New Milton Table Tennis Club chalked up a magnificent seven wins out of their ten matches in the Bournemouth and District League last week, three of them through 10-0 whitewashes. Both the D and H teams were given a three match start as their opposition turned up a player short, but the F team had it all to do. The F’s Sylvia Smith and Lewis Reading came up with their first hat-tricks of the campaign, Ian Linney came up with his second treble, and Smith & Reading took the doubles in three straight sets to complete the rout. Read the rest of this entry →

There was a break in the league programme last week as the week was given over to Round 3 of the Annual Times & Directory Handicap Cup competition and Round 2 of the consolation “Plate”. There is now only one of New Milton’s teams left in the Cup proper and one in the “Plate”. Read the rest of this entry →

I asked Shaun how he got on at the St Denys Open last Sunday (10th February) and he casually informed me that he won both the “Open” and “Handicap” titles.  Being the “shrinking violet” that he is, I had to prise some details from him which I am delighted to share with a wider audience.  Well done Shaun! Read the rest of this entry →

New Milton Table Tennis Club lost six out of their nine matches in the Bournemouth & District league last week, their highest week’s tally of defeats so far this season. In Div 5, the table-topping J team could only field two players due to holidays and sickness and they lost 2-8 at home to Bmth Sports U. However, in the lower reaches of that division, the K team did the double over Merton J by repeating their first round 6-4 victory. This was a really tremendous effort by Milton’s trio of up and coming youngsters; 15 year old Jack Fisher came up with his second hat-trick of the campaign, fellow 15 year old Lucy Craddock bagged a brace and 14 year old Andrew Stainton chipped in with the one win again. Young Stainton almost matched Craddock’s brace in his final singles against Merton’s Maggie Brown. He lost the first two sets but displayed great maturity to come back to take the next two sets, but sadly lost his fifth and final set 8-11.

In a good week for the club’s rising young stars, in addition to Fisher’s treble, further hat-tricks came from Peter Daish (14), Luke Gurton (17), Matthew Winter (19), as well as the evergreen Frank Handy. Read the rest of this entry →

Please see below the open  invite to attend the Development Squad Camp which is being run by Aled Howell, the ETTA’s Southern Regional Coach.  If you would like to attend the camp, please book your place by emailing  Aled (ahowell@etta.co.uk) with the details required on the Reply Slip at the foot of the invite.  The closing date for applications is Friday 15th February.  If anybody has any queries, please contact James Lewis directly.

The New Milton Table Tennis Club’s teams drew five out of their eight matches in the Bournemouth and District league and won the other three, this being the first time this season that they haven’t lost any of their matches.

The F team tied with the G team in their Div 3 local derby, having lost to them in the first round. The G’s cause wasn’t helped by them turning up a player short.

Strangely enough, the other three draws all came in matches against Lynwood teams. The A team did particularly well to hold Lynwood A to a draw in the Premier as they had to call up two players from Div 1 mainly due to holiday absences. Alan Gordon and 12 year old Matthew Daish gave good accounts of themselves by winning one each, and dependable regular Phil Handy notched up yet another Premier hat-trick.

Phil Handy remains unbeaten in the Premier league this year. Read the rest of this entry →

New Milton Table Tennis Club didn’t have a very good week in the Annual Times & Directory Handicap Cup competition as they only won two out of their seven matches. The two victories came in Round 2 of the Cup proper as the A and B teams battled their way into Round 3. The J and K teams lost their first round “Plate” matches, so the only Milton team to proceed to Round 2 of the Plate is the E team who had a “bye”.

The A team, who were runners-up in the past two seasons, did exceptionally well to scrape through 5-4 as they were a player short (just Steve Hemmings & Alan Gordon). The C team (Martin Jerome, Max De Kment & James Lewis) looked to be joining their B team (Julie Smillie, Matthew Daish & Zoltan Karib-Barath) in Round 3 as they went 4-2 up, needing just the one to take them through. It was not to be however as Bourne’s Dave Pang turned up late and beat the Milton trio.  Afterwards Max summed it all up by saying that they had been well and truly “Pangcaked”!  Full results are below:-

Times & Directory Handicap Cup – Round 2

Bmth Sports M (Div 3) 4, New Milton A (Premier) 5

New Milton B (Div 1) 5, Merton F (Div 3) 4

New Milton C (Div 1) 4, Bmth Sports N (Div 3) 5

Merton A (Premier) 8, New Milton D (Div 2) 1

Bmth Sports F (Div 1) 6, New Milton F (Div 3) 3

Times & Directory Plate (Consolation) – Round 1

New Milton J (Div 5) 1, Merton H (Div 4) 8

New Milton K (Div 5) 2, Winton YMCA F (Div 5) 7

New Milton E have a “Bye” to Round 2 of the Plate competition.

The latest Bournemouth & District league tables show that two of the New Milton Club’s teams are sitting pretty at the top of their respective divisions. The J team captained by Malcolm Douglas took over the top spot in Div 5 a couple of weeks ago, but hot on their heels are Bmth Sports T who are only one point away from the Jays. The G team captained by Frank Handy, who has only dropped one match all season, are riding high at the top of Div 3, lording it over their clubmates in the E and F teams.

The H team are knocking at the door for second place in Div 4, but need to make up space on second-placed Bmth Sports R who currently have a five point advantage.

That’s the good news; unfortunately the B team are struggling to keep their heads above water in Div 1, and with 17 points are only 2 points away from the relegation zone. Basement boys Bransgore are rock bottom on 2 points and are beyond redemption, second from bottom Lynwood B are on 15 points, so Milton quickly need to put some more blue sky between themselves and Lynwood.

The D team are third from bottom in Div 2 and are clustered with two other teams on 15 points. They are currently only clear of the drop zone courtesy of a superior games difference.

The full league tables appear below:-

Further to Julie’s post of 22nd Jan, the article below appeared in this weekend’s New Milton Advertiser alongside the New Milton TTC report.  Well done to Elliot Marx and her fellow volunteers for giving this boost to local Table Tennis!

The New Milton Table Tennis Club could only muster three wins out of their seven league matches, but all three were maximum four-pointers from impressive 9-1 scorelines.

The G and J teams piled on the pressure at the top of their respective Divs 3 & 5, and the H team (Div 4) remain within touching distance of second-placed Bmth Sports R who also won 9-1.

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