Penultimate match of the season for Grange 2 and an away trip to the brilliant facilities at Heriot Watt University to play their first team.
In reverse order of seedings:
5. Gary Walker v Andrew Moar: Supersub Gary did the business against a very hard-hitting opponent. Controlled most of the points and outmaneuvered Andrew to come through a 3-1 winner.
4. Gordon Sloan v Jim Watson: Gordon played well in this one with some great straight drops, but he was up against Jim who retrieves very well and does not give much away. Whilst Gordon bossed many rallies and dominated the T, he wasn't able to make this advantage pay. 3-0 loss in three close games.
3. Alan Stokes v Jonathan Taubert: Unfortunately didn't see this one, but Stokesy assures me that his opponent was much younger (confirmed) and was hard to get the ball around. Later Jonathan divulged that he has won every game this season with the loss of only five games (ooo errr). 3-0 loss.
2. Pete Cockburn v Scott Mosley: A respectable points haul for Pete despite going down 3-0. Was unlucky not to win at least one game that went to 8-8. Scott was crushing the ball as he did in the first half of the season.
1. Patrick Langley v Mark Beaumont: Brutal, brutal 3-0 loss.
MOTM was undoubtedly Gary, who was a last minute replacement and won all of our points. Food was nachos and burgers, which were consumed with relish (boom boom).
Whilst we only managed 3 points in an 16-3 loss this means we are definitely safe from relegation, much to the chagrin of my good friend Chris Weare, captain of Watsonians 2 who are unfortunately the last of the three teams to go down. I expressed my surprise at this outcome but was told to "Save it Langley". Oh by the way, we are playing Watsonians 2 in our last match of the season next Wednesday at home. (Report: Patrick.)
Match ResultDivision: 2
Round: 17
Date: 9/3/2011
Teams: Grange 2 vs Heriot Watt University 1
Pos Player Rubbers Games Points Player Rubbers Games Points
1 Patrick Langley 0 0 6 Mark Beaumont 1 3 27
2 Pete Cockburn 0 0 17 Scott Mosley 1 3 29
3 Alan Stokes 0 0 8 Jonathan Taubert 1 3 27
4 Gordon Sloan 0 0 17 Jim Watson 1 3 27
5 Gary Walker 1 3 33 Andrew Moar 0 1 21
Total 1 3 81 4 13 131
Competition Points 3 16
9 comments:
Well played to Grange 2. Promoted last year and managed to stay up.
Yes, well done Captain Pfabuluous and his merry gang, Patrick, Ian Cockburnator, funky Duncan, super-subs Stokes & Coach Hall.
Always up for a battle, always good with the food reports ;-)
Unfortunately Pfabuluous and Langley are off to distant squash courts so we wish them well and look forward to unearthing some more talent next year.
Gary Walker certainly making a strong case for inclusion next year!!
Aye aye, Captain Cockburnator (hint, hint)
I'm bored with this match report.
Any news on Watsonian 2's trip to play Grange 2?
It's got to be an away win, with plenty of pizza and beer to finish the season off.
Richard
No information on that but I do know that Grange1 squeaked it against ESC3 by 18-10. They are not sounding that bullish about their chances in the top division.
ESClubber
Welcome aboard, ESClubber.
Good result, that.
I think Grange 1 are not too bullish about next season for good reason - thay took a right pounding there in 2009/10 season with much the same line-up. The only thing that would help is... a change of line-up. Know anyone looking to play #1?
Actually, I'm happy not to see the match report of the GRG2 vs WTN1 match.
Richard
Well instead we can treat you to the GRG2 v WTN2 Match report (click here)
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