Thirds home v Tyne(Thurs, Oct 27,'11)

Everyone rolled up to the Accies courts which are playing fine in the current mild weather.
Mat Pearson at #5 had a marathon see-saw match with Raymond Jeffries but Raymond's experience told in the fifth. The sweat was rolling off him for another 5 minutes afterwards which testified to the battle he'd been in.
Another see-saw was Stuart Moffatt at #4, again went to 5, 7-all, 8-8 for 5 handouts, 9-9, Donald nicked it off Stu on the last rally. Gavin Fulton #3 against Nigel "Howitzer" Pearman - both players melting the ball, Gavin had the better movement bt Nigel was more consistent and shaded it 10-9 in the fourth.
Mark Dutton at #2 against Graham Morrison- I was reffing on the other court so all I can say was
there was a lot of frustrated ecohes coming from the court- Graham seemed to have all his shots come off, much to Mark's annoyance. 0-3. Christy took on Alan Russell, good start to take the first, then Alan
started to pick up the boasts and took control as Christy ran out of ideas and puff. 1-3.
The talk in the bar was of the rugby world cup with Alan Russell and Mark presenting perspectives from each hemisphere while Stuart Moffatt was the pundit, having a decade of experience of professional rugby. Which counted for naught once he admitted to being #15, the Tyne put-down being that he basically watched the game from pich level, the same as the rest of us watch it from the couch!

Teams:

Grange 3 vs Tyne 1

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Christy Looby	0	1	19			Alan Russell	1	3	35
2	Mark Dutton	0	0	16			Graham Morrison	1	3	27
3	Gavin Fulton	0	1	32			Nigel Pearman	1	3	31
4	Stuart Moffat	0	2	38			Donald Smith	1	3	37
5	Matt Pearson	0	2	31			Raymond Jefferies	1	3	36
Total		0	6	136				5	15	166
Competition Points		6						18