Sirur's escape and two commanding away wins
Four deciders at Bugbrooke sit alongside emphatic wins for Daventry Cees and Gayton C.
Coverage: 5–11 October 2026Published
Division Three's opening results spread the honours across Towcester F, Daventry Cees and Gayton C. The margins look comfortable; the four five-game contests at Bugbrooke tell a less settled story.
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Clive Hudson
Gayton C
Hudson's three singles and doubles success with Jonathan Taylor contributed to four of Gayton C's eight rubbers at Daventry Dees. His recovery from 1–2 against Natalia Read, finishing 11–8, 11–2, distinguishes an unbeaten card that required more than comfortable scorelines. Taylor also won three; Hudson gets the editorial selection for surviving the fixture's only five-game contest.
Supporting TT Leagues scorecardBugbrooke CTowcester F
Towcester F won 7–3 at a short-handed Bugbrooke C, with three singles awarded because Bugbrooke had only two players. Those are part of the official result, not three played straight-game victories. The seven contested rubbers provided plenty to report on their own.
Satish Sirur recovered from two games down to beat Alan Baker, while Durk Walsma beat Sirur in five and Baker beat Kye Cosby over the same distance. Towcester's three players each won one played singles, alongside the three awarded rubbers. Burov and Sirur also took a five-game doubles, finishing 11–6. Four of the seven played contests went the distance.
Official TT Leagues scorecardDaventry ExtrasDaventry Cees
Daventry Cees made a convincing start with a 9–1 victory over Daventry Extras. Adrian Pearson won his three singles in straight games and Piotr Gorniak added an unbeaten three, conceding only one game. David Murphy contributed two singles and partnered Pearson to win the doubles.
Alan Thompson claimed the Extras' rubber by beating Murphy 3–1. Charlie Black had pushed Murphy to 15–13 in the opening game of their singles, but the Cees' control thereafter left little room for a closer team score. Two hat-tricks and no five-game rubbers made for a particularly efficient winning card.
Official TT Leagues scorecardDaventry DeesGayton C
Jonathan Taylor and Clive Hudson each won three singles as Gayton C beat Daventry Dees 8–2. Hudson's return required a five-game recovery against Natalia Read: trailing 1–2, he won the fourth 11–8 and the fifth 11–2.
Natalia and Bob Read both defeated Veronica Downing for the Dees. Taylor and Hudson then combined for a straight-games doubles win, completing a card on which Gayton's two unbeaten players supplied seven rubbers between them. Downing's victory over Joey Bickerdike brought Gayton to eight and ensured every member of their side contributed.
Official TT Leagues scorecardCees and Gayton built their wins around unbeaten pairs. Towcester's result involved concessions as well as substantial resistance from Bugbrooke's two available players; the distinction matters when reading those singles returns.
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