The latest team Handicap final took place on Wednesday 23rd July 2014. There was
going to be a new name on the trophy after Gangnam Style were beaten in the semi
finals. The Mishits, also former winners were up against a very determined Bruno's Mob.
A battle for 3rd and 4th places was also enacted with Bill's Bashers up against
Roland's Old Un's. Andy Wally put in a great effort to hold off a very fit and speedy Mark Knott who very nearly overturned a hefty handicap. With two of the games ending 21-20, Mark only dropped a single point for his team. Well done to both players who provided some great entertaining rallies. The young Joe Race for the Bashers was just too strong for Peter Brewis winning 21-15, 21-16.
Finally the 2 captains went head to head. Roland had a huge task in overturning Bill Johnson's +11 handicap. A good humoured but competitive match saw Bill take the win and secure the 3rd place for his team.
In the final itself Peter Irlam showed grit and determination to beat Dave Hall.
First blood to Bruno's Mob. Chris Brock leading the Mishits was up against Bruno himself and lost 2-0 in a closely fought match with many long rallies which could have gone either way.
Last on was one of our up and coming stars for the future, Mark Coxon who played
Ian McAllister. With +7 against -12 handicap Mark needed to finish the rallies without errors while Ian played very conservative squash to slowly eat away the backlog. Ian won 21-20, 21-15. Bruno's Mob with a 3-0 win (Vive la Resistance) have their name on the trophy.
Look out for the next team event September/October time, get yourself a team of
3 and enter, it's a great way to see everyone in the club and play different players on level terms.
Don't forget the club AGM on Thursday 31st July, 7.30pm at Concordia Bar. Please
come along.
Ian Mc