Melbourn lost 8-16

The 1sts picked up useful points despite falling to a 16-8 defeat against Cambridgeshire League Division 1 leaders Towers 1sts in this match.

Melbourn won two of the five strings, claiming those at the top of the order as Matt Sampson (1) edged his match against Steven Davies 3-2, and Chris Shaw playing at a very high level to win 3-0 against Steve Evans.

Towers wins came in strings three to five as Vinod Duraikan (3) was beaten 3-0 by Ben Mann, who proved to be a strong and very fit opponent, whilst skipper Mark Oppen (5) fell two games down to Jake Joyce and was then forced to retire hurt. Mike Herd (4) came the closest of Melbourn’s lower order to securing a win as he was beaten by 3-2 by Matthew Towers in a nailbiter.

The side has now picked up 33 points from their three games played this season, which has them 7th in the table.