Dougie had emailed Inveresk to make sure they turned up at St George's. Russell Langley had a bad head cold but manfully took on their #5 Robin Carse. Our man Russell edged a tight first game 10-8 (lesson learned ;-) which took the wind out of Robin's sails not to mention his lobs and drops, Russell eased the next 2 games; 3-0.
Peter Cockburn found himself slumming it at #3 but up against the stylish Harold. He went from 0-1 down to 2-1 up, went to sleep for the fourth but picked himself up for the fifth and took it; 3-2. The best Cockburn team performance I've witnessed.
Jonathan Frame was up against the evergreen Willie Wood at #4, won the first but Willie dialled in the lobs and drops to take 3 in a row; 1-3. Christy at #2 has had numerous battles with John Brown, this time he was flat as a pancake for a straight games loss.
Dougie at #1 was up against Adam Lord who last time I saw him was a 5 foot nothing whippet, now he's a 6 foot nothing powerhouse. For a 3-0 loss, it was a gripping match with Dougie doing everything to discomfit the young man while the young man pulled some amazing shots out of the bag, interspersed with with some glaring tins.
Overall 7-15. Back at the pavilion, talk turned to Tweedster's achilles mishap and, somewhat more seriously, Bob Nicholson's death after finishing his match with ex-Grange man John Graham just 2 nights before. Air dheis De' go raibh a h-anam (RIP). (CL)
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