Wednesday 22 February 2012

3's at Watsonians 3's (Tue, Feb 22)

Gavin Fulton at #5 was first on for us against Andrew Forrest, a flawless display from Gavin with NO unforced errors. 3-0. Will "Clyde" Henderson was on at #2 against Mick Hay, I was reffing on the other court so all I can say is Will went down fighting: 1-3.
Christy took on Gordon Fruish at #3, somehow never having played the man in 13 years of East squash. I started determined to get a good record against him, won the first only to almost get grannied in the second. Back to better length, closed out 3-1 including one peach of a skid-boast winner... and one embarrassing attempt at a back-wall boast from the T that had the gallery in fear of their lives, gulp!
Meantime Dougie Brown at #4 was up with Dave Gillon, Dougie was chipping away his volleys but somehow Dave was getting runs of points and got it. 1-3.
The tie was poised at 2-2, Moff was up with Ali Carruth for the bonus points and everyone gathered in the gallery. The 2 gladiators didn't disappoint with awesome retrieving and lung-busting rallies. Ali was steadier to take the first but Moff played scintillating drops to got 8-3 in the second with Ali bent double and puffing for oxygen. But it was a Djokovic bluff and he came back to take it. The 3rd was a long battle but Ali had the edge now. 0-3 which as sometimes happens does not reflect on Moff's levels of play.
Overall 10-15. Double servings of Lasagne, the chat at my end of the table was 1) Is Greece gonna come good after a bailout 2) The relative merits of Squash Matrix 3) "Painting a faded door is preferable to having to play Jim Dougal" ;-)

PosPlayerRubbersGamesPoints PlayerRubbersGamesPoints
1Stuart Moffat0018Alastair Carruth1328
2Will Henderson0118Mick Hay1328
3Christy Looby1328Gordon Fruish0122
4Dougie Brown0125Dave Gillon1328
5Gavin Fulton1327Andrew Forrest0012
Total28116310118
Competition Points813

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well played Grange 3s - double helpings!


What was for pudding?

GrangeSquashClub said...

Pudding was, er, .. the banter. We didn't have room for much else anyhow.

Must mention, special effort the lady went to, once she realised veggie Dave Gillon was there - salad topped with orange slices.