PADDY’S DROPSHOTS SHOOTS UP

Boasters League round 4~~

Biggest mover this week? Paddy’s Dropshots. Surprised? Well, yeah – two weeks ago I was hanging them out to dry, calling them out on their elusiveness. Clearly a premature premonition, Paddy’s Dropshots jumped up 4 places on the standings and are now in third place. Certainly we must give them credit for yanking themselves out of the hole they were digging themselves into, but just a fraction of perspective should go with it…

Even though they are third, they are only 2 points off dropping to 6^th. They did pick up the second most points this week with 36 which on paper sounds terrific, but in reality it isn’t an awful lot. They were helped by the lack of points the other teams scored. And they still have a bye week to agonize through…

The most points this week was scored by Foss Nation with 39 and they leapfrog into top spot, taking over from Butter Nutz. Winky-Dinks suffered the largest drop, but since they had the bye, it was to be expected. At this stage of the first half of the season, Mongoose look to be in the best position. Currently 4^th, they have already had the week off, and are averaging over 14 and a half bonus points a week. 44% of their total score is purely on bonus points.

The last 2 teams on the standings are there for a reason. Yes, they have had the bye week already, but they have also played the least amount of matches and currently ranked 7^th and 8^th on total bonus points. Double (triple) whammy. There are still 5 weeks to go. But, there are only 5 weeks to go…

Not to get too detailed about the matches last night, but I do need to mention the 2-1 win Steve Brown (Vivio’s) pulled out over JC Tibbitts (Butter Nutz). JC looked rather ashamed but it’s not like he hasn’t lost to Steve before. In fact – a not that we’re counting here (!) - it’s the third time it’s happened. I’m also going to mention Ashley Thibodeau’s (Wardogs) 2-1 takedown of Bruce Greening (Over Served), just because I was watching the last game and enjoyed seeing Bruce’s desperation (entertaining!) court coverage bouncing off the walls.

Last but not least, I mentioning a game that is yet to be played. For the first time that I can remember, we will have a husband and wife match-up in the boasters. Kelli and Andy Hodges will be battling in a couple of weeks for their house-hold supremacy title. Kelli is currently nursing an ankle injury (or so she is letting on!) limping around in a medical boot. She was smirking a lot and sipping red wine last night though, it could be ‘fake’ news here… She says she’ll be ready to go for the epic encounter. Andy on his part is taking this all in stride. As the good husband he is, it’s clear he prefers hot meals at night and sleeping indoors. He had no comment.

Week 5 coming up and into November. Still plenty of squash to be played, don’t let your matches pile up. The deadline of for completion of all your matches will be upon you before you realize. That’s December 10…