The long awaited derby match between Grange 3 and Grange 4 went right down to the wire last night with bragging rights resting on the very last game of the evening. The 4ths very nearly caused a shock horror upset but were pipped at the post with the 3rds taking the match 14-12 (with applicable ref points to be added).
The night started with the Grg4 secret weapon Angus Macpherson taking on Brian Sloan at no 3. Angus came out of the blocks quickly and soon racked up a 9-1 first game win. Angus raced away again in the second game but Brian dug in and brought it back to 7-5 but had left himself a bit too much work and Angus grabbed the last two points. The third game went the way of the first to see Angus run out a comfortable 3-0 winner, leaving Brian to haunt the corridors for the rest of the evening muttering "good player, that kid…" to anyone who would listen.
At No 1 Mike Gore for the thirds took on the fourth's Richard Nisbet. This reporter never actually saw that match but both players were heard to be grumbling afterwards about having p'raps not played the highest quality match ever seen. Mike took the first in close 10-8 with Richard coming back well with a 3-9. The highlight for Richard was then a 0-9 straight-through with not so much as a hand-out or let to trouble the scorer. Stung by that, Mike closed the match out 9-3 and 9-5, coming back from 3-5 down in that last.
At No5 Craig Watt took on Anthony Fitzgerald. The scoresheet shows a comfortable 1-9, 2-9, 2-9 win to the fourth team man Anthony. That scoresheet is a little unfair to Craig as the match was somewhat closer than that, but a 0-3 win for Anthony nonetheless.
At No 2 Mark Dutton took on Georgina Jamieson. The first corkscrew serve of the match from Mark caught Georgina a bit by surprise but she quickly become wise to all of the unorthodoxdy that Mark could muster and replied with quite a lot of tricks of her own and an absorbing squash spectacle ensued for the gallery. Georgina took the first 6-9 and Mark replied in kind 9-6. The third game was blitzed by Mark 9-0 but if he thought it was all over he had another thing coming. Two very vigorously contended see-sawing games followed but Georgina was just the stronger and took them both 5-9, 6-9. A 2-3 match win for Georgina.
The night culminated in an excellent match between Donna Cruickshank and Anthony Beames at No4. Donna took the first two hard fought games 9-5, 9-5 and then Andrew replied 6-9, 5-9. Lots of good squash from both players with tight boasting and dropping being a particular feature. It all came down to the last game for team boasting rights and it went point for point in the early stages. The game looked to be set to be a very long one but Donna reeled off four quick points in a row to get up to 8-4. Andrew dug in and forced a couple of handouts but Donna finally sealed it 9-4 for a 3-2 win.
The post-match festivities we're of a high calibre as you'd expect of a Grange derby match, despite the pizzas looking like they'd been carried vertically by the delivery guy. All the toppings on one side….culminating a single 3kg veggie slice being consumed by Donna. Brian had earlier noted that the biggest bar bill the 4ths had all season was when they hosted the thirds. I can report that the 4ths returned the favour and set a record for any bar bill I've ever had to cough up….at £73 (pizza included). We'll cede that victory to the fourth team and call it evens on the night.
Finally….possibly the remark of the season by Mr Gore…."Ok folks…must go now…I have to get home and relieve the babysitter". Most people just pay them a bit of money...
The night started with the Grg4 secret weapon Angus Macpherson taking on Brian Sloan at no 3. Angus came out of the blocks quickly and soon racked up a 9-1 first game win. Angus raced away again in the second game but Brian dug in and brought it back to 7-5 but had left himself a bit too much work and Angus grabbed the last two points. The third game went the way of the first to see Angus run out a comfortable 3-0 winner, leaving Brian to haunt the corridors for the rest of the evening muttering "good player, that kid…" to anyone who would listen.
At No 1 Mike Gore for the thirds took on the fourth's Richard Nisbet. This reporter never actually saw that match but both players were heard to be grumbling afterwards about having p'raps not played the highest quality match ever seen. Mike took the first in close 10-8 with Richard coming back well with a 3-9. The highlight for Richard was then a 0-9 straight-through with not so much as a hand-out or let to trouble the scorer. Stung by that, Mike closed the match out 9-3 and 9-5, coming back from 3-5 down in that last.
At No5 Craig Watt took on Anthony Fitzgerald. The scoresheet shows a comfortable 1-9, 2-9, 2-9 win to the fourth team man Anthony. That scoresheet is a little unfair to Craig as the match was somewhat closer than that, but a 0-3 win for Anthony nonetheless.
At No 2 Mark Dutton took on Georgina Jamieson. The first corkscrew serve of the match from Mark caught Georgina a bit by surprise but she quickly become wise to all of the unorthodoxdy that Mark could muster and replied with quite a lot of tricks of her own and an absorbing squash spectacle ensued for the gallery. Georgina took the first 6-9 and Mark replied in kind 9-6. The third game was blitzed by Mark 9-0 but if he thought it was all over he had another thing coming. Two very vigorously contended see-sawing games followed but Georgina was just the stronger and took them both 5-9, 6-9. A 2-3 match win for Georgina.
The night culminated in an excellent match between Donna Cruickshank and Anthony Beames at No4. Donna took the first two hard fought games 9-5, 9-5 and then Andrew replied 6-9, 5-9. Lots of good squash from both players with tight boasting and dropping being a particular feature. It all came down to the last game for team boasting rights and it went point for point in the early stages. The game looked to be set to be a very long one but Donna reeled off four quick points in a row to get up to 8-4. Andrew dug in and forced a couple of handouts but Donna finally sealed it 9-4 for a 3-2 win.
The post-match festivities we're of a high calibre as you'd expect of a Grange derby match, despite the pizzas looking like they'd been carried vertically by the delivery guy. All the toppings on one side….culminating a single 3kg veggie slice being consumed by Donna. Brian had earlier noted that the biggest bar bill the 4ths had all season was when they hosted the thirds. I can report that the 4ths returned the favour and set a record for any bar bill I've ever had to cough up….at £73 (pizza included). We'll cede that victory to the fourth team and call it evens on the night.
Finally….possibly the remark of the season by Mr Gore…."Ok folks…must go now…I have to get home and relieve the babysitter". Most people just pay them a bit of money...
| Division: | 4 |
| Round: | 17 |
| Date: | 14/3/2013 |
| Teams: | Grange 3 vs Grange 4 |
| Pos | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | Player | Rubbers | Games | Points | |||
| 1 | Mike Gore | 1 | 3 | 31 | Richard Nisbet | 0 | 2 | 25 | |||
| 2 | Mark Dutton | 0 | 2 | 35 | Georgina Jamieson | 1 | 3 | 33 | |||
| 3 | Angus MacPherson | 1 | 3 | 27 | Brian Sloan | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| 4 | Donna Cruickshank | 1 | 3 | 38 | Andrew Beames | 0 | 2 | 32 | |||
| 5 | Craig Watt | 0 | 0 | 5 | Anthony Fitzgerald | 1 | 3 | 27 | |||
| Total | 3 | 11 | 136 | 2 | 10 | 125 | |||||
| Competition Points | 14 | 10 | |||||||||
2 comments:
Can we increase the size of the writing in this report please?
I mis-read it near the end and it seemed to say "..... the pizzas looking like being consumed by Donna..."
Apologies to Donna.
Richard
What next, Rich? Reading glasses ;-)
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