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Retail Assassins overpowered The Usual Suspects 7-0. Some hard hitting from Paul Marriott (7 hits and 2 catches) and Owen Toseland (7 hits and 1 catch) supported leading marksman Alex Shorthouse, who made 9 hits and 2 catches in the match. In the team’s second match, SideSteps took the first two games, but the Assassins fired back with a 4-0 win in the 3rd, only to see SideSteps regain a 2 game advantage. The Assassins were not finished and they took the 5th game, with 2 catches from Alex Shorthouse (5 hits) making a vital difference. SideSteps then won two close games, 3-0 & 2-0. Christina Pinnock was the team’s survival specialist, as last player in 4 games & was on court at the end of both winning games. |
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Retail Assassins’ first match was against, league leaders, SideSteps. After SideSteps took the first 3 games in the match, the Assassins fired back with a 4-0 win, thanks to some outstanding play from Andrew Fox (5 hits and 1 catch). SideSteps then went back into top gear and took the last 3 games, to wrap up a 6-1 win The Assassins’ second match was much closer affair, against Corby Cobras. The two teams shared the first 2 games before the Corby team took 2 in a row to lead 3-1. The Assassins fired back by winning the 5th game 6-0, Andrew Fox (6 hits & 2 catches) and Alex Shorthouse (7 hits) leading the way. The last 2 games were shared, with the Assassins’ Owen Toseland (6 hits) the last man standing in the final game. |
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First match of the evening had SideSteps in action against Retail Assassins. After SideSteps took the first 3 games in the match, the Assassins fired back with a 6-0 win, thanks to some outstanding play from Andrew Fox (5 hits and 3 catches) and Ben Keen (5 hits and 1 catch). SideSteps then went back into top gear and took the last 3 games. Retail Assassins won their second match against The Usual Suspects, but in a close 5-2 contest. After taking a 1-0 lead, the Suspects could not cope with the Assassins and lost 3 in a row, all by 6-0. The Assassins Andrew Fox put in an outstanding catching display, making 9 catches and 6 hits in the match, Alex Shorthouse made 7 hits and 1 catch and Owen Toseland added 6 hits to the team’s tally. The Usual Suspects stayed in the match by taking the 5th by 2-0, before Retail Assassins fired off two more 6-0 games. |
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Retail Assassins faced Corby Cobras in the evening’s first match.. Both teams had won 4 and lost 4 before this match. The Assassins came out of the blocks really fast, taking the opening game 5-0. However, the Corby side came back with a vengeance to take games 2 and 3 by 6-0 and 5-0. The 4th game went the full 2 minutes, as the Assassins replied with a 2-1 win thanks to Andrew Fox (6 hits and 1catch) and Christina Pinnock (2 hits and last one in for the team in 3 of the other games). Retail Assassins made it 3-2 by taking the 5th game, before the Cobras took the last 2 games by 5-0 & 3-0 to recover for a 4-3 victory. Retail Assassins won their second match by a 7-0 forfeit, as The Usual Suspects were unable to field a team. |
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Retail Assassins, who were in second place at the start of the evening’s play took on their close rivals Corby Cobras. The Cobras went up a gear and showed their full potential by beating the Assassins 7-0 to take their second place in the league. Cobra’s Emma Stobbart was in fine form with 6 hits and Mark Stobbart came in with 8 hits in the match. Retail Assassins were overpowered by the runaway league leaders, SideSteps by 7-0 in their second match of the night.. |
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Damage Inc. were the evening’s first opponents. The score was a reversal of the match 2 weeks ago, with Damage Inc. coming out on top 5-2. Despite the Assassins Andrew Fox (8 hits and 2 catches) being last man in 3 times, and winning a 4-on-1 battle in the sixth game, the speed and power of Damage’s Saul McCabe (9 hits), Chris Cox (9 hits) and guest player Dale Moore (8 hits) were too much for their opponents. Unfortunately, Damage Inc.’s Captain, Pippa Montgomery sustained a serious ankle injury mid-way through the match, and will be out of action for about 10 weeks. The other match on the night was a 7-0 win for Retail Assassins over The Usual Suspects. The Assassins had too much firepower for their opponents, Andrew Fox, Alex Shorthouse and Ben Keen all made 8 hits in the match. Christina Pinnock & Laura Butt made 4 hits each. |
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SideSteps overpowered Retail Assassins 7-0. The first 4 games were closely fought contests, just 2-0 or 1-0 in each game, before SideSteps finished off the match with three 6-0 games. This was despite a captain;s performance from Paul Marriott, who was last man in for the Assassins in four of hte games. In their second match Retail Assassins were victorious aginstCorby Cobras by 4-2.The first game ended in a 1-1 draw as Assassin’s captain Paul Marriott (8hits and 2 catches) and Cobra’s John Stobbart (6 hits and 1 catch) faced off for the final 25 seconds. Cobra’s took the second game before the Assassins replied with 2 in a row, only for the Corby team to level the match. With the match poised at 2-2, the Assassins came out on top thanks to Michelle Partridge (4 hits and 1 catch) making the winning hit on the Cobra’s last player in both of the final games. |
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Retail Assassins won both their games in the first week of the season. Their extra experience showed as they came out on top against Damage Inc. in the night’s opening match by 5-2. The Assassins took the first three games by 4-0 each time, before Damage Inc. replied with a 3-0 game. Damage’s recovery was short-lived as the Assassins took the next 2 games before losing the final game 4-0. Team captain, Paul Marriott led the Assassins with 8 hits; Andrew Fox made 7 hits and 2 catches The Usual Suspects also lost out to Retail Assassins by 5-2. The Suspect’s captain Andrew Bates led his team with 7 hits and Louise White’s excellent dodging kept her on court longer than any of her teammates in 5 of the 7 games. Retail Assassins were just too strong for them as they took the first 5 games, thanks to 8 hits from Alex Shorthouse and 6 hits & 3 catches from Paul Marriott, and 4 hits each for Katie Fuller and Michelle Partridge. |
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