Grimsby TT Champions

(Picture Credit - "Waldner" by Guano)

(Some First Names added below where known)

Year	Men	Women	Men Doubles	Boys\“Cadets”
1973	Clive JUDSON	Connie MORAN	Matt SHEADER\FINNERAN	P MCKAY
74	C JUDSON	C MORAN	P TAYLOR\William V MORAN	P TUPLING
75	Pete TAYLOR	C MORAN	TAYLOR\MORAN	M NEWBOULT
76	P TAYLOR	C MORAN	S MORLEY\W MORAN	M NEWBOULT
77	P TAYLOR	C BUTTERY	TAYLOR\Andy DIBDIN	S BARR
78	G PLASKITT	C MORAN	PLASKITT\Eddie EDMUNDS	S BARR
79	M NEWBOULT	G SHARPE	SHEADER\B ALLISON	M EMMERSON
80	P TAYLOR	G SHARPE	S BARNES\N PARKIN	M EMMERSON
81	Dave SKERRATT	G SHARPE	MORLEY\SKERRATT	A THOMPSON
82	D SKERRATT	G SHARPE	MORLEY\SKERRATT	Gary MORAN
83	D SKERRATT	C MORAN	SKERRATT\THOMPSON	Ian WALKER
84	Matt SHEADER	C MORAN	ALLISON\SHEADER	I WALKER
85	SHEADER	Pauline HALE	ALLISON\SHEADER	Wayne NOON
86	SHEADER	C MORAN	ALLISON\SHEADER	W NOON
87	SHEADER	MORAN	ALLISON\SHEADER	W NOON
88	SHEADER	Kath FISHER	G MORAN\I WALKER	W NOON
89	Brian ALLISON	C MORAN	ALLISON\SHEADER	G BINGLEY
90	Jon LEA	MORAN	Roger BLOW\W MORAN	G BINGLEY
91	SHEADER	MORAN	ALLISON\SHEADER	D BUNN
92	ALLISON	Sue ALLISON	ALLISON\SHEADER	Matt DEAN\J LAKE
93	J LEA	S ALLISON	J HANCOCK\J LEA	M DEAN\P ADDISON
94	John HANCOCK (1)	S ALLISON	J HANCOCK\J LEA	C CAMPBELL\P CROWLEY
95	Mike THORNLEY	S ALLISON	ALLISON\SHEADER	Steve BLOW\A BARLOW
96	M SHEADER	C MORAN	HANCOCK\LEA	P CROWLEY\Paul HIGGINS
97	SHEADER(8+)(10?)	K FISHER	ALLISON\SHEADER	P HIGGINS\P HIGGINS (BOTH)
98	B ALLISON	C MORAN	ALLISON\SHEADER	HIGGINS\A ROBERTS
99	J HANCOCK (2)	S ALLISON	HANCOCK\LEA	P HIGGINS\Craig KENDALL
2000	M THORNLEY	C MORAN	HANCOCK\LEA	P HIGGINS\C KENDALL
2001	HANCOCK (3)	S GARBUTT (ALLISON)	HANCOCK\LEA	A ROBERTS\Jon CORRY
2002	M THORNLEY	Lesley KEAST	M THORNLEY\Mike BAILEY	C KENDALL\Matthew FULLER
2003	HANCOCK (4)	-	“OPEN” – N MASSINGHAM\L KEAST (BOTH LADIES)	C KENDALL\S DEAN
2004	HANCOCK (5)	-	HANCOCK\P HEATH	Sam DEAN
2005	HANCOCK (6)	Dorothy FULLER	HANCOCK\HEATH	J CORRY\Alasdair FULLER
2006	M THORNLEY	-	S BLOW\Steve CARTER	J CORRY\FULLER
2007	HANCOCK (7)	D FULLER	HANCOCK\HEATH	A FULLER\K HO
2008	Pete HEATH	Wendy NEWMAN	Dan RIMMER\Rob SAMPSON	Ben ANDERSON\K HO
2009	Gary USHER	Angie BRAY	USHER\K HODGSON	B ANDERSON\Henry MTERNAN
2010	Ben ANDERSON	Ellie KOCH	C KENDALL\H MCTERNAN	B ANDERSON\H MCTERNAN
2011	Sean WARD (1)	D FULLER	S WARD\C KENDALL	B ANDERSON\J KEAST
12	S WARD (2)	A BRAY	S WARD\C KENDALL	Jack BLYTH\Leo TSANG
13	John HANCOCK (8)	A BRAY	J BLYTH\I POOLER	J BLYTH\T STEER
14 15	J CORRY J HANCOCK (9)	Chloe LINGARD C LINGARD	J HANCOCK\J CORRY Rob SAMPSON\POOLER	L TSANG\Tom SPENCER TSANG\Isaac GIBNEY

Adapting: Against Long Pimples etc.



(Picture Credit - Waldner by Guano)

3\2\13:      A postponement, a "cup week" (we are Out!) and a "blank week": couldn't be a quieter start to the 2nd half of the season. Seems ages since we beat "Fast Shipping" 6-4. Oh well, am recovering from my injuries.

From the 11^th February, however, we will be all action: 2 matches in 2 days and a busy “Closed Championship Week”! The good news is that my back and knee are now okay for the rest, though my left heel is still sore.

Been thinking. Against long-pimples the first choice tactic is to flat-bat everything. Push or hit straight through the ball to avoid putting any spin on the ball. Simples. Topspin drives can be effective too so long as you go more for power than spin. “Alternating” (chop\loop) is an option also , especially if your loop creates lots of backspin for you to handle. Actually topspin-driving works well against Pete Calvert’s anti-loop rubber.

The big decision with alternating is whether to loop or chop first. If you open with a loop you will get lots of chop back... But if you chop initially you will receive an attackable topspin ball. Against pimples You decide what’s on the return, but you Must remember what you’ve decided! Of course once your opponent uses his spin-side, all this changes! That’s the challenge: so much to think about.

They say you should never compromise on your main game. Yet I can think of many situations in which you simply have to. For example, having to be patient against a chop player or a lower-league opponent with a points handicap. Then there is playing against long pimples or anti-loop, as I’ve said. Wheelchair-users such as Colin Woodford present another unique challenge: you have to push more and beware the early block.

 
 Think that covers everything, for now. Out.  

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