MONGOOSE IN POLL POSITION

Boasters League week 7~~

 

Coming off the DAC Classic, it is typically a quieter week on the courts as people need time to recover from their weekend of intense squash and socializing. Of course, it doesn’t help when league night falls on Valentine’s Day, Hallmark’s greatest achievement of making men feel incredibly guilty if they don’t spend a small fortune on cards, roses, stuffed animals, chocolates, dinners, and apologies. The night started off fairly robust but thinned out shortly before 7pm as everyone made sure that if there was one evening not to be late to meet your better half, this was it.

The devious mind of Paul Huth was working overtime. The Mongoose captain volunteered his number one player – Andy Adamo – who happens to be in the flower business and obviously February 14^th is the busiest day of his work year, to offer long stem roses (at a great price!) for all of his team players. Caveat was that they had to pick the rose up from the DAC, forcing them to turn up for their bonus point. Did it work? Well, yes – Mongoose had the most bonus points last night with 12. Brilliant plan Mr. Huth!

Looking at the standings, with just 2 weeks to play it appears Mongoose may have wrapped up the number 1 seed for the finals. Even though Butter Nutz are only 4 points back, they have a round 9 bye to endure, which in reality makes Vivio’s currently the greatest threat to catch Mongoose. Butter Nutz may find it difficult to keep the important second seed position which would give them a first round bye in the finals.

Looking down the ladder, the last three teams have work to do. Remember, only the top 6 teams advance to the finals. They are all chasing Foss Nation who are now 6^th but also sit out next week with the bye. It will certainly tighten things up. And let’s not forget about 5^th place Paddy’s Dropshots. They are definitely not out of the clear either.

I can’t write this article this week without mentioning one of the most special (and delightful) in-house rivalries we have: Ryan MacVoy v Zac MacVoy. Another Boasters league match between the two, this would be the 25^th recorded meeting of the brothers. It wouldn’t matter if this was a league match, a Sunday-morning-post-Saturday-night-fog-lifting-hit-around or the final of the World Open, it’s always an all–or-nothing encounter. It’s not about the result… ah, who are we kidding, of course it’s about the result! Zac won 2-1. And rubbing salt into the wound just a little, it’s Zac’s 4^th win in a row over his older sibling. Overall though, Ryan has a 16-9 winning record, so Zac still has some catching up to do.

There are only 2 weeks of league left before the finals. Deadline to get all your matches in is March 1 (inclusive). Can Butter Nutz hold onto second spot? Will Winky Dinks catch Foss Nation? Can Ryan MacVoy shake off the monkey (gorilla) of Zac off his back any time soon? Who on Earth is this guy from Egypt spam calling me at 5.30 in the morning and what could he possibly be selling? Mysteries yet to be answered…