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On Monday evening Wellington squash Club 3rd team were the home side against Wellington 2nd team. On court 1 Mike Broom played Barry Bartram and took the first two games 9-5, 9-5. Barry being a few years younger and more mobile clawed his way back into the match and as the clock started to get round to the hour mark Barry secured a 3-2 win by taking the last three games 9-5, 9-4, 9-3. On Court 2 Phil hart played Chris Short. Chris took the first game 9-6, but Phil came back to win the second 9-8. from there Phil took the advantage and won the next two games 9-6, 9-5 to win 3-1. Next on court two was Roger Mason against Martin Rees-Davies. The first game was a close affair with roger having the edge but squandering the chance to win it and letting Martin squeeze home 9-7. The second and third games could not have been closer with Roger winning both games 10-9. Martin came back in the third 9-4. With everything now on the fifth game Roger took control and won it 9-2 for a 3-2 win.
Back on court 1 Gary Hood played Tom MaClure. Gary took the first game comfortably 9-2. Tom came back in the second to win it 9-5 and cruised through the third 9-1. Gary came back to take the fourth 9-5. Everything rested on the fifth game and at 7-7 it could have gone either way. In the end Tom clinched it 9-7 to win 3-2 and make the tie level at 2-2. Everything now rested on the final match between Phil Griffith and Greg Harrison. Phil never got going and Greg was playing a good game and kept things tight with good drop shots and boasts. Greg won easily 9-0, 9-2, 9-3. The final match score was Wellington 2nd 10 Wellington 3rd 15.

Wellington squash club 2nd team started the new season with an away fixture against West Somerset 2nd team. With Brian Davenport having retired from league squash and Phil Hobbs unavailable new captain, Mike Broom, called upon Ken Roberts and new member Gary Hood as replacements.
Mike Broom at no.1 was clearly short of match fitness and against a younger up and coming player lost 9-6, 5-9, 3-9, 5-9. James Luard playing at no.3 narrowly lost his first game but came back with confidence to win 7-9, 9-1, 9-6, 9-6. New member Gary Hood played at no.2 and started well winning the first two games 9-1, 9-4 with little trouble. However, his opponent changed his style of play to win the third 9-5 and was in control of the fourth game at 8-5 up. Gary fought back to win the fourth 10-9 and clinch his match.
The ever youthful Phil Griffith played at no.4 against one of the West Somerset team new young players and had little trouble in winning 9-7, 9-1, 9-1. Ken Roberts also played a new player to team squash and won with ease at 9-3, 9-1, 9-6. The final match score was West Somerset 2nd 5 Wellington 2nd 16.
Next Monday the 2nd team play Merriot 3rd at home.

The new Somerset Squash League for the 2008-09 season starts on 6th October 2008. Wellington Squash Club have 3 teams in the league. The 1st team is in division 1 and the 2nd and 3rd teams are in division 3. This year there are 6 more teams in the league which will improve the strength and depth of the league. Wellington Squash Club is always looking for new members and the best time to come along and get an introduction is on club night every Wednesday at 7.00pm. We are particularly keen to see more lady members.
The club also has a thriving junior section that meets every Sunday morning at 10.00am for two hours. Coaching is provided by Andy Anderson and for newcomers the first session is for free. If you want to find out more about squash then come along and see Andy.