If there ever was an award for just plain dogged determination, I’d have to award it to Karl. With a win-loss record rapidly approaching 1-100 in squash, he once again challenged me to some game time on Tuesday afternoon.

Happily accepting because the exercise is always welcome, I joined up with him at the local courts. An hour and twenty minutes later we decided to call it quits. The final tally: 15-0 in my favour. I think I might now agree with my brother that the next step for Karl is a new pair of squash shoes.