The New Milton Table Tennis Club won five out of their twelve matches in the Bournemouth & District league last week, two of the wins coming against the same side, Winton YMCA D in Division 5. The newly-promoted F team (Sylvia Smith, Steve Cheesman & Malcolm Nash) were celebrating their first win of the season in Div 3 as they beat Bmth Sports L 7-3 in their own back yard at Chapel Gate. Cheesman bagged his third hat-trick in a row, Smith scored her first hat-trick of the campaign and then captain Nash combined well with Smith in the doubles to win over four sets.  Pictured below are l-r Malcolm Nash (captain), Sylvia Smith & Steve Cheesman:-

Winton YMCA D were glad to see the back of New Milton last week in Div 5, as first of all the K team (Mike Gent, Dave Burns & Geoff Biggs) beat them 6-4 at Winton courtesy of Gent’s first hat-trick of the season. The following evening Winton entertained the L team (James Harper, Stuart Burton & Maggie Brown) who beat them by the same scoreline in their re-arranged match.

At the opposite end of the league in the Premier, the unbeaten A team (Steve Hemmings, Russell Wilson & Paul Iliffe) beat the struggling Merton B 6-4 in their own back yard at Southbourne. Captain Hemmings came up with his second hat-trick in two weeks but Wilson had to settle for a brace, needing the doubles for a win. The A’s haven’t lost a doubles match so far this season and so it remained as Hemmings & Wilson beat the Merton pairing to secure victory.

Full results details appear below:-

PREMIER

Merton B 4 New Milton A 6

(Steve Hemmings 3, Russell Wilson 2, Paul Iliffe 0)

New Milton B 5 Ringwood A 5

(John Millward 2, Shaun Newcomb 1, Rob Blackmore 2)

DIVISION 1

Merton C 7 New Milton C 3

(Gerard Redman 0, Paul Iliffe 0, Andy Tipsana 2)

DIVISION 2

Ringwood B 7 New Milton D 3

(Terry Jenvey 1, Chris Pusey 2, Bob Fagan 0)

New Milton E 6 Bmth Sports H 4

(Simon Daish 2, Jack Trafford 2, Clive Pitts 1)

DIVISION 3

Bmth Sports L 3 New Milton F 7

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

New Milton G 3 Bmth Sports J 7

(Graham Underwood 2, Elliott Storr-Smith 0, Bev Scott-Johns 1)

DIVISION 4

New Milton H 4 Merton K 6

(Lewis Reading 1, Dave Sutton 2, Eddie Tompkins 0)

New Milton J 5 Winton YMCA B 5

(John Parkhouse 1, Ben Greene 3, Peter Hyde 1)

DIVISION 5

Winton YMCA D 4 New Milton K 6

(Mike Gent 3, Dave Burns 1, Geoff Biggs 1)

New Milton L 5 Bmth Sports N 5

(Adam Titcombe 2, James Harper 1, Maggie Brown 1)

Winton YMCA D 4 New Milton L 6

(James Harper 2, Stuart Burton 2, Maggie Brown 1)