Thursday 30 October 2008

Thirds @ Tyne 2 (Wed, Oct 29, 08)

With-out the leadership of Captain Dutton who is on walkabout, the Third team headed in to the depths of East Lothian for an encounter with Tyne 2 in Haddington

With total disregard to the established custom of team order, Peter Cockburn went on at No 1 for the opener and proceeded to dominate a fast paced game which suited Pete better than his opponent Donald and Pete triumphed in 3 straight sets (9-4, 9-7 9-1) (3-0)

Over on the other court, Ron Pearman faced up to our No 3 Jonathan Frame and Jonathan took the first 9-4 but was 0-2 down in the second when Ron overstretched and pulled his hamstring and had to retire (3-0)

Neil Love at No 5 faced Richard who was debuting in team squash and struggled to come to terms with the number and quality of Neil’s boasts (9-3, 9-3, 9-2) (3-0)

Peter Tweedie faced Glen Millar at 4 and Pete didn’t want to face the music, (Big band or otherwise from one so-named)and after an easy first game, some coaching from Mrs Pearman saw Glen rally in games 2 and 3 but the Tweedster had just enough in reserve to close it out in three (9-1, 9-5, 10-8) (3-0)

Last on, Russell Langley faced Raymond Jeffries at No 2 and Russell played some sublime lengths to race in to a 2-0 lead (9-6, 10-8) and was cruising 8-3 in the 3rd and the white-wash was in the bag – Oh no! Russell allows Raymond back to 8-8 and calls set 1. He wins the hand and looks as if he is going to close it out and spare his blushes but then loses the game (8-9) and never recovered from the shock to then lose the plot and the next 2 games in quick succession (1-9, 0-9) (2-3) – The jug is on you Russell! (I suspect we may all be there at some stage this season!)

Over-all a 17 – 3 win and valuable points in the bag. (PDT)

3 comments:

Jonathan said...

As soon as Russel called set 1 I knew he would lose 3 - 2!

Anonymous said...

Anyone who set's 1 in a team match deserves the slagging they get afterwards... unless they win of course!

GrangeSquashClub said...

This has got to be the biggest giveaway in the history of Grange squash! I think this gets an end of season prize...