As you can see from the photos, some 'proper' squash did take place - (well it does create a thirst, doesn't it) and the match was as competitive as the previous challenges had been. Rob devised the format so that each player had 2 matches (One game – English scoring to 15), the first being pre-drawn and the second being drawn "out of the hat", … and there were some really good matches.

In the first round, of note were Tom’s victory over Steve, Laurie beating Colin, Pete Wa beat Matt (in 35 mins), Mac edged past Pete We in the battle of the big hitters and in the longest match of all Chris just held off Jason. Rob had a win against Tim that left the second team 18 points ahead (aggregate points score was the format).

In the second round Phil (somewhat fresher than everyone else) beat Matt, and Pete Wa beat Chris 15-8 (no-one saw Chris after that!) which meant that the first team had just edged ahead. The second' s held their nerve however and with Pete We beating Steve, Laurie losing to Mac, and Tom beating Colin the result was still in the balance.

So it came down to the last match on court - Rob’s (2nds) match against Jason (1st). Rob built up an early lead; Jason hung in and gradually got back into the match as Rob tired. It was a really well fought match - considering it was not serious! Jason eventually won the match but had Rob won enough points?

A quick tot up showed that he had and the second team had won the trophy (retained – again!!!). Re-counts were demanded, but by that time the players were in the bar and preparing for the presentations organised by Rob. There followed much merriment, the downing of copious amounts of alcohol, and general agreement that they could not wait for the next opportunity to dress up.

Phil & Mat