O45 Men Stage 1 – Results

Herts. Mens O45 team put in a near faultless display against their two local rivals to win the Stage 1 Regional Group.  Hosting at Radeltt, Herts. were on first and last in the schedule.  Herts. played Beds. in the morning and dropped just two games in the 5-0 win.  Bucks. then played Beds and also notched up a comprehensive 4-1 win to set up a Group deciding match against Herts.  Herts. fielded the same side as in the morning of Eamonn Price, Las Fernando, Marvin Rust, Andy Eilfield and Peter Newman.  Marvin and Peter were first on.  Peter quickly dispatched Bucks’ Rory Fisher 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 to get Herts. off to a good start.  Meanwhile Marvin was involved in a long tussle with Bucks’ Simon Miller but took the 5th game comfortably 11-3 to put Herts. 2-0 up.  Next however, Andy Eilfield quickly settled the tie beating Iain Digby 3-0.  Finally, Eamonn and Las both had tough but deserved 3-2 wins against Phil Yerby and Darren Withey respectively to complete the 5-0 win for Herts.  Maximum points taken therefore and safely through to Stage 2 on February 3rd as Group Winners!