Monday 26 November 2012

Barbarians home v Colinton 6's(Thurs, Nov 22)

"The Big Man" fronted up at #5, fresh from his jackpot win in GameBall. Sank without trace in the first, a bit of coaching and better length had him almost sneaking the second. His oppo Mike Gibbs was belting the skin off the ball and Derek reverted to short shots in the third but a good debut nonetheless.
   Andrew Beames faced Jamie Davidson at #2, it started at the same time as Big Derek and was still on when I came off court so two normal matches in length. I didn't see much, there was a bit of discusion of Jamie standing over his own dropshots but unfortunately that gave him the idea to drive it long instead and that won him the fifth. Good coaching from Stephen Davey.
   Bob Baikie dropped David Grieve to death and exposed a dodgy hip injury but Dave got a point for the team out of it.
Christy was making his debut down in the dirtrackers and was in control most of the time against Derek Barr.
    Stephen Dave was MoTM with a demonstration of controlled tight squash, no fuss, pick up everything he throws at you and sling it back stuck to the wall. Adam Hill can move and hit, he just couldn't outlast Stephen who confined him to 11 points.
    Overall I was impressed with my sojourn to the 5's, good team spirit and banter in the bar, a top squash night. (Loob)

Home Team: Grange 5 Away Team: Colinton Castle 6
Pos Player Rubbers Games Points Player Rubbers Games Points
1 Christy Looby 1 3 27 Derek Barr 0 0 15
2 Andrew Beames 0 2 29 Jamie Davidson 1 3 34
3 David Grieve 0 1 23 Bob Baikie 1 3 33
4 Stephen Davey 1 3 27 Adam Hill 0 0 11
5 Derek Addison 0 0 8 Mike Gibbs 1 3 27
Total 2 9 114 3 9 120

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Christy Looby played squash?

Is that the same Christy Looby who organised the Grange Open (sponsored by Titan Sports), who monitored every website in the world for questions about the Titan Sports Grange Open, who harrassed the press with the latest news from the Titan Sports Grange Open, who updated me with the latest lets / strokes and gossip from the Titan Sports Grange Open, who facebooked and tweeted about the Titan Sports ....

Did that Christy Looby actually have time to play (and win!) a squash match last week?

Anonymous Richard
www.watsoniansquash.co.uk

GrangeSquashClub said...

I had time to play 2 matches this weekend, I had time to win 2 matches this weekend... if only I had the ability to go with the opportunity.
Why couldn't someone pull out of the C or D division.... no, it had to be the B division, Chris Mair. You wouldn't let it lie ;-)