Grange 4 versus Abercorn 2 – Tuesday 13/01/15

Grange 4 versus Abercorn 2 – Tuesday 13/01/2015; Venue – Grange Sports Club

The first game after the Christmas/New Year break saw us entertain Abercorn 2 at the Grange in a reverse fixture of the opening game of the season.

Abercorn 2 are having somewhat of a transition season and are still looking for their first win.

First up against a much changed Abercorn line up were myself and Dave Grieve playing 5 & 3 respectively. I was playing Adam Robinson and I was always in control of this match and won the rubber 3-0, 9-3, 9-1, 9-1. Dave had a straight forward 3-0 win against Steven Robb winning 9-3, 9-7, 9-1.

Next up was Rocco Pannozzo and Tom McEwan playing at numbers 2 & 4. Tom had a comfortable win over Peter O’Connor with a 3-0 score line of 9-2, 9-2, 9-6. On the other court Rocco was playing Neelu Sarker, Rocco won this match 3-0 with a score line of 9-6, 9-2, 9-5, with Neelu providing the highlight of the match by playing an exquisite drop shot from behind his legs.   

Jamie was last up playing Bernard a man nearly twice is age at number 1. Jamie was quickly 2 sets up when, with a combination off Jamie playing everything back to Bernard’s racquet and Bernard hitting everything that came his way before the ball had a chance to bounce saw Bernard taking the third set from a losing position. With the pizzas ordered a collective sigh could be heard from the viewing gallery. Jamie restored order in the 4^th set and took the match 3-1, with a score line of 9-2, 9-3, 8-10, 9-2.  

Match results including ref points was 20-1 to Grange 4. We then retired to the bar for the usual delights of Franco’s Pizzas and soft drinks. Not sure if our change in drinking habits is down to the desire to be leaner, meaner squash players or the result of a recent change in the in the drink driving laws.  

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Jamie Helme	1	3	35			Bernard Starkey	0	1	17
2	Rocco Pannozzo	1	3	27			Neelu Sarkar	0	0	13
3	David Grieve	1	3	27			Steve Robb	0	0	11
4	Tom McEwan	1	3	27			Peter O'Connor	0	0	10
5	Neil Love	1	3	27			Adam Robinson	0	0	5
Total		5	15	143				0	1	56
Competition Points		18						1