Greenleys Kings 8-2 Leighton Buzzard Van Hire
League
Premier Division
Wednesday 23 February 2022
| Set | Result | Games | Score | Match score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan Moss lost to Paul Haigh | 11-6, 13-15, 9-11, 8-11 | 1-3 | 0-1 |
| 2 | Nick Howard beat Fabrice Spelta | 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 | 3-0 | 1-1 |
| 3 | Guy Sparrow v : not played because the away player pulled out. | Not applicable | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 4 | Nick Howard & Jordan Moss beat Paul Haigh & Fabrice Spelta | 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 11-8 | 3-1 | 3-1 |
| 5 | Nick Howard beat Paul Haigh | 11-8, 11-3, 11-8 | 3-0 | 4-1 |
| 6 | Jordan Moss v : not played because the away player pulled out. | Not applicable | 0-0 | 5-1 |
| 7 | Guy Sparrow beat Fabrice Spelta | 11-5, 11-6, 11-5 | 3-0 | 6-1 |
| 8 | Nick Howard v : not played because the away player pulled out. | Not applicable | 0-0 | 7-1 |
| 9 | Guy Sparrow lost to Paul Haigh | 4-11, 7-11, 5-11 | 0-3 | 7-2 |
| 10 | Jordan Moss beat Fabrice Spelta | 11-6, 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8 | 3-2 | 8-2 |
| Team | Games won | Games average (%) | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleys Kings | 16 | 64.00 | 244 | 53.74 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | 9 | 36.00 | 210 | 46.26 |
| Team | Player | Sets played | Sets won | Games played | Games won | Games average (%) | Points played | Points won | Points average (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenleys Kings | Jordan Moss | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 44.44 | 172 | 88 | 51.16 |
| Greenleys Kings | Nick Howard | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 100.00 | 108 | 67 | 62.04 |
| Greenleys Kings | Guy Sparrow | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 50.00 | 98 | 49 | 50.00 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | Paul Haigh | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 60.00 | 185 | 95 | 51.35 |
| Leighton Buzzard Van Hire | Fabrice Spelta | 3 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 18.18 | 193 | 79 | 40.93 |
| Date | Wednesday 23 February 2022 |
|---|---|
| Start time | 19:30 |
| Competition | League |
| Division | Premier Division |
| Venue | Greenleys Junior School |
| Season | 2021-2022 |
| Games played | 25 |
| Points played | 454 |
Published 05/12/2025 07:03 by Nick Howard.
Van Hire run out of Vans as Kings seek an unlikely 3rd place in the league!
It’s a thankless task being a captain, and with Fabrice’s teammates giving him the run around this week, the Van Hire skipper could only muster himself and Paul Haigh for the evening.
Jordan Moss, Guy Sparrow and Nick Howard played hosts at Greenleys.
Paul and Jordan kicked things off, with the former dropping the first set before getting Van Hire on the board with a solid 3-1 win.
Nick took full advantage of a cold Fabrice in their clash, with the Kings captain taking the honours 3-0, before Paul took down Guy Sparrow in similar, quick fashion!
Jordan and Fabrice then played out the match of the night, with a back and forth tussle resulting in Moss coming from 2-1 behind to take the spoils.
Nick halted Pauls rampage in 3 comfortable sets before Guy made sure Fabrice was scoreless on the night with another quick 3.
Nick and Jordan dropped the first end to Paul and Fabrice, before showing all the razzle dazzle which has brought them many a mixed doubles title in the past, running out 3-1 winners.
Remarkably, the Kings are now sitting 4th in the table and only 5 points of Sasaki in 3rd.
A run of 5 wins in 6 matches has turned their season around, after sitting plum last at Christmas, with just a single win to their name.
Final Score:
Kings 8 - 2 Van Hire
It’s a thankless task being a captain, and with Fabrice’s teammates giving him the run around this week, the Van Hire skipper could only muster himself and Paul Haigh for the evening.
Jordan Moss, Guy Sparrow and Nick Howard played hosts at Greenleys.
Paul and Jordan kicked things off, with the former dropping the first set before getting Van Hire on the board with a solid 3-1 win.
Nick took full advantage of a cold Fabrice in their clash, with the Kings captain taking the honours 3-0, before Paul took down Guy Sparrow in similar, quick fashion!
Jordan and Fabrice then played out the match of the night, with a back and forth tussle resulting in Moss coming from 2-1 behind to take the spoils.
Nick halted Pauls rampage in 3 comfortable sets before Guy made sure Fabrice was scoreless on the night with another quick 3.
Nick and Jordan dropped the first end to Paul and Fabrice, before showing all the razzle dazzle which has brought them many a mixed doubles title in the past, running out 3-1 winners.
Remarkably, the Kings are now sitting 4th in the table and only 5 points of Sasaki in 3rd.
A run of 5 wins in 6 matches has turned their season around, after sitting plum last at Christmas, with just a single win to their name.
Final Score:
Kings 8 - 2 Van Hire