Since the last bulletin all 3 men’s team have had a busy month with all the lads playing at least 3
matches. In actual fact the 1st team have played 4 matches starting with a return to Ashbrook to play their much stronger 1st team.
It was a 5-0 defeat with the only notable highlight seeing Peter Mcleod playing against Tony Hedley. No one wanted to see Tony get beat but Peter Mcleod played almost exhibition squash on a red hot court. Truly a class act and a joy to watch.
Mark Livingstone stood in at 5 to replace an absent Ian Morton and gave good account of himself gaining I of the only 2 pts bagged that night.
The losing run continued with a home defeat to Northern 4-1, only Tony Hedley winning his game. Andy Dolan was up against a 14 year old Michael Mattimore who is surely a star for the future,
losing 3-0.
Away to Tynemouth on bonfire night added to the misery when the 1st’s lost 4-1, Andy Dolan collecting 3 pts and the Morton brothers a brace each. 7 points for the match just wasn’t enough.
Their latest match turned thing around. At home against Eldon Leisure and on warmer home courts for the first time, things had to get better. Eldon are bottom of the league and it was
essential that the team scored well in this game. All came good with a 5-0 win, an excellent come back from Ian Morton to win 3-2 after being 0-2 down holding his nerve at 10 all in the third was a determined effort.
The 1st’s have two tough games to play before the Christmas break, the next home game on Thursday 5th December against Ashington.
After a 2 week break and on a Saturday afternoon the 2nd team travelled to Northumberland 7
(Jesmond) to play their juniors, all no doubt destined to be superstars. Coached from tots, they don‘t know how to play badly. Only Steve Goldie, technically proficient himself and Mark Livingstone with his power play managed to win their games, Dave Hall, Nick Fecitt and Rory Whaling were simply out squashed. 2-3 on the day with 8pts onto their league tally, no disgrace.
A home game to Eldon Leisure 3 was next up. This match got off to a bad start with Steve Goldie unavailable at the last minute. (a car crash no less, fortunately no one was injured)
Thanks to a last minute call to Bruno Gaultier, the team remained at full strength.
The match was an evenly fought contest but for Bruno’s opponent who has had much previous experience at a higher level. Milo McKenzie was his name, Bruno v Milo, sounds more like a
boxing bout. Good squash but Milo was just too strong.
A good effort also from Dave Hall and Nick Fecitt however they too lost to good opponents.
At number 1 Mark Livingstone won yet again, playing another Mark. Not easy for the marker. I see their number 2 is also called Mark so the away fixture next half could be Mark v Mark, marked by
Mark.
2nd team captain has asked me to mention a sterling effort by Dave Hall who made an excellent job of marking what was a difficult match on the night with a graceless opponent who
questioned much of the proceedings. It’s a shame to report such goings on but that’s team squash for you.
On the back of 2 defeats, the 2nd’s came good with a win away from home at Ashington on
6th November.
Nick Fecitt, Rory Whaling and Steve Goldie secured the points.
A rare defeat for Mark Livingstone and Dave Hall up against a very strong player sums up the night simply enough. 16 points all the same, keeps them just above mid table.
The men’s 3rd team, new to the Northumbria league this season have got off to a promising start but without a win.
Their last 3 matches were somewhat unusual, two home games to Dunston (they have 2 teams in the same league) and an odd away fixture at Walker who have a very unique court set up.
Dunston 4 were the first visitors and the match was a good contest. Keith Grey and Paul Blakely lost their games but only by the narrowest of margins, both gaining 2 points each for the team.
Andy Lawrence showed his resilience coming back from behind to win a marathon match, 15-12 in the 5th. Great effort.
Dan Cussack won his game 3-1 and with the match at 2-2 it was up to the captain Mark Knott to show his metal. This he did and won 3-0 to secure the 3rd team’s first victory of the season.
In between the Dunston sandwich was the trip to Walker where viewing the court proceedings was from either a side wall window or a door at the back of the court.
Marking the game was carried out via a side window adjoining a library !. I supposed any disputed decisions could be checked out quickly enough in the reference section under ’Rules of Squash’
by Y.A. Lett.
Despite the quirky set up all 5 players won their games for a resounding 20 points to 3 victory.
Their latest match, the second of the Dunston visitors, as expected, was always going to be tough. This was Dunston 3 and likely to be stronger than Dunston 4. As it proved.
Andy Lawrence battled to gain 2 points for the team and a good win by Peter Irlam playing at 5 added 3 points to the tally.
A 1-4 defeat but a good effort all the same. The lads are looking forward to the rematch at the end of February.
Check the fixtures list for future home games and come along to support our teams. All games start at 6.40pm and are played on a Wednesday or Thursday.
matches. In actual fact the 1st team have played 4 matches starting with a return to Ashbrook to play their much stronger 1st team.
It was a 5-0 defeat with the only notable highlight seeing Peter Mcleod playing against Tony Hedley. No one wanted to see Tony get beat but Peter Mcleod played almost exhibition squash on a red hot court. Truly a class act and a joy to watch.
Mark Livingstone stood in at 5 to replace an absent Ian Morton and gave good account of himself gaining I of the only 2 pts bagged that night.
The losing run continued with a home defeat to Northern 4-1, only Tony Hedley winning his game. Andy Dolan was up against a 14 year old Michael Mattimore who is surely a star for the future,
losing 3-0.
Away to Tynemouth on bonfire night added to the misery when the 1st’s lost 4-1, Andy Dolan collecting 3 pts and the Morton brothers a brace each. 7 points for the match just wasn’t enough.
Their latest match turned thing around. At home against Eldon Leisure and on warmer home courts for the first time, things had to get better. Eldon are bottom of the league and it was
essential that the team scored well in this game. All came good with a 5-0 win, an excellent come back from Ian Morton to win 3-2 after being 0-2 down holding his nerve at 10 all in the third was a determined effort.
The 1st’s have two tough games to play before the Christmas break, the next home game on Thursday 5th December against Ashington.
After a 2 week break and on a Saturday afternoon the 2nd team travelled to Northumberland 7
(Jesmond) to play their juniors, all no doubt destined to be superstars. Coached from tots, they don‘t know how to play badly. Only Steve Goldie, technically proficient himself and Mark Livingstone with his power play managed to win their games, Dave Hall, Nick Fecitt and Rory Whaling were simply out squashed. 2-3 on the day with 8pts onto their league tally, no disgrace.
A home game to Eldon Leisure 3 was next up. This match got off to a bad start with Steve Goldie unavailable at the last minute. (a car crash no less, fortunately no one was injured)
Thanks to a last minute call to Bruno Gaultier, the team remained at full strength.
The match was an evenly fought contest but for Bruno’s opponent who has had much previous experience at a higher level. Milo McKenzie was his name, Bruno v Milo, sounds more like a
boxing bout. Good squash but Milo was just too strong.
A good effort also from Dave Hall and Nick Fecitt however they too lost to good opponents.
At number 1 Mark Livingstone won yet again, playing another Mark. Not easy for the marker. I see their number 2 is also called Mark so the away fixture next half could be Mark v Mark, marked by
Mark.
2nd team captain has asked me to mention a sterling effort by Dave Hall who made an excellent job of marking what was a difficult match on the night with a graceless opponent who
questioned much of the proceedings. It’s a shame to report such goings on but that’s team squash for you.
On the back of 2 defeats, the 2nd’s came good with a win away from home at Ashington on
6th November.
Nick Fecitt, Rory Whaling and Steve Goldie secured the points.
A rare defeat for Mark Livingstone and Dave Hall up against a very strong player sums up the night simply enough. 16 points all the same, keeps them just above mid table.
The men’s 3rd team, new to the Northumbria league this season have got off to a promising start but without a win.
Their last 3 matches were somewhat unusual, two home games to Dunston (they have 2 teams in the same league) and an odd away fixture at Walker who have a very unique court set up.
Dunston 4 were the first visitors and the match was a good contest. Keith Grey and Paul Blakely lost their games but only by the narrowest of margins, both gaining 2 points each for the team.
Andy Lawrence showed his resilience coming back from behind to win a marathon match, 15-12 in the 5th. Great effort.
Dan Cussack won his game 3-1 and with the match at 2-2 it was up to the captain Mark Knott to show his metal. This he did and won 3-0 to secure the 3rd team’s first victory of the season.
In between the Dunston sandwich was the trip to Walker where viewing the court proceedings was from either a side wall window or a door at the back of the court.
Marking the game was carried out via a side window adjoining a library !. I supposed any disputed decisions could be checked out quickly enough in the reference section under ’Rules of Squash’
by Y.A. Lett.
Despite the quirky set up all 5 players won their games for a resounding 20 points to 3 victory.
Their latest match, the second of the Dunston visitors, as expected, was always going to be tough. This was Dunston 3 and likely to be stronger than Dunston 4. As it proved.
Andy Lawrence battled to gain 2 points for the team and a good win by Peter Irlam playing at 5 added 3 points to the tally.
A 1-4 defeat but a good effort all the same. The lads are looking forward to the rematch at the end of February.
Check the fixtures list for future home games and come along to support our teams. All games start at 6.40pm and are played on a Wednesday or Thursday.
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