Saturday 3 February 2007

Seconds v Sports Club 5 (Thurs, Feb 1,'07)

Peter Cockburn had an appetite for the game missing the previous match- he dismantled #5 Keith Barrett in straight games. Todd Mitchell played his usual steady game and but still had work hard for his 3-0 win at #4.

At #3 Mark Dutton faced Moira Atkinson and served up the usual balcony-pleasing diet of dives but Moira had the edge; 0-3. Alan Stokes faced the other half of the Atkinson team and with the Belford court preventing the high lob needed for the tall opponent, Alan suffered a similar 0-3 result.

Christy faced a young, quick retrieving #1, Ross Carver. He manoeuvred himself into the winning position in most rallies to go two up but Ross did some breataking dive or splits gets to lengthen the rallies even further and take the third. Both men were out on their feet in the fourth but Christy wobbled less than Ross to take it and the bonus points.

A 3- 12-7 win to keep us in promotion position. Man of the match: modesty forbids ;-) he hee

The sports club served up a delighful pasta bake which spawned some great banter comparing Mark's dives with Ross's. Mark's dives won points for the amount of skin removed by the floorboards while Ross got points for artistic interpretation with his affectation of turning up his soles on landing

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.