The Bolton and District Table Tennis League kicked off the new season last week.
In the Premier Division, last year’s winners, Ramsbottom Town A, just beat Flixton ppong B 20-16.
Newly-promoted Burning Desire beat Hilton B 26-11 with maximum nines from Stuart Horn and Fred Turbon.
Wharton beat Little Lever Club A 24-9 with nines from Barry Elliott and Martin Wyatt. Ladybridge A and Coburg A drew 18-18, with Coburg’s Kyan Chin taking nine points.
Radcliffe TTC, formerly Radcliffe Cricket Club, just beat Hilton A 19-15 despite nine from Andrew Michnowiec.
The match between Ramsbottom Town B and Flixton ppong A is awaiting a committee decision.
In Division One, Polonia Club A had a 26-8 win against newly-formed team North West Lions, with Vojtech Sanc and Ivan Kouril on maximum nines.
Little Lever Cricket Club B beat Meadow Ben A 25-11 with nines from Ian Lansdale and Roy Costello.
Hilton D beat their own E team, formally St Paul’s Peel, 25-12 with nines from Stuart McCaig and Mathew Fishwick.
Heaton Cricket Club A were beaten by Wingates 18-13, helped by a nine from John Bradbury.
Coburg B beat Hilton C 20-13 with nines from Chris Naylor and Lee Devenport.
Division Two’s newly-promoted Lostock Tennis Club, previously Meadow Hill A, beat Brass Zone 24-11 assisted by nine from John Nuttall.
Meadow Ben B beat Heaton Cricket Club B 18-12 helped by a nine from Mike Heaton.
Farnworth Social Circle B beat Ramsbottom Town B 17-15 with a nine coming from Farnworth’s Martyn Garnet.
Farnworth’s newly-promoted C team also had a good 18-14 win against Hilton F assisted by a nine from Ben Wyatt.
In Division Three, Farnworth Social Circle D got off to a flying start with a full-points 27-5 win against Hilton H. Meadow Ben C beat Meadow Hill Tennis club from the same venue 23-13 with a nine from Debbie Wilson.
Juniors Hilton I beat new team Bolton Hindu Forum by the same score assisted by a nine from Jamie Sutcliffe.
Albany and Hilton G drew 16 -16 draw with Albany’s Les Welch taking nine points. Ladybridge C pipped Meadow Ben C 17-16.
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