Double trouble for us today as Kris Funston played up for the Premier One team and Chris 'Epic' Patete was away. We faced Upper Hutt feeling seriously depleted, but fortunately with our ace coach Andy Wheeler stepping into the gap once again.
I picked up my old partnership with Andy and we carried on right where we left off, playing some good stuff to win 7-6 6-4 against the very decent pairing of Boyles/Hinton. Richard and Brian produced a fine comeback against Osborne/Quinn, winning 2-6 6-1 6-4.
My singles against Denzil Boyles was very tough. I don't remember when I last saw so many clean winners go past me. I lost the first set on a TB. The second set went to a TB and I was 4-2 down in it before clawing my way back in and nicking it. Denzil and I exchanged a couple of breaks in the third but I got to 5-3 up and managed to serve it out for 6-4. He was not happy, and I wasn't quite sure how I'd won it either. The sage counsel of acting captain Brian at change of ends was a big help.
Andy and Richard both managed to play their singles on the next court before I finished mine! Andy won 6-1 6-3 against Osborne before I'd finished my first set. Richard was similarly authoratitive, winning 6-1 6-4 against Hinton. Last match on was Brian, who won an entertaining game 7-6 7-6 against Quinn.
So another good win for us while giving up a key player to the firsts. Kris did himself proud in Premier 1, with a three set win over Jacob Emery and a first team shirt to keep (unlike me!).
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