LM2 vs Quorn I (H)

Ten hours until LM2 play the first home match of the season against Quorn 1, and Chairman calls to say no courts have been booked 🙈

After 2 hours of calling every college, school hall, university and leisure centre in Leicestershire, we finally find a home (away) venue at English Martyrs in Leicester thanks to Ian

Seven hours until the match, Ben is called upon to go on a 325 mile round trip to London and advises he might not make it in time..

Captain Darren calls in the experienced Neil as a back up.

Minutes later, Ben calls to say he might make the match, but will let the team know at 15:30 if he can make it or not 🙈

Clock was ticking, captain was sweating as 15:30 approached. “I can make it for 19:29” Darren rolled the dice and decided to reinstate Ben and Chop the chairman.

With the preparations all finished onto the match:

First pairing of Tom & Khalid issued a warning to Quorn's 2nd and 3rd pairings by beating the 1sts to 16 & 17. Quorn's 1st pairing was very handy, with quality on show, and some very tricky serving.

Khalid and Tom then went on to comfortably beat the 2nd and 3rd pairings with 2 games going to 6 & 8.

Next up Darren and Ben as second pair. 1st game was against Quorns 3rds. After Ben had a 40 second warm due to time constraints, we were ready (ish) to start. With their pair leading 17-16 in the first game. Ben decided to then start upping the gears having been in 8th gear for many hours on the M1. We saw the game through, winning to 18.

Second game more comfortable, winning with ease, and the same can be said against the 2nd pairings of Quorn. Last up we took on the solid 1sts. Ben and Darren lost the 1st game, and just came up short to 18 on the second.

To the 3rd pairing of Alex and Phil.

Again, similar results beating the 2nds and 3rds quite comfortable in the end, but somehow putting pressure on themselves winning to 18/19 in 2 games 👀

However, they really upped it against the 1sts narrowly missing out on a win in the first game. Taking it to 20-20 but 2 errors and the game was lost 22-20. Again, in the second game. Just coming up short to 18. But brilliant effort against a solid pair.

Final result being 7-2 in trinity’s favour 😊🥳

LM2 Captain Darren