Match Reports
15/4/2010 Wellington at Home – Over and Out…. but back soon?
The First Team had a cracking match with Wellington which they almost won.
Chris took on a guy who has played one before, but Wellington have ’shuffled their pack’ again. Chris was well in with a shout at 1~1, but was unable to get into the 3rd, & and the 4th ran away from him as well. 3~1 loss
Gareth was really looking good at 2~0 up against a stylish leftie, but the lack of squash played over the last few weeks caught up with him and he was not able to maintain the form and a 3~2 defeat was the end result.
Robbi took on Peter Garfoot and had a really close match, but again fitness was the difference. After a slow start, Robbi got into his stride and was on top at the end of the 3rd, but Peter’s consistency wore him down and the last 2 games were lost 9~4, 9~4, and another 3~2 reverse.
The best was saved to last. Stefan went on and was in good form. 2~0 up and you can guess what happened next… It was all the squash played in the previous few days, and the third was lost with Stefan looking a little sluggish. But only a temporary blip, and the 4th gave Hart a deserved win.
Finally Dan taking on an old adversary who did not do anything special and just kept getting the ball back. Here’s the game scores – 8~10 9~6 9~2 – getting on top? Fraid not! 6~9 – into the fifth, and the longest game of the 5, nip and tuck all the way, with Dan finally getting the decisive point at his 7th match ball, 9~7,
A very honourable defeat 17 points to 11, against one of the best teams in the Premier.
26/11/09 Reality Check for Hart
Gareth went on first and the match was over before Muttley (Rob) had time to warm up. Things did not go to plan…. and Gareth conceded – injured with a ruptured calf. Only 4 points were played in the match, but it could have gone either way! Muttley feared the worst against an opponent who was listening to the latest JLS or Jay-Zee album on his ipod during the knock-up. Anyway not too much time longer, Muttley came off having been thrashed 3-0 and wondering if the trip to Hungerford might have been a better option. William Hanna (Robbi) fared no better at the top of the order. Although a few mistakes in his game, there were signs that William could match his opponent; however this turned out not to be the case and duly lost 3-0. Peter Perfect (Chris) was keen to bring some pride to the team & came out fighting like a granny after too many tots of whisky… He was down 5-0 in each game and after levelling at 5-5 in each game, then went on to lose each game. Another 3-0 defeat. Peter could not face the pub and decided to avoid showering (again!) and go home to play with his lego. So it was all down to Penelope (Stefan) at 3 to see if we could get a point from the match (& a bit of pride). To cut a long story short, no. Penelope lost 3-0 too. However it must be noted that Penelope is now sporting a tight fitting rash vest, type “skins” long sleeve t-shirt to play squash in. However this only accentuates the curves of Penelope’s body, being the moobs and beer belly. In fact, a bit like Hilmar’s but a bit more feminine!
After that result, next match for Hart first team is against the under 7 girls blind squash team.