2018 Closed Competition Preliminaries.
Unfortunately with 20 entries this year is was necessary to bring the 1st round to a neat 16 so there were 4 preliminary matches and it was names out of the hat for who those players would be. Dan Cusack had the honour of blindly picking them out. Didn’t he go and pick his own name, only to play Jamie Morton to boot!
Might as well start with that game. Can’t help saying but Dan was always going to be up against it, Jamie hits the ball so well and he looked pretty sharp around court too.
Dan battled well and took the third game to give Jamie something to worry about. The fourth game was even up to 7-7 but Dan was showing signs of tiring. 15-8 and a 3-1 win to Jamie.
Peter Edney had an even bigger ask when up against Simon Long. Peter gave a very good account of himself although the score doesn’t suggest that. Peter surprised Simon on many occasions with some great kill shots, he couldn’t afford to give Peter anything loose. Great physical effort but Simon just too strong, 3-0 to Simon.
The third game looked like it could go either way. Steve Goldie against the ever improving Chris Brock. And so it turned out. A battling encounter with Steve hitting many crisp an good length drives. Chris wouldn’t let anything go and it really was a game of attrition. At 2-2 all on the balcony were unsure what the result would be. Chris had worked incredibly hard throughout and this must explain how he just ran out of steam, mentally as well as physically.
15-3 to Steve who I have to say is hitting the ball better than ever. Great game to watch.
The fourth game between Dave Hall and Jonny Woodhouse had to be played on Saturday morning and unfortunately I didn‘t see much of the game. 3-1 to Dave Hall.
Due to some very late drop outs, all four preliminary losers’ names were back in the hat, Peter Edney and Jonny Woodhouse have a second bite and are in the 1st round proper.
No getting away from it, both Dan Cusack and Chrs Brock have had a rotten run of luck.
Ian McAllister.
Unfortunately with 20 entries this year is was necessary to bring the 1st round to a neat 16 so there were 4 preliminary matches and it was names out of the hat for who those players would be. Dan Cusack had the honour of blindly picking them out. Didn’t he go and pick his own name, only to play Jamie Morton to boot!
Might as well start with that game. Can’t help saying but Dan was always going to be up against it, Jamie hits the ball so well and he looked pretty sharp around court too.
Dan battled well and took the third game to give Jamie something to worry about. The fourth game was even up to 7-7 but Dan was showing signs of tiring. 15-8 and a 3-1 win to Jamie.
Peter Edney had an even bigger ask when up against Simon Long. Peter gave a very good account of himself although the score doesn’t suggest that. Peter surprised Simon on many occasions with some great kill shots, he couldn’t afford to give Peter anything loose. Great physical effort but Simon just too strong, 3-0 to Simon.
The third game looked like it could go either way. Steve Goldie against the ever improving Chris Brock. And so it turned out. A battling encounter with Steve hitting many crisp an good length drives. Chris wouldn’t let anything go and it really was a game of attrition. At 2-2 all on the balcony were unsure what the result would be. Chris had worked incredibly hard throughout and this must explain how he just ran out of steam, mentally as well as physically.
15-3 to Steve who I have to say is hitting the ball better than ever. Great game to watch.
The fourth game between Dave Hall and Jonny Woodhouse had to be played on Saturday morning and unfortunately I didn‘t see much of the game. 3-1 to Dave Hall.
Due to some very late drop outs, all four preliminary losers’ names were back in the hat, Peter Edney and Jonny Woodhouse have a second bite and are in the 1st round proper.
No getting away from it, both Dan Cusack and Chrs Brock have had a rotten run of luck.
Ian McAllister.
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