Bishop shines in win for side

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Saturday, December 27, 2008
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CHELTENHAM D picked up a 6-4 win in Division Two over Winchcombe Warriors.

The Warriors' Richard Bishop claimed a maximum, but braces for Chris James and Alan Harvey, plus Matt Mulcahy's win, set up the victory.

Harvey and Mulcahy then claimed the match for Cheltenham with a win over Bishop and Graham Fisher in the doubles.

Cheltenham D made it two wins in a row with a good away success over CCS A.

James picked up a maximum and Harvey and Mulcahy both won twice.

Dave Hart was CCS A's most impressive player, winning twice, and combined with Nixon to beat Harvey and Mulcahy in the doubles.

Winchcombe followed up with a 6-4 win over Tewkesbury A, despite fielding two players.

Maximums for Bishop and Mike Vick assured it while Alan Cook and Mike Tyrrell condemned Bishop to his second doubles defeat in a week.

Tewkesbury B only fielded two players in a fiery match with table-toppers Winchcombe Wizards.

Nick Davidson and Stewart Ratcliffe claimed maximums, while Jacqui Carver won also.

Dave Watson picked up Tewkesbury B's only win with a four-set victory over Carver.

Cheltenham C picked up an impressive 8-2 win away to Lakeside D but a maximum for Anand Keshav and braces for Dave Green and Christine Williams assured the victory.

Julie Taylor was in excellent form for Lakeside D, defeating Green and Williams in four sets.

Mike Gleeson could consider himself unlucky, having played well against Keshav, but lost to Green and Williams in close five-set encounters.

Green and Keshav won an extremely tight doubles contest in four sets.

Lakeside C were victorious by a scoreline of 6-4 against Cleeve Saracens A.

Chris White was in imperious form, claiming a maximum, and Barrie Pope won twice while Graham Chandler chipped in with a win.

A win each for Mike Dodwell, Ross Greening and Terry Sims, along with a straight sets victory for Dodwell and Greening in the doubles, was how Cleeve Saracens A claimed their points.

Lakeside B raced to a 9-1 win over Cleeve Saracens B.

Maximums for Graham Chandler and Andy East, and a brace for Andy Richards, did the damage.

Tony Iles picked up an excellent win over Richards to claim Cleeve Saracens B's solitary point.

Chandler and Richards were then comfortable winners in the doubles.

Division Three: Cheltenham F 2 Cheltenham E 8 (J. Bird, C Maisey); Cheltenham G 2 Tirley Tigers 8 (E Evans, P Humble); Old Saracens 10 (S Matthews, J Adcock, P McGeough) Cheltenham H 0.

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