- Feb 29, 2024
Dave and Euan sporting their fancy new Trinity shirts decided to get their moneys worth by going to 3 or 21-19 every time but coming out on top with 2 out of 3. Prem and Kiranam were at their imperious best taking 3 without drama. And Dan and I also taking 3 emphatically with the highlight being Dan NOT finding a reason to argue with the opposition ๐probably as his fiancee was watching. So a nice 8-1 win , surely nothing can stop LM3 from getting promoted now
So on to the main part of the evening, after the match the super nice folks from Melton joined us for a beer , I won the argument as to Baron v Bounty ( sorry Dave) until they threw us out at 10.30 ( sorry Dave). So off to the Bounty. WTF another disco in a completely empty pub ๐คทโโ๏ธ. Prem tried to get them to turn it down but โฆ. So (sorry Dave) off to the Union All good. Open til 11 and my vote for the new Trinity pub. Thanks again to Melton for being great chaps. ๐๐๐
LM3 Captain Neil
- Feb 23, 2024
Not much really to say here apart from yet another dominant win from the lads in Division 5
Shake up of pairings saw the introduction of Neil with Junak on his home debut, captain cripple Darren with the 1 legged Jacob, propped up by the solid pairing of Ben & Alex
During the warm up, Darrenโs arm was clearly in a state of non repair, but decided to carry on regardless, but such has now proved costly (ouch!)
The RB1 captain Jacob, was hobbling around the court like a 75 year old due to an injury he picked up also ๐ ๐จโ๐ฆผ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆผ
It was plain sailing for Alex / Ben winning all rubbers comfortably in 2. The highlight being a 21-5 win against the 3rd pair.
Remarkably, Darren & Jacob also won all rubbers in 2. All the games were painfull to play, and also painful to watch ๐ ๐ (some pre match ibuprofen tablets from Tom didnโt seem to kick in until the match had been won ๐ )
Highlight here being a 21-8 win against the 3rd pair
For a brand new pairing, Neil / Junak started brilliantly beating the 3rd pair (21-6, 21-7)
They also took the 2nds in 2 (21-12,21-16) but fell just short against the 1sts.
Itโs was a very tight affair going to 3, but unfortunately loosing 19-21 in final game (18-21,21-15,19-21)
8-1 Trinity Menโs 2 win
Thatโs 7 wins from 7 and a likely promotion to D4 is on the cards ๐๐ค
LM2 Captain Darren
- Feb 22, 2024
Our last away match of the season, but at least we played with feathers. The team was Ben & Tracey, Kirinam & Ruth. B/T started well against a tough 1st pair winning 21-18, then had a bit of a wobble, losing 14-21, but took the rubber 21-16 โฆ phew!
K/R also took theirs to 3 games, the 1st game was close losing 18-21, won the 2nd 21-15, but lost the 3rd 21-11. Time for the switch over. B/T made hard work of it, but got the win in 3. K/T did well against the strong 1st pair, losing 17-21 & 8-21. 2-2 at the split!! B/R had some close games winning 21-18 & 21-17.
K/T just needed to win theirs ๐ฌ Kirinam started out like superman!! We were 10-2 up in the 1st game (against what we thought were the stronger pair!) We were far enough ahead to win 21-10.
Unfortunately we couldnโt maintain the pace and lost the next two 17-21 & 16-21. Happy with the draw, as this is an improvement on our previous encounter. Well done team ๐๐
RB2 Captain Tracey