Paul 3-0 down
Manie 3-2 down (after a great comeback)
Jacques 3-2 down (after being 2-0 up)
and of course....
George 3-2 up....
Match score: 7-14
6thLeague “B” vs Alberton
Chamber 6th “B” vs “We can’t handle away games Alberton”
The “B” team took the opportunity to do what the “A” team couldn’t do last week – give Alberton a sound thrashing.
Ryan (1) on first against Kevin. A long game for a 3-0 win
Dirk (4) took on Eugene on a spare court - losing the first but then came back to easily win 3-1
Flip (2) was on against Clayton. Flip relished the opportunity to play without slipping was able to play his special shots for a 3-0 win
Duncan (3) on last against Robert. After going one down in a close first, pretty much one way traffic after that for a 3-1 win.
All over by about 9 and Piet, the non playing Alberton captain looked very sour!
Match result : 16-2
The “B” team took the opportunity to do what the “A” team couldn’t do last week – give Alberton a sound thrashing.
Ryan (1) on first against Kevin. A long game for a 3-0 win
Dirk (4) took on Eugene on a spare court - losing the first but then came back to easily win 3-1
Flip (2) was on against Clayton. Flip relished the opportunity to play without slipping was able to play his special shots for a 3-0 win
Duncan (3) on last against Robert. After going one down in a close first, pretty much one way traffic after that for a 3-1 win.
All over by about 9 and Piet, the non playing Alberton captain looked very sour!
Match result : 16-2
6thLeague “A” vs Bryanston
After last weeks defeat and Captain Chris sunning himself in the Cape, the team was in no mood for generosity.
The Silver Fox on first at No 2 made mince-meat of Alan, winning 3-1
Shaun guesting for us at No 1 made life difficult for himself by going 2-1 down to “The gardener” before pulling himself towards himself and winning the last two, 9-4, 9-0.
Mergus at 3 had a toughish game but won 3-1 (a COTY nomination for Mergus here for wearing a Parkview t-shirt)
Same for Gavin also winning 3-1 (his excuse was a hard day at work – and to be fair he did look extremely tired)
Match result : 16-5
The Silver Fox on first at No 2 made mince-meat of Alan, winning 3-1
Shaun guesting for us at No 1 made life difficult for himself by going 2-1 down to “The gardener” before pulling himself towards himself and winning the last two, 9-4, 9-0.
Mergus at 3 had a toughish game but won 3-1 (a COTY nomination for Mergus here for wearing a Parkview t-shirt)
Same for Gavin also winning 3-1 (his excuse was a hard day at work – and to be fair he did look extremely tired)
Match result : 16-5
3rd LEAGUE vs UJ
We played UJ at UJ. You never know what you’ll get when you play them. First half they phoned to say they can’t get a team together, this half they had a strong team.
Jeff played first against (his future son in law) Craig and got out played while his daughter watched. But at least Jeff managed to win a game.
Francis played next against a very deceptive no. 1. Different guy from the first half, and Francis had a close win, winning 9-7 in the 5th.
Willem played next, not too difficult (guy came up from 6th) and won 3-0 although did battle a bit in the 2nd. (I think Willem is enjoying playing 4.)
Gary played last, needed to win or at least get a game or 2 for the team to win, but although being 7-3 up in the 3rd, just couldn’t manage a game. (Jeff said he was the under 19 champ not that long ago.)
So we lost by a game.
None of the UJ guys marked, most were gone by the end of the match. Those left didn’t know how to fill in a score sheet, or what to do with it. I’ll be surprised if the results are submitted.
Francisco 3-2
Gary 0-3
Jeff 1-3
Willem 3-0
Match Result: 7-10
Jeff played first against (his future son in law) Craig and got out played while his daughter watched. But at least Jeff managed to win a game.
Francis played next against a very deceptive no. 1. Different guy from the first half, and Francis had a close win, winning 9-7 in the 5th.
Willem played next, not too difficult (guy came up from 6th) and won 3-0 although did battle a bit in the 2nd. (I think Willem is enjoying playing 4.)
Gary played last, needed to win or at least get a game or 2 for the team to win, but although being 7-3 up in the 3rd, just couldn’t manage a game. (Jeff said he was the under 19 champ not that long ago.)
So we lost by a game.
None of the UJ guys marked, most were gone by the end of the match. Those left didn’t know how to fill in a score sheet, or what to do with it. I’ll be surprised if the results are submitted.
Francisco 3-2
Gary 0-3
Jeff 1-3
Willem 3-0
Match Result: 7-10
Ladies 3rd LEAGUE 01 vs Edenvale
Lisa won 3-0
Julie lost 2-3
Jenny lost 2-3
Caroline lost 1-3
Overall result 8-12
Julie lost 2-3
Jenny lost 2-3
Caroline lost 1-3
Overall result 8-12
12th LEAGUE vs Pirates
A very confidence shattering loss at home to Pirates. The only thing that woke the team up was Des flirting with the waitress at the dinner after the game.
Brian playing No. 1 was first up and after a sterling effort controlling the game in the beginning and even holding the lead at times, eventually went down 0-3 to a very determined opponent.
Geoff playing No. 2. took it to 5 sets and looked as if he might take the 5th game and the match but youth held out and a couple of times into the tin for Geoff cost him the match.
Des playing No. 3 put up his usual fight to the death. After receiving a wake up call by losing the first game 1-9, Des called up his reserves and thrashed his opponent in the next three games taking the match 3-1.
John playing at No. 4 was not certain when his game actually started and even before he realised it was over, he had handed a 0-3 win to his opponent. It is doubtful if he even hit the ball above the tin more than a couple of times in the entire match.
Overall result loss 5 – 13.
Bob and Paddy joined the evening as spectators and drowned their sorrows at their teams disappointing loss with plenty of red wine and pizzas afterwards.
Final result 5 - 13
Brian playing No. 1 was first up and after a sterling effort controlling the game in the beginning and even holding the lead at times, eventually went down 0-3 to a very determined opponent.
Geoff playing No. 2. took it to 5 sets and looked as if he might take the 5th game and the match but youth held out and a couple of times into the tin for Geoff cost him the match.
Des playing No. 3 put up his usual fight to the death. After receiving a wake up call by losing the first game 1-9, Des called up his reserves and thrashed his opponent in the next three games taking the match 3-1.
John playing at No. 4 was not certain when his game actually started and even before he realised it was over, he had handed a 0-3 win to his opponent. It is doubtful if he even hit the ball above the tin more than a couple of times in the entire match.
Overall result loss 5 – 13.
Bob and Paddy joined the evening as spectators and drowned their sorrows at their teams disappointing loss with plenty of red wine and pizzas afterwards.
Final result 5 - 13
10th LEAGUE vs UJ
And so it came to pass that the intrepid and (thus far) victorious members of the 10th league traveled to the outer reaches of studentdom to play on the strangely urine coloured courts of UJ. This was to be a season maker or breaker as UJ were following fairly closely on our heels in the league standings. In the first round, we had managed a clean sweep against them, but with all games being very tight and down to the wire. This time around, the team composition was somewhat different, and the results were, well, read on:
No. 1 Nigel vs. Reedwaan: So I’d been warned about this guy being able to drop the ball from anywhere and teasing weird angles from all corners of the court. But still he surprised me and zap! 0-9 in the first. After some stern words and a little couching between games, I managed to tighten up and take the next two games without letting Reedwaan get into his stride. Should have pressed the advantage home though and finished it, but Reedwaan was coming up with some amazing shots and I was outclassed in the last 2. So first blood went to UJ 2-3.
No. 3 Tom vs. Alistair: Tom was busy picking his game up after a long absence and was up against a runner. Going down in the first two, Tom started hitting a good length in the third and took the game easily. His opponent bolstered up to take the fourth though. That made us two down with two to go.
No. 2 Phil A vs. Bradley: Phil started off with a dominant display and cowed Bradley into submission taking the first two games without really being challenged. Something changed in the third game though – perhaps it was the extended break that his opponent took. Bradley takes the third and comes back from 8-5 down to 8 apiece. Here Phil makes the big call and goes for 1… and wins the serve back. Only to lose it again and see the game go 8-9 against him. Hell hath no fury like a squash player losing a couple of games he should have won. Phil turned up the heat and blew Bradley away in the final game to take the match.
No. 4 Phil P vs. Phenyo: Phil was fresh back from a month of sun on French soil. And what a way to come back – the evening depended on him winning 3-0 to give the team a victory. So his raison d’etre was to crush a player dubbed “The Weird One” by Steph in the first round. It seems that elements of weirdness were still there but that didn’t prevent Phil from swarming to 2-0 up. Here his thoughts must have drifted to French wine flowing like nectar and to Mona Lisa’s smile because the weird one made a comeback – moving around the court to pick up everything that Phil put out there. Phenyo took the next two games and that was it for the team. Sacre bleu! But Phil could still salvage our pride and deny UJ some points by taking the match. Which is what he did by staging a coup d’etat in the final game and leave the weird one crushed and defeated. Good work after a 5 week lay-off.
End result was a loss, albeit a narrow one. Lets see whether we can clean up in our final two games and win this league thing.
Summary:
No. 1 Nigel lost 2-3: 0-9, 9-2, 9-6, 0-9, 2-9
No. 2 Phil A won 3-2: 9-5, 9-6, 5-9, 8-9, 9-2
No. 3 Tom lost 1-3: 3-9, 4-9, 9-1, 6-9
No. 4 Phil P won 3-2: 9-4, 9-6, 3-9, 4-9, 9-6
Final result 9-12
No. 1 Nigel vs. Reedwaan: So I’d been warned about this guy being able to drop the ball from anywhere and teasing weird angles from all corners of the court. But still he surprised me and zap! 0-9 in the first. After some stern words and a little couching between games, I managed to tighten up and take the next two games without letting Reedwaan get into his stride. Should have pressed the advantage home though and finished it, but Reedwaan was coming up with some amazing shots and I was outclassed in the last 2. So first blood went to UJ 2-3.
No. 3 Tom vs. Alistair: Tom was busy picking his game up after a long absence and was up against a runner. Going down in the first two, Tom started hitting a good length in the third and took the game easily. His opponent bolstered up to take the fourth though. That made us two down with two to go.
No. 2 Phil A vs. Bradley: Phil started off with a dominant display and cowed Bradley into submission taking the first two games without really being challenged. Something changed in the third game though – perhaps it was the extended break that his opponent took. Bradley takes the third and comes back from 8-5 down to 8 apiece. Here Phil makes the big call and goes for 1… and wins the serve back. Only to lose it again and see the game go 8-9 against him. Hell hath no fury like a squash player losing a couple of games he should have won. Phil turned up the heat and blew Bradley away in the final game to take the match.
No. 4 Phil P vs. Phenyo: Phil was fresh back from a month of sun on French soil. And what a way to come back – the evening depended on him winning 3-0 to give the team a victory. So his raison d’etre was to crush a player dubbed “The Weird One” by Steph in the first round. It seems that elements of weirdness were still there but that didn’t prevent Phil from swarming to 2-0 up. Here his thoughts must have drifted to French wine flowing like nectar and to Mona Lisa’s smile because the weird one made a comeback – moving around the court to pick up everything that Phil put out there. Phenyo took the next two games and that was it for the team. Sacre bleu! But Phil could still salvage our pride and deny UJ some points by taking the match. Which is what he did by staging a coup d’etat in the final game and leave the weird one crushed and defeated. Good work after a 5 week lay-off.
End result was a loss, albeit a narrow one. Lets see whether we can clean up in our final two games and win this league thing.
Summary:
No. 1 Nigel lost 2-3: 0-9, 9-2, 9-6, 0-9, 2-9
No. 2 Phil A won 3-2: 9-5, 9-6, 5-9, 8-9, 9-2
No. 3 Tom lost 1-3: 3-9, 4-9, 9-1, 6-9
No. 4 Phil P won 3-2: 9-4, 9-6, 3-9, 4-9, 9-6
Final result 9-12
9th league vs. Wits
Our rematch with Wits was a win 16-5
Graham Vermaak won 3-2 after been down 2-0
Peter Fillmore won 3-2
Peter Le Roux won 3-1 Peter has won all his 5 matches this season.
Dave Hamilton won 3-0 He played his father this week.
Match result: 16-5
Graham Vermaak won 3-2 after been down 2-0
Peter Fillmore won 3-2
Peter Le Roux won 3-1 Peter has won all his 5 matches this season.
Dave Hamilton won 3-0 He played his father this week.
Match result: 16-5
6ththLeague “B” vs Edenvale
Chamber vs “slippery Edenvale”
On the long road to the East the radio played an old Simon and Garfunkel favourite “slip sliding away”. I had no idea that this was going to be the order of the night. Firstly we were going to slip and slide around the court and then that we would be slipping down the league as we lost another match.
No 2 Ryan on first – just losing the first 8-10 then playing some good consistent squash forcing his opponent to make errors 8-10, 9-2, 9-4, 9-1 (3-1)
No 3 Gavin on next – a big first game where we both had opportunities for the game but eventually losing 9-10, could not come back in the second 3-9, tried in the third bit the little reverse drops took their toll 7-9 (0-3)
No 4 Flip on next – Flip our runner and quick turner struggled with the slippery court (no quick turning) lost the first 5-9, decided to switch courts and turn the game. Took the next 3 9-6, 9-6, 9-1 (3-1)
No 1 Chris – No pressure for Chris he had to win or get 2 games for a points count. Chris up against the youngster Dylan, the slippery road was in sight after the first game 0-9 down. It never got any better 6-9 and 2-9 (0-3). No points count we had already lost on games.
Match result : 6-10
On the long road to the East the radio played an old Simon and Garfunkel favourite “slip sliding away”. I had no idea that this was going to be the order of the night. Firstly we were going to slip and slide around the court and then that we would be slipping down the league as we lost another match.
No 2 Ryan on first – just losing the first 8-10 then playing some good consistent squash forcing his opponent to make errors 8-10, 9-2, 9-4, 9-1 (3-1)
No 3 Gavin on next – a big first game where we both had opportunities for the game but eventually losing 9-10, could not come back in the second 3-9, tried in the third bit the little reverse drops took their toll 7-9 (0-3)
No 4 Flip on next – Flip our runner and quick turner struggled with the slippery court (no quick turning) lost the first 5-9, decided to switch courts and turn the game. Took the next 3 9-6, 9-6, 9-1 (3-1)
No 1 Chris – No pressure for Chris he had to win or get 2 games for a points count. Chris up against the youngster Dylan, the slippery road was in sight after the first game 0-9 down. It never got any better 6-9 and 2-9 (0-3). No points count we had already lost on games.
Match result : 6-10
8th League vs. Old Eds
Bad Night at Black Rock
"Well it shouldn't take you to long to write the report" was the spot on comment coming from Mike H after the saga.
Vs Olds Eds away last night had only two redeeming features --- our team spirit as good as ever with the full squad pitching up to support an away game --- and the beverages afterwards were cold.
On first was Mark who put up a good fight but went down 1 - 3.
Next Bruce and exactly the same story and scoreline.
Then Doc Fallon and more of exactly the same.
Last myself and again the same --- except for the score. It changed to 0 - 3.
So overall 3 - 16 down and just one of those bad nights. And so too a final farewell to any league ambitions. My guess is we'll finish around 4th.
Match score: 3 - 16
"Well it shouldn't take you to long to write the report" was the spot on comment coming from Mike H after the saga.
Vs Olds Eds away last night had only two redeeming features --- our team spirit as good as ever with the full squad pitching up to support an away game --- and the beverages afterwards were cold.
On first was Mark who put up a good fight but went down 1 - 3.
Next Bruce and exactly the same story and scoreline.
Then Doc Fallon and more of exactly the same.
Last myself and again the same --- except for the score. It changed to 0 - 3.
So overall 3 - 16 down and just one of those bad nights. And so too a final farewell to any league ambitions. My guess is we'll finish around 4th.
Match score: 3 - 16
6ththLeague “A”(Absolutely Aweful) vs Alberton
Having rearranged the 1st round match to play away at Alberton due to load-shedding, we expected a home game. However the Alberton captain disagreed saying that we must stick to the schedule and anyway if they had to play away they’d only have 2 players. So in the interest of sportsmanship we agreed to the long-trek south again.
The Silver Fox arrived first and was thrown on immediately at No 2. Cruising to 6-1 up in the first a blip occurred and a 9-6 loss. Where was his support crew – nowhere to be seen yet. Then cruised to 7-1 up in the 2nd and the same blip hit, 9-7 loss. Still no team to give advice. After pulling himself towards himself he raced to 7-1 up yet again, surely the same blip couldn’t hit again, Think again – down 9-7 and a 3-0 loss. Then the team pitched up – asking why I didn’t serve more etc.
Gavin on next against a young maisie from the south (daughter of Phil de Jager for those who know him). Gavin ran her ragged for the first few points and she was panting hard, this was going to be easy. However, she kept running and kept hitting cross-court nicks and 3 games later she was 2-1 up. However Gavin pulled himself toward himself and won the 4th and then very closely a 5th. This was probably Gav’s hardest match of the season apart from his single loss to Old Eds.
On next our banker at No 1, unbeaten this season captain Rich, however Richs’ nerves appeared to be shot after an aborted landing from 50metres above the ground at PE airport. Rich came up against a fired-up opponent and went down 3-1.
Eventually Mergus pitched up after a pleasant couple of hours sight-seeing tour of Alberton and surrounding suburbs and came up against a youngster easily 30 years younger than him. The youngster floated round the court picking up Mergus’ boasts (his best and only winning shot) at will. Things looked bleak as the first game was lost and the 2nd looking decidedly dodgy, however Mergus dug in terrier style and the tide started to turn. Eventually the 30 years experience started to count and Mergus won in 5 much to the disgust of his opponent.
So the 1st loss of the season for 6th lge – I guess it had to happen some time. We should have insisted on playing at home – that will teach us to be sporting
Match result : 7-13
The Silver Fox arrived first and was thrown on immediately at No 2. Cruising to 6-1 up in the first a blip occurred and a 9-6 loss. Where was his support crew – nowhere to be seen yet. Then cruised to 7-1 up in the 2nd and the same blip hit, 9-7 loss. Still no team to give advice. After pulling himself towards himself he raced to 7-1 up yet again, surely the same blip couldn’t hit again, Think again – down 9-7 and a 3-0 loss. Then the team pitched up – asking why I didn’t serve more etc.
Gavin on next against a young maisie from the south (daughter of Phil de Jager for those who know him). Gavin ran her ragged for the first few points and she was panting hard, this was going to be easy. However, she kept running and kept hitting cross-court nicks and 3 games later she was 2-1 up. However Gavin pulled himself toward himself and won the 4th and then very closely a 5th. This was probably Gav’s hardest match of the season apart from his single loss to Old Eds.
On next our banker at No 1, unbeaten this season captain Rich, however Richs’ nerves appeared to be shot after an aborted landing from 50metres above the ground at PE airport. Rich came up against a fired-up opponent and went down 3-1.
Eventually Mergus pitched up after a pleasant couple of hours sight-seeing tour of Alberton and surrounding suburbs and came up against a youngster easily 30 years younger than him. The youngster floated round the court picking up Mergus’ boasts (his best and only winning shot) at will. Things looked bleak as the first game was lost and the 2nd looking decidedly dodgy, however Mergus dug in terrier style and the tide started to turn. Eventually the 30 years experience started to count and Mergus won in 5 much to the disgust of his opponent.
So the 1st loss of the season for 6th lge – I guess it had to happen some time. We should have insisted on playing at home – that will teach us to be sporting
Match result : 7-13
3rd LEAGUE vs Wendywood
Seems some have already finished for the year, well, this was our 4th last. We’re lying 3rd now, having lost the last 3 matches.
We played Wendywood at Chamber. Jeff played first against Alan Bailey, who beat him last time, but this is the new Jeff, and managed a comfortable 3-0 win.
Francis played next against Warren, who wasn’t in the game. Francis cleaned up, 3-0.
Willem played next against Deon. Willem hasn’t played for 3 weeks so played at no 4. He started well and won the first comfortably. 2nd wasn’t as easy but he managed to win that and the 3rd. Another 3-0.
Gary went on last against Gordon Ashby. Was 2-0 up but at 4 all in the 3rd the wheels came off. Gary lost 8-10 in the 5th. At least we managed 14 points.
Francisco 3-0
Gary 2-3
Jeff 3-0
Willem 3-0
Match Result: 14-3
We played Wendywood at Chamber. Jeff played first against Alan Bailey, who beat him last time, but this is the new Jeff, and managed a comfortable 3-0 win.
Francis played next against Warren, who wasn’t in the game. Francis cleaned up, 3-0.
Willem played next against Deon. Willem hasn’t played for 3 weeks so played at no 4. He started well and won the first comfortably. 2nd wasn’t as easy but he managed to win that and the 3rd. Another 3-0.
Gary went on last against Gordon Ashby. Was 2-0 up but at 4 all in the 3rd the wheels came off. Gary lost 8-10 in the 5th. At least we managed 14 points.
Francisco 3-0
Gary 2-3
Jeff 3-0
Willem 3-0
Match Result: 14-3
Ladies 3rd LEAGUE 01 vs Alberton
Liza won 3-0
Julie lost 0-3
Claire won 3-0
Jenny won 3-0
Overall result 12-3
Julie lost 0-3
Claire won 3-0
Jenny won 3-0
Overall result 12-3
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