How great to get back to fun,
competitive squash after 2½ years or so of lockdown.
Thanks to Tony Heron of Dorking we managed eventually to
get a match going and a closely fought match it was!
The redoubtable, everlasting duo of Lance Kinder
and John Woodliffe had a tough but
enjoyable doubles battle but went down 3/0 as did
Nigel Belle at No.4 3/0 in the singles.
James Dubois at No.2, fresh from his
heroic efforts in the recent British Open Masters in
Hull (losing finalist to Barry Featherstone) went 2/0
up, then lost the next 2 but then tweaked the fifth
15/10.
Robert Smith at No.3, clearly suffering
from an injury, put on a brave fight in the first two
games, but eventually succumbed 3/0
David Parker at No.1 was in control
right from the start winning the first two 15/9, 15/7. A
mini fight back from his opponent in the third came to
nought and he won 3/0.
So a Dorking win 3/2.
It was great to see Harriet, Bob Gray’s wife, at the
match and after an excellent meal, liquid refreshment,
good company and ‘thank you’ speeches we all wended our
way home vowing to return and win next time!
Full results were as follows:
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Dorking |
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GB Vets |
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1 |
Nitin Patel |
lost to |
David Parker |
0-3 |
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2 |
Ken Caldwell |
lost to |
James Dubois |
2-3 |
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3 |
Bill Lovesey |
beat |
Robert Smith |
3-0 |
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4 |
Michael Coughlin |
beat |
Nigel Belle |
3-0 |
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Doubles |
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5 |
Dave Buckley & Tony
Heron |
beat |
Lance Kinder & John
Woodliffe |
3-0 |
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Nigel Belle
Match Manager
Picture Caption: Patel (D), Dubois (GBV), Caldwell (D),
Lovesey(D), Woodliffe (GBV), Kinder (GBV), Smith (GBV),
Coughlin (D), Belle (GBV), Parker (GBV), Buckley (D),
Heron (D)
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