There were no positional changes in week 19 of division one as leaders Danbury C extended their lead at the top to nine points thanks to trebles from Gary Young, Paul Davison and Trevor Lloyd in a 10-0 home win over Galleywood A.

Chelmsford A lost ground in second place as they were held to a 5-5 draw by Danbury A despite Chelmsford’s Joshua Bickles firing his ninth league treble of the season. Bickles and Danbury’s Chris Penrose entertained the crowd with an awesome five-gamer which went in favour of Bickles 3-2 (15-13, 11-9, 9-11, 13-15, 11-7). The only other five-gamer was the previous match in the running order which saw Simon Jarvis fight back from 2-0 down to beat Dave Richardson.

C&DTTL men’s singles champion Duncan Taylor was back in action and posted a treble alongside Mark Mulley and Trevor Carter in Writtle A’s 10-0 victory over Chelmsford B who sit just three points above bottom side Galleywood A.

Ian Whiteside went unbeaten for Danbury F in a 6-4 home loss against division two leaders Buttsbury A. Whiteside had to recover from 2-0 down against David Gatheral for the first of his three wins while there were two other five-gamers – Buttsbury’s Grace Liu beat Alan Scammell before Rob Burton saw off Ken Sheard.

Second-placed Maldon A narrowed the gap on Buttsbury with a 7-3 home win over Old Chelmsfordians B in a fixture which saw a third treble in his last four outings for Chris Hancox. Hancox’s biggest test was from OC’s David Porter who had held a 2-1 advantage before the Maldon man fought back. Porter had earlier given up a 2-1 lead against Colin Napper.

Chelmsford C narrowed the gap on the two teams above them when posting an 8-2 home win over Writtle C. Simon Jarvis won all three and remains undefeated in 28 division two singles matches this season.

Mark Glenister was unbeaten as ninth placed Galleywood B won 6-4 over Hatfield Peverel A – a seventh consecutive loss for the visitors.

Sanjay Saptarshi and Daniel Patynski won three apiece as fourth-placed Danbury D won 7-3 on the road at Writtle B – Patynski dropped just one game in his three singles wins with Saptarshi flawless.

Chelmsford D made it seven division three victories in a row with a 7-3 home win over Writtle D who slip from third to fifth. Chelmsford’s Christopher Denyer was the only undefeated player though he was taken the distance by Malcolm Hemstock. Writtle’s Hemstock saw two further five-game losses against Alex Tkachuk and Mike Johnson.

Following a second loss of the season in week 17, second-placed Buttsbury B were back to winning ways with a 7-3 home win over Danbury J thanks to trebles from Paul Sturton and Joshua Freeman, while third-placed Danbury G beat Writtle E 7-3 despite a treble from Writtle’s Dave Moles.

C&DTTL under-15 boys champion Kuzey Musabak won all three of his matches in Chelmsford E’s 7-3 home win over Hatfield Peverel B, while Colin Blore went undefeated in Galleywood C’s 6-4 away win at Danbury H.

Bottom side OCA C earned their second victory of the season when overcoming eighth-placed Chelmsford F, Tom Barker fired a hat-trick though had to recover from 2-1 down against Cleon Fernandes in his first match of the evening.

Hutton A extended their lead at the top of division four with a seventh victory on the trot – a 9-1 win over Danbury K as Alex Ware and Gheorge Nita won three singles matches with Charlie Ware winning two.

Danbury M are still searching for their first league victory of the season though they walked away from their meeting against eighth-placed clubmates Danbury L with a creditable 5-5 draw – Graham Naggs scored a hat-trick for the M team who remain bottom of the table.

Second-placed Maldon B lost some ground on the leaders despite earning a 7-3 away win over 10th-placed Hatfield Peverel C. Ella Sach, Chris Ravenhill and Brian Reidling won two apiece for Maldon while Neil Wood carried the fight for Peverel with two victories.

Week 19 saw a 13th win of the season for division five leaders Hutton B who moved 17 points clear with an 8-2 success over Hatfield Peverel E. Division five singles champion Lee Vallis won all three of his singles matches, dropping just one game in the process.

Buttsbury E remain in second place despite a 6-4 reversal at home to Chelmsford H, Jason Clark won three and Shengbing Zhu two for the visitors who remain sixth.

Arthur Shadforth won both of his matches as Maldon C beat the two-person team of ARU 8-2.

Ron Tam and Michael Anthony were in fine form as they both posted trebles in fourth-placed Writtle F’s 9-1 home win over Galleywood E, while fifth-placed Hatfield Peverel D won 8-2 over Hatfield Peverel F thanks to three victories from Richard Drozd and two apiece from Andy Simmonds and Bruce Wickham.