DaveR
02-25-2008, 08:00 PM
Nice little report from Barry Snowden .................
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Ping and Tin Tin Star as Middlesex Cadets Take County Premier Division.
Middlesex continued their splendid season of success with young players, as following on from the success of their Juniors gaining promotion to next seasons premier division, the Middlesex Cadets served their county proud as they swept all before them and won the County Championships Cadets Premier Division played at Draycott and Long Eaton TTC over the weekend.
Middlesex were the dominant team over the weekend and showed their intention right from the start, when in the first match they overwhelmed last season’s runners up Yorkshire, 9-1, this set the tone for the weekend.
Their six player squad of Ping Ho, Connor Needham, Eden Fung, Damilola Thomas, Sushmita Limbu and Tin Tin Ho, won seven straight matches and took the title by three points from runners up Warwickshire and from early on during the second day Middlesex had sewn up the tile and the real interest and excitement was who would finish runners up.
Going into the final round of matches any one of three counties could have finished second, with Warwickshire, South Yorkshire and Sussex all in with a realistic chance and it was in the very last set of the weekend that Matthew Outhwaite of Warwickshire scored a thrilling five game victory over South Yorkshire’s Scott Hollowood, thus giving the Midlanders’ a vital point and the crucial runners up spot.
Ping Ho was the star performer for Middlesex, with an unbeaten record of 12 wins and only a slightly better average than his sister Tin Tin, who dropped only one win from her 12 starts.
Sadly we say goodbye to Lincolnshire and Cleveland who finished in the bottom two positions and will next season start in the lower tier in an attempt to regain their premier status.
ETTA
http://www.sportfocus.com/newsimage/tin_tin_ho1.JPG
Ping and Tin Tin Star as Middlesex Cadets Take County Premier Division.
Middlesex continued their splendid season of success with young players, as following on from the success of their Juniors gaining promotion to next seasons premier division, the Middlesex Cadets served their county proud as they swept all before them and won the County Championships Cadets Premier Division played at Draycott and Long Eaton TTC over the weekend.
Middlesex were the dominant team over the weekend and showed their intention right from the start, when in the first match they overwhelmed last season’s runners up Yorkshire, 9-1, this set the tone for the weekend.
Their six player squad of Ping Ho, Connor Needham, Eden Fung, Damilola Thomas, Sushmita Limbu and Tin Tin Ho, won seven straight matches and took the title by three points from runners up Warwickshire and from early on during the second day Middlesex had sewn up the tile and the real interest and excitement was who would finish runners up.
Going into the final round of matches any one of three counties could have finished second, with Warwickshire, South Yorkshire and Sussex all in with a realistic chance and it was in the very last set of the weekend that Matthew Outhwaite of Warwickshire scored a thrilling five game victory over South Yorkshire’s Scott Hollowood, thus giving the Midlanders’ a vital point and the crucial runners up spot.
Ping Ho was the star performer for Middlesex, with an unbeaten record of 12 wins and only a slightly better average than his sister Tin Tin, who dropped only one win from her 12 starts.
Sadly we say goodbye to Lincolnshire and Cleveland who finished in the bottom two positions and will next season start in the lower tier in an attempt to regain their premier status.
ETTA