcame Dylan Linsell in three sets. Sven Lind the fourth seed also had a straight sets victory over James Mason. Number one seed Callum Shipp surprisingly lost to Heather George in his group which meant he played number two seed Mike Gibbs in the quarter final stage and he lost again 7-11, 11-8, 11-8, 12-14, 7-11. Fitzgerald beat Grubb in four sets in the first semi final. Gibbs beat Lind 11-2, 19-17, 11-5 in his semi final.The final was won by Gibbs 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9.
The blue Ribband event the mens singles attracted 22 entries. The first quarter final saw number one seed Alex Rorke beat Mike Gibbs comfortably.In his quarter final third seed Mike Rhodes beat number eight Dave Woodacre in straight sets. Number four Billy Ho only conceded 14 points in his demolition of number 15 Roger Winkworth. Number two Charlie Childs beat number 14 Sven Lind 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 in his quarter final.The first semi final saw Rhodes upset Rorke 13-11, 12-10, 11-9. Ho made it another upset by defeating Childs 11-9, 11-7, 11-7 in their semi final. The final was won by Ho the fourth seed 11-6, 6-11,11-9, 11-7.
The first ladies singles semi final saw Letitia McMulln the top seed beat Monika Glusowska in straight sets. The other semi saw Sandra Collier beat Heather George 10-12, 11-9, 11-6, 12-10. The final was won by McMullan 11-5, 11-8, 11-7. The mens consolation was won by 14 year old Martin Matuzevicius who beat Tim Buckman in the final in straight sets. The junior doubles final was won by McMullan and Buckman who defeated Yeung and Matuzevicius in five sets.
The next evenet was the mens doubles. In the first semi fianal first seeds Childs and Ho beat Pete and Dave Woodacre 12-10, 11-4, 11-8. Nunmber two seeds Alex Rorke and Pete Boniface overcame Gibbs and Fitzgerald 11-5, 11-8, 11-8.In a tremendous final Childs and Ho scraped home 11-5, 11-8, 6-11, 8-11, 12-10. The mixed doubles first semi saw number three seeds Fitzgerald and George beat Lucking and Gluszowska. Childs and McMullan beat Eric Harvey and Sandra Collier in their semi. The final was won by Childs and McMullan 11-5, 11-4, 11-7. The ladies doubles was won by Collier and McMullan agaist George and Gluszowska 11-6, 11-6, 14-12.
The final event of the day was the handicap singles. The first quarter final was won by May over Dylan Linsell having given a 15 point lead away-26-23, 26-23. Roger Winkworth beat Fitzgerald having started level by a margin of 21-13, 21-18. Boniface beat Dave Woodacre 21-14, 21-17 having also started level. Lucking had a four point start on Ho and played superbly to win 20-22, 22-14, 22-14. In the first semi Winkworth beat May with a four point start 19-25, 28-26, 25-22.The other semi saw Lucking use his two point start to defeat Boniface 22-20, 21-12. Winkworth then excelled in the final to upset Lucking 22-20, 22-16 having been given just a one point advantage.
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Aug 23rd 2010 - The 2010-11 Season starts week commencing Mon 4th October. The fixtures can be found here Fixture List 2010-11
There has been an increase in teams ( 5 new teams in and unfortunately Hambledon have dropped out). This has meant we have 49 teams versus 46 last year. After looking at the options we've gone for 5 divisions of 10 teams.
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Mar 2010 - Portsmouth 2009-2010 Closed Results
The Portsmouth Closed Tournament was held on Sunday March 24th at the Admiral Lord Nelson School. Roger Winkworth was the star winning the main singles and the doubles. The first event was the veterans singles. In the first semi final Pete Woodacre the second seed easily saw of Sven Lind 11-2,11-5,11-6. The number one seed Lee Orton had a real battle on his hands before beating Steve Long 11-5,12-10,6-11,6-11,11-8. The final was won by Orton 11-8,11-9,6-11,11-9.The Peter Goldring tournament for non division one players saw number one seed Pete Boniface beat Paul Fitzgerald in the first semi 11-6,11-8,11-4. Simone Bertana the number two beat Billy Edwards 14-12, 11-8,11-5. The final saw Boniface come through against team mate Bertana 11-7,11-5,12-10.
In the mens singles Boniface created a shock in his quarter final clash with number one seed Lee Orton winning 11-9,14-12,7-11,11-9. Number three Roger Winkworth beat Mike Gibbs 11-9 in the fourth set.Number four Pete Woodacre lost to Steve Long in straight sets.Number two Dave Woodacre beat Simone Bertana in four sets.In the first semi Winkworth edged out Boniface 11-9,12-14,11-9,3-11,12-10. Dave Woodacre had a tough battle with Long before winning 12-10 in the fourth set.The final was won by Winkworth 12-10,11-8,14-12.The mens consolation final was won by Tim Hampton against Paul Fitzgerald 11-9 in the deciding leg.
In the mens doubles number one pairing Orton and Winkworth beat Boniface and Bertana 11-6,10-12,11-6,11-1 in the semis.The other semi saw number two seeds the Woodacres beat Fitzgerald and Gibbs 12-10 in the fourth set. Orton and Winkworth won the final suprisingly easily 13-11,11-6,11-4.The first quarter final of the handicap singles saw Tim Hampton beat Billy Edwards. Eric Harvey beat Luke Austen in their quarter.Boniface beat Fitzgerald to progerss.Lester Miles had a seven point start on Winkworth and won 23-17,15-23,24-22. In the first semi Eric Harvey defeated Hampton in thee sets. Boniface easily saw off Miles in their semi 22-19,22-14. In the final Harvey was given a 11 point start , but Boniface raced to victory 24-18,24-18.
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Aug 2009 - Portsmouth League Fixtures now available
Fixtures are stored on the diary page Fixtures
Handbooks are planned to be printed in early Sept
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Apr 2009 - Portsmouth League Division Summary
Division 1 Winners - Generation 2 Aces, Runners-up Cowplain Blue
Division 2 Winners - Cowplian Orange, Runners-up Sesa Perseus
Division 3 Winners - BCA Wasps, Runners-up BCA Green
Division 4 Winners - Cowplian Sapphire, Runners-up PTTC Unison Purple
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Apr 2009 - Constad Cup Competition Round-up
In the Constad cup PW Dark Red beat Lovedean 6-1 in the quarter final with Colin Miller the player of the night with three wins, being well supported by John Peters with a double. Eastoke Cougars from Div 4 defeated Div 3 side Unison Green 5-4 despite John Ruse's maximum. John Davey and Jim Broad both scored a brace for the winning outfit. Div 4 champions Cowplain Sapphire beat Div 2 runners-up SESA Perseus 5-4 in their quarter final. Paul Tinsley and John Amey won two apiece for the victors, while Alan Bland fared likewise for Perseus. In the other quarter final Cowplain Blue won a tricky contest 5-1 against fellow div 1 side BCA Red. Richard Billings and Robin Plunkett both won twice. In the first semi final Eastoke Cougars beat last years finalists Dark Red 5-4 with Eric Saunders the star player with a hat trick. John Peters won two for the beaten trio.In the other semi final holders Cowplain Blue found the handicaps too tough against Cowplain Sapphire who cruised to a 5-0 victory with their team of Paul Tinsley, John Amey and Paul Tomsett. Only Billings won a leg in his encounter with Tinsley.The final was won 5-2 by Sapphire over Cougars with John Amey unbeaten. Eric Saunders beat Tinsley and Jim Broad got the better of Tomsett to give Cougars some consolation.
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Apr 2009 - Stannard Shield Competition Round-up
The Stannard Shield for veteran players produced some dramatic matches in the last three matches of this competition. Unison Orange from Division two lost 5-4 to Div 3 side Cowplain Emerald in the semi final. The first four rubbers finished all square with Peter Mclellan beating Russell Voysey and Eric Harvey overcoming Oranges Malcolm DEacon.In the second sequence Peter Mclellan won both his games, but Eric Harvey lost both his. So the match was decided in the doubles which Emerald won 22-20 in the deciding set having been given a 4 point start. Cowplain Cocktails beat Division one runners up Cowplain Blue 5-4. Robin Plunkett and Pete Woodacre played for Blue, while Cocktails were represented by Steve Long and Roger Winkworth. All the players beat each other once and lost once, so the match went to the doubles again which Cocktails won in the final leg. In the final Roger Winkworth won all his four singles, but first Ray Tller and next Steve Long couldn't add to Cocktails tally. Emerald's pair of Harvey and Mclellan won the doubles in three sets to take the cup by 5 rubbers to four.
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Mar 2009 - Portsmouth Closed Results
The first event was the veterans singles. Charlie Childs beat Pete Woodacre and Steve Long in his group to progress to the final.Mike Rhodes overcame Bill Moody and Sven Lind to join Childs in the final. Childs won the final 11-9, 11-3, 11-4.The Div 2-4 singles was held and number one seed Roger Winkworth was astonishingly knocked out by Pete Grubb who progressed to the final after also defeating Billy Edwards. The other semi final group saw Steve Long beat Sven Lind and Josh Colombi.Long won the final 11-5, 12-10, 11-9. The mens singles was the blue ribband event of the day.In the first Quarter final Charlie Childs the top seed was knocked out in five sets by fifth seed Scott Lawson. Third seed Mike Rhodes beat tenth Kieran Wells in straight sets. Eighth seed Tim Farmer had a good win over fourth Danny Lucking. Second seed Alex Rorke beat ninth Roger Winkworth in straight sets. Rorke beat Farmer 11-6, 11-2, 11-4 in the semi final. Scott Lawson beat Rhodes 11-6, 11-9, 11-5 to reach the final. Rorke won the final with his backs against the wall chopping shots with the occassional surprise attacks-11-5,13-11,8-11, 11-6.
The ladies singles was won by Sandra Collier in beating Heather George 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7.The mixed doubles was won by Sandra Collier and Eric Harvey against Heather George and Roger Winkworth 12-10, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10. The consolation singles was taken by Sven Lind who overcame Pete Grubb in four sets. In the handicap singles semi final Billy Edwards had a 15 start on Scott Lawson, but lost 25-12,23-25, 21-25. In the other semi Lester Miles overcame Tim Buckman with just a one point start winning 21-13, 16-21, 21-19. Miles played superbly in the final to beat Lawson 26-9, 23-26, 26-10 after being given a 17 point start. In the mens doubles number one seeds Charlie Childs and Danny Lucking squeezed home against fifth seeds Andy Bugden and Tim Farmer after saving three match points in the fourth set.In the first semi final the top seeds found the going easier when beating Pete Woodacre and Steve Long in straight sets.Number two seeds Alex Rorke and Scott Lawson beat fourth seeds Roger Winkworth and Robin Plunkett also in straight sets. The final was very tight, but Rorke and Lawson triumphed 14-16, 11-7, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9.
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Aug 2008 - Looking for players or a Team ?
Contact the League Secretary Pete Woodacre or Divisional Secretaries Phil Eardley Divs 1-2 or Roland Grant Divs 3-4. See League Handbook or contacts section on the website for details.