Melbourn lost 4-20

The 1sts last all five strings for the second week in a row as they were beaten 20-4 by league leaders Stamford 1sts.

Mike Herd (3) came the closest to claiming a win as he built a two games to one lead over Jon Hand, a solid and experienced Division 1 player, but Mike was ultimately to lose 3-2. Miles Jeanneret (4) and Kate Bradshaw (5) also won a game to contribute a game to the team’s score, the second of their match in each case, but both fell 3-1 to Eden Spooner and Simon Morris repsectively.

Chris Shaw (1) and Vinod Duraikan (2) were both beaten 3-0, Chris going down to Callum McGurk and Vinod to Neil Steedman as Stamford maintained their title push and the 1sts hovered precariously close to the relegation play-off – Melbourn currently sit seventh in the table, with a 21 point advantage over current occupants of the danger place (March 1sts), but March have a game more to play and with the a maximum of 20 points per fixture the season promises an exciting conclusion…