New Milton Table Tennis Club

Fourteen of the youngsters who are coached at the evening sessions held by the New Milton club at the Arnewood School recently gained their ETTA Junior Umpire Awards. The course was run by New Milton coach James Lewis and culminated in a short written and a practical test.

Some of the youngsters put their new found skills to the test as they umpired some of the matches at the club’s Annual Junior Tournament recently held at the school. Hopefully many of them will carry on and eventually gain their County Umpire certificates.

The junior coaching has been very successful this year with record attendances. We have a summer break now and coaching will begin again in September. Anybody interested in joining in the coaching should contact Julie Smillie on 01425 614784 (please see “Acknowledgments” below).

Proudly showing off their certificates are: Front Row from L-R: Ralph Roberts, Reece Young, Floyd Roberts, K Flaxman & Dane Major.

Back row: Kai Major, Campbell Golding & Sammy Thompson.

The other six awardees not included in the photo are Jonathan Carr, Ross Clark, Luke Goodall, Ben Smith, Thomas Trach & Lucy Craddock.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to James Lewis for running the course.

Thanks to Julie Smillie for the write-up.

Thanks to Andrew Daish for the photo.

The final league tables of the Bournemouth and District Table Tennis league show that two of the New Milton Club’s teams have won promotion, and there were happily once again no relegations.

New Milton G (Captain Frank Handy, Bobo Jiang, Andrew, Peter & Simon Daish, not forgetting super-sub Matthew Winter) go up to Div 2 as Div 3 champions and the J team (Captain Malcolm Douglas, Geoff Biggs, Keith Kensley, Jon Morley, Mike Roberts, Richard Ursell & Sammy Watkins) go up to Div 4 as runners-up of Div 5.

The H team only just missed out on promotion to Div 3 as they were pipped to second place by Bmth Sports R. Milton needed to draw against the Bourne in the final week of the season to go up instead of them but it wasn’t to be as they lost 4-6.

New Milton A had a bit of a blip midway through the season due to players being unavailable due to injuries and other absences, including Brian Bickell wintering as usual in South Africa. Brian Vibert managed to shrug off a niggling back problem and help captain Steve Hemmings, Umit Kaya and Phil Handy to steady the ship to end up a very respectable mid-table.

Full league tables are below:-

The Annual Bournemouth and District Table Tennis Individual Tournaments got underway at the Harewood College last week, and 16 players from the New Milton club entered the first week’s events with varying fortunes. Two of the club’s players made it through to the Finals; Matthew Daish (Div 1) and older brother Peter Daish (Div 3).

The A team’s Phil Handy entered the Premier event and came runner-up in his group, only to be knocked out in the quarter-finals by Nathan Bingham from Bmth Sports A.

Julie Smillie and 12 year old Matthew Daish, both from the B team, entered the Div 1 event with contrasting fortunes.  Julie came runner-up of her group but got knocked out in the quarter-finals by Anthony Forster from Winton YMCA. Matthew won his group and disposed of Daniel Prakesh (Bmth Sports) in their quarter-final and then saw off Christian Carmen (Lynwood) in their semi-final. Matthew will face Julie’s tormentor Anthony Forster in the Div 1 final. Amazing to think that it was only two years ago that Matthew won the Div 5 individual title!

The Div 3 event saw Milton’s highest entry of eight players. Sylvia Smith and Bev Scott-Johns were unable to emerge from their groups, but Andrew Daish, Peter Daish, Simon Daish, Frank Handy, Bobo Jiang and Ian Linney made it through to the quarter-finals. Frank disposed of team-mate Simon Daish and Peter Daish did likewise to Bobo to proceed to the semis. Unfortunately, Ian lost to Ringwood’s Jacob Elliott to be denied further progress. 14 year old Peter Daish saw off his G team captain Phil Handy in their semi-final and will face Ian Linney’s nemesis Jacob Elliott in the final. Young Peter would just love to win the Div 3 Individual Title to go along with his Div 3 winners medal that he won with his G team this season.

Just the one entry from Milton in the Div 4 event in the shape of Svet Ignatov who won his group. He beat Ringwood’s rising starlet Jamie Hall in their quarter-final, but lost to his league bogie-man Jon Tennant (Bmth Sports) in their semi.

There were three Milton entries in the Div 5 tournament; Lucy Craddock, Andrew Stainton and Mike Roberts. The K team’s Andrew Stainton helped to knock team-mate Lucy out of the group stage to come runner-up, but lost to Nimrod’s Mike Melaniphy in the next stage. Mike Roberts from the J team won his group but then lost out to Graham Jeneson (Winton YMCA) over four high-scoring sets.

Max De Kment paired up with Winton YMCA’s Julian Hewlett for the Men’s Doubles event and they came runners-up of their group. However, they were denied a place in the semi-finals as they lost to the very strong combination of Patrick Hurley (Merton) and Steve Davies (North Bmth).

So it’s the brothers Daish who booked their place in the finals which will take place at the Harewood College (Boscombe) on Friday 3^rd May. Matthew v Anthony Forster (Winton YMCA) in the Div 1 final and Peter Daish v Jacob Elliott (Ringwood) in the Div 3 final.

The E team did fantastically well to reach the Times and Directory Handicap “Plate” final which took place at Merton on Wednesday 17th April.  However, their opposition, Bmth Sports H didn’t play like a team who have just been relegated from Div 1 and beat Milton by 5-1.  There was a large number of spectators, including four from New Milton.  There was E team captain Bev of course who had dropped himself for the evening, Shaun, Malcolm, and it was good to see Brian Vibert.

At times, the event had a bit of an intra-club feel to it as Bourne’s captain J-D Marshall often practices at New Milton.  It was a very friendly evening, played in a very good spirit, and a delighted J-D was to be seen celebrating at the Carpenters Arms later on with pal Nolan George, witnessed by Shaun and Malcolm.

The full match report kindly produced by Tournament Secretary Ian Robertson appears after the photos which were kindly taken by Shaun.  It is only right to show the winning team first, so from left to right, J-D Marshall (captain), Daniel Prakesh and Becky Kuzu:-

And the runners-up, from left to right, Dave Sutton, Max Doohan and Simon Golding:-

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As previously reported, the H team narrowly missed promotion from Div 4 to Div 3 last week, so commiserations to them.  Congratulations to the G team who won the Div 3 title. and to the J team who go up to Div 4 on games difference.

We did actually manage to get a photo of Ian Linney at Sway the other week, so it’s only fair to include a photo in the final league report, especially as his brace helped his F team to a well deserved point in Div 3.

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It was a “clash of the titans” in Div 4 as the H team (Matthew Winter, Luke Gurton & Svet Ignatov) slugged it out with Bmth Sports R (Matt Broadhead, Jon Tennant & Tom Hickman) for the second promotion spot at Arnewood School on Tuesday night (9th April).

Milton needed at least a draw against the Bourne hopefuls, and Milton had reason to believe as they had beaten Bourne 7-3 in the first round in their own back yard.  It was nip and tuck throughout but Bournemouth had it won at 6-3.  Winter and Ignatov combined well in the doubles to take them in three straight sets but the Bourne were already dreaming of Div 3 table tennis.  Congratulations Bournemouth and commiserations to Milton.

As previously reported, the G team beat close rivals Merton E by 6-4 at the Arnewood School last week to take the Div 3 title with a week still left to go. The J team could only take a point off Nimrod C in Div 5, but it was enough to secure promotion to Div 4 as runners-up. In Div 4, the H team gave their promotion hopes a terrific boost with a 9-1 win over Ringwood C, and they need only to draw against fellow contenders Bmth Sports R to take the G’s place in Div 3.

Rising star Matthew Daish’s desire for Premier League action next season was encapsulated in his magnificent performance in Div 1 as his hat-trick helped his B team to a 5-5 draw against Bmth Sports F.  Not only did he beat ex-Premier player Lee Devaney, but he also gained personal satisfaction from beating fellow starlet Zac Dowling.

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The G team (Frank Handy, Peter Daish and Jack Fisher) beat close rivals Merton E by 6-4 on Tuesday night (2nd April) to take the Div 3 title with a week still left to go.  Many congratulations to the whole squad: Frank Handy (captain), Andrew Daish, Simon Daish, Peter Daish, Bobo Jiang, as well as Matthew Winter and Danny Williams who both played up from Div 4.  Well done chaps and good luck in Div 2 next season!

Three of the G team regulars from l-r: Peter Daish, Frank Handy (captain) & Bobo Jiang

The New Milton G team could still go up to Div 2 as Div 3 champions but they were forced to a 5-5 draw by Bmth Sports M away at Chapel Gate. A special mention must go to Danny Williams who played up from Div 4 to claim two scalps in Div 3. The G’s have a tough run-up in the final two weeks of the season as they face third-placed Merton E, then second-placed Ringwood B. However they need only take a point off Merton to secure promotion to the higher echelons.

Dan the Man played up a division and won two for the G team in Div 3

The H team, who are currently second in Div 4, also kept their promotion hopes alive with an excellent 7-3 win over Merton G, courtesy of hat-tricks from Matthew Winter and Svet Ignatov. The Jays are top of Div 5 and did their title hopes no harm either with a 9-1 victory over the K team in their local derby. However, they have a “bye” in the final week so they will just have to sit it out. Read the rest of this entry →