Grange 4 versus Dean 2 –Tuesday 27/01/2015; Venue – Grange club

Tonight we were playing host to league leaders Dean 2, who duly turned up with a strong looking line-up.
4 of the 5 rubbers went to 5 games with a lot of perceived injustices from the players on both sides towards the referees on the gallery, unfortunately for us we lost 3 of the rubbers 3-2 and won the other 3-2. First up was myself and Dave Grieve and both of us were on the wrong side of the 3-2 score line, with Dave fading badly after injuring his shoulder and myself squandering a 7-0 lead in the fifth game, the phrase “it ain’t over until the fat lady sings” springs to mind.
Jamie Helme and Mark Dutton were next up and Jamie was playing David Thompson, unfortunately Jamie never found his rhythm in the match and was completely swamped as David won 3-0. Mark was playing James Birkhead and after finding himself 2 games down he managed to find a way into the match by taking the third game 9-0, Mark gradually found some nice touches to the front of the court and began to dominate, eventually winning the rubber 3-2.
Lastly Rocco was playing Craig Wallace and a seesaw match which had a touch of everything; saw Craig coming out on top 3-2.

Match results including ref points was 19-11 to Dean 2. We then retired to the bar for the usual delights of Franco’s Pizzas and soft drinks.    

Pos	Player	Rubbers	Games	Points			Player	Rubbers	Games	Points
1	Mark Dutton	1	3	35			James Birkhead	0	2	27
2	Jamie Helme	0	0	6			David Thompson	1	3	27
3	Rocco Pannozzo	0	2	28			Craig Wallace	1	3	42
4	David Grieve	0	2	25			Michael Clarkson	1	3	29
5	Neil Love	0	2	26			Graham McCraw	1	3	38
Total		1	9	120				4	14	163
Competition Points		9						17