A Competition 2nd Round Matches and the B Competition on
Tuesday 18th April.
No complication with the A draw. 8 players to battle it out.
Dave McCrae continued with his good form and gave Matt
Guthery something to think about. In truth Matt was too strong throughout but had a lot of running about to do in order to close out the rallies. Some thoughtful squash from Dave, alas 3-0 to Matt.
The Tony Hedley v Mark Knott match had the potential for being an interesting encounter but only if Mark had his ‘eye in’ and could play those winning drops from anywhere on the court. A combination of Tony’s placement and too many errors from Mark ended up with a 3-0 to Tony score line.
Some good rallies along the way !
Andy Lawrence played steady controlled squash which was simply too much for Eric Tolman in the 3rd A competition match. Despite this, Eric gave 110% to make it a game of squash well worth watching. Great effort.
Similarly, Peter Archbold dealt with Andy Silver in tidy fashion. Andy has some great shots up his sleeve and started the contest strongly, there were some very entertaining and evenly matched rallies. Overall Andy had too much to do and gradually ran out of steam. 3-0 to Peter
and a well entertained crowd.
The B Competition needed 2 play off games to fight for the last 2 places in the draw. Dan Cusack was up against Keith Grey and Martin Dowd had to play Peter Edney.
First though, the other matches played out. Steve Ross comfortably dealt with James Templey winning 3-0. James is a newcomer to squash and has much potential, we look forward to seeing his progress and climb up our club ladder as I’m sure he will.
Rob Owen played Nick Humphrey and took the game 3-0.
There are few in the club that hit the ball harder than Rob and this power had Nick in some difficulty too often. As always, Nick gave it his all and took it all with a cheery smile-a great Ambassador for the game.
Dan Cusack and Keith Grey battled it out in the first play-off game. Someone forgot to remind them this was the best of
3 ! So followed a monumental 5 setter. Both know each others game very well and this showed as many of their better shots were anticipated and the rallies stretched.
Dan battled to the win 15-10 in the fifth.
Peter Edney was running late and on arrival seemed unsettled. His play-off match against Martin Dowd was cut short as he had to pull up injured. Get well Peter.
On the face of it, Martin had a slight advantage going into his B match proper against Dan Cusack. (Dan had just had the 5 setter) but Martin had already played a league game earlier in the day, would you believe- against Keith Grey !
Martin and Dan put on a great display of gritty ‘never say die’ battling squash which was great to watch. Another 5 setter for Dan ended in triumph 15-12. Could have gone either way, well played Martin.
Martin Davison and Chris Brock must have decided they would leave the best until last by putting on a very intriguing battle of quality squash. Chris stuck to his game plan of orthodox length squash trying to keep Martin at the back and denying him any ‘volley-kill’ opportunities. More often than not it didn’t work out like that and Martin had Chris running in all directions and pulling him to the front of the court. The balcony had no idea where the ball might end up, never mind Chris. Both players put in a monumental effort to provide quality entertainment. Stamina was the key and Chris showed the stronger in the last few rallies. A joy to watch.
Thank you to all of those players (and non players) who marked games and to those who came along to join Bill Johnson on the balcony. It was one of those nights which made everything worthwhile. Semi finals to be played on Wednesday 19th April, 5.20pm start. Come along and support the event.
Tuesday 18th April.
No complication with the A draw. 8 players to battle it out.
Dave McCrae continued with his good form and gave Matt
Guthery something to think about. In truth Matt was too strong throughout but had a lot of running about to do in order to close out the rallies. Some thoughtful squash from Dave, alas 3-0 to Matt.
The Tony Hedley v Mark Knott match had the potential for being an interesting encounter but only if Mark had his ‘eye in’ and could play those winning drops from anywhere on the court. A combination of Tony’s placement and too many errors from Mark ended up with a 3-0 to Tony score line.
Some good rallies along the way !
Andy Lawrence played steady controlled squash which was simply too much for Eric Tolman in the 3rd A competition match. Despite this, Eric gave 110% to make it a game of squash well worth watching. Great effort.
Similarly, Peter Archbold dealt with Andy Silver in tidy fashion. Andy has some great shots up his sleeve and started the contest strongly, there were some very entertaining and evenly matched rallies. Overall Andy had too much to do and gradually ran out of steam. 3-0 to Peter
and a well entertained crowd.
The B Competition needed 2 play off games to fight for the last 2 places in the draw. Dan Cusack was up against Keith Grey and Martin Dowd had to play Peter Edney.
First though, the other matches played out. Steve Ross comfortably dealt with James Templey winning 3-0. James is a newcomer to squash and has much potential, we look forward to seeing his progress and climb up our club ladder as I’m sure he will.
Rob Owen played Nick Humphrey and took the game 3-0.
There are few in the club that hit the ball harder than Rob and this power had Nick in some difficulty too often. As always, Nick gave it his all and took it all with a cheery smile-a great Ambassador for the game.
Dan Cusack and Keith Grey battled it out in the first play-off game. Someone forgot to remind them this was the best of
3 ! So followed a monumental 5 setter. Both know each others game very well and this showed as many of their better shots were anticipated and the rallies stretched.
Dan battled to the win 15-10 in the fifth.
Peter Edney was running late and on arrival seemed unsettled. His play-off match against Martin Dowd was cut short as he had to pull up injured. Get well Peter.
On the face of it, Martin had a slight advantage going into his B match proper against Dan Cusack. (Dan had just had the 5 setter) but Martin had already played a league game earlier in the day, would you believe- against Keith Grey !
Martin and Dan put on a great display of gritty ‘never say die’ battling squash which was great to watch. Another 5 setter for Dan ended in triumph 15-12. Could have gone either way, well played Martin.
Martin Davison and Chris Brock must have decided they would leave the best until last by putting on a very intriguing battle of quality squash. Chris stuck to his game plan of orthodox length squash trying to keep Martin at the back and denying him any ‘volley-kill’ opportunities. More often than not it didn’t work out like that and Martin had Chris running in all directions and pulling him to the front of the court. The balcony had no idea where the ball might end up, never mind Chris. Both players put in a monumental effort to provide quality entertainment. Stamina was the key and Chris showed the stronger in the last few rallies. A joy to watch.
Thank you to all of those players (and non players) who marked games and to those who came along to join Bill Johnson on the balcony. It was one of those nights which made everything worthwhile. Semi finals to be played on Wednesday 19th April, 5.20pm start. Come along and support the event.
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