B Grade Squash Report 28/3/14

SQUASH REPORT

With one night remaining in the current comp the final four will be decided next week.

Jason Harris (Hillross) saw his first defeat in 6 matches when he was up against Corey Stockton (playing as a sub for Snowy Hydro). He won the first game 9-6 but Corey played some excellent shots to win the next three. Both players put on a good show and it is hoped that Corey will play in the next comp.

Susan Walters had a good game with Jed Mackay but her excellent backhand shots proved too good for him and he went down 9-3,6-9,9-5 and 9-7. Darcy Clayton (Mark Kenmir & Co) was far too good for Karyn Sutton with an easy 3-0 win, counteracted by Trinity Maat (Paul Dyball & Co) defeating Gayle Harding 3-0.

Monaro Discount Tyres had a very close win (8 games, 101 pts) against Cooma Cranes (7 games 99 pts). Larry Maat had a not unusual first two games loss to Narelle Rosewarne but did his usual trick of climbing back to win the next three games. Eloise Blanchard and Aaron Pottage had good wins against Kristie Kilpatrick and Dane Friemanis but both matches had some excellent play from all four players.

Peter Luk continued his unrelenting form to take an easy 3-0 win against Kleven Spain’s Tim Wassink with Tim only managing 8 points total. Although he played quite well he could not match Peter’s uncanny agility to retrieve what would normally be “ungettable” shots. Looks like goodbye Peter from B grade next comp!  Ian Corby (Hydraulinks) had a long 5-setter against Kym Kleven before winning the final game and taking the set. Sam Sergo (under his father’s watchful eye) played well against Brad Constance and had a long match.  The scores were 9-10, 9-7, 8-10, 9-6 and 9-3.

This has ended up with the first five teams (from which the final four should be decided) as follows:

Hydraulinks 90; Cooma Trophy and Gifts 81; Cooma Cranes 80; Monaro Discount Tyres 79 and Hillross 76. Good luck next week – and hopefully no forfeits – of which we had two this week.

B Grade Squash Report 14/3/14

SQUASH REPORT:

Another successful round was held in “B” grade with all matches completed. Chris Tame (Cooma Trophy and Gifts) did battle with Susan Walters (Mark Kenmir & Co.) Susan took the first 9-2 but Chris found some of his quirky shots and took the next two 9-7,9-2. Susan rallied with some of her well-known backhand shots to the rear corner and ended up winning the last two 9-1,9-4. For the same teams Alex Childs and Darcy Clayton had another 5 game match with some excellent squash played by both these youngsters. After a long tussle Darcy came out the winner 3-2 with the points being 35-31.

 Hydraulinks players Ian Corby and Lachlan Sturgeon both had 5-setters against David Hogan and Leanne Kent (Snowy Hydro). Ian eventually lost to David 3-2 even ‘tho he had 36 points against David’s 35.  The Sturgeon/Kent match was just as close with Lachlan winning 3-2 (33 pts) against Leanne (35 pts).  Other team members were Abby Freimanis against Brad Constance in a very long 4-game match with Abby (a very newcomer to squash) winning 3-1. She is one young lady to watch! The end result was Hydraulinks  winning 9 games 123 pts to Snowy Hydro 8 games 124 pts – the one game Brad winning being the clincher and Peter Luk adding another notch to his belt by beating Stuart Wood 3-0.

Larry Maat once again lost his first game to Tim Wassink but stormed home when he worked Tim out 9-6,9-7 and 9-1. Kristie Kilpatrick had no trouble dealing with Leanne Corby but Sam Sergo had to pull out all stops to win against Dane Freimanis.  These are the other two young ones (along with newcomer Aaron Pottage) who will become the future faces of Cooma squash  This gave Cooma Cranes a win against Kleven Spain.

First 5 team positions are now Hydraulinks 66, Cooma Cranes 65, Hillross 61, Cooma Trophy and Gifts 56 and Monaro Discount Tyres 55. How close are they!

Squash Report 7/3/14

SQUASH REPORT

B GRADE: The comp is at the halfway mark and once again there were some tearaway wins and some close matches. Chris Tame and Alex Childs had good wins for their team Cooma Trophy and Gifts against Tim Wassink and Leanne Corby (Kleven Spain).However Kim Kleven and young Sam Sergo reversed the results with good wins against Alex Corby and Sarah Wolf who were able to score 1 game each and help their team win on the night.

Leanne Kent (Snowy Hydro) lost her first game against Kristie Kilpatrick (Cooma Cranes) 10-9 but came back to take the next two 9-6 and 9-3. Kristie fought back and took the 4^th 9-1 which meant it went to five. The last was a long match with the lead swapping several times but it eventually went to Kristie 9-7.  Good game ladies – got the applause it deserved at the end!  Larry Maat continued on his winning way. He did his usual loss of the first game against Stuart Wood but took the next three.  Abby and Dane Freimanis played each other with sibling rivalry. Dane narrowly won the first 10-9 but took the next two 9-6 and 9-1.  This helped his team win 128-86.

Narelle Rosewarne had no answers to Peter Luk’s speed around the court and little well-placed drop shots only able to earn 10 points for the match. Eloise Blanchard and Aaron Pottage were able to redeem a few points for their team Monaro Discount Tyres but Hydraulinks won 14-5 – the points were closer at 100-96.

Hillross – after a shaky start – has climbed up to a close 3^rd spot.  Tony Sergo, Darrell Gaukroger, Jason Harris and Amanda Andrich all won their matches against Susan Walters, Jacqui Schofield, Darcy Clayton and Gayle Harding.  Jason is charging ahead this comp winning all his games so far!

At this halfway point the team results are:

Hydraulinks 55, Cooma Cranes 53, Hillross 47,Monaro Discount Tyres 44, Cooma Trophy and Gifts 44, Paul Dyball Builders 44, Kleven Spain 42, Snowy Hydro 40 and Mark Kenmir & Co. 31

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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