Mike Perring went on early at 5 against J.J Tait who was a last minute replacement and looked like he needed to be elsewhere in a hurry as Mike won comfortably in 3.
Will Kerr went on at 3 and had a titanic battle with John Hibbert. Will was moving really well around the court and playing some really tight squash but was matched point for point by John who covered every inch of court 2 several times over as it went to five. The younger legs of Will saw him pull away for a hard fought and impressive victory.
Allan Hamer had his hands full at 2 as it looked as if he had met his match in terms of fitness with Rab Mcgill. The former grange club champ played error free squash forcing The current champ into some uncharacteristic mistakes. Al wasn't helped by the fact he'd been floating somewhere in the north sea and not played any squash for a few weeks. Rab won 3-0 but on another day I think the result could have been different.
Ian Green drew the short straw having to play Simon Boughton at 1 and realistically never stood a chance. Ian put in a good show though and made the Sports Club star man break a sweat and racked up a few points in the process but the result was never in doubt as Ian went down fighting 0-3
Overall 9-16 which isn't a bad result but could be seen as a missed opportunity to register a first win. (Report: Mike P)
With the tie in the balance Richard VL was up against Barry Masson at 4 and this one could have gone either way. Barry won the first without too much trouble but Richard got into the match in the second but was pipped 10-8. However Barry looked as if his lungs were about to explode and Richard took full advantage in the third winning it in double quick time. It looked like Barry was on his last legs and the energiser bunny style of the Van Man was going to triumph but a second wind meant Barry clawed his way back into the fourth and sneaked it - 1-3.
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