Grange 5 @ Waverley 4 – Thursday 13/12/2012;

First up for the Grange at No 5 was Craig Watt playing Brian Scott. Craig got his nose in front in the first set but was unable to hold on and lost the first 6-9, learning his lesson in the second Craig managed to hold onto his lead and took the second set 9-5. Brian gradually dominated the rest of the game and ran out as the winner taking the match 3:1 – 9-6, 5-9, 9-1, 9-4.

Bill Marshall was playing Bernard Chizanga at No 4 on the other court and Bill took the first two sets against the hard hitting Bernard with sensible squash and keeping the ball in play and allowing his opponent to make the mistakes. Bernard eventually reduced his error count and started to establish himself in the match by moving Bill about the court and went on to win the match 3:2 – 8-10, 7-9, 9-5, 9-3, 9-5 

I was playing a number three against Martin Robertson, and a familiar story emerged of me setting up the point with some loose returns allowing my opponent an easy put away for a winner and I lost the match 3:0 – 9-3, 9-6, 9-2, sadly this seems to be a reoccurring theme at the moment and I need to find a way to get past this and start contributing points for the team.

Next up on court was Tom McEwan playing at No 2 and his opponent was John Allen. Tom quickly got the upper hand in this match and never let his opponent settle, taking the match 3:0 – 9-4, 9-4, 10-8

Last up was Stephen Davey at No 1 playing Chris Jeffery. Chris took the first set with some nice lob services that troubled Stephen. The accuracy of the lobs serves could not be maintained and Stephen won a close second set before wrapping up the match comfortably winning 3:1, 6-9, 9-7, 9-1, 9-2

Match result 13-9 to Wav 4.

We were then treated Curry & Rice and Nan bread and talk turned to the results of EGM held at the Grange the previous evening.

Match report – Neil Love

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Chris Jeffrey	0	1	19			Stephen Davey	1	3	33
2	John Allen	0	0	16			Tom McEwan	1	3	28
3	Martin Robertson	1	3	27			Neil Love	0	0	11
4	Bernard Chizanga	1	3	42			Bill Marshall	0	2	32
5	Brian Scott	1	3	32			Craig Watt	0	1	20
Total		3	10	136				2	9	124
Competition Points		13						9