1st team - Away to Temple Wycombe Geoff was on first at 4th string and having recently invested some money with Andy Longman he was keen to show off his new skills (if you can count not hitting it in the tin as a skill). Well, he lost the first (not a worry though because that just demonstrates consistency!). In the next few games Geoff played good attacking squash. Yes, that's not a misprint. He did actually play well. I have no video evidence so for those sceptics out there you'll just have to take my word for it. He volleyed well against a lobby opponent, and attacked at the right times. And most amazing of all he didn't "Geoff-it" once!!! despite Dan predicting from the balcony that he would on every drop shot. Geoff convincingly won the match 3-1. Mark Elliott was on the adjacent court and despite (in his words), "trying well" he couldn't get his aching body around the court quick enough to take a game. Frazer at 3rd string did what Frazer does best... recovery shot after recovery shot after recovery shot. His opponent soon got frustrated/bored and was beaten in 3. Dan 'No.2' Jones was on at 2nd string. Some good squash gave him an early lead but a slight lapse in concentration saw him receiving serve for game ball. He hung in though and took the game. 6-4 up in the second and within seconds he was 8-6 down. A real battle ensued at 8-8 after his opponent called "1". Once again Dan did just enough and by the 3rd game his opponent seemed to be too tired to maintain the pace. Dan won 3-0. Dan Ford at 1st string had a bit of a battle in the 1st game as his opponent seemed to want to smash every shot as hard as physically possible. It was just like watching a young Vivek. Unfortunately for him his shots were also very loose which meant he had to work twice as hard. Dan just edged the first but then bageled his tired opponent in the 2nd and won the 3rd fairly comfortably. Final score: Temple Wycombe 4 - 17 Reading Uni 2nd team - Home to Bracknell 2 It was a good start when Sophie avoided another triple bagel and even managed to get a game. Wayne won 3-1 but only after disabilitating his opponent to retirement. Mark, Charles and Nick all lost by the same scoreline, 3-1. Final score: Reading Uni 7 - 18 Bracknell 2 |