Knockout, Chart and Rules 2010-2011

Handicap Knock Out Cup Tournament

2010-2011 Season. (21 up)

This season the tournament will be run similarly to last year ensuring all teams play at least three matches before the quarter final stages of the competition.

Cup Rules for 2010-2011

1. The League will be divided into 4 boxes each consisting of 4 teams with at least one from the first division and one from the second division.

2. Each team in each box will play each other once under normal team handicap rules with the points scoring system applying.

3. The box winners will be that team scoring the highest points difference from all of its matches. The box runners up will be that team scoring the second highest points difference from all of its matches.

4. The box winners and runners up will progress to a knockout quarter final, quarter final winners to a semi final and the winning semi finalists to a final.

5. The composition of the boxes will be drawn randomly by The Committee and teams notified accordingly with each team allocated a box and box number.

6. The box matches and quarter finals will be played as designated on the fixtures table. Home teams at the quarter finals stage will be those teams finishing as runners up in their box.

7. Semi finals will be played in the week beginning 12^th April 2010 and the final in the week beginning the 26^th April on a neutral table. A coin will be tossed to decide the home teams at the semi final stages of the tournament. The decision of the management committee in all matters will be final.

8. Trophies will be awarded to the winners and runners up of the Knock Out Cup final.

Remember this Tournament is played to 21 - 2 games only

KO Cup	29 Nov	6 Dec	13 Dec	24 Jan	14 Feb	7 Mar
1	4	3a	2	Q	S	F
2	3a	4	1a	U	E	I
3	2	1	4a	A	M	N
4	1a	2a	3	T	I	A
				R		L

Quarter Final

Winner Box A to play Runner Up Box D

Winner Box B to play Runner Up Box C

Winner Box C to play Runner Up Box B

Winner Box D to play Runner Up Box A

Remember that the Runner Up will be the Home Team – as Rule 6 in

the Knockout Cup Rules

Box A

Box B

Box C

Box D

Stogumber A

Swifts

Baptist B

Baptist A

Minehead A

Basement Dwellers

Hobby Horsee

Platos

Allsorts

Wiveliscombe

Barbarians

T. Tigers

Barn Boys

Roys Boys

Mishits

R & B Seniors

Winner:

Runner Up:

Stogumber A scored a 90 point win over Barn Boys in Box A of the WSTTA

Handicap Cup. A solid team performance saw Martyn Summerell, David Bryant

and John Watson pulling 30, 31 and 29 points respectively. Norman Ell was

Barn Boys top performer and mustered a personal total of 101 points.

In Box B Swifts defeated a strong Roys Boys side by 55 points. Hamish

Cuthbertson played a fine match for the Juniors and finished 24 points to

the good. He was well supported by Toby Kerslake and Harry Woodland who

made gains of 13 and 18 points respectively. Barry Hooper put up most

resistance for Roys Boys and conceded only 6 points on the night. Baptist

B made a strong start in Box C with a 47 point win over Mishits. Sifa Vea

saw Baptists to victory with a personal points surplus of 24. Tony Burrows

and Kerry Manicom weighed in with gains of 11 and 12 points.

In Box D Platos stormed to a 68 point win at Timberscombe Tigers. Bob

Mullis played a starring role for the away side with a gain of 32 points.

There were also 10 and 14 point surpluses for team mates Mike Vickery and

Paul Rees.

Week 1
Results

Box A	Stogumber	372	Barn Boys	282

Box B	Swifts	352	Roys Boys	297

Box C	Baptist B	347	Mishits	300

Box D	T. Tigers	306	Platos	368


Week 2

Allsorts threw Box A wide open with a 49 point win over Stogumber A. Linda
Golding played some exceptional attacking table tennis and was too much for
Stogumber to handle. She finished the night 71 points to the good having
restricted David Bryant & Martyn Summerell to only 12 points each.
Minehead A remain in contention having defeated Barn Boys by a margin of 74
points. It was a good all round team performance from Minehead with Martin
Shoots, Dave Veale and Geoff Walker gaining 27, 20 & 27 points
respectively.
Swifts look favourites to top Box D following a 44 point win over
Wiveliscombe. Harry Woodland was man of the match finishing with a surplus
of 46 points. This included a 55 point demolition of father David
Woodland. Michael Hodgson weighed in with a personal gain of 7 points. A
335-308 success over Basement Dwellers keep Wiveliscombes hopes of reaching
the knockout stages alive. Guy Vercoe was Wivi's star man with a gain of
34 points.

Roy Hooper put in a top performance for Roys Boys and contributed 44 points
towards an 18 point victory over Basement Dwellers.

Barbarians look to be unstoppable in Box C. A huge 103 point win over
Baptist B leaves them with a points difference of +157. Hobby Horse did
well to restrict Barbarians to a 54 point win and thus give themselves a
chance of progressing further. Corrine Rees did particularly well for
Hobby Horse conceding only 9 points.

Box D has been hit by postponements but Platos & Baptist A hold pole
positions having both defeated Timberscombe Tigers.

Results

Box A	Minehead A	377	Barn Boys	303
	Allsorts	347	Stogumber A	296

Box B	Wiveliscombe	335	B. Dwellers	308
	Swifts	340	Wiveliscombe	296
	Basement Dwellers	316	Roys Boys	334

Box C	Barbarians	361	Baptist B	258
	Barbarians	364	Hobby Horse	310

Box D	Baptist A	v	R & B Seniors	Postponed
	Platos	v	R & B Seniors	Postponed

Week 3

Stogumber A top Box A following an 89 point win over Minehead A. Martyn

Summerell top scored with a personal points gain of 64. John Watson also

enjoyed a great performance to finish 29 points to the good. There was

some resistance from Minehead A - Geoff Walker & Rupert Ell both defeated

Noddy Bryant and kept their deficits to 13 and 26 respectively.

Allsorts look firm favorites to join Stogumber in progressing from Box A.

They defeated Barn Boys by a margin of 31 points. Linda Golding continued

her excellent form to gain 30 points. She was well supported by Gordon

Horobin who played a fine match to finish with a surplus of 19 points.

Andy Fay put up the strongest battle for Barn Boys dropping just 2 points.

Swifts made it 3 cup wins out of 3 with a slender 17 point winning margin

over Basement Dwellers. Toby Kerslake put in a fine performance for Swifts

to gain 18 points. Michael Hodgson broke even and Hamish Cuthbertson

dropped just a point to ensure victory for the Swifts. This despite a 4

point gain for Josh Hurley. Another closely fought game saw Barbarians go

down by only 12 points at Mishits. Ollie Rew (+8) and Jamie Robertson

(+20) did the damage for Mishits. Sam Hutchings was unfortunate to finish

on the losing side having pulled 27 points for Barbarians. R & B Seniors

have been forced to withdraw from Box D leaving just 3 teams to battle for

the 2 quarter final places.

Results

Box A	Stogumber A	352	Minehead A	263
	Barn Boys	316	Allsorts	347

Box B	Swifts	344	Basement Dwellers	327

Box C	Mishits	319	Barbarians	307

Overall Results

		P	F	A	DIFF
Box A	Stogumber A	3	1022	892	130
	Allsorts	2	694	614	80
	Minehead A	2	640	655	-15
	Barn Boys	3	901	1096	-195

Box B	Swifts	3	1036	920	116
	Wiveliscombe	2	631	648	-17
	Roys Boys	2	631	668	-37
	Basement Dwellers	3	951	1013	-62

Box C	Barbarians	3	1032	887	145
	Mishits	2	619	654	-35
	Hobby Horse	1	310	364	-54
	Baptist B	2	605	661	-56

Box D	Platos	1	368	306	62
	Baptist A	1	349	314	35
	T Tigers	2	620	717	-97
	R & B Seniors	WITHD	RAWN


Handicap Cup
Box A
	P	F	A	DIFF
Stogumber	3	1022	892	130
Allsorts	2	694	614	80
Minehead A	2	640	633	-15
Barn Boys	3	901	1096	-195

Outstanding	Allsorts v Minehead A

Quarter Final Draw
Platos home to Winners of Box A
Baptist B home to Swifts
Wiveliscombe home to Barbarians
Runners Up Box A home to Baptist A

Box A Allsorts 339 Minehead A 326

Quarter Final

The Quarter Final round of the team Handicap Cup produced four cracking

matches. With total scores around and above 300 the four winning margins

were just 4, 5, 5 and 13 points. Swifts squeezed through to the

semi-finals with a slender four point victory over Baptist B. Michael

Hodgson and Harry Woodland made gains of 18 and 13 points respectively but

it was Hamish Cuthbertson who saw Swifts through with a brave performance

in the evenings final game. Lynne Burrows needed an eleven point gain for

a Baptist victory but despite having had a difficult match and dropping 5

points in the first set Cuthbertson steadied his nerve to keep the final

set to 20-21. Baptists Sifa Vea was unfortunate to end up on the losing

side having made a personal points gain of 22.

Barbarians came out on top by just 5 points in a real ding-dong battle with

Wiveliscombe. In the penultimate game Wivi's Guy Vercoe pulled a massive

35 points and appeared to have secured them a semi-final spot. However

Sam Hutchings rounded off a superb performance with an extraordinary 31

point win over George Carter. Hutchings finished with a personal points

surplus of 69.

Martyn Summerell found his -23 handicap too much to bear in the face of

some fine offensive table tennis from both Bob Mullis and Mike Vickery.

Platos eventually defeated Stogumber A by just 5 points thanks largely to

Vickery who finished with a points surplus of 41. Despite a valiant effort

by Mervyn Hillier who recovered 16 points for Stogumber in the final game

and finished 46 points to the good - it was Platos who made it to the

Semi's.

Baptist A took the fourth semi-final spot with a 13 point victory at

Allsorts. In an extremely tight contest Linda Golding and Gordon Horobin

pulled 4 & 3 points for Allsorts. However it was Juniors Mathew and Marcus

Short who assured Baptists of their win with gains of 11 and 8 points

respectively.

Results

Baptist B

329

Swifts

333

Wiveliscombe

293

Barbarians

298

Platos

309

Stogumber A

304

Allsorts

321

Baptist A

334

Handicap Semi-Final Draw

Swifts v Barbarians

Platos v Baptist A

Semi Finals

The semi-final stage of the Handicap Cup produced two keenly & closely

fought matches. Swifts entertained Barbarians and got off to a flying

start with Toby Kerslake gaining 26 points from Vince Court. Sam Hutchings

who finished with an overall surplus of 23 points for Barbarians defeated

Michael Hodgson by 11 points in game 2. In game 4 Hodgson came back well

to gain 14 points against Vince Court. This was a real to and fro battle but

Kerslake finished the match 28 points to the good and team mate Harry

Woodland made sure of victory for the Swifts with an overall gain of 11

points. With Michael Hodgson putting in a steady performance and dropping

only 5 points from his 3 games Swifts came out on top by a margin of 34.

The second semi-final was decided by just a single point. Mike Vickery got

Platos off to a storming start with a 19 point victory over Marcus Short.

In game 3 Matthew Short edged Baptist A into the lead as he gained 23

points from Paul Rees. After game 5 the match was all square and again

after game 8 in which Paul Rees gained 9 points for Platos the scores were

level. In the first set of the last game Roy Fernyhough gained 3 points

for Baptists with a 21-18 win but in the final set of the night Michael

Vickery recovered well to win 21-17 to give Platos the match by just one

point.

RESULTS

Swifts 337 Barbarians 303

Platos 326 Bapist A 325

Final

Swifts took the handicap championship as they defeated Platos by 43 points
in the cup final. Platos put up a great fight and did manage to gain points
sporadically during the evening. Paul Rees, Mike Vickery and Bob Mullis
all managed to make small points gains over Harry Woodland who was
obviously feeling the pressure of playing in a cup final at such a young age.
However it was largely due to Woodland maintaining his composure at
critical times that saw Swifts through. He recovered from a heavy 9-21 first
set defeat to Mike Vickery to hold the second set to 17-21 and reversed a
17-21 defeat against Paul Rees to edge the second set 21-19. Team mates
Toby Kerslake and Michael Hodgson were both on top form and pulled 33 and 36 points respectively. Both played with great confidence and maturity to
ensure that Swifts took the title.

Result

Platos 295 Swifts 338

West Somerset Table Tennis Association

W.S.T.T.A

Box A