Congratulations to the Kent Racketball team for reaching the next round of the Inter County racketball championships.

1. Sam Stabler (Capt)
2. Adam Young
3. Matt Badger
4. Zeb Young
5. Scott Sumner

Kent was up against Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire (2007 champions) and Dorset.
The first match was against Warwickshire and they didn’t know what hit them. Scott ‘I hate playing at 5’ Sumner and Matt ‘the stealth’ Badger was on first with two very convincing wins, both winning 3/0. Next up was rookie Zeb ‘The pit-bull’ Young and Sam ‘can’t read a map’ Stabler. Once again the 1 seed and 4 seed were to strong for the Warwickshire lads winning 3/0, 3/1. Last on Adam ‘The Hulk’ Young, was under treasure because he knew he couldn’t be the only loser. Well at 2-2 and 9-4 down, it looked like this was going to happening, but out of nowhere he came back and won 11-9. Think his opponent wanted a drugs test. So a good start for Kent winning 5/0.

Next up was 2007 champions Buckinghamshire who are the hosts. We knew this was going to be a tough match, but again Kent was just to strong for the opponents with Sam, Matt, Zeb and Scott all winning 3/1 or 3/0. But there was one hiccup Adam Young was up against our old squash coach Steve Bateman. Already, Adam had lost this game in his head before he even stepped foot on the court. With all the banter that comes with the old man Bateman, Adam lost 3/0 and that came with a lot of stick due to that fact he was the only loser of the day, especially to an old git like Bateman. Kent winning 4/1.

So after two great wins on the Saturday, this meant that the Kent team was already through to the next round, no matter what result we got on the Sunday, which lead the way for the Kent team to celebrated as they only know best…Thai food, beer, spirits, shots and then followed by Champagne & red ball, oh and more shots. One of the Warwickshire lads, Stuart tagged along, not knowing what he was getting himself into. Stuart mentioned to Adam half way through the night saying ‘You Kent boys are mental’ I really don’t know why he would say a thing like that, but then again as you can tell by the photos, it did get slightly out of control. Scotts room some how ended up side down ha ha, that will teach you Scott to pinch the best room.

Sunday 11.00 and the Kent team was ready to play Dorset, well Dorset was up for it.
Matt and Scott both won, with Scott playing in slow motion saying the floors were moving. Zeb and Sam went on next, with Zeb losing 3/0, forgetting totally how to play racketball. Next up was Adam who also forgot how to play racketball, losing 3/0, shots from the night before differently had a say in their results. While this was all going on, Sam next door was still playing his fourth game, which went 2-2. This was not good for Sam as he was trying not to be sick or pass out, knowing that he had to win to get a 100% win for the Kent team. With a little encouragement from the team, Sam battled to win it for the team 11/6. His opponent blamed his lose, due to the fact he was woken up at 4.30 in the morning where he was staying. He said it sounded like someone trashing one of the rooms. God knows who that could have been!

Warning to all, never, never ever drink Champagne & red ball the night before you play.