Melbourn won 9-4

Roger Woodfield (3) played first against Stuart Pyper. Roger made a slow start which gave Stuart the upper hand to exert steady pressure with generally well constructed rallies. Roger didn’t make up the lost ground and lost the first game 11-15. In many ways the next 2 games followed the same pattern. Too many errors put Roger into a last ditch position from which he couldn’t recover and he lost those games and the match 0-3.
Thomas Higginson (2) was pitched against Russell Bennett in what turned out to be a one-sided contest. Thomas played fast aggressive, attacking squash which Russell struggled with. In truth, some of the rallies were randomly constructed but, such was the power and intensity, that it had the desired effect. Thomas took the first game 15-7. Russell attempted to respond but was never able to gain any serious momentum. Thomas took the second and third games 15-9 to secure a comfortable 3-0 win.
Miles Jeanneret (1) faced stronger opposition in Jon Miles. A strong racket player, Jon exerted considerable pressure on Miles with both deft touches and powerful drives. Miles was up to the challenge and battled hard to win the first game 15-13. It looked as though the second game would go the same way but Jon put in a very determined effort and forced a 15-12 win. Miles then upped the pace and covered the court extremely well cutting out any cross-court returns with clinical precision. This unrelenting pressure started to show with Jon tiring and getting frustrated with being unable to reach many of Miles’ testing shots. It became inevitable that Miles would come out on top and he efficiently wrapped up the next 2 games to win 3-1.
Skipper Roger Woodfield said “After a slow start we made very good progress with strong performances from Thomas and Miles. In the end , it was a very convincing 9-4 win”