3's at Watsonians 3's (Tue, Feb 22)

Gavin Fulton at #5 was first on for us against Andrew Forrest, a flawless display from Gavin with NO unforced errors. 3-0. Will "Clyde" Henderson was on at #2 against Mick Hay, I was reffing on the other court so all I can say is Will went down fighting: 1-3.
Christy took on Gordon Fruish at #3, somehow never having played the man in 13 years of East squash. I started determined to get a good record against him, won the first only to almost get grannied in the second. Back to better length, closed out 3-1 including one peach of a skid-boast winner... and one embarrassing attempt at a back-wall boast from the T that had the gallery in fear of their lives, gulp!
Meantime Dougie Brown at #4 was up with Dave Gillon, Dougie was chipping away his volleys but somehow Dave was getting runs of points and got it. 1-3.
The tie was poised at 2-2, Moff was up with Ali Carruth for the bonus points and everyone gathered in the gallery. The 2 gladiators didn't disappoint with awesome retrieving and lung-busting rallies. Ali was steadier to take the first but Moff played scintillating drops to got 8-3 in the second with Ali bent double and puffing for oxygen. But it was a Djokovic bluff and he came back to take it. The 3rd was a long battle but Ali had the edge now. 0-3 which as sometimes happens does not reflect on Moff's levels of play.
Overall 10-15. Double servings of Lasagne, the chat at my end of the table was 1) Is Greece gonna come good after a bailout 2) The relative merits of Squash Matrix 3) "Painting a faded door is preferable to having to play Jim Dougal" ;-)

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Stuart Moffat	0	0	18			Alastair Carruth	1	3	28
2	Will Henderson	0	1	18			Mick Hay	1	3	28
3	Christy Looby	1	3	28			Gordon Fruish	0	1	22
4	Dougie Brown	0	1	25			Dave Gillon	1	3	28
5	Gavin Fulton	1	3	27			Andrew Forrest	0	0	12
Total		2	8	116				3	10	118
Competition Points		8						13