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KSC4 limped home in the final game with a respectable 5th placed table finish already certain before the game started. First on Gwyn, nobody saw this game, as he had to start at 6.30 to allow AP to get us to their pub in time for food, but unfortunately he lost 3-0 to the better ranked Khaled.

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Penultimate game of the season saw a poor performance by Macclesfield 2, a condemned bottom placed side. 6.30 pm and Macc announced they only had 4- Peter had to stand down at the last minute, notching a first win by default.

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The Fab 4ths found their way to Prestbury scenting points from last-placed Prestbury 6. First to appear for the home side was Roy of the Lomas clan, so on went Gwyn at 2. It was only then that Prestbury's secret weapon was revealed - the Wall! Recently replaced, it suited hard hitters and was liable to make explosive noises if you hit it right! Gwyn served hard and drove hard, the Wall did its bit, and poor Roy had no answer mustering only 5 points. We started to plan for an early finish.

On came Chris 'I need to get away' against Geoff at 3. Geoff seemed ready to oblige him when coasting in the first, but Chris got to work on the Wall and Geoff eventually squeaked it 10-9. No alarms in the second as Geoff got used to the pace of the Wall, but the third was tight again, this time 10-9 to Chris. Geoff managed to cut the mistakes to comfortably take the fourth and the match.

Next up were the youngsters Matt (15) vs our Peter (17) and what a mature performance they gave! The first two games went narrowly to Matt, but Peter stormed back to take the third to 1 and the fourth to 4 as Matt's touch seemed to desert him . Could Peter pinch it? The fifth was tight again, Matt served tight and Peter was scrabbling recovery shots from the back corners. No lack of stamina from our man, but in the end he had to give best 6-9 - well played Peter, unlucky! And bang goes the early finish.

Our Matt  at 4 took on Linda and had few problems, serving and driving hard at the Wall, dropping only 3 points to seal the match and the tie.

 

Meanwhile on the back court Mike at 1 was cruising against Jane, surely playing out of order? No problems for Mike here, no explosive wall to put him off, and a comfortable win.

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With availability poor again against high flying Congleton, KSC4 set out to minimise the damage Congleton did to us last time round. Up first Joe, ‘real’ test this week for the youngster against a seasoned player, Rob. First game and despite some excellent winners form young Joe, Rob read the game too well, first blood to Congleton. Second game and Joe was getting closer, a narrow 10-9 loss for the junior who just seemed to go for winners that weren't really on. Third game and words from the first team captain got Joe to rally a little bit more, pushing Rob back before going for the winners and this time it started to turn in Joe's favour- with another set game this time, to Joe 10-8- an important game.

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Difficult away match but, with a newly appointed Director of Squash overseeing things, KSC4 were feeling confident of doing the double over 2nd placed Crewe. First on Gwyn, but before he could start, the Director of Squash, looking to change club mentality and lift Gwyn to his first win, settled in to his first pint and packet of nuts! Another rapid start by Pickering against a promising Crewe player Andy, saw Gwyn take the first 2 games with the loss of only 3 points thanks to a blistering array of miss hit Pickering shots. Third game and early on some awful drops by Pickering and the KSC balcony looked nervously and resigned for another Pickering loss snatched from the jaws of victory - oh well at least another pint for the Director of Squash would calm his nerves. Andy had picked up his game but he had left it too late, Gwyn improving in confidence saw out a close third game, finally breaking his losing run much to the delight of the Director of Squash. Well done Gwyn

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Tough one on paper as AP2 beat a strong 4ths 18-6 last time around and it looked tougher as players were lost to the higher teams but AP were in the same boat, only 2 survivors from that early game and they didn't have an SOS sent out to Oz- read on... Skipper on first at 3, edged a scrappy first with a cold ball and then lost it completely as Jim's return of serve proved an unbeatable drop every time. With the match levelled, sound advice from Walton, a Gerrard reader of the beautiful game, - a change of stance on serve which felt bloody awkward, but my how it worked, game in the bag 3-1.

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We are now coming to the business end of the season and the player availability, if we are to believe, it is not looking good. Please fill this in asap and make life a bit easier for the team captains. PLEASE TAKE NOTE There are no games next week so use the opportunity of Valentine’s day to get credit points for the run in. Our next matches are on the 21st and will feature: A relegation decider for the 1st's home against Crewe who are 1 place below and in relegation spot. The 2nds are away to Alsager 2 who are perhaps the only team that can pip the 2nd's for promotion. A win here may just do it! The 3rd's are away to Bollington who are 1 place above and to give ourselves a fighting chance to avoid relegation it is a must win game. The 4ths are away to AP2 who they closely trail and whilst resigned to just missing out on the top 2 promotion spots, a good win will help them to achieve a credible 3rd spot. Also check out your Player statistics on our website and also your season trend on the NWSL website and make that last big push and give the annual dinner committee a problem, only rivalled by the competition for Sports Personality of the year for those big accolades.

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With KSC4 players being in/out/in/out we eventually stopped doing the hokey-cokey and arrived at a windswept, wet Macc leisure, at least no snow around. Gwyn on first at 3 and an excellent start as he took the first 14 points without reply, meanwhile Mike was started on an opposing court and lost the first 9 points without reply!- this was going to be a short night!

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As transfer day drew to a close, it was all quiet from the higher teams as KSC4 remained unchanged for Thursday night. First up Mike ‘Carragher’ Walton, the old pro, dragged out for another season and leading KSC4 at one. Despite a few losses he was still a firm favourite on the balcony and so it proved again tonight as Charles Burr, another old pro, knowing he was up against it, tried to delay the start. As the only edge player here, he eventually took to the court and we soon realised his reluctance as Mike won the first 9-1. Charles woke up in the next, levelling the match, but Mike turning back the years lobbed and dropped his way to a 3-1 win. At this rate he'll definitely be wanted next year- one year contract extension please!

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As more snow threatened, KSC4 were off on their travels again and for some reason no one wanted a lift from the skipper! After 2 losses the skipper was set to shake things up with some changes- Walton dropped (actually unavailable), Hindley and Hopkins made to endure a tough extra training session the night before. With Evans failing a late fitness test, Thompson was called in at the very last minute and, like the old pro he is, he didn’t let us down.

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