WSSL Week Three: Jockeying For Position
02/06/22: Week Three of the Westway Summer Superleague took us to halfway through the group phase with everything still up for grabs.
This year's competition features six teams - Aston House Thoroughbreds, Aston House Stampede, Newbury HA1, Westway Warriors, Emanuel Wanderers and Highgate - battle it out in a round robin format to decide the placings for the play-offs in a few weeks time.
Week Three featured a first win in the competition for the Emanuel Wanderers, who won a thrilling match 4-2 against the Westway Warriors. taking the honours with 15-13 and 15-11 wins in the final round and with Toby Bush starring at number four in the order with a maximum points haul of 45. Elsewhere, the two Aston House teams both recorded wins, with the Thoroughbreds edging past previous league leaders Highgate 4-2 in a high quality contest thanks to strong top order performances from Alex Abrahams and Noah Caplin. Newbury HA1 came up against the in form Stampede, who once again lived up to their name with a 6-0 win, taking them to the top of the table as their odds on winning the competition shortened considerably.
Chief Stampeder Riki Houlden took sole control of the MVP race, as the only runner in the contest with three consecutive 45 point weeks; Adam Field of the Westway Warriors and the Thoroughbreds duo of Karen Hird and Noah Caplin are hot on his heels and also over the 100 mark. Riki and Adam are also leading the way in the Golden Gloves competition, with eight winners in the hole apiece, with the other contenders some way back and with plenty of work to do.
League Table
| P |
W |
D |
L |
Points |
|
| Aston House Stampede |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
15 |
| Aston House Thoroughbreds |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
13 |
| Highgate |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
12 |
| Westway Warriors |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| Emanuel Wanderers |
3 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
| Newbury HA1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Results
Week Three
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, N.Turnbull, N.Shaw, C.Austin) beat Newbury HA1 (M.de Souza Girao, W.Seath, J.Hopkins, O.Avery) 6-0
Emanuel Wanderers (F.Prickett, S.Kelly, C.Nkwocha, T.Bush) beat Westway Warriors (A.Field, D.McCahon, C.Wheeler, N.Lilienthal) 4-2
Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, A.Abrahams, S.Shah, K.Hird) beat Highgate (J.Marks, D.Lioubimov, Ar.Bhattacharya, Ab.Bhattacharya) 4-2
Week Two
Highgate (O.Hallam, R.Morgan, J.Ledigo, E.Scoones) beat Emanuel Wanderers (J.Hammond, S.Kelly, M.Till, A.Lewthwaite) 6-0
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, N.Turnbull, N.Shaw, M.Chinery) drew with Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, A.Abrahams, S.Shah, K.Hird) 3-3
Westway Warriors (A.Field, P.Wilkinson, M.Gwynne, D.McCahon) drew with Newbury HA1 (W.Seath, W.Thomas, P.Holland, O.Avery) 3-3
Week One
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, T.McCahon, M.Chinery, B.Merrett) beat Emanuel Wanderers (J.Reynolds, J.Hammond, T.Bush, R.Swallow) 6-0
Highgate (Ab.Bhattacharya, J.Ledigo, E.Scoones, D.Lioubimov) beat Westway Warriors (F.Lebon, A.Field, P.Griffiths, D.Thackeray) 4-2
Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, K.Hird, S.Thatcher, N.Choustikov) beat Newbury HA1 (M.de Souza Girao, R.Tyler, J.Hopkins, O.Avery) 6-0
MVP Race Leaders
Riki Houlden 135
Adam Field 123
Karen Hird 122
Noah Caplin 119
Emily Scoones 90
Matt Chinery 81
Jack Ledigo 81
Alex Abrahams 80
Abhishek Bhattacharya 78
Nathan Turnbull 74
Nick Shaw 73
Ollie Avery 66
Dan Lioubimov 65
Stephen Kelly 64
David McCahon 64
Sahil Shah 54
Will Seath 53
Toby Bush 51
Golden Gloves (Shots in the Hole)
Riki Houlden 8
Adam Field 8
Sahil Shah 5
Noah Caplin 4
Karen Hird 2
Stephen Kelly 2
Chiedo Nkwocha 2