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AP Club 1 v Knutsford 4

Thursday 16 February 2012

The Fab 4ths headed for Holmes Chapel to take on league leaders AP Club 1. This week's last minute sub: Chris Sheppard making his first appearance this season - thanks Chris - more later!
 
Bill Jackson at 2 got proceedings under way against Tony and was quickly in the lead with a mix of drives, lobs and boasts. 'Mind, he's a slow starter', quoth Bill, prophetically, and true to form Tony upped the tempo and tightened his serves, giving Bill all sorts of problems - including a very special zero-bounce floorboard in the back corner! Bill couldn't stem the tide and went down 1-3.
 
Geoff next at 3 against Jump Junior - Chris.  After two games this was looking like a mismatch, but Geoff got his lob-and-drop game going in the third, only to lose it 8-10.
 
Two down in the match already - early finish, did somebody whisper? If they did, Graham Thomson didn't hear it. Playing 4 against rangy Rob Leech, Graham knew he was in a fight after a long first game, which he won 10-8. Graham's drops served him well in the second which he took 9-2. But Rob was another slow starter, and by game 3 he got his lob serve calibrated to pull one back. And he virtually served Graham out of it to take the fourth game 9-2. 2-all and both players full of running, but fatigue took a toll of Graham's touch shots and he eventually went down 9-5 - unlucky Graham, well played!
 
Ian Hopkins at 1 faced speedy Khaled, but quickly found the length of the court, forcing Khaled to scrabble in the back corners before slipping in the short boast. It worked well and Ian was soon 2 up with Khaled looking baffled. Not another slow starter? Afraid so, as Khaled got a bit of rhythm and raced up and down the court, pulling back to 2-2 and drenched in sweat. Could Ian stem the tide? Hard though he tried, Khaled had the momentum to take him to an epic 3-2 win - well fought Ian.
 
Chris Sheppard had been taking all this in as he prepared to play his first team match of the season, against another rugby player Kristian. Chris used his power shots to win the first impressively 9-2. The second was tighter as Kristian retrieved better, but Chris still prevailed 9-8. Two games went narrowly to Kristian, building up to a titanic finale as both players gave it their all. At 8-8 it was a nail-biter, but Chris held his nerve to win an epic battle 10-9 - what a finish! Well played Chris.
 
So, only 8 points on the board, but a huge amount of effort expended by the team - well played everyone!
 
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Posted by : Geoff Dalton at 16:15:PM
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