New Milton Table Tennis Club won five matches in the Bournemouth and District league last week with one of the wins coming at the expense of one of their own teams in a local derby. The G team were out for revenge having lost 4-6 to their E team in their first-round clash in Div 3, and so it proved as they beat their club mates 8-2 at the Arnewood School. It looked like turning into a rout as the G’s won the first eight matches, but the E’s captain Bev Scott-Johns spared the blushes by beating Bobo Jiang, and then Simon Golding & Clive Pitts just nicked the doubles from Frank Handy & Peter Daish by 13-11 in the fifth and final set.

Picture provided by Andrew Daish

The G team celebrating their derby win over the E team (l-r Peter Daish, Frank Handy, Bobo Jiang).

The B team did their chances of survival in Div 1 no harm at all with a 10-0 whitewash over basement boys Bransgore at home at Mudeford Wood Community Centre. The B’s have to sweat it out next week however as they have a “bye”. Read the rest of this entry →

On Sunday 2/3/13 Matthew and Peter Daish were dragged out of bed at 6.30 in the morning; they donned  their New Milton shirts, and along with their coach Phil Handy travelled up to Cirencester for the Gloucester 2* tournament. This was a strong event with the likes of  Finn Morgan-Bayliss, George Haskell, Carl Baldry, Jonny Higgins, Oliver Tyndall and the highest ranked player Alex Ramsden. Read the rest of this entry →

The Olympics may have been over for six months now (it hardly seems that long), but the legacy of the London 2012 Games continues for those both young and old across the country.

Elliot Marx, who hadn’t picked up a table tennis bat for 40 years, was inspired to return to the game after watching the Olympics and Paralympics and hopes that her story can inspire others to get back in action. Read the rest of this entry →

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Dates of future Club Activities during the Period 24^th February 2013 to 2^nd April 2013 Read the rest of this entry →

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 →

New Milton Table Tennis Club was selected to run two taster sessions for the ‘gifted and talented’ children from local schools. Children with particular sporting talents were chosen from across the region and have been given the opportunity to try out several sports, including table tennis. Shaun Newcomb and Julie Smillie introduced the group to the basics and then they were given a carousel of activities to try out. Even after the short session the children made good progress and more importantly had good fun playing the game. Hopefully one or two may be motivated enough to come and join the junior club coaching evenings at Arnewood on a Tuesday.

A note to our regular juniors, there will be no coaching next Tuesday (5th March 2013) as Arnewood have a parents’ meeting in the hall, the next session will be Tuesday 12th March when several juniors will be completing their umpiring award. The junior tournament this season will be on Tuesday 23rd April.

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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 →