16/06/22: Week Five of the Westway Summer Superleague saw the final round of group games, with the play-off line-up now decided.
This year's competition features six teams - Aston House Thoroughbreds, Aston House Stampede, Newbury HA1, Westway Warriors, Emanuel Wanderers and Highgate - battle it out in a round robin format to decide the placings for the play-offs in a couple of weeks time.
Week Five saw the Aston House Stampede consolidate their place at the top of the table, with a 5-1 win over Highgate, who stay in third. The Thoroughbreds were pushed hard by Westway, who put in a strong showing and were unlucky not to pick up a point or two; their 6-0 defeat opened up the opportunity for the winner of the Newbury HA1 v Emanuel match to take the final place in the semi-finals and it was the Newbury/Harrow outfit who did just that, winning a see-saw match 4-2 with Paul Holland anchoring the team splendidly at Number 4 with a maximum haul of 45 points.
Chief Stampeder Riki Houlden continues to dominate the MVP race, carrying a perfect record all the way through the group stages, with Karen Hird of the Thoroughbreds still his nearest challenger and the only other player over the 200 point mark. With only two matches still to go, the individual double is very much on, another three winners into the hole putting Riki into a near unassailable lead at the top of the Golden Gloves table.
The Superleague now takes a break for a week to avoid tube strikes, before returning in a fortnight for the semi-finals and 5th/6th place match with finals night the following week.
League Table
| P | W | D | L | Points | |
| Aston House Stampede | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 |
| Aston House Thoroughbreds | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Highgate | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Newbury HA1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| Emanuel Wanderers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Westway Warriors | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Play-Offs
Semi-Finals (Tuesday 28th June)
Aston House Stampede v Newbury HA1
Aston House Thoroughbreds v Highgate
5th/6th Play-Off (Wednesday 29th June)
Emanuel Wanderers v Westway Warriors
Results
Week Five
Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, K.Hird, S.Thatcher, N.Choustikov) beat Westway Warriors (A.Field, F.Lebon, T.Campbell, C.Wheeler) 6-0
Newbury HA1 (O.Denby, O.Avery, W.Thomas, P.Holland) beat Emanuel Wanderers (F.Prickett, C.Lumbard, S.Kelly, M.Till) 4-2
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, T.McCahon, M.Chinery, N.Shaw) beat Highgate (O.Hallam, Ar.Bhattacharya, Ab.Bhattacharya, D.Lioubimov) 5-1
Week Four
Aston House Thoroughbreds (Sahil Shah, K.Hird, S.Thatcher, S.Chapman) beat Emanuel Wanderers (C.Nkwocha, R.Swallow, Saajan Shah, T.Bush) 6-0
Highgate (O.Hallam, Ab.Bhattacharya, D.Lioubimov, R.Morgan) beat Newbury HA1 (W.Seath, W.Thomas, P.Holland, J.Hopkins) 5-1
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, T.McCahon, N.Turnbull, M.Chinery) beat Westway Warriors (P.Wilkinson, C.Wheeler, M.Gwynne, J.Caplin) 6-0
Week Three
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, N.Turnbull, N.Shaw, C.Austin) beat Newbury HA1 (M.de Souza Girao, W.Seath, J.Hopkins, O.Avery) 6-0
Emanuel Wanderers (F.Prickett, S.Kelly, C.Nkwocha, T.Bush) beat Westway Warriors (A.Field, D.McCahon, C.Wheeler, N.Lilienthal) 4-2
Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, A.Abrahams, S.Shah, K.Hird) beat Highgate (J.Marks, D.Lioubimov, Ar.Bhattacharya, Ab.Bhattacharya) 4-2
Week Two
Highgate (O.Hallam, R.Morgan, J.Ledigo, E.Scoones) beat Emanuel Wanderers (J.Hammond, S.Kelly, M.Till, A.Lewthwaite) 6-0
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, N.Turnbull, N.Shaw, M.Chinery) drew with Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, A.Abrahams, S.Shah, K.Hird) 3-3
Westway Warriors (A.Field, P.Wilkinson, M.Gwynne, D.McCahon) drew with Newbury HA1 (W.Seath, W.Thomas, P.Holland, O.Avery) 3-3
Week One
Aston House Stampede (R.Houlden, T.McCahon, M.Chinery, B.Merrett) beat Emanuel Wanderers (J.Reynolds, J.Hammond, T.Bush, R.Swallow) 6-0
Highgate (Ab.Bhattacharya, J.Ledigo, E.Scoones, D.Lioubimov) beat Westway Warriors (F.Lebon, A.Field, P.Griffiths, D.Thackeray) 4-2
Aston House Thoroughbreds (N.Caplin, K.Hird, S.Thatcher, N.Choustikov) beat Newbury HA1 (M.de Souza Girao, R.Tyler, J.Hopkins, O.Avery) 6-0
MVP Race Leaders
Riki Houlden 225
Karen Hird 212
Matt Chinery 166
Noah Caplin 164
Abhishek Bhattacharya 145
Adam Field 143
Dan Lioubimov 140
Tom McCahon 135
Stephen Thatcher 135
Nathan Turnbull 119
Nick Shaw 113
Will Thomas 111
Oli Hallam 107
Paul Holland 107
Sahil Shah 99
Ollie Avery 98
Emily Scoones 90
Nick Choustikov 90
Ralph Morgan 88
Jack Ledigo 81
Alex Abrahams 80
Stephen Kelly 74
Fred Prickett 71
Will Seath 68
Toby Bush 66
David McCahon 64
Frank Lebon 57
Chris Wheeler 53
Jack Hopkins 52
Golden Gloves (Shots in the Hole)
Riki Houlden 13
Adam Field 8
Karen Hird 5
Sahil Shah 5
Abhishek Bhattacharya 4
Noah Caplin 4
Fred Prickett 4
Matt Chinery 3
Oli Hallam 3
Mark Gwynne 2
Stephen Kelly 2
Chiedo Nkwocha 2
Will Thomas 2
Chris Wheeler 2