Royal Army v NY Squash Report by Andy Garr September 7, 2015.
NYSquash teams twice prevailed over the Royal Army Squash Team with
inspired squash. On Friday afternoon, September 4, they took 10 of 14
matches played at New York’s Harvard, Yale and Princeton clubs. As
expected the Brits complained of jet lag and the absence of promised
beer. Beer was not offered at the Harvard and Yale clubs by order of
the New York coordinator since the Brits refused to disclose the
location of the “Junction,” their secret training location in
Manhattan. The Princeton Club ignored the disliked coordinator and
slipped a case in.
On Sunday, September 6 a team put together by Brian Mathias, the coach
at St. Luke’s School, defeated the Brits 10-4 in a match where most
scores were close. The Brits claimed that they would have easily
defeated the Yanks had they not been lulled in consuming vast
quantities of a gourmet buffet provided by the hosts. In addition,
there was the expected protest.
The British Team roster included as their No. 2 Pvt Gabriella Sarah.
Sarah was the same player who in 2012 was “impressed” into the Royal
Army where she won a critical match. She then subsequently, after her
discharge, was to play the next day for New York where she defaulted,
claiming a suspicious injury which caused the Americans to lose a 5-4
match and subsequently sending the coveted War of 1812 Redux Trophy
across the pond. Banished to a “convent-like” school in New
Jersey by her embarrassed father, she was banned from further
competition in the series. Thus the New York coordinator refused to
allow her to play on Sunday. The Brits claimed that the reshuffled
line-up caused their loss and thus they protested. The New York
coordinator, coincidently the official who claimed he was tasked to
hear the protest exclaimed that he would consider it “when Birnam Wood
comes to Dunsinane”.
Here are the results:
September 4, 2015
At Princeton Club
James Green (NY) over Adam Elliott (RA) 3-0
Scott Bank (NY) over Warren Melia (RA) 3-2
Olly Barker (RA) over James Green (NY) 3-1
Scott Bank (NY) over Sam Tooth (RA) 3-0
Nicole Bunyon (NY) over Mat Price (RA) 3-1
Bruce Gordon (NY) over Alex Edge (RA) 3-0
At Yale Club
Alexander Schwartz (NY) over Paul Ryan (RA) 3-0
Julia Hemmendinger (NY) over Paul Grffifths (RA) 3-2
Drew Garrison (NY) over Craig Lilley (RA) 3-0
James Bayliss (RA) over Lewis Muldaw (NY) 3-0)
At Harvard Club
Shyam Gidumal (NY) over Richie Fewtrell (RA) 3-1
Bert Godfrey (RA) over Jan Larsen (NY) 3-0
Michael Moffat (RA) over Humberto Garcia (NY) 3-0
Malcolm West (NY) over Will Mclay (RA) over 3-2
September 6, 2015
At St Luke’s School
Ian Blatchford (NY) over Mat Price (RA) 3-0
Dennis Polyakov (NY) over Alex Edge (RA) 3-0
Brian Mathias (NY) over Will Mclay (RA) 3-0)
Chris Bloomer (NY) over Paul Ryan (RA) 3-2
Chris Bloomer (NY) over Bert Godfrey (RA) 3-1
Aaron Rothschild (NY) over Paul Griffiths (RA) 3-1
Peter Blatchford (NY) over Richie Fewtrell (RA) 3-1
Jen Gabler (NY) over Craig Lilley (RA) 3-0
Michael Moffat (RA) over Lucia Mathias (NY) 3-2
James Bayliss (RA) over Ned Monaghan (NY) 3-0
Olly Barker (RA) over Tom Howells (NY) 3-0
Matt Joniga (NY) over Sam Tooth (RA) 3-0
Lauri Sklar (NY) over Adam Elliott (RA) 3-0
Warren Melia (RA) over Laura Howells (NY) 3-0
Play resumes 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at Fordham University-standing room available.
