Diss & District Table Tennis League

*David Mortlock and James Bridden are Pot Luck Doubles Champions*
The Pot Luck Doubles took place at Diss High School on Tuesday 2nd November. There was a low turnout of players, particularly premier players. A total of 20 players turned out making up 10 doubles teams.
The evening started early at 6:30pm and the final had been played by just after 9.00pm.
Pairings were as follows:-
David Mortlock with James Bridden.  (1)
Alan Worthington with A.Hodge       (9)
Paul Sturman with Tim Clarke         (7)
Adrian Key with Tomasz Kluska       (10)
Pat West with David Leeder          (4)
Phillip Mortlock with Alex Wright     (6)
Bill Pursehouse with Nathan Lamb     (3)
Paul Mortlock With Robert Murton    (8)
Trevor Cottee with Jim Pontin         (5)
Peter Evans with John Bryant.        (2)

The figure in brackets indicates the doubles pairings place at the end of the competition.
The matches started in 3 round robins. two groups of three and one of four.The winners of the groups and best runner up went into the semi finals. After two close semi finals between Leeder/ West v Evans/Bryant and Mortlock/Bridden v Pursehouse/ Lamb.The end result was the final between David Mortlock and James Bridden V Peter Evans and John Bryant. The final was a close affair up to 9 -9 in the fifth set. However Mortlock and Bridden eventually won 11-9. Congratulations to David and James.
A good night was had by all.