The New Milton Table Tennis Club signed off the first half of the Bournemouth and District league programme by winning five out of their eight matches. One of these wins came at the expense of one of their own teams as the C team beat the B team in their Div 1 derby.

Div 3 saw the G team wrest the top spot from Ringwood B as Milton beat the erstwhile leaders 8-2 home at Arnewood School. Captain Frank Handy came up with yet another hat-trick and Andrew Daish and Matthew Winter bagged a brace apiece. Handy and Daish combined efficiently in the doubles to land the maximum four points. Full results are below:-

 PREMIER

Bmth Sports B 8 New Milton A 2

(Brian Bickell 0, Steve Hemmings 1)

DIVISION 1

New Milton B 4 New Milton C 6

(B: Shaun Newcomb 1, Julie Smillie 1, Malcolm Floyd 1)

(C: James Lewis 3, Max De Kment 3, Frank Handy 0)

DIVISION 3

Winton YMCA C 4 New Milton E 6

(Simon Golding 2, Bev Scott-Johns 0, Clive Pitts 3)

New Milton F 6 Bmth Sports M 4

(Lewis Reading 1, Ian Linney 2, Eddie Tompkins 2)

New Milton G 8 Ringwood B 2

(Andrew Daish 2, Matthew Winter 2, Frank Handy 3)

DIVISION 4

Bmth Sports R 3 New Milton H 7

(Matthew Winter 2, Svet Ignatov 3, Les Smith 1)

DIVISION 5

New Milton K 4 Shamrock B 6

(Andrew Stainton 0, Lucy Craddock 1, Sue Wootton-Freeman 0)

The league programme resumes in the new year on 7^th January.

The club is always on the lookout for new players ranging from complete novices to experienced players to either play competitively or just for a bit of fun. We are a very friendly club with members of all abilities and ages, from 8 to 80. Any readers interested in working off some of that turkey after Christmas should contact our Club Secretary Bev Scott-Johns on 01425 619552.