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Pudsey Double Over Dewsbury

It was the top of the table clash in division one this week between Pudsey A and Dewsbury A. Both sides had played four and won four and were level on sets. Pudsey A fielding Simon Noutch, Simon Pugh and Richard Smith took the honours in a hard fought match 6-4. With 2 wins each for Pugh and Noutch and one for Smith the crucial game of doubles went Pudsey’s way. Pudsey B also faced an unbeaten Dewsbury B side this week and achieved a 7-3 victory thanks to three wins for Chris Parker, two for Phil Cawser and one for Ray Rider.

Lower down the league last years division 6 six champions finally got their first points of the season with a win at the fifth time of asking. A 7-3 win over British Telecom thanks to Lynne Thompson taking an impressive three wins.

Pudsey competed on Saturday in Draycott representing the Leeds League in the National Wilmott cup. The cup has a new format and is played as four single using two players and a game of doubles where a third player may be used. Pudsey’s three players used were Noutch, Pugh and Parker. Pudsey made a good start winning their opening match 3-2 over Nottingham. In the match against Lincoln they lost 3-2 missing chances in the doubles and the singles to win the match. Another tight game against Hull followed but two wins from Noutch put Pudsey on top. Hull levelled at 2-2 with Pugh faced Luke Carrington in the deciding match. Pugh lost the first two ends but recovered to take the next three ends all 11-9 to give Pudsey victory. This left three teams with two wins and unfortunately on games Pudsey finished second to Hull.