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| Nom | Home Player | Nom | Away Player | Result | Games |
| 10 | Neil Atkins | 3 | Jake Wallis | 3 | 0 | 9/3 9/3 9/0 | | 11 | Tony Davies | 6 | Robin Plummer | 3 | 0 | 10/8 9/5 9/1 | | 15 | Ali McMeckan | 8 | Alan Marsh | 3 | 1 | 9/2 4/9 9/2 9/2 | | 21 | Alex McMeckan | 9 | Dave Huctinson | 2 | 3 | 5/9 9/2 2/9 9/3 2/9 | | 24 | Alan Leffen | 11 | Martin Hansell | 1 | 3 | 5/9 9/3 7/9 2/9 | | | | | | | | | | | Games: | 12 | 7 | |
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| | | Bonus: | 5 | 0 | |
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| | | Result: | 17 | 7 | |
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| Report: | After 1 win and 2 defeats this match was a must win if we were to have any realistic chance of keeping in touch with the leading teams. Given the late withdrawal of Mr Pusey due to a mix up with his appointment at the sexual health clinic, Messrs Atkins and Davies (aka Hinge & Bracket) had earlier concluded that the tie would be won or lost on Alistair’s (aka Mr Menopausal) match at number 3, and so it proved to be.
First on at number 5 was Al Lef. After an absence due to injury his figure wasn’t as sylphlike as it used to be (about 40 years ago). This was a match that “big” Al should have easily won, but with a series of miss hit blunders and his insistence on providing a running commentary on every point, this contributed to Al losing the match 1-3. I would normally have called Al a banker to win this match for BCC, but now I am calling him something else with a similar rhyming name.
On the other court was Mr Tight Tee-Shirt at number 4. Things didn’t bode well when Mr Tight Tee Shirt discovered that his mum had packed his slippers instead of his squash shoes. Fortunately he had his trainers DHL’d to the club by pretty boy twin brother. With the match underway, Mr Tight Tee-Shirt took a leaf out of his other, but less pretty, brother’s book and left his brain outside the court and just smashed the ball as hard as he could. A word in his shell-like from yours truly resulted in an extraordinary turn around in the second which he won 9-2. However, his opponent stepped up a gear in the next to go 2-1 up. Didn’t see the remaining games, but Mr Tight Tee-Shirt got back to 2-2 only to lose yet again in the fifth. The elusive first match priory win can’t be far away.
So on went the number 3’s. Having recovered from his menopausal issues (again) last week, Ali looked a rejuvenated man. He quickly went 1-0 up only to lose to next game. However, after a series of long rallies in which Ali showed some of his old movement around court, he ran out a comfortable winner and won 3-1. It’s clear to see that Ali’s return to form is due to Linda getting his blood back to parts of his body not used for a few years.
At number 1, Neil was playing an old adversary in Jake. First two games were intense affairs with some good quality fast rallies with Neil coming through to win both. Having spent all his energy, Jake struggled to keep up with Neil in the third loosing 0-9. So, for the first time that I can ever remember, I am reporting that Neil won a match in part due to his superior fitness. Strange times indeed.
Having moved down to number 2 spot, I thought my match was going to be a walk in the park, but at 0-6 down in the first I soon realised that Robin was a very decent player and that I needed to up my game. I managed to fight back and take the first 10-8, but on returning to court for the second game I feared the worst as Al Lef had taken over the marking. In spite of having flash backs about Al’s previous weeks marking fiasco, I managed to take the next two games for a 3-0 win.
In the bar it was clear that Mr Tight Tee-Shirt's efforts had left him hungry as he helped himself to double portions of everything. There was some concern, however, that with all those years and all that money spent on his education, he wasn’t able to count the number of dinner plates required without forgetting to include the number three. His riposte was that the number three was over rated. I rest my case.
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| Author: | Turkish |
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| Notes: | Very entertaining match report, I almost smiled |
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