Greetings to all.
Another tasty match last night, with Knole nicking a win (3/2) v a Park Langley crew short of some superstars.
You can only play what is put in front of you so we gratefully take the points on offer that take us top of Div 3 by ten full points.
Good to see my old mucker Andy Blackman again and he sees Knole 1 as the ‘Creek and Johnson likely lads’ - is that likely to win div 3 Andy, or did you have something else in mind?
I didn’t see any of Pete S game but it was good to see a solid win after the break in normal service for the last three weeks (3/1 win). [A bit tentative, but he did seem to have something in reserve though clearly not fully fit – Ed].
Orange is good too, David.
David, with Pop’s support from the gallery, seemed comfortable at 2/2 having dragged back from 2/0 down but ‘scruffy git’ Kevin showed great fortitude and admirable application to turn the 5th back his way. I am allowed to be rude about Kevin since I am only repeating AB’s comments in his results report. This one was a compelling tussle, well played.
James had the measure of Dave Harris to 8/1 in the first then had a dose of the ‘yips’ and stopped doing the winning stuff. James nicked the second with apparent ease but Dave got into his impressive stride again and wound out a 3/1 winner.
The ebb and flow of some of these matches each week is quite astounding and I am glad I was not
tempted by Tim Powell, another of my past team mates, to put a couple of bob on the outcome of this one.
AB played Niall in the end and ran him rather harder than I was expecting, mainly due to Niall's shaky and inconsistent front court game (3/0 win).
Interesting to see that even veterans and very good players like Mr Harris come up with some inexplicable decisions which gave AB cause to look somewhat disgruntled. Marking squash matches is not a simple and clear task!
The two Mikes battled it out at five with lively commitment but Knole ran it out 3/1 with sustained physical input and control. The Maestro looked to be having difficulty not to be drawn into the stab and poke (but surprisingly effective) style of his opponent so it was a relief to see that ‘normal service’ resumed by the end of the match.
The groupie contingent were rewarded for their interest by the PL 1 v DULWICH 1 (Division 1) match on the next court with Tim Garner v Steve London at 1 the highlight. To be sure we saw a lot of great squash last Tuesday.
Next week looks like the full team again AT HOME v Cascades some come along and lend a cheer.
Best wishes to all. MJ