GRG 1s away to Dalgety Bay 2s 05 Oct 2011

First 1s blog in quite some time!!

3 separate cars made their way to find to rendezvous down in the bay. We met up with the 3s who had just finished their own match. Not quite the result they were looking for but the boys were in high spirits which was good to see!

Richard V L has made a special request to be on first but was no where to be seen so Nos 5 and 3, Pete and Robin, went on first. Pete was on against previous nemesis Gerry Gemmel. With a hot court Pete thought he could get some revenge but Gerry had other plans later confessing the extreme temperatures were all his doing!

Pete seemed to serve things up to Gerry on a plate with Gerry sticking things away quite easily. Between games Pete was trying to guide RVL to the courts with no success. Probably distracted by Rich’s shenanigans led to Pete taking the 3rd game fairly easily. Que more phone calls to Rich. The phone was passed to Robin who was now showered and changed having only gone on just before Pete – we’ll say no more. Robin enlisted the help of a friendly Fifer help track down his team mate while Pete got back into his losing groove as Gerry closed out.

Nick Wood was on @ number one against Neil Bennet. A tough task if anyone remembers Neil’s performance at the Grange open last year! I didn’t see this one however by Nick’s account he played quite well and gave a good account of himself 0-3 the result however.

RVL finally turned up and went onto court last as Gary stepped on at number four agains ???.

Gary’s match was very tight. After 7-9 then 9-7 the games were tighed and Gary definatley playing the better squash. His opponent was still looking quite comfortably unlike Gary who was beginning to show some signs of fatigue. 2-9 in the third and by this stage Gary was blowing out his a*se. Dalgety Bay man kept the rallies going and finishing 3-9 in the fourth. Descent effort from the Grange man who was up against very fit opponent.

The catastrophic journey didn’t really seem to effect Rich as he stepped up against DGB newbie Mark Beamont. Steely and determined as ever Rich took it to his opponent. Didn’t see this one either however it was a close un. 7-9, 7-9 , 5-9. Another fine effort but with little points to show.

Up to the hillend tav to forrage for any left overs from the 3s match. Good grub and some good banter with the Dalgety Bay guys meant an enjoyable night despite the fairly heavy loss

2-18 the fun bus rolls on!

Teams:

Grange 1 vs Dalgety Bay 2

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Nick Wood	0	0	8			Neil Bennett	1	3	27
2	Richard Van Lienden	0	1	15			Mark Beaumont	1	3	33
3	Robin Steel	0	0	1			Alan Burton	1	3	27
4	Gary Walker	0	1	17			Steve Howie	1	3	31
5	Pete Cockburn	0	1	20			Gerry Gemmell	1	3	29
Total		0	3	61				5	15	147
Competition Points		3						18