Friday 13 November 2009

Grange 4 home v Waverley 4 (Wed Nov 11,'09)

This was the first defeat (but a narrow one) for the Grange 4th team. Two Grange players (myself included) were 2-0 up but lost 3-2. A win in either game would have converted a narrow loss into another healthy win.

5th string - Mike Douglas v Heather Spens
This was always going to be a tough game but Mike deserved his 2-0 lead. The game swung either way with good squash from both players. In the 3rd game Mike had a match point to win 3-0 but Heather refused to give up and won the 3rd and then the 4th game. Mike went 7-2 up in the 5th but Heather came back again and won it 9-7. Mike can feel very unlucky even though Heather played some good tight squash and refused to give up.
3-2 to Waverley

4th string - Will Henderson v Neil Kempsell
Will was up against an experienced player who could hit some excellent drop shots and hard driving winners when given the chance. However Will had the speed and fitness advantage and also had enough shot control to keep the advantage throughout most of the game. A good win against an experienced player.
3-2 to The Grange

3rd string - Neil Love v John Allan
I didn't see much of this game as I was marking another game. However Neil said that he used his favorite tactic to good advantage i.e. boast the ball. If that works boast it again. Rinse and repeat until your opponent loses the will to live. However there was more to Neil's game than just boasting and he won both of the last 2 games convincingly 9-0. Another good win for the Grange man.
3-2 to The Grange

2nd string - Dean Wood v John Usher
Dean said before the match that he had not been feeling 100% fit. So it was just his luck to come up against an extremely quick and fit opponent. Dean could match his opponent's shots but his opponent's fitness was a huge obstacle. He reached any shot that was not an outright winner and looked like he could do it all night. The 3rd game went to 10-8 so Dean was unlucky not to pick up a game at least.
3-0 to Waverley
1st string Andy Whitelaw v Peter Cochrane
With the overall result being decided on this match things were looking OK for the Grange as Andy went 2-0 up. However as tiredness set in Andy's shots became looser and the number of unforced errors increased. Peter kept his game together well and pressed home his advantage to deservedly take the match 3-2.
3-2 to Waverly

The overall match result was only 16-12 to so this was a narrow defeat and certainly not a major set back for the 4th team.

Food - Franco's Pizzas (were you expecting anything else?) Report: Andy

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