The drama before this one was that our all-star first team, due to Nick White suffering a serious ankle injury, were asking us for a player. I agree to step up, which meant the rest of the team shuffling up the order to play Tawa. Fortunately our coach Andy Wheeler was available to step into the gap, despite an ongoing battle with a shoulder injury.
The match was split over two days due to rain. Kris and Chris Patete picked up their old partnership but lost a tight doubles 7-6 6-3 to Shane and Marcel Glover. Richard and Andy kept us in contention with a crushing 6-0 6-0 win at second pair.
Kris scored an excellent three set win over Shane Glover, with Shane saying he hadn't been so outclassed in a first set since he played Finn Tearney. Richard kicked off his singles campain for us with a 6-3 6-2 win against Marcel Glover. Andy shows a bit of rustiness on the singles court as he lost to Bruce Hollebone. Chris 'Epic' Patete came through 5-7 6-3 6-2 against Karl Romjin.
4-2 to Thorndon, and a good win without me! I had mixed feelings to find this fine bunch of players didn't need me anymore.
In the first team I enjoyed a doubles with Phil 'Crusher' Seemann - he was unstoppable and we had a comfortable win against Ngatitoa's second pair. I beat Steve Billing 6-0 6-1 in my singles. I really enjoyed the experience of feeling like one of the big guns for a day, but it wouldn't have been the same if my regular team had gone down.
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