Load shedding again necessitated a change of venue to Parkview and 19:30 start. The late change also necessitated playing on a court with no door (silly Parkview were not to know that we are quite used to playing without doors and back walls)!
We knew we were in for a tough evening, playing against the only other undefeated side and so it proved to be.
The Silver Fox up first against a tricky Dave, with his bionic knee brace. John was too loose to start and was punished in a closely fought game. A little bit of tightening up resulted in a fairly comfortable match from there on (3-1).
Captain Chris on next against lefty, Darrell. Too many mistakes cost me the first game. The second game started with one of the energy sapping rallies that seem to go on forever. Virtually out on my feet hardly before the match had started I hung in there until eventually Darrell started making errors himself. With honours even all the luck and a lot of desparate shot making all seemed to go my way in the next two games. (3-1)
Gavin on next against a somewhat wayward Anthony. Irked by the fitness comments in the last match report, Gavin was determined not to let fitness (or lack thereof) come into play and made short work in three pretty straight forward games (3-0).
Could we do the unthinkable and take 16 against the mighty Parkview? Rocket Ron came up against the other Dave. I am afraid the real Ron never turned up on the evening as he was hammered in three easy games, where nothing went right for Ron. None of us are really sure what went wrong with Ron and we weren’t able to find out either because that was the last we saw of Ron for the evening as he made a quick exit (0-3).
Overall 12-5. Still undefeated and only 16 points dropped in the season.
Squash rule #87 – if you are playing in a court without a door, the drive serve down the centre is possibly not the best option!
Match result : 12-5
