Impact Challenge Shield
Introduction
This event is an invitation team knockout competition restricted to the top sixteen available teams participating in the current league season. A draw is made for each round and there is no seeding. Other regulations and player eligibility are as circulated to the captains of invited teams.
This event is sponsored by IMPACT.
2010/11 IMPACT Challenge Shield
Report on Final
YMCA A won a superbly entertaining final against Kingfisher A to win the Impact Challenge Shield as the two sides met again following their Division 1 championship decider last week. Both sides had enforced changes with Mark Banks of shield holders for the past 3 years Kingfisher and YMCA’s Martin Chodounsky both unwell.
Andy Misseldine got YMCA off to the perfect start with a comfortable win over Ramesh Gehlot. Hari Gehlot then levelled for Kingfisher with victory over Bob Davis. Four terrific contests then followed. Tony Reynolds beat Stuart Williams 11-6 in the fifth with both players struggling at times to get used to the bounce on table at neutral Sonning Common. Hari levelled the match again for Kingfisher with a straight games defeat of Andy before Tony won another 5-game thriller, this time 13-11 6-11 11-8 7-11 11-7 against Ramesh to put YM 3-2 up.
The next match was another key contest as Stuart faced Bob. Stuart took the first 18-16. Bob the next 11-5. Stuart then started to play a more patient game before bringing in his good forehand topspin shots and he won the third 11-7. Bob dug deep to win the fourth 11-7 and in a breathtaking finale Bob won the decider 14-12 leaving YM needing just one more win for the trophy.
Hari was up next though and he completely dominated Tony to win 11-5 11-3 11-2. Next up was Andy against Stuart and Stuart faced another 5-game marathon with the scores level at 2 games all. A determined Andy seized the initiative in the last and with some good fortune near the end he won 11-5 to clinch a winning 5-3 margin for YMCA.
2009/10 IMPACT Challenge Shield
Impact Shield Final 2010
Kingfisher A made it a League and Cup double by beating Our Lady of Peace A 5-1 in the final of the Impact Challenge Shield. Liam McTiernan got the OLOP side off to the perfect start by beating Mark Banks 12-10 7-11 11-5 11-8 in a nervy opening encounter, but Steven Munson’s 11-3 11-9 12-10 victory over Daniel Moses and Hari Gehlot’s 6-11 11-5 11-8 11-8 win against Liam put Kingfisher in command. Mark Banks then defeated an out of sorts Daniel Moses 11-5 11-6 11-6 leaving Steve to clinch the trophy by beating young Daniel McTiernan 12-10 11-9 8-11 11-8. Daniel played exceptionally well in the third game and had looked like making it 2 games all before Steven used all his experience to close it out 11-8.
Semi-Finals
Tidmarsh A - 0 Kingfisher A - 8
Kingfisher B - 2 OLOP A - 5
The top two teams in the Reading league will meet in the final of the Impact Challenge Shield after both won their semi-final contests last week. Kingfisher A beat Tidmarsh A 8-0 with Hari Gehlot, Ramesh Gehlot and Mark Banks all unbeaten on the night, while Our Lady of Peace A managed a 5-2 win at Kingfisher B. Stuart Williams kept Kingfisher B in it early on, levelling the match score at 1-1 after a marathon 12-10 11-6 8-11 9-11 11-1 victory over Michael Childs and then making it 2-2 with an 11-5 11-5 9-11 9-11 14-12 victory against Daniel Moses. However the OLOP side then pulled clear to eventually clinch the match thanks to a fine Liam McTiernan success over Stuart 11-8 11-6 8-11 11-3.
Rounds 1 and 2
In the first round of the Impact Challenge Shield a two man YMCA A side just held off the valiant challenge of Division 2 side Kingfisher E to win 5-4. Niall McGrane managed a fine 12-10, 9-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-9 victory over Bob Davis to put Kingfisher 4-0 up, but a Dave Streak maximum that included a 3-straight 11-5, 11-9, 13-11 success over McGrane just about saw YMCA through.
Kingfisher D of Division 2 put up a good fight before going down 5-4 to Our Lady of Peace D. Ivor Hardman managed excellent wins over Mike Burrow and Julian Telford for the Kingfisher team, but Raphael Jack’s 11-3 11-7 4-11 5-11 11-8 victory over Trevor Organ in the final set of the night saw OLOP home.
Our Lady of Peace C beat Sonning Common & Peppard A 7-2 thanks to trebles from Clive Banham and Mark Hancock, Kingfisher B beat Kingfisher F 5-2, while Kingfisher A, Polish B and Tidmarsh A all won through after their opponents conceded.
Results - Round 1:
OLOP C 7 (Banham 3, Hancock 3, Johnson 1) Sonning C& P A 2 (Maltby 1, Berry 1, Turton 0)
Tidmarsh A 9 Our Lady of Peace B 0 (Match Conceded)
Kingfisher D 4 (Hardman 2, Organ 1, Morris 1) OLOP D 5 (Telford 2, Jack 2, Burrow 1)
YMCA A 5 (Streak 3, Davis 2) Kingfisher E 4 (McGrane 1, Mitchell 0, Chard 0, +3 Conceded)
Kingfisher A 9 Polish A 0 (Match Conceded)
Wokingham A 0 Polish B 9 (Match Conceded)
Kingfisher F 2 Kingfisher B 5
Results - Round 2:
Our Lady of Peace A v Polish B
Our Lady of Peace C 0 Tidmarsh A 9 (Match Conceded)
YMCA A 3 Kingfisher A 6
Kingfisher B v Our Lady of Peace D
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