Riga old boy Phil Hudson setting
Riga’s first team,men,were on the road for the second week running in the last 16 of the National Knockout Cup,this time making the trip up to 3rd Division opponents Ellesmere.Coach Tom Young was in a reasonably relaxed mood about the game after an excellent win the previous week at Aquila,London and with two very good training sessions under the belt during the week,Young decided to rest a few of his players for this match travelling with only 8 players for what should be a fairly straight forward game for the first Division outfit.
Eels go 10-9 up in the 1st set
The Toms call the shots in the time-out
Twiglet attacks through the middle
Riga won the match 3 – 0 with set scores of 18,14 & 11,wrapping the whole thing up in less than hour which Young was very pleased about considering the line up used.The main players on the day were setter Phil Wyles who controlled the Riga plays exceptionally well but also used his jump serve to great effect causing the Ellesmere reception great problems throughout the game and Mark Fearn who was used out of position as a front line hitter but who performed extremely well.
Kees makes an attack
Eels defend like - well Eels!
Mr Hudson sprawls in back court to no avail - another point to Riga
Dave airborne again
Eels attempting to fool the Riga block - looks like they might be succeeding!
OK Sparky - just where in the manual does it say to play the ball that way?
Another point to Riga
Riga accept the congratulations of the home side
