Mens Over 35 County Weekend        

A very enjoyable match was played at Cambridge Squash Club on Sunday 29th March 2004.

This match was played instead of a planned Inter-County match due to Herts and Cambs Over 35 teams winning promotion in November 2003 from Division 2 to Division 1.

 

First on court was team captain Jason Foster (Bishop's Stortford) who played Andy Whitmore, Jason started slowly and the first two games were shared each going the distance, however Jason's superior shots helped him win the next two games comfortably.
 

On the other court Martin White (HCC) started brightly to win the first game 9-4 but ran out of steam to lose the next three.

Herts Over 35 Champion Martin Geear (Bishop's Stortford) defeated the Cambs Over 35 Champion Vinod Duraikan in three close games.

Dominic Webster (HCC) followed Martin White's lead and won the first game convincingly however he also ran out of steam to lose the next three games.

Richard Lewis (Cannons St.Albans) turned in the performance of the day beating Cambs Number 2 Rob Baddeley 3-1. It was good seeing Richard return to the kind of form that we all know he's capable of.

Graham Evans (Bishop's Stortford) lost a hard fought match 9-8 in the fourth game.

Herts Ladies O35 Champ Isobel Smith lost three close games to Carol Page who has recently been crowned British Over 40 Champion.  

Ex Herts Senior county Champion and current Cambs Champion Galen LeCheminant made a welcome return to Herts colours to play top Cambs player Nick Brown. In an entertaining match Galen looking alot fitter beat his younger opponent 10-9 in the third game to win 3-0

With the matches tied at 4-4 Herts won on countback 15-14.

 

Full scores:

1 Galen LeCheminant beat Nick Brown 10/8 9/4 10/9

2 Martin Geear beat Vinod Duraikan 9/7 9/4 9/7

3 Richard Lewis beat Rob Baddeley 9/2 9/6 0/9 9/5

4 Jason Foster beat Andy Whitmore 10/8 9/10 9/4 9/4

5 Martin White lost to John Hawkins 9/4 3/9 5/9 4/9

6 Dominic Webster lost to Matt Brown 9/3 2/9 1/9 1/9

7 Graham Evans lost to Neil Raine 9/5 4/9 2/9 8/9

8 Isobel Smith lost to Carol Page 7/9 7/9 7/9

 

Jason Foster

Mens County captain