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| Nom | Home Player | Nom | Away Player | Result | Games |
| 4 | H Neale | 5 | M Lennox | 0 | 3 | 2/9 6/9 2/9 | | 7 | N Bradshaw | 17 | S Rogers | 0 | 3 | 4/9 6/9 7/9 | | 9 | J Lawton | 18 | F Burnett | 3 | 0 | 9/6 9/7 9/6 | | 10A | I Simmons | 20 | R Bushell | 1 | 3 | 9/6 5/9 4/9 1/9 | | 14 | D Johnson | 22 | S Weatherhead | 0 | 3 | 3/9 1/9 1/9 | | | | | | | | | | | Games: | 4 | 12 | |
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| | | Bonus: | 0 | 5 | |
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| | | Result: | 4 | 17 | |
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| Report: | A rare away report but happy to do it as it was a real good evening with the T/W lads.
On paper this had all the ingredients for a hard fought match. I watched the T/W boys play our 2nd team a couple of weeks back and they were mighty impressive. Fortunately Paul was noshing noodles in China this week which weakened them slightly which helped the P/L cause.
Mini Mortimer v Numbnuts
This match up was a pretty close affair in the first half and I think it's fair to say these are two of the strongest 1s in the league.
This time round was not dis similar however, what was clear to see this time was Mini Mortimer maintaining his stylish high standard but Numbnuts properly upping his game on shot selection and a huge reduction on unforced errors. Stupid retrieving was of course a given on his part.
The result of this was many high quality rallies, lots of which seemed controlled by Mini Mortimer but Numbnuts hanging in and forcing an error or simply playing a bloody good winner.
Only one rally that I saw bucked this trend which Saw Numbnuts forced to the back corner. He hit both the side and back wall with his racket before framing his shot. The result was the ball plopping into the front b/hand nick. DC thought this was embarrassing but Numbnuts would have none of it. Mini Mortimer was just *issed off and rightly so ! 3/0 to Numbnuts.
Interesting footnote to this match. Mini Mortimer has apparently devoloped a new shot for his own dodgy pleasures which he was keen to share with all who would listen. It involves a back hand crosscourt tickle boast. The clue is in the word tickle which has a double meaning. Apparently his hand brushes across his left testicle which results in a double pleasure scenario. Nice winner and a little bit of hows your father thrown in for good measure !
John v Sweaty Sock
This was a highly entertaining match with some of the rallies having a distinct exhibition flavour about them.
The first game was neck and neck at 5/5 before John hit some terrific low drive winners. No problem, DC knew the answer and was straight into Sweaties ear to give the killer advice. Sweaty loaded to the brim with the above great advice went back on court and promptly went 7/0 down and told DC to stick his advice where the sun don't shine (I think that's Scotland and I ain't going there) and promptly went back to his very own brand of squash and the score was dragged back to 7/8 before John came up with another top winner. DC kept his head down before the next game and Sweaty played some good stuff to go 6/2 up in the 3rd but a few errors and John keeping his focus reversed the situation and finally running out a good 3/0 winner.
Have to say, John is playing some really good stuff, I for one wouldn't fancy playing him at the moment.
Neil v Grim Reaper
Saw the first half encounter which saw Neil run the Reaper into the ground. What was clearly missing from Reapers game in the first half was brought to the fore in spades for this match with Neil wondering what the bloody hell was going on. Lots of long rallies which resulted in a lot of unexpected unforced errors from Neil but the x factor was was Reapers hacks, mis hits and half wall, half ball shots. Neil probably thought he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and put it down to 'one of those nights'. But let me tell Neil, I play the Reaper most weekends and this really is the norm and the bugger makes no apology for it. Welcome to my world Neil ! 3/0 to the Reaper.
Viagra v Debt Collector
I saw Viagra play a couple of weeks back and I knew this would be a tough encounter as he is as fit as a butchers dog.
The first game saw DC looking pretty comfortable at 6/1 and Viagra seeming to pumped. However this was soon to change with Viagra smashing seven bells out the little black thing and before he knew it,DC was off court one nil down and not quite sure what had happened. The second was close at 5/5 before DC got reward for some good old fashoned tight,length shots. The next two games saw DC take a degree of control which lasted to the end whilst Viagras work rate did not drop a fraction. Now considering Viagra had put his heart and soul into this one, it did make me laugh when I heard a couple of comments from a loyal supporter and John. Viagra was explaining to the supporter what he thought he had done wrong. The supporter came back with 'Nah, you were never going to win that one, the geezers bin round the block too many times' Not sure if that's a compliment or not ? Johns comment was 'You put more effort into popping the viagra before going after my 90 year old mother than you did into that match !' Blimey, that sounds harsh to me but thinking about it, Viagra did clatter into me from behind a few times and I just assumed he was a bit pumped. Gawd !!!
Dave v Gastric Band
Things never stay the same forever. Captain Carrot Top is no more as Gastric Band comes to the fore.
Now Sam has taken a lot of advice about his general health and fitness lately from his concerened team mates. This came in the form of running,court sprints,more court time, less booze or even blood tests to see if there was an underlining medical problem. Non of this appealed to Sam so he promptly went a got a Gastric Band fitted instead. well who could argue, since he's had the band fitted. 2 matches and 2 very impressive wins. Oh, and his gutt's going down as well. (you reading this Warthog ?)
So a really good performance from the ugly bunch and I suspect a few of the chasing pack were keeping a close eye on this result. From what I've seen of the table, it's game on for 2nd spot. Keep it clean boys and may the best team win.
Can't finish without saying a big thank you to the T/W lads. The club was in chaos with a lot of building work going on. Warm beer and dodgy pizza didn't detract at all from us all having a lot of laughs afterwards.
Oh, and we finished by 10 so Girl Steeden would live to fight another day without looking like a pumpkin after this one !
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| Author: | Debt Collector |
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