The unmistakable sights of leaves on the tennis courts and A stokes' tracksuit back on the squash hall floor could only mean one thing........league time was back in town.
Colinton's first team hit squad made their way down to Grange for the opener only to be confronted with a boisterous home crowd and a grg1 team champing at the bit. First into the cage were 5th and 3rd string matches, Chris Mair taking on Sean Robinson and Will Kerr jousting with Richard Macbride. Will came out all guns blazing and took leads in both the first and second game before some fine touches from Richard put saw him pull away with both and the eventual winner 3-0. Sean was putting in some big hits on court 1 but some cheeky (if unintended) drops were enough to let chris take it 3-0.
Man of the match Ian Green took to the fray against Jonathan MacBride in the first string match. Ian stormed to a 2-0 lead with some deft touches at the front before being clawed back and ultimately over come 3-2 in a tense fifth. Richard took on Roddy Robinson at 4 with both payers intent on foot testing out every one of the new floor boards. It was nip and tuck through the second and third but Roddy did enough to get home 3-1. Brian B and John Grindlay rounded off proceedings with an assortment of smash and drop manoeuvres but John always seemed to have it covered and took it 3-0.
So...... a 17-8 loss but the fun bus is up and running and the engine knows what it needs to do. Next. (C Mair)
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