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6th May 2016
A new fixture! And an excellent one it turned out to be!
Organised by Mike Shattock and Rob Butler the match was
played at the Oxshott Village Sports Club, a thriving
Club with 3 squash courts (one glass back) amid an
atmosphere of bustling, happy activity.
There is always the concern with a new fixture that the
teams will be unevenly matched, but this was not the
case and Oxshott just managed to run out winners 3/2
although in ‘games won’ it was 9/9!
Dave Leach at No.1 had an excellent tough game. Having
survived and won the first 10/9 went on to win in 3.
Keith Searle at No.4 on an adjacent court had no trouble
and also won in 3. An excellent start 2/0!
Our hopes of a quick GB Vets win were then dashed as
Mark Eames succumbed 0/3 and Fabio Goriup, having won
the second 10/8 then went down 1/3. So 2/2 with all to
play for in the final match – a doubles.
Played in the best possible spirit the match see-sawed
to 2/2 and eventually the GB Vets pair of Nigel Belle
and Roger Sulley just lost 11/15 in the fifth.
So a win for Oxshott 3/2.
An excellent match, an excellent evening, definitely to
be repeated next year.
Full results were as follows:
| Oxshott |
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GB Vets |
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| Anthony Norman |
lost to |
Dave Leach |
0 -3 |
9/10, 5/9, 5/9 |
| Mark Francis |
beat |
Mark Eames |
3-0 |
9/3, 9/3, 9/4 |
| George Whitehouse |
beat |
Fabio Goriup |
3-1 |
9/2, 8/10, 9/5, 9/3 |
| Chris Wilkins |
lost to |
Keith Searle |
0-3 |
5/9, 4/9, 6/9 |
| Mike Shattock & Robert
Butler |
beat |
Nigel Belle & Roger
Sulley |
3-2 |
10/15, 15/9, 15/11, 9/15,
15/11 |
Nigel Belle
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GB Vets team: Nigel Belle, Fabio
Goriup, Dave Leach, Keith Searle, Roger Sulley, Mark
Eames. |
Both teams |
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