Inter League Results
The Brentwood Super Veterans "A" team welcomed Colchester to Crays Hill on Sunday 18th October and went down by the narrow margin of 4 - 5. Ray Eldridge, George Pavitt and Dave Carter each collected a singles win and also won the first doubles but their failure in the ramaining two doubles were to cost them the match. Ray Eldridge got the singles off to a fine start beating Alan Burgess but the Colchester number two Fred Button easily defeated Dave Carter and Ray Eldridge for two visiting points - Burgess got the better of Pavitt in three and it was down to the final doubles which gave Colchester a narrow win. The next month saw the same three Brentwood team of John Gagg, John Parodi and Dave Carter again win 6 - 3 but this time over a Chelmsford "B" team of Richard Jennings, Trevor Carter and Brian Cook - the doubles were crucial to the victory in this match as the Brentwood team picked up all three points in the doubles and theswe coupled with the three singles wins gave Brentwood the edge. None of the home side could master Trevor Carter who won both his singles with Richard Jennings also berating John Parodi for the visitors third point - Brian Cook failing to score The Veterans "A" team are on the search for more trophies again and with John Gagg, John Parodi and Dave Carter in the team against Chelmsford "A" at Danbury Village Hall on Sunday 25th October they ran out 6 - 3 winners - they were up against a strong Chelmsford trio of Adrian Pitt, Pip French and Ivan Chaplin - Dave Carter produced some of his old form to pick up two good wins over French in four and Chaplin in three - Dave was also involved in the two doubles wins - initially with John Parodi in the first and then John Gagg in the send (a close affair taken 11/9 in the fifth). John Gaggs win over Frennch in five and John Parodi beating Chaplin also in five. The Veterans 'B' team played away against Waltham Forest on Sunday 22nd November and gave an inter-league debut to Robbie Burton (St. Joseph's). The match was an entertaining encounter with the match score being level until the home team took the lead in the seventh match of the afternoon and they then were able to maintain this advantage and came away with a home win of 6-3. The Brentwood team of Robbie Burton, Sue Hickman and Lindsay Phelps tried hard but found some of the different rubber combinations difficult to overcome. John Fitzgerald, Alan Scammel and Graeme Bartrop represented Waltham Forest - Robbie Burton got the better of Fitzgerald followed by Sue Hickman defeating Bartrop which took Brentwood into a 2 - 1 lead - the only other success after this coming in the middle doubles Burton & Phelps winning in four against Fitzgerald/Bartrop. Veterans 'B' team played against Burnham 'C' on Sunday October 18th at St. Josephs and despite playing very well and with the visitors appearing to get most of the vital nets and edges lost their oppening match of the Inter-league season. The final match result was 7-2 to Burnham, the same result as last season. The Brentwood team were Sue Hickman, Sue Body and Lindsay Phelps.
