Press Correspondent: Peter Thompson
ETTA Senior Coach
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Titles Continue for Pudsey
Pudsey A team having won the first division last week made it a league and cup double this week. The team of Simon Noutvh, Simon Pugh and Joanna Roberts cruised to 5-0 win over Victoria to take the Jacques Shield. This made it two seasons running they have achieved this feat. In the League One Simon Noutch finished top of the individual averages.
In division two this week Pudsey E faced the climax of the season with two matches in the week with victory in both required to come through to take the title. The E team took the match against Pudsey D with an 8-2 victory thanks to three wins each for James Atkins, Rudi Itoe and one for Nicola Smith. On the last night of the season Pudsey E took the title beating Dewsbury 7-3 with Daniel Adams taking all three. The E team squad contained three fifteen year olds who have now won four successive league titles and are a product of the Pudsey coaching system.
At the finals night this week the mixed doubles left over from the Leeds Closed was played and it was youth over experience that triumphed. Nineteen year old assistant regional county coach Chris Parker paired with 13 year old Nicole Finn came through a five end battle in the first mach against the Yorkshire veteran pair of Doug Bartle and Sandra Rider. They came back from 2-0 down over father and daughter pair of Dave Noutch and Sarah Noutch to win 3-2. In the final they faced veterans Ray Rider and Linda Sanderson who had accounted for the number one seeds Roberts and Orange. In a thrilling game which swung both ways the youngsters got home again 3-2 with Finns tight serve and Parkers dominate forehand the deciding factors.
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