Danbury A moved to the top of division one with a 7-3 home win over the previously unbeaten Chelmsford A who slipped to third.

Bruce Kettle fired his second treble of the season and Dave Richardson his first as Chelmsford’s Josh Bickles and Kim Shead secured the only points from singles matches for the visitors.

Ryan Pitt went solo in Writtle A’s 10-0 away loss at Chelmsford B, while Danbury C were also missing a player though three wins from Trevor Lloyd and two from Gary Young saw them overcome Galleywood A 6-4.

No change at the top of division two as undefeated leaders Buttsbury A won for the fourth consecutive match and delivered Danbury D their fourth consecutive loss, Paul Sturton and Evie Knaapen fired trebles for Buttsbury in a 9-1 away win.

Chelmsford C are another undefeated team and they managed to squeeze past Writtle B 6-4 thanks to their new recruits Wiktor Dellimat (three wins) and Kelvin Edeh (two wins). Eight weeks in and this was Edeh’s fourth different team in four different divisions – a player clearly on the rise!

Maldon A remain second thanks to an 8-2 success at Galleywood B, Derek Balding was back in action with his third hat-trick in only his third appearance this season. OCA B lost their sixth straight match of the season as three wins for Peter Chastin and David Penrose led Danbury D to a 9-1 home win.

Writtle C are back to winning ways after last week’s defeat with Gary Ward undefeated in his three singles matches for the third time in five outings this season. John Webber chipped in with a second treble of the season as Writtle beat Danbury F 8-2.

Buttsbury B moved to top spot in division three thanks to a 9-1 home win over OCA C in a match which saw a first treble of the season for Dennis Squirrell and a fourth for Harry Sawford.

The unbeaten Writtle D powered to a fourth successive win as they beat Danbury H 7-3 despite a double from the returning Gordon Gatheral. Matthew Brown fired his fourth hat-trick in a row for Writtle though rather strangely they currently sit in fifth place in the table.

Another player with four successive trebles is Galleywood C’s Gary Copsey, his side beat Writtle E 7-3 to move second in the table.

Rev Matthews and Andy Swales were both undefeated for Chelmsford E in their 6-4 win at clubmates Chelmsford D while Denis Crapnell and Denis Balic did the business for Danbury G in a 9-1 win against Danbury J in a match which saw six five-gamers.

Hatfield Peverel B and Chelmsford F drew 5-5 as Neil Freeman hit his third division three treble of the season.

Highwood A’s Melanie Bonnett timed her first treble of the season to perfection as Hutton A tasted defeat for the first time in a tight 6-4 loss. Roger Patient chipped in with two wins for Highwood which ended his run of four successive trebles in division four.

On the back of five doubles in six matches, Danbury L’s John Manning finally got over the line and earned his first hat-trick of the season as his side won 6-4 against Hatfield Peverel C, while the two-man team of David Bishop (three wins) and David Newman (two wins) just earned a 5-5 draw with last year’s division five champions Danbury M.

There was a second treble of the division five season for Bruce Wickham as his Hatfield Peverel D handed Highwood B their fifth successive defeat by an 8-2 scoreline. Wickham was well backed up by two wins apiece for Davina Brazier and Richard Drozd who were both undone by Highwood’s Keith Pallett.

Anglia Ruskin University remain winless this season as they fell to an 8-2 loss against Galleywood E as Steve Peacock hit his third treble of the season and earned a good win over ARU ace Douglas Bawuah.

Maldon C’s Gary Eames was in action for the first time this season and he hit the ground running with a treble in his team’s 9-1 win over the back-to-full-strength Old Chelmsfordians E. Arthur Shadforth fired his second hat-trick of the season though was taken to a decider by Suzanne Shaw who had earlier beaten James Raymond for OCA’s sole point.

Michael Anthony won all three of his matches as Writtle F were victorious by 7-3 at Hatfield Peverel E, Peverel are still searching for their first win of the season though points gained means they are three places above the bottom.

Chelmsford H cruised to a 9-1 home win over Hatfield Peverel F with Shengbing Zhu and Peter Davenport winning all of their matches.