Vic Hoad writes:- At last. A victory to report.
@4 inches of snow at week end so on Sunday night I rang Chris to discuss cancelling. We decided to keep the gate shut so cars would not get stuck and go ahead. Glad we did.I played with Liz (who bravely turned out in the freezing conditions although suffering with the lurgy) as by 6.30 we were the only QBC players to have arrived. 3 young pairs from David Lloyd.
Lost 1st game 21-9 to a young lad and a girl who was excellent and could smash almost as hard as the lad. We dug deep (like the expression? I picked it up from Match of the Day interviews) and won the 2nd game 21-15.
Then the girl cheated and took off her track suit top. Low cut sleeveless top, magnificent pair of eyes, forced me to play more drop shots to the net than normal. We just lost 26-24..
Mark & Mel and Adam & Jackie put in great performances and won all their games. Really exciting to watch – no walk overs, all the games were hard fought.
Liz & I won our 2nd (pleasing as the match had not been won at that time) again going to best of 3.
All in all a great night and Chris was ready with a post match pint at the Markeaton."
