Monday 12 February 2007

Thirds @ Waverley 4 (Mon, 13-Feb-07)

Despite the tag of Waverley 4's, they are top of the division and gave us a sound thrashing in the first half of the season so it was with a degree of trepidation that the Grange Gang headed over on to the South Side of town on Monday ..................-
Chris Molyneaux couldn't have given us a better start taking all 3 off Brian at number 5 (10-8 9-2 9-2) (0-3) Well done Chris, well stuck in.
At 4 John G raced in to a 2-0 lead (9-1 9-7) and it was all looking good, then Keith woke up and sussed John's serves and boasts and eventually edged John (2-9 7-9 5-9) (2-3)
Chris Jeffrey had the edge on experience against Stephen Davey at 3 and only just edged a marathon tussle in the first game (8-10) and once again although our man clawed his way valiently back to take one game, Chris closed it out in 4 ((3-9 9-4 2-9) (1-3)
Pete Young had it all to do to keep the tie alive and for two and a half games it looked like he just might do it! (9-3 9-0 and 5-0 up in the 3rd and cruising, only to be put off by a dodgy call from your scribe who was marking his game and thereafter he conceded 18 points in a row!) losing the 3rd 5-9 and the 4th to love. It all headed for the showdown and Martin Robertson edged it in the fifth (9-6). (No disrespect Pete but I guess his Triathlon t-shirt should have been a clue to Martin probably attracting the tag of favourite to edge it by that stage!) (2-3)
With the tie and the bonus points already gone, Pete T could only try to salvage some points off Donald Shearer at 1 but sadly after a titanic first game (yet another defeat to 8-10 his goose was well and truly cooked on the hottest courts we have yet played on (excuses, excuses....) and the next 2 games passed us by in a bit of a blur! (0-3)

No disrespect; (8-15) so near and yet so far as both John and Pete were right in there with a realistic prospect of winning their ties and on another night who knows............. as has been said before, the bonus points make all the difference at the end of the season.
Enjoy the break from the matches next week before coming back to face the final run-in! Click here for latest standings
The Tweedster

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