IN Division One of the Malvern League, Pterodactyl Old Boys have extended their lead at the top by beating Manor Park Express 7-3.

Dave White and Wayne Chopping were both unbeaten in their singles and the doubles, while, for Express, Mark Jones, Pete Griffiths and Dave Woodyatt all beat Ian Bell.

The best two sets of the night were the last two, with Old Boys leading 5-3. Wayne Chopping beat Pete Griffiths 11-8, 14-12, 11-13, 8-11, 11-6 and Dave White beat Mark Jones 11-4, 6-11, 6-11, 11-3, 11-6 to secure the three points.

Moving up to fourth place are CSSC Ramblers who beat Ledbury Lions 9-1.

Chris Hewitt and Alan Salisbury both won their three singles and the doubles, while, for Lions, Mark Stubbs saved the whitewash by beating Graham Thompson 12-10, 11-8, 3-11, 12-10.

Manor Park Pumas gained their first maximum of the season with a 10-0 win over Crackpots ‘E’.

However, four of the sets required five games, but Jon Dyke, Dave Hallam and Nick Price won them all to gain the four points.

Colin Dolding took all of Pumas’ players to five as did Dave Steen against Jon Dyke.

Manor Park Travellers gained their first win of the season with a 8-2 victory over YMCA Vulcans and in doing so moved off the bottom of the table to be replaced by their opponents.

Stewart Moss gained three wins for Travellers with good support coming from both Martin Snee and Ken Hipwell ,who won twice, while, for Vulcans, Jim Ahern gained two more wins for the season.

With two matches played, it is now Ripple’s turn to head the Division Two table, but only on sets won. Ripple have 68 sets for and 12 against, while second- placed team Poolbrook Rangers have 65 sets for and 15 against.

Ripple’s first game against MP Maulers was a close scoring match, ending in an exciting draw.

Pete Nash won three games, Roger Davies and Peter Quy both took one each, with Davies and Nash winning the doubles for Ripple.

Ray Davies and Kevin Howard took two each for Maulers and Bill Smith one. Four sets went to four games and another two to five.

Ripple met Allsorts ‘B’ and, although two sets went to a fifth game and another two to a fourth, the youngsters were unable to clinch any sets.

In spite of only being able to field two players, Manor Park Devils managed to get a point from their match with Poolbrook Rangers thanks to James Mulka’s two wins.

He partnered Liz Hallam in the doubles, which they also nearly took.

For Rangers, Richard Cullis won two, Alastair Maxwell-Stewart and Nick Haggar one each and the doubles.

In the match between Crackpots ‘B’ and OTT, all the sets were won in straight games, except for the doubles which went to five.

Elsewhere, X-Police beat Abbeydowne 7-3 and Dukes Way Dynamos defeated Nomads 6-4.