Division One

A late start to the season for the top mixed league division saw a struggle for supremacy with Linden A having the edge.

They went top of the Basildon and Thurrock District Badminton Association table on points average over Waterside A after both sides recorded three wins.

Third place went to Barstable A and after a strange sequence of the last four games ending 21-19.

Grange A head Rayleigh Park after the teams both had one win.

The Second Division of the mixed league dealt a winning hand to Linden's B pair, who now lead second-placed Grange B by one point.

Linden C had three wins which pulled them up to third place. St Peter's B won twice which enabled them to climb over their own A pair into fourth place.

Three teams are still to open their programme in Division Three of the mixed league.

Barstable have dominated the fixture numerically and their C pair have scored the division's first maximum.

Waterside B missed the top spot by a single point and go second, while Hockley have marked their welcome return to the league with two wins and third place.

Barstable D and E are placed fourth and fifth in the league.

Results

Division One results:

1 - Linden A (Alison Horsley and Kevin Leeds) bt Barstable A 21-9, bt Grange 21-11, bt Rayleigh Park 21-2;

2 - Waterside A (Sarah Pratt and Trevor Harris) bt Rayleigh Park 21-14, bt Linden A 21-19, bt Grange 21-19;

3 - Barstable A (Tracey Letts and Richard Hart) bt Waterside A 21-15, bt Grange 21-19;

4 - Grange A (Linda Holohan and David Chittock) bt Rayleigh Park 21-10;

5 - Rayleigh Park (Tony Wheatley and Paula Haworth) bt Barstable A 21-19.

Division Two results:

1 - Linden B (Anne Pegg and Mike Sirett) bt Grange B 21-19, bt Linden C 21-10, bt St Peter's A 21-9;

2 - Linden C (Peter Leeds and Trudi Clark) bt St Peter's A 21-11, bt St Peter's B 21-10, bt Grange B 21-8;

3 - Grange B (Linda Prentice and Steve Tuff) bt St Peter's A 21-9, bt St Peter's B 21-15;

4 - St Peter's B (David Barrett and Pat Plamer) bt Linden B 21 -18, bt St Peter's A 21-13;

5 - St Peter's A (Jackie Manley and Bill Torr) - no wins.

Division Three results:

1 - Barstable C ( Michelle Smith and James Scott) bt Hockley 21-8, bt Barstable D 21-15, bt Waterside B 21-20;

2 - Waterside B (Chris and John Whalebone) bt Barstable E 21-2, bt Barstable D 21-4, bt Hockley 21-12;

3 - Hockley (Sue Choppen and Ian Farr) beat Barstable E 21-8, Barstable D 21-19;

4 - Barstable D (Alix Chamberlain and Arun Sharman) bt Barstable E 21-15.

5 - Barstable E (Gilly Kite and Adrian White) - no wins.

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