Hello again
Two weeks to catch up on and following two straight 9-3 defeats we were hoping for better away at the Working Mens Club.
As is usual at this time of year, we were missing a few players for a variety of injuries and other reasons; Glynn Whall – away on international duty, Wally – back, Stridey – Shoulder, Yid – Yom Kippur or something, Oz – freak heart injury caused by Cupid’s arrow. Fortunately we had Shillo on the right duty week and Darren (Michael Palin) King had postponed the latest leg of his world tour to be available.
We started with Michael Palin and Clint with a good effort but no win to go one down, followed by Bungle and yours truly with a fine example of how not to get away and give your opponents a huge lead. Somehow we caught up and nicked a win which was a bit of a mugging thanks to a quick finish. The mugging was then repayed with Goochy and Shillo on the receiving end but an excellent performance from Hos with a 136 and a 136 start helped him and moysie to a win to leave a respectable 2-2 after the doubles.
Into the singles and a good game from Billy got us ahead but we were soon behind again after losses from Moysie, Shillo and me (still showing how not to start and give your opponent a 300 lead). Goochy and Clint then both won to level it at 5-5 and give us hope with Hos Bros on last two. Tight games and unlucky but we lost both for a 7-5 loss on the night. At this stage we seem to be in a competition with West Ham to see who can get the first point of the season and I hope its us because they don’t look like getting one for at least another 6 weeks!
So to this week and the visit of X Servs B. sticking with the pairing of Bungle and Me we had a solid start winning a close game before Clint and Yid lost to make it 1-1. Hos and Moysie then tried their hardest to make sure we went 2-1 down but didn’t quite make it and held on to win a pretty slow game with an even slower finish. A good fourth game from Goochy and Romeosborne and we were ahead after the pairs for the first time this year. A very solid opener from Glynn with a 140 was followed by a loss from Goochy who had obviously watched me last week and thought you were supposed to give your opponent a massive head start. A good battling game brought a win from Bungle but this was followed by another loss, this time from Moysie. I then managed to get away this week with a 112 start and played ok for a win and, wait for it, that’s 6 games and weve got a point! With Shoot em up next and miles ahead we thought we could turn it into two points but alas he couldn’t finish. When Hos decided to follow the famous Quiff system of give your opponent a massive head start, we were pulled back to 6-5 and everything was on Clint on last who had a tough game in prospect. Hang on though, Clint on last and its getting late, this could be good for the man who wants to propose that matches should start at 10-00 because he always plays better later. Sure enough this proved true and an excellent showing from the ice man secured us our first win of the season (there you go Hammers, follow that!)
Now we are up and running, we can look forward to next week’s trip to the Hearts of Oak
More news to follow – watch this space.
All the best
Quiff
Two weeks to catch up on and following two straight 9-3 defeats we were hoping for better away at the Working Mens Club.
As is usual at this time of year, we were missing a few players for a variety of injuries and other reasons; Glynn Whall – away on international duty, Wally – back, Stridey – Shoulder, Yid – Yom Kippur or something, Oz – freak heart injury caused by Cupid’s arrow. Fortunately we had Shillo on the right duty week and Darren (Michael Palin) King had postponed the latest leg of his world tour to be available.
We started with Michael Palin and Clint with a good effort but no win to go one down, followed by Bungle and yours truly with a fine example of how not to get away and give your opponents a huge lead. Somehow we caught up and nicked a win which was a bit of a mugging thanks to a quick finish. The mugging was then repayed with Goochy and Shillo on the receiving end but an excellent performance from Hos with a 136 and a 136 start helped him and moysie to a win to leave a respectable 2-2 after the doubles.
Into the singles and a good game from Billy got us ahead but we were soon behind again after losses from Moysie, Shillo and me (still showing how not to start and give your opponent a 300 lead). Goochy and Clint then both won to level it at 5-5 and give us hope with Hos Bros on last two. Tight games and unlucky but we lost both for a 7-5 loss on the night. At this stage we seem to be in a competition with West Ham to see who can get the first point of the season and I hope its us because they don’t look like getting one for at least another 6 weeks!
So to this week and the visit of X Servs B. sticking with the pairing of Bungle and Me we had a solid start winning a close game before Clint and Yid lost to make it 1-1. Hos and Moysie then tried their hardest to make sure we went 2-1 down but didn’t quite make it and held on to win a pretty slow game with an even slower finish. A good fourth game from Goochy and Romeosborne and we were ahead after the pairs for the first time this year. A very solid opener from Glynn with a 140 was followed by a loss from Goochy who had obviously watched me last week and thought you were supposed to give your opponent a massive head start. A good battling game brought a win from Bungle but this was followed by another loss, this time from Moysie. I then managed to get away this week with a 112 start and played ok for a win and, wait for it, that’s 6 games and weve got a point! With Shoot em up next and miles ahead we thought we could turn it into two points but alas he couldn’t finish. When Hos decided to follow the famous Quiff system of give your opponent a massive head start, we were pulled back to 6-5 and everything was on Clint on last who had a tough game in prospect. Hang on though, Clint on last and its getting late, this could be good for the man who wants to propose that matches should start at 10-00 because he always plays better later. Sure enough this proved true and an excellent showing from the ice man secured us our first win of the season (there you go Hammers, follow that!)
Now we are up and running, we can look forward to next week’s trip to the Hearts of Oak
More news to follow – watch this space.
All the best
Quiff