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30th
March 2017
The second annual match took place at the excellent
Hurlingham Club on 30th March.
First on was the doubles match on the purpose built
doubles court. Whilst the GB Vets duo of Chris
Lowry & Nigel Belle fought hard to obtain 1/1
the pressure was always on them and the Hurlingham pair,
including fellow GB Vet Nick Atkins,
eventually won 15/10 in the 4th.
Ash Chakraborty at No.2 played
positive squash and recorded a 3/0 win.
Peter Young at No.3 was always in
the hunt but after a hard fought battle succumbed 1/3.
So 1/2 down and the GB Vets needed Andy
Bonner at No.1 to save the day. Not an
auspicious start however – 0/2 down and staring defeat
in the face at 9/9 in the third. With dogged
determination Andy managed to win that game 10/9! Whilst
he was clearly struggling with his fitness, perhaps too
was his opponent, and the next 2 games saw Andy dig in
and come out a deserved 3/2 winner.
So 2 matches all, 8 games all – a very honourable draw!
Then followed the legendary hospitality – fine wines and
beer, superb choice of main and dessert courses and much
jovial banter.
A thoroughly enjoyable evening, definitely one to be
repeated next year!
Full results were as follows:
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Hurlingham |
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GB Vets |
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| 1 |
Paul Lubbock |
lost to |
Andy Bonner |
3-2 |
9/5,9/3,9/10,5/9,4/9 |
| 2 |
Matt Eltringham |
lost to |
Ash Chakraborty |
0-3 |
1/9,5/9,0/9 |
| 3 |
Charles Jeffrey |
beat |
Peter Young |
3-1 |
9/7,5/9,9/6,9/7 |
| 5 |
Nick Atkins & Rupert
Simmonds-Gooding |
beat |
Nigel Belle & Chris
Lowry |
3-1 |
15/4,10/15,15/9,15/10 |
Nigel Belle
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Picture Caption from left: Nigel Belle
(GBV), Paul Lubbock (H), Peter Young (GBV), Nick
Atkins (H), Ash Chakraborty(GBV), Rupert
Simmonds-Gooding (H), Andy Bonner (GBV), Matt
Eltringham (H), Chris Lowry (GBV), Charles Jeffrey
(H) |
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