Tonight’s match saw the 4th team playing
HWU4, looking to carry on our fine run to keep up the pressure on the teams
above us in the league.
First up was Richard Nisbet and Jamie Helme at
number 4 & 5. Richard was playing Mark Hounsell and despite taking the first set, found
himself second best for the rest of the match as Mark won 3-1, (11-15, 15-11,15-12, 15-11). Meanwhile Jamie
was playing Lee Calder on the other court, Jamie looked in control for the
first two sets, before a lapse in concentration allowed Lee to take the third
set, before Jamie closed out the match winning the fourth set to take the match
3-1, (15-10, 15-10, 14-16, 15-9).
Next up were Anthony Fitzgerald and Iain
Gallacher playing Malcolm Lunn and Andrew O’Donnell 2 & 3 respectively. Iain
got things off to a great start, taking the first two sets before Andrew
retired in the third when the score was 8-0, to take the match 3-0 (15-7, 15-12,
15-0), meanwhile on the other court Anthony always had in nose in front against
Malcolm, coming through to take the match 3-0 (15-13, 15-12, 15-12) to put
Grange 3-1 up after the second round of games, securing the match points.
With the win points in the bag it was the turn of
Andy Whitelaw to play Zsolt Husz at number 1, Andy was slow off the blocks and
Zsolt was winning points with great touch and tight boasts at the front to take
the first set, Andy found his range and forced Zsolt to the back of the court
and Zsolt was unable to find the same accuracy with Andy taking the next three
sets to win the match 3-1 (10-15, 15-10, 15-6, 15-5) to complete the team
victory for the 4ths, winning 16-5.
Due to a private Burns supper being held
upstairs, we were unable to get our usual spot in the long room and we invited
our guests up to the committee room for the usual fayre of pizza and a drink of
their choice and conversation turned to the strengths and weaknesses of the
other teams in the division.
2 comments:
This could be interesting.
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the teams?
Did the opinions of teams change after a few beers?
The strengths are that you get plenty of enjoyable squash in Div 5 as often a shot is framed or doesn't have its intended outcome.
The weaknesses are that Div.5 used to show its athletic merits in the bar, but now the new drink driving limit has put a stop to displaying any proficiency is pint-lifting.
The opinions don't change any more- see reason 2 above!
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