Londt Park, NMU scrap for league honours
LONDT Park A and NMU continued to set the pace in the Eastern Province women’s first squash league with solid victories this week.
Thanks to their 10-5 win over Profiles, Londt Park head the log with 31 points, followed by NMU on 30.
The students were too strong for Londt Park B in winning 9-3, but there was some redemption for Jacqui Ryder.
After losing twice to NMU No 1 Hayley Ward this season, Ryder secured a 3-0 victory, which should help her confidence.
The top two teams are still being pursued by champions Crusaders A, who emerged unscathed in a tight scrap with their C side.
Two of the matches went the full distance, both won by the A team players – Danell Douglas and Michelle Roos – to give them the major share of the points in a 10-7 result.
Former national star Greg La Mude made a rare appearance in the men’s first league and pulled off a notable 3-0 win over Jason le Roux of NMU. However, the students won the remaining games to defeat Londt Park B 9-4.
This week’s results were: Women LP A bt Profiles 10-5 (LP first): L Muller bt A Thiel 3-0, I Loftie-Eaton lost to K Schepers 3-1, C Levey bt M Bailey 3-2, J Dodd bt K Murdock 3-0 Saders B bt Westview 11-5 (Saders first): J Byrnes bt D Johnson 3-0, A Oshry bt C Walland 3-0, C Walland bt E Olivier 3-2, A Fraser lost to S Hoyi 3-2 Saders A bt Saders C 10-7 (Saders A first): A Murray bt D Schultz 3-0, D Douglas bt S O’Grady 3-2, K Hoy lost to B La Mude 3-1, M Roos bt C Stone 3-2 NMU bt LP B 9-3 (NMU first): H Ward lost to J Ryder 3-0, B Brown bt K Trevarthen 3-0, D Shone bt T Dowling 3-0, H Knott-Craig bt N Pio 3-0 Latest log: LP A 31, NMU 30, Saders A 27, Saders B 23, Saders C 22, Profiles 15, LP B and Westview 14 Men NMU bt LP B 9-4 (NMU first): J le Roux lost to G La Mude, W Bower bt A Senekal 3-1, J Thiel bt P Ryder 3-0, G Forbes bt M Witteveen 3-0 Westview lead Jeffreys Bay 9-5 (Wv first): D Dodd bt R Pretorius 3-2, No2s – to be played, G Plaatjies bt B Lacey 3-1, D Strydom bt F Swart 3-2 LP A lead Old Grey B 7-3 (LP first): S Bailey bt D Venter 3-0, L van Niekerk lost to G Mitchell 3-1, T Whitby v M Keeton – to be played, G Hall bt S Mpini 3-0