Boasters League Round
4~~
It can’t really be the case already, can it? Four weeks in,
five to go, and the top 6 teams have seemingly been decided? I’m hopeful
(pleading!) that things will pick up, but when I get results in such as last
night’s round 4, skepticism rages. Where are half the teams?
Paddy’s Dropshots
did an excellent job last week, but it all came crashing down on them this
week, as only 4 players turned up for bonus points, and only 2 (yes, two!) matches have been completed. I
have no idea what the problem is, they ‘played’ against Foss Nation who only had 5 players turn up as well. Paddy’s Dropshots are currently
occupying the 6th and final spot for a play-off berth, Foss Nation are thirty-two points behind them. Lots of work to be done.
The Nicker Ballers
did have the bye week, so it wasn’t expected they would pick up many points,
but they did have the golden opportunity to get some much needed make-up
matches in (they have plenty to do!). However, there was hardly any activity
going on and the 4 points they did get only makes things harder and harder for
them. The Wardogs, for example, have
also had a bye week this half and the have twice as many points as the Nicker Ballers. Lots of work to be done
here too.
Team of the week goes to the Winky-Dinks. From 3rd place last week, to top of the ladder
this week, they picked up an impressive 40 points. Last night, they took Space Geckos to task, winning 8 of the
10 matches they played. Mind you, 4 of those results were 2-1 so it could
easily have been a different story. The Space
Geckos had the advantage of bonus points with 13 of them, which is the 3rd
week out of 4 they have managed to accumulate so many. A terrific average, easily
the best in the league so far.
As I wandered around the courts last night, a few
interesting matches are worth mentioning… Jamie
Shea (Space Geckos) did what no
one else has so far managed to achieve this half season, and that’s taking a
game from Vikram Chopra (Winky-Dinks). He still lost 1-2, but
can be happy he has broken Vikram’s perfect record! Vikram of course, thinks
otherwise.
Brien Baker (Paddy’s Dropshots) hit a couple boasts
too many for Tom MacEachern (Foss Nation), who was probably sick and
tired of chasing those angles every other shot for 3 straight games, and took
the 2-1 victory with a smile and quick trip to the keg. And Paul Ward (Wardogs) suffered his first loss of the half as he went down 2-1 to
Jeff Gembis (Fire Birds) who appears to be gathering some steam.
So let’s see if round 5 brings people out of the woodwork and
onto the court. Or at least the players from the last 4 teams. There is still
time to get the gears greased and moving, but that window is closing rapidly -
especially with the DAC Classic looming in 2 weeks time. In fact, you should be
using these matches as a way to get ready for the Classic… practice, practice,
practice!
