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With a gap of some 5 years, mainly due to Covid, the
GB Vets again took on the RAC at Pall Mall.
With Squash Levels providing a reasonable guide to
playing strengths, potentially all matches should have
been close. And so it proved!
Strings 3 and 4 went to 5. Mandy Akin taking on
regular adversary Jill Campion. One all, two all with
Mandy slightly below par seemed to be heading for defeat
but she never gives up easily and powered through to win
the 5th 11/2.
John Goodrich on the other hand went 2/0 down, then
scrambled back to 2/2 having been match ball down in the
4th, but then succumbed in the 5th.
Robert Smith at No.5 struggled with a much younger
and fitter opponent and lost 0/3.
Dermot Hurford at No.1 played fellow GB Vet Richard
Winter in a match of high quality with Dermot’s length
and accuracy winning in the end 3/0.
So at 2/2 in matches it was left to Dan Sweeney to
take on the RAC’s manager/captain James Gardner. Dan’s
flashes of brilliance were no match for James’ solid,
consistent, accurate play and after a hard fought battle
it was all over and the RAC claimed an overall 3/2
victory.
A thoroughly enjoyable evening finished off with drinks
and an excellent buffet in the Long Bar. Huge thanks to
James G for the RAC’s abundant generosity and
hospitality.
So an RAC win 3/2 in matches and 11/8 in games
Full results were as follows:
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RAC |
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GB Vets |
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| 1 |
Richard Winter |
lost to |
Dermot Hurford |
0-3 |
9/11, 8/11, 6/11 |
| 2 |
James Gardner |
beat |
Dan Sweeney |
3-0 |
11/9, 11/4, 11/9 |
| 3 |
Jill Campion |
lost to |
Mandy Akin |
2/3 |
11/3, 8/11, 9/11, 11/6, 2/11 |
| 4 |
Ed Bishop |
beat |
John Goodrich |
3-2 |
11/9, 11/7, 8/11, 14/16, 11/3 |
| 5 |
Lloyd Watters |
beat |
Robert Smith |
3-0 |
11/2, 11/3, 11/3 |
Nigel Belle
Non playing
Match Manager
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GB Vets team: Nigel Belle, Dermot Hurford, John
Goodrich, Robert Smith, Mandy Akin, Dan Sweeney.
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Both teams |
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