It was something of a catch-up week in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League.
Four Division One teams took the opportunity to catch up in two matches.
Jokers welcomed Wesley Roper to the league – and he is enabling them to fulfil some of their backlog.
Not surprisingly, having impressed during the warm-up the previous week, he took both his singles games, though Reece Kerry put up a bit of a battle.
Guntars Briedes joined him for the doubles, which they took in four, giving them a 5-0 win.
That moves them within a point of second with games in hand.
Underdogs and Aches and Pains caught up on a match from January.
The former took the first four games, though the doubles went to the fifth end, with Kelvin Preville recording another double. Garry Wilkinson spoiled the whitewash but was made to fight to the fifth to get their point.
In Division Two, only one match was started, between Pottermus Clarets and Castle Sports. Only Tom Chesworth was available for the ‘home’ team, but he took both his games in three to establish a lead and take them further away from their rivals.
Elsewhere, Mine’s a Pint and 200up faced off in a delayed Guardian Cup round two tie. The Pinters took three of the four games to finish with a lead of 123-106.
The hidden handicap was a further 11 points for 200up, which left them just six short, so Mine’s a Pint progress.
Earlier, three of the quarter finals from the Roy Gibson Rose Bowl were played.
Preville (starting on 3) met Andrew Hay (22) and won 31-26, 31-30. Briedes (15) defeated Ionel Dumitrache (18) 31-29, 31-30 and Chesworth (21) won against Kerry (17) 31-27, 31-24.
