Individual Handicap Competition 2017 Semi Finals
Andy Lawrence v Martin Davison
With only 1 point between them on paper this match looked a close one. Both play a similar kind of squash, retrieval being one of their mains strengths. Frantic stuff.
In the first game Martin got off to a good start quickly getting rid of the minus points and getting to 6-1 up. Andy battled but never looked like making up the deficit. 21-14 to Martin.
At the start of the second, the complete opposite. With Andy at 8-0 up everyone was looking at how tired each player was to in order to cope with the decider. Martin had other ideas. From 0-8 down he turned the whole game around letting nothing get by and at 17-10 looked to have it. Andy fought back briefly keeping Martin at 18/19 while he made up 8 points. Alas it wasn’t enough and Martin clinched it 21-18 to make it a 2-0 win. Great entertainment.
Dan Cusack v Steve Goldie
Dan only had 3 points to play with. From -8 he was down to love in no time. Great start and not what everyone expected. At 7-1 up Dan had created a solid platform to keep the pressure on- Steve always playing catch-up. The odd error from Steve not to mention an occasional nick from Dan just added to it. Dan held out and took the first game 21-16.
Score wise the 2nd game was tighter with no more than 2 or 3 points between them either way a lot of the time. That is, until 12 all.
Steve just slipped in an extra point here and there to get to 17-13 then onto 19-13 and finish 21-15. It was a lot more marginal than the scores suggest.
Credit to Dan in the 3rd. A terrible start going -6-0 down before fighting back. Can’t say anything else other than Dan worked his socks off while Steve played tidy length squash. Dan battled, always trying to claw his way back. 11-14 down was as good as it got for him while Steve managed to keep that 3 point safety margin. 21-16 in the end.
Ian Mc
Andy Lawrence v Martin Davison
With only 1 point between them on paper this match looked a close one. Both play a similar kind of squash, retrieval being one of their mains strengths. Frantic stuff.
In the first game Martin got off to a good start quickly getting rid of the minus points and getting to 6-1 up. Andy battled but never looked like making up the deficit. 21-14 to Martin.
At the start of the second, the complete opposite. With Andy at 8-0 up everyone was looking at how tired each player was to in order to cope with the decider. Martin had other ideas. From 0-8 down he turned the whole game around letting nothing get by and at 17-10 looked to have it. Andy fought back briefly keeping Martin at 18/19 while he made up 8 points. Alas it wasn’t enough and Martin clinched it 21-18 to make it a 2-0 win. Great entertainment.
Dan Cusack v Steve Goldie
Dan only had 3 points to play with. From -8 he was down to love in no time. Great start and not what everyone expected. At 7-1 up Dan had created a solid platform to keep the pressure on- Steve always playing catch-up. The odd error from Steve not to mention an occasional nick from Dan just added to it. Dan held out and took the first game 21-16.
Score wise the 2nd game was tighter with no more than 2 or 3 points between them either way a lot of the time. That is, until 12 all.
Steve just slipped in an extra point here and there to get to 17-13 then onto 19-13 and finish 21-15. It was a lot more marginal than the scores suggest.
Credit to Dan in the 3rd. A terrible start going -6-0 down before fighting back. Can’t say anything else other than Dan worked his socks off while Steve played tidy length squash. Dan battled, always trying to claw his way back. 11-14 down was as good as it got for him while Steve managed to keep that 3 point safety margin. 21-16 in the end.
Ian Mc
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