Sunday 14 November 2010

Grange 2's @ Colinton Castle 2's(Fri, Nov 12,'10)

Fourth game of the season for the Grange 2's away to Colinton Castle 3 on a Friday evening and perhaps because of the day, Grange 2 fielded one of their weaker teams. In contrast to the cold outside the courts were warm, so there were long rallies abound.

5th string match - James Burnet v Alan Stokesy
This first match was a hard fought victory for Stokesy pepperred with occasional "discussions". As Marvin Gaye would say, What's Going On? Some good rallies including one that looked like a drill, with Stokesy driving to the back lefthand corner of the court only for James to play off the back wall three times in succession. The end score accurately reflected a close match and Grange were up 1-0.
Result: Alan won 3-1 (3/9, 9/7, 10/9, 9/5)


4th string match - Hamish Reid v Gordon Sloan
This was another even match throughout, with the Grange man being in command and winning the first two games only to succumb to Hamish's endeavours in five. Given how close the last three games were, on another day this match could easily have gone Grange's way.
Result: Hamish won 3-2 (7/9, 8/10, 9/6, 9/6, 9/7)


3rd string match - Gary Speirs v Gavin Fulton
Gavin was up against a good performance from Gary, who managed to get further forward and dominant the T more than his opponent. His volleying put Gavin on the back foot, not allowing him to get into the match. 2-1 to CC3 with two to play.
Result: Gary won 3-0 (9/2, 9/2, 9/4)


2nd string match - Mark Lord v Pete Cockburn
Unfortunately I did not see much of this match since I was playing on the other court at the time, but Mark was always going to be a tough opponent for Pete. By all accounts, Mark's consistency won out with Pete ruing a performance that by his own admission, could have been better.
Result: Mark won 3-0 (9/0, 9/4, 9/2)


1st string match - Jonathan Nimmo v Patrick Langley
Not accustomed to playing against this level of opponent, I struggled mightily against Jonathan in the first two games. This was evidenced by me having to play back through my legs to the front wall at one point, due to some excellence movement around the court. Somehow there was temporary reprieve in the third game when I managed to stem the tide by getting forward to pick up Jonathan tight boasts and cut off more shots with volleys. This was short-lived however, when the fourth game went the same as the first two.
Result: Jonathan won 3-1 (9/2, 9/0, 0/9, 9/1)

Match result: Colinton Castle 3 win 18-8. Report: Patrick Langley

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a dodgy Colinton 3s team. Most of these guys normally turn out for the 2s.

Richard

Pete said...

Probably because that was the 2s!

Loob said...

Now corrected. I blame the reporter.