Melbourn lost 3-18

The 1sts fell to a heavy 18-3 defeat away at St. Ivo 1sts in their latest Cambridgeshire Squash League Division 1 match.

Injury and player unavailability meant a call up from the 2nds for Gareth Jones (5), for his first ever top Division match. He started well, taking the opening game to a tie-break, but after this went against him the flow was all in the wrong direction, Jones losing 3-0 to Johnny Nelmes. Miles Jeanneret (4) also fell 3-0, losing to Marco Pita in his case, but Mike Herd (3) gave the side some hope with an accomplished 3-1 win over Harry Aldridge, powering away after the opening two games were shared.

That was as close as the 1sts would get though as both Matt Sampson (1) and Vinod Duraikan (2) found themselves out-matched, Matt against teenager Diego Pita and Vinod versus John Dewis, both being beaten in straight games.