Thirds home v Colinton 4's(Tue, Feb 2)

These Colinton boys are looking to go up so tonight was going to be tough. Allan Wallace went on at #2 against Stuart Keane and went point for point in the first half game, then drew away. He got Stuart to twinge his hamstring in the second and it was game over at that point, though Stu battled on gamely. 3-0.

Andy Whitelaw was down love-1 pretty quickly against Derek Barr at #4 but he snuck a titanic second game 10-9. He fought off a concerted fightback in the third and then went 8-1 up in the fourth, closing that out. 3-1.

Jonathan Frame took on Gareth Wright at #1 and was being outplayed... up until Gareth sprained his thumb doing a hand-push get. Jonathan got one game back but Gareth got his momentum back to close out. 3-1.

Mark Dutton I didn't see at #5 as I was on court at the time, but he corkscrewed, dived and talked his opponent out of the match- 3-1. Christy played Jamie at #3, was in the games early on but Jamie's fitness meant he had the better finish of the first 2. Christy grannied him in the 3rd and controlled the fourth to take it. The fifth was not a good finish as Jamie closed it out better: 2-3.

Overall 3-2, 17-9 on points putting us in good position for the rematch with this team on Fri. Talk over pizza mainly concerned the imminent demise of Inveresk as a team and how Colinton 4 got wiped out by Dalgety Bay. (Report: Loob)