THE top four men's seeds came through to their allotted semi-final places in the Bryant School of Motoring Singles event at Evesham's annual Closed Table Tennis Championships.

Defending champion Matt Hartwell and Luke Moffat won their quarter-final matches in three sets when booking a repeat of last year's semi-final clash.

No 1 seed Grahame Brown will meet Malcolm Macfarlane in the other semi after both won their matches in four sets.

The former defeated Darrell Wiltshire 11-13, 11-7, 11-8, 11-9, while Macfarlane overcame No 3 seed Doug Payne 11-3, 11-4, 13-15, 11-6.

The Littleton Table Tennis Club Ladies final will be between Bengeworth Purple's Lynda Reid and Rachael Sellick of Bengeworth Lions.

Reigning Cotswold Provisions Men's Doubles holders, Hartwell and Wiltshire, were beaten in the semi-finals by Littleton Aces' Moffat and Andrew Taylor who will now face Grahame and Martin Brown (Bengeworth Tigers) in the final.

Looking

In the Happy Little Sole Junior Boys event, defending champion Moffat will be looking for a third successive title when he lines up against No 2 seed Tristan Gretton.

Moffat got the better of Martin Brown 11-8, 19-17, 11-5, while Gretton accounted for Andy Bryant 11-9, 11-1, 9-11, 14-12.

In the Schi'zo Design Junior Drawn Doubles, Chris Pearce and Robert Thompson will face Martin Brown and Craig Young.

The GLB Services Veteran Drawn Doubles final will be between Bengeworth's David Hudson-Wood and Bob Bryant who will come up against the challenge of Graham Fisher and Ros Jones.

Last year's runners-up in the Sunsational Vertical Tanning Centres Mixed Doubles, Reid & Richard McGhee will be looking to go one better when they face Grahame Brown and Rachael Sellick.

The biggest entry on the day came in the MK Technical Services Handicap Singles where Chris Pearce of Bengeworth Lions booked a date with Andy Bryant. Pearce will have a three-point start in the final.

Three round-robin events were played to a conclusion on the day with the McLennans Building Contractors Women's Doubles title going to Reid and Sandra Wheeler after a win over Jones and Peggy Mytton.

Wheeler doubled up in the RK Services Veteran Singles with victory over Mytton.

Sellick successfully defended her Happy Little Sole Junior Girls title with a final victory over Leanne Sully.

2005 finalists Grahame Brown and Payne will again lock horns in the Pete Bott Skips Veteran Men's Singles with the latter seeking reve-nge for defeat last year.

The finals, followed by the presentation of prizes, will take place at Bengeworth Church House on Saturday, April 8.