We weren't sure what to expect from Central, but knew they'd had some similar good results to us. Ian had had a bad back and nearly pulled out of the match, but got himself to a playable state just in time. Tom also complained of feeling under the weather.
Dan & Chris kicked off, beating their first pair 21-13 21-10 and just continued in similar fashion taking their seconds and thirds 21-15 21-6 and 21-10 21-9 respectively.
Tom & Khalid squared up against their second pair, but forgot how to play for the first end of the night - losing it 1-21 (possibly a club record?). They at least started to find their feet for the second end, losing that one to a more respectable 13-21. They then took on the thirds and lost out very narrowly in the second end, 14-21 20-22. In the last game of the night they did manage to take their firsts to three, taking the first but running out of steam, the scores 21-17 18-21 11-21.
Ian & Shaz started by getting the job done on their thirds, 21-17 23-21. The rest of the night they fought but couldn't get anything else, losing the the firsts and seconds 15-21 13-21 and 14-21 17-21.
Overall, LM1's first loss of the season, but at 5-4 it should leave us top when there's no more games in hand with much better game difference. We have to do the job against Central next time to protect the promotion hopes though.
LM1 Captain Dan
Comments