Tuesday, 29 November 2011
GRG2 Vs ESC3 (29 Nov 2011)
Monday, 28 November 2011
Grange Girls on top
Team | Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Bonus Points | Total | ||
Grange 1 | Comp Points | 8 | 8 | 9 | 13 | | 8 | 14 | 20 | | | 14 | 92 | ||
Watsonians 1 |
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| 16 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 89 | |||||
Waverley 1 | Comp Points | | 5 | 15 | 12 | 15 | | 8 | | | | 10 | 65 | ||
C.L.A.S.S. 88 | Comp Points | 12 | | 15 | 9 | 5 | 12 | | | | | 10 | 63 | ||
Edinburgh Sports Club 1 | Comp Points | 13 | 12 | 5 | | 4 | 14 | 8 | | | | 4 | 60 | ||
Friday, 25 November 2011
Grange 4 Reach Mid-Table Heights
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Threes at Watsonians 2's(Wed, Nov 23,'11)
After the maiden win last week hopes were high that the thirds could topple the Watsonians 2nds and it looked very much on the cards after the first two rubbers were won in fine style by Christy Looby and Stuart Moffat. But then reality struck and ..well…read on…
Christy Looby was first up at No 1 against top-performing Chris Weare and it has to be said that a routine win would have been anticipated by the Watsonians man given historic performance data. Christy however had other ideas and simply outplayed him in all departments to run out a very comfortable 9-2, 9-1, 9-4 winner. Christy's best performance of the season and two in a row for him now.
Fresh back from his Bahamas rugby trip, Stuart Moffat got quickly into his stride in his no5 match with Derek Davidson. Stuart has only recently resumed squash after quite a while out and he's been getting in a lot of matches lately and it's definitely showing. A very confident performance with power and touch in equal measure. A close 9-5, 9-5 tussle in the first two but Stuart always looked the more likely to move away with it and so it proved with a strong 9-0 last game.
Mark Dutton then went on at No2 against the very capable Graeme Murray. Graeme was simply too good with the volleys and drops and Mark was unable to move him from the middle of the court other than for a few brief hopeful periods. 2-9, 6-9, 5-9.
Richard Nisbet at no4 is playing better squash every week that he turns out for the thirds but on the night had a very difficult assignment against the very wily and unorthodox Peter Wilson. It was always very difficult to be sure what sort of shot Peter would conjure up out of thin air but Richard did a superb job of matching him virtually all the way. The first game went 7-9 and the second was a monster struggle that stayed 7-8 for what seemed like dozens of handouts till Peter grabbed it 7-9. The final game was similar and went the wrong way 6-9. A 0-3 loss was certainly not a fair reflection on the state of the match, but nonetheless that was the story.
It all depended on club stalwart Dougie Brown in his No3 match against Mike Robson. Nothing was given away by either player in a very cagey match where both players were content with protacted periods of percentage play each waiting their opportunities to strike. The only real difference in the end was the slightly higher success rate that Mike had when he chose his moments to go for it and maybe a tiny bit more fuel in the tank towards the end of a very long match. The final result was 8-10, 7-9, 5-9 and once again the 0-3 match result was a little unfair on paper to the Grange player.
The evening was completed in very fine style in the Watsonians bar with the usual monster servings of lasagne and salad and some fine beer and conversation. (Report: MD)
Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |||
1 | Christy Looby | 1 | 3 | 27 | Chris Weare | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
2 | Mark Dutton | 0 | 0 | 13 | Graeme Murray | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
3 | Dougie Brown | 0 | 0 | 20 | Mike Robson | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
4 | Richard Nisbet | 0 | 0 | 20 | Peter Wilson | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
5 | Stuart Moffat | 1 | 3 | 27 | Derek Davidson | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Total | 2 | 6 | 107 | 3 | 9 | 96 | |||||
Competition Points | 6 | 12 |
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
GRG2 Vs Waverly 2 (23/11/11)
Home Team: Grange 2 | Away Team: Waverley 2 | ||||||||
Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |
1 | Pete Cockburn | 1 | 3 | 30 | Mike Read | 0 | 1 | 28 | |
2 | Alan Stokes | 1 | 3 | 29 | Stephen Gullan | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
3 | Allan Wallace | 1 | 3 | 27 | Richard Nettleton | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
4 | Gordon Sloan | 1 | 3 | 43 | Dave Ferguson | 0 | 2 | 36 | |
5 | Mike Gore | 1 | 3 | 27 | Donald Shearer | 0 | 0 | 14 | |
Total | 5 | 15 | 156 | 0 | 3 | 120 |
Santa Spied Playing for 4ths
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Ladies seconds record FV... good points too
Teams: | Grange 2 vs Tyne |
Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |||
1 | Fiona McLaren | 0 | 0 | 5 | Katie Craig | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
2 | Jo Petty | 1 | 3 | 33 | Julie Pearman | 0 | 2 | 20 | |||
3 | Dawn MacBrayne | 1 | 3 | 31 | Fiona MacKenzie | 0 | 1 | 30 | |||
4 | Alex Stewart | 1 | 3 | 27 | Caroline Wright | 0 | 0 | 11 | |||
5 | Jennie Guise | 0 | 2 | 32 | Susan Pirie | 1 | 3 | 34 | |||
Total | 3 | 11 | 128 | 2 | 9 | 122 | |||||
Competition Points | 14 | 9 |
Friday, 18 November 2011
Thirds get their FV(First Victory) @ Bank of Scotland
Date: | 17/11/2011 |
Teams: | Grange 3 vs Bank of Scotland |
Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |||
1 | Mike Gore | 0 | 0 | 4 | Ralph Bain | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
2 | Christy Looby | 1 | 3 | 31 | Rob Norris | 0 | 1 | 29 | |||
3 | Mark Dutton | 1 | 3 | 32 | Robin Nisbet | 0 | 2 | 31 | |||
4 | Richard Nisbet | 0 | 2 | 27 | Phil Brown | 1 | 3 | 43 | |||
5 | David Gibson | 1 | 3 | 27 | Stuart Macdonald | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
Total | 3 | 11 | 121 | 2 | 9 | 138 | |||||
Competition Points | 14 | 9 |
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
Grange 2 @ Home Vs Linlithgow 2s (16/11/11)
Event: East Open 2011/12, Round: 6, Division: 2, Match Date:
Last Modified:
| Home Team: Grange 2 | | Away Team: Linlithgow 2 | ||||||
Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points |
1 | 0 | 2 | 33 | | 1 | 3 | 37 | ||
2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | | 1 | 3 | 34 | ||
3 | 1 | 3 | 30 | | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||
4 | 1 | 3 | 33 | | 0 | 1 | 27 | ||
5 | 1 | 3 | 41 | | 0 | 2 | 27 | ||
Total | 3 | 12 | 159 | | | 2 | 10 | 151 |
Monday, 14 November 2011
Grange 4s v DLL 1s (Thu 9th Nov)
With a reasonably strong side this week the 4s went to David Lloyd with high expectations of getting a good result. Unfortunately we were sent home with our tails between our legs! However, we were certainly in this match and there was not a great deal between each opponent.. On another night the result of this match could have been quite different.
Pete Young got us off to the perfect start with a 3-0 win over Paul and treated us to some beautiful striking of the ball that we all know Pete can do. Meanwhile Matt on the other court was just not able to get into his stride against Bob who was stunned at the amount of running Matt could do! You really felt that if Matt could have clinched the 4th game he would have taken the match as fitness was beginning to show however well done to Bob for closing it out. I think the less written about my own match and Mike’s the better. Both of us were not on best form and certainly on another night playing somewhere near our potential we would have had much closer matches! Well done to Callum and Andy. The final game looked to be Richard’s after taking an excellent 2-0 lead however in true Richard form at no 1 he let his opponent back in. An excellent match ensued which could have gone either way but unfortunately for us it went in the favour of Andrew.
Good banter afterwards mainly around both teams trying to avoid relegation!!
Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |||
1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 42 | |||||
2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||||
3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||||
4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 35 | |||||
5 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 16 | |||||
Total | 1 | 6 | 119 | 4 | 12 | 147 | |||||
Competition Points | 6 | 15 |
Report (Brian Sloan)