Week 2 Results

Week 2 of the competition saw the team presented with their new uniform courtesy of the signing of our inaugural major sponsor for the year XXXX Gold - beer of champions!!!
So fitted in the latest high performance and trendy clothing team XXXX Gold marched into Lyneham tennis center high on confidence and suitably prepared for battle.

This week saw team XXXX Gold pitted against a strong all male Kaleen side, who had dominated their first round opponents as well. The initial introduction was filled with small talk and hesitation as each side tried to give little away as to how they performed first week, in order to keep in tact the element of surprise. As was the case in the first week team XXXX Gold watch intensly as the Kaleen side warmed up, it certainly appeared as if these boys possessed a few more skills then the team from the first week.

The sly acts continued on in the warm up as each side hit casually back and forth across the net trying not to give too much away about their strengths and weaknesses. It certainly appeared the Kaleen boys had come to play and team XXXX Gold were in for a tougher week!!!

Results from Week 2
Singles

Peter vs Pysey - Pete started his singles game strongly breaking Pysey in the opening game to take an early 2 to 0 lead. From here the game was neck and neck, as both players cranked up their massive first serves. In the next 6 games barely a rally was seen as both players struggled to control the speed of serves produced. Eventually Pysey was able to break Petes serve and put the game on even terms. From here however Pete rattled off a number of blistering backhand winners and took the match 6 games to 4. A gallant effort by Pysey however in the end Pete reigned supreme and took home the win.

Jamie vs Pottsy - Armed with a cracked tennis racquet sounding more tinny then the heartless Tin Man himself Jamie proceeded to do battle with pottsy, a hard hitting top spinner born and bred in the slum lands that is Charnwood. Not to be out muscled Jamie used his consistent strokeplay abilities to run old pottsy around the court and triumph 6 games to 2, a terrific result for the team XXXX gold number 2 seeded player. Following the game this reporter was able to gain a brief but insightful interview with Jamie, where Jamie showed he too is ruthless and heartless by saying that he simply "gave it to him (pottsy)", when asked how he would describe the win.

James vs Josh - From the moment this game started it appeared as if a whitewash was on the cards. Rowdy controlled his first serve brilliantly and gave Josh, the car dismantler from Queanbeyan, little chance to even think about having a rally. To Josh's credit he battled bravely but equipped with a serve that could only be described as lacking in caliber, and ground strokes that possessed less power then my grandma's forehand he certainly appeared to be out of his league in this match. Rowdy screamed through the set, serving and volleying at will and after a quick 15 minutes Josh had finally been put out of his misery. A resounding 6 games to 0 win to Rowdy the team XXXX Gold's number 3 seed.

Doubles
Jamie/James vs Pottsy/Josh - The boys from team XXXX Gold got off to a cracker of a start running out to 3 games to 0 lead in the opening 5 minutes. It wasnt until Pottsy pulled his finger out and rattled off some quality first serves that the boys from Kaleen even looked like getting on the board. Both XXXX Gold boys served superbly and backed this up with some quality touch at the net and ended up wining the match 6 games to 3. Highlight of the match however belongs to Josh, who finally managed to crank some heat onto his first serve, much to the dislike of his partner pottsy, who wore the serve right in back of his head!!! Brilliant result on that one Josh, you keep plugging away at your game mate, im sure it'll take off shortly.

Pete/James vs Pysey/Josh - The XXXX Gold pairing of stink and rowdy looks destined to destroy all before them in this competition as they ran through another set of opponents 6 games to 0. The boys never backed off after Rowdys initial service game which took 10 minutes and included 6 double faults. Not even a few killer serves from Pysey were enough to secure the Kaleen boys a game in this match, as josh continually proceeded to hit volley after volley long or wide. Pysey initially laughed all this off, however this reporter could clearly sense some frustration from Pysey with his laugh barely resembling a chuckle by the end of this match. All in all a solid display of tennis from both XXXX Gold boys and they should certainly be looking forward to teaming up again next week.

Pete/Jamie vs Pysey/Pottsy - With the Kaleen boys finally not having to carry the added weight of Josh on their shoulders they came out in this game swinging freely and the results showed. Pysey cranked up his serve to a new level that the boys from team XXXX Gold hadnt seen before, whistling two second serve aces past the racket of Jamie. This reporter would like to say that Jamie took this well, however it was left to Captain Rowdy to give his team mate an official misconduct warning for the use the C bomb, which im told has never been heard before in the pennants tennis competition. This seemed to spur the Kaleen boys on as they ran out to 5 games to 1 lead, the scoreline clearly getting the better of Stinky as he threw his racket around in disgust. After an order by Rowdy for the boys to fight harder they lifted their games and rattled off three consecutive games. It was not enough however, as Pysey once again cranked his jet serve up to finish the match 6 games to 4 and hand team XXXX Gold their first set loss of the competition.

So there you have it folks, team XXXX Gold march into round three still undefeated, after crushing the Kaleen Boys 5 sets to 1, 34 games to 15. Although the loss of their first set in the competition would have been a bitter pill to swallow. The boys all put in a great performance and will not doubt be eager to show up next week and make amends for it. Round three sees the boys take their first road trip of the season out to Eastlake, a daunting task for any new side!!!

Once again thanks for your continued support of the National XXXX Gold team, stay tuned for further updates and news.
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