Saders A women still forging ahead

CRUSADERS A continued to forge their way to the top of the Eastern Province women’s first squash league with another resounding win in the latest round of matches this week.

This time it was NMU A who felt the strength of arguably the most well-balanced team in the competition as the log leaders, spearheaded by Anlen Murray, took another haul of full points.

Out of a possible 36 points in their three second-half matches, Saders A have picked up 33 and it is difficult to see them being overhauled with four rounds remaining.

The logs, however, are in a state of flux at the moment as a number of matches still need to be completed. Only once these games are played will a clearer picture of the situation emerge.

The men’s league also has a number of matches outstanding due to some juniors representing the national team in overseas tournaments.

However, defending champions NMU A have signalled their intentions with strong performances against Westview and Old Grey A, picking up 11 points and 12 points respectively.

This places them well on top, but Londt Park can close the gap once they have completed their fixtures with Profiles and Old Grey B.

Saders have also started the second half well, taking 22 points from their completed matches against NMU B and Westview.

Westview No 4 Thando Ncamani prevented a clean sweep for Saders this week when he achieved the notable feat of overturning a 2-0 deficit to defeat Dan Schultz in five, 11-4 in the fifth. The results were: Men Londt Park A lead Old Grey B 8-4 (LP first): No 1s still to play, G Hall lost to J Bigara 3-2, T Whitby bt G Mitchell 3-1, W Watermeyer bt M Keeton 3-0 NMU A bt Old Grey A 12-3 (NMU first): J le Roux bt T Mngcete 3-0, B Bassett bt J Wessels 3-0, D Dodd bt S Mpini 3-2, G Forbes bt K Stewart 3-1 Saders bt Westview 11-3 (Saders first): P Mason bt L Sigele 3-0, D Bigara bt D Strydom 3-0, A Reekie bt D Claasen 3-0, D Schultz lost to T Ncamani 3-2 ý The latest log, subject to ratification by the logkeeper, is (matches in brackets): NMU A 109 (10), Saders 98 (10), Londt Park A 95 (9), Old Grey A 62 (9), Profiles 52 (7), Londt Park B 48 (8), Westview 46 (10), Old Grey B 38 (7), NMU B 35 (8) Women Saders A bt NMU A 12-3 (Saders first): A Murray bt B Brown 3-0, D Schultz bt S O’Grady 3-2, B La Mude bt N Hoosein 3-0, K Hoy bt M Scholtz 3-1 Saders B bt Londt Park B 7-6 (Saders first): J Byrnes lost to J Ryder 3-1, A Oshry bt K Trevarthen 3-0, D Dougas bt I Loftie-Eaton 3-0, A Fraser lost to C Levey 3-0 NMU B lead Westview 9-3 (NMU first): H Ward bt C Rose 3-0, No 2s still to play, H Knott-Craig bt E Olivier 3-1, K Behrens bt S Molony 3-2 Londt Park A lead Profiles 7-4 (LP first): L Goosen bt K Schepers 3-0, A Erasmus bt A Thiel 3-1, No 3s still to play, C Shone lost to L van Heerden 3-1 ý The latest log, subject to ratification by the logkeeper, is (matches in brackets): Saders A 102 (10), Saders B 82 (9), Londt Park A 65 (7), Londt Park B 59 (8), NMU A 54 (9), NMU B 49 (7), Profiles 30 (8), Westview 27 (8)