Plumstead expects little support
Bermuda Squash Racquets Association on Saturday.
Plumstead, the Island's professional, is set to clash with former Bermuda pro Brett Martin at the Docksiders World Class Exhibition which is being held at the Devonshire venue from 7 p.m.
The 28-year-old South African, who arrived on the Island almost a year ago from a previous job in Germany, has yet to lose a match.
And although he knows it will all be good-natured banter, he expects very little support from the 140 or so locals in the crowd.
"A lot of people will come along because they want to see me get beat. I haven't lost while I have been here so people want to see me lose,'' he said.
Bermuda's director of squash, Ross Triffitt, said the match-up had been arranged to extend Plumstead and the player himself said he expects to be given the run-around -- literally.
"I think Brett will make me run and run and push me,'' he said. "I don't know whether he is as quick as he was but I have heard he has got a lot of shots so he will probably move me from one end of the court to the other. But we will see how it goes.'' Despite being an exhibition, Durban-born Plumstead said he was going to give it everything he had.
"I will be taking it seriously. It's my home crowd so I don't want to be embarrassed in front of them,'' he said.
On a serious note, Plumstead said he believed events such as this were vitally important in places the size of Bermuda.
As well as his match with Martin, there will also be a match between Australian women pros Narelle Tippett Krizek and Melissa Vacca.
"It is good because often we have matches against ourselves and a lot of the players, for instance, will look at Nick (Kyme) playing Tommy (Sherratt) and they will say they are world class players because they have had a good match against each other,'' Plumstead said. "But it's only when we get some overseas players coming and playing against us or each other that we realise how far we still have got to go before we get anywhere.''
