New Malden 7
St Andrews 2
Mens Division 3
Mens 2 team slumped to a 2-7 away loss against New Malden, who were relegated from Division 2 last season. Our cause was not helped by fielding a very weak team including 4 reserves. Seemingly nobody wanted to travel to this match! Our side on the night was Ringo & Kaz, myself & Gerry, and Benno & Stewart. Disappointingly, New Malden also fielded several reserves but they were on the whole too strong for us. They had an older guy called John Parslow playing for them who I beat convincingly in the Hybrid last season, so was hopeful I could do so again in this match, but we ended up losing 15-21 16-21. Benno & Stewart actually managed to beat John though, which was pretty comical, and our 2nd rubber was gifted to us courtesy of John's partner falling and injuring his back, so they conceded a 2nd rubber. Just as well or the scoreline could've been 1-8!
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