Squash Reports A + B Grade week 24th Feb

A Grade Squash Report 25-2-14

Tuesday evening saw Will Nicholls, playing at number 2 for Kleven Spain come up against Dirk Phillips representing Hydraulinks. In a torrid encounter both came out fighting with each keen to hold centrecourt position, often at the expense of personal safety. Game 1 went down to the wire with Phillips dominating the front with a series of short boasts and drop shots and Nicholls playing a longer shot for the corners. 2 missed double faults from the marker allowed Phillips to escape with a tight 10-8 win. Injustice served to fire up Nicholls who ran away with the second game 9-1. Game 3 saw Phillips take a handy lead to 4-0 before Nicholls walked into a straight drive from Phillips which left an indelible mark on his left thigh. As if the pain wasn’t enough the stroke awarded against him galvanised Nicholls to recover to 5-4 before going down9-5 in a somewhat angry encounter. Both players settled in the fourth and Nicholls composed himself to take the game 9-3 as a more disciplined game of driving deep and avoiding being hit paid off. Unfortunately Nicholls ran out of steam and in the 5^th had nothing to answer Phillips cunning drop shots and high speed boasts which allowed him to take the game 9-1 and the match 3-2. Again squash was the winner.

B Grade SQUASH REPORT: 27/2/14

Once again there were some interesting and surprise B grade matches. In one match Tony Sergo (Hillross) who had been previously undefeated went down to some brilliant play by Peter Luk (Hydraulinks) in a 5-setter. Some of Peter’s shorter and slower strokes caught Tony off guard and he just could not get to them in time. Both played excellent squash on the night. To make amends for Hillross Darrell Gaukroger had a surprise win against Ian Corby 3-0.

For Paul Dyball Builders Gerard Mackay and Trinity Maat played and won 5-setters against Stuart Wood and Abby Freimanis respectively.  Ged took advantage of Stuart having a cramp towards the end of the match and took the last game 9-0, while Trinity (who is playing better each week) took her last game against Abby (Snowy Hydro) 9-2.

In another long match Larry Maat (Cooma Cranes) took on Susan Walters, losing the first two 9-2 and 9-0. Spectators, thinking it was all over, then saw him take the next game 9-6 then 9-1 and 9-6 in the final to win the match. Well played Larry. Teammates Sarah Hamilton and Dane Freimanis also won their matches against Jacqui Schofield and Gayle Harding (Mark Kenmir & Co.) to give their team a convincing win.

Narelle Rosewarne (Monaro Discount Tyres) took on Chris Tame (Cooma Trophy & Gifts) and fought a long hard 5-setter before winning the  last 9-3.  Eloise Blanchard also had a long match against Alex Childs. Both of these up and coming youngsters played well but Eloise came out the winner 3-2.

B Grade Squash Report Week 3 Summer Competition

SQUASH REPORT

B grade had another interesting night with some dramatic scores. Paul Dyball Builders (Gerard Mackay, Mathew Nader, Karyn Sutton and Trinity Maat) went down to Cooma Trophy and Gifts (Christ Tame, Alex Corby, Alex Childs and Sarah Wolf) by 14-1, with Trinity being the only one to win a point for her team. Alex Childs, one of our upcoming junior members (who is also playing golf very well) scored 27-4 against Karyn Sutton who was previously undefeated.

Jason Harris (Hillross) again played a powerful game against Eloise Blanchard (who has been playing very well) and won 3-1 but his team lost to Monaro Discount Tyres 10-6.

Another wipeout went to Darcy Clayton (Mark Kenmir and Co) when he played Leanne Corby and only conceded 3 points in the match. However his team succumbed to Kleven Spain 9-6 when Kim Kleven and Sam Sergo had good wins – Tim Wassink saved the day for them by pinching one game from Susan Walters.

The match of the night was undoubtedly between Larry Maat (Cooma Cranes) and Peter Luk (Hydraulinks).  The very long 5-setter kept swapping leads with good rallies in every game. Both men came off the court sweating profusely but kept the audience entertained with some excellent squash. Peter came out the eventual winner – the game scores were 7-9,9-6,9-5,6-9 and 9-4. His win, along with Ian Corby (vs Sarah Hamilton) and Brad Constance (vs Dane Freimanis) giving his team an 11-7 victory.

A+ B Grade Round 1 2014 Match Reports

A Grade

Last Tuesday night saw the opening round of the Cooma Squash A Grade Autumn Comp. The new 6 teams of 6 players format was fully subscribed and saw many players rankling at their new-found gradings and keen to prove the graders wrong. The return of Andrew Nowland to Cooma after more than a decade spiced up the A1 which has been dominated by Corey Bedingfeild and the Bolton Twins in his absence.

The A3 match between Craig Wheatley (Mark Kenmir & Co) and Braden Skinner (Hillross) attracted plenty of interest. Skinner , returning from a long period of injury enforced absence looked set for a walkover based on prior form.

Wheatley surprised, taking the first game 9-6  while Skinner was getting his bearings. Skinner retaliated with a 9 -3 drubbing in the second setting up a tight 3^rd game. Wheatley took a handy lead in game 3 with his usual selection of unorthodox reverse boasts and unanticipated drives before Skinner rounded him up to take the game 9-5 after playing a disciplined game of deep drives. Game 4 looked to swing the other way with Wheatley again taking an early lead only to before Skinner’s tactical experience stole the match with a  9-6 finish. The final result of 3-1 to Skinner didn’t reflect the intense competition on the court.

B Grade

B grade has got off to a flying start with 9 teams of 4 players. It was great to see new faces at the courts – particularly younger players Aaron Pottage, Dane Freimanis and Abby Freimanis. Will be interesting to see if Dane and Abby follow in the footsteps of their father and grandfather, some of the best players Cooma has seen.

Ged Mackay came out with all guns blazing against Larry Maat and won the first, but Larry’s fitness won out and took the next three games. Tony Sergo rejoined the comp after a long absence but proved he is a force to be reckoned with by only conceding 10 points to up-and-coming young player Tim Wassink.

The Christmas break proved too much for husband and wife Alex and Leanne Corby.  They each went down 3-0 to David Hogan and fiery Jason Harris conceding 12 points and 13 points respectively. However everyone will get into their stride as the comp continues.

An interesting match was held between Darcy Clayton and Eloise Blanchard – another two of our ever-improving juniors. Darcy took the first two games 9-2,9-4 but Eloise went into overdrive and won the next three 9-5,9-5,9-6 to win the match.

Was great to see Narelle Rosewarne back with us but she has not hit her straps yet and found the going tough against Sue Walters, going down in three.

 

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