Thursday 14 January 2016

Grange 4 vs. Waverley 4 Played at: Grange Sports Club When: 12th Jan 2016 at 7:00pm

The opening game of the second half of the season saw us entertain Waverley 4 at the Grange, looking for a win to consolidate our position near the top of the table.  
First up were Piers Wilkinson and Iain Gallacher playing Gary Locke and Stuart Payne at 2 & 3 respectively. Iain got things off to a great start, always in control on the way to a 3-0 win (15-7, 15-3, 15-9), meanwhile on the other court Piers was having a harder time getting to grips on the match with some unorthodox hitting from Gary. Piers eventually edged the match 3-2 (15-5, 15-17, 15-9, 13-15, 15-10) put Grange 2 nil up after the first round of games.
Next up was Richard Nisbet and Jamie Helme at number 4 & 5. Richard was playing Chris Jeffrey and by his own admission Richard was slow off the blocks and found himself behind from the outset, Richard battled to square the match 2-2 and with the momentum in Richard’s favour he managed to see off Chris for a 3-2 win (13-15, 15-10, 8-15, 15-8, 15-7). Meanwhile Jamie was playing Mark Butler on the other court, in the kind of match that he relishes, lots of length being returned with pace and then maybe a rally would break out or a winner would be put away. Jamie was always in charge of this match and won 3-0 (15-10, 15-6, 15-13).   
With the win points in the bag it was the turn of Andy Whitelaw to play Neil Kempsell at number 1, Andy always had his nose in front in this match, with Neil questioning if the court heaters were working, and trying to keep the ball warm by hitting it as hard as he could, Andy went on to win the game 3-0 (15-7, 15-11, 15-10) to complete a clean sweep for the 4ths.
The usual food offering was expanded this evening, with Christy making a pot of Chilli Con Carne to offer as an alternative to the usual offering of Pizza’s from Franco’s, this went down well with the people who went with this option. Not that we should expect this treat for every home match as Christy may be expected to turn out for the team instead of turning his hand to creating gastronomic delights.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's official - chilli con carne and pizza at all Grange matches.

Thanks, Christy.

CLueby said...

My next offering was Bolognese with Fusilli pasta for the Women's National League match the following Tue. (We needed comfort food, after Newlands cleaned us out on court).
Pasta is a lot easier than rice, just cos it doesn't absorb gallons of water to turn into glue!

I propose my famous Lasagne for the next occasion. If I give a day's notice on Facebook, you might be able to gatecrash & do a tasting.