The New Milton Table Tennis Club won five out of their eight matches in the Bournemouth & District league last week, albeit two of those wins came at the expense of their own teams in local derbies. The J team were celebrating their first win of the season as they beat Bmth Sports M 8-2, thanks to hat-tricks from Ben Greene and Andrew Stainton, and one win from captain Lynn Willrich (pictured below) to get her season off the mark.

The Premier saw the A team (Steve Hemmings, Russell Wilson & Paul Iliffe) trounce their B team (Shaun Newcomb, John Millward & Andy Tipsana) 9-1 down at Mudeford Wood. Tipsana, playing up from Div 1 spared his team’s blushes as he beat Iliffe, his team-mate from the C team, who bagged a creditable brace for the A’s.

In their Div 2 derby, the E team (Simon Golding, Andrew Daish & Peter Daish) claimed bragging rights over their D team (Terry Jenvey, Bob Fagan & Chris Pusey) as they beat them 6-4, thanks to hat-tricks from Simon Golding and Peter Daish.

The C team continue their winning start in Div 1 as they beat newly promoted Bmth Sports F 8-2 in their own back yard at Chapel Gate, courtesy of a hat-trick from Gerard Redman and a brace apiece from captain Frank Handy and new signing Rob Blackmore.

The H team remain unbeaten in Div 4 as they beat Nimrod B 7-3 thanks to yet another hat-trick from Dave Sutton, a brace from stand-in captain Eddie Tompkins and one win from Bill Collinge playing up from Div 5.

The G team were unlucky not to take a draw from their match against newly promoted Bmth Sports K in Div 3. Captain Graham Underwood won two of his singles and Elliott Storr-Smith and Bev Scott-Johns had chipped in with one apiece to make it 4-5 before the doubles. Underwood & Scott-Johns combined valiantly but just lost the fifth and final set by 10-12 to lose their unbeaten run by 4-6. 

Full results details appear below:-

PREMIER

New Milton A 9 New Milton B 1

(A Team: Steve Hemmings 3, Russell Wilson 3, Paul Iliffe 2)

(B Team: Shaun Newcomb 0, John Millward 0, Andy Tipsana 1)

DIVISION 1

Bmth Sports F 2 New Milton C 8

(Gerard Redman 3, Rob Blackmore 2, Frank Handy 2)

DIVISION 2

New Milton D 4 New Milton E 6

(D Team: Terry Jenvey 1, Bob Fagan 1, Chris Pusey 1)

(E Team: Simon Golding 3, Andrew Daish 0, Peter Daish 3)

DIVISION 3

New Milton F 5 Nimrod A 5

(Steve Cheesman 3, Sylvia Smith 2, Malcolm Nash 0)

New Milton G 4 Bmth Sports K 6

(Graham Underwood 2, Elliott Storr-Smith 1, Bev Scott-Johns 1)

DIVISION 4

Nimrod B 3 New Milton H 7

(Dave Sutton 3, Bill Collinge 1, Eddie Tompkins 2)

New Milton J 8 Bmth Sports M 2

(Lynn Willrich 1, Ben Greene 3, Andrew Stainton 3)

DIVISION 5

New Milton K 3 Merton L 7

(Mike Gent 1, Dave Burns 0, Geoff Biggs 2)