We ripped through Tawa as if they weren’t even there and watched Island Bay do the same to Mitchell Park as if they weren’t even there. Given the high energy levels and time on our side we declared war on Island Bay and took them out winning by one game. That would effectively put us in third place.
Russell won his first without any real pressure and then succumbed to a beating in the next 3 games
Andrew took his game to 5 , mighty battles losing the last 10/9
Bruce massacred his opponent with clever lobs and power drives 3-0
Jordan played hard and well, won in 3 , last game 10/9
The doubles afterwards did not go well with Jordan and Bruce dominating Russell and Andrew
The food was brilliant, especially that fish pie and our South African hosts were magnificent.
08 April 2009
Real Winners
We beat Mitchell Park B 4 zip to take out the Div 4 title but it was anything but easy.
Playing Angelos Gambitsis (D2) first up, I lost the first game and then decided to play proper squash to win the next 3. I had match point to 5 in the 4th and squandered the lead to be game point down. Sense prevailed and three quick rallies later I had the game and the match.
John was up next against Scott Tiler (D2). John saved his best for last. After losing the first game, he too switched on to win the next 2 games. A momentarily lapse in the 4th made it a 5 setter. John kept his head, applied pressure through good straight, long shots and let his opponent make lots of mistakes.
Alan felt like he needed a good run so allowed his opponent Bruce Neilson (D2) to stretch the match out to 5 sets. A change of racquet at the end of the 4th game saw a change in attitude from Alan and he won the 5th easily. The racquet he changed to was actually broken before he went on court. Observers were gob smacked that with a bag full of racquets Alan had declared the only broken one to be the best for the job. He proved his point!
Matt continued his unbeaten run downing Shane O'Grady (E1) easily in 3. There were a number of great scrambling rallies where both players retrieved the ball from very unlikely positions. A number of times the person doing all the scrambling won the rally. Just shows you should never give up. Was nice to have Matt's parents there to see him play well and secure a good win against a player who won't be in E grade for too much longer.
Well, we looked unlikely number 1 seeds after out first round loss to Tawa. We didn't loose a tie after that.
Playing Angelos Gambitsis (D2) first up, I lost the first game and then decided to play proper squash to win the next 3. I had match point to 5 in the 4th and squandered the lead to be game point down. Sense prevailed and three quick rallies later I had the game and the match.
John was up next against Scott Tiler (D2). John saved his best for last. After losing the first game, he too switched on to win the next 2 games. A momentarily lapse in the 4th made it a 5 setter. John kept his head, applied pressure through good straight, long shots and let his opponent make lots of mistakes.
Alan felt like he needed a good run so allowed his opponent Bruce Neilson (D2) to stretch the match out to 5 sets. A change of racquet at the end of the 4th game saw a change in attitude from Alan and he won the 5th easily. The racquet he changed to was actually broken before he went on court. Observers were gob smacked that with a bag full of racquets Alan had declared the only broken one to be the best for the job. He proved his point!
Matt continued his unbeaten run downing Shane O'Grady (E1) easily in 3. There were a number of great scrambling rallies where both players retrieved the ball from very unlikely positions. A number of times the person doing all the scrambling won the rally. Just shows you should never give up. Was nice to have Matt's parents there to see him play well and secure a good win against a player who won't be in E grade for too much longer.
Well, we looked unlikely number 1 seeds after out first round loss to Tawa. We didn't loose a tie after that.
So near and yet so far
A loss by 9 points on count back! 103 to 112!!
Helen got her revenge against Mike James beating him 3/1 .. Justice eh Helen! ;)
I managed a win against John Brooking 3/1. First game was a shocker with the trailing 3 being a little better :\
Dan and Scotty Galloway were first up. Dan was not playing to his usual form and lost in 3. Warm up’s over Dan, winter interclub’s the real season eh :D
Geordie had a cracker of a game against Gregory Gambitsis and was clearly the match of the evening. Geordie wormed his way into the junior’s mind early in the game and fought bravely to only very barely lose in 5! A fine effort and a suitable end to a well fought final!!
Thanks to the team for their efforts and displays of sportsmanship throught-out! Well played!
Cheers,
Rex
Helen got her revenge against Mike James beating him 3/1 .. Justice eh Helen! ;)
I managed a win against John Brooking 3/1. First game was a shocker with the trailing 3 being a little better :\
Dan and Scotty Galloway were first up. Dan was not playing to his usual form and lost in 3. Warm up’s over Dan, winter interclub’s the real season eh :D
Geordie had a cracker of a game against Gregory Gambitsis and was clearly the match of the evening. Geordie wormed his way into the junior’s mind early in the game and fought bravely to only very barely lose in 5! A fine effort and a suitable end to a well fought final!!
Thanks to the team for their efforts and displays of sportsmanship throught-out! Well played!
Cheers,
Rex
01 April 2009
Autumn Semi Finals
Hi de hi
Are you up with the play?.......
1. Men's Autumn interclub semi finals were held last night. Three of our four men's teams made the semis and of those two out of three teams won to make the final next week.
The final games for each division will be held in one location next Tuesday night. As there are about 6 teams per division, it is highly unlikely that any of our teams will be playing at home. I will let you know more info when it comes to hand.
Team Captain reports at the bottom of this email (as usual).
2. Winter Interclub entries are due 3rd April. We have enough players for 3 teams but not quite enough for 4. Later today I will email the teams as they stand. It's important that you get back to me asap if you've been omitted or (boo hiss) you want to withdraw.
3. The latest grading list is out and seems to include all games up to mid-March. No grading changes for any of our members at this stage but i'm sure there are plenty to come this year. Hopefully in the right direction too eh Alan (soon to be a D1 again after letting Mike O'Sullivan skunk him in the fifth set last night).
http://www.squashnz.co.nz/gradelist/
2. Check out the new squash stats site to see details of yours and others' squashing feats. And there is plenty of detail to see. All your 2008 recorded matches are in there; sliced and diced a number of ways. 2009 data will be added within a couple of days of each month end.
http://www.squashstats.co.nz/club_list.html?id=WNNT
3. Subs were due yesterday (31st March 2009). Don't forget to get your renewal form to Alan Lavery (alprop@paradise.net.nz). The early bird special of $130 was available to those who paid by 31st March 2009. The usual sub of $150 payable from here on.
4. Entries for the upcoming Northern Squash tourney close Friday 10th April. Poster attached with all the details.
5. National squash weekend seemed to be a success thanks to the many people that contributed time and effort. Well done and thank you to all. Always good to get new members.
That's all I can think of for now. Have fun.
Julian
Men's Div 5 - captain Russell Foley's team didn't make the semis so didn't have a game last night. They'll be in a play off for 5th and 6th next Tuesday night though.
Men's Div 4 - winning captain Julian Allen had heart palpitations during their win over Mitchell Park A last night....
It was tough but we got there 8/6 on games. This was a repeat of the last round robin match up last week. I was first up and beat Wayne Eltringham (D2) fairly quickly 3-0. Matt Beighton had a tightly fought match beating Scott Bolton (D2) 3-1 with the first two games going to 8 all! John Conroy fought hard but went down 3-0 to Mark Fade (D2). Alan had a scrappy match against Mike O'Sullivan (D1) losing 9-0 in the fifth set. Alan's 2 games were enough to get us into the final against Mitchell Park B though :)
Men's Div 3 - captain Rex Mar is rightly elated with their win over Tawa...
Team did well to clinch this victory with little effort against Tawa with a match score 4-0! Geordie beat Rex Verry 3-1, Dan beat Duncan Heath 3-0, Helen beat Kaushik Patel 3-0 and Rex beat Tony Nelson 3-1.
What Rex failed to mention is that poor Tony is recovering from an operation that saw one of his eyes removed. Tony must be mending well if he picked up a game from Rex though. Or, Rex kept hitting to the wrong side of the court! (Sorry, bad attempt at humour)
Men's Div 2 - losing captain Tony Blackler was looking for a reversal of form from last week and got it (Tony lost 3 zip, Jules won 3 zip)....
Mana took us out 3-1. We play Island Bay next week for 3rd!
1. Tony#2 Vs Ross - Won the 1st 9/2 only to fall into a cross court duel which I couldn't find a way out of ... lost in 4.
2. Craig D#4 Vs Martin - a couple of close games and one not so close ... down in 3.
3. Julian O#1 Vs Hamish - needing a big win, Jules went on with determination to end it quickly ... however since he left his squash shoes at home the first took a little longer than planned with Jules presenting his version of 'slip sliding away' on the court ... he hung in there after a couple of tumbles and took it out 9/5 before borrowing a bit of grip and killing the match off 9/1, 9/1 to win in three - an excellent #1's knock !
4. Hoppy#3 Vs Chris - as usual Hoppy needed to win in 3, or 4 if he was really economical (thanks to Jules VERY economical match), he went down narrowly in the 1st in a great game, (now needed to win the next 3 without giving away more than 10 points... total) won the 2nd 9/3 ... on track ... but unfortunately went down in the 3rd ending our semi chances ... however Hoppy picked up and won the 4th before dropping the last to lose in 5. A great effort against a fast improving junior and easily the match of the night.
Are you up with the play?.......
1. Men's Autumn interclub semi finals were held last night. Three of our four men's teams made the semis and of those two out of three teams won to make the final next week.
The final games for each division will be held in one location next Tuesday night. As there are about 6 teams per division, it is highly unlikely that any of our teams will be playing at home. I will let you know more info when it comes to hand.
Team Captain reports at the bottom of this email (as usual).
2. Winter Interclub entries are due 3rd April. We have enough players for 3 teams but not quite enough for 4. Later today I will email the teams as they stand. It's important that you get back to me asap if you've been omitted or (boo hiss) you want to withdraw.
3. The latest grading list is out and seems to include all games up to mid-March. No grading changes for any of our members at this stage but i'm sure there are plenty to come this year. Hopefully in the right direction too eh Alan (soon to be a D1 again after letting Mike O'Sullivan skunk him in the fifth set last night).
http://www.squashnz.co.nz/gradelist/
2. Check out the new squash stats site to see details of yours and others' squashing feats. And there is plenty of detail to see. All your 2008 recorded matches are in there; sliced and diced a number of ways. 2009 data will be added within a couple of days of each month end.
http://www.squashstats.co.nz/club_list.html?id=WNNT
3. Subs were due yesterday (31st March 2009). Don't forget to get your renewal form to Alan Lavery (alprop@paradise.net.nz). The early bird special of $130 was available to those who paid by 31st March 2009. The usual sub of $150 payable from here on.
4. Entries for the upcoming Northern Squash tourney close Friday 10th April. Poster attached with all the details.
5. National squash weekend seemed to be a success thanks to the many people that contributed time and effort. Well done and thank you to all. Always good to get new members.
That's all I can think of for now. Have fun.
Julian
Men's Div 5 - captain Russell Foley's team didn't make the semis so didn't have a game last night. They'll be in a play off for 5th and 6th next Tuesday night though.
Men's Div 4 - winning captain Julian Allen had heart palpitations during their win over Mitchell Park A last night....
It was tough but we got there 8/6 on games. This was a repeat of the last round robin match up last week. I was first up and beat Wayne Eltringham (D2) fairly quickly 3-0. Matt Beighton had a tightly fought match beating Scott Bolton (D2) 3-1 with the first two games going to 8 all! John Conroy fought hard but went down 3-0 to Mark Fade (D2). Alan had a scrappy match against Mike O'Sullivan (D1) losing 9-0 in the fifth set. Alan's 2 games were enough to get us into the final against Mitchell Park B though :)
Men's Div 3 - captain Rex Mar is rightly elated with their win over Tawa...
Team did well to clinch this victory with little effort against Tawa with a match score 4-0! Geordie beat Rex Verry 3-1, Dan beat Duncan Heath 3-0, Helen beat Kaushik Patel 3-0 and Rex beat Tony Nelson 3-1.
What Rex failed to mention is that poor Tony is recovering from an operation that saw one of his eyes removed. Tony must be mending well if he picked up a game from Rex though. Or, Rex kept hitting to the wrong side of the court! (Sorry, bad attempt at humour)
Men's Div 2 - losing captain Tony Blackler was looking for a reversal of form from last week and got it (Tony lost 3 zip, Jules won 3 zip)....
Mana took us out 3-1. We play Island Bay next week for 3rd!
1. Tony#2 Vs Ross - Won the 1st 9/2 only to fall into a cross court duel which I couldn't find a way out of ... lost in 4.
2. Craig D#4 Vs Martin - a couple of close games and one not so close ... down in 3.
3. Julian O#1 Vs Hamish - needing a big win, Jules went on with determination to end it quickly ... however since he left his squash shoes at home the first took a little longer than planned with Jules presenting his version of 'slip sliding away' on the court ... he hung in there after a couple of tumbles and took it out 9/5 before borrowing a bit of grip and killing the match off 9/1, 9/1 to win in three - an excellent #1's knock !
4. Hoppy#3 Vs Chris - as usual Hoppy needed to win in 3, or 4 if he was really economical (thanks to Jules VERY economical match), he went down narrowly in the 1st in a great game, (now needed to win the next 3 without giving away more than 10 points... total) won the 2nd 9/3 ... on track ... but unfortunately went down in the 3rd ending our semi chances ... however Hoppy picked up and won the 4th before dropping the last to lose in 5. A great effort against a fast improving junior and easily the match of the night.
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