It was good to see a crowd joining Bill Johnson to watch the 4 games on offer on Wednesday evening.
First up was Peter Archbold against Tony Hedley. A daunting task for Peter who knew what was coming.
Tony was in another zone in this match playing powerful controlled and accurate squash. Unfortunately for Peter his opponent found good width and length with every shot and had Peter under pressure from virtually every serve to the inevitable rally ending. Peter battled as he always does and made a match of it but the result was never in any doubt. 3-0 to Tony.
In the other semi, Andy Lawrence was up against Matt Guthery. Previous league encounters were a mixed bag with both players coming out on top on different occasions. In other words- a difficult one to call. As it turned out Matt won it 3-1 with enough shots put out of Andy’s reach to finish the rallies. A good contest.
In the B competition Dan Cusack worked out how to overcome his older opponent Steve Ross.
Steve is an experienced player having won the competition in 1998 as well as last year (2022) and has a number of shots to confuse. Oh that boast.
Steve won the first came before Dan started to mix it up and play many more drop shots and boasts of his own- enough of them out of Steve’s reach. 3-1 to Dan.
In the final match of the night Rob Owen put in a great performance against Chris Brock. As is his way, Chris played much orthodox length squash trying to keep Rob at the back of the court, Rob had other ideas. Apart from his hard hitting- Rob played many out right winners from all over the court making the result of this game very unpredictable indeed. At 2-2 it was anyone’s.
The last game of the night was nip and tuck all the way with neither player getting any sort of foothold.
It was probably 2 or 3 unforced errors from Rob mid way through the game which determined the result, 15-13 to Chris in the end. A great way to finish the evening.
Thank you to those who marked, particularly Graeme Sneddon who stayed the distance and marked to the end.
Finals start at 6pm on Friday (21st) ) followed by a few beers in the village and a curry for those who want one.
First up was Peter Archbold against Tony Hedley. A daunting task for Peter who knew what was coming.
Tony was in another zone in this match playing powerful controlled and accurate squash. Unfortunately for Peter his opponent found good width and length with every shot and had Peter under pressure from virtually every serve to the inevitable rally ending. Peter battled as he always does and made a match of it but the result was never in any doubt. 3-0 to Tony.
In the other semi, Andy Lawrence was up against Matt Guthery. Previous league encounters were a mixed bag with both players coming out on top on different occasions. In other words- a difficult one to call. As it turned out Matt won it 3-1 with enough shots put out of Andy’s reach to finish the rallies. A good contest.
In the B competition Dan Cusack worked out how to overcome his older opponent Steve Ross.
Steve is an experienced player having won the competition in 1998 as well as last year (2022) and has a number of shots to confuse. Oh that boast.
Steve won the first came before Dan started to mix it up and play many more drop shots and boasts of his own- enough of them out of Steve’s reach. 3-1 to Dan.
In the final match of the night Rob Owen put in a great performance against Chris Brock. As is his way, Chris played much orthodox length squash trying to keep Rob at the back of the court, Rob had other ideas. Apart from his hard hitting- Rob played many out right winners from all over the court making the result of this game very unpredictable indeed. At 2-2 it was anyone’s.
The last game of the night was nip and tuck all the way with neither player getting any sort of foothold.
It was probably 2 or 3 unforced errors from Rob mid way through the game which determined the result, 15-13 to Chris in the end. A great way to finish the evening.
Thank you to those who marked, particularly Graeme Sneddon who stayed the distance and marked to the end.
Finals start at 6pm on Friday (21st) ) followed by a few beers in the village and a curry for those who want one.
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