Friday 5 October 2007

Grange I @ Mammas (Fri, 04.10.07)

Kevin kicked off the season with athleticism 3-1 against Lyndsay.
Al beat John 3-0.
Chris Mair dominated Stuart with fast pace in his debut performance 3-0.
Mike clinched 9-7 off Neil in the fifth, a long battle with both men running on empty.
Allan beat Scott with characteristic efficiency 3-0.
and Christy came to look after us all.

We took the 3 bonus points. But missed out on 2 points for not having a proper referee. We'll not let that happen again - let's all get trained up asap!

Overall 5-0, 18-5 good points and a good start against a weakened Mamma's missing Johnny Everett.

Mammas pizzas and hospitality were excellent as always in the Grassmarket.

Man of the match: Mike Perring, for being totally exhausted.

Any volunteers for chef on Tuesday?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

An excellent start for the new boys in division three.

And excellent food as well.

So should teams pick players who are referees to guarantee at least two points, or pick the teams based on squash-playing ability?

Richard

Anonymous said...

I don't know if we are new boys in Div 3, we were in permanent residence there for 8 years and only got a 1 year sojourn in Div 4 from our rightful place in Div 3 because our #5 lost out a crucial bonus-point match 9-10 in the fifth against Marco's 2 years ago (I'm not bitter ;-)

Teams should pick players who can win team matches and share the win bonus points.

That is not to say you can't have the best of both worlds. Those players who can win matches can also easily pick up refereeing bonus points, if 3 or 4 of them put in a little effort and educate themselves on the rules.

Which means the team isn't dependent on the availability of a single qualified individual and there is no supicion that they get preferential selection during a dip in form, say. Which also helps team spirit.

There endeth lesson 1 in Captaincy 101, Richard ;-)