Ash 3 (Men) Match Report – VBCL First Weekend 25-26
By ATTC Webmaster on Oct 21, 2025 with Comments 0
Report by Graham Outrim
Ashford men’s third veterans team kicked off their 2025/26 campaign at the Draycott Table Tennis Centre (near Derby) in Division 5 (Group 1).
For the first weekend the squad members were as follows: Jacek Langa, Chris Copps, Graham Outrim and Peter Wilcox.
Overall for the weekend the final results were disappointing. The team finished with a single win
(6-0 against Fulham Brunswick) plus a technical draw (3-3 against Cramlington Veterans – although they did actually beat us 5-1, they played out of team ranking order so were deducted 2 wins. Lucky us!).
Hence, the team finished up with 3 points for the weekend. This puts us very much in the position of being dropped out of the VCBL if we do not turn results around in the second half.
In the remaining three matches we lost to Draycott 5, Altrincham Grandpas and Allied TTC, where the matches finished 4-2, 6-0 and 6-0 respectively. These results left us in the second from last place in the division. The third from bottom team, Draycott 5, are just 3 points above us on 6 points.
Over the weekend Jacek was our best performing player winning a creditable 5 out of his 10 matches. Peter and Graham won 2 from 6 respectively.
The next and final weekend takes place on the February 14th and 15th 2026.
The team faces a stiff challenge to make the 3rd from bottom spot. Perhaps with the introduction of a couple of Ashford players who were not available for the team the first weekend, we may be able to turn things around. We can only give it a shot and try our best.
Full details of all the matches in the competition can be found on the British League website but for a summary see the current league table below.
Table – click to enlarge
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