Friday 28 October 2011

Thirds home v Tyne(Thurs, Oct 27,'11)

Everyone rolled up to the Accies courts which are playing fine in the current mild weather.
Mat Pearson at #5 had a marathon see-saw match with Raymond Jeffries but Raymond's experience told in the fifth. The sweat was rolling off him for another 5 minutes afterwards which testified to the battle he'd been in.
Another see-saw was Stuart Moffatt at #4, again went to 5, 7-all, 8-8 for 5 handouts, 9-9, Donald nicked it off Stu on the last rally. Gavin Fulton #3 against Nigel "Howitzer" Pearman - both players melting the ball, Gavin had the better movement bt Nigel was more consistent and shaded it 10-9 in the fourth.
Mark Dutton at #2 against Graham Morrison- I was reffing on the other court so all I can say was
there was a lot of frustrated ecohes coming from the court- Graham seemed to have all his shots come off, much to Mark's annoyance. 0-3. Christy took on Alan Russell, good start to take the first, then Alan
started to pick up the boasts and took control as Christy ran out of ideas and puff. 1-3.
The talk in the bar was of the rugby world cup with Alan Russell and Mark presenting perspectives from each hemisphere while Stuart Moffatt was the pundit, having a decade of experience of professional rugby. Which counted for naught once he admitted to being #15, the Tyne put-down being that he basically watched the game from pich level, the same as the rest of us watch it from the couch!
Teams:Grange 3 vs Tyne 1
PosPlayerRubbersGamesPoints PlayerRubbersGamesPoints
1Christy Looby0119

Alan Russell1335
2Mark Dutton0016

Graham Morrison1327
3Gavin Fulton0132

Nigel Pearman1331
4Stuart Moffat0238

Donald Smith1337
5Matt Pearson0231

Raymond Jefferies1336
Total06136

515166
Competition Points6

18

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