BGG Squash Sponsorship

BUSINESS Generation Group (BGG) got the better of their Millfields club rivals Roger Ellis Decorators in the Intelect Engineering sponsored Grimsby & District Three-Man Leagues.

BGG Grimsby Sponsored Squash Team

BGG won the Premier Division clash 10-6.

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WE MEAN BUSINESS: Grimsby & District Three-Man Squash League team Business Generation Group (BGG). From left, Meirion Yeoman, Roger Henton, Graham Thornton, Ray Smith. Submitted picture
First up were the number threes, with BGG’s Graham Thornton taking on Steve Nurse.

In the first exchanges, the serve changed hands after each rally until the score reached 8-8.

From then on, Thornton took command and ran the game out 15-9.

The next two games were both tight affairs with neither player able to dominate, but it was Nurse who did eventually grab both of them 15-12, 15-13.

As was to be expected, Thornton came out fighting in the fourth game in order to avoid defeat and, once he got to 11-4, he wasn’t going to let that lead go.

The final game saw Thornton race into a 6-0 lead and, try as he might, Nurse just couldn’t reel him in. The first match went to BGG, 3-2.

The second-string match placed Meirion Yeoman for BGG up against the vastly-experienced left-hander Roger Ellis.

The first game saw excellent squash with both players working hard to outsmart each other.

Ellis took a useful 8-2 lead only to see it clawed back with Yeoman levelling at 8-8.

Yeoman then led 13-10 but it was Ellis who saw out the game 15-13.

Yeoman was more relaxed in the next two games and upped his game, playing tight line and length and using his trademark cross-court drop to devastating effect.

Yeoman took both games, conceding only five points.

The fourth game was a tighter affair, but Yeoman was still in the ascendancy, taking it 15-9 and the match 3-1.

The final match of the night saw Ray Smith for BGG versus a re-emerging Paul Hadfield.

It was a cagey start, with both players sizing each other up and testing out the other one’s strengths and weaknesses.

Smith took the opening spoils 15-9.

Hadfield was not to be bullied about the court and, with greater determination, he shot away to a 10-1 lead in the second game.

This was dramatically reduced to a 12-10 lead and then it really was nip and tuck until Hadfield triumphed 17-15. The third game went to Hadfield, 15-6, as he began to work Smith about the court playing excellent backhand volleys and tight drops.

Although Smith continued to battle hard in the fourth game he was never able to get his nose in front, with Hadfield taking the game 15-12.

Dated: Friday November 11th, 2011