Boasters League round
7~~
Mongoose is on
the prowl. I would say they are ‘creeping’ up the standings, but in reality
there isn’t much subtlety going on here. It was expected that they would overtake
the idle Paddy’s Dropshots this week
to take third spot – which they did without even blinking – but they did so
with a league leading 46 points for the round, 6 more than the next best Butter Nutz and 8 more than the third
best Vivio’s (who are an
unthreatening 38 points behind). Now, they are only 4 points back on second placed
Foss Nation who have to sit out with
the bye for round 8.
They are still 35 points behind Butter Nutz, but that lead doesn’t look like it’s enough. Butter Nutz have the horrible task of anguishing
through the last round bye and having to nervously scrutinize the team hot on
their heels getting closer and closer. Make up matches are a must in order to
hold them off, and they have been doing a terrific job of that – they currently
have played the most matches overall and have the (equal) best winning
percentage. The other team with the best winning percentage? Vivio’s. If only they played more matches,
eh? This could be a great showdown come December 10.
The one thing that let Mongoose
down yesterday was that they had their worst score for bonus points this season.
Shame on them. Only 13. Still, they now have the most in the league overall, and that
13 was the most bonus points of the 7th week as well… so it wasn’t
that shameful. Either way, I’m sure Captain Paul Huth will pull out the whip and torture devices to make sure
such a feeble performance is not repeated!
Quite a few matches were played last night. Kind of off
topic here, but I was asked to make a special mention of a non-Boasters League score.
In the Doubles League, George Kordas and
Robin Basil looked primed and ready
to hand a beat down to Vikram Chopra
and Mike Eugenio. Vikram mentioned
to me that George was trash-talking (texting) during the day telling Vikram to
prepare himself for the humiliation that was coming his way. George may have forgotten
that Mike has actually won the Club Championship doubles multiple times over
the years and shouldn’t be taken lightly. Well, as fate would have it, and as
my mother used to tell me, “let your racquet
do the talking”, George’s words inspired Vikram and Mike to greater heights
and they pulled out the win 3-2. Nothing like a dish of humble pie to silence the
thumbs.
Getting back to the matter at hand, Kevin Butler (Winky-Dinks)
was all fired up after his first win of the season, taking the 2-1 win over Helen French (Mongoose). Nothing like a victory in the back pocket to motivate
oneself! Maggie Durant (Winky-Dinks) was also very pleased with
her performance – at least for the first 2 games – against Sandy Selinger (Mongoose)
as she picked up her 4th win of the season with a 2-1 score line. And
another win for the ladies for the Wardogs
– this time Ashley Thibodeau with
her 3rd victory of the season managing to get past Jim Miller (Vivio’s) 2-1.
Tom Pierce (Butter Nutz) pulled off one his best
victories of the half taking down the (up until yesterday) the undefeated Chris Laenen (Foss Nation) 2-1. Chris was obviously disappointed with the loss
and was already looking for when his revenge match could take place. I’m sure
they will meet up again soon and Chris will get his opportunity, they are also
only 1 box apart on the ladders.
