10th SEPTEMBER 2021
What joy for all – a return to fun, competitive
squash after over a year!
The GB Vets having recorded a 5/0 victory back in 2019,
this match was anything but a walkover.
First on court, Andy Davies at No.2
took on fellow GB Vet Paul Ekins. A 3/0 win, all games
going to 15/10.
Matt Belliere, at No.4 playing in his
first ever GB Vets match, found his opponent too strong
and lost 0/3.
Next up was David Parker at No.5
playing the Purley Match Manager and fellow GB Vet
Fabio Goriup, recorded a close 3/0 win.
At No.3 Alan Boulden endured the
longest match of the evening – 14/16, 16/14, 14/16,
15/11 – 2/2. The final game could have gone either way
but Alan just succumbed 12/15.
So 2/2 in matches and an eagerly awaited battle of the
No.1’s. In an excellent show of hard hitting, tactical
squash by both players it was our Dean Newberry
who came through 4 very close games to win 3/1.
So a GB Vets win 3/2.
Our thanks to Fabio for arranging such an enjoyable
evening of squash, food and banter!
Nigel Belle
Match Manager
Full results were as follows:
|
Purley |
|
GB Vets |
|
|
1 |
Paul Eneas |
lost to |
Dean Newberry |
1-3 |
|
2 |
Paul Ekins |
lost to |
Andy Davies |
0-3 |
|
3 |
Rob Winter-Haller |
beat |
Alan Boulden |
3-2 |
|
4 |
Charlie Goriup |
beat |
Matt Belliere |
3-0 |
|
5 |
Fabio Goriup |
lost to |
David Parker |
0-3 |
|
|
|
GB Vets team: Nigel Belle (Match Manager), Andy Davies,
David Parker, Alan Boulden, Dean Newberry. (Matt
Belliere had to go early) |
Both teams |
|