City Slickers came unstuck when they ran up against JAMS in the AF Smith Corporate Team Squash tournament.

JAMS, the Division One finalists, who ran out winners last year over TNT Squash, beat the Slickers 5-2.

Mel Caines, despite starting with a four point deficit, began the night well winning all three games against James Hubbard.

All were closely fought but Caines' superior court coverage led to him running out the victor 15-13, 15-11, 15-13.

Second string Stephen Smith then took to the court against Anthony White and with Smith only needing two of the three games to take victory for JAMS the match was tightly contested.

White, starting with a two-point deficit, was slow out of the blocks for the City Slickers and Smith jumped to a 7-3 advantage and built on that for a 10-5 lead.

Try as he might White could not catch him and Smith took the game 15-9.

Smith only needed one more game for his team to take the final and he started it like he had the the first.

At 7-4 it looked like it was all over for the Slickers, however, the more experienced White began to rally, controlling the game and working Smith around the court.

He won six consecutive points to lead 10-7 and was in charge for the first time in the match.

White held on to close it out 15-12 and gave City Slickers their first game of the night.

The third game could not have been more closely contested with both players raising their level of play.

The score see-sawed back and forth until it reached 4-4.

Smith then managed to string a few points together and established a 7-4 lead. But White was not to be outdone and fought back to lead 10-9.

Again the score went back and forth with Smith leading at 12-11 then White at 13-12 and finally Smith at 14-13 and championship point.

But an unforced error from the JAMS player then tied the match up at 14-all.

With the winner of the next rally taking the victory, the intensity went up another notch and both players began hitting the ball hard and trying to outmanoeuvre the other.

The winner came when Smih decided to attempt a drop shot which hit the top of the tin by mere millimetres and left White unable to reply.

With the game came the championship, JAMS securing an unassailable lead of 5-1.

The third and final rubber was shortened to a one game sprint with the much-improved Albert Steede favoured to win against Roger Sherratt, who only had a four-point advantage.

This was the classic battle between youth and experience, with Steede only having been playing for just over a year and Sherratt playing at the club since the 1960s.

With only one game being played fitness was not going to be a factor and this allowed Sherratt to play at 100 percent straight out of the blocks.

His superior court craft quickly took him to a nine point lead, before Steede started to make inroads.

But Steede could not catch up and Sherratt claimed victory and added a little bit of respectability to the scoreline.

The Division One Consolation final was a little closer, Foreign Affair beating CCS 5-3.