PSL Round TEN
WarKens clinch top spot as Pontefract squeeze into the semis
In the final round of PSL league matches Warwick/Kenilworth secured top spot in the Northern division with a 3-2 home win over Newcastle, while Pontefract squeezed into the semis despite a 2-3 defeat at Birmingham Lions in a second place decider which left them level on points with Pontefract’s greater number of wins the deciding factor.
In the Southern Division Tradition@RAC, already assured of a semi-final spot, finished with a 5-0 win home win over Chichester to set defending champions St George’s Hill a target of 9 points to top the table in their final match on Friday.
WARKENS 3-2 NEWCASTLE (10-5)
Raphael Kandra 0-2 Cameron Pilley 7-11, 13-15
Iker Pajares 2-1 Piedro Schweertman 11-6, 9-11, 11-6
Mahesh Mangaonkar 1-2 Owain Taylor 4-11, 11-5, 8-11
Harry Falconer 2-0 Liam Gutcher 11-3, 11-7
Sarah-Jane Perry 2-0 Tinne Gilis 11-6, 11-5
BIRMINGHAM 3-2 PONTEFRACT (10-5)
Joel Makin 2-0 Saurav Ghosal 11-5, 11-6
Stuart Macgregor 0-2 Chris Simpson 2-11, 4-11
Chris Hall 1-2 Patrick Rooney 5-11, 11-8, 9-11
Jack Turney 2-0 Lewis Doughty 11-6, 11-8
Millie Tomlinson 2-1 Laura Massaro 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
TRADITION@RAC 5-0 CHICHESTER (13-0)
Paul Coll 2-0 Olli Pett 11-8, 11-2
Daryl Selby 2-0 Tim Vail 11-9, 11-8
George Parker 2-0 Tom Walsh 11-7, 11-6
Ben Coleman 2-0 Miles Jenkins 11-9, 11-7
Alison Waters 2-0 Alison Thomson 11-6, 11-2
The semi-finals will be held the week commencing 6th May, with the divisional winners at home, and the final on 1st June at St George’s Hill.
Semis: WarKens v _____ and _____ v Pontefract
