TWO of the sides expected to do well in the Chelmsford & District Table Tennis League both made winning starts. 

Bocking B’s Dave Cole, Gary Cattermole and Rik James beat last year’s champions Bocking A 9-1, with their big-guns Cole and James both getting the better of last year’s Chelmsford Veterans Champion, Kevin Gowlett. 

Maldon A beat Galleywood A 7-3 although it was Galleywood’s Lucy Wang who stole the plaudits with wins over Paul Stephens and Paul Sayer. Hamish Innes won twice for Maldon. 

In division two Chelmsford A ran out 7-3 winners over Elmtree Excalibur C after a well-contested match where five games went the distance.  

Hatfield Peverel B are the early leaders in division three after making it two wins out of two by defeating Danbury F 7-3. 
The match between Chelmsford C and Old Chelmsfordians’ C finished tied at 5-5, with Paul Nicol scoring a hat-trick for Chelmsford.

In division four OCs E won their first match 6-4., while the match between Elmtree Excalibur D and Danbury H finished level at 5-5.  

Danbury M were impressive 9-1 winners over Galleywood D in division five and Danbury L were 10-0 winners over OCs G. 

Richard Baxter got a hat-trick as Chelmsford F beat Maldon E 6-4.  

Buttsbury A made a winning start in the CLICK League, beating Black Notley B 5-0 whilst the roles were reversed when Buttsbury C faced Black Notley A.