Friday 7 December 2012

GRG3 home vs DLL1 6/12/2012


Another good night for the 3rds saw them add another 17 points to their 20, 20 from the previous two weeks.  That sequence has seen the 3rds hoist themselves form a lowly position into a clear 4th place in the table at the half-way point of the season.  Still a bit of a gap to bridge to the leading teams so that good work has to continue as we take on those very teams in the first few weeks of 2013.
First up was Christy Looby at no 5 against John Wallace (father of Allan..).     A fairly close first game was then followed by an increasing dominance by Christy to see him run out 9-4, 9-1, 9-3.
Mike Gore at No4 continued his recent excellent team and minileague form with a good display of power hitting and touch.  A good 9-2, 9-6, 9-5 win over Callum Lyle.
At No 3 Mark Dutton took on Craig Lax.  A close first game was taken by Mark with both players making some unforced errors amongst otherwise good play.  Mark got control of the error situation and took the second comfortably.  The third game was a good struggle with both players having a few game points each with Mark snatching it with an outrageously lucky recovery shot ended up in a dead nick which is has to be said was a bit hard on Craig.  9-6, 9-3. 10-8.
Doug Brown at no2 had a tough time against the highly rated Neil Abbey.   Doug's very recent good team form wasn't enough to trouble Neil too much in the first two.  The third was a different story, going point for point until Neil pulled away an 8-5 lead.  Doug then dug in and saved several match points and eventually drew level before Neil grabbed the final two points.  2-9, 5-9, 8-10
The best match of the evening was at no1 between Andy Whitelaw and Richard Gordon.  It was even worth the resulting cold, soggy pizzas to watch it.    It looked very much like it would be a very short match as Andy found himself down 1-8 in very short order.  He saved seven game points on his recovery to 5-8 but inevitably Richard got the point he needed.   The second was very close with Richard needing to take it to a long game before winning again.   The balance of power had shifted though and Andy took the third in another long game, having to save a match point on the way.  Another long, close struggle in the fourth was eventually won by Andy who by this time was visibly beginning to tire.   Turns out though that Richard was tiring more and Andy took the final game with a bit of comfort in the end.  An amazing 157 rallies in total (amazing that someone actually counted them too…!).   5-9, 8-10, 10-8, 9-7, 9-4. (M.Dutton)

Division:       4     
Round:  9     
Date:   6/12/2012     
Teams:  
Grange 3 vs David Lloyd 1     

Pos     Player  Rubbers Games   Points                  Player  Rubbers Games   Points        
1       
Andrew Whitelaw 1       3       41                      Richard Gordon  0       2       38            
2       
Dougie Brown    0       0       15                      Neil Abbey      1       3       28            
3       
Mark Dutton     1       3       28                      Craig Lax       0       0       17            
4       
Mike Gore       1       3       27                      Callum Lyle     0       0       13            
5       
Christy Looby   1       3       27                      John Wallace    0       0       8              Total           4       12      138                             1       5       104           
Competition Points              15                                              5        

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