LT & ZL pair 1, RK & LB pair 2.

The first two rubbers were hard fought and we ended up with LT & ZL losing against their 1^st pair  (21-14, 20-22, 21-23  L) and our RK & LB winning against their 2nds (16-21, 21-13, 21-12 J).

The second set of rubbers were also great games with LT & ZL winning in two against the 2nds (21-15, 24-22 J)  and RK & LB losing in three against their 1sts (19-21, 21-16, 18-21 L)

2-2 going into the splits....

ZL & LB played as 1^st split winning easily against their 1^st split (21-11, 8-21). With LT & RS playing as split two the pressure was on to take the win (as the 1sts had finished already!) – we took the last rubber in three games (21-17, 16-21, 21-19).

Very well played everyone and thanks to Rachael for playing for us... J   A great start to the new season.

The first two rubbers were won easily, as we all warmed up into the games...LT & ZL winning against their 1sts 21-9, 21-6 and LB & DJ winning against their 2nds 21-8, 21-15.  2-0 after the first round.

LT & ZL played their 2^nd pair (who we thought were stronger) and took the rubber easily in 21-12, 21-9.  LB & DJ played the 1^st pair and had a close game winning the crucial points to take the rubber 21-18, 24-22!  4-0 after round two.

Split 1 was ZL and LB and they beat the 1^st split easily with 21-15, 21-13, meanwhile LT & DJ won against the 2^nd split 21-14, 21-18

The overall result was a 6-0 win.

Well played everyone, our second match and our second win...

We played the first rubber with our first pair of DJ & LB winning easily 21-10, 21-4.  At this time their fourth lady was still not here, so we played the third rubber with our 2nds, LB & PB, against their 1sts which we won 21-15, 21-16.

2-0 up now.

After waiting an hour for the forth lady to arrive from Monsoon, we played the second rubber winning easily 21-13, 21-5, then the fourth rubber winning that one 21-8, 21-11. 

4-0 up now.

Split 1 was DJ and LT we won this 1^st split easily 21-14, 21-11, meanwhile LB & PB won against the 2^nd split with the first game being quite close 21-19,  but then they got into their stride taking the last game 21-7.

The overall result was a 6-0 win.

Well played everyone, thanks to Penny for standing in for a sick Zo-Dee and thanks to Louise B for making a miraculous recovery from a bad cold to be able to play! Our third match and our third win.

Z & LT pair 1, LB & DJ Pair 2. Z and LT paired up against their firsts, and with a hard fought first game going our way at 22-20! We pulled ourselves together in the second game to take it easily 21-10...  LB & DJ played their seconds and easily got into their game winning the rubber 21-12, 21-7.

2-0 up now.

Z & LT then played the seconds and after a small “mental issue from the captain” (sorry Z) we took the rubber easily at 21-12, 21-6. LB & DJ played the first pair and had come good rallies, with BC coming out on top winning 21-16-, 21-14

4-0 up now.

Split 1 was Z & LB and they played great easily dispatching the opposition 21-6, 21-7, without even breaking a sweat! Split 2 was LT & DJ; we also took the games fairly easily 21-11, 21-17, making a few annoying errors to give them more points than they actually won themselves.

The overall result was a 6-0 win. J

Fourth match and fourth win, well played everyone – roll on the next match this Friday J

DJ & LB pair 1, LT & JP Pair 2. DJ & LB played their 1^st pair and had a great hard fought game narrowly losing the first game 19-21, but coming back to take the next two games 21-15, 21-16 to take the first rubber. LT & JP played their weaker 2^nd pair and after a few points getting used to each other took the rubber 21-9, 21-8.

2-0 up now.

DJ & LB then played the 2nds and very quickly dispatched them 21-2, 21-6 ! Without even breaking a sweat... Lt & JP played the strong 1^st pair and despite best efforts, we lost the rubber 13-21, 20-22 L

3-1 up now.

Split 1 was LB & JP and they again had some good rallies but took the rubber convincingly 21-9, 21-12. Split 2 was DJ & LT again we had good rallies in the first game, where unfortunately we let them come back too far but had more focus in the second game and took the games 21-16, 21-5

The overall result was a 5-1 win. J

Fourth match and fourth win, well played everyone.  Thanks to Jo for covering for Zo-Dee....

Rubber 1: Z & LT played their 1^st pair and we adapted to the super slippery court fairly quickly (one side was terrible the other not bad at all!) and warmed up into the game taking the first rubber 21-15, 21-14.

Rubber 2: D & LB took on their 2^nd pair and unfortunately had the really dusty slippy court and really struggled on one side of the court. They had a good game with some great rallies from both side and took the rubber 21-16, 17-21, 21-14.

2-0 at this point J

Rubber 3: Z & LT took on their 2^nd pair and had a great game as the WB pair seemed to fall apart after playing D & LB! We took the rubber quickly winning 21-6, 21-10.

Rubber 4: D & LB played their 1^st pair and had some great games, again struggling with the slippy floor on one side and had a hard fought game and unfortunately missed out losing the rubber 21-15, 14-21, 19-21!  So close at the end, with a fantastic come back at the end... J

3-1 at this point J

Split 1: Z & LB played their 1^st split (which had the weakest lady playing ??) and hardly broke a sweat really easily taking the rubber very quickly 21-5, 21-7!

Split 2: LT & D played their 2^nd pair and we continued Debbie’s evening of all rubbers going to three!  But managed to pull through taking the rubber 21-15, 16-21, 21-16.

Overall score WON 5-1. Well played everyone, good to get another good win and no one slipped over either!

1^st pair LT & Z, 2nd pair DJ & LB

After sitting waiting for Jubilee’s fourth lady to arrive, we eventually got started against their 1^st pair whilst DJ & LB sat waiting. L  The games had some good points with us taking the first rubber easily winning 21-12, 21-10.

DJ & LB then went on out of order against the 1^st pair (as the fourth lady still had not arrived) and again had some good points and took the rubber easily winning 21-14, 21-9.

2-0 up at this point.

At 8pm the fourth lady arrived, so LT & Z went straight on against them after a short warm up.  Their 2^nd pair proved to be more of a challenge with some good rallies but we took the rubber 21-13, 21-12.

DJ & LB played their 2^nds and again had some good points and rallies and took the 4^th rubber 21-8, 21-16.

4-0 up at this point.

LT & DJ played 1^st split and found their stride quickly, taking the rubber 21-14, 21-13.

Z & LB played the 2^nd split and stormed through to take the last rubber easily against the weaker split 21-8, 21-11.

Final Score 6-0. Well played to us all....

This was a hard slogged game, as it was basically who could clear it back and forth better and not mess it up, not many beautiful net shots in site!  Ha-ha... we struggled against the plastic shuttles and the lighting. 

Debbie and Lou B had two particularly hard games 25-23 and 24-26 in both of their rubbers played!

We won, but not without a lot of grumping and moaning on our part!

Well done team for turning up knowing it was plastics and getting a hard fought win against them...

Well played everyone and thanks to Rachel for covering for Debbie J, with yet another match played with plastics this again confirmed that the captain appears to be incapable of serving with a plastic shuttle (argh), much to the annoyance of her partners last night.

We found it very frustrating and seemed to reply on a fair amount of smashing all the high serves provided by CHA, this (after getting used to it) seemed to work and we were able to take each of the rubbers fairly easily, with the overall match result 6-0 win to us, 12 games to 1 and 271 points to 199.

Well played team and onwards to our last match of the season and that lovely shiny trophy awaits us.... J