Gemma Coquelin won Vantage’s only rubber against Pulp Friction. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0490448)

VANTAGE pushed Pulp Friction as hard as they have been all season, but once again the second cycle pace-setters came out on top in the Steele Marcwell squash League.

At No. 1 string the gap in class was evident as the diminutive Dave Merrien tried hard but found the rangy Ross Kneller too good on the day.

It was a clash of heavyweights at No. 2 with Pulp’s Mark Sheppard finally knocking out Vantage’s Kevin Murphy 3-2.

Pulp’s third string Gary Rich was again in classy form as he beat Vantage’s Terry Hodson while at No. 4, Vantage’s junior, Jacques Ogier, narrowly won the first game 12-10, but back came Matt Robin to win 3-1.

In the women’s match up, Gemma Coquelin recorded Vantage’s only win of the night, 3-0 over Andrea Nightingale.

With Pulp’s victory, Scope and Bourse were battling for second spot in the league table.

Both teams took it really seriously with strength in their line-ups.

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