Grange 2nds home v. Mammas...Wednesday 7th November.

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Ian Forbes	0	0	4			John Rae	1	3	27
2	Duncan Walker	0	0	11			Neil McAllister	1	3	27
3	Stuart Moffat	1	3	27			Lindsay Muir	0	0	12
4	Dougie Brown	1	3	36			Stuart Williamson	0	2	30
5	Mark Dutton	0	0	6			John Davidson	1	3	27
Total		2	6	84				3	11	123
Competition Points		6						14

Match Report:
The 2nds lost this match 2-3 to Mamma's, but it would have to be said that the overall match scoreline was a little flattering to us given the magnitude of the defeats of the three Grange players on the losing end.
First up was captain Ian Forbes at No 1 against John Rae. Thanks to an ill-judged decision to join the "Movember" charity movement, Ian was sporting one of the dodgiest moustaches this side of a 70's soft porn film….but that wasn't the only thing that wasn't right.  Unfortunately John's slow and well weighted style of squash was too much for Ian on the night and he never managed to adapt his game to it or force much in the way of concession from Silver Fox Rae.  A pretty convincing 1-9, 2-9, 1-9 loss for Ian and a post match comment from him that he'd rarely enjoyed a match of squash less.
Duncan Walker at No2 was up against Neil McAllister, and the story wasn't that much different to Ian's.   Duncan never really got to grips with match in the way he'd have wanted and another comfortable 3-9, 5-9, 3-9 loss for the Grange was the result.

Things began looking up when Stuart Moffat took on Lindsay Muir at no 3.   Stuart's hard-hitting and well-controlled game resulted in two comfortable game wins to start.   Lindsay provided some resistance with his slower touch game in the third but Stuart imposed control again to win 9-3, 9-2, 9-7.

The high point of the night for Grange and the best contest of the night (the only contest, really) came in the no4 match between Dougie Brown and Stuart Williamson.  Dougie can rarely have been in better form for the club and his touch, weight and shot selection had Stuart baffled and well on the back foot for much of the match.  Doug's backhand drop and his barrage of well judged lobs to both sides had Stuartconstantly frustrated.   Stuart was no slouch though and took the first and fourth games on the way through.  Doug ran out a well-deserved winner 4-9, 9-4, 9-4, 5-9, 9-4.

At no5, Mark Dutton played last against John Davidson.    The warm-up went quite well for the Grange, but things slid quickly downhill when actual play started.  Two very quick blink-and-you-miss-it game losses were registered before Mark actually turned up.  The third game was much more competitive but the damage was already done and a  0-9, 1-9, 5-9 loss the overall result.
Post match pizzas enjoyed by all, but always conscious that in a pizza contest it's pretty hard to beat those guys…...