The New Milton Table Tennis Club won three out of its seven matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week, the best result coming from their H team (Div 4) who demolished Shamrock B 9-1 in their own back yard. Captain Les Smith (pictured below) led from the front with his first hat-trick of his campaign and he was joined in his treble by George Roberts.

At the wrong end of a 9-1 scoreline, the B team suffered their worst defeat of the campaign in Div 1 as they were hammered by Bmth Sports D down at Chapel Gate. England Veteran Brian Bickell drew his first blank of the season, but Milton’s blushes were spared by Zoltan Karip-Barath who picked up his team’s solitary win.

Div 2 saw the E team beat Ringwood B by 7-3 home at the Grange courtesy of hat-tricks from captain Frank Handy and James Lewis. The club’s other win came in Div 3 as the F team beat Bmth Sports K 6-4 at Mudeford Wood aided and abetted by Mike Roberts’ second hat-trick of the season. The F’s captain Malcolm Nash came very close to recording his first treble of the campaign as he was level-pegging after the fourth end, having lost the first two against Bourne’s Ali Malloch. However, after giving his all, the fifth proved a bridge too far as he went down 5-11 to wave goodbye to his first treble, at least for the time being.  Full results are below:- Read the rest of this entry →

There was a break in the Bournemouth and District Table Tennis league programme as last week was given over to Round 1 of the Annual Times & Directory Handicap Cup competition. Of the four New Milton teams in that Round, two were eliminated from the Cup, but two progressed through to Round 2 without so much as a single racquet raised in anger.

The D team (Terry Jenvey, Norma Millward & Bob Fagan) had sailed into Round 1 because their Preliminary Round opposition had withdrawn from the competition. The Dees, who normally play in Div 2 had to travel to Southbourne to take on Merton K from Div 5, only to lose 2-7 to exit the cup. The Milton players found the handicap differentials very hard going, but Bob Fagan (pictured below) played very steadily to pick up his side’s two wins. However, the Dees live to fight another day as they go into the consolation “Plate” competition along with Preliminary Round losers the G and K teams.

The B team (Shaun Newcomb, Brian Bickell & John Millward) earned their place in Round 1 by right of conquest in the Preliminary Round, but hit the buffers against Ringwood B who are one division below them in Div 2. England veteran Brian Bickell played very cannily to pick up a hat-trick, while John Millward came up with one win, but an off-colour captain Shaun Newcomb drew a blank. It was level pegging at 4-4 when Millward came to play the decider against Ringwood’s Julian Preston, but Millward lost in two straight ends, so Milton lost 4-5.

The C and E teams captained by Malcolm Floyd and Frank Handy respectively breezed into Round 2 as their opposing teams were unable to put out teams.

The New Milton Table Tennis Club’s teams came up with four wins out of ten matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week. The J team were celebrating their first win of the campaign while their captain Lynn Willrich was away on business in Florida. Fourteen year old Campbell Golding bagged a brace in his very first match of the season, and was joined in his double by 13 year old Elliott Storr-Smith and the not-quite-so-young Geoff Biggs to make it 6-4 against Bmth Sports N in Div 5.

Another thirteen year old, Kai Major is now scoring hat-tricks for fun as his treble helped his D team to their second 7-3 win in a row in Div 2, this week against North Bmth away at Winton. Also in Div 2, the E team got back to winning ways as they beat Merton F 8-2 courtesy of hat-tricks from captain Frank Handy and James Lewis home at the Grange. The club’s best win however came in Div 3 as the G team hammered the high-flying Merton G 9-1 at the Mudeford Wood Community Centre. Danny Williams (pictured below) came up with his second hat-trick of the season whilst Simon Daish topped that with his third treble.

The Premier saw the top of the table clash where mathematically at least the New Milton A team could exchange places at the top of the league with leaders Bmth Sports B if they beat them. As it happened the Bourne team turned up a player short which gifted Milton a point from their 3-7 defeat.

PREMIER

New Milton A 3 Bmth Sports B 7

(Brian Vibert 0, Steve Hemmings 0, John Millward)

DIVISION 1

New Milton B 4 Merton C 6

(John Millward 0, Brian Bickell 2, Zoltan Karip-Barath 1)

Bmth Sports C 9 New Milton C 1

(Julie Smillie 0, Malcolm Floyd 1, Matt Winter 0)

DIVISION 2

North Bmth 3 New Milton D 7

(Terry Jenvey 1, Chris Pusey 2, Kai Major 3)

New Milton E 8 Merton F 2

(James Lewis 3, Peter Daish 2, Frank Handy 3)

DIVISION 3

Bmth Sports G 7 New Milton F 3

(Sylvia Smith 2, Eddie Tomkins 1, Malcolm Nash 0)

New Milton G 9 Merton G 1

(Simon Golding 2, Simon Daish 3, Danny Williams 3)

DIVISION 4

New Milton H 2 Shamrock A 8

(George Roberts 1, Les Smith 1, Malcolm Douglas 0)

DIVISION 5

New Milton J 6 Bmth Sports N 4

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

Merton L 10 New Milton K 0

(Miriam Mather 0, Richard Clampin 0, Andrew Stainton 0)

The New Milton Table Tennis Club’s teams managed to win four out of their nine matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week. The D team secured their first win of the season in Div 2 as they beat Ringwood A 7-3 at Mudeford Wood aided and abetted by a hat-trick from thirteen year old Kai Major, his second of the campaign. Young Major was voted the club’s most improved player last season and his progress continues apace as he made the seamless transition from Div 4 to Div 2.  Kai is pictured below receiving his “Most Improved Player of the Year” award from Club President Bob Fagan back in July.

The club’s best victory however came in Div 1 as the B team beat Breamore 8-2 in their own back yard. England veteran Brian Bickell came up with his third hat-trick this season and in so doing deprived ex club mate Geoff Ware of his 100% record. Ware got his revenge on Shaun Newcomb and Zoltan Karip-Barath who had to settle for two apiece. The doubles were needed for maximum points and Bickell and Newcomb did the honours.

The F team came up with their second win in a row as they beat Div 3 strugglers Ringwood C by 6-4 at Mudeford Wood. Also in Div 3, the G team got back to winning ways as they beat Merton H 7-3 in their own back yard. Simon Golding dropped a match for the second week in a row, but the team’s other Simon (Daish) came up with his second treble of the campaign.

Despite a hat-trick from captain Frank Handy, his E team still managed to lose 4-6 to fellow Div 2 high-fliers Broadstone B at Mudeford Wood. The club’s other treble-maker, new signing Francis Benjamin helped his K team to hold Bmth Sports N to a 5-5 draw down at Chapel Gate.

DIVISION 1

Breamore 2 New Milton B 8

(Brian Bickell 3, Shaun Newcomb 2, Zoltan Karip-Barath 2)

New Milton C 4 Merton E 6

(Svet Ignatov 2, Julie Smillie 0, Zoltan Ordog 1)

DIVISION 2

New Milton D 7 Ringwood A 3

(Terry Jenvey 2, Kai Major 3, Bob Fagan 1)

New Milton E 4 Broadstone B 6

(Frank Handy 3, Andrew Daish 1, Bobo Jiang 0)

DIVISION 3

New Milton F 6 Ringwood C 4

(Eddie Tomkins 2, Sylvia Smith 2, Mike Roberts 2)

Merton H 3 New Milton G 7

(Simon Golding 2, Simon Daish 3, Bev Scott-Johns 1)

DIVISION 4

Winton YMCA C 8 New Milton H 2

(George Roberts 1, Malcolm Douglas 1, Keith Kensley 0)

DIVISION 5

New Milton J 3 Merton K 7

(Geoff Biggs 2, Lynn Willrich 1, James Harper 0)

Bmth Sports N 5 New Milton K 5

(Francis Benjamin 3, Miriam Mather 1, Stuart Burton 1)

Only three of the New Milton teams were in action in the Bournemouth and District Table Tennis league last week as their other seven teams all had “byes”. The club’s only win came in Div 1 as the B team easily overcame basement boys Merton D by 8-2 down at Mudeford Wood. Unfortunately Merton’s Mick Anderson had to retire hurt during the first match of the evening against James Lewis, so Milton were gifted three games early doors. Captain Brian Bickell won his two matches and Lewis and Peter Daish, both playing up from Div 2, chipped in with one win apiece. The doubles were needed for maximum points and Bickell and Daish duly obliged in three straight ends.

A bit further down the hall, Div 2 leaders the G team just missed out on a draw as they lost 4-6 to Bmth Sports J in their first defeat of the campaign. In the first match of the evening, the previously unbeaten Simon Golding just lost 9-11 in the fifth end against Bourne’s Howard Lewis in an epic battle, but he then went on to see off Peter Richardson in three straight ends. Golding’s final match against John Crockett was a mirror image of his first, but this time he was on the right end of an 11-9 scoreline over five ends. Simon Daish (pictured below) also bagged a brace but Danny Williams drew his first blank of his campaign. The doubles were needed to force the draw, but it was not to be as the two Simons were beaten in three straight ends.

In the other league match played at Mudeford Wood on the same night, the H team (Malcolm Douglas, Keith Kensley & Les Smith) continued their losing streak as they were hammered 1-9 by Bmth Sports M in Div 4. Milton’s blushes were spared by Kensley who just managed to nick his game against Bourne veteran Jim Simmonds 12-10 in the fifth end.

The F team travelled to Southbourne to play their Times & Directory Cup preliminary round match which had been carried over from the previous week. The F’s who normally ply their trade in Div 3 faced the Premier’s Merton A and just lost out by 4-5 after some very close matches. It was level-pegging at 3-3, but Mike Roberts lost to Merton’s Mark Smith to make it 3-4. Captain Malcolm Nash needed to win his next match against Mark Butler to keep his team in the cup but lost 1-2, so that was it. Sylvia Smith gamely played the final match and beat Paul Jervis to add to her previous victory, but it was all over by then.

The F team live to fight another day however as they join their G and K teams in the consolation “Plate” competition which will be played Week Commencing 26^th January 2015. Full results details for the week are below:-

LEAGUE

DIVISION 1

New Milton B 8 Merton D 2

(Brian Bickell 2, James Lewis 1, Peter Daish 1)

DIVISION 3

New Milton G 4 Bmth Sports J 6

(Simon Golding 2, Simon Daish 2, Danny Williams 0)

DIVISION 4

New Milton H 1 Bmth Sports M 9

(Malcolm Douglas 0, Keith Kensley 1, Les Smith 0)

TIMES & DIRECTORY HANDICAP CUP – PRELIMINARY ROUND

New Milton F (Div 4) 4 Merton A (Premier) 5

(Sylvia Smith 2, Malcolm Nash 1, Mike Roberts 1)

There was a break in the Bournemouth and District Table Tennis league programme as last week was given over to the Preliminary Round of the annual Times & Directory Handicap Cup competition. The New Milton club entered seven out of its ten teams into the competition, five of whom were drawn into the Preliminary Round, the other two teams drawing “byes” to the First Round proper.

The Cup provides an interesting diversion from the league programme in that it enables teams from across all divisions to be drawn against each other in a handicapped competition, best of three matches up to 21, with no doubles.

The D team was drawn against fellow Div 2 side Merton F who subsequently withdrew from the competition, so Terry’s Jenvey’s team coast seamlessly into the first round. The Div 3’s F team was due to play the Premier’s Merton A on the Wednesday night but this was rearranged for the following week as Merton couldn’t put out a team.

This just left three of the club’s teams who actually played last week, the B, G and K teams. The only winners proved to be the B team (Div 1) who beat Div 5’s Winton YMCA F 6-3 in their own back yard. England Veteran Brian Bickell (pictured below) led from the front with a hat-trick, Frank Handy bagged a brace and Andrew Daish chipped in with the one win. Handy and Daish, who normally play for the E team in Div 2, put in a tremendous show as stand-ins given they had to take on the handicaps of the Div 1 players they replaced.

The G team (Simon Golding, Bev Scott-Johns & Simon Daish) who normally ply their trade in Div 3 took on Winton YMCA D from Div 4 at Mudeford Wood. Golding, giving Winton’s Duncan Feltham a start of +8, got the evening underway by winning his first end 21-17, but tantalisingly lost the next two 20-21, 20-21. Milton went on to lose the next three games, but Golding then kept his team in it by beating wily veteran Harold Feltham 21-19, 21-18 to make it 1-4. Milton’s hopes were then dashed as Daish was overcome in two straight ends by Winton’s Will Sharpe.

The club’s other 1-5 defeat came down at the Grange as the Div 5’s K team (Francis Benjamin, Stuart Burton & Bill Collinge) lost to Bmth Sports H (Div 3). Milton went 0-3 down as their players lost their opening matches, but captain Stuart Burton brought some respite by beating Bourne’s Ross Campbell to make it 1-3. That proved a false dawn however as Benjamin and Collinge lost their next matches to send Bourne through to the first round.

However, the losing G and K teams live to fight another day as they go into the consolation “Plate” competition which will be played Week Commencing 26^th January 2015. Full results details are below:-

Winton YMCA F (Div 5) 3 New Milton B (Div 1) 6

(Brian Bickell 3, Frank Handy 2, Andrew Daish 1)

New Milton D (Div 2) Merton F (Div 2)

(Conceded by Merton F)

New Milton G (Div 3) 1 Winton YMCA D (Div 4) 5

(Simon Golding 1, Bev Scott-Johns 0, Simon Daish 0)

New Milton K (Div 5) 1 Bmth Sports H (Div 3) 5

(Francis Benjamin 0, Stuart Burton 1, Bill Collinge 0)

The New Milton Club had its best week so far in the Bournemouth and District League this season as its teams won five out of ten matches, three of them being maximum-pointers. It was also a week in which no less than eight of the club’s players came up with hat-tricks, which is the highest tally of trebles so far this season.

In Div 2 the E team hammered Bmth Sports E 9-1 down at the Grange. Captain Frank Handy led from the front with his second hat-trick of the season and Andrew Daish followed suit with his first ever league hat-trick. Daish’s younger brother Peter was unlucky not to join his team mates in a treble as he lost over five ends to Bourne’s Arthur Bartram having won the first two ends but losing the third 11-13.

The club’s other 9-1 victory came in Div 3 as the G team demolished Nimrod A at Mudeford Wood courtesy of hat-tricks from Simon Golding and Simon Daish, the latter’s first full-house in over three years.

The C team were promoted to Div 1 from Div 2 last season and have really struggled to find form having lost their first four matches including two whitewashes of late. Putting all that behind them, they beat Merton D 8-2 in their own back yard courtesy of hat-tricks from captain Malcolm Floyd and Matt Winter. The doubles were needed for the precious four points and Winter partnered Julie Smillie to duly oblige. Across the court from their C team, the D team’s Terry Jenvey put in an excellent captain’s performance as his treble helped his team hold Merton F to a 5-5 draw in Div 2.

The F team’s Ian Linney (pictured below) was due to go into hospital for a Hip Replacement Operation three days after his match, but you wouldn’t think so as he played like a veritable spring chicken to get his first hat-trick of the season.

The J team’s Lynn Willrich came ascloseasthis to recording her first hat-trick of the season in Div 5 but it wasn’t to be as she lost over five ends in her last singles against Bourne’s Steve Chizlett. Lynn was 2-1 up in the third but lost the next two ends 11-13, 12-14 as it slipped from her grasp– so near yet so far!  Full results are below:-

PREMIER

New Milton A 7 Merton A 3

(Steve Hemmings 2, Brian Vibert 2, Brian Bickell 2)

DIVISION 1

New Milton B 4 Broadstone A 6

(John Millward 1, Brian Bickell 2, Zoltan Karip-Barath 0)

Merton D 2 New Milton C 8

(Matt Winter 3, Julie Smillie 1, Malcolm Floyd 3)

DIVISION 2

Merton F 5 New Milton D 5

(Terry Jenvey 3, Bev Scott-Johns 0, Bob Fagan 2)

New Milton E 9 Bmth Sports E 1

(Frank Handy 3, Peter Daish 2, Andrew Daish 3)

DIVISION 3

Bmth Sports J 3 New Milton F 7

(Ian Linney 3, Malcolm Nash 1, Mike Roberts 2)

New Milton G 9 Nimrod A 1

(Simon Golding 3, Simon Daish 3, Danny Williams 2)

DIVISION 4

New Milton H 4 Nimrod C 6

(Dee Flanagan 1, Malcolm Douglas 1, Les Smith 2)

DIVISION 5

New Milton J 5 Bmth Sports P 5

(Lynn Willrich 2, Geoff Biggs 2, James Harper 0)

Nimrod D 7 New Milton K 3

(Francis Benjamin 1, Richard Clampin 1, Stuart Burton 1)

For the second week running, the New Milton Club could only come up with one win in the Bournemouth and District League. However, there were some brilliant individual performances from two of the club’s junior players, Elliott Storr-Smith and Kai Major, both thirteen years old. In only his second outing in the league, Elliott improved on last week’s maiden brace to come up with a treble for his J team in Div 5, helping to earn them a point. Kai was voted the club’s most improved player last season, and his first ever league hat-trick helped his D team to a precious point in Div 2.  Photo on the left is Elliott, and the photo on the right is Kai (receiving his Most Improved Player of the Year Shield from Club President Bob Fagan).

The club’s only win came in Div 3 as the G team took maximum points off Bmth Sports K in an 8-2 win down at Chapel Gate. Danny Williams has gone up a division this season and did well to join team mate Simon Golding in a treble. Captain Bev Scott-Johns got his campaign off to a good start with an excellent brace.

The club’s other treble-maker was James Lewis whose full house helped his E team to a 5-5 draw against North Bmth in Div 2. He topped a perfect evening by joining with Peter Daish to win the doubles to secure the two points. Full results details are below:-

PREMIER

Bmth Sports A 9 New Milton A 1

(Steve Hemmings 0, Brian Vibert 1, John Millward 0)

DIVISION 1

New Milton C 0 Lynwood A 10

(Julie Smillie 0, Malcolm Floyd 0, Matt Winter 0)

DIVISION 2

New Milton D 4 Lynwood B 6

(Bob Fagan 1, Kai Major 3, Norma Millward 0)

North Bmth 5 New Milton E 5

(James Lewis 3, Peter Daish 1, Andrew Daish 0)

DIVISION 3

New Milton F 3 Broadstone C 7

(Ian Linney 0, Malcolm Nash 1, Mike Roberts 2)

Bmth Sports K 2 New Milton G 8

(Simon Golding 3, Bev Scott-Johns 2, Danny Williams 3)

DIVISION 4

Bmth Sports L 7 New Milton H 3

(George Roberts 2, Malcolm Douglas 0, Keith Kensley 0)

DIVISION 5

Shamrock C 6 New Milton J 4

(Lynn Willrich 1, Elliott Storr-Smith 3, Geoff Biggs 0)

New Milton K 3 Winton YMCA F 7

(Miriam Mather 1, Richard Clampin 0, Bill Collinge 1)

The New Milton Club came up with four draws out of their eight matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week, every one of the ties coming at the death by winning the doubles.

The G team’s Simon Golding came up with his second hat-trick in a row to help his team to their draw against Bmth Sports G in Div 3 down at Mudeford Wood. Also in Div 3, Mike Roberts picked up his first hat-trick of the campaign in his F team’s dead heat against Bmth Sports H away at Chapel Gate. Both players had a hand in winning their team’s doubles which went all the way to five ends, as did the other doubles in the club’s draws.

The club’s only win came in Div 1 as the B team beat Bmth Sports C 6-4 at Mudeford Wood courtesy of England veteran Brian Bickell’s second hat-trick in a row (Brian is pictured below). Impressive new signing Francis Benjamin also came up with his second treble on the trot as he helped his K team to a precious point away against Winton YMCA E in Div 5.

DIVISION 1

New Milton B 6 Bmth Sports C 4

(John Millward 1, Brian Bickell 3, Zoltan Karip-Barath 1)

Bmth Sports D 10 New Milton C 0

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

DIVISION 2

Bmth Sports F 5 New Milton D 5

(Chris Pusey 2, Norma Millward 0, Bob Fagan 2)

New Milton E 5 Ringwood A 5

(Andrew Daish 0, James Lewis 2, Frank Handy 2)

DIVISION 3

Bmth Sports H 5 New Milton F 5

(Ian Linney 1, John Parkhouse 0, Mike Roberts 3)

New Milton G 5 Bmth Sports G 5

(Simon Golding 3, Danny Williams 1, Bill Page 0)

DIVISION 5

New Milton J 1 Merton L 9

(Lynn Willrich 1, James Harper 0)

Winton YMCA E 7 New Milton K 3

(Francis Benjamin 3, Stuart Burton 0, Miriam Mather 0)