- Nusrah Cassiem won 3-0
- Gabrielle Meenehan won 3-0
- Mario Fourie won 3-0
- Roger Johnson won 3-0
A good 16-0 win!
Regards Roger
Final result :16 - 0
10th LEAGUE vs Wanderers
8th league “B” vs. Wendywood
We hosted Wendywood last night and it turned out to be quite a humdinger.
First on at No 2 was Peter le Roux, playing against the same opponent he played last year and lost. After a slow start Peter picked up his game but still managed to lose the first game due to a few unforced errors. Games 2 and 3 went according to the script and easily won. The 4th was a bit tougher but a few delicate drops late in the game clinched a 3-1 victory for Chambers
Next on at No 3 was Big G. After a great opening game, Gavin met with a bit of resistance in the second, but managed to hold on to win it 17-15. So 2-0 up and looking good for Chambers. The third was another close encounter and at 14 all a 3 duck victory was still on the cards. But it was not to be. Gavin’s opponent seemed to find some form and clinched the 3rd game and then went on to take the next two games for a good come-from-behind 3-2 victory.
Next on court were the No 1’s. This was a good match up with Graham playing a strong opponent (only beaten by Old Eds this year). Both playing a similar running game. The first game was very close with Graham’s opponent winning 15-13. Graham was game point up in the second, but he managed to come up with great tin shot at the most inappropriate time, which contributed to his demise. The wind was out of his sail during the third game as his opponent raced ahead and a late rally was too little too late for Graham. Nevertheless an entertaining game, but defeat for Chambers 0-3.
So the game count was 5-7 and we needed to win the last game 3-0. Chris took on a wily old campaigner and did the team proud. Although there were a few nervous moments during the game when his opponent briefly snuck ahead, Chris rallied well and always seemed to be in control of the game. He eventually swept his opponent aside with an emphatic 3-0 victory to clinch the rubber for Chambers.
Match result : 10 - 7
8th League “A” vs. Wits
This Wits team at least looks like a bunch of students (unlike the other Wits 8th league team who have no association beyond squash with that fine institution). They seemed a bit wary of these old dudes they had to play, especially since there seemed to be so many of them and more arrived as the evening progressed. Mike H and Whispering George came along for drinks, eats and so that they could encourage and verbally abuse their team mates and Gary was there hoping to play socially. That meant the entire team pitched up (and not by accident). How’s that for team “gees”?
Dr Lyal went on first against Ryan and had an easy time of it, not allowing the youngster any leeway. (Only an old fart like me can use the term “youngster” and get away with it!) Lyal and Gary then had a 5 setter so that Lyal could feel like he had run a bit.
Dr Paul then took on Lauren, the young lady who gave Pete Fillmore carrots a few weeks ago. Maybe she was somewhat off her game but she offered only token resistance (that just doesn’t sound right, but you catch my drift).
Steph then faced Alan, who seemed a pushover in the warm-up, but performed much better in the game. Consensus is that this was the toughest game of the evening. Steph gets this quite a lot, seems his style of play makes the opponent look good. Especially, when in the third game, on match point, he was presented with a sitter and proceeded to mash it and then lose the game!
Finally Nic the Greek (MVP*) played Ruben, who offered stern resistance in the first game but then faded. Nic did play better length in the later games, probably due to the polite support (and jeering) from the support crew, Mike and George.
All the kids then went home and the adults went off to Lapa Fo for light refreshments. (Gino’s was briefly considered, but this time we all agreed with George that it was too far).
Results: Chamber Wits
(MVP* = Most Valued Player and star – at least in his own mind)
Match score: 16 -1
7th League vs. Southern Suburbs
So, we played Suburbs, at home, and smashed them. Overall 14-6 (I think).
Bruce: 2-3 (I think). He was up against Boris Becker's squash-playing cousin from Mulbarton, who was diving all over the show and playing some crazy squash. Bruce's efforts to match him earned him a muscle strain in his back, poor bugger.
Mark: 3-1 (I think). Mark's opponent Ocki was big and capable, and keen on playing a borderline game all night. Marking was no fun at all. After losing the first mark managed to force enough lets and shout at the marker enough to put Ocki off. Mark also did a bit of diving.
Phil: 3-1. Lost the first game when I shouldn't have, but managed to grab the next three as my opponent's concentration slowly disappeared in favour of self-deprecating jokes (at which we all obligingly laughed).
Tom: 3-1 (I think). Tom's game (read fitness) is improving every week, and his class eventually shone through against an akward-yet-surprisingly-
Dinner at Doppio after was delicious as always.
Match score: 14 - 6
6thth League B vs Parkview
The B team did twice as well as the a team against Parkview
Duncan won 3-2
Gavin lost 2-3
Helena lost 1-3
Manie lost 2-3
Match result : 8 – 14
6thth League A vs Randburg
6th A won against Randburg
9-7 (Points count by 3 !!!)
ATS sports mail system reports (we all played against I. Substitute??? Something funny going on at that club……..)
Court:1 Winner:Randburg RB05
I,Substitute (AKA Sven- vs. John,Shannon)
15-10 15-13 15-9
Foxy did not come out of his hole tonight and the jetsetter lifestyle and worldwide travels getting to him. Next time John…..
Court:2 Winner:Chamber Exiles CH04
Fergus,Macleod- vs. I,Substitute (AKA Raphael “Nadal”)
13-15 15-9 15-10 15-7
A bit rusty at first but when the knees got warmed up he was like a CAT D9 (brul net as hy stoot) and there was no stopping Fergus!!
Court:3 Winner:Chamber Exiles CH04
Gerhard,Botha- vs. I,Substitute (AKA Mike)
15-11 15-6 15-13
A bit too experienced for this youngster on the night.
Court:4 Winner:Randburg RB05
I,Substitute (AKA Chris??- vs. Henrik,Kruger-)
15-9 15-7 13-15 15-11
Henrik waking up in the third but to no avail….. Keep chipping away Boet!!
Night was ended off with Pizza’s and beer at Doppio’s
Ciao
The Scribe
Match result : 11 - 9
5thth League vs Parkview
Parkview Team are leading the log in 5th league, and Captain–my-Captain had a cunning plan to rotate one of my stronger players
Flip vs David Paella. Despite David playing with a knee brace and Flip having all the legs, David managed to outsmart Flip and won 3-1.
Chris vs David Sauerman. Dave got quickly to a 2-0 lead before yours truly managed to get back into the game taking the next two to level the scores at 2-2. Got ahead in the 5th and led 12-9, but could not finish and lost 15-12 for a 3-2 loss.
David Peacock vs Chris Naidoo. Dave was just too good with his boasts, so even though Chris managed to scrape one game, Dave won 3-1.
Last but not least, David Cilliers vs Hano v.Zyl. Richard managed to win 3-1, with a little wobble in the second game.
Team won by a game, but all in all a good night for “Davids” and Richard.
Result Chamber won 11-8, to close the gap on Parkview.
Match result : 11– 8
4th LEAGUE vs UJ
Mike played 1 against Simphiwe, first game going to 21/19, and other 2 quite close but Mike managing to win in 3.
Jeff played against Sean. Jeff started slow losing the first but managed to win the next 3 comfortably.
Phil played a girl (Kathryn) and won in 3, although the games were fairly close.
Ryan played Jared, lost the first, came back to win the next 2, lost the 4th narrowly and won the fifth.
Good result, although UJ are bottom of the log.
Mike: 3-0
Jeff: 3-1
Phil: 3-0
Ryan: 3-2
Match result : 16 - 3
2nd LEAGUE vs Alberton
Francis: won 3-1
Mwansa: lost 2-3
Stanley: lost 0-3
Willem won 3-0
Match Result: 10-7
Ladies 3rd LEAGUE 01 vs Old Eds
WOMEN LEAD THE WAY. HOME TO OLD EDS (By Whispering George)
Now if anyone wants good post weekend free entertainment, you can do no better than come down to the club on a Monday night and check out the ladies in action.
Actually I'm talking about womens's 3rd league. What a gas.
On first went Audrey and had a good game but just couldn't pull it through at the end and went down 1 -- 3.
This other Chamber chick called Heather someone was next. Probably her career best game ever, or so I'm told. Yeah I have to agree though, it was actually pretty good. Against an excellent young grade 10 black kid who pulled out all the stops. It fluctuated both ways throughout but the youngster with darker pigmentation stuck to her task and eventually closed it down 3 --2.
Followed on by reigning club champ Joanne. Nothing wrong here either I can tell you. Another titanic battle leaving spectator Claude Klopper gasping over his amstel. Just a great game pure and simple. And she pulled it off 3-- 2 to boot. Pretty cool.
Last came Josephine. The most unlikely of athletes you would think. So think again. I reckon she'll outrun Brian Swiegers and Gavin Martin any time. Also plays the best frame shot in town. Chamber up again in another 5 setter 3 -- 2.
So no less than 3 five setters in one night whch ended it 2 a piece. And down to a points count down.
I hope we won but I couldn't stay any longer to find out. Was very late. What a gas.
Overall result:9 - 12
11th LEAGUE vs UJ
11th League played last night the 31st March at home against Old Edwardians.
Another resounding win for the 11th league. Old Eds were knocked out 13 – 5 by the Champions.
- First up was Johan Mare playing Warren Saevitzon. Johan took a big knock in the first game but fought back bravely to take the second but couldn’t hold on to the advantage, eventually going down to a skilful opponent. Score 1- 3.
- Des playing No. 2 against Yoav Leviner showed his true form with a comfortable win in the first and second games. Appearing to relax too much he suddenly woke up when he lost the 3rd 11-15 coming back with a vengeance in the 4th with another comfortable win at 15-9. Score 3-1
- Paddy was up next playing No. 3 against Justin O’Brien, who at 2 metre plus is probably one of the tallest players in the league. No problem for Paddy though, this bloke doesn’t drive a new car for nothing, he got into top gear and cruised home with a comfortable 3-1 win over his opponent. Score 3-1
- John playing Patrick was the real champ of the night and showed everyone what an almost 70 year old can do with a squash ball – he put it away in 3 games to win 3-0. Score 3-0
Final Result Chambers win 13-5.
John F.
Final result : 13 - 5
10th LEAGUE vs Jeppe
We took the long road (unnecesarily longer for some) to Jeppe in Bedforview in a thunderstorm of note making navigating the badly marked and busy roads tough! The 1st of us arrived their at 19:15 due to various reasons (Lets just say I know the roads around there much better now and if there are roadworks at an intersection with no boards, that will ultimately be the road you are looking for! Boeing road east in this instance) and to our surprise their 10th league guys (and girl) were still sportingly waiting for us. Well if we thought getting there was tough our opponents were even tougher.
As they say in the classics ' We came, we saw AND THEY KICKED OUR BUTTS!'.The 10th league unbeaten run came to an abrupt end in week 4. Not the scoreline we expected for our 1st loss! 0 - 16 (and the games werent even as close as the scorline suggested!)
So not much to comment about the games as we were all significantly outplayed by a very decent side that would probably end up very high on the log at the end of the season if they manage to field this team regularly.
The results for the record:
1) Phil Piper vs Robbie Coetzee 0 - 3 (11,11,10) - Phil played well and had some chances but Robbie well in control
2) Doran McKay vs Mike Haylat 0 - 3 (15,11,7) - Doran almost had a chance in the 1st but said he found it increasingly difficuilt reading this blokes game
3) Mario Fourie vs Greg Brumme 0 - 3 (6,6,12) - I was beaten in the warm up already as I was amazed by this oak warming up aka Willem Ras style by himself of the front and side wall! No recovery after that!
4) Paul vd Bijl vs Christine Lowe 0 -3 (12,10,14) Pauls 1st match of the season being the closest match of the evening, but sometimes good is just not good enough and we were just not able to get at least 1 game.
So back to the drawing board to prepare for the return leg to see if we can improve on this disapointing result.
!
Final result :12 - 4
8th league “B” vs. Edenvale
Graham lost 1-3
Peter F lost 1-3
Digby lost 0-3
Peter Le R won 3-1
Match result : 5 - 13
8th League “A” vs. Winchester Hills
Results: 1 Mike lost 2-3
2 Nic won 3-2
3 Lyal won 3-1
4 Gary won 3-2
Match score: 14 - 8
7th League vs. Parkview
Summary
1. Bruce won 3 – 0:
2. Mark lost 0 – 3:
3. Phil lost 2 – 3:
4. Tom lost 0 – 3:
Match score: 5 - 12
6thth League A vs Chamber B
A very close affair with A winning on a points count (7 points)!!!
George vs Duncan 2 3
Tiny “get down” G losing out on the last game at 16-14. But what a comeback after 2-0 down and Stu telling him to pick up the pace or ship out. Georgie then moved into overdrive with some well rehearsed brake dance moves and nearly upset Duncan on the night.
Gerhard vs Gavin 3 1
Not sure who made more mistakes but managed to keep Gavin at bay on this one.
Hendrik vs Graeme 3 2
Hendrik WON!!!!
Against a very confused Graeme….. he was not sure if he is playing for our team or the B side. Then telling him that we are the 5th league and he is playing for Chambers at Braynston did not help either…had to stop him at the car just before he left for Bryanston. Henrik,one way of winning your game by confusing the hell out of your opponent!!
Stuart vs Helena 1 3
Two ladies playing….one with a skirt and mmmmmm…the other one also!! Helena just ran our Stu to ground and picking up every shot in every corner!! In Stu’s own words… “sy het nou my mieliepit pap gehardloop”
Games 9 9
Points 243 236
Ciao
The Scribe
Match result : 11 - 9
4th LEAGUE vs Southern Suburbs
Jeff played Brian, had a good run but managed to win 3-1. No 5 setter!
Phil had a close one with Richard, last game going into the twenties, but clever Richard prevailed.
Vevek had a very hard 5 setter against Kurt, started strong but Kurt proved to be the fitter one.
Ryan had a 5 setter too against Mohamed, and managed to win.
Went to a points count and thankfully Chamber won (Vevek lost but had more points than Kurt.)
1) Jeff: 3-1
2) Phil: 1-3
3) Vevek: 2-3
4) Ryan: 3-2
Match result : 11 - 9
2nd LEAGUE vs Randburg
Francis: won 3-0
Mwansa: lost 3-0
Stanley: won 3-2
Mike lost 0-3
Match Result: 12-5
Ladies 4th LEAGUE 02 vs Old Eds
Alma lost 0-3
Pat lost 1-3
Belinda won 3-0
Chrisna won 3-0
Overall result:9 - 6
11th LEAGUE vs UJ
11th League results. Not pretty we played U.J. And these students never stop running. Keith played for us last night after a 3 month injury and played well for 2 games and the legs packed in for the 3rd. Des was a star last night and probably played the best squash I have ever see him play. He won't tell us his secret. Johan and myself both ran out of legs and conceded tamely.
Results:
Brian lost 3-1
Johan lost 3-1
Des won 3-0
Keith lost 3-0
Final result : 5 - 12
10th LEAGUE vs Edenvale
After a Storming start to the season (29 points from 2 matches) the 10th league felt Bullish about their Super 14 chances for week 3 at home vs.. Edenvale. Surely the home court, travelling required from opponents, altitude, very strong team on paper and all those things will be to the home teams advantage!
So 1st up at 4 was myself (Mario) against a guy (Joe) that I immediately thought how am I ever get the ball past this oak! So ended up playing a couple of decent drops and running him around and went up 2-0. So early in the 3 the dreaded F word entered my mind... Yes, Fitness I battled in the 3rd and lost it and at 8-8 all in the 4th I thought it was lights out but fortunately my opponent was starting to breathe harder than I and managed to pull it through in the 4th.
On next was our lefty Paul at 2 standing in for our other lefty Gabrielle, whose injury required a bit of rest, against Theo who wasn't sure if he was playing 2, so my guess was probably a regular 1 dropped to 2 to bolster their team. Me was rights as Paul soon found out that this oak seem to be at the end of every single good shot Paul played and managed in the end to frustrate Paul tremendously leading to more mistakes and a 0-3 loss. (OK so not a 16 pointer on the cards - but lets not be too greedy!)
Phil Piper, another stand in, played at 1 and steadily overcame Toby with consistent squash and good running to deservedly outplay a tiring Toby, handing Chambers another 3-0 victory.
So al we needed was at least 1 game in the final match as we looked ok in the points section. Nusrah played a very decent no. 3 (Mark) who managed a couple of very decent fetches and some neat angles - fortunately Nusrah started working them out and worked Mark over taking a hard but deserving 3-0 victory.
The 10th thus managed to hold onto their unbeaten record against a very good side taking the match 12 - 4. Go the 10th!
Final result :12 - 4
8th league “B” vs. Wits
Graham won 3-0
Peter F lost 1-3
Digby won 3-0
David won 3-0
Match result : 13 - 3
8th League “A” vs. Pirates
For the first time this season, we arrived at a match with the comfort of knowing our playing positions. Nice change and it shows in the results.
First up was Nic the Greek against Rob, apparently back after a bit of a layoff and fortunately for Nic still a bit rusty. Nic took the first game at a canter, but in the second game it became clear that he was not going to have everything his own way. Rob can retrieve and Nic accommodated by playing short (yeah I know he is, but I mean his game). At 2-1 down Nic looked out of it, but he found some better form and Rob looked a bit weary. Then, a few points into the 5th, Nic pulls funny faces and hobbles around clutching his calf. After a short time out and application of some strapping he returned to seal the deal. Great sighs of relief from our team.
Next up was Gary, looking appropriately piratical sporting a bandanna sweatband and ear-ring. He played Justin and made light work of the match. We were a bit concerned when Gary offered his opponent a let after the marker had awarded a stroke to Gary. Justin, of course, capitalised on this generosity and took the next couple of points as well, but normal service was resumed and no real harm done.
Mike then took on Simon and quickly lost the first game. There went any notion of an early night (with two other home matches and some social players all the courts were being used!) Mike responded by taking the second but dropped the third. Simon at times looked like he had figured out Mike’s game, but Mike was too cunning and ground out a win. Somewhere along the line, Mike also reversed a marking decision in his favour, but he won the resultant let, maybe he was just messing with Simon’s mind.
Finally, the courts now empty due to the late hour, Steph played the other Rob. No disputed decisions or funny stuff, the pressure was on to finish quickly.
None of our opponents stayed for food but we celebrated the victory at Doppios anyway.
Results: Chamber Pirates
1 Mike Simon 3 – 2
2 Nic Rob 3 – 2
3 Steph Another Rob 3 – 0
4 Gary Justin 3 – 0
Match score: 16 - 4
7th League vs. Jeppe
Always a bit of a lottery with the traffic when travelling to the east – this time we were lucky and hit relatively smooth flow. And we got two courts to play on, no less so things were looking promising before a foot had even been set on court. Most of the Jeppe 7th league was familiar to most of our 7th league team with players from both sides having been in the 9th league last year.
After missing the last two weeks and getting a few “slack captaincy” comments, I decided to get on court first and restore the natural order of things. I was up against Anton “the Deceptor” and to tell the truth, I don’t remember much about the match apart from his backhand crosscourt drops off the high shots that completely undid me. After I stopped lobbing to his backhand, things turned in my favour and I settled the match 3-1.
Next on was Phil vs Graeme “the Runner”. Graeme is training for the Comrades (when I played him last year he made me run a marathon one corner of the court at a time) and is generally not an opponent who you can outlast. Luckily, he’d finished a 50km training run over the weekend and Phil capitalized on his gammy ankles with some accurate squash. Good length and well timed drops were too much for Graeme and Phil took first place on the podium after a minor glitch in the third game which he lost despite a comeback from 0-8 down. So 3-1 to Phil.
Tom took on Detlev “the Grey” on the other court at the same time. This was a closely fought contest with the important points going to Tom. Despite doing his knee in the first game, he used some classic boasts befuddle his opponent and then dominated the T well to cut off anything loose. Detlev bobbed and weaved some to win the third game. Tom then cut down on his mistakes to close out the match. He tells me it’s the influence of fresh mountain air from the long weekend. I’m thinking we should bottle the stuff and use it in lieu of creatine. 3-1 to Tom.
Mark on for the finale against Paul. I made a squash faux pas by letting Mark know the evening had already been won before he played. Apparently he prefers the high pressure situations. Can’t accuse him of letting his guard down though because this was the best game of the evening and Mark wasn’t helped by the calls of the marker (me). The first game was impressive with never more than 2 points difference in the score. Unfortunately those crucial 2 points went the way of Paul who finally took the game 20-18. Next game saw Paul surge ahead to 14-8. Never-say-die Mark inched his way back in to 14-14. Again the crucial 2 points saw Paul go up two games. Mark was firing in the third game and was 12-7 up when dodgy tactics came into play. Paul “the Destructor” obviously needed a break ‘cause he snapped the head of his racquet. After a breather, Paul won 3 quick points to take the score to 10-12 before he needed another break and snapped the strings of the second racquet. Strangely, no-one seemed willing to lend him a third racquet and it was several minutes before one was tentatively volunteered. As far as delaying tactics go, this was proving an expensive one. By now Mark’s concentration had been obliviated and Paul went on to take the match 3-0.
Supper and drinks were downed at the local Primi amidst discussion on Graeme’s single handed effort to make the World Cup a financial success – he’s got tickets to 14 games and counting. The gauntlet for the return game was thrown down with a challenge by way of an interesting variation of a tequila shot, complete with tomato, tobasco and black pepper.
Summary
1. Mark lost 0 – 3: 18-20, 14-16, 13-15
2. Phil won 3 – 1: 15-8, 18-16, 11-15, 15-8
3. Nigel won 3 – 1: 16-14, 13-15, 15-11, 15-10
4. Tom won 3 – 1: 17-15, 15-13, 7-15, 15-12
Match score: 12 - 6
6thth League B vs Bryanston
Duncan lost 2-3
Gavin lost 1-3
Manie lost 0-3
Helena won 3-0
Match result : 6 – 12
6thth League A vs Parkview
Foxy against Brice – Lost 1-3
On the night, this guy was just too good for our Foxy and maybe his mind was already on the 2 week trip to the UK eating cold Pork Pie………
Tiny George P against Gie – Lost 0-3
TGP SOBWE (means…. Tiny George P still on big weekend !!) Did not see the ball, hear the ball or speak to the ball. Complained about the “funny way” the ball is bouncing on the Park View courts. Too much tequila does that to you Georgie…..
Gerhard against Ronaldo (Bruce Lee’s other brother) – WON 3-2
Tough one on the night and should have finished it off after the 4th but decided I need the exercise and won 17-15 in the 5th.
Hendrik against Howard – Lost 0-3
Hendrik being warned beforehand that the oke is left handed did not help and also commenting afterwards that he doesn’t know WTF his doing. Hendrik you are playing league squash Boet and yes, plenty of games left to sort out the mind…….
Ciao
The Scribe
Match result : 4 - 14
5thth League vs Bryanston
Flip lost 0-3
Gavin lost 1-3
Dave/Chris won 3-1
Richard won 3-1
This match was remarkable for the fact that the P………hen hit himself in the eye with his own racket – had to retire and sportingly the Bryanston guys agreed that Chris could play the match for him.
Match result : 7– 10
4th LEAGUE vs Pirates
Jeff played first against Greg Lynch, was 2-0 down before he started to play properly and managed to win the next 3. (You know Jeff isn’t happy unless it goes to 5.)
Vevek played next and although the guy was keen, was no match for Vevek. The last game Vevek came back from about 11-14 down to win the match.
Gary played next (as a late replacement for Ryan) but wasn’t really in the game. Graeme fetched everything, and his shots just got tighter with time.
Phil played last, lost the first narrowly but then came back to take the match.
Jeff: 3-2
Phil: 3-2
Gary: 1-3
Vevek: 3-0
Match result : 13 - 7
2nd LEAGUE vs Old Eds
Willem: lost 3-2 to Dean “Your Worship a.k.a Trevor’s mate”
Francis: won 3-2
Mwansa: lost 3-1
Stan still to play, don’t know what happened there
Match Result:
11th LEAGUE vs Southern Suburbs
With both our regular Captains out of town we the workers are not paid to think. We pitch up only and play and then drink!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Herewith results for last weeks game 11th League played Suburbs. We were a tad lucky as all 4 there members were playing only their 2nd League match and hence we were able to BULLY them a bit with all the results and yes even John’s going our way. Johan playing his first game for the A Team also won 3-0 and I believe that was his first win in a year. Johan welcome to a winning team.
Results:
Brian won 3-0
Johan won 3-0
Des won 3-0
John won 3-1
A good 16-1 Result
Final result : 16 - 1
10th LEAGUE vs Wits
After a good 13-3 win in week 1, the 10 th league was motivated to keep the good form going against WITS at home.
Motivation died a bit as 19:00 came closer and no signs of our opponents! A quick squiz at court 2 and a bit of maths showed more than 8 players so I (Mario) walzed over and casually asked if there might be any 10th leagers and to my surprise there were 2 10th leagers enjoying the good exhibition being displayed by the 8th or 9th league.
Their no. 1 and 4 players were not there as yet so Nushrah went on 1st at no.3 - WITS were quick out of the blocks and lead the 1st set 8-1 when Nusrah all of a sudden hit more wall than tin and simply destroyed his opponent 3-0 and pretty much set the scene for the remainder of the night. I, playing 4, followed this up with a quick fire 3-0 only giving away 6 points in the process (One where I drove the ball straight back at myself after changing my mind from the drop shot).
Gabrielle asked to be demoted to play at 2 due to an apparent injury - his opponent is still wondering about it as well as the opponent found himself doing all the running and quickly running out of steam to loose convincingly and another 3-0 victory to Chambers.
Last up was Doran being moved up to play 1 - Doran showed that he is a pretty decent player and seldom found one foot of the T as he dominated - well this should go quickly as Doran moved 2-0 ahead. In the 3rd there were some serious signs of the lack of fitness and Doran stared at a 11-14 deficit - There was no ways that he would be able to make a 4th or 5th so he pulled out some moves that would have made the Silver Fox proud he slowed the game down with some nasty lobs and boasts frustrating his opponent to no end and eventually taking the 3rd 17-15.
So a great start to the season with a 16-0 win in week 2!
The only embarrassment of the evening was when I found Nusrah and Doran giving their opponents some real squash lessons even doing some drills with them afterwards, hope this does not come back to bite us in the return leg - A definite COTY nomination if we end up loosing the return league!
Tx
Mario
Final result :16-0
8th league “B” vs. Pirates
Chambers 8B played Pirates at home on Wed 17 March:
First up at No 4 was Chris van Zyl. He played Max, the wily old Pirates campaigner. A good performance by Chris in only his second league game. He was always in control of the game and quickly rapped it up 3-0.
Next on was Pete le Roux at No 2, against Andrew, who apologised about the outcome before the game started- “I really haven’t been playing much…” sounded like a Nic Papa comment, but proved to be correct and an easy 3-0 win for Peter.
Digby on at No 3, against a so-called “runner”, but his running didn’t do him any good, the trick is that you have to also hit the ball. Digby rapped it up 3-0 and was disgusted at the weak opposition.
Graham at No 1 probably had the best game of all, but his opponent seemed more concerned about keeping his pants on and in the end it was a comfortable win for Graham.
Unfortunately not the strongest opposition, which took at little away from the satisfaction of a 16-0 overall win. I think the Pirates team also felt a bit disgraced and declined our dinner invitation. So it was dinner for ONE (team) at Doppio’s, joined by team mates Pete Fillmore and Dave Hamilton, who came to support and had a game of their own.
Match result : 16 - 0
8th League “A” vs. Wits
So it was that I arrived early at Wits, thinking that maybe they would not have a team, it being vacation/study break time. Only to find their entire team (plus reserve) there already and new boy Gary warming up. None of these guys are students or staff, they are an old Wits Park team, who now just happen to play for Wits U. By the time Captain (Whispering) George arrived we had exhausted the possible permutations of playing positions and were confused. So new boy Gary was voted 2, George could only drop to 3 after playing 1 last week, Lyal insisted on 4, which left 1 … damn. All my efforts and insistence that I should be 3 or 4 thwarted.
Gary played wily Roy (the only opponent’s name I can remember). Roy plays some really mean boasts, which Gary consistently managed to pick up much to Roy’s surprise. However Roy had a few more tricks up his sleeve and it ended badly for Gary. Lyal played at the same time and was just too quick, powerful and consistent for his opponent. Another easy win for Lyal.
George played at the same time as me and ended up with the same score line. Both of us went down in flames.
The formalities over, the restaurant wrangle ensued. “We go to Gino’s in Robertsham” said our host captain. “ No @#$%$$ way!” said George. Too far to travel says the man who goes to London, Cape Town and Durban to run marathons. So after about 6 minutes of travel to the near South, Gary and I ended up having a very sociable dinner with our hosts, while George and Lyal went to some place 5 minutes away in Melville. I bet their bill came to more than Gino’s modest R290 (for 5 of us!).
Results: Chamber Wits
1 Steph 1 ? 3
2 Gary 0 Roy 3
3 George 1 ? 3
4 Lyal 3 ? 0
Match score: 5 – 12
7th League vs. Wanderers
7th league is hard. We lost to Wanderers 11-8 at home on Tuesday.
But only just. It was a humdinger.
1. Bruce v Mike: 15-13, 9-15, 12-15, 15-12, 13-15
2. Phil v Louis: 15-7, 15-8, 13-15, 15-13
3. Brennan v Brian: 9-15, 12-15, 16-18
4. Tom v Gavin: 15-5, 13-15, 13-15, 15-10, 15-11
Phil went on first against woolly-headed Louis, and managed to frustrate Louis enough to guarantee lots of tin. 3-1 in the end. One to Chamber.
Tom went on second against what may have appeared to onlookers to be an unnecessarily fiery leprechaun named Gavin, but those watching closely will tell you he received plenty of weird calls from his own marker. Anyway Tom swished his way around in the opening game in usual van Heeswijk style - "ringer" was heard being muttered by more than one Wanderers player. Tom then went walkabouts for the next two games, but thankfully woke up in time to seal the win 3-2. Two to Chamber.
Brennan went on next against an old school looking chap named Brian, who moved far better than his body shape would suggest, and who handed Brennan an old school lesson. Brennan lost 0-3, setting up a grand final in the number 1 match. 6-6 in games at this stage.
I have to say I am amazed Bruce is not dead by now. He must have run, in short zig-zaggy sprints, about ten kilometers last night. Bruce won the first, but Mike won the next two (8-7 in games to Wanderers). Bruce had to win the next and did, but ran out of oomf in the fifth (only just). Bruce played well and showed plenty of heart, but his opponent Mike was smashing them too low and flat too often.
So like I said, it was a humdinger that we only just lost.
6thth League B vs Wits
6thth League B vs Wits
Duncan won 3-1
Manie lost 0-3
Jacques won 3-2
Graeme lost 0-3
Match result : 6 – 11
6thth League A vs Bryanston
We had a tough game against Bryanston and were narrowly beaten 7-11.
Also playing against Che…Guavara and the brother of Bruce Lee did not make things easier.
Hendrik lost to Rob : 0-3
Rob is an import from Cape Town you know…….and the Stormers winning streak must have rubbed off on him!! (Hendrik just to let you know he played with a broken elbow!!......bunch of liars these okes from the Cape eh? )
Gerhard lost to Steve (keeps on calling me Hendrik all the time!!!) : 1-3
No excuse from my side (Cappie said I looked “pap”)
Little Georgie P won against Che : 3-1
Think the 6 am practice George is going straight to his head (send all the team members an SMS on Sat at 6am of yes…..you guess it….an empty squash court and ask ….where are you guys????) George also showed me his screen saver……it is an empty squash court!!!
Silver Fox won against David (aka Bruce Lee) : 3-2
Ahhh, but the Foxy had this guy worried!! Our Cappie really had to work hard to win this one but I knew he had Bruce Lee (who at one stage….. flowed with and became one with the ball…..) rattled when he said to his team mates after the 4th game at 2-2 “ wonder how many tricks this guys has left in his bag”
Ciao
The Scribe
Match result : 7 - 11
5thth League vs UJ
Dave went on to take the youngster James in 6, 1st game. Because he was in his son's res, Bastion at UJ, Dave gave away 7 points on the trot to lose the next.
Enough nice guy, or too much ego, the match was won with many well disguised lobs, 3-1. Turns out the only one to lose a game.
Gavin played a hard hitting, hard running affair to pip "attempting to grow a beard Grant", 16-14/16-14/15-11. A close one
Richard had a comfortable game against an overweight and unfit Tyler, 3-0. Yes Tyler, Richard's reach is annoying!
Flip having just recovered from the dreaded lergy, another one, put in a good effort against an extremely fetching Mathew. And I mean running! Not that he wasn't pleasant to look at............ 18-16/15-10/16-14. Another close one!
Yet another comfortable win, this time in the true meaning of the word.
4th LEAGUE vs Dainfern
We played Dainfern at home – they were top of the league after last week’s results, having had a 16 win over Randburg. (We were 4th.)
Dainfern trickled in 1 at a time at regular intervals.
First to play was Phil against Tony (foot fault) Lesch. Tony was no match for Phil and Phil cleaned him up quickly. I’m scared Phil is going to get bored down at no 4.
Jeff played next against Sharon, raced to 2-0 up; was 12 all in the 3rd, and then in true Jeff spirit lost that game. He hates short matches. Thankfully he didn’t go to 5 and won it in the 4th.
Willem played next against Peter Dickinson, the squash coach at Dainfern, but thanks to the fitness sessions with Frankie, Willem taught their coach a lesson.
Gary played last (again) against Tony Outram (who is dying to find a team in 2nd Master’s that needs a player), and managed a convincing win.
Willem: 3-1
Jeff: 3-1
Gary: 3-0
Phil: 3-0
Match result : 16 - 2
2nd LEAGUE vs Pirates
Francesco lost 2-3
Mwansa won 3-0
Stan won 3-0
Mike lost 0-3
Match Result: 10 - 6
Ladies 4th LEAGUE 02 vs Wits
Julie lost 1-3
Sonnell lost 1-3
Belinda won 3-2
Chrisna won 3-0
Overall result 10 – 8
Ladies 3rd LEAGUE 01 vs Randburg
Joanne won 3-0
Heather lost 1-3
Audrey won 3-1
Josephine lost 2-3
Overall result: 11 - 7
11th LEAGUE vs Wits
Played Wits A or B (even they were confused as to whether we were playing their strong or weak team!)
At Chamber
Wednesday, 10th March 2010
Arrived all excited to be playing league again and met a bunch of fresh-faced, pimply kids about my grand-daughters age.
No3 - Bob (captain) played first to lead the way by example for the team! Soon to be humiliated by the F-F,P kid AMG-DA, 0/3 without him bursting a pimple or building up a sweat!! Not the way the captain should start the season.
No1 - Our stalwart, Brian, was on next and very quickly put the old guys back in the game. Brian takes no prisoners and whacked the F-F,P kid 3/0. This kid did sweat and burst a few pimples!
Match even so far but we were ahead on points.
Next up was No4 - John. Our nearly seventy year old took on a F-F, P kid who was playing his first ever league game and was more surprised than anyone when he took the first game - 15/10. Then his nerves failed him and he lost the next two games 11 and 13. Our nearly seventy year old is not really good for more than three games, in fact come to think of it he's not really good for any games and faded after putting up some resistance to lose 11/15. Conceded the fifth meekly to hand the advantage back to the kids.
Finally, after waiting for Superman, who was their No 2 but has obviously played (recently) down at 6th or 7th league, and we knew that by the way he warmed the ball while Des (our No2) stood and picked his nose. Des actually hit the ball twice in the 10 minute warm up. Needless to say Superman was far to good for our league and try as he did, Des was not in the match at all going down 5, 8 and 3.
The F-F, P kids were embarrassed by their team selection and agreed that their number 2 and 3 were out of our league. Obviously, the Wits League Rep is not a Stats student.
Final result : 9 - 12
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