Mixed fortunes again last week, ECSC 1 lost 1-3, with just Mitch beating a lower ranked opponent, leaving them in 4^th, just below the promotion zone. ECSC 2 hard fought 2-2 draw with Pedro & John winning, and Simon & Tomaz both going close at 2-3, also leaving them in 4th. ECSC 3 had their first win of the season 3-1, Nick & Kevin winning 3-0, Jean-Luc a battling 3-2 win, and Rob who is still not quite fully fit losing 0-3, to move off the bottom into 5^th place with a game in hand.

The next matches are:

Mixed fortunes last week, ECSC 1 had an unexpected 3-1 win against higher ranked opponents thanks to an excellent 3-0 win by John on loan from the 2^nd team, a battling 3-1 win by Mitch, and Artur a 3-0 walkover. ECSC 2 had a hard time against a strong opposition from Castle and lost 0-4, as did an under strength ECSC 3 away at Le Parc.

The next matches are:

A tricky start to the season with lots of players away due to injuries, illness and missions to save the world.

ECSC 1 had a hard fought 2-2 draw against Lasne 1, with Bram losing 0-3 in a tough comeback game, Enrique winning 3-1, Artur winning 3-1, and Mitch losing 2-3 against a speedy  youngster.

ECSC 2 lost 1-3 to highly ranked oppostion, which will probably be a contender for the No.1 spot, with Pedro narrowly losing 2-3 to a B2, John making a comfortable 3-0 win, Jens losing a hard fought match 1-3, and Simon having a tough come back match to lose 0-3.

ECSC 3, match postponed.

Next weeks matches are:

It went better than expected yesterday with a ECSC 1 managing a 2-2 draw against the top team. Everybody was outranked, but Artur had a good 3-1 win, Pedro a great 3-2 win over a C2 coming back from 7-9 down in the 5^th to take it, Mitch narrowly lost 2-3 to a C1 after having had match points in the 4^th & 5^th games, and Enrique was the sacrifical lamb losing 0-3 to a B3.

The ECSC 2 match was postponed until the 15th May.

This leaves ECSC 1 in 2nd place, with two teams close behind, and ECSC 2 in 2nd place, but with a match in hand.

So all to play for in the last match of the season after Easter!

Last week ECSC1 lost 1-3 despite a good effort against higher ranked opponents, and stay just inside the promotion zone in 3rd place.
ECSC2 managed a 2-2 draw, which keeps them narrowly in the top spot by 2 points.
So with just two matches to go, it is still all to play for!

Next Matches:

• Thu 3/4/2014 8:00 PM Ecsc 1 – Abbaye Recocars Ice-Watch
• Thu 3/4/2014 8:00 PM Ecsc 2 – Castle Fred Biscara

Last week was not the best, both teams lost, ECSC1 1-3 against NATO, and ECSC2 0-4 against Lasne.

This means ECSC1 have slipped to 3^rd place, but only 1 point off the lead, and ECSC2 narrowly hold onto 1^st place by 1 point.

Hopefully we can bounce back this week:

•                 Thu 27/3/2014 7:30 PM  Castle Reflet Nature       –              Ecsc 1
•                 Thu 27/3/2014 8:00 PM  Ecsc 2    –              Aramis 3

ECSC 1 won 4-0 against Namur 1 which bring ECSC 1 as co-leader of the playoff 4!

ECSC 2 had a drawn against Winner’s Kean sous doués team. ECSC 2  is still comfortably leader of the playoff 7.

Next match on 20 March for both teams.

ECSC 1 lost 1-3 to Abbaye Recorcars. Fred managed to snatch a games from an A player while Markus and Enrique lost in straight sets to better players. Sharp and reliable as always Pedro took revenge winning in straight sets.

ECSC 2 confirmed their position at the top of the leader board winning 3-1 against Castle Fred Biscara. Rob had the come-back of the evening, coming from nowhere to  win 13-11 in the filth sets. Artur also a tough match but still prevailed 12-10 in the fifth. John edged a close match winning 3-1, clearly fitter than his opponent. Kevin lost 0-3.

Yesterday evening ECSC2 had a good win 3-1 against ARAMIS 3.
John won 3-1 with some long rallies. Pedro also won 3-0 thanks to a lot of nicks. Rob lost 1-3 to a young player who keeps on getting better and Kevin had an easy 3-0 win.

The evening finished with some good beers and another Thai dinner.

Thanks again to Rob for the ride.

An excellent evening for ECSC with both teams playing at home and both teams winning and reinforcing their hold on the top spot of their respective leagues. ECSC1 did particularly well against a strong NATO team to win 3-1, and ECSC2 a solid performance to win 4-0.

Only ECSC2 play this week: