An ultra strong team turned up at Colinton... but BOS were pretty well at full strength too. Christy was first on against #5 John Burnett. John hit some great forehand winners and short boasts to win the first convincingly. Christy managed to get the ball behind the service box in the next three and John's killer shots went AWOL. Mark Dutton was being assessed for his reffing qualification which only encouraged the windmill into "trawl" mode. He single-handedly got Mark 9 appeals towards his count of 10, as well as winning 3-1.
Captain Ali G cleaned out Phil Brown which I didn't see. Mark transferred over to do the #2 match between Peter Robin v Robin Nisbet and needed two further games to get the one further decision needed to qualify him. It looked done and dusted at 2-0 to Cockburn but Nisbet to his credit started slotting some great drops and it went to 9-9 in the fifth. Cockburn's prayers were answered as Nisbet served out and Peter closed it 3-2.
Patrick Langley at #3 faced Rob Norris and this one was a belter too as Rob played some great dropshots and Patrick did some great retrievals. Patrick pulled one back but lost out overall 1-3.
There was a wind-up on the remaining match with both players being told the tie was poised at 2-2 but somehow they saw the true scorecard and were spared going into coronary territoy to gain the bonus points.#1 Rob Pfab faced Ralph Bain at #1 and in his own words "won 3-1 in tight games. Never very comfortable with a hangover and very hot courts".
Man of the match goes to Cockburnator of the East. Overall a tight and tricky match gave us a scoreline that flattered 4-1, 18-7? (Loob)
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A very interesting match report. But missing one important ingredient ...... what was Bank of Scotland't contribution to the Great East of Scotland Food Debate 2009/10?
Richard
When the haggis pizza was presented and made the same impact as the Fererro Rocher's at ze ambassadorr's party, BOS informed us that they are a regular favourite. That pizza disappeared quickly.
The thick-base pepperoni and the garlic bread lasted a little longer.
Click here to see what Richie is talking about when he mentions "The Watsonian's great food debate." on the Watson's forum.
Christie,
Sorry to change the subject back from what is clearly the greater issue here (food), but for the record I was up 2-1 before losing 3-2.
Patrick "being pedantic, who ultimately lost anyway so what does it matter" Langley.
Mea culpa, Patrick. I arrived late to the balcony after seeing Peter C almost snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Whereas you almost snatched victory, so who am I to deprive you of the extra game you earned? Somehow it seemed like a 3-1 defeat, does that make sense? 3-2 it was though.
My game almost felt like a defeat having only dropped 2 points in the first 2 games!! D'oh!
Maybe Robin has an identical twin and he changes places with him at 0-2 down. 'Cos he was a different player in the third.
The instruction to make a call for the marker's assessment purposes can't have made that much of a difference, gulp!
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