Hart Squash

We had been warned that Uni were going to be strong and so it proved.  Elliot’s priority of late has been exams, knocking his usual fitness, so a 5 game match would be a challenge.  Well Elliot prefers to do it the hard way, and he found himself 0-2 down, so 5 it would have to be!  With all his usual gusto, the 3^rd and then the 4^th were won.  His opponent was still not finished, but Elliot was showing signs of exhaustion, and despite a valiant effort, the 5^th was 1 game too far.  A 3-2 defeat.

Meanwhile, Zul was playing superbly against a very steady opponent.  Zul had the edge in the 1^st but the problem was maintaining a very high standard of good quality squash, including numerous long rallies.  Again, the fitness factor was the difference, with his opponent having the edge to take the next 3.

Rob W was making a rare appearance at 3, and taking on a conventional and steady opponent.  That will be a clash of styles then!  Rob took a game to warm up (as usual) before imposing some of his renowned shots on the match.  He reached game point but was unable to convert – it could easily have been the turning point – but as it was, the match did not turn and the result was a 3-0 loss.

Rick was not at his best at 4, still suffering a little niggle in his groin, he was unable to threaten his opponent, going down 3-0.

Finally, Paul at 1 was again playing an extremely strong opponent who gave Paul no chance to get into the match – another 3-0 defeat and a heavy 5-0 pasting by Uni.