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Mens Suffolk Cup
Wednesday - 4th November

v
Stowmarket

Newmarket at home to Stowmarket, 1st round of the Suffolk volleyball cup.

Expected to be one of Newmarket's toughest games this season Stowmarket duely arrived mob handed with plenty of reserves, Newmarket matched this with a recent flurry of new players.
Newmarket started well and were able to stay just one or two points ahead until Stow got into their stride and started to match and then slightly better the home sides error rate and took the lead away. Despite bringing on new face Fabio Stabile Newmarket trailed at the end of the first set 25-19.
The second set again started well for Newmarket and another new face made Tim Vitalis made his mark. Stow were never able to catch Newmarket who were now playing some very quick and adventurous attacking plays, as well as picking up a much bigger defensive percentage and managed to level the sets with this one at 25-18.
In a similar way the third set was also fought point by point and stayed very close, indeed forcing the game to be won by two clear points. Young Keegan Ayre made a brief appearance along with Newmarket's other potential young member Thomas Pinker and a nail biting set was closed out 26-24.
Newmarket now in a very confident and somewhat over confident mood disasterously fell behind forcing captain Paul Freeman to call a technical time out at 15-7 down. A mix of strong words and the chance to catch their breath saw a dramatic change in the teams concentration. Taking the next few points in at top flight pace Stowmarket stood frozen on court, and from what appeared to be an unattainable position found themselves back on level terms, and with the home side taking no mercy Stowmarket were efficiently discharged and left floundering 25-19. This stunning display saw Newmarket back to their best and with new recruits on the bench healthy competion for places can only produce more winning performances from a team that thrives on winning.

Team list>> Captain Paul Freeman (9), Ben Child (8), Coach Pete Saunders (1), Rob Dovaston (65), Charles Reed (2), Outside hitter Pete Gale (3), Nik Mezanov (10), Fabio Stabile (11), Tim Vitalis (4), Youth members Thomas Pinker (7)and Keegan Ayre (5)