Due to the Masters tournament being held from the 7th - 12th September,
all league matches (Ladies & Mens) will be moved to the week of the 17th - 18th - 19th September.
With the exception of Mens 2nd league who have until the end of September to
play their match.
No1- Geoff, not yet match fit after his lay-off having surgery to his right eye. Not too sure the doctor put the correct one back as Geoff spent the night (actually only about 15 minutes) hitting the wrong ball while the match ball whizzed past him! Lost 0/3 scoring only 5 points in the three games.
No2- Brian, put up a better fight but was out-played by a very neat young player. Also went down 0/3 but did score 20 points. At a point in the second game he was up 8/6 but failed to close the game.
No3- Paddy, did not look comfortable at all also going down 0/3.
No4- Bob, with the team crashing around him he picked up the glove and headed out to salvage some pride. Tough match. Took the first 10/8, the second comfortably 9/0, in the third lost his way a bit and went down 6/9 but fought back bravely to take the fourth game 10/8. Good win to avert a 16 pointer against.
The stellar performance of last week improved immeasurably this week, with everyone winning .... some points.
1. Phil A down 0-3 (about 8 points won)
2. Nigel M down 0-3 (about 6 points won)
3. Graeme C down 0-3 (some more points, but not many)
4. Keith A down 0-3 (about 11 points won)
So congrats to Keith!
But we'll need a little more to prevent losing 0-16 next week.
Graham Vermaak won 3-2 against Mark van Niekerk, an outstanding game and reflects the high quality of squash at Chambers.
Peter Fillmore lost 0-3 to Paul Fallon, Fillmore was victim of the strained calf muscle that has hit our players 4 times this season and had to retire hurt in the 2nd game.
Peter Le Roux lost 0-3 to Bruce Bydawell, Peter had the beating of Bruce but not the fitness to do it.
Gavin Martin lost to Mike Hunt, Gavin was flummoxed by Mike’s game until the 3rd but was able to take the 4th game losing 10-8.
Overall result 4-14
Well done to George’s side who should go on to win the league.
9th League B vs. Edenvale
The second result was again a lost to Edenvale. It was 2 all in matches but we lost in the number of games won.
Graham Vermaak won 3-1
Peter Fillmore lost 0-3
Peter Le Roux lost 1-3
Gavin Martin won 3-1
Overall result 7-10
Once we found the courts, weaved our way through the internal labyrinth, watched Nick loose the first match of the night paving the way for the rest of us having to win (which we did), we were royally entertained at a restaurant in Edenvale dining on Κλήφτικο. We wish Nick (be careful of Shirley Valentine) and his family a great Greek sojourn and would be pleased if he could keep fit or even better get fitter as it was his leg division, not the middle one, that let him down for the loss after being 7-2 up in the fifth. Our captain spent little time in whizzing past his opponent and Michael struggled to maintain his 100% record by leaving it to the fifth to take the rubber. Bruce, our marathon man, training for the
Squash Commentary of the Week
Back to the question which prompted the following answer from Mugabe “Stop that chicken! It must be repossessed together with the farm it belongs to; and the farm opposite the road where it was going to; and all the chickens on both farms. Repossess it all and it's nobody's business what I do in my country. It is the British's fault for bringing chickens here anyway”
#1: Nick played Paul 2-3: 9-2, 6-9, 1-9, 9-6, 7-9
#2: Bruce played Sean 3-0: 10-9, 9-5, 9-1
#3: Michael played Vaughn 3-2: 4-9, 9-4, 9-2, 1-9, 9-5
Match score: 14-5
Erratum. In last week’s report the match score should have read 14-4 not 14-3. The sports writer takes no responsibility for the error and despite Chamber B desperately needing the points, it is unlikely to help them but might make them feel better about the thrashing and trouncing and hiding and defeat they received
Well done to all of us for achieving some sort of a modern day Chamber Exiles record - 12 out of 12 wins!!
Message from Nick Papa
Well done to all of us for achieving some sort of a modern day Chamber Exiles record - 12 out of 12 wins!!
I hope we can continue to win in my absence - I can only try and keep fit on a diet of feta cheese, olives and ouzo (and Shirley......).
Michael - well done on your spelling of Kleftiko in Greek. You just need some further instruction on the difference between an "ipsilon" and an "epsilon". This will sort out your Greek dyslexia?!
I'm hoping that by the time I get back in September, the league title will be ours and that I won't have to unnecessarily sacrifice myself at #1 again.
The A Team version.
What can one say; if you are good you are good! We beat the SS Chamber B side in the long awaited, postponed match against our sister side played at the Johannesburg Country Club. The postponement was ‘cos they were not well and it would appear that they are still not well. Michael went on first at 5.30 and won despite a stumble in the third to Gavin, who plays every sport in the world, and was recovering from stiffness following a hectic hockey match at the weekend. Leg muscles from running or arm muscles from drinking. BB takes the court, plays like star which assists Peter in raising his game but not enough to win. B comes back from 8-2 down in the third to race past 10-9 and win in a convincing, professional manner. A real tit of a match and BB is
Squash Commentary of the Week
Under floor heating is fantastic. Chamber Exiles Committee should consider the same!
#1: Mark played Graham 2-3: 5-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-7, 9-4
#2: Paul played Peter Fillmore 3-0: 9-7, 9-3, 9-0
#3: Bruce played Peter Le Roux 3-0: 9-6, 9-4, 10-9
#4: Michael played Gavin 3-1: 9-4, 9-4, 2-9, 10-8
Match score: 14-3
Chamber vs Old Eds. The mighty haven’t quite fallen yet, but we’re teetering on the edge. Nice warm courts suited Duncan who went on first at 1 and won 3-0 after a close first game. Stuart on next who went down 3-0 after losing the first two 9-7 and 10-8. Next was Manie at 3, who was unfortunately also beaten 3-0 after a close first game. So that was the match. Last on was Andy who came up against the best player in the team. The warm courts didn’t suit Andy who managed to take a game against a player who had already played a 5th league game that night (he was apparently filling in and normally plays 8th)!
So, no luck for us, 12-4 down after beating them 13-3 last time.
An evening of 'no problems' against a team that will be good once they get over their acne (all aged either 16 or 17).
An evening of clinical finishing 16-0. It was all over before 21h30 and the boys were off home to sleep. Not sure about the youngsters from Suburbs though... In true Suburbs style, the closing chirp from the parents was "hope it wasn't your tyres that we slashed...". Only in the South.
At 3 in the afternoon the Germiston captain phoned and asked for a postponement, as he couldn’t get 4 players. The team agreed not to postpone and Willem and Gary went to play. With 2 walkovers, we only just snuk in.
Willem lost to Kevin de Lange 0-3
Trevor had a walkover 3-0
Jeff had a walkover 3-0
Lynda 3-2
Caroline 3-2
Claire 3-2
Janine 0-3
They equalled us in games, had more points than us but we won more matches
Poor Caroline was the last to play and the pressure was on her - playing Lynda de Villiers who is very good at reading your game
Overall result 12-9
Lisa won 3-0
Julie won 3-2 (after a hard weekend in Nelspruit)
Jenny won 3-1
Chrisna won 3-0
The door of court 5 has been replaced with new (very expensive) hinges. Although this sounds like a simple job, it took Chris van Heeswijk many hours to complete as the new hinges were a slightly different size from the old ones. Thanks a lot Chris.
The highlight of the week appears to be the phoenix like appearance of Ron Hagger who started his comeback with what was supposed to be a gentle knock with the 5th league team who had a bye. Did he take it easy to start with – don’t be daft, once on court the competitive streak clicked in and Ron gave his all (which admittedly wasn’t much – but hey, you have to start somewhere). Amazingly all muscles survived to play again. And play they did - in the Nelspruit Masters tournament over the weekend. Watch the web-site for the tournament report and photos.
We took the decision in a general meeting of members that as there are no more bye's this season we would be inconvenienced by rescheduling and therefore we would take the points and possibly try and arrange a friendly at the end of the season. We all know this won't happen though!
So the RESULT was a WIN - 16-0.
Final result lost 16 - 0
Wendywood rochambeaued us something horrible. Galling stuff. And no I'm not making excuses, but I swear the paint on their walls was extra sticky or something - ball was coming off at right angles. Definitely not Dulux Wall 'n All.
But glad to have Nigel back - he walked his match no worries.
Phil A: 2-3 (after being 2-1 up!)
Nigel: 3-1 (comfy return to action)
Greg: 2-3 (fought hard, winning the fourth 10-9)
Keith: 0-3 (hard luck Keith! Your opponent should've been playing two at least)
Result: a 7-13 kick in the nads to bring us back down to earth.
Earlier in the season Randburg extracted a rare tie against us by taking the final match 27-2. Although keen to avoid a repeat, we started on the back foot by being without our No 1 and No 2. No problem for the under-rated 10th league side …. 3-0, 3-0, 3-0 inside the first hour! The only player who met any resistance was poor Dylan. The Randburg No 1, who ensured they tied last time, is clearly not your average 10th league player. Despite Dylan playing to his usual energetic high standards he went down 0-3, but he played well enough to get 5 points in the match. Well played again lads and thank you to Naren for filling in for us. Now where are those 9B players hiding ……….?
Rumour has it that the 9th league B side are all well and last week’s postponed match maybe played on Monday 30th.
Squash Commentary of the Week
When playing an Old Fart you must drop because he cannot get there. This is an erstwhile quote from one of the team members, no names mentioned as it was Nicked!
#1: Mark played Clarke 3-0: 10-8, 9-6, 9-4
#2: Nick played Gerald 3-0: 9-5, 9-7, 9-8
#3: George played David 0-3: 6-2, 2-9, 4-9
#4: Michael played Che 3-0: 9-1, 9-3, 9-7
Then Manie went on against his squash twin. Same backhand, same style, same everything. Unfortunately Manie went down 3-0 although the game was closer than the scoreline suggests.
Then on went
So Chamber up 12-7.
For all you Blues Bros fans out there, the Blues Mobile was back on track last night after a brief derailment (pardon the mixed metaphors).
Match result 13-6 and Jake and Elwood will be performing live and in person next week at Southern Suburbs...book now.
Was that really Ron Hagger at the club last night, really playing squash? Surely my eyes deceive...no sign of Loake though?
Match result : 13-6
4th Played Old Eds’ 2nd Team in 4th league
Our second loss of the season, to a strong Eds side made up of 3rd league extras who then took the bye position in 4th.
Seems experience won on the day with the “older” players winning.
Jeff is still unbeaten in 4th (although he’s only played 3 games).
Willem lost to Dean Pike 0-3
Trevor lost to Rob Halstead 1-3
Jeff beat Kevin Smith 3-1
Next week we play Germiston in Germiston; the only other team to beat us so far.
Match Result: 7-11
Lynda 3-2
Caroline 3-0
Claire 3-0
Amanda 3-0 (didn’t field a player)
Lisa won 3-0
Jenny won 3-2
Chrisna lost 2-3
Megan lost 0-3
A loss by a miserable 3 points