1st team v Tunbridge Wells SRC (away) - 6 December 06
We journeyed to Tunbridge Wells hoping to draw inspiration from Shane Warne's and Ricky Ponting's mighty deeds in Adelaide but, unfortunately, came away resembling the England cricket team, beaten when we thought we had the measure of the opposition and with the captain nursing an injury.
Mark Johnson started well against Jeremy Hughes at #4 but, after winning the first game, fell 1/2 behind. Mark rallied in the 4th game but went down 8/10.
Chris Skiller also won his first game at #3 against Springbok Colin Hazell but Chris couldn't maintain the momentum and went down 1/3 as well.
Bob Scott and Paul Lush had a very close game at #5, with Paul just getting his nose in front after winning a marathon 3rd game 10/9. Unfortunately, Bob pulled a calf muscle in the closing rallies of that game and had to concede the match to Paul.
Peter Conway had to counter the clumsy, wild-swinging Canadian whose ungainly swipes at the ball and lumbering charges around court left Peter battered, bruised and fearful for his safety. In squash terms, Peter had no real problems as, despite dropping the 2nd game and faltering briefly in the 4th, he closed out the match 3/1.
Rich Oatey had a straightforward 3/0 win against Chris Beeching at #1.