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St Pauls make the most of home court advantage
[by dm - 19 Nov 2004]

St Pauls beat Haileybury by four matches to none

Tom Alway and Mark Gibbor[St Pauls] beat Tom Hollington and Will Sheldon[Haileybury]15/5,15/1,15/5,15/5 in the first pairs match to round off a successful afternoon for the home team.

James Corbin and Alex de Giorgio[St Pauls] playing 2nd pair beat Joe Perry and Will Taylor[Haileybury] 15/2,15/3,15/7, and in the under 15s the home team of Henry Matson and Tom Hoolahan ,who hits the ball very hard, beat John de Pledge and Dave Wilson 15/4,15/4,15/6 , while the St Pauls under 14 pair, Mark Hine and George Burnes, beat Sam Billings and Sam Anthony of Haileybury in the afternoons closest match 17/14,8/15,18/13,15/8.

The first game of the senior pairs match gave an indication of how things might go. Mark Gibbor starting at 2 all had a run of 7 to take St Pauls to 9/2, serving four aces. On this court, which rewards good serving, both the home team served well all through the match. In the next game Mark started serving and St Pauls were 10/0 ahead when he was put out having served 7 aces. Hailebury having won 1 point Always came into the box and won the next 5 points and the game serving 4 aces.

The next two games followed the same pattern and although the Haileybury pair played well in the rallies, when they had the chance, anything at all loose was killed quite clinically by Alway.

 

 

 

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