Mark Dutton went on the sauna that was the other court after the social players had set the thermostat to "boil". Some terrific rallies with #2 Joe Andrew, Mark boasting a run of winners but Joe running everything else down. A little vignette of Mark diving to drop, Joe just about gets it but can only drop across... back to where Mark is still sitting on his bum, Mark drops there and Joe scurries across the front wall, jumps over Mark's prone carcase and puts it away. Cue howls of laughter in the balcony & on court. It went 1-1,2-2 and Joe's engine went into turbo to take the fifth. 2-3.
John Bain faced Dougie and had the same trouble with length on the bouncy courts as Peter. He salvaged one game with a flurry of lobs and drops. 1-3.
Todd played his usual retrieve, keep it wide and keep it long game but their #3 had other ideas with one game of 9 flawless winners off his racket. Still Todd hung on. He was controlling the Tee but needed to go short once he got control- Coach Dutton reminded him of this and Todd duly took the fifth.
Christy faced a reconstructed Peter Cochrane(knee cartilege) and tested out the surgeon's work with a fair bit of pace, switches, reverse angles and boasts to clean up 3-0.
Overall we lost 2-3 but good points (10-14) and just about choked on some nice Pizza as Nakamura slotted in the free that put Celtic through against Man U in europe.
Man of the Match: Mark Dutton (for effort & sheer entertainment, I know he lost but he also coached Todd to victory)
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Mark Dutton Esq - Munro-bagger, guitar player and now... squash court roadkill ;-)
"The smell of burning rubber was sickening"
For anyone on court against Grange 2, this should be the norm.
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