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ECSC 3 – Abbaye S.C. 2

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Well, in standard sports reporterese, “The boys done good”. A very respectable draw against a solid team.  In fact the moral victory was with us as we carded 8-7 in sets in our favour. Rob (Peters) and Gabor (Gal) put in strong performances to beat their opponents convincingly, while Pierre (Dybman) was unlucky to see his 2-0 lead hauled in by a recovering Abbaye player. Simon (Smith) – as usual – “took one for the team” and went down with all guns blazing (and some blood flowing!) to a strong no. 1 less than half his age. A pleasant bunch who are hoping to be promoted if they can secure third place.

Simon Smith

ECSC 3, in the winning mood!

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A very satisfactory – especially personally – result; with the majority of our team present winning!

I gather Tim came up against a very in-form opponent and went down in straight sets. Josep stormed to a 2-0 lead against a svelte, heavily-tattooed young lady before losing his way to her precision front-court work as she levelled 2-2. Fortunately, following some empathic coaching from Tim & Simon, he rediscovered the back court and stormed out to a 3-2 victory. A thrilling “Beauty v. the Beast” clash. Modesty prevents a detailed description of Simon’s 3-1 victory (long overdue!) against a nimble and higher-classified opponent; however it was one of his strongest showings for a long time and drew directly on the recent Monday training sessions.

Simon Smith