Skipper’s injury takes gloss off great match

By Gareth Le Prevost

Quentin Petit, right, and Stuart Hardy won one of their three doubles. (Picture by Brian Green, 0551265)

THE sight of Ian Coombes-Goodfellow leaving the Rohais Halls on a stretcher and in a neck brace soured what was another closely fought Gilson Cup match on Saturday.

The Jersey captain, whose team won 16-14 to retain the trophy for a fifth year, landed awkwardly on his shoulder and banged his head on the floor when diving to retrieve what seemed like a lost point during the mixed doubles section.

News filtered through during the presentation that he was going for an X-ray. ‘Unfortunately, Ian had that nasty dive. Hopefully [the stretcher and neck brace] is just precautionary,’ said GBA president John Stuart.

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