Thursday 27 November 2014

Grange 4 versus CCS6 – Tuesday 25/11/2014; Venue – Grange Sports Club

Tonight we were playing Colinton Castle 6 (CCS6) down at the Grange.
Christie and myself were first up playing number 4 & 5 respectively. Both games were won in 4 and both ended with Grange winning them 3-1. I was playing Lynn and having found myself picking up cheap points early in the match, Lynn started to work out my game and before I could respond Lynn took the second set from 1-6 down. Eventually I found a way to start scoring points and after a tight third set, which I managed to sneak, the match was won in the fourth. Meanwhile on the other court Christy lost the first set 7-9 but quickly established himself in the game by winning the next set to love and going on to win the match comfortably.   
Next up was Jamie, who was playing Bob Baikie at number 3. This match was over quickly with Bob winning 3-0. It seemed that every shot hit by Jamie was finding the middle of Bob’s racquet, who then responded with a winner.
Over on the other court Mark was playing Jamie and it seemed that Mark was intent on beating himself and complaining loudly about the quality of his squash and quickly found himself 2-0 down. Mark was becoming increasingly fractious as the game wore on and managed to level the match 2-2. The 5th set followed a similar pattern with Mark arguing against any decision going against him, which earned a conduct warning for dissension, followed by a conduct stroke on the next point. Order was restored and Mark went on to win the set 9-5, for a 3-2 win. Jamie was less than impressed with the outcome.
The last match on court was between the number 1’s which were Dougie and Derek. An enthralling match ensued with Dougie taking the first set 9-3 before Derek struck back by winning the second set 9-7. Dougie then took the third set with a commanding game. Dougie started the fourth set in a similar fashion and with the Pizza’s ordered and the fat lady about to warm up her vocal chords; Derek fought back and levelled to take the game into a fifth set. Despite this setback Dougie regrouped and after some changes of serve early in the set, managed to get his nose in front and seal the win taking the set 9-5 for a 3-2 win.
Match results including ref points was 17-11 to Grange 4. We then retired to the bar for the standard fare of Franco’s pizzas and refreshments. The pizzas were delivered promptly and a few of them had the topping slide over to one side, so extra helpings for those who noticed.

Pos
Player
Rubbers
Games
Points

        
Player
Rubbers
Games
Points

1
1
3
43
0
2
26
2
1
3
36
0
2
38
3
0
0
13
1
3
27
4
1
3
34
0
1
15
5
1
3
33
0
1
17
Total
4
12
159
1
9
123
Competition Points
15
9

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dutton was a joke should have been conduct match ,,,,,brought shame to the grange

Christy said...

Christy here. I don't think Neil is disagreeing with you in his report, nor are we covering it up. The rest of us have reported on this to the club captain, who is acting on it. I have apologised on behalf of the club to Jamie Davidson, at the time and afterwards.
The conduct penalties started late because there was a change of ref mid-way through purely due to the original ref being late back from getting a drink.
We have good relations with CCSC & all the other clubs and are taking the necessary steps to ensure that continues.