Wednesday 19 February 2014

Grange 4 versus Dean 2 –Tuesday 11/02/2014; Venue – Edinburgh Academy sports centre

 
First up was myself and Mike Douglas playing at 4 & 3 respectively. I was playing Derek Mills and a I managed to shade a tight first set 10-8, this set the tone for the rest of the match and took the rubber 3-0 winning 10-8, 9-4, 9-5. Meanwhile on the other court Mike was playing Michael Clarkson and after a titanic struggle in the first set which saw Mike triumph 10-8, no one saw the collapse that was about to happen coming, as Mike was out on his legs and quickly lost the next 3 sets in quick time to lose the rubber 3-1 with a score of 8-10, 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.
Rocco was playing Alex Ward-Gittos at #5. Alex took the first set 10-8, picking up some fine returns from some loose shots by Rocco, and Rocco returned the favour in the second set taking the rubber 10-8. Rocco began to impose himself on the match and took the third rubber 9-5, into the fourth rubber and Rocco was up 4-1 when a loose return by Alex was seized upon by Rocco who somehow managed to smack Alex in the mouth with the back of his hand. A medical timeout allowed Alex to get patched up before returning to court to try and finish the match, but after being hit in the mouth, Alex was a bit wary of getting to close to Rocco and Rocco closed out the match taking the rubber 9-1. 3-1 win to Rocco 8-10, 10-8, 9-5, 9-1.
Anthony was next on court playing Peter McCallum @ #2. Some fine squash by Anthony saw him take the first rubber 9-5, Anthony’s mind then wandered a bit as Peter took the second rubber 9-2. Normal service was resumed with Anthony quickly closing out the match winning the next 2 rubbers 9-1, 9-1. 3-1 win to Anthony 9-5, 2-9, 9-1, 9-1.
Andrew Claymore was playing Craig Wallace @ #1. Craig had the upper hand in the first rubber winning 9-5, Andrew bounced back taking the second 9-2, the third was a much tighter affair with around with both players playing some good squash in a long game which Andrew eventually edged 10-9. Andrew had the upper hand by now and took the match and fourth rubber for a 3-1 win, 5-9, 9-2, 10-9, 9-2.
Match results including ref points was 18-8 to Grange 4 and this moved us up to second in the table on equal points with Waverley 3, with 3 games to go. We need a strong finish to keep second place and a visit to the league leaders CCS5 will be the crucial match. We then went down to Luigi’s for beer and pizza to round the evening off, soft drinks and water were optional.
Pos
Player
Rubbers
Games
Points
Player
Rubbers
Games
Points
1
Andrew Claymore
1
3
33
Craig Wallace
0
1
22
2
Anthony Fitzgerald
1
3
29
Peter McCallum
0
1
16
3
Mike Douglas
0
1
11
Michael Clarkson
1
3
35
4
Neil Love
1
3
28
Derek Mills
0
0
18
5
Rocco Pannozzo
1
3
36
Alex Ward-Gittos
0
1
24
Total
4
13
137
1
6
115
Competition Points
18

1 comment:

Loob said...

One minute Rocco is hitting you in the mouth with his hand, the next he is smacking you in the mouth with pizza n beer ;-)