Thursday November 13th 2014, Silver Springs travelled to Highfield A\u00a0while U.C.C. hosted Highfield B, and Kilbrin had a bye.<\/p>\n
Highfield A took on Silver Springs on their home-turf and were hoping to pull themselves back into contention against the leading team in the table.
\nFirst up Olan and Dave took centre-court, and gave a tenacious display where neither player would give an inch. The match went to 5 games and Dave just nicked the win to give Silver Springs the early lead.
\nNext up were Eoghan and Jan. Jan took the first game despite a late come-back effort from Eoghan. Eoghan resumed his good form from the end of that game and went on to win the next game to tie the match at 1-all. Both players had to dig deep in their energy reserves after that and pushed themselves through the pain barrier as many long punishing rallies proceeded.
\nAfter a tough 3rd game that Jan clinched, the 4th game went his way and he pulled away to win the final game with a decisive margin.
\nSo, at 2 matches up Silver Springs were in the driving seat as Sophie and Vincent took to the court.
\nSophie opened well and took the first game. Vincent battled well after that but Sophie proved too accurate and showed that great retrieving skills run in the family as she held on for the win.
\nLast up were Eoghan and Mark. Mark took an early lead and looked in a great position at 14-10 but Eoghan showed great determination and managed to claw himself back to 14-all and to win a last tough rally to take the first game.
\nThere was nothing between the players but Eoghan managed to take the match for Silver Springs, and thus 3 valuable winning bonus points to add to their tally.
\nThe results from the matches were:<\/p>\n
Highfield A 6\u00a0– 13\u00a0Silver Springs<\/strong> UCC were too strong for Highfield B down in the Mardyke. UCC started well with Gavin Bock claiming a hard fought 3-1 win against Tim O’Callaghan. Next up at #1 Brendan Lawton played out another tight 3-1 win for the students against Nick Griffith. U.C.C.\u00a016- 2\u00a0Highfield\u00a0B<\/strong><\/strong>
\nEoghan Long 1 –\u00a03\u00a0Jan Mikolaj
\nSophie O’Rourke 3\u00a0– 1 Vincent Daly
\nOlan Lenane 2 – 3\u00a0Dave O’Riordan
\nMark Murphy\u00a00 – 3 Eoghan Barry<\/p>\n
\n<\/span>At #2 Eoghan Meaney stretched UCC’s lead with a 3-0 win against Tony Cronnelly, in a match that was closer than the scoreline suggested. Finally at #3 Aidan Daly completed the clean sweep overcoming Highfields Fergal O’Connor in straight games. Full points for the students giving them a 16-2 win on the night.
\nThe results from the matches were:<\/p>\n
\nBrendan Lawton 3\u00a0– 1 Nick Griffith
\nEoghan Meaney\u00a03 – 0\u00a0Tony Cronnelly
\nAidan Daly\u00a03\u00a0–\u00a00 Fergal O’Connor
\nGavin Bock 3\u00a0– 1\u00a0Tim O’Callaghan<\/p>\n