Handbook, scorecards, postponements and claims

                                                                                                                          

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An electronic scorecard must be input within 24 hours of a fixture.  Click here for league scorecard or click here for cup scorecard. Cards input after Saturday will miss the weekly match report.  A report covering two fixtures and results is sent to the Evening Telegraph. Paper scorecards for the league can be downloaded here or, for Cups, from the Cups page.  These should be kept safe by the home team until the end of the season, in case there is any dispute over the details entered on the e-scorecard. Do not deposit scorecards at the old collection points (such as the box pinned to notice board in the balcony at Ward Road).

The Match Secretary must be notified in advance about a postponement and informed promptly about the new date.

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*
Buccaneers vs Lairds	D3	21/11/24	14/01/24
Knights vs Up4It	Cup	08/10/24	29/10/24
Lairds vs Squires	D3	28/10/24	10/12/24
Letham vs Duffers	D3	18/11/24	2/12/24
Letham vs Duffers	Cup	w/c 7/10/24	9/12/24
Lairds vs Telecoms	D3	25/02/25	1/04/25
Sputniks vs Squires	D3	24/02/25	6/03/25

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

 

 

MATCH REPORTS

This page is reserved for DDTTA league and cup reports (most recent first). Other competitions are reported on the News page.

 

Season 2024/2025

 

 

LEAGUE REPORT - Week Commencing 10^th of February

 

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

 

Villa V Swots

   3           7

Think it is fair to say that the fixture was closer than the final score would suggest. 

There were three tight five setters which were all won by Swots and that made the difference.

No doubt a deserved win for them in a competitive encounter where Ryan Campbell was again the star man of the show for Swots winning his 3 matches.

 

Knights V Brechin 

    10                0

A full-strength Knight's side against an under-strength Brechin team at WRG for this fixture meant it was always going to be an uphill battle for Brechin to take anything out of this match.

Derek Mitchell for was the only Brechin player to take a set off of any of the commanding Knights players as he took Andrew Nimmo to 4 sets.

The Knights boys all won the rest of their matches in straight sets which was impressive.

 

Aces V Lundin Lasers 

    7                   3

Aces seal a respectable victory over the improving Lasers, but it was the experienced ‘Pimple Pete’ Aird who was on form to secure 3 big wins on the night. 

He enjoyed the venue conditions which seemed to suit his rubbers, but he was taken close in the 5th, by both Matt Craig in their first encounter and Grant Williams with a nearly epic comeback after being 2 sets down and 9-7 up in the 5th on serve. Jos Berkout took 2/3 wins with a notable 5 set comeback win against Adam Sitko.

Match was played over two tables which was a welcome and early finish for all.

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

"Pistol Pimple" Peter Aird 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP 

 

Truants V Tigers 

      9               1

Fantastic back from the table rallies between Ian McLagan, firstly with Jie Guo and then with Graham Wood who just pipped it 14-12 in the fifth.

Ian Smith's tricky, devilish serves were pivotal in the final result which felt much closer than the scoreline.

 

Comets V Chieftains 

      4                  6

Some close games as ever between these 2 teams who are in reasonably close proximity to each other in the league with Chieftains in 3rd and Comets 2nd bottom.

Chieftains got into a 3-1 lead in the match but Comets managed to scrape it back to 3-3 with Fraser Smith beating Stewart Mason, 12-10 in the 5th to get Comets on parity. 

However from that moment on, Chieftains took control thanks to wins from Jim Tawse against Jill Milne and player of the match, Fiona Kinloch winning her 3 matches along with the doubles.

 

Lundin Lynxes V Barons 

            2                     8

Hard fought fixture with some very close matches and Barons continuing their march to the title! 

Special mention to Arthur Duncan who played even though he was suffering from a bad back and even managed a win against Martin Klopper. Well done again to the Barons and have fun in division one next year say Lundin Lynxes.

Grace Gao again star of the show with her customary 100% night's play.

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

Fiona Kinloch 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP 

 

Squires V Lairds 

      3              6

Both Mylnefield teams agreed to proceed with the match despite injuries to both camps and availability issues! 

So only 2 players per side. 

Despite the scorecard above, Winnie Stein and Steve Wilson competed in the doubles and at one stage threatened to make a remarkable comeback after losing the first two ends 11-0 and 11-2!

 

Letham V Sputniks 

      5                5

Letham were 2 matches up twice but on each occasion Sputniks pulled level to earn a well deserved draw. 

The doubles match could have gone either way but Letham pulled away after the end change in the final set to win.

The best match of the night was, without question, between David Mackie and Lee Nixon. Both players were content to go toe-to-toe with big hitting attacks and counter-attacks - great for the spectators.

This was a very enjoyable evening of table tennis.

Yet again, Mr. Ian "100%" Farquhuar was at it again, winning all his matches.

 

Buccaneers V Missiles 

         10                  0

Top V bottom of the league here and you guessed it...

A straightforward 100% evening for the Brechin team. 

Scott Xu did take Murray Johnstone close though in a 5 set tussle but to no avail.

 

Telecoms V Duffers 

       3                  7

Duffers managed to fight into a 4-2 lead after the 1st half singles matched but Mr. Davey Monteith was putting on a good show to keep Telecoms in the match by winning his 1st 2 matches v Andy Reid and Rich McLaren.

Andy Reid got back in the winning circle again tho to win the match for Duffers in game 8 v Rob Fotheringham.

Davey Monteith did complete his 3 wins in the match however against Ping Xu.

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week...

Davey Monteith 🏓🔥🏓

 

There's your highlights from last weeks DDTTA league action!

The Div. 1 title looks like it will be a closer battle this season compared to previous season's but teams will still need to watch out for Knights as they claw back their games in hand.

Also, good to see that there are 3 different players still holding 100% records in each division's player averages leagues, namely David Hay in 1st Division, Grace Gao in 2nd Division and Ian Farquhuar in 3rd Division, well played to these guys so far this season as we come into the final few weeks.

 

Good luck to all of our DDTTA players who will be competing at this season's DDTTA Closed Championships at WRG this Saturday,  the 22nd of February!

I urge any DDTTA members who are not playing this Saturday to come down and watch our elite players playing against each other in what should be a good watch and the players would value the support.

Tea's and coffee's available at the viewing balcony.

 

Cheers,

DOC,

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary 

 

MATCH REPORT SUMMARY - Week Commencing 3rd of February 

 

DIV 1 ROUND-UP

 

Brechin V Lundin Lasers 

      5                      5

Lundin Lasers made the long trip to Brechin looking for a victory and started off well winning the first 2 matches without dropping a game. This see-saw game saw Brechin levelling it at 2-2 before Lundin opened a 2 match advantage leading 4-2. 

Game 7 was crucial for both teams and Aaron Robertson and Derek M sneaked it with the only 5 game match of the night beating Adam Sitko and Roman Nydza.

Brechin then won the next 2 matches to take the lead for the first time on the night however Peter Aird was in great form winning all of his 3 matches and the last one of the night against reserve Steve Stranock for an entertaining 5-5 draw.

 

Villa V Knights

   4             6

The outcome was a lot closer than expected with Villa putting up a good fight. 

Callum Riddoch and Andrew Nimmo remained unbeaten in the singles although Callum had to withstand a strong challenge from Gary Lowson before edging home 11-9 in the fifth game after being 6-2 down in the 5th set.

A straight sets win by Jim Dyson and Gary over Callum and Andrew was particularly noteworthy.

 

Up4it V Aces

    6            4

A very tense encounter between the current top two teams.

There was never more than a game in it either way until Up4it won the final tie of the night to take a 6-4 victory.

Ryan Doc was the standout performer on the night (again!), winning all of his games. 

The doubles tie was pivotal (as it often is!) with Ryan and Iain Martin beating Matt Craig and Grant Williams in 5 sets despite looking comfortable for a straight sets victory before Matt and Grant fought back gamely only to collapse in the final set.

Jos Berkout empty handed despite playing well, losing in 5,4 and 4 in his matches.

 

   

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

Ryan Doc 🔥🏓🔥

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP 

 

Truants V Comets

     3                 7

A fixture here at the lower echelon of the division where Comets came out on top of the St. Andrews side.

Apart from the very 1st game in the match where Howard Lee beat Fraser Smith, Comets were always in the lead in the match.

Dougal Ogilvie had a fine evening with a 100% night's play.

 

Defenders V Tigers

        9                 1

This was always gonna be a tricky night for Tigers who are struggling at the foot of the table against the 2nd best side in the division. 

Sandy Bertie and Glenn Christie of Defenders prevailed from their matches with 3 victories each which I think they would expect as they are both near the top of the division's player averages this season. 

Marion Davidson and Kenny McLaren can count themselves unfortunate on not making the final scoreline more respectable as they both lost out in two 5 set defeats to Richard Tough.

 

Barons V Chieftains 

     9                  1

When Fiona Kinloch the first game convincingly against Grace Gao it possible that Grace might lose her 100% average? 

But no, she regrouped and won the next three games to keep her 100%. 

Fiona won the Chieftains only match with a convincing 3-0 win over Bill Beattie.

 

    

 

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

Craig Smith  🔥🏓🔥

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

Prefects V Buccaneers

      1                  9

Although some of the individual games were close, Buccaneers proved to be too strong and consistent on this occasion as they have been for all the teams in the division this season. 

Two 100% displays in show from Steve Stranock and Murray Johnstone.

 

Squires V Letham 

      1               9 

A tough night for Squires who found it difficult to get into the match and their cause was not helped by an injury to Shirley McKay after she rolled her ankle in her 1s^t  match. 

Squires are not having much luck with injuries as this is the 2^nd week in a row one of their players has got injured!

The consolation game win for Squires was from Steve Wilson after he defeated John MacDuff.

Two 100% displays on show here from the Letham pair of Ian Farquhuar and David Mackie.

 

Missiles V Telecoms

      5               5

 A good scrap here from the 2-man Telecoms team of Graeme Elrick and Anthony Hughes.

Telecoms managed to get into a 3-2 and 4-3 lead against the league's bottom side despite their 1 man disadvantage however Missiles have shown slight improvement over the course of the season and they showed some fight to take a draw out of the match although victory was in their grasp in the final match but stalwart Elrick salvaged the draw with a straight sets win against Chen Xinwei.

A good 3 wins in this match for Missiles' Scott Xu.

 

Lairds V Duffers

 

Match postponed 

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week...

Scott Xu 🔥🏓🔥

 

There you have last weeks highlights guys.

Things are ramping up in each division and it's looking like it's going to be a close fight in the top division for the league title!

 

Can I also remind all of our DDTTA members that our annual DDTTA Closed Championships are coming up soon on Saturday,  22nd of February!

Please get your entries in guys as the closing date is Tuesday 18th of February

 

Also, good luck to our DDTTA veteran players who are competing this Sunday at Bathgate Academy in the final Scottish Vets Assessment of the season!

 

Cheers,

DOC, 

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary 

 

LEAGUE REPORT for week commencing 20th of Jan.

 

DIV.1 ROUND-UP 

 

Swots V Up4it 

    0            10

Dominant performance by Up4It winning all matches.

Particularly pleasing for Paul having just recovered from a long term injury to his knee.

Ryan Campbell battled hard in the last match against his namesake in a very entertaining encounter, however it was the Docherty Ryan who prevailed.

 

   

 

 

Lundin Lasers V Villa

           5                    5

An important match here at the foot of the table as Lasers really needed a victory here against Villa however nor for the want of trying for the Lundin lot, it was not to be.

Almost a 1st div 1 victory for Lasers in a closely contested match where "Pistol Pete" Aird remained unbeaten for Lasers. 

After Gary Lowson beat Roman Nydza to get Villa back in the tie to make the scoreline 5-4 to Lasers, Davey Sim stepped up to beat Adam Sitko to draw the match for Villa.

 

Aces V Brechin

    7             3

Unfortunately, Brechin could only muster up 2 players in Aaron Robertson and Derek Mitchell for this match as Derek Beaton injured his leg the previous week against Up4it.

Therefore, it was always going to be a tough challenge for Brechin to get something out of this match and Aces did not show any mercy.

Brechin kept clawing the score back at the start of the match to make the scoreline 2-2 with the only two 5 set matches included in these first 4 matches...

Jos Berkout beating Aaron and Aaron beating Gary Lowson.

Aces' Matt Craig was the starman of the night winning his 3 matches and showing he will be a contender for the upcoming DDTTA Closed Championships, having a good league playing average.

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

Paul Monteith 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP 

 

Tigers V Lundin Lynxes

     5                    5

A closely fought match with many a keen shot played.

Lynxes were always 1 step ahead of Tigers all the way to the final match where Kenny McLaren won from 2 sets down against Ron Filsell, winning 11-6 in the 5th to equalise the match 5-5!

Nat Forno definitely played his part in Lynxes getting the draw, winning all of his 3 matches.

 

Comets V Defenders 

      4                   6

A close match!! 

Ian and Fraser both won a couple of games against Richard and Eric but hopes of a draw for Comets were extinguished when Eric defeated Dougal in an epic 5 game tussle. 

This match was a definite improvement of Comets' form!!

Sandy Bertie in impressive form again, winning his 3 matches all in straight sets.

 

Chieftains V Truants 

        4                   6

Late night finish at WRG partly due to the last 2 games both going to 5 ends. 

Jie Guo almost produced a comeback win against Stewart Mason after losing the 1st 2 sets she won the 3rd and 4th, in the 5th during the pushing rallies the ball was clearing the net by at least 1 meter such was the tension between the players!

Howard managed to produce a comeback win after to win in 5 against Fiona Kinloch and secure the win for Truants!

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

Howard Lee 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP 

 

Letham V Lairds

     10            0

This was a very surprising result considering Lairds are the only team (so far) to have beaten Letham in the league and had comprehensively beaten them a couple of weeks ago in the final of the Consolation Cup.

Shirley McKay will consider herself very unfortunate not to have won her match against Peter Cassidy having several match points in the final set.

All players contributed to some very good matches. 

A special mention to the four players who played in the doubles match. 

Although the score suggests an easy win for Letham, there were some fantastic rallies and it was a great match to watch.

 

Buccaneers V Sputniks 

          9                     1

Div.3 title contenders Bucs dished out another lesson to one of their Div. 3 counterparts with this comprehensive victory at The Crickety. 

Steve Stranock and Murray Johnstone remained unbeaten in the match.

Eric Brown will be happy with Sputniks sole victory in the match against Glyn Pritchard. 

 

Telecoms V Prefects 

       7                    3

Telecoms were always ahead in this match where Davey Monteith remained unbeaten through the course of the match, winning his 3.

 

Duffers V Missiles 

    10                0

Top V bottom playing against each another here in a local derby at F.S.C.

Always going to be an uphill battle for Missiles here and that's how things proved.

Scott Xu was the best performer for Missiles taking sets against all of his opponents but not quite able to seal the deal against his Dad, Ping, getting beat in 5.

All players from Duffers had 100% evenings which keeps them hanging onto the coat-tails of Buccaneers at the top of the division however Bucs have a game in hand.

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week...

John McDuff 🏓🔥🏓

 

So guys, that wraps up another week of Dundee tt action!

At least everyone missed Storm Eowyn travelling to your matches last week! 

Good luck to all competing league teams this week and enjoy your matches!

 

Also, good luck to The 2 Ryan's from DDTTA both competing at the Edinburgh Banded tournament this coming Sunday the 2nd of Feb at Bathgate Academy! 

 

Cheers 

Doc,

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary 

 

League Report for week commencing 13th of January.

 

Welcome back folks to league play for the 1st time in 2025!

Hope everyone had a good festive period and is refreshed and recharged for the 2nd half of the season!

Lets see how our teams got on in the league this past week.

 

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

 

Knights V Swots 

     8               2

Swots made the journey over the Tay to take on league title contenders, Knights at WRG. 

The match opener between Andrew Nimmo and Ryan Campbell proved to be the best match of the night and it was also the only 5 setter to take place in the match. 

Ryan was on fine form today beating Andrew in a close match and taking Callum Riddoch close. 

Both teams played a reserve each in the match with Knights calling upon the services of Grace Gao and Swots calling up Jie Guo.

Match #8 between the 2 reserves actually proved vital as Grace beat Jie 3-0 to give Knights the victory in the match.

Some great rallies throughout the night.

 

Aces V Villa 

   7          3

Derby night here at FSC!

Aces would need a victory here of a fairly wide margin to keep up the pressure on Up4it and Knights at the top of the league and they duly responded!

What could have proved a difficult match against the experienced Villa side, Aces shot them down with this 7-3 victory!

Matt Craig was the star man of the show for Aces with his 100% evening which included a 5 set tussle with Davey Sim.

One notable match was match #5 where Jos Berkout won a 5 set battle, 11-9 in the 5^th against Jim Dyson which stretched Aces lead in the match to 4-1.

Aces got the winning game in the match in the doubles encounter with a 3 straight victory for Jos and Grant Williams.

 

Brechin V Up4it

     3               7

In a very competitive match Up4it came out on top with a 7-3 victory.
All matches produced some scintillating rallies between both teams however game 6 proved to be a bit of a spectacle with Derek Mitchell winning the opening 2 games only to lose the next 3 to some extraordinary table tennis by Ryan Docherty.

Both Ryan and Iain Martin won all their singles matches but lost out in the doubles.

Unfortunately, Derek Beaton had to concede his last 2 matches due to an injury to his leg.

 

   

 

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

Iain Martin 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP

 

Comets V Lundin Lynxes

      0                     10

Strong performance from the Lynxes against a weakened Comets with only one game going to five sets. 

The fixture as always played in good spirit and thanks to the Comets for making the long trip and ensuring they had three players with special thanks to Billy Liddle playing up on the night.

 

Chieftains V Defenders

       7                    3

Unusually only one 5 set match.

Just as well as there were many closely contested sets with rally's going from attack to defence back to attack.

A good 3 match wins here for Fiona Kinloch.

 

Truants V Barons

     3                7

Always going to be a tough ask here for the St. Andrew's side against the Div.2 leaders however, Truants did put up a good fight winning 3 matches shared between all of their players.

Truants did have the match close momentarily at 2-3 when Howard Lee beat Bill Beattie however the strong Baron's pair of Grace "Miss 100%" Gao and Martin Klopper ensured the victory for Barons with both players completing 100% victorious evenings.

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

Fiona Kinloch  🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

Prefects V Duffers

      3                7

A hard fought but deserved win for Duffers, played in a good competitive spirit.
A number of the individual games could have gone either way but Duffers managed to win the important points at the right time. 

The doubles game was a good example.

 

Sputniks V Telecoms

      6                  4

Good match played in good spirit. 

The match was played out on two tables at Forthill and Jack Oughton was anxious to get back to Perth in time to buy a fish for his cat 🤣 so the matches were not played in the order of the scorecard.

The only 5 setter took place quite early on - Eric got to 6-6 in the 5th and then crumbled against Graeme Elrick, who was player of the match, winning his 3 matches.

 

Squires V Buccaneers

      1                   9

A match with a significant number of edges and nets with both teams benefitting. 

However, a couple of players felt they lost points at key moments resulting in ends lost. 

Thankfully it didn't influence the final result with Buccaneers too strong for Squires. 

At least Squires made the Brechin side work for their win.

 

Lairds V Missiles

    9               1

A convincing win by Lairds, although Scott spoiled a clean sheet and both Scott and Chen each had a 5 set match against Shirley and Heather respectively. 

Missiles players are improving as the season progresses.

Lairds have a game in hand over Duffers who are sitting in 2^nd place so there is a good fight in store for 2^nd spot in Div.3.

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week...

Graeme Elrick 🏓🔥🏓

 

Thats a wrap folks for the start of the 2^nd half of the season from last weeks play.

Next week, there is an important bottom of the division clash between Lundin Lasers and Villa in Div.1 @ Lundin Sports Centre where Lundin really need a victory in this match to give themselves any hope of avoiding the drop. Lasers will be hoping that "Pistol Pimple Pete" Aird and Adam Sitko will be firing on all cylinders in this match to give themselves a shot at victory!

Lets see what happens in that match guys.

 

I would also like to point out from this past week's league play, that 2 of our Player Of The Weeks, Iain Martin of Up4it and Fiona Kinloch of Chieftains, were both recently top performers at the SVTTA Banded tournament. Both players have came into the 2^nd half of this season in a rich vein of form.

Hopefully they can keep up their good form! 

 

Stay tuned for more highlights and updates as the season continues!

Good luck also to all DDTTA players who will be playing in the TTS event this weekend, the North Ayrshire Open at Saltcoats.

 

Cheers, 

Doc, 

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary

 

CUP REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING 6th of JANUARY 

 

Happy new year guys and welcome back to some DDTTA action after the festive period!

Hope uz all had a great time over Xmas and new year and are rested and recharged for a new year of tt action in 2025!

As always, we kick off the new year in DDTTA with our customary Handicap Cup.

 

Competing teams from the spread of the whole league will compete against each other with the lower ranked teams getting a scoring advantage against the higher ranked team at the beginning of each set in a fixture.

Sets in each match will be played to either 21, 26 or 31 points depending on the severity of the handicap between the 2 teams' players playing against each other. 

Teams will get 5 serves each which should help the higher ranked teams to get back on an even par in the match.

 

Matches will be decided on the 1st team to reach 10 set wins in the match. 

If a set shall go to deuce then the winner is the player who wins the next point.

With that explanation, please see the following Handicap Cup report below!

 

HANDICAP CUP 1ST ROUND 

 

This season's DDTTA Handicap Cup sees all 23 teams from the spread of all 3 divisions competing against each other.

Some teams managed to get a bye through to round 2, however teams who were not so fortunate were playing against each other this past week in round 1 fixtures.

Here is what happened.

 

Squires V Letham

     10              8

 Squires stormed into a 5-1 lead, before Letham began their fightback to level the scores going into the last match. 

Scott Wishart took the first end against John McDuff comfortably and then sealed a 10-8 victory for Squires with a dramatic 21-20 final end!

The match could have gone either way but Squires edged it winning four of the five 21-20 ends.

Man of the match...

Scott Wishart 🏓👨‍🦽🔥

 

Swots V Prefects

   10               7

Tightly contested match with handicaps proving very accurate and fair.

Sets won by all players, with matches won 2-0 by Jie Guo,  playing as a reserve for Swots and Ryan Campbell proving decisive.

Knut Radmer staged a late comeback for Prefects winning 2-0 in his second last match, but Ryan finished things off in the final game.

Man of the match...

Ryan Campbell 🏓👨‍🦽🔥

 

Tigers V Lairds

    10            6

A very competitive tie and with the higher handicapped players proving difficult to beat as they raised their games. 

Plus 4 games going to 25 all and being decided by the last point. 

Well played Lairds.

Man of the match...

Lachlann Henderson 🏓👨‍🦽🔥

 

Defenders V Truants 

       10                 9

An all Div. 2 handicap clash here, where Defenders are in 2nd place in Div.2 and Truants

are in 2nd bottom place.

With both teams competing in Div. 2, each set would be the 1st to reach 21 points.

Ken Head was playing as a reserve for Defenders and this would prove to be pivotal in the outcome of the match with his higher handicap paying off for Defenders as Ken won 4 out of his 6 sets on his handicap of 11 with his biggest 2 set victories coming against Graham Wood in game #8 to give Defenders a 9-7 lead going into the final game.

 

It proved to be a great battle in the end however as Sandy Pearson of Truants equalising the match 9-9 against Richard Tough!

It came down to a final set decider!

Richard managed to overcome the 11-6 handicap of Sandy and win the match for Defenders!

Good battle lads!

Man of the match...

Ken Head 🏓👨‍🦽🔥

 

Brechin V Lundin Lynxes 

      9                     10

 

All matches here getting played to 26 points between the Div.1 team of Brechin and Div. 2 team of Lundin Lynxes.

Very close match that went all the way with Nat Forno of Lynxes coming from behind to win the last 2 games and the match for Lundin Lynxes against Brechin's reserve, Steve Stranock.

There was also an important 2 sets to 0 victory for Douglas Dewar of Lynxes against Aaron Robertson midway through the match that managed to get Lundin Lynxes back to 4-4 in the match with Aaron having a handicap of 17-6 down.

Man of the match....

Douglas Dewar 🏓👨‍🦽🔥

 

Comets V Aces

     10             9

What a comeback for Comets after going 3-7 down after 5 matches. 

Jill Milne, Fraser Smith and Dougal Ogilvie played brilliantly to level the match at 8-8 and then Fraser took the first game 26-15 to put Comets ahead for the first time only for Grant Williams to level the tie with a narrow 1 point win to level the tie at 9-9!

Fraser then played brilliantly to see Comets home with a well-deserved 26-20 win< Fraser playing with great calmness and authority. 

Now they must transfer that to their division 2 survival!!

I think it must be stated that Jos Berkout played with a recurrence of his back trouble and a fit Jos may well have made the difference for Aces.

Man of the match...

Matt Craig 🏓👨‍🦽🔥

 

Sputniks V Missiles 

       

Claimed on behalf of Sputniks

       Claim Type: A

      Reason for claim:

Missiles were mixed up about the date of this match. 

Sputniks were unable to offer a date for rematch due to squad availability

 

 

CHAIRMANS CHALLENGE SEMI FINAL

 

Knights V Villa

      4             2

Fiona Kinloch had a good play up with a close match against David Sim and a crucial win with Andrew Nimmo in the doubles which stretched Knights lead to 3-1 in the match meaning Villa would need to win all the remaining games to win the match.

This was not to be for Villa though as Callum Riddoch closed the match out in game#6 against Gary Lowson in straight sets.

 

This concludes the cup round-up for last week and here are the last 16 ties below in the Handicap Cup to be played on the week commencing, 17th of February (my bday!!!)

 

Villa V Barons        

Knights V Up4It 

Chieftains V Buccaneers  

Lundin lasers V Telecoms    

Duffers V Squires     

Swots V Tigers      

Defenders V Lundin Lynxes     

Comets V Sputniks

 

The Chairman's Challenge final will be contested by Up4it and Knights with a date to be arranged for this.

 

Cheers guys and good luck this Sunday (12th of January) to our competing DDTTA veteran's playing at Bathgate in the Scottish Veterans Banded tournament!

Back to normal league play next week 🏓

 

DOC,

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary 

 

LEAGUE REPORT for week commencing 16^th of December 🏓🎅🏓

 

Merry Xmas guys and welcome to the final week report of league matches before the Xmas break. Hope uz have all had a nice and festive christmas! 🎅

 

DIV.1 ROUND-UP

 

Swots V Lundin Lasers

     7                    3

Two singles wins each for Swots' Ryan Campbell, Ivan Szabolcs and Nick Shepherd.

Peter Aird of Lasers however proved a step too far winning all three of his singles matches, including a close battle of the anti-spin bats against Ivan!

Ivan and Nick pinched a close doubles encounter with Peter and Roman Nydza coming back from two sets down which was a crucial victory in the match as it put Swots 5-2 in the lead.

Overall a very enjoyable match had from both teams.

 

Villa V Brechin 

   4             6

This fixture was a good middle of the table battle between these 2 teams.

Villa got off to a 2-0 lead thanks to a good 5 set win for David Sim V Derek Mitchell, a battle of the ages some might say!!

However, Brechin stepped up their play and got back into the match as they got into a 3-2 lead thanks to a good 5 set come from behind winning for Aaron Robertson over Simmy.

Brechin stretched their lead to 6-3 in the match with Aaron being the starman of the show thanks to a 100% evenings play.

Simmy managed to beat Derek Beaton in straight sets in the final match of the night.

 

Up4it V Knights

    5             5

Knights salvaged a very creditable draw against Up4it despite having to play shorthanded!

Early singles defeats for Callum against, firstly Jacob, then Ryan, left Knights in a real spot of bother - their unbeaten record in jeopardy!! Callum managed to salvage the situation for himself and his team with a hard fought 4 set victory against Iain in the penultimate game of the evening, on the back of a doubles win with David against Ryan and Jacob despite losing the opening set 11-6. 

David Hay had his toughest night of the season so far, starting with a 4 set victory (from a set down!) against Iain Martin. 

David's 2nd match was even tougher, beating Jacob 3-1. 

Jacob will be rueing a missed service when leading 9-8 in set one, before losing it 9-11. 

The final game of the night was a cracker, David and Ryan serving up some spectacular rallies! Ryan was very unlucky to lose in 3 sets, the first two were 10-12 and 11-13 reverses, with David slighty more comfortable in the 3rd set, winning it 11-8.

It was great to see players from some of the other teams involved at WRG staying to watch the final tie - providing a real sense of occasion for everyone involved - great to see!

Up4it

 

Would "Nimrod's" presence have made any difference on the (K)night??

Did somebody "hide" the ball when serving??

Would Up4it have won if Gillian was available??

Is Jacob back to his best??

Will David lose this season??

Is "Doc" going to win a Vets event??

Will "Monty" be back next year??

Part 2 of the season will reveal all.

 

Merry Xmas from Up4it

 

  

 

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

Haymaker! 🏓🔥💯

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP 

 

Defenders V Truants 

        9                   1

 

The score did not reflect the closeness of the games, with plenty tight games. 

The best game of the night was where Sandy Pearson of Truants beat Richard Tough with a stunning performance to get Truants only point in the match.

The usual steady dudes, Glenn Christie and Sandy Bertie of Defenders both had 100% matches.

An important wide-margin victory here for Defenders if they are to maintain any kind of challenge to Barons for the division 2 title.

 

Barons V Tigers

    10             0

 

Top of the table Barons managed to get themselves into a 4-0 lead here.

Ian McLagan however put up a good fight by having 4 set battles with both Martin Klopper and Craig Smith in these 1st 4 games of the match before succumbing at deuce in the 4th in both matches. 

Unfortunately Marion had a bad fall in the first set of Match 5 vs Martin Klopper, injuring her elbow. She was unable to play the rest of the night. 

Great night for Andy Hughes playing as reserve and winning all 3 of his matches!

Signs looking ominous for the rest of Div.2 with Barons showing no signs of letting up at the summit of Div.2!

 

 

Lundin Lynxes V Chieftains 

            4                        6

 

This tie was played in reverse as it should have been getting played at Lundin Sports Club however the 2 teams agreed to play it at WRG.

Fiona Kinloch was the player of the match, winning her 3 matches with match of the night being her 5 set victory over the Div.2 player of last week, Nat Forno. 

Chieftains managed to into a 5-2 lead however the wily old Lynxes pegged Chieftains back to 5-4.

Fiona duly closed the match out though V Douglas Dewar.

 

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

Fiona Kinloch 🏓🔥🏓

 

TEAMS CLOSING OUT 2024 IN STYLE AT WRG! DUNDEE'S MECCA OF TT!!

 

That's a wrap folks for the 1st half of the season.

Up4it have managed to fight their way to the top of Div.1 after a sluggish start to their season however, Knights do have 2 games in hand.

Signs are looking ominous in Div.2 as Barons end the 1st half with a handy 12 games lead to challengers, Defenders. 

And in Div.3, Duffers have scrambled their way to the top by 1 point, however Buccaneers do hold 2 games in hand on them. Beware Duffers!!

 

I hope everyone is enjoying my league match reports that I have tried my best to complete each week.

Let's look forward to the next half of the season my TT'ers with the year 2025 beginning with Handicap Cup matches from Jan 6th onwards!

But before then I hope uz all have a merry and good New Year!! 

 

Loop the loops and down the drinks!!! 🍺🏓🍺

 

Cheers guys,

 

DOC,

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary 

 

CUP FINALS DAY @ WRG on Sunday 15th of December 

 

Hi guys,

Sunday the 15th of December saw teams from across all divisions competing against each another in the semi finals and finals of the Excelsior Cup, Secondary Shield and Consolation Cup.

 

EXCELSIOR CUP 

 

The semi final lineup was Brechin V Aces & Knights V Swots however due to injury and illnesses both Brechin and Swots could not make it.

Therefore,  a straightforward progression to the final for Aces and Knights. Onto the final then...

 

Aces V Knights - FINAL

    0            5

Knights were in sumptuous form yet again in this encounter where they beat their opponents in straight sets in all bar 1 of the matches where Jos Berkout took the very 1st set of the match off David Hay but Hay then found his form again by taking the match in 4 sets.

Another cup to Knights' name!

Well done.

 

Excelsior Cup Champions - KNIGHTS

 

SECONDARY SHIELD 

 

This is a Cup competition for all the lower division teams and the semi final line-up was as follows: 

Barons V Defenders & 

Telecoms V Chieftains. 

 

Barons V Defenders - Semi Final

     5                   1

Defenders got off to a good start with Glenn Christie beating Stuart Halliday the first match however Barons stepped up a gear and won the next 5 matches to take the win. 

It looked like some great play by both teams and today Barons were on form to take the win and make the final.

 

Telecoms V Chieftains - Semi Final

       5                     2

Telecoms proved to be too strong for Chieftains today, with David Monteith having 5 set tussles with both Fiona Kinloch and Jim Tawse winning them both and in the match between Graeme Elrick and Jim, Graeme took the first 2 sets, but Jim fought back to 2-2, Graeme then edged ahead winning 11-8 in the 5th set.

Telecoms won 5-2 to reach the final.

 

Barons V Telecoms - FINAL

     5                  0

Barons were worthy winners of the Secondary Shield, beating Telecoms 5-0, however they didn't have it all their own way, with Graeme taking Craig Smith to 5 sets, and most of the other matches going to 4 sets.

Telecoms put up a good fight, but the quality of Barons shone through to take the match.

 

Secondary Shield Champions - BARONS

 

CONSOLATION CUP

 

This is a Cup competition for all the lower division teams that lost their 1st round matches in the Secondary Shield.

The semi final lineup was as follows : 

Tigers V Lairds & 

Prefects V Letham.

 

Tigers V Lairds - Semi Final

    3              5

Some hard fought games, Rhona Payne of Lairds held her nerve against Ken Head to win 11-9 in the fifth set, and Ken and Shirley McKay of Lairds struggled to finish off two of their games, with a 14-16 and 16-18 score to Shirley. 

Lairds came out on top and progressed to the final.

 

Prefects V Letham - Semi Final

       2                 5

Prefects got off to a good start, however Letham stepped up their game, and after going 2-0 down they never lost a match. 

Charlie Ross  and John McDuff had a real battle, John going 2 up, then Charlie pulled it back to 2-2, but John had the edge in the final set. 

Letham winning 5-2 and progressing to the final.

 

Lairds V Letham - Final

     5             1

Lairds got off to a flying start, with Andy Hughes and Rhona winning against John and David Mackie , Rhona with a big duece in the 5th set win V David! 

Ian Farquhuar took the third match easily beating Shirley. 

Rhona, Andy and Shirley then won the next three matches to take the trophy. 

Although the 5-1 result doesn't reflect the close games especially those involving David, with his matches against Rhona and Shirley going to the wire.

 

Consolation Cup Champions - LAIRDS

 

That wraps up these cups for this season and well done to all the teams that made it to the Cup Finals Sunday and especially the winners.

This means we have the Chairman's Challenge Final, Handicap Cup and the Doubles Cups left to play for in the DDTTA Cup competitions for this season.

Good luck to all participating teams!

 

Cheers 

Ryan Doc, Joint DDTTA Match Secretary 

 

LEAGUE MATCH REPORT SUMMARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING 9th of DECEMBER 

 

DIV.1 ROUND-UP 

 

Lundin Lasers V Knights

            3                     7

Knights turned up to this fixture with only 2 players, in David Hay and Callum Riddoch.

Could Lasers cause an upset of mammoth proportions considering Knights only had the 2 players?

The answer was an emphatic no as both David and Callum won all of their matches including their doubles.

This result could prove invaluable come the end of the season in determining whether or not Knights will retain their league title or not.

 

 

Aces V Swots

    5            5

Aces were made to work hard for their draw, against an impressive Swots trio of Ryan Campbell, Ben Jamieson & Nick Shepherd who were in flying form on the night.

Swots swiftly took an early 2-0 lead. Ryan extracting a sweet 3-0 victory and revenge on Grant Williams earlier in the season, and Ben taking a solid 3-1 win over reserve Glen Christie.

Aces were notably without their Flying Dutchman (Jos), but it was Glen who bravely took up the late call up challenge, playing well, taking a couple of sets and nearly more.

Glen’s thought of nightshift and finishing up by 9pm to get some kip, may have been weighing on the mind.

After match 6, the score was 4-2 Swots, who were absolutely deserving of their lead and pushing for more...

The match jumped forward to match 8. 

Glen vs Nick, (to kindly allow Glen to get away). Unfortunately Glen couldn’t quite find his best form but it was Nick who took his chances well when the openings came and took Swots to a commanding 5-2 lead.

During this match Matt Craig disappeared but became locked outside in the cold for 10-15mins, after taking a fresh air break, unbeknown to everyone until this match had concluded. 

He would soon warm up…

Aces were in trouble and needed to find their form to salvage the night.

Next, match 8. Matt vs Ryan. 

A super match by both, Matt attacked well and Ryan blocked and counter well but struggled to break Matt’s attacking resolve and cool head in the heated moments. 

Highlight moment was two separate long rallies, where a rare triple net rally was shared by both, back to back, which involved some great skill and reactions to pick up off the net from both players and each win a point. 

Matt would win 3-1 which was certainly needed… the cold wait certainly paid off. 

Overall Scoreline 5-3 Swots.

March 10, Grant vs Ben. 

Grant managed to frustrate Bens attacking rhythm just enough, with his positional play and measured attacks to take it 3-1, to close the scoreline to 5-4 Swots.

Last up, back to match 7, “the Deciding Doubles”.

Grant and Matt went head to head with the two left handed loopers Ryan and Ben, and would make the most of their chances and fought competitively to win it 3-0 and earn a their comeback and draw.

Well played everyone a great match.

 

Villa V Up4it

   2           8

 

A convincing win for Up4it ultimately however they didn't get it all their own way. 

David and Gary overturned a 2-0 game deficit to win the doubles match v Ryan and Jacob while Gary had a straight set singles win over Iain. Up4it reigned supreme otherwise although Jacob and Iain both needed five games to see off David.

 

  

Jacob hitting against David                                                    But Villa can hit too…….                                             Rui hitting against Iain

 

Div. 1 Player Of The Week...

 

Ryan Doc 🏓🔥🏓

 

 

 

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP 

 

Comets V Tigers

      9               1

A Forthill derby match here with both teams in the relegation spots in Div.2.

Comets got off to a commanding lead in this match, steering into an 8-0 lead.

There was only one 5 setter in the match where Dougal Ogilvie beat Ken Head to quash any hopes of a Tigers comeback.

Dougal and Fraser Smith both won their 3 matches with Fraser winning all of his matches 3-0!

Bad news for Tigers as this result puts them at the bottom of Div. 2.

It was a friendly and enjoyable match between the two Forthill teams.

 

Truants V Lundin Lynxes

     3                       7

A comprehensive victory here for the away team Lynxes where Nat Forno and Arthur Duncan reigned supreme for the Lundin side with both 100% evenings.

If Graham Wood of Truants was able to convert his 2 sets to 0 lead against Arthur in match 2 then maybe Truants would have had a better chance of a more positive result however it was not to be for the St. Andrews team.

This leaves Truants battling Tigers at the bottom of Div.2.

 

Defenders V Barons 

         5                 5

An exciting top of the table clash here at F.S.C between Div. 2's two top sides!

With Defenders trailing Barons by 11 games in the league, a win here would be pretty crucial in order to apply pressure to Barons for topspot.

It turned out to be an evenly fought out battle between the 2 sides.

Rhona Payne was playing up for Barons here and unfortunately for her she failed to win any matches but she would not really expect to against the top team.

Both teams shared the lead in the match with Barons going 2-1 and 4-3 up.

Martin Klopper had a straight sets victory over Richard Tough to put Barons 5-4 up in the match however Defenders' Glenn Christie got the equaliser to defeat Craig Smith in straight sets also.

 

Div. 2 Player Of The Week...

 

Nat Forno 🏓🔥🏓

 

That's your lot from the past week's play throughout DDTTA.

A shortened version of the league summary as there are no Div. 3 matches now until after new year.

The standout match for this coming week is Up4it V Knights who are tussling at the top of the league along with Aces.

A win here for Up4it is key for their chances of winning the league or at least to put pressure on the ever-dominant Knights.

They will be playing tonight at WRG and I would urge any members or non-members to come down to WRG tonight to watch the match and enjoy the action!

 

Cheers everyone, 

Ryan Doc, DDTTA Joint Match Secretary 

 

LEAGUE MATCH REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING 2ND OF DECEMBER

 

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

 

Swots V Brechin

     10              0

 

Brechin conceded due to player's being injured and unwell.

 

Knights V Aces

     6              4

 

Aces were playing well especially Grant Williams and Matthew Craig. 

David Hay won his 3 but not comfortably for a change! 

Andrew Nimmo and Callum both were struggling mentally throughout the night which meant they were losing out in a lot of close sets. 

Good effort from Aces!

 

  

David taps a forehand towards Grant, Andrew looks on in awe                                                                                                           Tight doubles set from the same fixture

 

 

Up4it V Lundin Lasers

    10                  0

 

Great to see Paul "Monty" Monteith back for Up4it!!

Two man Lasers were up against it from the start and despite some spirited stuff from the "Fifers", they couldn't get a game on the board!

The win keeps Up4it in with a sniff for a crack at the title!!

Paul Montieth is back, reducing his opponent to a blur

 

Div. 1 Player Of The Week...

 

Davey "The Haymaker"!!! 🏓💯🔥

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP

 

Tigers V Chieftains

    5                 5

 

Another Divison 2 thriller!

Close match overall withh some exciting rallies and quite a late finish.

Marion Davidson excelled herself again with a thrilling match with Jim Tawse and Fiona Kinloch was displaying some wonderful shots with her game with Scott Thomson and they brought out the best in one another.

 

Lundin Lynxes V Defenders

           2                         8

 

Most Matches went to 4 sets and some close games. 

Sandy Bertie had a great night winning all his matches including partnering Scott Thomson in the doubles.

 

Barons V Comets

      9               1

 

Comets won games in 7 of the 10 matches.

The 3 exceptions were the returning Stuart Halliday from his dislocated shoulder, winning his 3 singles matches 3-0. 

Martin Klopper of Barons beat Fraser Smith 3-2 in a see sawing match.

Doug Ogilvie saved 3 match points to beat Andy Hughes 3-2! 

But later Andy beat Fraser 3-2. 

Jill Milne played some great rallies but lost 1-3 to Martin and Andy.

Good to see Stuart coming back from a serious injury last season.

 

  

The inimitable Fraser Smith                                                                                                                                          The inimitable Jill Milne, and Andy Hughes in the correct ready-position once again

 

 

Div. 2 Player Of The Week...

 

Stuart Halliday  🏓💯🔥

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

Buccaneers V Letham

          5                   5

 

Bucs went into a 3-1 lead, however Letham staged a great comeback to lead the match 5-3 with a good 5 set victory from David Mackie over Glyn Pritchard.

Glyn and Richard Bird rallied late on though to get the draw for Bucs.

A good 100% of wins here for Ian Farquhuar (my old teammate!) against a strong Bucs side that have been at the summit of Div. 3 most of the season so far.

 

Telecoms V Squires

      8                   2

 

Stewart Clark showing age is just a number with another week of a 100% performance, assisted finely from David Monteith who also won all of his matches.

 

  

Stewart unleashing something vicious against Winnie                                                                                          Textbook backhand return of serve from David against Scott

 

 

Duffers V Sputniks

      6                 4

 

A derby match played at Forthill Sports Centre here.

This was a closely contested match with 5 matches going all the way to 5 sets.

Amazingly, Duffers managed to win all of these 5 setters which would have dis-heartened Sputniks!

The doubles was won in 5 sets by Duffers and the next match was also won in 5 sets by Andy Reid against Lee Nixon.

Andy actually won all of his 3 matches in 5 sets! 

Good effort!

This victory puts Duffers top of Div. 3 going into the Christmas break putting pressure on 2nd placed Buccaneers who have 2 games in hand.

 

Missiles V Prefects

      0                10

 

Missiles came into this match with only 2 players which would hamper their chances of getting a positive result which was badly needed for the bottom team in the league.

Missiles rarely threatened Prefects in the match.

An important whitewash victory for the Prefects as it steers them away from the bottom of the division.

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week...

 

Ian Farquhuar 🏓💯🔥

 

There we have it guys! 

Another round of fixtures in the bag and the league is looking interesting with battles all over each division with teams swapping positions from 1 week to the next!

 

A point to note from this past week's Players Of The Week - every Player Of The Week are all on 100% for their season so far!

Well played Haymaker, Halliday and Mr. Farquhuar!! 💯

 

Cheers guys, 

 

Ryan Doc, 

Joint DDTTA Match Secretary.

 

LEAGUE REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING 25TH OF NOVEMBER

 

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

 

Aces V Lundin Lasers

   9                    1

 

Unfortunately in this fixture, Lundin Lasers could only muster up 2 players to play against Aces which would have a severe impact on the result of this match. 

This has already happened a few times for Lasers this season which is certainly not helping their cause of staving off relegation.

With that said, Lasers actually took the lead in the match with Adam Sitko beating Grant Williams in the 1^st match with a great 11-8 5^th set victory to beat Grant for a 2^nd time this season.

From there-on in though, Aces re-grouped and took hold of the match, winning the remaining matches all in sraight sets.

 

Brechin V Knights

      1                9

 

Both teams were playing up reserves in this match as Brechin were carrying injuries and Knights were without Andrew Nimmo.

Knights pretty much dominated the match, however, Aaron Robertson could count himself unlucky not to come away with 2 wins as he lost out in a tight 5setter to Callum Riddoch and he also took a set off Mr. 100%, Davey Hay.

A good performance from Aaron but not to be for the under-handed Brechin.

 

Villa V Swots

   4            6

 

An important victory here for Swots in their maiden season in Div.1 for their hopes of staving off relegation.

There were a few 5 setters in the match with Swots winning 3 out of 4 of them.

A pivotal moment in the match was in game 8, where Nick Shepherd had a good 5 set victory over Gary Lowson and then Ryan Campbell had a good straight sets victory over the experienced Jim Dyson.

This gave Swots the victory in the match, so a good team effort from the St. Andrews side.

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

 

Ryan Campbell 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP

 

Chieftains V Comets

        9                  1

 

An entertaining match played in a friendly atmosphere, good variety of shots and spins on show.

Comets were hampered however, coming into the match with only 2 players available.

 

Truants V Tigers

     5                5

 

An interesting battle here in St. Andrews at the bottom end of the table.

It was a well contested match swinging either way throughout the evening.

Hat trick hero on the night was Truant's Ian Smith.

 

Lundin Lynxes V Barons

            1                     9

 

Well deserved win for the Barons with Grace on top form winning her matches easily. 

No five set matches which shows the dominance of the Barons who continue their strong league two campaign.

Well done to Craig as well for his three match wins.

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

 

Ian Smith 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV. 3 ROUND-UP

 

Prefects V Lairds

      6               4

 

Andy Hughes was strolling to very comfortable night until Martin pushed him all the way in match 10.

However, Prefects had already secured the win in match 9 where Charlie and Heather fought out an especially tight fifth game with the St Andrews man only just pipping it.

This was Prefects first win of the season - and good to get it against a Lairds team that have rightly had the plaudits for their resurgence this season.

 

Missiles V Sputniks

      3                  7

 

Missiles put up a good fight in this match against mid-table Sputniks.

The most important matches in the tie however were the middle section of matches from the doubles onwards where Sputniks rallied to create a bit of breathing space in the match to go 5-2 and then 6-2 up.

Scott Xu was the star man of the match though with an impressive 3 out of 3 wins.

 

Squires V Duffers

      2               8

 

Duffers were always in control with Andy Reid and reserve Ping Xu winning all their singles and taking the doubles. 

Ping had a smile on his face after beating Steve Wilson in a tight contest, in the process reversing his loss to Steve last week when playing for Missiles.

Score may have been closer but Duffers took 5 of the 6 ends going to deuce.

 

Letham V Telecoms

     8                  2

 

There were various types of games played throughout the evening. 

Some were very open with players happy to trade big shots in long rallies, while other were very tight and cagey affairs with players waiting for their opponent to make a mistake.

Letham are pleasantly surprised to win so comfortably however, with only one match going to 5 sets, it could be argued that it was well deserved.

 

Div. 3 Player Of The Week...

 

Scott Xu 🏓🔥🏓

 

There you go folks for another week's play of DDTTA action. 

Lets see how the league tables look coming into christmas!

Good battles lie ahead!

 

On a wee sidenote, I would like to mention that Ryan Doc made his league debut in the Edinburgh & Lothians league in this week’s play for his new side, Penicuik, where he won all of his matches on his debut! (Just thought i would get that in there folks!)

 

Also, look out for Ward Road Warriors upcoming round of fixtures in the SBL.

They are playing this weekend.

 

Cheers guys, 

 

Ryan Doc, 

Joint Match Secretary.

 

MATCH REPORT SUMMARY FOR WEEK COMMENCING 18TH OF NOVEMBER

 

DIV.1 ROUND-UP

 

Lundin Lasers V Brechin

    2                         8

 

The 2 farthest teams in the league met on the 19^th of November with Brechin having to make the hour long journey this time to Lundin sports centre where Lasers were underhanded with no "PISTOL PIMPLE PETE" playing in this fixture. However, Brechin had to call on a reserve of their own to fill the boots of Derek Beaton as they called upon Murray Johnstone. 

Onto the match and Brechin raced into a 5-0 lead until Adam Sitko replied with a 3-0 victory over Brechin sub Murray.

This could not stem the flow for Lasers though as they pushed into an 8-1 lead and then Roman made the final scoreline 8-2 with a victory over subby Murray in a 5 setter.

Derek Mitchell and Aaron Robertson had comprehensive evenings, both winning their 3 matches as well as the doubles with Derek not dropping a set in any of his singles matches.

 

Aces V Up4it

    3               7

 

In a match-up between 2 of the top 3 sides in the league, this had the hallmarks of a great match and it didn't disappoint with some great rallies on display once again between these players despite the cold hall on a freezing evening at Forthill.

Aces and Up4it, both occupying the top 2 spots in the league, definitely ramped up the heating on the table with the 1^st 2 matches going all the way to tense 5 set victories each shared between the 2 sides, Grant Williams winning the opener v Iain Martin and then Ryan Docherty winning the next v Jos Berkout.

Up4it then put the heat right on Aces gaining a 4-1 advantage in the match with Jos losing another 5 set battle v Iain Martin.

Matt Craig managed to salvage a game back with a strong performance v Ryan winning that match 3-0,  however Up4it maintained their hot streak by winning the match 7-3 aided by a superb evening's play from Gillian Edwards who won all of her matches including the doubles with partner, Ryan.

This was a very important victory for Up4it because they had to close the gap on leaders Aces and also Knights who have 2 games in hand on them.

 

 

 

 

Knights V Villa

Match postponed

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week...

Gillian Edwards 🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP

 

Tigers V Defenders

     0                    10

 

Tigers, struggling at the foot of the table, had a very tough match ahead of them here against high-flying Defenders.

This is how the match proved as Defenders ran out with a white-wash victory.

Although the score shows good win for Defenders many of the games showed some fine rallies from both teams. Match of the evening was Marion v Richard where she took a 2-0 lead, lost the 3rd game and was then in the lead in both the 4th and 5th games but credit to Richard for digging in and coming back to win both these sets.

 

Comets V Truants

       5                    5

 

A bottom of the table clash here which will prove important come the final standings at the end of the season I think for deciding who may get relegated or not.

It turned out to be a very close game; nice to welcome back Graham Wood for Truants who displayed all his old skills and won his three games; best wishes from all players to his wife for a speedy recovery.

Howard Lee made a comment about the doubles match: he writes; "Awesome doubles performance by Ian McL and Dougal Ogilvie; it was like being in front of a firing squad!!

after all, they only managed 8 points in the three sets!!"

 Pity the Comets pair could not win their other singles matches!! 

A draw was a fair reflection of a very tight and long match.

 

Chieftains V Barons

         3                       7

 

Chieftains, who were lying in mid-table before this fixture, hosted top of the table Barons.

Barons had to call on reserve player Rhona Payne who has been playing alot of tt this season playing as a reserve quite alot and she acquitted herself well winning a match against Stewart Mason which proved pivotal in Barons winning the match.

She was finely assisted by "Miss 100%" herself, Grace Gao who yet again won all of her matches!

Girl power still going strong in Dundee tt!

It was a fiercely competitive but friendly match with all players demonstrating excellent shot making resulting in some spectacular rallies.

Barons are looking rampant in Div.2 this season!

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week...

The returning Mr. Graham Wood!  🏓🔥🏓

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

Sputniks V Prefects

       7                  3

 

Very close fixture, played in good spirit as usual between these teams, and decided in the end by some close 5 set matches. 

In the first one Eric Brown saved at least one match point before winning against Martin Turnbull.

Then Richard Bellis came from 2 sets down to pip Charlie Ross.

And not to be out-done Jack Oughton of Sputniks seemed to have let his much younger opponent Charlie back into it by losing the 3rd and 4th sets but rallied to win the 5th set. 

So after all that perhaps it was only fair that Dave Beveridge and Martin won the doubles after 10-10 in the 5th!

The last three matches were shorter but all three were closer than the score suggests with some spectacular tt in Jack vs Martin.

Eric won his 3 matches. 

 

Squires V Missiles

      5                5

 

Two closely matched teams resulting in a 5-5 draw. 

No player was able to win three matches. Missiles held an early lead, Squires came back strongly before Missiles won the last two matches.

Missiles really needed a win here to try and bring the pack closer to them at the bottom of the league. 

 

Letham V Duffers

Awaiting scorecard

Buccaneers V Lairds

Awaiting scorecard

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week...

Mr. Chairman himself,  Eric Broon! 🏓🔥🏓

 

That's a wrap guys for the past week's tt action throughout DDTTA.

On to this week's play and hopefully Storm Bert has died down for our travelling teams!

All the best dudes and dude-ette's! 🏓🏓🏓

 

Regards, 

Ryan Doc, 

DDTTA Joint Match Secretary 

 

League week 8 - week commencing 11^th of November

 

DIV.1 ROUND-UP

 

Brechin v Aces

      4             6

Aces travelled to Brechin with the latter looking for revenge for the heavy loss at the start of the season at Forthill. 

In a very competitive match with some long and exciting rallies Aces came out on top with a 6-4 victory.

Grant Williams managed 3 excellent victories along the way however the most exciting match was the doubles going to 5 ends and having 3 deuce games with Brechin sneaking it!

Derek Mitchell had an impressive 2 match victories in the tie to help keep Brechin stay close to Aces in the match with both of his victories coming in 5 set battles against Matt Craig and Jos Berkout.

A good performance from Derek as both of his losing opponents are above him in the player averages table and also showing he has made a good recovery from his knee injury he sustained against Ryan Docherty the week before.

This match puts Aces at the summit of Div. 1 once more this season.

 

Villa v Lundin Lasers

   9                  1

This match may prove to be an influential one come the end of the season in determining who may be relegated from Div.1 as both teams look like they may be down the bottom end of the table this season. 

With Lasers competing this week without their stalwart, Peter Aird (the globetrotter!), this match was going to prove to be difficult for them to gain anything out of this tie.

Villa went 3-1 up in the match and i would say the 5^th match of the tie proved to be crucial in Villa taking the victory in the match as Rui Yang Na managed a come from behind 5 set victory over Nat Forno (Peter's substitute).

From that point onwards, the Villains put Lasers to the sword!

Two, 100% evenings from Jim Dyson and Dave Sim.

 

Up4it v Swots

    7            3

Another standout game, showcasing the strength of the top division this season.
Player of the night =  Ryan Docherty for his 3 singles wins and winning the doubles tie along with Iain Martin. 

Comeback of the night = Ryan Campbell - 0-2 down and 7-10 down v Iain Martin (sorry to remind you Iain) - Ryan dug deeper than deep to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat! 

Gillian Edward's two wins were crucial for Up4it's overall victory. 

Ben Jamieson and Nick Shepherd both performed well for Swots, although Nick got nothing for his efforts on the night, despite pushing the Doc all the way in their tie.

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week ...

GRANT WILLIAMS 🔥🏓🔥

 

DIV. 2 ROUND-UP

 

Truants v Chieftains

      5                 5

Six 5 match games in a thrilling encounter here which swung either way throughout the evening.

This match was neck and neck with a big 5 set victory for Ian Smith over Stewart Mason in match #8 after Ian's Truants team won their doubles tie aswell. 

This gave Truants a 5-3 lead in the match however Chieftains were not to be thwarted by Truants as they came from behind to salvage a 5-5 draw with Jim Tawse pulling  a come from behind 5 set victory out of the bag against Howard Lee.

 

Defenders v Comets

        6                  4

A Div.2 derby match here between the 2 Forthill teams where Eric Brown was playing as a reserve for Defenders.

Unfortunately for Eric, the step up to Div.2 proved to be a little too much for him as he was winless on the night.

Glenn Christie was in imperious form again, maintaining his 100% league average with 3 wins on the night. 

He was assisted finely by Sandy Bertie who won 2 out of his 3 matches.

Glenn capped off the evening winning the deciding match against Fraser Smith.

 

Lundin Lynxes v Tigers

          10                  0

Difficult night for Tigers with only one match going to five sets. Douglas Dewar deserves special mention as he won his first ever three match haul and boosted his average to 50%.

As always a very friendly fixture and looking forward to the return fixture next year.

An important white-wash victory for the Lynxes as it keeps them hanging onto the coat-tails of 2^nd placed Defenders.

As for Tigers, they remain embroiled in a relegation battle.

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week ...

DOUGLAS DEWAR 🔥🏓🔥

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

Prefects v Squires

      4                6

Really good contest. 

Prefects never quite got over the bad start to the night but good to see both of the St. Andrews side's rookies, Gustavo San Roman and Callum Mowat, get on the scoreboard, especially with a tight doubles win as well. 

Steve stole the show overall with a good hattrick of singles wins.

 

Telecoms v Buccaneers

       1                    9

A big top of the table clash here at WRG with Telecoms hosting Buccaneers!

This was a mouth-watering clash of the best 2 sides in Div.3.

A battle was foreseen here however, Brechin side Bucs had other plans!

A comprehensive 9-1 away victory at the home of their nearest rivals really has laid down a marker to the rest of Div.3 that Bucs are going to be the team to beat this season in Div.3!

Two 100% evenings by Buc's Steve Stranock and Murray Johnstone.

Well played Bucs!

 

Missiles v Letham

      0              10

This match saw a trouncing of Missiles, where Letham came from afar to shoot down the trio of Missiles!

Letham, sporting the only player left in Div.3 with a 100% average, in Ian Farquhar, came, saw and conquered at Forthill with each Letham player winning  their matches 3 sets to 0!

This is a very rare occurrence in DDTTA league matches, to win so comfortably and i would like to give Letham a special mention for this.

Well done Letham!

 

Lairds v Sputniks

    4               6

A mid-table clash here at WRG.

Sputniks winning 3-2, four times out of the five 5 setters was the difference between the teams.

Andy Hughes kept the scoreline respectable for Lairds with an impressive 100% evening.

 

DIV.3 Player Of The Week ...

MURRAY JOHNSTONE 🔥🏓🔥

 

There we go folks!

Another week goes by in DDTTA!

I hope everyone is enjoying their tt this season as the build up to xmas is upon us!

 

I would like to point out to everyone that this weekend (17th & 18^th Nov) our very own Ward Road Warriors are competing in their 2^nd round of fixtures in Div. C1 in the Senior British League at Halton TTC in Widnes where they are currently sitting joint top of the division.

They will have important matches against Aberdeen and Birmingham in this round of fixtures.

The team for this round of fixtures consists of, in player ranking order:

1. Andrew Nimmo
2. Jacob Munro
3. Matt Craig
4. Grant Williams

Good luck WARRIORS!

 

Good luck also to our DDTTA veteran players playing on Sunday 17^th November at Bathgate for the Vets Assessment. Players playing are newbie vet Ryan Docherty, Gillian Edwards, Iain Martin, Aaron Robertson, Ian McLagan and Winnie Stein.

 

Regards, 

Ryan Doc, 

DDTTA Joint Match Secretary.

      

 

Ryan D forehand attack against Ryan C with serially injured team-mate watching on                                       Steve Stranock backhand drive against Anthony Hughes                                           Lee Nixon, vicious, but Rhona Payne seems to have it covered

 

 

League week 7 - week commencing 4^th of November

 

DIV. 1 ROUND-UP

Swots v Knights

    1              9

Enjoyable match with a clean sweep of wins for David Hay and Callum Riddoch.
2 good singles wins for Grace Gao playing up for Knights.
Ivan Szabolcs salvages only point for Swots against Grace. 

 

Villa v Aces

   0         10

Derby match here played at Forthill Sports Centre where Villa were slightly under-handed in the tie as they had to call on a reserve in Glenn Christie.

A fairly routine win was dished out by an impressive Aces side this season over their clubmates although Jos Berkout saved 3 match points in the 5th set against David Sim to eventually triumph in a nailbiter!

 Sub Glenn Christie gave Matt Craig a tough match winning the first game and threatening to win more.

 

Up4it v Brechin

    9              1

After a flying start, an early injury for Derek Mitchell (game 1) put paid to Brechin's chances of taking something significant from the tie.
Aaron got Brechin's only success in game 3, edging a high quality battle against Iain Martin. 

Aaron narrowly lost his other 2 fixtures, losing to Ryan in 5 and Gillian in 4.

Derek Beaton had some spells of brilliance against Iain and Ryan but had nothing to show for his endeavor at the end of the night. 

Gillian Edwards continues to impress despite her lack of game time.

An important wide margin victory here for Up4it as they hang onto the coat-tails of pace-setters Aces and Knights.

 

Div.1 Player Of The Week ...

David Hay.  🔥💯🏓 

Another week where he wins all of his matches 3-0! Will anyone be able to get near the Haymaker this season?!

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP

Defenders v Chieftains

       8                      2

A fixture here where 2 of the top 3 teams in Div.2 squared off against each other. 

A battle ahead was foreseen here, however, Defenders raced into a 3-0 lead then proceeded to maintain their lead in the tie throughout.

Sandy Bertie's 5 set victory over Stewart Mason seemed to prove instrumental in Defenders keeping Chieftains at bay.

 

Barons v Truants

    10             0

Barons handed out a trouncing to the travelling Truants mob where newby Grace Gao continued her 100% winning streak this season with three 3-0 wins. 

The other matches were closely contested and Sandy Pearson was unlucky to lose to Bill Beattie in a five set match.

An important match that has created a little breathing space at the top of Div.2 for Barons.

 

Div.2 Player Of The Week ...

Glenn Christie 🔥💯🏓

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

Squires v Sputniks

      4                6

Squires fought hard but once Sputniks got in front they couldn't be caught with Lee Nixon securing the victory in the last match against Winnie Stein.

No player was able to win all their matches however, Scott Wishart can count himself unlucky not to win his 3 matches.

 

Letham v Prefects

     5                 5

With 7 of the matches going to a 5th set, a draw was definitely a fair result.
There were plenty of exciting and entertaining matches, with some great rallies. 

It was all played in a friendly and sporting manner which made for a fantastic, if somewhat long evening of table tennis.
A special mention to David Mackie who was called into the team at the last minute and single-handedly kept Letham in the tie with his 3 match victories!

 

Buccaneers v Duffers

        8                    2

An early season top of the table clash here.

There were 3, 5 set matches in this tie in which Buccaneers won all 3 of them remarkably all by 2 points!

Ping Xu who was playing as a reserve for Duffers can count himself unfortunate to come out on the losing end twice in these 5 set defeats to Glyn Pritchard and Murray Johnstone. 

These 5 set defeats must have been demoralising for the travelling Duffers missing their main man, Andy Reid.

This victory had put Buccaneers top of Div. 3 with a game in hand. 

 

Telecoms v Lairds 

       5                5

Another clash from 2 teams battling near the top of Div.3 here and the match showed how close these 2 teams are at the moment in Div.3.

Telecoms were starting this match with a player down, and against the up and coming ladies of Lairds, it was going to be a battle.

First blood to Telecoms with Stewart Clark holding firm after it went 1 each with 2 games to take him over the line. 

Next was Rob Fotheringham and Rhona Payne. Rhona took the lead with a slender 15-13 and Rob replied with a comprehensive 11-8. 

Rhona then found herself 2-1 up with an impressive 11-2 end. 

Rob somehow kept his nerve to see the game out with a couple of 11-8 ends. 2-0 to Telecoms. 

The doubles were pretty even right to the last end where it was seen out with a 10-12 victory for Lairds.

Last game of the evening was Stewart and Rhona, which Stewart seemed to be cruising to victory with a two nil lead, only to be pegged back to 2-1 in the third with an impressive 11-5 for Rhona.

Stewart got his head down and ground out the last end 11-6 which sealed a draw for two man Telecoms and impressive 100% evening for "Clarky" who was keen on telling the on-looking Ryan Docherty, 

"No bad for a 77 Yr old A!".

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week ...

Stewart "Clarky" Clark 🔥🏓🔥

 

So folks, as we come to the end of the 1st round of fixtures in Div.1 and 2 it can be seen that Knights and Aces are tussling at the top of Div.1 however, Knights do have a game in hand. 

In Div.2, Barons have opened up a 10 game lead ahead of Defenders.

Let's see how the rest of this season unfolds and can any other teams jump into the title mixes!!

 

Also, as I was playing last week at the epicentre of Dundee table tennis, WRG, it was duly pointed out to me from Winnie Stein that in the 1st time in years, there were female players participating on every table in the hall last week competing in matches in all divisions.

This was fantastic to see and shows how our female participation in DDTTA this season has increased.

All we need now is some new youngsters to start coming through the DDTTA ranks.

Hopefully,  Eric and Ryan's foray a few weeks ago into St. Paul's Academy where they done demonstrations with around 30 school pupils taking part will reap some benefits and hopefully some of these kids will make their way to some of our local clubs.

 

Also guys, look out in November for our budding Dundee teams who will be taking part in SBL and also SNL.

Ward Road Warriors make their trip down south again to Widnes this weekend with important fixtures to try and maintain their top spot in SBL Div. C1. 

We will have an all-Scottish top of the table clash against Aberdeen which could prove pivotal in us winning the division or not and therefore gaining promotion to Div. B next season. 

Good luck to my Warriors!!

In SNL action this month, our 2 budding Dundee senior teams will have more tough matches lying ahead in SNL Div. 2 in a couple of weeks with both Dundee A and Dundee B looking to gain promotion to Div. 1 next season.

A tantalising Dundee derby is on the horizon which is always good for local bragging rights when coming back to DDTTA action!

Good luck to both sets of Dundee squads.

 

Regards,

Joint Match Secretary, 

Ryan Docherty 

   

Teams creating their own fireworks on the table at WRG on Guy Fawkes Night!!!                              Iain Martin preparing forehand attack vs Aaron Roberston                                                         Bill Beattie unleashing his backhand against Charlie Ross

 

 

 

League week 6 - week commencing 28st of October 🎃

 

DIV.1 ROUND-UP

 

There were only 2 matches played in Div.1 this past week as Aces had their free week and Knight's league match v Up4it was transferred to their Excelsior Cup 1st round tie.

 

BRECHIN V VILLA

       7               3

After losing the opening game, Brechin were never behind again in a competitive match with a number of dueces during the night as well as an extraordinary amount of nets and edges.

Brechin were in good form with all players contributing.

Derek Mitchell won his 3 with a marathon 4 set match v David Sim where all but 1 were close games.

Closest match of the night threw in some exhilarating rallies in match 8 where Jim Dyson came out on top against Aaron Robertson.

 

LUNDIN LASERS V SWOTS

Matchcard still not received

 

DIV.1 Player Of The Week ...

DEREK MITCHELL 🔥🎃🔥

 

DIV.2 ROUND-UP

 

TIGERS V BARONS 

     4                6

All round an enjoyable match with some excellent rallies.

A special mention for Rhona Payne who stepped in as a reserve and gave a good account of herself.

Grace Gao won her 3 matches again along with a convincing doubles victory partnered by Bill Beattie.

 

CHIEFTAINS V LUNDIN LYNXES

         8                          2

Chieftains roared into a 5-0 lead in this tie with 2 come from behind 5 set match wins for Jim Tawse which would have deflated the Lynxes.

Arthur Duncan did get Lundin on the board in match 6 v Stewart Mason but it proved to be to no avail as Chieftains got back on it to win the match 8-2.

Jim Tawse was the starman with his 3 victories, all of which he was behind!

Good scrapping Jim!!

 

TRUANTS V DEFENDERS

       5                     5

Definitely a game of 2 halves with Truants gaining the upper hand initially until Defenders gradually whittled down the lead thanks to a great 3 wins for Sandy Bertie.

Sandy earned the draw in the final match of the night v Howard Lee.

 

DIV.2 Player Of The Week ...

JIM TAWSE 🔥🎃🔥

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

SPUTNIKS V LETHAM

        5                  5

This match was a very even affair throughout as no team could take more than a 1 game advantage. 

Ian Farquhar was the main man in the match winning his 3 matches and earning the draw for Letham in the final match v Jack Oughton.

 

DUFFERS V TELECOMS

       6                    4

In an early season top of the table clash,  Telecoms could only table 2 players unfortunately for this fight.

However, Graeme Elrick played a stormer winning his 3 matches with a notable win coming against the Andy Reid and in turn taking Andy's 100% record for the season!

Graeme's resilience in this match managed to fork out a close 6-4 defeat which may prove a  crucial result come the end of the season.

 

 

 

MISSILES V BUCCANEERS

       1                       9

Glyn Pritchard and Murray Johnstone were on form in this match, both winning their 3 matches.

Ping Xu was the only scorer for Missiles.

 

Div.3 Player Of The Week ...

GRAEME ELRICK 🔥🎃🔥

 

EXCELSIOR CUP 1ST. ROUND

 

KNIGHTS V UP4IT

       5                0

There were some great rallied and shots from both teams in this tasty encounter.

The closest match was Andrew Nimmo v Gillian Edwards which was neck and neck throughout a 5 set victory for Andrew.

Knight's showed there class by coming away with a convincing victory.

 

Another week of competitive tt had throughout DDTTA guys where the league tables are beginning to take shape with regular title hotshots Knight's top of Div.1, a new look Barons top of Div.2 and old stalwarts Duffers proving a tough nut to crack, sitting at the summit of Div.3.

Will any other teams manage to dethrone these early season pace-setters?

Watch this space guys!!! 

 

Also, don't forget to check out our DDTTA social media outlets which include our own YouTube channel as well as our X, Instagram and Facebook accounts.

Now onto another week's league action this week guys and hopefully there will be some fireworks! 💥🎇 (see what i've done there!)

 

Regards, 

Joint Match Secretary,

Ryan Docherty

 

 

League week 5 - week commencing 21st of Oct.

 

Hello there guys and welcome to another summary of league's play for the past week!

 

DIV.1 ROUND UP

 

Knights v Lundin Lasers 

     10                   0

Lundin made the trip to Ward Road and played some great table tennis. 

Despite the scores there were some good rallies but the Knights team had enough tricks to pull ahead. 

Big match was Peter vs Callum, there was a lot of back and forth with sets but in the 5th set Peter just got off to a bad start.

Signs are beginning to look a little ominous in the early stages of this season's 1st Division as regular champions Knights are already proving to be a tough nut to crack holding top position in the league.

"Haymaker" in overpowering form yet again. Will anyone manage to take his 100% average from him this season?! I have my doubts!

 

Swots V Aces

     1            9

Aces inflicted a tough night of detention on the  Swots!

Full house of singles wins for Grant and Matt all in straight sets which was rather impressive.

Ryan salvaged a consolation point in the very final match of the night v Jos Berkout  to avert a whitewash for Swots. 

Another strong early season performance from Aces who look like they may mount a little challenge for the league title this season.

 

Up4it v Villa

   10         0

A much closer game than the scoreline suggests!

Lots of quality TT played by both teams. 

Gary, Jim and Rui all had opportunities to take something from the match, but it wasn't to be!

Iain Martin starring for Up4it with his first "full house" of the season!,

Gillian Edwards in good form and the Edinburgh Band 2 Champ - Ryan Doc - his usual entertaining self!

Up4it kind of needed this early season whitewash victory to stay on the tails of Knights and Aces after a stumbling start to their season.

 

Div. 1 Player Of The Week:

Gillian Edwards 💯🔥🏓

 

DIV.2 ROUND UP

 

Tigers v Comets

    5               5

A good competive game was had between these 2 sides at F.S.C.

Dougal Ogilvie was the starman of the show for Comets, playing very well and winning his 3.
Some excellent rallies were had during this close encounter and another very close 5 set victory was produced from Kenny McLaren v Ian McLagan with the last 3 sets of their match all going to duece!

I think this season we will need to give Kenny a new name of Kenny "DUECE IN THE 5TH" McLaren!!

 

Lundin Lynxes v Truants

           8                      2

Very friendly fixture with some close games and six matches going to four games. 

Arthur Duncan and Nat Forno had a good night winning all their games including the doubles although Jie made it difficult for Nat in their first two games and the match could have gone either way.

 

Barons v Defenders

     9                 1

An early season top of the table clash being played between these 2 sides so was interesting to see what the outcome of this match would be.

Defenders however, had to call on reserve, Scott Thomson who was unable to register a victory on the night.

This match was not as one sided as the result would suggest though, with some close games. Star of the match was Barons new player Grace Gao winning her three singles matches and shared the doubles win with Martin without losing a set. Well one Grace.

This result lays down a marker to the rest of Div.2 that Barons mean business this season!

Was good to see some new players on show aswell for them at WRG.

 

Div. 2 Player Of The Week : 

Grace Gao 💯🔥🏓

 

DIV. 3 ROUND UP

 

Letham v Squires 

     5                5

The lead in this match changed hands a couple of times before Squires took a 5-3 lead and it looked like they were going to win. 

Credit to Letham however, who fought back to earn a draw, which was probably the right result.

Some interesting matches where players' dominance could swing back and forth, even within sets, for no apparent reason.

Special mention to John McDuff of Letham who won his 3 matches finishing with an impressive straight sets win against a strong Shirley McKay to draw the match for Letham in the decider.

 

Buccaneers v Prefects

         10                  0

Buccaneers enjoyed a reasonably comfortable evening at The Crickety against their St. Andrews counterparts. 

Martin Turnbull of Prefects can count himself unlucky not to come away with atleast 1 match victory after suffering 2 of his 3 losses in 5 sets.

 

Telecoms v Missiles

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Telecoms got off to a cracking start in this match running off into a 4-0 lead with all of these matches being won in straight sets.

Ping Xu got Missiles' solitary victory on the night with a 5 set close victory against Rob Fotheringham to make the match 4-1.

Telecoms then took control of the match there on in though.

 

Duffers v Lairds

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A win for Lairds in this match after trailing 3-1, with a couple of close matches.

Match # 2 of the night between the two Andy's had some fantastic shots and Andy Reid, with his very steady play, was the victor in the fifth set v Andy Hughes. 2 very solid Div.3 players.

Reserve player Nathan Bertie for Duffers changed his tactics at two sets down against Heather Gunn and won the next 2 sets which was good for him, however, Heather held her nerve and came back strongly in the fifth set to take the victory and put Lairds 5-4 in the lead.

Andy Hughes sealed the deal for Lairds with a straight sets victory over Billy Liddle in the decider!

 

3rd Division this season is looking like the most exciting division of the season so far at this early point with the top 4 teams of Telecoms, Duffers, Buccaneers and Lairds all tussling with each other for topspot!

Will be exciting to see how this season pans out between these teams.

 

Div. 3 Player Of The Week : 

Andy Reid 💯🔥🏓

 

So there we have it for another week in DDTTA folks!

More good competitive play and I have to say that it was nice to see good competitive play on Tuesday night at WRG with teams competing in the same hall spanning all divisions and also 2 Player Of The Week's awarded to 2 female players.

Good to see female players playing a big part in DDTTA again for the inclusivity of our sport in the region which has been lacking throughout the years.

Please see some match action snapshots below from WRG on Tuesday 22nd of October league play.

Cheers guys.

 

Your DDTTA Joint Match Secretary,

Ryan "EDINBURGH BANDED BAND 2 CHAMP" Docherty!

    

 

Sandy Bertie forehand smash vs Craig Smith                                                                                              WRG in all its glory                                                                                                                                           Callum Riddoch with his eye on the ball           

 

 

 

 

League week 4 – week commencing 14^th October.

 

Hi folks and its been a switch back to regular league play this past week.

 

DIV. 1 ROUND UP

 

Lundin Lasers v Up4it

 

Up4it took a trip through the land of Fife to reach their destination of Lundin Links.

This has been a prosperous venue for usual title contenders Up4it in the past few seasons however this past Tuesday night proved to be a different story. Up4it got off to a sticky start going 2-0 down early doors thanks to Peter Aird defeating Iain Martin and a spirited close 4 set victory for div 1 new boy, Adam Sitko v the experienced Ryan Docherty! Paul Monteith took himself off of the injured list for Up4it and came away with a credible 2 match wins v Roman Nydza and Adam. This certainly helped Up4it salvage a draw out of the match after Iain and Ryan could not convert their 2 match points in the doubles meaning the final match of the night between Adam and Iain had everything to play for, win, lose or draw! 

Thankfully for Up4it Iain managed to get the victory meaning the match finished 5-5.

Well done to Adam for his victory v Ryan and well done to Peter on a 100% nights work.

Well played Lundin Links (and Paul with his gammy knee!).

 

Aces v Knights

 

There was an early season top of the table clash played at Forthill Sports Centre between ever present title contenders Knights and early season impressers Aces. 

This looked like it would be a possibly close match after the good start that Aces have had this season, however it was not to be for them as Knights showed their quality by coming out resounding 9-1 victors. 

Matt Craig was the guy that got Aces' solitary point in the match with a 3-1 victory over Andrew Nimmo. 

A good outing was had from both David Hay and Callum Riddoch, both with 100% nights, however it is worthy of note that Grant Williams took David "Haymaker" close in his 3 set victory over Grant. It's seldom seen these days that the Haymaker is took so close in his matches in local league play.

 

Brechin v Swots  

 

The Crickety played host to Brechin v Swots where a see-saw match was played out which ended up with both teams taking a share of the spoils. 

Swots were always leading the match by 1 until after the doubles where Brechin then took the ascendancy in the match but the match ended up a draw with a big win for Nick Shepherd of Swots v Derek Beaton in the deciding match of the night. 

There was a notable impressive debut for new boy to the league, Ben Jamieson of Swots who won all of his matches in 3 straight sets which is no mean feat for a player making their debut in Dundee's top division.

 

DIV 1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK GOES TO..........

BEN JAMIESON 🏓💯🔥

 

DIV. 2 ROUND UP

 

There were victories all round in Div.2 last week and all the victorious teams were Barons beating Comets 7-3, Chieftains beating Tigers 7-3 and Defenders beating Lundin Lynxes 8-2.

 

Comets v Barons.

 

This was a closely fought match where Barons took the ascendancy in the match mid-way through the contest with a 5 set victory for Bill Beattie over the ever present Ian McLagan being a big victory in keeping Barons noses in front in the match. 

From then on in, they never relinquished their lead.

Fraser Smith was the man of the match (M.OT.M.) with a fantastic 3 match wins with 2 of them being 11-9, 5^th set victories!

 

Chieftains v Tigers

 

Chieftains came away from this match with a nice 7-3 victory where Fiona Kinloch reigned supreme with a 100% evening winning all 3 of her singles and also winning the doubles match too. 

It was good to see youngster, Lachlann Henderson putting in a competitive display once again against a very experienced div. 2 outfit in Chieftains, whereby he had a good come from behind 5 set victory over Stewart Mason.

 

Defenders v Lundin Lynxes

 

Defenders stormed into a commanding 5-0 lead thanks to impressive performances from all 3 of their players, Glenn Christie, Sandy Bertie and Richard Tough. 

Sandy and Glenn were particularly impressive players on the night where they both left with 3 victories each.

A special mention to Sandy who won all of his singles matches in straight sets!

 

DIV 2 PLAYER OF THE WEEK GOES TO...............

SANDY BERTIE! 🏓🔥

 

DIV.3 ROUND-UP

 

Prefects v Telecoms

 

Telecoms came back over the water from St. Andrews with a hard fought 6-4 victory where the mid-way matches in the fixture were all won by the away team which proved pivotal in determining the victor of the tie. 

A special mention to Martin Turnbull however for the home side as he won all 3 of his singles matches despite ending up on the losing side.

 

Sputniks v Buccaneers

 

Buccaneers were always in control of this match where Glyn Pritchard of Buccaneers can count himself unlucky not to get the whitewash victory for Bucs as the 2 matches he lost were close 5 set defeats.

Steve Stranock and Murray Johnstone of Bucs made their experience count with both players coming away from Forthill with 100% evenings.

 

Missiles v Duffers

 

Missiles could only table 2 players for this fixture which did not help their chances of achieving a positive result against a very experienced team of Duffers who must accumulate atleast 100 years of playing time between all of their players!

Duffers ran away with a whitewash 10-0 victory which puts Duffers top of the div.3 table and they look like early season title contenders.

A little mention for Nathan Bertie who had a narrow 5 set defeat against Billy Liddle.

 

Lairds v Letham

 

The match at WRG was all square 3-3 until the doubles contest where Shirley McKay and Heather Gunn won it in 5 sets. The all ladies team of Lairds then took control of the match thereafter by winning all of their matches to take the match 7-3.

 

DIV 3 PLAYER OF THE WEEK - 

MARTIN TURNBULL 🏓💯

 

This round-up's last weeks league fixtures folks!

Onwards and upwards to this weeks league fixtures!

Keep Delivering they Drives, Piling in they Pushes, Bouncing in the Blocks and Launching they Loops!!

Over and out!

 

DDTTA Joint Match Secretary, 

Ryan Docherty

 

 

CUP WEEK MATCH REPORTS - Week commencing 7th of October.

 

Hi everyone.

This past week has saw the return of our cups events for the new 24'/25' season including matches being played in the Excelsior, Secondary Shield and Consolation Cups.

 

EXCELSIOR CUP 1ST ROUND

 

In the Excelsior Cup, where this is predominantly competed by the top division teams, there were 1st round wins for Aces, Brechin and Swots.

Aces played a derby 1st round match v their neighbours, Villa.

Aces came out on top 5-1 to underline their good start to the season.

The standout match from their tie came between Grant Williams and Gary Lowson where every set was decided by 2 points in a 4 set battle where Grant came out on top. This seemed to prove pivotal in the outcome of their match putting Aces 4-1 in the lead.

 

Swots came over the bridge to take on Div. 2 team Barons at WRG and returned over the bridge back to St. Andrews with a pretty comfortable 5-1 victory.

However i would like to give a nod of appreciation to Bill Beattie who took sets off of 2 of the Swots players which is good going from a player who plies his trade a division below the Swots team.

These sets he won also went along with the 5 matches he won in the Secondary Shield, playing for Barons and Chieftains to help both of his teams gain victory in these matches v Duffers and Truants respectively! 1 of Bill's sets was a granny against Howard Lee of Truants, sorry Howard!! A busy and productive cup week for Bill!

 

Brechin had a whitewash victory over Div.2 side Chieftains who could only get a 2-man team out on the table.

Jim Tawse was unfortunate in 2 of his matches where he lost out in a close 5 sets.

 

These results mean that the semi final lineup is nearly full as Brechin will play Aces and Swots are awaiting the winner of the Up4it v Knights tie.

 

 

SECONDARY SHIELD 2ND ROUND

 

Barons, Defenders, Telecoms and Chieftains all navigated their way through to the semi finals.

The standout match was Chieftains v Truants where Chieftains came out on top as 5-4 winners in a hotly contested match full of 5-setters where Bill Beattie reigned supreme, winning his 3 and in turn taking the tie for Chieftains with his 5 set victory against Howard Lee in the deciding match.

Well played Bill!

The semi final line-up looks like as follows : 

Barons v Defenders and 

Telecoms v Chieftains.

 

CONSOLATION CUP 1ST ROUND 

 

Tigers, Lairds and Prefects all prevailed as winners in their ties.

Standout match was Tigers 5-4 victory v Squires.

This was a topsy-turvy match where Tigers took an early lead in the match then Squires made a comeback and then overturned the deficit to take the lead but then Tigers dug in their claws to take the match with a big 5 set victory for youngster Lachlann Henderson v Scott Wishart in the decider! Winning deciding matches like this for young Lachlann could prove pivotal in his progression in tt and provide him with alot of confidence as he continues to play this season.

Well done Lachlann!

Also noted in this match is another successful week of tt for Kenny McLaren where he won his 3, for the 2nd week in a row.

The semi final line-up looks like as follows:

Tigers v Lairds and 

Prefects v Letham/Duffers.

 

My CUP KING for this past weeks matches goes to.......... Bill Beattie! Well played.

 

PLEASE NOTE ALL SEMI FINALS TO BE PLAYED AT WRG ON DEC 15TH STARTING AT 9.30.

 

Cheers teams!

 

Ryan Docherty 

Match Secretary, DDTTA

 

WEEK 3 - commencing 30^th of Sept. 2024

 

Hello all my loopers and pushers!!

Well done everyone for competing against each another in another week of competitive league play! 

My team (Up4it) are having a 2 week lay-off just now due to player unavailability so no action for us at the mo!

 

In Div.1, Aces and Knights continued their strong starts to the season with convincing victories against Lundin Lasers and Brechin respectively and there was a draw between newly promoted Swots and Villa which takes Swots off of the foot of the table.

I have to give special Div. 1 player mentions this week to Ryan Campbell of Swots and Adam Sitko of Lundin Lasers.

Ryan looks like he is continuing his good form from last season with an impressive 3 match victories against Villa of which, 2 of his victories were 5 set wins against very experienced "Simmy" and experienced Gary Lowson. Well done Ryan from 1 Ryan to another!!

Adam Sitko had the best win of the week i would say with his impressive victory against Grant Williams of Aces in a closely fought 5 setter coming from 2 sets to 1 down v a Grant Williams who has shown great early season form. 

 

Ryan Campbell is my Div.1 Player Of The Week.

 

In Div.2, there were 2 convincing victories for Tigers and Barons who both beat Truants and Lundin Lynxes 8-2 respectively. Within these 2 matches there were impressive 3 match victories for Martin Klopper of Barons and also the stalwart, Kenny McLaren of  Tigers.  Fraser Smith is another Div.2 player worthy of note this week who also won his 3 matches against Chieftains who are a very experienced team.

 

However, my Div.2 Player Of The Week goes to........ Kenny McLaren!

Kenny won all of his 3 matches this week in 5 sets with 2 of them, winning deuce in the 5^th and the other coming from 2 sets down v Howard Lee. Well played Kenny!

 

In Div.3, there were convincing victories for Buccaneers, Duffers and Lairds, all teams winning 8-2.

Andy Reid, Heather Gunn and Murray Johnstone were all impressive in their matches,  all winning their 3 matches each.

I would like to give a special mention to the team Lairds who i noticed were an all ladies team which is refreshing to see in the DDTTA league. I cannot recall seeing an all ladies team playing competitively in DDTTA since the days of Elaine Forbes, Julie Lawrence and my own teammate, Gillian Edwards played for Truants of St. Andrews TTC  in Div.1 approx. 15 years ago! So can i give a shout out to the Lairds team of Shirley McKay, Heather Gunn and Rhona Payne! GIRL POWER!!

My Div.3 Player Of The Week is Murray Johnstone.

 

Regards, 

Ryan Docherty, 

DDTTA Match Secretary

 

 

Week 2 – commencing 23^rd Sep, 2024

Hello fellow tt comrades!

Another good week of competitive league action has been had across all divisions in the past week.

Again, the players and team secretaries have gave good input into the comments section of match scorecards received this past week so can I ask anyone who intends to read up on these matches to revert to the processed cards section on the website.

Please see below Div.1 match action between Up4it v Aces played at WRG on Tuesday 24th of September.

      

 

 

 

Week 1 – commencing 16^th Sep, 2024

I would like to say a big thanks to all participating players who have played in week 1 fixtures of the league and cups the past week of our new 2024/25' DDTTA season for all your efforts in playing your matches and also for your good input of comments on your match cards.

 

I am impressed with the response of my request for players to give some comments on their matches. 

Well done guys. 

This has helped me out as this is my debut season of trying to fulfil the match seceratary role jointly with Shirley McKay.

 

As my fellow players have gave good accounts of most league and cup matches played in week 1 (cups) and week 2 (league) of the season, I will ask anyone interested in reading up on any of these matches played to please revert to the latest and processed cards section on the website please.

 

Another thing I would like to add to match reports on the website this season is some visuals to go alongside matches. This can be photo's of player's playing or even video's of certain rallies during matches.

If players can take time during your matches to possibly take some photo's of players in action and even a possible video of a good rally then I would greatly appreciate that and I will try my best to get these visuals uploaded onto the website each week and also our DDTTA socials.

 

Please see photo's below of the Div. 1 match between Swots v Up4it at Cosmo's Community Centre played on 18th of Sept 2024.

 

Regards,

Ryan Docherty, 

Match Secretary, DDTTA

Week commencing 9^th Sep, 2024

Welcome to the new season guys!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Postponements

Fixture	Div or cup	Original date	New date*
Buccaneers vs Lairds	D3	21/11/24
Knights vs Up4It	Cup	08/10/24
Lairds vs Squires	D3	28/10/24	10/12/24

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