badminton match 3

Dorking 2
St Andrews 4

Fours Division 3

A winning start to my captaincy of the Fours team, but probably only due to the withdrawal of president Hanson and the subsequent inclusion of King Steve. I won a good rubber with Ron 21-6, 21-17 but lost an easy one with Steve 19-21 19-21 and my final game of the night was with the perpetually irritating Tall Paul, losing 21-17, 15-21, 22-20 who lost concentration in the final 3 points of the last game after I broke my racket handle.

badminton match 2

Ebbisham B2 5
St Andrews 4

Mens Division 3

Interesting team performance - we were gifted 3 rubbers automatically as Ebbisham B2 only turned up with 2 pairs, which meant we still scored 1 out of 6 available. A mass exodus of available players meant I wound up playing with Nick Baumkotter, who must've been about 8th reserve. Still, top pair Steve and Kaz should've done so much better. This was the start of Kaz's "difficult phase".

badminton match 1

St Andrews 0
Chaldon 9

Hybrid Division 1

Awful start to the badminton year as we were well and truly thumped 0-9 at home by a powerful Chaldon team. I didn't even take any of my rubbers to the 3rd game. The only bright spot was that my losing scores of 19, 17 and 16 were among some of our team's best on the night.