Two Player League 2026 Report

10 October 2026 - 14:00

Week 1

Lions got off to a great start with John Nuttall and Greg Norden winning 4-1 over Scott Dixon and Paul Datson playing for the Anarchists, with Paul winning 3-0 against Greg for the Anarchists’ solitary point.

The Badgers conceded just two ends as Nick Howard and Adrian Piortrowskii beat The Penholders’ pairing of Paul Chan and Mark Chung 5-0.

Highfield Cheetahs won 3-2 over Flyers. Shivam Gopal won both his singles and took the doubles 11-9 in the fifth end with his brother Darsh, with Andy Wood and Andy Logan beating Darsh for their 2 points.

ACC Armada almost with a clean-sweep against Headlands Hungry Hippos with Elliot Cowley taking the final singles 13-11 in the fifth end against Lenah Sachita to take a point. Ellis Zhang beat Elliot and Trevan Vass and pairing up with Lenah to take the doubles made it 4-1 to the ACC side.

Steve Carroll and Charlie Moran for Inspire made it 5-0, with junior players Oscar and Luca Di Rienzo making up the Mawsley Massive side facing a tough first match. Oscar was unlucky not to take a point for his side, eventually losing by the finest of margins, 11-9 in the fifth set to Charlie.

Two more juniors, Kush and Shiv Jadeja of Highfield Hyenas went through the card 5-0 against Bridge, with Mick Daly and Steve Carroll (playing two games on the night) managing just three ends out of the five matches.

Week 2

Mick Daly and Steve Carroll of Bridge dropped just three ends in their 5-0 win over Trevan Vass and Elliot Cowley from Headlands Hungry Hippos.

Mawsley Massive took on ACC Armada, with Julie Neal and Chris Gibbs winning 4-1, Oscar Di Rienzo having a tough evening and Hartley Hancock scoring the Massive single point over Julie.

Inspire had a tough night, with Aaron Donoghue and Charlie Moran managing just two ends against Kush Jadeja and Darsh Gopal playing for Highfield Hyenas who raced to a 5-0 win.

Lions players John Nuttall and James Norden won 3-2 over Martin Hall and guest star John Stamp playing for Flyers. John Nuttall won both his games dropping just one end, and James overcame John Stamp to seal the win.

The Penholders won 3-2 against the Anarchists. Scott Dixon had beaten Mark and paired up with Paul Datson to comfortably win the doubles, but with Paul Chan winning both his games, and Mark Chung overcoming Paul Datson in five ends in the final match the win went to the Penholders.

Highfield Cheetahs lost out to Badgers with an in-form Nick Howard winning his singles games against Shiv Gopal and Shiv Jadeja, and pairing up with Dom Barker to take the doubles for a final score of 3-2 to Badgers.

Week 3

Bridge took on ACC Armada, with Chris Gibbs proving too strong for Mick Daly and Steve Carroll who paired up with Mick Daly to win the doubles against Chris Gibbs and Julie Neal, with Bridge taking the win 3-2.

Mawsley Massive with Hartley Hancock and John Stamp playing this week took on Highfield Hyenas’ Ayush Shah and Shiv Jadeja, with Hartley’s win over Ayush being the single point for Massive, and a final 4-1 win for Hyenas.

James Bashford and Elliot Cowley played for Headlands Hungry Hippos and came away with a 3-2 victory over Inspire. Charlie Moran for Inspire took the first match in five ends against James, and a more straightforward straight games win over Elliot in the final match. Both James and Elliot got the better of Alex Brown and paired up to take the doubles.

Flyers beat The Anarchists 4-1, with Jamie Chamberlain beating Martin Hall in five ends for Anarchists only point. The last two matches both went to five ends, Martin Hall beating Scott Dixon and Darren Ward beating Jamie making the win decisive.

Brothers Shivam and Darsh Gopal playing for Highfield Cheetahs took on the Penholders. It was one-way traffic in favour of Cheetahs until the final match with Paul Chan eventually winning Penholders solitary point with a hard fought 12-10, 9-11, 10-12, 12-10, 15-13 win over Shiv, the final match score being 4-1.

The Lions team of Robert George and James Norden took on Dom Barker and Nick Howard playing for Badgers. James beat Dom 11-8 in the fifth end for Lions only point, Badgers ending up 4-1 winners.

Week 4

This week neither Mawsley Massive nor Highfield Hyenas fielded a team, so they both recieve “Nul points” and their respective opponents get 5 points each. Those teams played an “unofficial” match even though they have already played on week 1 just so they had not wasted an evening.

Inspire and Bridge played a club derby match with many close ends with the Bridge players Mick Daly and Steve Carroll getting the better of their clubmates Aaron Donoghue and Charlie Moran, including a 12-10 in the fifth end victory for Steve against Aaron for a 5-0 clean sweep.

Greg Norden returned for this week’s game for Lions, with John Nuttall to play Highfield Cheetahs who were unable to send any of their own players and so had John Stamp and Lewis Copp stepped in to fill the void. Greg beat John Stamp in five ends in the first match, the rest going 3-0 to John Nuttall against Lewis, John and Lewis winning the doubles, Lewis beating Greg and then John Nuttall taking the decisive final singles against John Stamp for a 3-2 win for Lions.

Badgers pair Dom Barker and Adrian Piotrowskii beat Scott Dixon and Jamie Chamberlain playing for The Anarchists 4-1, Jamie Chamberlain edging past an in-form Dom Barker 11-8 in the fifth end. The only other game that went past 3 ends was the doubles, with Dom and Adrian sneaking the fourth end 13-11 after being 2-1 down and then taking the fifth end 11-8.

The Flyers team Martin Hall and Darren Ward dropped a single end in the doubles on their way to a 5-0 win over The Penholders’ Paul Chan and Mark Chung.

Week 5

In the final week of the round robin for teams, ACC Armada faced Inspire. The reliable Chris Gibbs won both his singles against Alex Brown and Charlie Moran, with Julie Neal beating Alex but losing to Charlie for Inspire’s only point. Chris and Julie won the doubles 3-0 despite a couple of close ends, with ACC winning the encounter 4-1.

Bridge faced a stand-in version of Mawsley Massive who’s regular players were unable to make it. John Stamp and Aiden McGuire stepping in to play the regular Bridge team Steve Carroll and Mick Daly. Steve beat John 11-9 in the fifth, Aiden won both his singles, and with John also took the doubles. Mick beat John in the final singles but the final score was 3-2 to Mawsley Massive.

In an alliterative matchup Highfield Hyenas took on Headlands Hungry Hippos, with Hyenas taking the match 3-2 with the doubles win by Guari and Bani Pal over Nigel Corbett and Jack Barker proving decisive as all four players won one singles each, with Guari beating Nigel and losing to Jack, and Nigel beating Bani and losing to Guari.

Highfield Cheetahs did not field a team in their match against The Anarchists, so lose 5-0 by default.

The Lions beat The Penholders 5-0 but the doubles was a close game with James Norden and John Nuttall taking it eventually 11-9 in the fifth end against Paul Chan and Mark Chung.

The Flyers took on Badgers, with Jamie Chamberlain standing in for a missing Flyers player to team up with Darren Ward, and Scott Dixon filling in for a missing Badger, teaming up with Adrian Piotrowskii. Adrian was playing with the same intensity that has made him Northampton Singles Champion and Northants County Champion this season and was largely untroubled in his games. Scott lost to both Jamie and Darren but managed to assist Adrian in the doubles. Final score was 3-2 to the Badgers.

Final standings for the divisions after the 5 weeks of the team round robin matches are:

Division 1

1st – Badgers with 19 points
2nd – The Lions with 16 points
3rd – The Flyers with 15 points
4th – Highfield Cheetahs with 11 points
5th – The Anarchists with 10 points
6th – The Penholders with 4 points

Division 2

1st – ACC Armada with 19 points
2nd – Highfield Hyenas with 17 points
3rd – Bridge with 15 points
4th – Headlands Hungry Hippos with 11 points
5th – Inspire with 8 points
6th – Mawsley Massive with 5 points

Week 6

This was a doubles event with two divisions of five teams in each. The final standings in the doubles were as follows:

Division 1

1st – DCA Flyers (Martin Hall and Darren Ward) with 4 wins
2nd – Highfield Cheetahs (Shivan Gopal and Darsh Gopal) with 2 wins
3rd – Lions (James Norden and Greg Norden) with 2 wins
4th – The Pen Holders (Paul Chan and Mark Chung) with 1 win
5th – Badgers (John Stamp and Lewis Copp) with 1 win

Division 2

1st – Bridge (Steve Carroll and Mick Daly) with 4 wins
2nd – Headlands Hungry Hippos (Elliot Cowley and Jack Barker) with 3 wins
3rd – ACC Armada (Julie Neal and Chris Gibbs) with 2 wins
4th – Highfield Hyenas (player names not recorded) with 1 win
5th – Inspire (player names not recorded) with no wins