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Report on Dundee Summer Smash 2, August 8th/9th, Ward Road Gym
Two national table tennis events took place at WRG this weekend, a Banded Mixed Singles on Saturday followed by an Open Mixed Singles and Consolation Singles on Sunday. About a third of participants were or have recently been members of DDTTA and these home players all performed very creditably. The tournaments ran smoothly only because Juliet Johnston carried out meticulous preparation and travelled from Carlisle to act as Tournament Director. Thanks to Juliet and to everyone who travelled to Dundee to take part.
On Saturday in Band 3 the youngsters prevailed. The winner was Archie Imrie of WoSTTL with 8 wins from 8, with runner up Samuel Rodzoch of ELTTL (6/8). DDTTA’s Munro MacIntosh was right there in third place, also with 6/8 but missed the runner up spot only as a result of the head-to head with Sam Rodzoch. Munro lost his first two matches (to Archie and Samuel) in five sets and then won the next 6. In this band Theo Cirica also performed well with 4 wins from 8. Band 2 was exceptionally close, except for the winner Sam Endall (WoSTTL) who won all his matches and the runner up Jonny Laing, formerly of Monifieth High school and now studying at Herriot Watt University. Jonny, who trains at WRG during university vacation and who recently took part in our summer league, played well all weekend and finished with 7/8. DDTTA stalwarts Rob McLean, Fiona Kinloch, and Dick Bird all won at least 3 matches out of 8. The results from Band 1 validated the Ratings Central ratings system as the first 4 places went in order of RC rating to the 4 highest rated players. This meant that the winner was Cameron Hussein (DDTTA SBL player), runner up Andrew Nimmo, followed by Yubo Zhou Rassmussen and Callum Riddoch. Cammy won all of his matches, Andrew lost only to Cammy (8,2,8) and as it turned out he didn’t have to wait too long for revenge. DDTTA’s Peter Aird was 5th but Ryan Docherty, no doubt weighed down by his role in organising the tournaments, was disappointed to finish 7th
Andrew Nimmo and Cammy Hussein, Band 1 r/u and winner, Sam Endall, Band 2 winner, Jonny Laing, Band 2 runner up Archie Imrie, Band 3 winner Samuel Rodzoch, Band 3 runner up
Sunday’s Open Mixed Singles event started with 6 round robin groups of 5 players, with 3 players from each group advancing. Once again Munro MacIntosh provided a lot of the early entertainment. As the 5th seed in group 1 he started by winning the first two sets against 3rd seed Yufeng Xia (ELTTL) before Yufeng found a way to get through. Then next up was Yiming Tang (also of ELTTL), the highest rated player in the tournament. Munro won the first set and had game points in the second set before losing 3-1. He also took a set from 3rd seed Darshan Doddamani (ELTTL) but ultimately it was the top seeds who progressed. Samuel Rodzoch, even smaller than Munro and about the same age, started as the 4th seed in group two and qualified for the knock-out stages by winning two matches including the crucial one against fellow-Edinburgh player and 3rd seed Nick Thomas. And another youngster, Andrew Sharp (ELTTL), did very well to qualify as 4th seed in group 5, edging out 3rd seed Adbul Khalid of WoSTTL. Noteworthy performances from DDTTA players in the group stages included a great effort by Aaron Robertson going two sets up against Cammy Hussein and a good win for Ryan Docherty against Callum Riddoch (to finish top of group 6).
The knockout stages went largely with seeding up until quarter finals but Jonny Laing gave top seed Yiming Tang a scare, only losing 11-8 in the 5th. In the quarter finals Yiming’s luck ran out and he was beaten 3-2 by Callum Riddoch. This left us with semi-finals made up by 4 players with connections to DDTTA: Callum Riddoch, Yubo Zhou Rasmusson, Andrew Nimmo and Cameron Hussein. Yubo beat Callum 3-1 and then Andrew came from 0-2 down to reverse the previous day’s result against Cameron. The final between Yubo and Andrew was excellent with Andrew 1-0 up, Yubo 2-1 up, then it was 9-9 in the 5th and the match seemed to be decided by a spectacular rally in which both players attacked ferociously. The point was won by Andrew who then converted his first match point to win 11-9.
In the final of the Consolation Singles event, Nick Thomas beat Munro MacIntosh 3-0. Well done Nick – possibly the only player to beat Munro 3-0 all weekend 😊
Full results are available on Stadiumtt.com
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to everyone for taking part, and especially to Juliet, Ryan and Cameron for making the event such a success.
Andrew Nimmo, Open Singles winner Yubo Zhou Rasmusson, Open Singles runner-up Nick Thomas, Consolation Singles winner Munro MacIntosh, CS runner up
Report on Summer League (29th June, ’26)
Last night at WRG we held a fun doubles tournament for those who have participated in the summer league. Participants played 5 matches each (single sets to 21) with different partners in each round of matches. It was designed to be a bit of fun, something to sit alongside a brief prize-giving for the 2026 summer league. Having said that most of us are interested in competition so here is what happened: only two players (Bill Beattie and Thomas Ruffhead) won 4 out of 5 matches so they played a final against each other, exhibition-match style, with the other participants watching on. This final was won by DDTTA serial-winner Bill Beattie.
The summer league itself was another significant success, with some players new to DDTTA taking part and lots of good competition at a time of year when many of us might not have been getting round to playing any TT. The teams, tournament structure, and match structure (with more emphasis on doubles than in our full winter season) were all organised by Shirley McKay who also distributed emails with fixtures, results, match commentary. It’s fair to say that everyone got some great matches and good practice over the summer, and all for £2 per head per night. Thanks again to Shirley for organising the summer league and the tournament last night.
And the winners of the summer league: Team E, a deadly squad comprised of Rob McLean, Thomas Ruffhead, Gus San Roman and Rhona Payne. Congratulations to team E!
Summer league winners Rhona, Thomas, Rob (Gus is awol 😊) some of the participants from last night’s tournament last night’s winner Bill
DDTTA Prizegiving night, Friday 1st May, 2026
Men’s Singles champion Andrew Nimmo Women’s Singles champion Fiona Kinloch Some of the prize-winners from DDTTA season 2025-26
On Friday night we held our Prizegiving event for the 2025-26 season in Monifieth Golf Club. We started by distributing all the major the prizes for the year and we were very grateful to John Thain who joined us as Guest of Honour and presented the trophies. Then David Sim lightened the tone with a couple of games of Heads or Tails. After that there was a buffet meal and we sorted ourselves into teams for a quiz provided by Robin Nicholson for the second year in a row. Even with only two years of data to analyse it does appear that if you are in Shirley McKay’s team you will win the quiz. Towards the end of the evening our hosts made the mistake of bringing out a karaoke machine and possibly the less said about that the better, you really had to be there.
There were some very notable prize-winners this year. Andrew Nimmo won the Men’s Singles at the closed championships, and on the same day with David Hay he won the Men’s Doubles. His team Knights (Andrew, David and Stuart Halliday) won the D1 league title and every major cup competition that they entered. A Grand Slam! Fiona Kinloch was the Women’s Singles champion. On the same day she also won the Women’s Doubles (with Jill Milne), the Mixed Doubles (with David Hay) and the Ballot Doubles (with Stuart Halliday).
From the lower divisions Ian Farquhar won the Cordor Trophy for best league average, (and the prize for best D2 average) and with John MacDuff, Theo Chirica and Plamen Kostadinov his team, Letham A, won the D2 Doubles and the Secondary Shield as well as finishing runners up in League Division 2. 12 year old Munro MacIntosh was another who needed a big bag to take away his prizes: very impressively he won the Under 40s D2/D3 Singles at the lower divisions closed championships and on the same day with Rob McLean he also won the Hardy Ballot Doubles. He was awarded the Murray Cormack Memorial Award, the committee’s choice for outstanding achievement by a junior. We are all getting used to the sight of Munro throwing his hands up in frustration at the prospect of having his photo taken yet again!
Congratulations to all winners, thanks to everyone for coming along, thanks to John, Robin, and Monifieth Golf Club for their contributions to the success of the evening, and also to the committee members (especially Jill and Stuart) who all popped up to help as and when required. Please see below for a further selection of photos from the event.
League Division 1 winners: Knights League Division 2 winners: Lundin Lasers League Division 3 winners: Prefects
Secondary Shield winners: Letham A Vet’s Singles winner: Ryan Docherty Hardy Ballot Doubles winners: Community Doubles Cup winner: Sandy Elrick Shield winner: Chris Halliday Challenge Cup winners: Sputniks
Rob McLean & Munro MacIntosh Lilian Horton Krishnan Martin
Plebeians Club Championships – Sunday 12th April 2026
With the dust having settled on the 2026 Dundee Closed Championships at Ward Road Gym the previous day there was no rest for Plebeians players as some took to the table for the second successive day. The Club Championships started with the main event in a group format with two from each of the four groups progressing to the quarter finals. While the top two seeds Peter Aird and David Sim won their groups in relatively untroubled fashion both Sandy Bertie and Rob McLean needed five games to edge out Ian McLagan and Dougal Ogilvie respectively. The quarter finals saw the four favourites through although Sandy needed four games to seal victory against Eric Brown. In the semis Peter’s wizardry saw him safely through against Rob McLean although two of the games were only won by two points. In their fourth encounter of the season David managed to blunt an aggressive Sandy to set up a clash with Peter. In the final Peter maintained his strong form and although David managed to get more to grips with his style and strategy as the match progressed it proved too little too late. A worthy winner who heads back to Fife next season with our best wishes !
The Handicap event was straight knockout played to the format of the best of three games with the parameters of each match decided by the handicapper. Having won two very tough matches against Chen Xinxei and Krishnan Martin one of our revered veterans Ian McLagan had to pull out during his semi final against Eric Brown having taken unwell – glad to report that he is none the worse for his considerable efforts. Peter Aird continued to bamboozle his opponents until he came unstuck at the semi final stage against Dougal Ogilvie who managed to win the golden point at 25 – 25 in the first game, this setting him up to scrape home in the second game. And so it was Eric against Dougal in the final with the former starting 12 – 7 ahead playing to 26. This was well contested however Dougal couldn’t quite repeat the heroics of his semi final and Eric edged home in straight games. Well done Eric !
The Drawn Doubles is a nice contrast to the other two events and with a lovely shiny trophy there is a good reason to endeavour to win. The format for this was the best of three games to 11 points. In the top half of the draw Robbie Millar and Jill Milne had a tight tussle with Dougal Ogilvie and Nathan Bertie in the semi final, the latter winning the second game 14 – 12 to ease through. The bottom half of the draw saw the favourites Peter Aird and Eric Brown cruise past Rob McLean and Lee Nixon into the final. Could Dougal and Nathan stop the irresistible force – the answer was a resounding no despite some sturdy resistance. A good day for both Peter and Eric !
Winners were :
Club Championship – Peter Aird Runner Up – David Sim
Handicap Cup– Eric Brown Runner Up – Dougal Ogilvie
Drawn Doubles – Peter Aird + Eric Brown Runners Up- Dougal Ogilvie + Nathan Bertie
Last but not least a big thanks to Jill Milne who did all the heavy lifting with the organisation of the event including prizes for the successful participants. Congratulations to the winners and a big thanks to everyone for taking part. And so it was home for a well deserved rest after a fairly monumental but enjoyable weekend !
Club champion Peter Aird (with David Sim) Some of the competitors at the Plebeians TTC championships Handicap Cup winner Eric Brown (with David Sim)
DDTTA Closed Championships, Saturday 12th April, Ward Road Gym
On Saturday we held our Closed Championships, a tournament of 9 events open to all members and including the most prestigious singles and doubles events of the DDTTA season. We had a good entry including most of the region’s top players and play got underway at 9.15am. The results from matches within all events are available on Stadium, here: https://stadiumcompete.com/tournament/1f8b9860-89b5-4237-a441-32d0c2b502c1 but a short summary follows.
In the Men’s Singles we had 6 round robin groups with 2 players from each group qualifying into a knockout round of 16. The event was won 3-1 by Andrew Nimmo who beat Callum Riddoch and Jacob Munro on the way to a final against the league’s top-ranked player, Daniel Tibbetts. Daniel won the first set before Andrew rallied with some very strong attacking play.
The Women’s Singles event was organised as a round-robin between 4 competitors and was won, for the third time in 4 years, by Fiona Kinloch. Jill Milne was the runner up.
Men’s Singles winner Andrew Nimmo Women’s Singles Winner Fiona Kinlock
The Men’s Doubles event had a strong field of 10 teams: unusually not a single match went to 5 sets and the final was won 3-0 by Andrew Nimmo and David Hay against Daniel Tibbetts and Yubo Zhou Rasmusson. The Women’s Doubles was won by Fiona Kinloch and Jill Milne who beat Rhona Payne and Shirley McKay 3-0, (including 18-16 in the final set!). The Mixed Doubles was won by David Hay and Fiona Kinloch with two 5-set victories including a final against Andrew Nimmo and Shirley McKay (apologies for no photo of David and Fiona together but let’s face it they are familiar faces on this website 😊 )
The tournament also includes a Ballot Doubles event and this was won very impressively by Stuart Halliday and Fiona Kinloch who overcame strong pairings such as Daniel Tibbetts/Shirley McKay, David Hay/Rob McLean and then in the final Iain Martin/Sandy Bertie.
Men’s Singles winners Andrew Nimmo and David Hay Women’s Singles winners Jill Milne and Fiona Kinloch Ballot Doubles winners Stuart Halliday and Fiona Kinloch
The Vet’s Singles final was contested by the top two seeds, Ryan Docherty and defending champ Paul Monteith. In a spectacular match Ryan Docherty held his nerve to win in 5 sets after being drawn level from 2 sets up. These two had already faced each other in the final of the Vet’s Doubles with Ryan Docherty and Peter Aird having beaten Paul Monteith and Aaron Robertson by 3-0.
Finally to the Silver Bat, a consolation event for players who did not reach the knockout stages of the main singles events. This was won convincingly by Aaron Robertson in a final against Shirley Mckay who herself won a notable victory against Sandy Bertie in the semi-final, (apologies to Aaron for no photo).
Vet’s singles winner Ryan Docherty Vet’s Doubles winners Ryan Docherty and Peter Aird
Congratulations to all winners, thanks to everyone for taking part and umpiring when required, to Jill and Shirley for taking photos, and to members such as Robbie Miller, Rob McLean, Nathan and Sandy Bertie who stayed behind to watch the last final and put equipment away as the clock ticked towards 6.30pm
Chris Halliday Challenge Trophy, March 30th, 2026
Six 3rd Division teams played for the Halliday Trophy at Ward Road Gym on Monday night. This tournament is played to an unusual format which is designed to be relatively light-hearted and fun. Invitations went out in the first instance to teams which finished in the lowest 6 places in Division 3. This year with Larick Liners and Crickety unable to field a team the invitation went up to Sputniks and then to Lairds. Even so, 4 of the six teams were short of a player so special thanks to Eddie Dougan, Rhona Payne, Ken Shek and Moira Brown for taking part.
Two groups each containing 3 teams played a round robin format. Each match consists of a single set played to 61, with teams rotating their players on to the table for a minimum of 3 consecutive points and a maximum of 10 consecutive points. Group 1, with Letham B, Missiles and Lairds, could hardly have been closer with each team winning one and losing one, and 61-55 the widest winning margin. By counting total points we established that the group winners were Missiles, runners up were Letham B, with Lairds finishing 3rd. In Group 2 Sputniks won both their matches but only after Moira Brown won the golden point against Steve Wilson to beat Squires 61-60. The other two matches were also very close, 61-58 and 61-56, so another very tight group which might have gone the way of any of the teams.
Next we played a 5th/6th play-off which was won convincingly by Lairds against Scholars, and a 3rd /4th play-off was won 61-54 by Squires against Letham B. That only left the final, an all Forthill Plebeians affair between Missiles and Sputniks. Sputniks established an early lead with Eric unkindly playing his most awkward serves, and although Missile narrowed the gap at one point with Robbie coming up with a string of winning points, the final score was 61-48 in Sputniks favour. So the 2026 Halliday Trophy Order of Merit is as follows:
1. Sputniks
2. Missiles
3. Squires
4. Letham B
5. Lairds
6. Scholars
Thanks to everyone for taking part in such good spirit, and for helping out with umpiring (which requires considerable concentration under this format), and especially to those already mentioned who stepped in to make sure all teams had enough players.
Halliday Trophy winners Sputniks (Eric Brown, Moira Brown, Lee Nixon)
Gillis Cup, Ward Road Gym, 23rd of March 2026
The Gillis Cup is a singles tournament for D3 players and this year we had 12 entrants playing in 4 round robin groups of 3. We had 4 seeds, Graeme Elrick, Sandy Pearson, Munro Macintosh and Richard Bellis, who each won their respective group, and then won their quarter-final matches, and indeed the final was contested by Graeme and Sandy who were the top two seeds. But even if there were not many shock results there were many close shaves along the way. For example in Group 2 Sandy Pearson fought back from 2 sets down against Stewart Clark, and also did well to hold off Rhona Payne who after losing the first two sets started hitting out, won the 3rd convincingly and got to deuce in the 4th. In Group 3 Munro won convincingly against Robbie Miller but Nathan Bertie pushed him hard, winning the 2nd set and going close in the 1st and 4th . In Group 4 Richard came through 3-1 against Rob Fotheringham and Andy Proudfoot. Newish and improving players such as Robbie, Nathan, Andy Proudfoot and Gustavo San Roman all held their own and threatened to do significantly more than that.
In the quarter finals Richard won convincingly in straight sets against Stewart as did Munro against Gustavo. Nathan won the first set against Graeme 17-15 but Graeme took control after that. And Andy lost in straight sets to Sandy but the scores were 13,10, 9 – impressive considering that Andy has only played two league fixtures.
Graeme won his semi-final against Richard in straight sets but the other semi-final was without doubt the match of the night: Sandy went two sets up on Munro 14-12 and 11-4, and led for most of the third set to get to 10-8, only for Munro to save the match points and win 12-10, save some more match points while winning the 4th 16-14 and then get to 9-9 in the 5th. At this point Sandy held his nerve, drew on what were possibly his final reserves of strength and took the 5th set 11-9. The final, especially the first set, was played to a very good standard and was won by Graeme Elrick by 3 sets to nil. Well played both players, congratulations to Graeme and thanks to everyone for taking part.
Graeme Elrick, triumphantly holding aloft a cheap imitation of the Gillis Cup
St Andrews TTC win East Fife ClubSport Club Development Award
Here is the abbreviated submission which accompanied the St Andrews TTC nomination - it includes some details about the club which you may not already know.
St Andrews TTC has 75 senior members and 8 volunteers, and 2025 has seen our membership at an all-time high. In addition to running 4 teams in the Dundee & District League for our competitive members, we run three "Rascals" social TT sessions, mainly aimed at 0ver60's but available to anyone who can play mornings. The club also runs a Parkinson's specific session, which offers the opportunity for sufferers (and carers) to take advantage of the many benefits which research has proven TT brings. This has grown in 2025 to an average of 15 people attending the weekly sessions with "Rascal" volunteers.
Below, treasurer Dave Beveridge (second from right) collects the trophy on behalf of StATTC.
Thanks to Rick Booth @callysnapper for supplying this photograph
Jack Oughton turns 90
Jack Oughton, of Sputniks, turns 90 this month and has a long history with table tennis, having started playing in 1945. He is currently the second oldest registered league player in Scotland which is truly remarkable.
Jack describes the first part of his table tennis journey as the ‘hardbat era’. After starting playing at his local club, he joined the Air Training Corps in 1947 and was trained by 2 ex-RAF crew. In the 1950s he played in numerous tournaments in north east England, winning many singles and doubles titles as well as making the last 16 from 20000 entries in the Daily Mirror National Men’s singles. Other notable achievements around that time include beating 2 English internationals which finished a great season with 7 County Men’s Singles wins, and playing in a team for England against Norway in Bergen, staying with the Norway Chairman while there!
Jack joined IBM in 1962 and did not play table tennis again (due to work and family) until he moved to Slough in 1971. He started afresh with a new bat (his ‘sandwich era’) and joined the Slough leagues, rapidly improving. He has since played in different leagues including Stafford and Edinburgh and has won 2 IBM Nationals at the IBM sports weekend. Jack also paired up with fellow IBM workmate, Roger Thomas, and together they won the IBM doubles on 2-3 occasions. When Jack moved to Edinburgh, he then played in a team alongside Roger and former DDTTA player, Elaine Forbes, and had further success. They won the ELTTA Division 2 in their first season and surprised everyone by being runners-up the following season in Division 1 in the early 80s. Elaine describes his table tennis style as being a steady pushing game until a ball comes up slightly higher – then he would win the point with an unreturnable flat hit drive!
Jack later played table tennis for North Merchiston. He was also a keen golfer and teamed up with his gold buddie, Geoff Miller to play in this league. He is a past Captain of Dalmahoy Golf Club, a member of Duddingston Golf Club and played in several golf events organised by the Old Bluesonians, the golf society for ex-IBM employees.
Jack joined Plebeians TTC around 2017/18 in Division 3 and his team, Sputniks, were promoted in his first year. He remains a very active league player and is finishing season 2025/26 in Division 3 with an average of 69%. Former teammates speak very warmly of Jack, his humility and his team spirit. Elaine remarked that despite his position as one of the top executives at IBM, Jack still had time and chat for everyone and never missed his turn to bring in cakes or biscuits for after home match teas, a tradition within the organisation.
DDTTA would like to wish Jack a very happy 90th birthday. He is celebrating by going to a motor museum in Zurich with his daughter and we hope he has a wonderful time. Thank you to Elaine Forbes, Roger Thomas and Eric Brown for their contributions to this article.
Dundee Secondary Schools tournament and Sandy Elrick Shield, Ward Road Gym, Monday 16th February
We had 9 competitors this year, the field was composed of 6 juniors, one cadet and two minors so we ran two round robin groups of 3 for the juniors and a third round robin group with cadet Fergus Milne of Guthrie Park TTC and brothers Seeno and Deedo Fatah who have recently started practicing at Forthill. Fergus won this group without dropping a set although he was taken to deuce by younger brother Deedo. Seeno won the battle of the brothers to finish in second place in the group. The standard of play was good and it was nice to see that all three players are developing good technique, presumably as a result of good coaching at their clubs.
The two junior groups were dominated by players who are already taking part in our league Division 3. In Group 1 Krishnan Martin finished first thanks to a 3-1 win against Colin Reynolds who was runner up. Group 2 was extremely close but Salaar Qudrat finished ahead of clubmate Lewis Cameron. The boys in this group could have done with some coaching on how to fill out a scorecard but from what I can see Salaar won in 4 sets against Lewis, and in 5 sets against Leo, a pupil at St Johns Acadamy. Lewis won against Leo in 4 sets to finish as runner up.
The winners of the three groups then played off in another round robin for the Sandy Elrick Shield. The cadet Fergus Milne performed creditably by taking Salaar to 5 sets before just losing out, and then losing in straight sets to Krishnan. So the deciding match was between Krishnan and Salaar and after losing the first set the match was won 3-1 by Krishnan Martin.
The cast of villains Cadets and Minors winner: Fergus Milne Juniors winner: Krishnan Martin
Congratulations to Fergus and Krishnan and thanks to everyone for taking part, especially to Leo and Cezary who stepped in to make up numbers after other competitors experienced travel difficulties.
Scottish National League – season 25/26
Massive Weekend for Dundee in
the national league with the A team of Andrew Nimmo, Callum Riddoch and Jacob
Munro securing promotion to the 1st division of the Scottish national league
after finishing as runners up in division 2. For the first time in a few years
Dundee will deservedly have a team back in the 1st division next year !
Also a big Well done to Dundee B the team of Grant Williams, Matt Craig, Tony
Nelson, Ryan Docherty and Ryan Campbell narrowly missed out on promotion and
finished 3rd place in division 3.
The A Team: Jacob, Andrew and Callum
Lower Division Closed Championships, Ward Road Gym, Saturday Jan 24th
The Lower Division Closed Championships took place Saturday 24th Jan at Ward Road Gym. This is one of the marathon days in the DDTTA calendar with 6 tournaments taking place on the same day. This year we had a strong entry even after some late call-off due to injury/illness etc.
We started the day with D3 Challenge Singles. With 18 entrants (before call-offs) we went for 6 groups of three and six seeds, two to qualify from each group. The first 5 groups went along with seeding but group 6 couldn’t have been closer with players winning 1 (very close) match each. On the basis of sets difference Gustovo San Roman was eliminated by Robbie Miller (1st) and Chen Xinwei (2nd)
Most of the early matches in the knock-out stages were settled in 3 sets but Kazimierz Kulinski won a quarter-final set from Sandy Pearson, as did Steve Wilson in his match against Jie Guo. In the first semi final Eric Brown beat top seed and defending champ Andy Hughes in 5 sets. The other semi was an all St Andrews affair between Jie Guo and Sandy Pearson. Sandy won the first set but Jie turned it round and won the next three. In the final the winner, after 5 sets, was Jie Guo.
D3 Challenge Singles winner: Jie Guo D3 Trident Challenge Singles winner: Rob McLean Under 40s Singles winner: Munro MacIntosh
The D2 Trident Challenge Singles got underway when tables were freed up after the D3 Singles groups stage. We had 9 entrants for this one, all experienced good players. Group winners were Rob McLean, Fiona Kinloch and Bill Beattie. In the quarter finals Martin Turnbull had a good 4 set win against Ian McLagan, and Ping Xu beat Bill Beattie in straight sets. Seedings were confirmed in the semi-finals with Rob beating Martin in 4 and Fiona beating Ping, but having to come from two sets down to do so. The final was a dramatic 5 set affair with Rob McLean coming out on top after losing the 4th 11-13 and winning the 5th 12-10.
While the closing stages of these two tournaments were playing out we were able to schedule the Under 40s Singles, which only had three entrants (yes we are aware of the demographic challenges). Munro MacIntosh, Krishnan Martin and Nathan Bertie played out a 3-man round robin. Most of the sets were very tight but Munro MacIntosh won both of his matches to take the honours, with Nathan beating Krishnan into 2nd place. It was nice to hear quite a large cheer when 11 yr old Munro received his trophy for the Under 40s event.
As is often the case thereafter, with three events each with a large field still to take place, the day became more complicated and may have tested the patience of some players waiting to complete their matches…
The Hardy Ballot Doubles threw up some strong pairings. Past winners Fiona Kinloch and Shirley McKay made it to the semi finals but were beaten in 5 sets by the wily skills of Bill Beattie and fast improving Nathan Bertie. In the other half of the draw Rob McLean and Munro MacIntosh looked like a strong pairing. And indeed it was, but they had to work hard to win in 5 sets against Matin Turnbull and Kazimierz Kulinski, then in 5 sets against Eric Brown and Knut Radmer, then in 3 very tight sets against Ian McLagan and (lucky loser) Kazimierz. The final was an excellent match in which Bill and Nathan fought valiantly over 5 sets before finally losing out to Rob McLean and Munro MacIntosh
The Fowler Handicap Cup is open to Division 1 players and it was great to see two of our top players, David Hay and Ryan Docherty, coming along to take part. Our handicapping expert David Sim was not available for the full day so players received a handicap for the whole tournament and all matches were played as a single set to 41 points. David feared the worst but as usual no one complained about the handicapping. Notable results in the round of 32 were a good win for Munro against Ping, and also for Chen against Nathan. In the round of 16 Krishnan had an excellent win over Munro, as did Chen in his match against Bill Beattie, and Nigel McLean did very well to knock out Ian McLagan. In the quarter finals Krishnan won the golden point to beat Chen, and Steve had an excellent win against Rob McLean while Ryan and David sailed through to set up the semi-final the fans had been waiting for. This semi-final lived up to expectations with many spectacular rallies even if the final result was quite emphatically in David’s favour. Krishnan is something of a handicap cup specialist and he won the other semi-final against Steve. The final was won 41-39 by David Hay, a good achievement as in recent years this tournament has usually been won by a high handicapper and David was starting each of his matches with just two points!
Hardy ballot Doubles winners: Munro MacIntosh and Rob McLean Fowler Handicap Cup winner: David Hay Over 40s Singles winner: Fiona Kinloch
Finally to the Over 40 Singles which was organised as a straight knockout with 4 seeds and started with a round of 32. In the R32 Gustavo put up a good fight but lost to Dougal, and Eric had a good win against Ping. In the R16 results probably went as expected but Knut won the first two sets before losing to Ian McLagan, and Steve was only narrowly defeated in 5 sets by Jill. In the quarter finals Sandy took Rob to 5 sets but lost, likewise Ian lost to Bill in 5 sets. Seedings were confirmed in the semis with Fiona beating Jill in 4 and Rob beating Jie also in 4. So another final between Fiona and Rob, and yet another final which went to 5 sets! This one might have been the match of the day with Rob sending up defensive lobs and Fiona defying fatigue to smash them back. Rob went two sets up but the winner was Fiona Kinloch who won the 4th and 5th 17-15 and 11-9 respectively. At about 6pm!
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to everyone for taking part. Bill Beattie was setting up the hall from about 8.30am (as is his way) and David Sim and Shirley McKay helped enormously with the scheduling of matches. Thanks also to members such as Jill Milne, Sandy Bertie, and Dougal Ogilvie for staying and umpiring so many matches.
Cup Finals Day, 13th Dec 2025 at WRG
Thanks to all the participants in todays matches, congratulations to the winners and commiserations to the losers.
The Excelsior Cup first semi-final had Fiona Kinloch playing as a last minute reserve for Knights. Knights were all square against Barons at 2-2, but then forged ahead in the next three games to secure their place in the final with a 5-2 win. In the other semi-final Fiona featured for her own team, Chieftains, against a depleted Up4it team of only two players. Although Chieftains put up a good fight with Jim Tawse taking a set from both Paul and Iain, Up4it powered ahead to win 5-3.
In the Secondary Shield Letham A took a very strong 4-1 lead before Tigers came back winning the next two games to pull the score back to 4-3. Plamen then overpowered Rui in a terrific four set match to secure the victory and their place in the final. With Chieftains having reached the semi-finals of two of today’s tournaments the other semifinal had been played at an earlier date, and won by Ian McLagan-inspired Comets.
The Consolation Cup saw Squires take the win against Scholars, although there were some very closely contested games, Knut was the only Scholar to get a win on the card today, the result finishing 5-1. In the other semi-final, despite some close games against Letham B, Duffers experience shone through, reaching the final with a 5-1 win.
Duffers played Squires in the Consolation Cup final, and despite Squires best efforts and some close games, Duffers took the cup with a 5-0 win.
Letham A played Comets in the Secondary Shield final, which was the most keenly contested and exciting match of the day. The score was sitting at three all, with some amazing play by both teams, then Ian and Plamen found their A-games to take the next two matches and win the Cup 5-3 - a first ever team trophy for Letham TTC
Knights brought in Tony Nelson as a reserve for the final, and with Up4it having only two players available on the day, they had a huge task on their hands. The first match saw Tony win a terrific match against Iain, 12-10 in the fifth set. Andrew then defeated Paul and with the three byes this was enough to win the prestigious Cup for Knights.
Consolation Cup winners: Duffers Secondary Shield winners: Letham A Excelsior Cup winners: Knights
2025 DDTTA Community Tournament, Saturday 22nd November (report by Shirley McKay)
I would like to thank all the participants, you all made the day such a success. All the matches were played in a competitive, but fun and friendly manner, and it was great to have spectators watching the doubles final, creating a good atmosphere. Although the entry was lower than expected, with only Dundee and St Andrews clubs represented, there was still a lot of healthy competitive play. Thanks to Eric Brown, Elaine Forbes, Martin Turnbull, Jean Driscoll and Eddie Dougan, who all helped umpire, encourage players and make the day run smoothly.
The first round robin group stage saw Lilian, Martin and Jacqui finish in top place, with Moira, Maureen and John in second place, and Mark, Willie and David in third place. We then had a further group round robin for the order of merit, with Jacqui Watson from St Andrews winning the singles, Martin Lorimer as the runner up, and Lilian Horton finishing in third place. All matches were fiercely contested especially the match between Jacqui and Martin, with Jacqui winning in the fifth set.
After a brief break for lunch and a chance to chat, the doubles tournament began. With a nice even number of 4 doubles pairing, the first semi-final was won by David Birtles and John Innes, who narrowly defeated Martin Lorimer and Maureen Millar in a nail-biting five set match. The second semi-final winners were Lilian Horton and Jacqui Watson, who defeated Willie Nimmo and Moira Gee. The play off for third and fourth spot was won by Martin and Maureen. The final watched by the remaining audience saw Lilian and Jacqui take the first set, John and David take the second set, then Lilian and Jacqui finding their A game to take the next two sets and win the match.
Well done to everyone who took part!
The participants (players and supporters) Doubles finalists (Jacqui, David, Lilian and John) with umpire Eddie Doubles winners Jacqui Watson and Lilian Horton
Dundee Summer Smash, August 2nd/3rd
Dundee held a nationally sanctioned table tennis event for the first time in many years this weekend. Some very strong players gathered at Ward Road Gym for a Banded Singles event on Saturday, and for Open Singles and Consolation Singles events on Sunday. Many participants remarked that they enjoyed the venue, with a 6 table set-up, the kitchen facilities and a good viewing gallery. The idea was the (latest) brainchild of joint match secretary Ryan Docherty, and a lot of effort went into preparing for the event, not least by Ryan himself. Non-playing member Juliet Johnston travelled from Carlisle to act as tournament director on Saturday and stayed to help David Simpson, chairman of Scottish Vets, as he performed the same role on Sunday. Juliet arrived with portable printer, scoring sheets for any imaginable tournament format, and having familiarised herself with Stadium, the online tournament platform which we used and which was new to all of us. The events could not have passed off so smoothly without her. We were also grateful for support and advice from Table Tennis Scotland, and Cammy Hussain in particular, who came to compete on Sunday and helped us all to get started with Stadium. Peter Aird sponsored the events in the name of his Table Tennis Fun Club venture and this allowed Ryan to have banners made up and to provide a lunch for competitors with the help of a local supermarket and his partner Wendy. Finally, when entries for the Sunday tournaments seemed a bit on the low side and we put out an appeal for more players, the late entries of Paul Monteith and Sandy Bertie were deeply appreciated. Great thanks to all of these people. Now on to the table tennis….
On Saturday in Band 1 many of the early results went in line with seeding so the outcome hinged on a few matches at the end of the afternoon between the highest ranked players in the field. Andrew Nimmo put himself in a very strong position with a 5 set win over top seed Gerry Campbell of Grange TTC in Edinburgh. However Andrew then lost his final match to no 2 seed Ben Hart of Drumchapel TTC (3-1) and Ben went on to beat Gerry Campbell (3-1 after losing the first set) to finish the day undefeated and win the event. Andrew was runner up. Jacob Munro and Peter Aird were joint 4th with 3 wins each from 7 matches. Ryan was last in Band 1 but he arrived at WRG straight from an overnight shift at work, and having spent most of his recent free time helping to organise the tournaments.
Band 2 was won by Vaibhav Narula who plays Div1 TT in Aberdeen. Vaibhav won all 7 of his matches, Aaron Robertson (Brechin) was joint 4th with 3 wins from 7, and fellow DDTTA members Rob McLean and Sandy Bertie ( both Plebeians) finished 7th and 8th respectively in their first national events. Band 3 was won with 7 wins from 8 by talented youngster Aaron McKay who also plays in Aberdeen. Dick Bird and club-mate Murray Johnston (Brechin) were joint 3rd with 5 /8, fast improving Theo Chirica from Letham (the man with the camera) was 6th with 4/8. Even though he did not win a match, 14 year old Campbell Barr of Lundin Sports Club was competitive in all of his matches and is clearly going to be a difficult opponent for most in D3 when he joins our league this coming season. It was great to see him take part, watched from the gallery by his mother and grandparents.
Band 1 winner Ben Hart Band 1 Runner-Up Andrew Nimmo action from Saturday (Munro vs Docherty in the middle, Bertie in the distance, Aaron McKay in the foreground)
Another strong field assembled on Sunday for the Open Singles and Consolation Singles tournaments. The top seeds were Stewart Crawford of Grange TTC, Cameron Hussain of Glasgow South (but also of DDTTA as he plays in our SBL team), Rory Thompson of West Lothian TTC and Andrew Nimmo (Mylnefield TTC). These four confirmed their seeding by finishing top of their respective groups. However in the quarter finals Andrew Nimmo was beaten in the 5th set by another tough opponent, Brian Wright of Edinburgh International, and Rory Thomson also lost in the 5th (14-16!!) to Colin Green of Penicuik TTC. In the first semi-final Stewart Crawford beat Brian Wright in 3 hard-fought sets and Colin Green prevailed in the second semi, beating Cameron Hussain by 3 sets to 1. The final was played to a very high standard but it was Stewart Crawford who had the edge and he won 3-0 to take the trophy.
Those who didn’t make it through the group stages took part in a Consolation Singles tournament and the strength of the field in this tournament was more than decent. The winner was Grant Williams of Plebeians TTC, who came through a quarter final against club-mate Sandy Bertie (3-1) then a very tight semi-final against Ryan Campbell of St Andrews TTC (3-2), before a spectacular final against Angus Halliday of Murrayfield TTC which Grant won by 3 sets to 1.
Stewart Crawford, Open Singles winner Grant Williams, Consolation Singles winner Angus Halliday vs Grant Williams in the Consolation Singles final
Dundee Summer Smash: Banded Singles and Open Singles events in Dundee, August 2nd/3rd 2025.
Dundee and District Table Tennis Association is pleased to announce the return to Dundee of open table tennis events for the first time in many years. The events will take place at Ward Road Gym, in the heart of the city. On Saturday August 2nd we will hold a Banded Singles event for which the maximum field will be 27 players (3 bands played on a total of 6 tables). There will be trophies for band winners and prize money for winner and runner up in the top band. Please use the following link to enter (entry fee - £20): https://forms.gle/voeYVivZajoCZF6W9
On Sunday August 3rd we will hold our Open Singles tournament in the same venue. For this event the maximum field will be 30 players, with 6 groups of 5 players followed by a Round of 16. There will be a Consolation Singles tournament for competitors who do not reach the Round of 16. We will have a trophy for the winner of the main event and keepsakes for winner, runner-up and winner of the consolation event. Please enter here (entry fee - £10): https://forms.gle/7dUwVWcrSRjCwnzKA
We look forward to welcoming you to Dundee!
TTS youth coaching event, Forthill Sports Centre, Monday June 16th, 2025
A group of promising young players from across the district assembled at Forthill for a coaching session organised by Callum Riddoch. In his role at Table Tennis Scotland Callum is putting together a North Regional Squad, a group which will be offered further intensive training with TTS. Tonight’s event forms part of the selection process for this squad. Despite a couple of call-offs we had a good attendance with youngsters coming from Brechin and Lundin Links as well as Dundee. We also had a very high standard of coaching as Callum was supported by Sandy Bertie and Grant Williams, both TTS qualified coaches. The boys (yes sadly they were all boys - no girls in attendance) seemed to enjoy themselves and we hope they will return for our own DDTTA youth training sessions, the next of which will take place in September. Thanks to John Anderson of Guthrie Park TTC for bringing a single player down from Brechin for the three-hour session.
DDTTA Prizegiving night, Friday 2nd May, 2025
Men’s champion David Hay Women’s champion Gillian Edwards League D1 winners Knights League D2 winners Barons Cordor Trophy winner Ian Farquhar
The great and the good of DDTTA assembled at The Braes on Perth Road for our annual prizegiving event. This year, as it always was in the past, the prizegiving was expanded to include a social event and we had a buffet and a quiz before the younger section of the membership moved on to take Dundee by storm. The evening was a success with a good attendance including players from our Ward Road recreational TT group and from our regular Ward Road practice sessions. However it was not without hitches: Ian Hunter rung in to tell us he had broken down on the dual carriageway between Dundee and Perth. Some may feel that this might not sound so serious but he had the quizmaster in the passenger seat. Fortunately Heather Gunn volunteered to go to the rescue. We were very grateful to Derek and Juliet Johnstone who travelled from Carlisle to be with us and who presented the prizes. It was great to see them both. Derek took his role seriously and in a smart jacket and tie looked very likely to be the best dressed man in attendance, until Joint Match Secretary Docherty arrived in a three piece suit. 🔥🏓 🔥 (as Ryan himself would put it). The quiz was expertly delivered by Robin Nicholson and provided a lot of good fun and laughs.
Congratulations to Gillian Edwards and David Hay, Women’s and Men’s champions, and to league winners Knights, Barons and Buccaneers and all other prize-winners. Thanks to Jill Milne for organising the whole evening, to Stuart Halliday and his father-in-law for getting all the trophies, engraved, to The Braes (a significant task - we now have 37 trophies) and to Shirley McKay for being there early to help set up the room and tidy up afterwards. Please see above and below for a selection of photos from the evening – unfortunately with a room crammed full of people and quiz equipment we were unable to get a photo of all prize-winners together.
League D1 runners up Up4It Handicap Cup winners Swots Consolation Cup winners and Halliday winners Lairds Jill Milne with assorted ruffians from Plebeians TTC
Gillis Cup, 14th April 2025
After a season of well supported events it was disappointing to see an entry of just players 8 for the Gillis Cup, a singles tournament for D3 players, on Monday night at Ward Road. However the small field allowed us to play full matches (best of 5 sets) in 2 round-robin groups of 4 players. David Sim gave up his Monday evening to run the tournament.
In Group 1, top seed Andy Hughes won all his matches for the loss of just 1 set (to Charlie Ross), but the runner-up was not easy to identify with Charlie, Stewart Clark and Knut Radmer all winning one match out of three. On the basis of “sets difference” Knut advanced to the semi-final, with Charlie 3rd placed as a result of his win in the match between Charlie and Stewart.
In Group 2, Eric Brown was the top seed but he was beaten 3-1 by Martin Turnbull who won the group with three victories. Eric was second, with 2 wins, Krishnan Martin was 3rd with one win and Rhona Payne was rather unlucky to finish 4th after losing 10-12 in the 5th against Eric and 8-11 in the 5th against Krishnan.
The semis were won convincingly by Andy against Eric (3-1) and by Martin against Knut (3-0) but the final ended in unusual circumstances when with the score at one set all, and after a marathon 19-17 win in the second set for Martin, Andy conceded the match on health grounds. Congratulations to Martin!
Thanks to everyone for taking part, especially to David Sim for organising, and to DDTTA stalwarts such as Rhona, Andy and Stewart for staying and helping to tidy up as the clock ticked past 10.
No trophy, not even a bat, but Martin Turnbull is the 2025 Gillis Cup winner!
Chris Halliday Challenge Trophy, 7th April 2025
Six 3rd Division teams played for the Halliday Trophy at Ward Road Gym on Monday night. This tournament is played to an unusual format which is designed to be relatively light-hearted and fun. Invitations went out in the first instance to teams which finished in the lowest 6 places in Division 3. This year due to injury and illness Squires were unable to compete so the invitation was extended to Letham TTC.
After a random draw with no seeding, two groups played a round robin format. Each match consisted of a single set played to 61, with teams rotating their players on to the table for a minimum of 3 consecutive points and a maximum of 10 consecutive points.
In Group 1, which consisted of Lairds, Prefects and Letham, the group stage matches were all close. Letham were 10 points up in both of their matches but managed to lose both in the end. Lairds won the group with two wins and Prefects finished second. In Group 2 the matches were not as close and the first match, won by Sputniks 61-52 against holders Telecoms, turned out to be the decider. Telecoms finished 2nd and Missiles 3rd.
The final was a strategic and fairly tight match in which the lead changed several times. Generally Lairds had the lead and Sputniks drew level only to fall back again. The match reached 55 all with Eric Brown on the table against Andy Hughes. After losing 3 straight points Eric was replaced by Richard Bellis who lost another 3 points to give Lairds the victory by 61-55. The 3rd/4th play-off match was won convincingly by Prefects and the 5th/6th play-off was won equally convincingly by Letham therefore the 2025 Halliday Trophy Order of Merit is as follows:
1. Lairds
2. Sputniks
3. Prefects
4. Telecoms
5. Letham
6. Missiles
Thanks to everyone for taking part in such good spirit, and for helping out with umpiring (which requires great concentration under this format), and especially to Billy Liddle who stepped in at short notice, despite carrying injuries, to make sure that Missiles were able to field a team.
Halliday Trophy winners Lairds (Andy Hughes, Rhona Payne and Heather Gunn)
Letham Table Tennis Club’s Inaugural Championship Day
On Wednesday 26th March Letham Table Tennis Club (LTTC) held its first Championship Day, with 26 players taking part in 4 competitions.
In previous years a Doubles competition had been held, and to this was added, Singles, Handicap Singles and a Consolation Cup, for those who were knocked out in the first round of the singles.
Ian Farquhar dreamed up the idea, and he and John Macduff masterminded the schedule of matches.
The winners were;
Singles : John MacDuff
Handicap singles: Peter Cassidy
Doubles: Bill Cooper & Bill Powrie
Consolation Cup : Richie Binnie
Chairman Bill Powrie presented a card signed by all the members, and a pack of real ales, to Ian Farquhar to thank him for organising the Big Day, and also for all the coaching he does to help the social members improve their game. It also marked Ian’s 53rd consecutive year playing table tennis!
He also presented a card and beers to John MacDuff, who also helped to organise the schedule of matches and captained the 3rd division team in a very successful second season in the Dundee & District Table Tennis League (DDTTA).
Needing to win 6-4 in the last game of the season, Letham managed to draw with Duffers, and missed out on 2nd place and promotion to Division 2, by a single point!
However, the team goes into the final of the Doubles Competition in mid-April against Buccaneers (Brechin) hopeful of winning a trophy!
After a strenuous physical workout, 4 teams entered a quiz, where the team of Marylin Binnie, Dennis Chapman, David Gibb and Callan McKenna walked off with a bottle of wine each, winning the quiz by a single point!
LTTC was established in 2019 when a group of 6 friends outgrew Chairman Bill Powrie’s garage, and a new club was formed, based in Letham Village Hall, where it is now a major contributor to Village Hall funds, meeting twice a week for social table tennis, and it has just completed its second season in the Dundee& District Table Tennis League.
Within the club there are 8 members of Letham Bowling Club, 4 members of Arbroath Indoor Bowling Club, 4 members of Kirriemuir Photography club and 4 members of the Powrie Bowrie Band!
Winners: John MacDuff, Richie Binnie, Bill Cooper, Bill Powrie and Peter Cassidy Letham TTC Championship Day competitors
Plebeians Club Championships - 2025
The Plebeians Club Championships were held at Forthill on Sunday 2nd March 2025.
In the Club Championship itself, players were divided into one group of 4, three of 3 and one with just 2 due to a late call off, with the five seeded players each heading up a group. The seeded players all won their groups i.e Matt Craig, David Sim, Gary Lowson although Sandy Bertie had to stage a comeback to win in four games against Ken Head while Rui Yang Na put his top league experience to good use beating Dougal Ogilvie also in four games. These five players were joined in the quarter finals by Eric Brown runner up in the top group while the other four group runners up faced a play off. These two matches were the closest of the day with Ping Xu edging through against Ken Head 11 - 6 in the final and deciding game while teammates Jill Milne and Dougal Ogilvie match was even closer with Dougal prevailing 16 - 14 in the 5th game.
In the Quarter finals Matt and David sailed through in straight games against Dougal and Ping respectively while Sandy Bertie was made to work a little harder but still accounted for Rui in fairly straightforward fashion. The remaining quarter final was a cracker with Eric Brown putting up a great fight against Gary Lowson leading 1-0 and then fighting back to level the match at 2-2 in games. Finally Gary's higher league experience told and he ran away with the final game. And so it was onto the semis where both Matt and David won in straight games against Sandy and Gary respectively. Matt was in great form throughout and David found it hard to live with him in the final - despite two of the games being close Matt was a deserved winner of the premier club competition - congratulations to him.
The Handicap Event was straight knockout with seven first round matches, the most notable of these being a deciding game 21 – 20 win by Gary Lowson over newly crowned Club Champion Matt Craig (sport is like that !). Also in the first round Ping Xu was defeated by Krishnan Martin - the final two games being 20-21 and 19-21. The line up for the Semi finals after some competitive quarter final ties was Krishnan Martin against Nathan Bertie and Sandy Bertie against Lee Nixon. Sadly for the Bertie's the chances of a family final was dashed on both counts with Krishnan winning in straight games while Lee needed a decider to see off Sandy. The final was fairly straightforward for Krishnan who won his second handicap trophy of the season having won the Fowler Handicap in January. The handicapper take note ! - well done to Krishnan.
To complete the evening there was a Drawn Doubles competition with some promising partnerships coming out of the draw none more so than Gary Lowson and Eric Brown with Eric now an ally for Gary having given him great problems in the singles earlier in the proceedings. In the final this fancied pairing came out on top in a final game decider against David Sim and Ping Xu.
And so the Club Championships were over for another year, thanks to all who entered - an excellent turnout which made the event a special day - there was quite an age span present and it was great to see both our younger and older members taking part !
Club Championship Final
Matt Craig 11 – 5 11 – 9 12 - 10 David Sim
Handicap Final
Krishnan Martin 21 – 11 21 – 14 Lee Nixon
Drawn Doubles Final
Eric Brown / Gary Lowson 5 - 11 11 - 5 11 – 3 David Sim/ Ping Xu
Club Champion Matt Craig Handicap Cup winner Krishnan Martin Ballot Doubles winners Eric Brown and Gary Lowson
Dundee Senior Schools Championships and the Sandy Elrick Shield, Monday 24th February, Ward Road Gym.
On Monday night at Ward Road Gym we held the Senior Schools Championships for secondary school pupils in Dundee and District. We were able to award a new trophy, the Sandy Elrick Shield, which was donated to DDTTA by the family of Sandy Elrick. As most will know Sandy provided enormous support to DDTTA over many years and continued to play competitively in our league until well into his eighties. He was particularly interested in supporting youth development and older players who were new to the sport.
This year we had only 5 competitors: Lachlann Henderson, Scott Beveridge, Krishnan Martin, Campbell Barr and Suttie Abuul. We used a round robin format. Suttie was playing his first table tennis competition but he is a promising player and performed creditably. The other 4 players all took sets from each other and the standard of play was very good. The out-turn hinged on the match between Lachlann and Scott and it could hardly have been closer with Lachlann Henderson coming back from 4-8 down in the 5th to win the tournament, (11-9, 12-10, 11-13, 9-11, 11-9). In another notable match which effectively settled 3rd and 4th position, Krishnan just managed to edge out Campbell in the final set.
Scott and Campbell are still cadets whereas Lachlann and Krishnan are juniors. This means that all 4 have earned the right to take part in the national senior schools event which will take place in Bathgate on March 9th .
From left: Lachlann, Campbell, Scott, Krishnan, Suttie Lachlann Henderson receiving the Sandy Elrick Shield.
DDTTA Closed Championships, Saturday 22nd February, Ward Road Gym
In the Men’s Singles there were 8 seeds in the group stages with the seeds determined on the basis of this season’s league averages. Generally the seeded players managed to move on but Aaron Robertson upset the odds and qualified for the quarter-finals after a 5 set win against Paul Monteith. Ryan Campbell came agonisingly close to joining him, missing out on a countback after he, Grant Williams and Ryan Docherty each won one match in their group of 3. The quarter-finals were mainly 3-set affairs although Aaron won a set in his match against Callum Riddoch, and Jacob Munro’s win against Ryan was very hard-fought 13-11, 15-13, 16-14. This set up strong semi-finals in the first of which David Hay beat Andrew Nimmo 3-1. The second semi-final was between Callum and Jacob, with Callum already having beaten Jacob 3-1 in the group stages. The rematch was very close but Jacob reversed the earlier result, winning the 4th set 15-13 for a 3-1 victory. Having fought doggedly to win difficult matches in the quarters and semis Jacob had no answer to David in the final (3-0) so the winner for the second year in a row was David Hay
Men’s Singles winner: David Hay Action from the Men’s Singles final
In the Women’s Singles we had a larger field than in recent years which allowed for 2 round-robin groups of 3 players. In the first group top seed Gillian Edwards lost 1-3 to last year’s winner Fiona Kinloch and Fiona went on to win the group. In the other group Grace Gao had 2 convincing victories and Jill Milne was runner up thanks to a 3-1 win over Rhona Payne. After straight sets semi-final wins, Gillian and Fiona met again in the final which went the full distance to the 5th set, but this time Gillian Edwards came out on top to win the tournament.
Women’s Singles winner: Gillian Edwards Action from the Women’s Singles final Women’s Doubles winners: Gillian Edwards and Jie Guo
The Women’s Doubles event was a round-robin of 3 evenly matched and strong teams. Jill Milne and Fiona Kinloch finished 3rd but only after losing both of their matches in the final set. Grace Gao and Rhona Payne were runners-up but the winners were Gillian Edwards and Jie Guo.
Men’s Doubles was a smaller tournament than last year with only 6 teams taking part. Arguably the stand-out match was the quarter-final in which St Andrews pairing of Ryan Campbell and Ben Jamieson were just edged out in 5 sets by Andrew Nimmo and Craig Smith of Mylnefield. However the tournament was won by top seeds Callum Riddoch and Jacob Munro, who beat Grant Williams and Matt Craig in their semi, and Ryan Docherty and Paul Monteith in the final, all without the loss of a single set.
Men’s Doubles winners Jacob Munro and Callum Riddoch preparing to play semi-final against Grant Williams and Matt Craig
At this stage of the day things seemed mostly to be running on schedule. However the remaining events were slowed down by an excessive degree of match-winning by players from Up4It TTC, and arguably by some scheduling errors on the part of an inexperienced tournament organiser :) The mixed Doubles event was a knockout starting from the quarter-final stage, with all matches up until the final finishing 3-0. The final was a good match between two strong teams: Andrew Nimmo and Grace Gao vs Paul Monteith and Gillian Edwards. Paul and Gillian won 3-1.
Mixed Doubles winners Paul Monteith and Gillian Edwards Action from a high standard Mixed Doubles final against Grace Gao and Andrew Nimmo
The Ballot Doubles threw up some interesting pairings, the format was best of 3 sets and most matches went to the deciding set. Ryan Docherty and Fiona Kinloch looked like a strong paining from the outset and indeed they went on to win the tournament, but they needed a final set to win against David Hay and Rhona Payne in the quarters, two close sets to win against Matt Craig and Jill Milne in the semis, and then a final set to win against Aaron Robertson and Howard Lee in the final.
Ballot Doubles winners: Fiona Kinloch and Ryan Docherty
The Vet’s Doubles line-up suffered from a couple of late call-offs and only had 4 teams in the field. The final was the last match of the day, played between Fiona Kinloch and Aaron Robertson at a point where Aaron seemed to have been playing continuously for at least an hour, and their opponents Gillian Edwards and Paul Monteith. Gillian and Paul won a good match in straight sets.
Vet’s Doubles winners Paul Monteith and Gillian Edwards, and in semi-final action against Howard Lee and Jie Guo
The Vet’s Singles had quite a large field and 4 seeds: Gillian Edwards, Paul Monteith, Aaron Robertson and Sandy Bertie. Of these only Sandy failed to make it to the semis after losing a very tight 5-setter to Jill Milne. Jill went on to take a set from Gillian in the semi-final, and in the other semi-final Paul managed to reverse his result from the Men’s Singles event by beating Aaron 3-0. So a final between the usual suspects and at this point Gillian had the good grace not to win a tournament as Paul Monteith won 3-0 after 3 very close sets. Possibly Gillian was beginning to feel awkward about her relentless winning, or possibly she had her eye on the bus time-table, but more likely she was simply outplayed on this occasion by her club-mate.
Paul Monteith, triumphant with his Vet’s Singles medal
Finally the Silver Bat consolation tournament for players who did not qualify from the group stages of the Singles tournaments, and also those who did not take part in the main singles event but who lost their first match in Vet’s Singles. Best of 3 sets format with a best of 5 final, no seeding. We ended up with all- St Andrews TTC semi-finals between Howard Lee and Ryan Campbell, and between Jie Guo and Ben Jamieson on the other, (after Ben came through a close 3-set quarter final against Sandy Bertie). The two 1st division players made it to the final, with Ryan Campbell winning in straight sets against Ben Jamieson.
Silver Bat winner Ryan Campbell Ben Jamieson and Sandy Bertie preparing for their Silver Bat match
Congratulations to all winners, thanks to everyone for taking part, thanks to Shirley McKay for 8 hours of umpiring and other help, and to players such as Sandy and Jill who stayed until the end and helped to put everything away.
Lower division closed championships and Fowler Handicap Cup, Saturday 25th January
The lower division closed championships, Hardy Ballot Doubles and Fowler Handicap were held at Ward Road Gym on Saturday 25th January. Even with 4 late call-offs due to illness and storm-related travel disruption we had a healthy entry for 6 tournaments which were organised expertly (once again) by David Sim.
We started with D2 Trident Challenge Singles and D3 Singles, with round robin groups of 3 and top two advancing to semi-finals (D2) or quarter finals (D3). In the D2 Trident Challenge seeds Grace Gao and Craig Smith both made it to the final. Craig didn’t drop a single set in his three match march to the final, but after coming through a very exciting 5-set semi against Howard Lee it was Grace Gao who won the final 3-0. In the D3 Challenge Singles, the four seeded players made it to the semi-finals, but often only after some very tight matches in the group stages and quarter-finals. Thereafter things were more one-sided as Andy Hughes beat Murray Johnston 3-0 in his semi and Steve Stranock 3-0 in the final to win the tournament without dropping a set.
D2 Trident Challenge winner, Grace Gao D3 Challenge winner, Andy Hughes
Next we moved on to the Under-25s and Over-25s singles tournaments which were both organised as straight knock-outs. The final of the Under 25s Singles was contested by two youngsters from Plebeians TTC. Krishnan Martin had the upper hand against Marwan Muqit and won 3-0, although all three sets were close. The over-25s tournament was won by Craig Smith who beat Steve Stranock 3-1 in the final, with the last two sets very closely contested. Craig is maintaining a good average in Division 2 this season but his opponents from Division 3 gave him good opposition in this tournament with Ping Xu, Shirley McKay and Steve Stranock (as mentioned) all taking a set.
Under 25s Singles winner, Krishnan Martin Over 25s Singles finalists, Craig Smith and Steve Stranock, in action
The Hardy Ballot Doubles tournament threw up some strong pairings with 8 teams making up a full quarter final line-up. The winners were Craig Smith and Ping Xu. After working hard to beat St Andrews TTC pairing Sandy Pearson and Martin Turnbull 3-1 in their semi-final, they went on to win the final against Murray Johnston and Shirley McKay, once again by 3 sets to 1. In the Fowler Handicap we were grateful to David Sim for the time and effort spent on handicapping. The result was many close matches and a final between Krishnan Martin and Ian McLagan which went the full distance of 3 sets, two of which were decided by the final point, and both of which were won 26-25 by Krishnan Martin!
Hardy Ballot Doubles winners, Craig Smith and Ping Xu Fowler Handicap Cup finalists Krishnan Martin and Ian McLagan in action
Congratulations to all winners and thanks to everyone for taking part. Thanks also to DDTTA stalwart Bill Beattie who was setting up tables at 8.45 am even though he didn’t have time to compete, and to Shirley McKay and others who stayed to the bitter end and helped to put everything away!
FIONA KINLOCH WINS BAND 5 EVENT AT THE SVTTA BANDED TOURNAMENT!
Hello there guys and welcome to the report from the SVTTA Banded tournament that took place on Sunday, 12th of January at Bathgate Academy.
There were 8 banded groups played over the course of the day with each group comprising of a minimum of 7 players.
From DDTTA, we had veteran competitors playing over a range of the different bands.
Band 2 we had
Ryan Doc,
Aaron Robertson
Band 3 we had
Iain Martin
Band 5 we had
Fiona Kinloch
In the lower bands we had,
Ian McLagan,
Howard Lee,
Sandy Pearson.
BAND 2 REVIEW
Both Ryan and Aaron were pitted against each other in a band that compiled 7 players together.
Ryan had a good days play where he won 4 out of 6 of his matches.
He had an unlucky 14-12 5th set defeat in his match against Keith Dingwall having a match point at 10-9 in the 5th!
If Doc won this match then he would have won the whole band as he beat the overall winner Craig Christie! So close Doc!
Ryan's other victories included him beating Andy McFadyen of Drumchapel TTC, Aaron and Derek Lundie of Glasgow South TTC.
This meant that Ryan ended up in 3rd place 🥉
Aaron had a difficult day without winning a match but had a 5 set defeat to the eventual winner Craig Christie which was a good performance from Aaron amongst other close matches he had throughout the day which also included another 5 set defeat to Doc where he had a healthy 5-1 lead in the 5th set but failed to capitalise on his lead.
He also took a set off Keith Dingwall in his defeat to him.
This meant Aaron finished 7th.
BAND 3 REVIEW
DDTTA's sole competitor in the Band 3 group was Iain Martin.
Iain had a good days play where I'm sure his only defeat was to the eventual winner, Simon Ledwick who plays for Murrayfield TTC.
Iain finished as runner-up 🥈
BAND 5 REVIEW
Fiona Kinloch was DDTTA'S sole competitor here.
Fiona had a great day's play where she ended up surprising herself by actually winning the whole band!
She had players in her band that included other female player Maureen Noran and also the runner up Mando Notarangelo.
Very well done to Fiona Kinloch on being the Band 5 champ!!! 🥇
This rounds-up the days action concerning our DDTTA players at the STTA Vets Banded tournament.
The next STTA Vet's tournament to be played comes on the 16th of February at Bathgate Academy where the Vets Assessment will be played.
This tournament will have a big bearing on player's rankings come the end of the season and will provide a clearer picture to see who will be in line for a Scotland call-up for the end of season Home Nations International Championships.
Cheers,
Joint DDTTA Match Secretary,
Doc
SBL UPDATE for WARD ROAD WARRIORS - 3rd round of fixtures on Sat. Dec 7th.
Hi guys,
Please see how our Ward Road Warriors are fairing in their conquest to try and get promotion in SBL Div. C1 by reading below.
On Friday the 6th of December the Warriors met up again for week 3/4 of Great Britain's premier league competition for British TT, playing at Halton TTC in Widnes.
The team for this round of fixtures are below with Cammy Hussain #1 ranked, Jacob Munro #2 ranked, Ryan Doc #3 ranked and Peter Aird #4 ranked for this weekend's play.
The team: Cammy, Ryan, Peter and Jacob
After the team amalgamated together in Peter Aird's car (after a half an hour struggle to remove a carseat from the back seat!!) they were on their way once more down the M6 braving the force of Storm Darragh!
Storm Darragh would have a big impact on the weekends proceedings as the lads were greeted with an email from SBL halfway down the M6 to let them know that due to the storm, the teams from Guernsey and Isle Of Man would not be able to make their journey to Widnes and we were due to play the Isle Of Man so this meant we travelled all that way just to play 1 match on the Saturday!
At least we knew it would be a competitive match against Albert TTC from the Manchester area.
After arriving at our usual digs, The Everglades Hotel, the team had time at night to relax with a couple of pints (4 or 5 for Doc and Pistol!!) in the hotel bar/lounge.
Doc was surprised to see Jacob knocking back a couple Guinnesses!! 🍺🍺
Anyways, enough of that!
We were down there, strictly for business!! 🏓
Onto Saturday's action!
Ward Road Warriors V Isle Of Man
9 0
Awarded w/o
Albert TTC V Ward Road Warriors
4 5
If anything was to go by the last time we met Albert TTC, this match was going to be a close encounter and that was how it proved again for the 2nd time this season!
In the 1st match, Jacob played Albert's #1 ranked player, Andrew Davies who plays a conventional attacking style.
This would not be an easy starter for young Jacob however Jacob has shown impressive form this season so far.
Jacob went 2 sets to 0 up but was then pegged back to a deciding 5th set.
Jacob played a composed 5th set to win it relatively easily 11-4 showing more maturity in his play compared to previous seasons.
A good win Munro!
Jacob Munro – airborne
Cammy beat their #2 player Valdas Semiotas in 4 sets and then Peter was beaten in 5 sets to their #3 player Annie MacDonald.
Doc then played their #4 player Neil Myatt who beat Doc last season so he had revenge planned!
After losing the 1st set, Doc steered away from his usual topspin serves to the forehand of the opponent and played different serves.
This seemed to help him as he rallied to a 3 sets to 1 victory which can be seen on Neil Myatts YouTube channel!
Service ace from Ryan Docherty?
Cammy and Jacob then lost the doubles and then Cammy lost to Andrew which saw the match hang in the balance at 3 a piece.
Jacob (man of the match) beat Annie 3-1 to put the Ward Road outfit 4-3 up in the match.
The last 2 matches were played aside each another simultaneously on 2 tables which usually deflates the atmosphere in the match but this wasn't the case for this match!
With Cammy and a boisterous Jacob cheering on the sidelines assisted by fellow Dundee player Haymaker who plies his SBL trade for North Ayrshire B, both Doc and Pimple Pete were going hard at it!
Doc was playing #2 Valdas who he beat earlier in the season however after levelling up at 2 sets all, Doc failed to win and the match hung in the balance with Peter needing to defeat Neil.
Doc and Pistol were both playing 5th sets at the same time with good support on the sidelines.
Pistol Pete had to come from 2 sets down and fortunately for Doc and the Warriors, the Airdman made good use of The Pimple to win the match 11-8 in the 5th and give Warriors a much needed victory!
Please see the league table and player averages below.
The next round of fixtures for The Warriors will not be until the 12th/13th of April.
Please see the YouTube link below of Neil Myatt's channel from Albert TTC where you can see highlights of his matches V Doc and Pistol Pete!
https://youtu.be/fzLKUKU4X-Y?si=T92Gyj3kwnHjnoNa
Also, please see my YouTube channel for highlights of The Doc's matches!
https://youtube.com/@ryandocherty1985?si=GX-uvAdLPtyp3VGA
Cheers,
Doc
Scottish Classic Table Tennis Championships, Saturday 21st December, Ward Road Gym
Classic Table Tennis includes games played with sandpaper bats, and those played with hardbats (rubber but no sponge). The Scottish Championships have been an annual fixture at Ward Road Gym in recent years with sandpaper events in the morning from 9.30am and the hardbat event in the afternoon starting at approximately 2pm. Even though these tournaments are officially sanctioned by ICTTF, with winners entitled to progress to higher events (the World Cup 2025!), they are designed to be fun and inclusive: all participants will be made welcome regardless of experience or ability. The events have been organised once again by Juliet and Derek Johnston, long-standing DDTTA members who have done a great deal for the association over the years. So please consider taking part!
You can find more details and the online entry form here: www.pingpongscotland.online . Closing date for entries is Monday 16th December.
SCOTTISH NATIONAL LEAGUE REPORT PLAYED ON 23rd OF NOVEMBER
Hello everyone and welcome to the summary of the 2nd round of fixtures for our Dundee teams playing in Div.2 in S.N.L. at Bathgate Academy.
Going into this round of fixtures, our Dundee A and Dundee B teams both had chances of finishing the day top of the table.
Dundee A team : 1. Andrew Nimmo
2. Callum Riddoch
3. Ryan Docherty
Dundee B team : 1. Matt Craig
2. Jacob Munro
3. Ryan Campbell
Both teams made their way to a snowy Bathgate with the A team making their way in Callum's car together from Inchture and along the motorway, Storm Bert hit!
A car nearly overturned at the side of the motorway, traffic jams and a minor car crash from Callum in his new car when we arrived at the Bathgate Academy carpark!
Drama before a ball was hit and more drama to come on the table!
Both teams would have 3 fixtures with the 1st fixture being a Dundee derby!! Wooooo!.
Dundee A V Dundee B
3 3
And so the derby started which is always a good match to have at SNL as the winning players can take bragging rights back to Dundee!
1st match up was Andrew v Jacob with a boisterous Jacob full of beans and being his usual cocky self before the match trying to un-nerve the Dundee A side, all in good jest!
It was good to see Jacob since he has moved away from Dundee to Edinburgh to study but all friendships were put aside for this match-up!
Jacob surprised Andrew by beating him 3-0 in the opener.
Next match saw Callum take on Matt where Matt went 2 sets to 0 up. Callum came to his corner for support, regrouped and managed to come from behind winning all of the remaining sets, 11-8 rather weirdly!
Ryan Doc then stepped up in a battle of the Ryan's! This really was a battle as the match went to a 5th set after 3 of the 1st 4 sets all going to duece! Ryan Doc finally took the match beating Ryan C 11-9 in the 5th.
The next 2 matches went to 5 sets also with Dundee B winning them, Matt with a superb come from behind victory over Andrew and Jacob beating Ryan after Doc nearly staged a great comeback from 2 sets down getting Jacob as he said "nervous!".
This meant Callum had to beat Ryan C in the final match to secure the draw for Dundee A which he duly did in comprehensive fashion, winning in 3 straight.
A great opening match between the 2 Dundee sides, showing how there is not a big difference in quality between all the players competing for both sides.
Dundee A V North Merchiston A
4 2
Andrew's day wasn't going so good as he lost this opening match in this fixture also, to North Merchy's 2nd ranked player, Quentin Renau. This really put Nimmo on a downer.
Callum lost the next match to N. Merchy's #1 ranked player Shounak Shrikant Kelkar.
Being 2-0 down in this match, Dundee A would need to get their finger out if they wanted to stay in contention for promotion at the end of the season.
Doc steadied the ship with a 3-0 victory over Eddie Scott.
From this point on, Dundee A did pull their finger out and mustered up 3 good wins with Andrew finally getting his maiden victory of the day against Shounak.
A very important victory for Dundee A's hopes for promotion.
Dundee A V Edinburgh Uni A
3 3
Callum got Dundee A off to a great start with an impressive 3-1 victory over Edinburgh Uni's #1 ranked player, Manas Arun.
The match was squared up before a titanic battle between Doc and Georges Corbineau! Doc was 2 sets down before staging a titanic comeback in winning the 3rd set 20-18 where at duece points, each player could hardly receive their opponents serve successfully. Doc let out a humungous roar at the end of this set that resounded around the Bathgate hall and possibly even the town centre!! It was to no avail however, as Doc lost 11-9 in the 5th set.
Andrew and Callum both got Dundee back to winning ways, putting Doc in a position to take the match against Scottish Ladies #1 Faye Leggett.
This match became another titanic battle ( the norm for most of Doc's matches at competitions like this!) Faye was on top of Doc with her close to the table backhand punches pushing Doc back from the table which led to her going 2-0 up.
Doc staged an impressive comeback using his powerful forehand loops to push Faye further back from the table taking the next 2 sets, 11-9 and 15-13. Tight! Unfortunately for the Doc, he lost out 11-9 in the 5th. During this match though, he did have a little adversity where Faye's teammate cho'd when he served off the table which ended up with Doc having an angry outburst at the Edin. Uni teammate Georges. Doc didn't take kindly to this unsportsman-like conduct!
If Doc won this match, then Dundee A would have been sitting joint top of the table however it was not to be.
Dundee B V Edinburgh Uni A
2 4
Edinburgh Uni went 3-1 up in this match meaning Ryan C had to beat Faye Leggett to keep their hopes alive in this match of achieving a draw.
He played well with the 1st 3 sets all being decided by 2 points but it fizzled out for Ryan getting beat 3-1.
Grange A V Dundee B
6 0
A demoralising end of the day's play here for Dundee B with the closest match being the very 1st match with a 5-set battle between Grange's Yubo Rasmussen and Jacob.
Here is the league table below for SNL Div. 2 and our Dundee players season's averages in the competition so far.
The next round of fixtures take place at Bathgate on February 8th.
Dundee A will be Dundee's only hopes this season of getting promoted Div. 1 when these fixtures come around.
C'MON THE DEE!!! 🏓🔥🏓
Regards,
Ryan Doc,
DDTTA Joint Match Secretary.
SENIOR BRITISH LEAGUE UPDATE FOR 2ND ROUND OF FIXTURES ON 16TH/17TH OF NOVEMBER
Our own Ward Road Warriors were on the road down to Widnes again to take on the might of the British Isles in Division C1 of their SBL campaign last weekend!
From our pool of 8 players that we have registered for the team this season, the lucky 4 players to make their way down to Halton TTC at the Widnes Vikings rugby stadium for these set of fixtures were in ranking order ;
1. Andrew Nimmo
2.Jacob Munro
3.Matt Craig
4.Grant Williams (stand in captain)
Jacob, Andrew, Grant and Matt
Coming into these round of fixtures with 4 matches played back in September, the Warriors were sitting joint top of Div. C1 with Aberdeen.
These set of fixtures were looking like the most difficult round of fixtures to be played so far as we had to play Aberdeen who had drafted in 3 more young promising players from their league.
This would be a crunch tie.
Onto the weekends action then!
WARD ROAD WARRIORS V HALTON TTC 2
4 5
Our 1st fixture on the Sat morning was against Halton 2, a team from around the Widnes area who were sitting in 4th place in the table.
Warriors got off to a bad start, going down 3-0 however Grant got Warriors on the scoreboard with a big 5 set win against Halton 2's 3rd ranked player, George McDonnell.
This sparked a Warriors fightback, showing their fighting spirit which led to a winner takes all deciding match between Grant and their 4th ranked player, Dermot Tierney.
Unfortunately, Grant was beaten 12-10 in the fourth to lose this deciding match 5-4.
A tough loss as they had Aberdeen in their next match.
Matt preparing to receive server from Dermot Tierney of Halton 2
WARD ROAD WARRIORS V ABERDEEN
0 9
Onto the 2nd fixture between the 2 top teams in the division squared off against each other in an all-Scottish tie down in England!
The result of this fixture would be important I feel in determining who may win the division and therefore, promotion to Div. B so there was a lot riding on this fixture.
The 1st match of the tie was between Andrew and Aberdeen's 2nd ranked player, the experienced veteran, Ross Martin. Andrew got into a 2 sets to 1 lead however in the next 2 sets, Ross managed to edge them both 11-9 in his favour giving Aberdeen the lead. Following on from this, Jacob lost to Aberdeen's #1 player, Daniel Tibbetts in 4 sets and then Matt played their youngest player Jakub Krzyzastaniak. Unfortunately for the Warriors, Matt lost this in another 5 setter making it an uphill task from there-on to get a victory in this match.
This is the way it proved as Aberdeen were relentless in the rest of the match, winning all matches and therefore winning the tie 9-0!
This was a sore one for our Warriors to take for our quest to win the division.
Warriors would go out that evening for the customary Saturday night meal and drinks licking their wounds however they would need to recover from these 2 defeats quickly to have any chance of staying in the promotion hunt.
Let's see how they faired for their Sunday fixtures below.
