Thursday 13 February 2014

Grange 4 versus HWU 4 – -Wednesday 05/02/2014; Venue – Heriot Watt University

 
Tonight’s game was at the Watt and we were playing on courts 1 & 2.
Rocco was first up playing Paul Anderson at #5 on court 2. Rocco was welcomed to the game with a swish of the racquet that hit him on the bridge of the nose and drew blood, he was more worried that this was close to rearranging the recent dental work that he had done, but no damage was done and Rocco quickly wrapped up the game 3-0, 9-7, 9-3, 9-4. Maybe a look at the i-mask visor system might be in order.
Mike had the pleasure of playing Alistair McConnell on court 1 and both players and marker were experiencing difficulty in seeing the ball coming off the front wall. Mike saw the game out 3-0, 9-2, 9-6, 10-8.
Next up was Pete Young playing Gordon Frost at #2 on court 2, which was the conventional court with a solid white wall, that you could easily see the ball coming back at you. Pete was comfortably in command taking the first set 9-4 and 8-2 up in the second with us all thinking that it would be just a formality of seeing the second set out, but a lapse in concentration saw Gordon rally and take the set 10-9, nobody saw that one coming. Pete then raced to the third set 9-0 with Gordon obviously having a rest after his efforts in the second, the fourth set was much more balanced affair with Gordon eventually taking it 10-8. 2 games apiece and into the fifth, Pete was not able to keep up with the pace of Gordon and lost the fifth set 3-9 for a win to Gordon 3-2, 4-9, 10-9, 0-9, 10-8, 9-3.
 
Meanwhile I was playing Catherine Walshe @ #4 on court 1 and the same complaint was heard about losing sight of the ball on the front wall. I had too much experience for Catherine and took the match 3-0, 9-3, 9-7, 9-6.
With the tie safe at 3-1 to the Grange, it was down to the No. 1’s to take to the court, both players agreed to wait until court 2 was available to play the match and Anthony was taking on Evan Teviotdale. The game was close and Anthony nearly always had the upper hand and took the final rubber 3-0, 9-6, 9-6, 9-6.
Match results including ref points was 19-3 to Grange 4 which strengthened our position of third in the league. We were treated to our choice of Chicken, Cheeseburger or Burger served in a basket with chips. Our hosts eventually left us to finish off our drinks, before we headed off into the night satisfied with our haul of points.
Match report – Neil Love
 
Pos
Player
Rubbers
Games
Points
Player
Rubbers
Games
Points
1
Evan Teviotdale
0
0
18
Anthony Fitzgerald
1
3
27
2
Gordon Frost
1
3
33
Pete Young
0
2
38
3
Alistair McConnell
0
0
16
Mike Douglas
1
3
28
4
Catherine Walshe
0
0
16
Neil Love
1
3
27
5
Paul Anderson
0
0
14
Rocco Pannozzo
1
3
27
Total
1
3
97
4
14
147
Competition Points
3
17

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why play on that court at all?
Insist on not using that court.

Loob said...

I see the makings of an ESSA AGM motion here...