You may not have noticed but in the past few months we have updated our First Aid kits. They are all situated in the storage cupboards at each venue.
In each box there are also emergency First Aid posters, with actions to take in a medical emergency.
Also, Hampshire does run First Aid courses quite frequently and I would thoroughly recommend any club member to take a course, as you never know when it could come in handy!
Here is a link to an aid memoire on First Aid, it is worth looking through to refresh your memory with recent procedures and techniques.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg347.pdf

Hampshire School Games June 22^nd 2014

Last Saturday I took up nine boys and one girl to Aldershot to compete in the Hampshire School Games.  The group were mainly from our Tuesday evening coaching sessions at Arnewood School.

All the children played brilliantly, I was so proud of their professional manner and the way they all stepped up their game for tournament play.

Three of the boys won, or came second in their group and went through to the quarter final round. Elliot Stor-Smith and Luke du Preez played really well but were then knocked out, but the star of the show was Kai Major who won his semi-final and then went on to win the event.

Our girl competitor, Katie White, also played excellently, the girls event was organised into a round robin play off.  Katie won all her games, bar one, and ended up with the silver medal.

Well done to all the competitors, you should be really proud of yourselves. Also a big thank you to Craig Major who was the parent helper for the day.

Julie Smillie

Ashley Fun Day June 14th 2014

On Saturday 14th June another successful ‘Fun Day’ was organised at Ashley Rugby Club.
Many sports were available for the public to try and New Milton Table Tennis Club was again very well represented; with three tables being provided by Jamie Burton, our Hampshire Sports and Development Officer.
For most of the day the tables were being used by young and old alike and we had several enquiries about NM club.
I would like to thank Steve Hemmings, Malcolm Floyd, Gerard Redman, Sylvia Smith, Bev Scott-Johns and Shaun Newcomb for their help on the day; and of course Jamie Burton for bringing the tables.
Julie Smillie

Now that the Bournemouth and District Table Tennis league programme has finished, the New Milton Club can take stock of the final league tables with a mixture of pleasure and pain. The top three divisions make better reading for the club than the lower three where three of the club’s teams have been relegated to lower divisions.

The A team (Captain Steve Hemmings, Matthew Daish, Phil Handy & Umit Kaya) more than held their own in the Premier to finish third out of six teams.

In Div 1, the B team (Captain Shaun Newcomb, Brian Bickell, Zoltan Karip-Barath, John Millward & Julie Smillie) staved off relegation fears mid-way through the season to finish precisely mid-table thanks to a better games difference than Merton B.

Div 2 saw the C, E & D teams clustered together in third, fourth and fifth places respectively. The E team (Captain Frank Handy, Andrew, Peter & Simon Daish, Bobo Jiang and Gerard Redman) were top of the pile for most of the season and only slipped out of the top two in their penultimate match of the campaign. The in-form C team (Captain Dave Cuddon, Malcolm Floyd, Svet Ignatov & Matt Winter) deprived their E team of third place in their final match of the season against the D team (Captain Terry Jenvey, Bob Fagan and Chris Pusey. The D’s other squad member Roy Hobbs was out most of the season through injury).

The final week saw the F and G teams slug it out together in Div 3 to see who would drop down to Div 4, as they started the week second from bottom and third from bottom respectively. It ended up a draw which meant that the F’s (Captain Malcolm Nash, Ian Linney, Sylvia Smith & Eddie Tompkins) went down instead of the G’s (Captain Bev Scott-Johns, Simon Golding, Bill Page & Clive Pitts) who finished up third from bottom.

Going into the final week, the H team (Captain Les Smith, Kai Major, John Parkhouse & Dan Williams) and the J team (Captain Malcolm Douglas, Geoff Biggs, Dee Flanagan, Keith Kensley & Mike Roberts) were already doomed, so their local derby match simply determined who would end up bottom and second from bottom of Div 4. The J’s lost so they remained bottom, which was particularly disappointing for them as this was essentially the same team who were promoted from Div 5 only last season.

In Div 5, the K team squad (Lucy Craddock, Fern Daish, Campbell Golding, Lisa McGivney, Alex Whitehead & Lynn Willrich) did extremely well to finish up fifth out of eleven teams. The Kays really came into their own in the second half of the season, only losing two out of their ten matches. If the squad remains unchanged for the next season they could well be in contention for a promotion place. Although the L team came bottom, the big squad of Captain Sibyl Bartlett, Richard Brockbank, Richard Clampin, Bill Collinge, Dane Major, Andrew & Dominic Stainton and Sue Wootton-Freeman remained undaunted throughout a challenging season.  Full league tables are below:-

New Milton A had made it through to the final of the Annual Times & Directory Handicap Cup and the C team had got through to the semi-finals of the Plate competition, both against sides from the Merton Club. The A team (Umit Kaya, Steve Hemmings and Phil Handy) were hoping to make it third time lucky as they had come runners-up in 2010/2011 and 2011/2012. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be as they lost 3-5 against fellow Premier team Merton A comprising Patrick Hurley (+7), Mark Butler (+2) and Mark Smith (+8).

Handy playing off +6 kept his team in the match with a terrific hat-trick against very stiff operation, but Kaya (+8) and Hemmings (+6) weren’t able to add to the tally. Kaya came the closer as he just lost to Butler 14-31, 31-26, 29-31 in the fourth match and the pressure was really on in the eighth end as he took on Smith to save the match. Playing off identical handicaps, it was a really tight match but Kaya just tantalisingly lost out 29-31, 29-31.

The C team of Dave Cuddon, Malcolm Floyd & Svet Ignatov (pictured below) were told some days before the match that their opposition Merton G (Div 3) were only able to field two players in their semi-final of the Plate competition. This meant that Milton (Div 2) only had to win two of their matches on the night to go through to the Final, and it got off to a really good start as Ignatov (playing off +16) beat Paul Nelson (+17) in the first match 31-29, 31-29. With the Final only one win away, the wheels then fell off the wagon as Milton lost the next four matches which made it level at 4-4. The pressure was on Floyd (+14) as he took on Ray Davis (+17) and was blown away in the first end to lose 20-31, but recovered to win the second 31-21 to set up a nail-biting finale. Floyd defended doggedly but was often caught out by Davis’s powerful attack on both wings to lose 28-31. So near yet so far!

CUP FINAL
Merton A (Premier) 5 New Milton A (Premier) 3
Umit Kaya (+8) 0, Steve Hemmings (+6) 0, Phil Handy (+6) 3.

PLATE SEMI-FINAL
Merton G (Div 3) 5 New Milton C (Div 2) 4
Svet Ignatov (+16) 1, Dave Cuddon (+15) 0, Malcolm Floyd (+14) 0.
NB: Merton G only had two players.

The New Milton Table Tennis Club came up with three wins in the final week of the Bournemouth and District league, all of which came at the expense of their own teams in the four local derbies. The A, B and E teams weren’t in action as they all had byes in the final week, which left the other teams slugging it out for bragging rights.

It was sweet revenge for the C team in Div 2 as they reversed a first-round 4-6 defeat against the D team with a 9-1 trouncing in their return match. This maximum-pointer leap-frogged them over their E team to third place after a stunning string of results in the run-in.

Div 3 saw the F team vie with their G team for a relegation place as they started the week second from bottom and third from bottom respectively. With both teams fighting for their lives, the F team managed to overcome a 3-7 first-round defeat with a 5-5 draw, but it wasn’t enough to prevent them falling through the trap-door to Div 4.

In Div 4, the H and J teams were already doomed so it was just a matter of who ended up at the bottom of the pile. This encounter resulted in the Jays staying bottom as they lost by 2-8 despite beating their club mates 6-4 first time around. “H” captain Les Smith (pictured below) definitely saved his best for last as he came up with his first (and last) hat-trick of the campaign.

The Div 5 clash between the K and bottom-placed L team went with the form book as the Kays did the double over their stable mates with a 6-4 win at the Arnewood School.

Full results details are below:- Read the rest of this entry →

The New Milton Table Tennis Club had a poor week in the Bournemouth and District league as they could only muster one win out of ten matches. In their last match of the season, the E team were held to a 5-5 draw against Bmth Sports G whom they walloped by 8-2 at home in the first round of matches. Milton had been top of Div 2 for most of the season but a poor run of results in the run-up deprived them of a promotion slot as they dropped out of the top two.

The C team, also in Div 2, were the only Milton side to register a win as their 8-2 hammering of North Bmth in their penultimate match vastly improved on their first round draw. The C team needed at least a 8-2 win from their last match (against the D team) to take over third place from their club mates in the E team. This looked a tall order as the C’s lost 4-6 first time around but they did it in style as they walloped the D team 9-1 to end up in third place.

A special mention for promising new signing Bill Collinge who marked his Div 5 debut with an impressive hat-trick which gave his L team a point in their 3-7 defeat by Shamrock B in Div 5. Also worthy of a mention in despatches is England veteran Brian Bickell (pictured below) who scored a hat-trick for his B side in Div 1, and new signing Alex Whitehead who played up a division but still came up with a treble for the H team in Div 4.

Full results details are below:- Read the rest of this entry →

The New Milton Table Tennis Club teams won four out of their eight matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week, three of them representing reversals of first round defeats. In the Premier, the A team beat Merton A 7-3 in their own back yard having lost 4-6 at home, and at the opposite end of the league in Div 5 the K team beat Bmth Sports S 8-2 having lost 3-7 first time around. The biggest turn-round came in Div 1 as captain Shaun Newcomb’s hat-trick helped his B team to beat Lynwood B 7-3 at home having lost 1-9 to them down at Parkstone.

Div 2 saw the C team (pictured below) gain more ground on their E team as the C’s improved on their first round 7-3 win over Merton D with an 8-2 victory chez Merton. The E’s promotion prospects took a bit of a tumble as they lost again to Merton E, this time by 3-7 at Mudeford Wood. For the first time this season, the E team drop out of the top two to be replaced by their victors Merton E. Things got even worse for the E’s as Lynwood C had to concede their match against Bmth Sports F which reinforced Bourne’s title claims thanks to the gifted four points.

Full results details appear below:- Read the rest of this entry →

Alex’s training weekends have become an annual highlight and are always fully subscribed. Please read through the attached Notice for the main details found below. James (Lewis) is the principal organiser of the event this year, though I am helping with processing applications and payments.

We have less sponsorship this year and are grateful to the Poole League and the Dorset Table Tennis Centre for their help in keeping course fees close to last year’s figures. Please note that young players who train or play at Grange School on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Saturdays are classed as members of the Centre and qualify for the lower rate. Please contact me or James if you are unsure about which rate applies to you. If you are not sure about whether to apply for this course or the more advanced one in July, James would be the first and best person to contact – but is away for most of the Easter holiday! Therefore contact me! The fact that as a parent you are receiving this email is a good indication that your son or daughter would be suited to the course.

Places are limited to 28 by the size of the venue. If there are still places available at Easter we will then advertise more widely in order to fill them. Therefore you should apply before then to be sure of a place!

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Ralph (Weeks)