GRG3 @ Waverly Vs WVY3s (Wed 21 Nov 2012)

A very good night for the resurgent Grange 3 side with a 20-0 victory over Waverley 3rds.
First up was Mark Dutton at no4 against Yvonne Ferguson.  Some good hard hitting and liberal use of some tricky serving saw Mark go to a strong 9-1, 9-0 lead.  Yvonne intelligently changed her game plan to a much slower and softer one and it nearly paid off but Mark managed to claw back from a 4-8 deficit to take it 10-9.  Only the two dives worth mentioning.
At No5 Mike Gore took on Jo Watts. Mike was hitting the ball hard and accurately and raced to a 9-1, 9-1 lead.  Jo dug in a bit more in the third and was in touch at only 5-4 down but Mike put his foot a bit harder on the gas and ran out a 9-4 winner.
At No2 Dougie Brown took and Bernard Chizanga.   Bernard led all of the games early on being up 1-4, 1-3 and 2-5 respectively but in every game Dougie put a halt to that and frustrated Bernard with some excellent length and width and took all the games 9-4, 9-5 and 9-6.
Andy Whitelaw at No 2 was up against hard-hitting Martin Robertson. Andy played well but Martin remained in touch throughout all the games.  Andy always had the edge though and ran out 9-8, 9-7 9-7.
The final match at no1 was between Robin Steel and Heather Spens.  Robin's hard hitting had Heather on the back foot much of the time but she retrieved well and was able to match Robin with touch for periods in the match.  Robin was able to put the foot down though whenever it looked like Heather would threaten and ran out 9-5, 9-5, 9-6
Post match food very good and plentiful as it always is at Waverley

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Robin Steel	1	3	27			Heather Spens	0	0	16
2	Andrew Whitelaw	1	3	27			Martin Robertson	0	0	22
3	Dougie Brown	1	3	27			Bernard Chizanga	0	0	15
4	Mark Dutton	1	3	28			Yvonne Ferguson	0	0	9
5	Mike Gore	1	3	27			Jo Watts	0	0	6
Total		5	15	136				0	0	68
Competition Points		18						0