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Claims mostly arise when teams confuse home nights. Home teams should contact away teams before each fixture to confirm they are aware of it. Claims may not be accepted if this is not done. Claim A is where opponents fail to appear without proper notice. Claim B is where opponents give notice of being unable to fulfil the fixture and concede the match. The claiming team inputs the scorecard, recording the reasons and whether contact was made before the fixture.

Postponements

Fixture	Div or cup	Original date	New date*
Brechin v Defenders	Div 1	25/9/25	22/9/25
Squires v Lairds	Div 3	23/9/25	30/9/25
Lairds v Letham B	Div 3	30/9/25	11/11/25
Comets v Squires	Cup	08/09/25	22/09/25
Lundin Lasers v Lundin Lynxes	Div 2	22/09/25	07/10/25
Squires v Telecoms	Div 3	17/11/25	09/12/25
Squires v Telecoms	Cup	7/10/25	17/11/25
Buccaneers v Chieftains	Div 2	01/12/25	08/01/26
Buccaneers v Tigers	Div 2	02/10/25	tbc
Barons v Brechin	Div 1	02/12/25	24/11/25
Brechin v Chieftains	Cup	09/10/25	Claim B
Defenders v Up4it	Cup	08/10/25	07/10/25
Crickety v Telecoms	League	13/10/25	03/11/25
Chieftains v Letham A	League	18/11/25	16/12/25
Buccaneers v Letham A	Cup	6/11/25	Claim B
Crickety v Telecoms	League	13/10/25	3/11/25
Brechin v Aces	League	30/11/25	23/11/25
Comets v Letham A	League	22/9/25	03/11/25
Letham A v Comets	League	01/12/25	15/12/25
Letham A v Tigers	League	15/09/25	13/10/25
Tigers v Letham A	League	26/11/25	01/10/25
Larick Liners v Missiles	League	13/10/25	Claim B
Letham B vs Sputniks	Div 3	3/11/25	1/12/25

* Note: please confirm the ‘New dates’ with the relevant team secretaries as these may change without the Match Secretary knowing.

MATCH REPORTS

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Season 2025/2026

League Report- Week Commencing 13th Oct. (Week 5)

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

Barons V Knights

3 7

The reigning champs Knights were missing Stuart Halliday for this match but managed to win all their other matches fairly comfortably anyway and take the victory with a man disadvantage.

A predictable scoreline with both Andrew Nimmo and David Hay remaining undefeated on the "KNIGHT!"

See what I done there folks!! 😄

Villa V Defenders

5 5

Daniel Tibbetts won all his games with a degree of comfort however it was not enough to force a win over a resilient Villa.

A good hard fought Forthill derby here where after Defenders got into a 5-3 lead, victory was in sight.

However, the Villa duo of the experienced David Sim and Gary Lowson managed to win their last 2 singles matches against Sandy Bertie & Richard Tough respectively in straight sets to claw out the draw.

Up4it V Aces

2 8

A great night for Aces and a horrible experience for Up4it!

Aces pulverised their hosts, winning the first 8 matches in succession!

Up4it were unlucky to lose the doubles match - Gillian Edwards and Paul Monteith losing out in 5 sets (9-11 in sets 4 and 5!!) to Matt Craig and Grant Williams.

Up4it managed to restore a modicum of pride (but not a lot!) when Ryan Doc beat Grant Williams in game 9 and Paul got the better of Peter Aird(just!!) in game 10.

Matt was the standout player winning all his games.

New team shirts and high quality TT on display in this match….

Swots V Brechin

5 5

Closely fought contest here, played in great spirit.

Star player was Ryan Campbell of Swots, winning all three of his singles matches including a great match win against Aaron Robertson in game #5 with a 13-11 victory in the 5th set!

Two wins each in singles for Aaron Robertson and Derek Mitchell, who also combined to win a five set doubles helped secure a draw for Brechin.

Div. 1 Player Of The Week :

Super Matt Craig! 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP

Chieftains V Tigers

6 4

Match was in the balance until the last game. With six sets going to 10-10 it could easily have been a draw.

Well done both teams.

Fiona Kinloch being the standout performer in this match completing the victory in the final match for Chieftains and indeed her hat-trick on the night by defeating Kenny McLaren in 3 close sets!

Lundin Lasers V Comets

9 1

Two very close games were had in the match with each team coming up trumps, firstly Roman Nydza winning his last game against Jill Milne 11-4 for Lasers and Dougal Ogilvie getting revenge for Comets beating Nat Forno 12-10 in a very tight encounter near the end of the match.

The Lasers enjoyed another strong win overall.

Another two 100% evenings here for Adam Sitko & Roman of Lasers who are proving to be a dominant pairing in Div. 2 this season!

Duffers V Truants

2 8

St. Andrews team, Truants got into a 4-1 lead in this match courtesy of a strong showing from Graham Wood.

Graham would continue his good form in the match by winning his 3 individual matches and also partnering their reserve on the night, Sandy Pearson in a doubles victory also.

Good result for Truants which puts them in joint 2nd place with Letham A.

Letham A V Lundin Lynxes

9 1

With only three of the matches going beyond three sets, it was a fairly convincing win for Letham A.

Campbell Barr managed to stop a whitewash with a comprehensive win against John McDuff.

2 good evening's work for Letham pair, Ian Farquhar & Plamen Kostadinov here.

Div. 2 Player Of The Week:

Fiona Kinloch 🏓 🔥 🏓

DIV. 3 ROUND-UP

Squires V Letham B

5 5

Letham B were ahead in this match up until game #6 where Rod Archibald got Squires back on level terms with a great 5 set match victory over an impressive Theo Chirica, 11-8 in the 5th.

Rod continued this good form in the match by making it a 100% night for himself, winning his 3.

Thro however, won the final match against the returning Winnie Stein to secure the draw for Letham B.

Prefects V Sputniks

8 2

Each game was keenly contested and many were closer than the scores suggest.

The match business was conducted without a hitch until unfortunately one of the visitors left their phone behind!

This was a big win here for Prefects as Sputniks have had a strong start to the season pushing both Prefects and Telecoms at the top of the table however this win gives Prefects breathing space between themselves and Sputniks now.

A great 3 individual wins here for Jie Guo, the only female in the match!

Girl Power Jie!!

Lairds V Larick Liners

9 1

Some great play by one of the D3 rookies Larick. But Lairds were just too strong in the end.

Another convincing nights 100% work here for the hard to beat Andy Hughes, ably assisted by reserve for the night, Scott Wishart also with 3 individual wins in the match.

Missiles V Crickety

9 1

A lot of young guys playing against each another in this match which is great and refreshing to see in our DDTTA league!

This was a bottom of the league clash played out at Forthill Sports Centre this week where Missiles put in a strong showing against the young Brechin kids on their home patch.

This leaves Crickety bottom of the pile.

(I feel ur pain this week being a Rangers fan!! 😏 )

Both Krishnan Martin & Nathan Bertie managed to get 100% night's performances with the match of the night coming in the very 1st game where Krishnan had a come from behind 5 set victory over Lewis Cameron, 11-9 in the 5th!

Telecoms V Scholars

8 2

Compared to the previously reported match, this match was at the other end of the age spectrum with some old faces on show in this WRG match-up where 3 of the players from both teams, namely, Stewart Clark of Telecoms and both Knut Radmer & Charlie Ross of Scholars giving a total age of nearly 250!! (Also great to see these guys giving it their all on the table after so many years of competition between them!)

One of the "younger" players from Telecoms had a good night's work winning 100% of his individual matches in the form of Davey Monteith.

His brother Paul played on the very next table to him on the night for Up4it, always good to see the Monteith's in the same hall playing tt!

This was a big win for Telecoms over the 2-man Scholars as it means they can now leapfrog Prefects at the top of the division.

Div. 3 Player Of The Week:

Jie Guo 🏓🔥🏓

That wraps up another week's DDTTA league action folks!!

Keep they bats in good condition now, the league is heating up!!

Good luck to our competing Dundee Vets players playing at the Scottish Vets Assessment this Sunday at Bathgate Academy, myself included!!

Cmonnnn!!!! 🏓

Cheers,

Ryan Doc (Joint DDTTA Match Secretary)

League Report- Week Commencing 13th Oct. (Week 4)

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

Defenders V Up4it

3 7

Every match-up in this match was a straight sets victory for each team except for the match of the night between Daniel Tibbetts of Defenders who remains on 100% for this season against Ryan Docherty of Up4it in match #4.

Daniel took control of this match by going 2 sets up however Doc managed to sway the match by some strong looping against Daniel's demon chopping off his pimples.

It was to no avail however as Mr. Tibbetts managed to win the 4th set 13-11.

The onlooking team members were amazed at some of the long rallies between the 2 lads.

Scott Thomson doing his best to live with a couple of Up4It hotshots. But where are the photos of Tibbetts vs Docherty which we’ve just read so much about?? (the photographer was busy looping I suppose)

Aces V Swots

4 6

Aces were without duo Jos Berkhout and Peter Aird, who were on their travels to Malaysia and Romania respectively, so required to play up a reserve in the form of the ready and willing Sandy Bertie (many thanks) and who duly played particularly well in a number of games and impressive 5 setter against Ryan Campbell.

It was however a superb win tonight for a strong visiting team, who certainly took the game to the home side, racing to a commanding 5-0 lead, before Aces could catch their breaths and eventually Matt Craig getting a score on the board for Aces which would lead the mini comeback.

It was not to be and Yubo Rasmussen made sure of it in match 8 with a solid 3-0 win against Sandy Bertie completing his hat-trick on the night and keeping his 100% player average for the season.

An entertaining match played on two tables, in good spirits and with some great rallies, and with the ‘odd’ net and edge in the humid hall but it was to Swots took any advantages gained and sealed the 6-4 win.

Congratulations to them.

Brechin V Barons

5 5

Entertaining fixture with some long exciting rallies and with six 4 setters - Brechin were never ahead and always chasing the match.

Tony Nelson of Barons was the star of the night winning his 3 singles although he did drop 1 game each to Aaron Robertson and Derek Mitchell

From 4-2 down Brechin won game 7 and 8 and lost game 9. Derek played Craig Smith in the decider and the former came out on top with a 3-0 win.

Dick Bird stepped into reserve for Brechin and can count himself a little unlucky against Martin Klopper where he lost 2 deuce games.

Barons very close to winning their 1st match of the season since being promoted but old stalwart Deekzer stopped them at the final hurdle!

Knights V Villa

10 0

A plain-sailing night's work here for the reigning DDTTA champs even with a reserve in their line-up in the shape of the impressive Tony Nelson of Barons playing up for Knights in this fixture.

Div.1 Player Of The Week :

Tony Nelson 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP

Comets V Buccaneers

3 7

Both teams called up a reserve to play for their teams in this match in Richard Bellis for Comets and Stewart Ferguson for Bucs.

Both of these players managed a solitary win each in the match.

Murray Johnstone & Glyn Pritchard both remained unbeaten on the evening's play with Glyn having 2 mammoth 5 set battles with Jill Milne and Richard winning by 2 points in both 5 set victories!

This match could have easily have been a draw had Glyn not pulled these 2 big victories out of the bag!

Lundin Lynxes V Chieftains

1 9

Lynxes hampered with just two players but managed to win one match and also had a very close five set match between Chris Sayer of Lynxes and Stewart Mason of Chieftains.

Well done to the Chieftains with Bill Beattie and Jim Tawse managing maximum points including a win in the doubles.

This looks like this can be a long tough season for the Lundin side who have only managed to get 2 points so far from their opening 4 matches.

Letham A V Tigers

4 6

Tigers got the result by winning both the 5 sets matches on a tie-break.

Over the course of the evening they probably deserved the win.

This would be both Tigers & Letham A's 1st of 2 matches they will play this week.

Tigers V Lundin Lasers

2 8

A fairly comfortable win for the Lasers, but a lot of close games on the way.

Graham (Rob!) McLean had a busy night, playing 19 games - including an 11-9 fifth game win in the doubles and a 13-11 fifth game loss in the final game to Roman Nydza.

Both Roman and Adam Sitko have 100% night's play here.

Truants V Letham A

3 7

Good win for Letham A with both Ian Farquhar and Peter Cassidy winning their 3 matches.

Despite Ian winning his quite convincingly, player of the night was Peter as he won some very tight matches.

After Letham A taking a 4-1 lead in this match, Truants managed to claw back to 4-3 with Howard Lee beating John McDuff and a doubles win.

Letham A would not be thwarted though as they won the remaining singles matches.

Div.2 Player Of The Week :

Ian Farquhar 🏓🔥💯

DIV. 3 ROUND-UP

Sputniks V Lairds

3 7

"I'd like to say that Sputniks were robbed, but we weren't" says Eric Brown of Sputniks.

Andy Hughes wasn't troubled by any of Sputniks in this match, Shirley McKay eked out a crafty win against Jack Oughton and even though Jack did the same to Heather Gunn, Heather was already basking in the glow of victory against (occasionally) big-hitting Lee Nixon :)

A good early season away win for Lairds here against early season title bidders, Sputniks.

Letham B V Prefects

1 9

A nice match between Prefects and Letham B with the former trying to put up a fight but to no avail.

"Even all the nets and edges going our way couldn’t help" says Theo Chirica of the home side.

Prefects are showing good early season form and looking like the side to catch in this season's Div. 3 title race.

Martin Turnbull and Sandy Pearson both churning out hat-trick's in this week's match.

Scholars V Squires

4 6

After Squires stretched to a 5-1 lead in this match it looked like they were cruising to a commanding victory here.

However, Scholars screwed their nuts to make a fist of a match.

In game#9, we saw the game of the match as well as the doubles, where wily veteran Charlie Ross of Scholars came from 2 sets down against Scott Wishart to take the next 3 sets, 16,9 & 9.

This set up Callum Mowat in the final game of the evening to make the final scoreline closer where he duly obliged with a straight sets victory over Winnie Stein.

On a side-note to this match, I would like to say how good it is to see Winnie back playing and winning after her recent health issues.

Div.3 Player Of The Week :

Andy Hughes 🏓🔥💯

Cheers

Ryan Doc (Joint DDTTA Match Secretary)

League Report- Week Commencing 29th Sept. (Week 3)

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

Barons V Aces

1 9

A big comeback win for Tony Nelson against Grant Williams, 2-0 down to win 3-2.

That was all there was to really celebrate this evening for Barons.

Solid performance from Aces, and Daniel Tibbetts filling in was too good.

Villa V Brechin

5 5

Villa took an early lead in this match against a Brechin side who had Steve Stranock from Brechin's 2nd Div. team Buccaneers, playing as a reserve for their injured player John Anderson who is struggling with sciatica.

Brechin staged a comeback though with Aaron Robertson winning his 1st 2 matches in 5 sets against David Sim in match#3 and Gary Lowson in match#5.

Aaron, the starman on the night secured a point in match#8 with a straight sets win against Jim Dyson.

However, Simmy had a great comeback from behind 5 set victory over Derek Mitchell and Gary backed Simmy up winning the final match against Steve Stranock including a granny set to secure the draw for Villa.

Defenders V Knights

3 7

Knights were always ahead in this match however; this should not detract from the fact that Daniel Tibbetts (new recruit to DDTTA) kept the final scoreline respectable for newly promoted Defenders by winning his 3!

A great performance considering he beat top league individual performers from recent seasons, David Hay and Andrew Nimmo.

The doubles in this match was a really close 5 set battle where every set was decided by 2 points!

Nimmo and Stuart Halliday won the battle and from there on in, Knights ran out victors.

Up4it V Swots

6 4

A fantastic early season close encounter - Yubo Rasmussen debuting (and starring) for Swots.

Oddly, there were no 4 set games on the night in an "all or nothing" kind of fashion!

The first 6 games were shared with alternating victories after Paul beat Ryan C in an epic 5 set opener. The following 5 singles matches were all won in straight sets to leave the scoreline poised at 3-3.

As ever, the doubles match proved pivotal in the tie - Paul and Ryan Doc winning a cliffhanger 12-10 in the 5th, after surrendering a two set lead and almost fluffing their lines when 9-5 up in the decider!

That win moved Up4it 4-3 ahead.

Iain's victory against Nick gave Up4it some breathing space at 5-3 before the 2 Ryans fought out another 5 set classic with the Doc prevailing after Ryan C had been 2-1 up.

Yubo was pushed hard by Paul in the final game before coming through relatively comfortably in another 5 set battle.

Div. 1 Player Of The Week:

Daniel Tibbetts 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP

Lundin Lasers V Chieftains

10 0

Convincing win by Lasers with no games going to five sets. All the matches played in good spirit with home advantage telling in the end.

Duffers V Comets

4 6

After going 2-0 up in this match, Comets never relinquished their lead with the help of Fraser Smith winning his 3 matches.

2 of Fraser's wins were 5 set victories over Ping Xu and Andy Reid.

From 5-1 down however, Duffers nearly scrambled a draw out of the match, getting back to 5-4 down!

Andy's 5 set win over Ian McLagan meant there was going to be a match#10 decider between Billy Liddle and Fraser!

Fraser took care of Billy tho rather convincingly to settle the match in Comets favour.

Truants V Lundin Lynxes

10 0

A whitewash victory here for the St. Andrews based side where they were rarely threatened with 4 matches going 4 sets and all the rest won in straight sets.

Div. 2 Player Of The Week:

Fraser Smith 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 3 ROUND-UP

Prefects V Squires

9 1

The match score doesn’t fairly reflect the closeness of many of the games.

Scott was particularly unfortunate in losing his five set matches.

As always the games were played in a very good spirit with a number of skillful and entertaining rallies.

Missiles V Sputniks

1 9

A Forthill derby match here where Sputniks continued their good early season form with a trouncing of Missiles here.

After going 2-0 up, Krishnan Martin managed to get Missiles only point of the match by beating Lee Nixon in 3 close sets.

After that, Sputniks asserted their dominance by winning all the rest of the matches relatively easy except for Nathan Bertie taking Lee Nixon to 5 sets.

Richard Bellis and Jack Oughton both remaining undefeated on the night.

Telecoms V Larick Liners

10 0

An easy night's work here for the experienced Telecoms against the league's newcomers from Tayport.

It was refreshing to see a junior girl playing in the ranks of Liners though which we don't see much of in the Dundee tt scene.

Also good to hear that young Sophie Robertson is keen to come to WRG for coaching as well.

Telecoms showed no mercy however on this night!

Crickety V Scholars

0 10

Scholars of St Andrews were too strong for the youngsters from Brechin winning all the matches however Lewis and Colin put up some resistance with Lewis taking Gus to 5 ends and taking a game off Callum.

Colin also taking a game off Callum.

Good effort by the Crickety and will have learnt a lot so far since starting their first competitive season and putting 100 per cent into their games.

Div. 3 Player Of The Week:

Martin Turnbull 🏓🔥🏓

That's our league round-up guys after the 3rd week of league play.

As it stands in Div. 1 we have Aces top, holding a 5 game advantage over reigning champs Knights.

In Div. 2, Lundin Lasers hold a 2 game advantage over Truants.

In Div. 3, Prefects hold a 3 game advantage over Sputniks

Early days of course!

In the individual league averages,

Div. 1 averages are topped by Matt Craig, Daniel Tibbetts and Yubo Rasmussen all on 100%.

Div. 2 averages are topped by 6 players, namely, Adam Sitko, Fraser Smith, Roman Nydza, Graham Wood, Ian Farquhar & Rob McLean all on 100%.

Div. 3 averages are topped by 7 players all on 100%, by way of, Graeme Elrick, Andy Hughes, Eric Brown, Lachlann Henderson, Martin Turnbull, Peter Cassidy & Vladimir Janjic.

I would like to point out to all of our DDTTA members guys that there is exciting news from TTS. They have managed to secure D.I.S.C. on Mains Loan in Dundee for this season's Scottish National League tournaments starting this Saturday 5th of October where we have 2 senior Dundee teams taking on the might of other Scottish teams!

I urge our members who may have spare time this Saturday to come and check out the action and support our teams competing.

MON THE DEE!!

Cheers,

Ryan Doc

Joint DDTTA League Match Secretary

LEAGUE REPORT - Week commencing 22nd Sept 2025 (Week 2)

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

Brechin V Defenders

7 3

Brechin were forced to play a reserve for tonight’s fixture against Defenders and Steve Stranock volunteered to assist.

Brechin ended up winning with Aaron Robertson and Derek Mitchell winning their 3 matches and the doubles.

Sandy Bertie managed to get a game from Aaron in match 4 however Richard Tough, Sandy and Scott Thomson all managed a win against Steve, who played well and managed to get a game from Sandy.

Aces V Villa

10 0

The local derby, Aces vs Villa, a cold Thursday night, electrifying inside, new club shirts exchanged, let battle commence!

First in the ring was Grant Williams v Gary Lowson, two heavy weights, the match was close and there were fiery exchanges from both sides, but Grant came out on top at the end of round 4.

Jos Berkout vs Jim Dyson, as always, a 5-game match, Jos leading 8 – 2 in the 5th but Jim threw the kitchen sink at him and levelled at 8 all! In the end Jos managed to scrape through at 11 – 9!

Next was Matt Craig vs Peter Dixon.

Peter had come out of retirement in search for glory but alas that was not going to be the case. Matt did not even perspire [he never does], turned up and worked his way past Peter.

Peter had some brilliant hits but when Matt started to get into his routine there was no stopping him.

As the night went on Villa got close but unfortunately not close enough.

The doubles game went to 5 as well, the end result was 10 – 0 but I must admit that the score line did not show the closeness of some matches. (Match Report courtesy of Jos this week).

Swots V Barons

7 3

Enjoyable match with lots of close 4 or 5 set matches.

2 singles wins each for Swots Ryan Campbell, David Smith and Nick Shepherd

Tony Nelson however was too strong for all, winning all his matches.

Up4it V Knights

3 7

David Hay was the star performer for Knights, winning all his games, as they swept aside Up4it.

Up4it's game plan was disrupted by the late withdrawal of a jittery Jacob Munro, leaving Paul Monteith to step in at the last minute.

Ryan Doc continued his great form of last season, beating Stuart Halliday and Andrew Nimmo.

Stuart also lost out to Paul who "edged" a close second set in a straight sets win.

Stuart got some solace with a comprehensive win against Gillian Edwards in game 8.

Great to see Stuart back playing in the top division after his injury layoff!

Up4it

Div. 1 Player Of The Week :

Davey Hay 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP

Tigers V Duffers

9 1

A Forthill derby here where Tigers served up a trouncing to the wily old Duffers team who are newly promoted to Div. 2.

Ping Xu got a consolation point for Duffers by beating Ken Head in match#8.

Good 100% evenings for Kenny McLaren and newbie Rob McLean.

Chieftains V Buccaneers

4 6

This match was a tight contest where the match swayed back n forth between the 2 teams that led to a final match decider between Fiona Kinloch of Chieftains and Murray Johnstone of Bucs.

Murray çame out on top in this mammoth final match with a come from behind victory, 11-9 in the 5th!

This sewed up the victory for the Brechin side.

Div. 2 Player Of The Week :

Murray Johnstone 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 3 ROUND-UP

Sputniks V Telecoms

3 7

Telecoms were behind in this match until match#6 where they levelled to 3-3 and then the next 2 matches were pivotal in their success.

They won those next 2 matches both 12-10 in 5th set deciders!

Graeme Elrick proving to be the starman in this match!

Letham B V Missiles

8 2

A competitive and good-spirited opener to the season, with Letham B starting strongly and Missiles battling hard despite being a player short.

Prefects V Scholars

10 0

A very convincing derby win here for Prefects against their St. Andrews rivals with only Charlie Ross of Scholars able to win a solitary set in the whole match for Scholars!

Well played Prefects!

Div. 3 Player Of The Week :

Graeme Elrick 🏓💪🏓

Ryan Doc

DDTTA League Match Secretary

LEAGUE REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING 15TH SEPTEMBER

Welcome back guys to a new season of table tennis action in the Dundee & District league!

After last week's fixtures of cup action (please see cup section on website) it was down to the league business this week with the opening round of league fixtures taking place all around Dundee & District!

The league this season has been enlarged for the first time in years as we have a new club, Tayport TTC, and some new teams incorporated into our league this season!

This has meant an increase in size to all of our league divisions with 10 teams competing in Div. 3, 9 teams competing in Div. 2 and 8 teams competing in Div. 1.

Good news for our local tt scene!

With that said, let's get down to our opening week of tt action guys!! 🏓

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

Barons V Up4it

1 9

A good opening night for new player to our league, Tony Nelson of Barons, going to 5 sets in all 3 singles matches against an Up4it team donning new strips for the season, but frustratingly only managed to win 1 of the matches.

Overall a comfortable night for up4it, must be their new tops!

100% night's play for Ryan Docherty and Gillian Edwards.

Defenders V Aces

1 9

A Forthill derby here to serve off the season for these 2 teams.

Not an easy opener for the newly promoted Defenders.

It turned out to be a relatively comprehensive nights work for Aces here with Jos Berkout the only player to drop a match for Aces in this season opener to Sandy Bertie who would have benefited from his early season tournament appearance at our inaugural Dundee Summer Smash.

100% night's play for Matt Craig and Grant Williams

Knights V Brechin

9 1

Reigning league champs Knights served off their league campaign with a home fixture at Ward Road Gym (WRG) against Brechin who have been dealt an early season injury blow with news that John Anderson may miss the whole season due to an ongoing issue with sciatica.

Therefore, Brechin are looking to recruit a new member to their squad.

This was always gonna be a tough opener for Brechin but made even harder with only 2 players, Derek Mitchell and Aaron Robertson playing.

Knights ran out comfortable winners here however, Derek Mitchell had a 5 set duece win against the returning Stuart Halliday, who had a year away from Div. 1 after a shoulder dislocation.

Aaron had 2 close matches with 4 set defeats to Stuart and Andrew Nimmo.

David Hay showing yet again good form proving he will be a tough nut to crack yet again this season.

100% night's for Davey Hay and Nimmo.

Villa V Swots

7 3

Ryan Campbell of Swots remained unbeaten in the singles while match of the night has to be the doubles where Peter Dixon and Gary Lowson overturned a 2-0 game deficit to triumph over Ryan and Nick Shepherd.

That doubles win proved to play a pivotal role in the match as it stretched Villa's lead to 5-2 and they never relinquished that lead to take the match with a 7-3 victory in the remaining singles matches.

Great to see old compatriot Peter Dixon making a return to our league for Villa after a few years away!

Div.1 Player Of The Week :

Ryan Campbell 🏓 🔥🏓

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP

Buccaneers V Lundin Lasers

2 8

A battle between last season's Div. 3 champs and last season's Div.1 relegated team.

Who would come out on top?!

Answer : Lundin Lasers.

A quite emphatic victory actually showing that the step up in divisions will be a tough ride for Bucs this season.

Adam Sitko and Roman Nydza will be happy to get two 100% evenings and get Lasers off the mark this season

Duffers V Chieftains

3 7

Another newly promoted team at home here, in Duffers, playing Div. 2 stalwarts Chieftains.

Would Duffers fair any better than their other newly promoted compadres?

Answer: no.

Duffers battled courageously after going 5-0 down to try and mount some kind of comeback and made the final scoreline look respectable.

Jim Tawse had a good start to the season winning all his matches which included a come from behind, 5 set battle with Ping Xu.

Truants V Comets

6 4

Both teams looked very smart in their club shirts this evening.

Player of the night was Fraser Smith of Comets.

After dusting off his bat after a summer break he went on to win all his 3 singles incuding a granny of his namesake, Ian Smith in the 5th set of match 3!

Fraser partnered Ian McLagan to win the doubles.

Despite this, Truants still managed to win the tie due to an evenly distributed 2 wins each by all of their players.

Div. 2 Player Of The Week :

Fraser Smith 🏓🔥🏓

DIV. 3 ROUND-UP

Crickety V Sputniks

0 10

The Youngsters from Brechin made their league debut against Sputniks and although they huffed and puffed lost out without taking a set.

Lewis Cameron was the closest with a deuce game against Richard Bellis.

Salar Qudrat was forced to concede his last game.

Lairds V Prefects

4 6

This was a hard match for Lairds tonight, although there were some close games, Prefects experience shone through.

It was good to see one of the most promising and youngest players DDTTA has seen in many a year make his league debut for Lairds in Munro Macintosh in this match.

I have big hopes for this young lad if DDTTA can provide him the coaching that he needs.

A solid 100% evenings play from the reliable Andy Hughes of Lairds made this a close match.

Well done Prefects!

Scholars V Larick Liners

8 2

Another team making their debut into our league in this match were Larick Liners who played a Fife derby match away to St. Andrews side, Scholars.

The opening match turned out to be the closest match in the whole contest where Gustavo San Roman won a close 5 setter against Jean Driscoll who can count themselves unlucky not to win all of their matches on their league debut.

Gustavo won all of his matches to ease Scholars to victory.

Div. 3 Player Of The Week :

Andy Hughes 🏓🔥🏓