The two group winners Highgate Bizzle and Dossi's Desperados won their Superleague semi-finals at Westway last night in a terrific evening of Fives.
The Highgate quartet of Jonny Ho, Abs Bhattacharya, Ollie Hallam and Tom Halstead overcame their Thursday night counterparts the Exiles (Nick Gill, Chris Ballingall, Ralph Morgan and Abi Jones) 5-1 despite a battling display from the Citizens players, with the ever present Bhattacharya extending his lead at the top of the MVP table.
In the other semi-final, former winners and competition favourites Dossi's Desperados had to work hard to defeat defending champions the Aston House Thoroughbreds (Laurie Brock, Nick Shaw, Chris Austin, Karen Hird), who managed to cling on to a 2-2 draw after the first two rounds before finally succumbing to the firepower of Ryan Perrie, George Thomason, Sam Welti and Alex Rattan in the final two games of the night. Ryan Perrie stretched his lead out to 12 - double his nearest challenger - in the Golden Gloves competition with a further three shots in the hole.
The 5th-8th place play-offs also took place this week with the four teams playing each other in a round robin competition with the first pairs all playing each other once and the second pairs likewise. Fifth place was clinched by the EFA Allstars at the end of an enjoyable evening of matches very much in keeping with the spirit of Superleague Fives.
Next week sees the climax of the competition with the final and 3rd/4th place match.
Results
Week One
Group A
Aston House Thoroughbreds (L.Brock, N.Shaw, K.Hird, S.Chapman) beat Highgate Bizzle (J.Ho, A.Bhattacharya, T.Halstead, E.Scoones) 4-2
EFA Allstars (T.Fletcher, W.Seath, O.Avery, R.Black) beat Westway 2 (M.Gwynne, D.McCahon, J.Caplin, N.Lilienthal) 6-0
Group B
Dossi's Desperados (A.Joyce, G.Thomason, C.Hughes, E.Hewens) beat Lancing Lionhearts (M.Scurr, T.Betts, A.Abrahams, S.Jackman) 6-0
Exiles (N.Gill, S.Shah, R.Morgan, B.Dovgyy) beat Westway 1 (T.Campbell, A.Pilkington, D.Goddard, B.Young) 6-0
Week Two
Group A
Aston House Thoroughbreds (L.Brock, G.Hoskins, K.Hird, S.Chapman) beat EFA Allstars (M.Lewin, M.Chinery, W.Seath, O.Avery) 6-0
Highgate Bizzle (J.Marks, A.Bhattacharya, T.Halstead, C.Griggs) beat Westway 2 (T.Thurnham, D.McCahon, M.Gwynne, N.Lilienthal) 6-0
Group B
Lancing Lionhearts (T.Betts, A.Abrahams, A.Lumbard, S.Jackman) drew with Westway 1 (T.Campbell, B.Bannerman, M.Goddard, D.Goddard) 3-3
Dossi's Desperados (R.Perrie, C.Hughes, S.Welti, D.Pritchard) beat Exiles (S.Shah, R.Morgan, S.Kelly, B.Dovgyy) 6-0
Week Three
Group A
Aston House Thoroughbreds (S.Thatcher, A.Bishop, S.Nowinski, J.Da Costa) drew with Westway 2 (J.Black, D.McCahon, J.Caplin, K.Mikowski) 3-3
Highgate Bizzle (J.Marks, A.Bhattacharya, O.Hallam, C.Davies) beat EFA Allstars (V.Bhimjiyani, T.Fletcher, W.Seath, W.Thomas) 6-0
Group B
Dossi's Desperados (R.Perrie, A.Theodossi, S.Welti, A.Rattan) beat Westway 1 (S.Warren-Thomas, B.Bannerman, T.Campbell, M.Goddard) 6-0
Exiles beat Lancing Lionhearts 6-0 (scratched)
Week Four - Quarter-Finals
Aston House Thoroughbreds (L.Brock, K.Hird, S.Thatcher, A.Bishop) beat Lancing Lionhearts (M.Scurr, A.Lumbard, A.Abrahams, S.Jackman) 6-0
Exiles (N.Gill, S.Shah, R.Morgan, C.Ballingall) beat EFA Allstars (G.Williams, M.Chinery, W.Seath, O.Avery) 6-0
Highgate Bizzle (J.Marks, A.Bhattacharya, O.Hallam, T.Halstead) beat Westway 1 (P.Chen, M.Goddard, J.Wootliff, B.Young) 6-0
Dossi's Desperados (R.Perrie, A.Theodossi, C.Hughes, S.Welti) beat Westway 2 (T.Thurnham, J.Caplin, R.Black*, W.Carling) 6-0
*ineligible player
Week Five
Semi-Finals
Dossi's Desperados (R.Perrie, G.Thomason, S.Welti, A.Rattan) beat Aston House Thoroughbreds (L.Brock, N.Shaw, C.Austin, K.Hird) 4-2
Highgate Bizzle (J.Ho, A.Bhattacharya, O.Hallam, T.Halstead) beat Exiles (N.Gill, C.Ballingall, R.Morgan, A.Jones) 5-1
5th-8th Play-Offs
5th: EFA Allstars (T.Fletcher, M.Chinery, W.Seath, W.Thomas)
6th: Westway 1 (T.Campbell, B.Bannerman, M.Goddard, D.Goddard)
7th: Lancing Lionhearts (A.Abrahams, A.Lumbard, C.Ballingall*, G.Linfield)
8th: Westway 2 (T.Thurnham, M.Gwynne, D.McCahon, K.Mikowski)
*ineligible player
Final - 26/06/18
Dossi's Desperados v Highgate Bizzle
3rd/4th
Aston House Thoroughbreds v Exiles
MVP Leaderboard
A.Bhattacharya 207
S.Welti 180
R.Perrie 179
K.Hird 160
T.Halstead 157
L.Brock 154
W.Seath 139
M.Goddard 138
A.Abrahams 136
O.Hallam 135
C.Hughes 135
J.Marks 135
R.Morgan 121
C.Ballingall 114
T.Fletcher 109
A.Lumbard 104
N.Gill 100
S.Shah 95
D.Goddard 93
A.Bishop 90
S.Chapman 90
A.Theodossi 90
Golden Gloves Leaderboard
R.Perrie 12
C.Hughes 6
S.Welti 6
C.Ballingall 5
B.Bannerman 5
M.Gwynne 5
L.Brock 4
G.Thomason 4
A.Abrahams 3
A.Bhattacharya 3
M.Chinery 3
C.Griggs 3
O.Hallam 3
J.Ho 3
J.Marks 3
A.Rattan 3
S.Shah 3
N.Shaw 3