Debutant helps DMU table tennis continue 100% record

There is no stopping Men’s Table Tennis this season and their 100% winning record continued on Wednesday afternoon, with the help of a fresh face.

Debutant Josh Salami won all four of his games to help the British University and College Sports (BUCS) newcomers clinch yet another 17-0 victory, this time over Staffordshire University.

Josh, left, with the victorious team

TABLE TENNIS

De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) Table Tennis are one of #TeamDMU’s most in-form sides this season and their victory on Wednesday afternoon sees them remain firmly in the hunt for a BUCS title in Midlands Table Tennis Division 3A in their first year as a club.

Club Chair Sam Henderson said: “Our fourth successive whitewash on the road against Staffordshire positions us nicely at the top of the league.

“Three BUCS games remain against the three other unbeaten teams in the division.

“It’s all to play for but if we keep doing what we’re doing I’m sure, come the end of the year, we will be in the right place.

“Josh Salami made his debut for the men’s team, filling big shoes as a part of a team which haven’t lost a single game in the league.

“But come of the hour Josh played superbly and won all four of his games three sets to nil as well as being one part of the doubles team that also won their match.

“It shows the depth and dedication of the club to play a new player who demonstrated all his hard work through the year for his chance - and didn’t he take it well?”

SQUASH

It was also another winning day for Men’s Squash First Team who consolidated their position at the top of BUCS Squash Midlands Division 2B with a 5-0 whitewash against the University of East Anglia 1^sts.

First Team Captain Chris Roberts, said: “Travelling away to UEA there was a danger that the team would suffer from the time spent travelling.

“However, this wasn’t the case and we looked as strong as ever against a very good team.

“We all adjusted to the court conditions well and came through with another well earned 5-0 victory.

“We now go into the individual championships this weekend with great momentum and hopeful of positive results in some difficult groups.”

The win is their fifth of the season and they will be hoping to push on right up to the Christmas break with one last fixture against the University of Lincoln 1^sts. 

Women’s Squash also built on their victory last week against the University of Lincoln 2^nds beating Loughborough University 2^nds 4-0. They sit 6^th from nine in BUCS Squash Midlands Division 2B.

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VOLLEYBALL

Men’s Volleyball First Team returned to winning ways on Wednesday with a 3-0 victory over Nottingham Trent University 1^sts.

The side were shocked by Coventry University 1^sts a few weeks ago and were knocked out of the cup by Cranfield University last week so the win comes as a relief.

It was also a winning night at the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Leisure Centre for the Women’s First Team who beat Cranfield University 1^sts 3-1.

BASKETBALL

Women’s Basketball march on in BUCS Basketball Midlands Division 3B with yet another victory to take them six points clear at the top of the table.

The side have one last fixture before Christmas against bottom placed side the University of Lincoln 1^sts.

The run-down

Men’s Badminton 1^st 1-7 Oxford University 2^nd

Men’s Badminton 2^nd 1-7 University of Leicester 2^nd

Women’s Badminton v University of Leicester 1^st (Rearranged)

Men’s Basketball 1^st 49-77 University of Bedfordshire 1^st

Men’s Basketball 2^nd 58-79 University of Northampton 1^st

Men’s Fencing 1^st 100-135 University of Leicester 2^nd

Women’s Fencing 1^st 57-135 University of Worcester 1^st

Men’s Football 2^nd 2-2 University of Bedfordshire 3^rd

Men’s Football 3^rd 2-2 University of Derby 3^rd

Men’s Football 4^th 1-0 Aston University 3^rd

Men’s Football 6^th v Harper Adams University College 2^nd (Rearranged)

Women’s Football 1^st 2-3 Loughborough University 3^rd

Women’s Football 2^nd 1-1 University of Bedfordshire (Bedford) 2^nd

Men’s Hockey 1^st 1-7 University of Cambridge 2^nd

Women’s Hockey 1^st 0-2 University of Warwick 2^nd

Women’s Lacrosse 1^st 2-17 Loughborough University 2^nd

Netball 1^st v Oxford Brookes University 1^st (Rearranged)

Netball 2^nd 22-32 University of Northampton 2^nd

Netball 3^rd 27-57 Bishop Grosseteste University 1^st

Netball 4^th 3-71 Oxford University 3^rd

Men’s Rugby 1^st 26-34 Oxford Brookes University 1^st

Men’s Rugby 2^nd 5-17 Harper Adams University College 3^rd

Men’s Squash 2^nd 1-2 Aston University 1^st

Men’s Tennis 1^st 0-12 University of Nottingham 3^rd

Women’s Tennis 1^st 1-5 University of Nottingham 5^th