The New Milton Table Tennis Club came up with four wins out of ten matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week. The club’s best win came in Div 2 as the E team whitewashed Bmth Sports F 10-0 down at the Grange, courtesy of hat-tricks from Frank Handy (captain), James Lewis and Peter Daish, recording his first treble of the season. However, the F team were on the wrong end of a whitewash in Div 3 as they were hammered 0-10 by Nimrod A down at the Winton YMCA. Captain Malcolm Nash commented afterwards that it certainly didn’t feel like a “0-10”, especially as half the matches went all the way to five ends. Milton were certainly worth a point but unfortunately they came away with nowt.

The club’s next best win came in the Premier as the A team put Winton YMCA B to the sword with a 9-1 win home at the Grange. Captain Steve Hemmings led from the front with his second hat-trick of the campaign and Phil Handy marked his first appearance with a treble. Wheelchair player Shaun Newcomb played up from Div 1 and put in a magnificent display to bag a brace and help his captain to win the doubles in three straight ends.

The G team had a busy week in Div 3 as they played two matches including one carried over from the previous week. They got off to a good start by taking maximum points off Broadstone C in an 8-2 victory at Mudeford Wood, courtesy of a second hat-trick from Clive Pitts and a brace apiece from Simons Daish and Golding. However, the Gees were missing Pitts for their rearranged match against Bmth Sports H who held them to a 5-5 draw at the Grange. The two Simons put in a repeat performance and forced the draw with a humdinger of a doubles match which they edged 17-15 in the fifth and final set.

The J team came up with their second win in Div 5 as they beat Winton YMCA F 7-3 at the Grange including a second hat-trick from 13 year old Elliott Storr-Smith in his maiden season.  Full results details below:

PREMIER

New Milton A 9 Winton YMCA B 1

(Steve Hemmings 3, Phil Handy 3, Shaun Newcomb 2)

DIVISION 1

New Milton B 5 Lynwood A 5

(John Millward 0, Brian Bickell 2, Zoltan Karip-Barath 2)

Broadstone A 7 New Milton C 3

(Svet Ignatov 1, Julie Smillie 1, Malcolm Floyd 0)

DIVISION 2

New Milton E 10 Bmth Sports F 0

(Frank Handy 3, Peter Daish 3, James Lewis 3)

DIVISION 3

Nimrod A 10 New Milton F 0

(Sylvia Smith 0, Malcolm Nash 0, Mike Roberts 0)

New Milton G 8 Broadstone C 2

(Simon Golding 2, Simon Daish 2, Clive Pitts 3)

Bmth Sports H 5 New Milton G 5

(Simon Golding 2, Simon Daish 2, Bev Scott-Johns 0)

DIVISION 4

New Milton H 4 Nimrod B 6

(Keith Kensley 0, George Roberts 3, Les Smith 1)

DIVISION 5

New Milton J 7 Winton YMCA F 3

(Campbell Golding 1, Elliott Storr-Smith 3, Geoff Biggs 2)

Bmth Sports P 7 New Milton K 3

(Francis Benjamin 2, Andrew Stainton 1, Stuart Burton 0)