May the 4th saw the Finals Day at David Lloyd West End as three trophies were up for grabs including the ‘Open Title’, the ‘Plate’ and the ‘Super Plate’.

First on was the Super Plate final and this was won by Wendy McDougal as she beat Fraser Thomson 3-0 to win the tournament (having played the semi-final just an hour before – beating Cameron Gauhl in another tough match). The final was a good game to watch and after explaining the ‘turning rule’ to Fraser a much safer one!

Next on was the Plate Final and Sandro Mazzucco took on Alastair Baird. Al looked like he was cruising to a comfortable 3-0 victory, but Sandro sprung into life to wrestle the 3rd game back – spurred on by the crowd! The 4th also went to Sandro with some great rallies and now it was really exciting. However Al managed to compose himself in the 5th game, to sneak home 3-2, but it may not be long before this score line is reversed if Sandro continues to improve like he has this season.

Last on was the Open Final and it was a repeat of last years Championship as Doug Macmillan took on Richard Cantlay. In the 1st game both players looked nervous and…………………………….

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The 2012/13 David Lloyd West End Club Champs are reaching their climax this weekend and we already have our finalist.

Monday’s semi-final between Sean Norris (seeded No.2) and Richard Cantlay (seeded No.3) saw an upset as Richard beat Sean 3-0.

The second semi-final was last night between No.1 seed Doug Macmillan and No.4/5 seed David Craig. Dave had an excellent 3-2 win in the quarter finals against Ben Mazzucco, but this was a match too far as Doug powered through to the final on Saturday.

Saturday will also see the plate final and two other competitions. One involving players who lost the 2nd round (the Super Cup) and the other for 1st round runners-up in the Plate (the Super Plate) – so should be a feast of squash!

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Everingham’s clean up at Whitecraigs Club Champs!

The 2013 ‘Open’ and ‘Ladies’ Club Championships were won by husband and wife team Alex and Maurine Everingham this weekend.

Maurine won the Ladies Championships on Friday evening, by beating Sheila Reid in the deciding game of the 5 player round-robin and turned around last years result to reclaim her title.

Alex also reclaimed his title as he played Scot Morton in the Open Final on Saturday. Alex dominated the first two games and was well up (around 8-2) in the 3rd before Scott staged a remarkable come back. With the crowd demanding a 5-setter Scott dug in and Alex started to play with a lot more caution. This made the difference to the momentum of the match and Scott clinched the 3rd. Game on! The shift in fortune continued in the 4th game and when Scott got to 14-13 ‘game-ball’ it to looked like the 5th game was going to decide it.

But Alex had other ideas and after he got back to parity, he kept his concentration to win the tie break 16-14 and take this years Club Championship Title.

A really exciting game to watch and then dissect over a few pints!

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