Sherpas hitting the heights with Viking demolition job (From Basingstoke Gazette)

Sherpas hitting the heights with Viking demolition job

8:00am Wednesday 22nd February 2012 in Sport By Trevor Shanks

JENNY Skilton, Debbie Hardcastle, Helen Wilcox and Doreen Quilter helped LoddonSherpas to a 6-0 victory over Viking in the Basingstoke and District Badminton League Division of Four.

The victory saw LoddonSherpas take a nine point lead over Phoenix at the top-of-the-table.

Viking’s hopes of getting something out of the game were not helped when league chairman Ruth Cairns was injured early in her second rubber and had to concede that one and a third.

BH Pegasus A maintained top spot in the Men’s division one after three recent wins.

Their first victims were visiting Andover Sports, whom they beat 7-2. Chris Pearson/Nick Reid won their three rubbers supported by two each from Steve Harrison/Ray Chow and Ramsey Domloge/Veera Arunachalam, while Ian Swatton and Damien Roberts scored two for the losers.

With Chris Egan in place of Chow the BH Pegasus A side beat Aldermaston 9-0 again at home for the second win.

The last of the three victories was 6-3 away against Viking A, who are now 20 points adrift in the table.

Simon Williamson/Tim Cooper won two of the losers’ rubbers and Chris Powell/Scott Wilkins got the third.

Chris Pearson/Chris Bowry won their three for BH Pegasus A, with Harrison/Chow getting two and Domloge/Arunachalam picking up the sixth.

Philip Oxford/Scott Haddon and Neil Hodges/Stuart Cheng both won two rubbers each as bottom side Viking B won at Waverley A 5-4.

Keith Miles and Horace Mitchell recorded the fifth rubber for the visitors, while for the home side’s Peter Bevell/Michael Nash scored a maximum with Adam Bridgen/John Beattie getting the fourth.

See The Monday Gazette for all of the action from the league.