With 4 games left, the title and promotion to the top division is Trinity's to lose! After students 2 seemed to be handing out walkovers to others in the league by no-showing, we were sceptical that our opponents would show up at all. Hope was fading as we were warming up still at 20:15 still with no sign of them... and finally they walked in. We agreed not to take free rubbers as everyone wanted to play a full match, but that we'd take any leftovers if time ran out at the end. A 5-4 win last time out, so we were expecting tough competition.
Dan & Tom had a fairly uneventful evening, beating their first and third pairs 21-13 21-15 and 21-11 21-17. An end dropped against the second pair, but never too worried, they took it 21-11 18-21 21-14.
Chris & Shaz rolled over their second and third pairs 21-13 21-18 and 21-13 21-13, but between those had a tough battle with the first pair, losing out 15-21 24-22 17-21.
Ian and Ben had a strong start against their thirds but lost focus a bit after the first end, losing it 21-13 15-21 14-21. They almost made the same mistake again but held their nerve in the second end against the second pair to take it 21-10 27-25, and then took the first pair apart in great fashion to win 21-14 21-14.
So, a 7-2 win to Trinity, and with 3 games remaining two more wins are needed to secure the title (or only one win with a good amount of rubbers!). But, with Shaz needing to take paternal leave from LM1, another mix up on the team lineup will be required for the remaining matches...
LM1 Captain Dan
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