A very comfortable win for the mighty Grange against a very weak Dunbar team, so weak in fact they only turned up with four players! So Patrick Langley's first outing for the first team was a 9-0 9-0 9-0 thrashing of A.N Other.
The other games were in a similar vein:
Will Kerr beat Alan Murphy 9-0 9-1 9-0
Mike Perring beat Philip Revell 9-2 9-2 9-2
Brian Buchanan beat Evan Green 9-1 9-0 9-2
Ian Green beat David Legge 9-6 9-1 9-6
Overall 20 - 2
Felt a bit sorry for the guys from Dunbar as they are missing four first team regulars at the moment and had to call upon non team members who knew they were on a hiding to nothing. Still some good banter in the bar afterwards and they seemed to enjoy the pizza so not all was lost.
Man of the match goes to Patrick as everyone else dropped at least one point. (Report: M.P.)
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Monday, 19 January 2009
Thirds @ Edin Sports Club 5 (Thurs, Jan 15,'0)
Happy new year to all our supporters, lurkers and commenters.
The 10 of us players were the only people around the squash courts at ESC at peak-time Thurs night. Either everyone else at the club was still recovering two weeks after hogmanay... or squash is in an even worse state than I feared.
#5 Mark Dutton played Sean Morgan and, a few dives aside, was in his comfort zone; 3-1. Russell at #4 in his last team match before departing for Canada played some sublime stuff against Richard Kent to end on a winning note; 3-0.
Patrick Langley at #2 got everything back against his hard-hitting opponent Graham Hunter 3-0. Peter Cockburn at #3 was too lively early-on for ex-Granger Roy Harley but Roy rescued a tight third game before Peter re-asserted himself in the fourth; 3-1.
Christy from the Irish Republic faced Michal Jilek from the Czech Republic at #1. He was outclassed by in the first two by Michal but the third was closely fought, still lost 0-3.
Overall 4-1, 15-5 to consolidate our #2 position on the leaderboard.
As usual, the pasta bake at ESC was scrumptious and the conversation surreal, ranging from the latest blockbuster films to hillwalking to "Saving Gazza". (report C.L.)
The 10 of us players were the only people around the squash courts at ESC at peak-time Thurs night. Either everyone else at the club was still recovering two weeks after hogmanay... or squash is in an even worse state than I feared.
#5 Mark Dutton played Sean Morgan and, a few dives aside, was in his comfort zone; 3-1. Russell at #4 in his last team match before departing for Canada played some sublime stuff against Richard Kent to end on a winning note; 3-0.
Patrick Langley at #2 got everything back against his hard-hitting opponent Graham Hunter 3-0. Peter Cockburn at #3 was too lively early-on for ex-Granger Roy Harley but Roy rescued a tight third game before Peter re-asserted himself in the fourth; 3-1.
Christy from the Irish Republic faced Michal Jilek from the Czech Republic at #1. He was outclassed by in the first two by Michal but the third was closely fought, still lost 0-3.
Overall 4-1, 15-5 to consolidate our #2 position on the leaderboard.
As usual, the pasta bake at ESC was scrumptious and the conversation surreal, ranging from the latest blockbuster films to hillwalking to "Saving Gazza". (report C.L.)
Thursday, 15 January 2009
First Half Team Results
Grange 1 stand only 3 points behind the leaders, Waverley 1. If we keep this going, Grange will feature in Division 1 for the first time since 1984/5.
Grange 2 are 3rd from bottom of division 3. This is relegation territory, but it's only 5 points to catch ESC4 and 16 points to Dalgety Bay 2. Watch this space for a second half recovery...
Grange 3 are in 2nd place behind Inveresk, but closely followed by ESC5 and Waverley 4. Tonight they beat ESC5 4-1, so have widened the gap.
Great results thus far. For the latest updates see the ESSA website: http://essasquash.co.uk/results.html
Grange 2 are 3rd from bottom of division 3. This is relegation territory, but it's only 5 points to catch ESC4 and 16 points to Dalgety Bay 2. Watch this space for a second half recovery...
Grange 3 are in 2nd place behind Inveresk, but closely followed by ESC5 and Waverley 4. Tonight they beat ESC5 4-1, so have widened the gap.
Great results thus far. For the latest updates see the ESSA website: http://essasquash.co.uk/results.html
OPEN League : Division 2 : Results received by : 31/12/2008
MATCHES TIES POINTS
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TEAM P W L D W L F A Referee TOTAL
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Waverley 1.. ............... 8 7 1 0 32 8 99 34 16 136
Grange 1.................... 8 7 1 0 29 11 98 50 14 133
Colinton Castle 2........... 8 6 2 0 24 16 84 62 16 118
Linlithgow 1................ 8 3 5 0 21 19 83 71 14 106
Tyne 1...................... 8 5 3 0 22 18 72 68 16 103
Edinburgh Sports Club 3..... 8 3 5 0 19 21 72 81 14 95
Watsonians 3................ 8 2 6 0 13 27 57 92 12 75
Watsonians 2................ 8 1 7 0 12 28 52 95 8 63
Dunbar 1.................... 8 2 6 0 8 32 38 102 8 52
OPEN League : Division 3 : Results received by : 08/01/2009
MATCHES TIES POINTS
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TEAM P W L D W L F A Referee TOTAL
---- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- ------- -----
Edinburgh Uni Students 2 8 8 0 0 37 3 113 29 16 153
Waverley 2.................. 8 6 2 0 28 12 97 57 10 125
David Lloyd Leith........... 8 4 4 0 22 18 91 67 16 119
Mamma's Pizzeria............ 8 5 3 0 24 16 83 62 16 114
Dalgety Bay 2............... 8 5 3 0 21 19 84 70 12 111
Edinburgh Sports Club 4..... 8 4 4 0 19 21 72 83 16 100
Grange 2.................... 8 3 5 0 19 21 70 81 16 95
Abercorn 1.................. 8 1 7 0 6 34 39 109 16 58
Heriot-Watt University 2.... 8 0 8 0 4 36 21 112 14 35
OPEN League : Division 5 : Results received by : 20/12/2008
MATCHES TIES POINTS
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TEAM P W L D W L F A TOTAL
---- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- -----
Inveresk........................... 7 7 0 0 29 6 92 32 113
Grange 3........................... 7 5 2 0 25 10 83 41 98
Edinburgh Sports Club 5............ 7 5 2 0 22 13 79 49 94
Waverley 4......................... 6 4 2 0 21 9 68 45 80
Dalgety Bay 3...................... 7 1 6 0 9 26 46 82 49
Dunbar 2........................... 6 2 4 0 9 21 38 72 44
Waverley 3......................... 6 1 5 0 8 22 39 73 42
Tyne 2............................. 6 1 5 0 7 23 26 77 29
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009
Grange v Grange
Brian, Al, Richard and Mark - v - Will, Patrick, Jonathan and Pete Cockburn.
Great games and marathon efforts made by all. After the first 3 matches the team score was 7-6, setting up Brian "Don't take ME on in a dropshot competition" Buchanan and Will Kerr to thrash out the decider.
Will dominated the first 2 games with outstanding play 9-0, 9-1. Brian looked dead in the water against Will's constant pumelling, but found form and turned it into an epic five setter. The nail biting fifth went 9-7 to Brian. Top stuff and a full balcony suitably entertained!
Great games and marathon efforts made by all. After the first 3 matches the team score was 7-6, setting up Brian "Don't take ME on in a dropshot competition" Buchanan and Will Kerr to thrash out the decider.
Will dominated the first 2 games with outstanding play 9-0, 9-1. Brian looked dead in the water against Will's constant pumelling, but found form and turned it into an epic five setter. The nail biting fifth went 9-7 to Brian. Top stuff and a full balcony suitably entertained!
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
Seconds v David Lloyd Leith (Tues 13.01.09)
Richard Van Lienden made a debut appearance tonight at no. 5 against Dave McCaul. A very close first game, but the second and third dominated by Richard. 3-0, our only win.
Michael Scott took an impressive 2-0 lead on Matt Ross, but ended 2-3. A good result against Matt nonetheless.
Dougie got 2-3 against Taryne Lowe.
Al lost 0-3 to Alistair Flemming.
Will looked like he would take out Ken Maxwell, but was plagued by uncharacteristic errors and it wasn't to be. 0-3.
Overall 1-4. 9-17 on points. A strong side from David Lloyd, third in the league. An improvement on the first half result 6-20 against the same players, but we need to do more to stay up...
Michael Scott took an impressive 2-0 lead on Matt Ross, but ended 2-3. A good result against Matt nonetheless.
Dougie got 2-3 against Taryne Lowe.
Al lost 0-3 to Alistair Flemming.
Will looked like he would take out Ken Maxwell, but was plagued by uncharacteristic errors and it wasn't to be. 0-3.
Overall 1-4. 9-17 on points. A strong side from David Lloyd, third in the league. An improvement on the first half result 6-20 against the same players, but we need to do more to stay up...
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Results of 2008 Winter League 3
Another very busy league with 16 leagues and a record 97 players involved. However, the colder weather seemed to bring on a number of injuries and so total games played was down slightly at 161.
The results of the league are here ..... 2008 Winter League 3
We had the most competitive league 1 for some time, with all but 1 games played and Chris Mair scoring 22 points in 5th place! Tony Gribben managed a very impressive 2nd place in his first foray into the Grange top flight. Good to see two Roberts (Kevin and Ian) returning to the leagues with four straight wins in leagues 4 and 16 respectively. And namesake Peter was also unbeaten in getting promotion from league 6. Other players gaining promotion with an unbeaten record were Will Henderson, Robert Denholm, David Gillespie. Joanna Cowie, Darren Hall, George Adams and Jamie Halcro-Johnstone.
Alastair Ross (89) leads Jonathan Frame (85) in terms of total points scored. They are among a group of 6 who have managed a maximum 15 games so far. Overall we have 51 players who have played 10 or more games over the first three leagues - no wonder the courts are still busy.
With a few injuries and departures for foreign climes (good luck to Russell Langley who heads off to take the Vancouver squash scene by storm!) we are back down to 15 leagues this time, but still great support.
For those interested, here is the full set of new leagues ..... 2008 Winter League 4
Good luck and enjoy your games!
Dougie Brown
The results of the league are here ..... 2008 Winter League 3
We had the most competitive league 1 for some time, with all but 1 games played and Chris Mair scoring 22 points in 5th place! Tony Gribben managed a very impressive 2nd place in his first foray into the Grange top flight. Good to see two Roberts (Kevin and Ian) returning to the leagues with four straight wins in leagues 4 and 16 respectively. And namesake Peter was also unbeaten in getting promotion from league 6. Other players gaining promotion with an unbeaten record were Will Henderson, Robert Denholm, David Gillespie. Joanna Cowie, Darren Hall, George Adams and Jamie Halcro-Johnstone.
Alastair Ross (89) leads Jonathan Frame (85) in terms of total points scored. They are among a group of 6 who have managed a maximum 15 games so far. Overall we have 51 players who have played 10 or more games over the first three leagues - no wonder the courts are still busy.
With a few injuries and departures for foreign climes (good luck to Russell Langley who heads off to take the Vancouver squash scene by storm!) we are back down to 15 leagues this time, but still great support.
For those interested, here is the full set of new leagues ..... 2008 Winter League 4
Good luck and enjoy your games!
Dougie Brown
Monday, 15 December 2008
Teams Xmas handicap (Sun, Dec 14, '08)
7 regulars turned up to contest the bragging rights this year. The champagne went to Brian Buchanan who won all 3 of his american-handicap matches, conceding just the one game (to Christy). Russell Langley and Chris Mair claimed joint second. Ali G turned a simple round robin into a conundrum worthy of countdown ;-)
The Xmas turkey was Dougie Brown, freshly recovered from injury, who had to smuggle the dodgy beer past his wife to avoid being asked how he did.
The Xmas turkey was Dougie Brown, freshly recovered from injury, who had to smuggle the dodgy beer past his wife to avoid being asked how he did.
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