2008 Finance Point Squash Series - Round Three
The third round of the Finance Point series took place on Tuesday with 2 of the results going to count back, this has lead to the point’s table closing up, Wattie’s still lead on 36 points. The Match of the round turned out to be a thriller between Craig Morrison and Derek Tankersley, with Tankersley earning himself “Player of the Night” with a come from behind victory over Morrison.
Other notable results saw Blair Landers beat Ben Murphy 9/4 in the 5th after being down 2 sets to nil, and the welcome return from injury of Brendan Murphy who put up a good effort losing to Matt Nation 9/3 in the 5th. Wanganui players in action saw Ant Rountree continue his great form of late with a great 5 set win over Geoff Spencer, John Rostenburg & his partner beat the Wanganui pairing of Nihi Houia & Rountree in 4 sets. Also impressing was team sponsor Matt Doyle who with his doubles partner Grant Smith took out their 3rd consecutive win on a trot.
2008 Finance Point Challenge Series Results Round 2
Date: Tusday 5th August 2008
Location: Palmerston North Squash Club
| Doyle & Associates | Lost | | Watties |
| (2 matches, 8 games, 107 points) | | | (2 matches, 8 games, 122 points) |
| Tim Preston | lost | Mike McSherry | 9/2 9/0 9/3 |
| Nick Reed | beat | Jason Fletcher | 9/2 8/10 9/4 9/4 |
| Geoff Spencer | lost | Ant Rountree | 6/9 9/6 9/4 5/9 9/1 |
| Doubles Match |
| Grant Smith | beat | Phil Blumont | 11/9 5/11 11/8 11/9 |
| Matt Doyle | | Jarrad Boyle | |
| Sportsedge | Lost | | Higgins Contractors |
| (1 matche) | | | (3 matches) |
| Josh Greenfield | beat | Glenn Carson | 9/3 9/3 9/5 |
| Craig Morrison | lost | Derek Tankersley | 1/9 3/9 9/5 9/7 9/3 |
| Tyron Fourie | lost | Mark Pettigrew | 9/6 10/8 4/9 9/4 |
| Doubles Match |
| Nihi Houia | lost | Alan van Rynbach | 11/3 8/11 11/4 11/8 |
| Ant Rountree | | John Rostenburg | |
| Automotive Direct | Beat | | Inspire Net |
| (2 matches, 10 games) | | | (2 matches, 8 games) |
| Brendan Murphy | lost | Matt Nation | 5/9 9/2 9/5 6/9 9/3 |
| Joseph Watts | beat | Brent Foster | 9/7 9/5 9/4 |
| Ben Murphy | lost | Blair Landers | 7/9 6/9 9/6 9/6 9/4 |
| Doubles Match |
| Jason Burton-Brown | beat | Dave Clifford | 11/3 11/9 10/11 5/11 11/3 |
| Shaun Grant | | Rob Brownrigg | |
Points Table after Round 3
| Watties | 36 points |
| Inspire Net | 33 points |
| Higgins Contractors | 33 points |
| Sportsedge | 30 points |
| Doyle Associates | 27 points |
| Automotive Direct | 25 points |