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Title Race Wide Open

Ambitious Pudsey Table Tennis club who had won all their matches in the first weekend had a mixed weekend in the Senior Men’s British League in Grantham.

They faced Sunderland in the first match who had also won their opening 4 matches and headed Pudsey on sets. Pudsey soon established a 2-0 lead with wins for Chris Parker and David Smith and with Joanna Roberts also showing impressive form Pudsey ran out 6-2 winners.

In their second match against Barnt Green, the team found things tougher and found themselves 4-3 down going into the last match. The experienced Ray Rider winning the last game to go along with two from David and one from Joanna to earn a hard fought draw.
On Sunday morning they faced Glasgow Drumchapel and with Pudsey Number one David Smith leading the way Pudsey came out with a 6-2 victory. This was achieved with a brace of wins each for Smith, Roberts and Parker. In the afternoon Pudsey faced Yorkshire rivals Hull and found the Hull team determined to avenge there 5-3 defeat at the first weekend. Hull brought Pudsey’s unbeaten run to an end with a comprehensive 7-1 victory only Parker managing to pick up a game.

This leaves Pudsey back in second position now one point behind Sunderland but they have Sunderland left to play so the title race is still wide open.