DAVID V GOLIATH

Hops Challenge ~ Wednesday, December 19

Another year has just about come and gone and it’s around this time when we really start thinking about Christmas and what we have done over the past 12 months that deserves recognition from that weirdo fat dude in the red velvety suit. I for one have been a very good boy. I made sure I cleaned behind my ears, didn’t eat too much candy, and didn’t watch too many cartoons on Saturday morning. I can’t vouch for all the rest of you, but odds are some of you are definitively on the naughty list.

This time of the year also means we host the annual Hops Challenge! The only time when we can ALL feel like we are on Santa’s Nice List regardless of all the transgressions and bad behavior we may have indulged in… except for one chosen member: The loser of the Hops Challenge. Here we can enjoy the cool, soothing brewskie at the expense of someone else. The best tasting beer in the world is the one someone else pays for, right?

Register to play a match and I will assign you an opponent. Singles or doubles. If appropriate, we can count it for the December box ladders as well. This is your warm-up for the main event, to get your taste buds up and excited, feel like a winner even if you lose, and watch the important bout of the evening. The bout where the loser will pay for the keg…

So….

“Let’s get ready to rummmmmmbllllle….!”

In the right corner, weighing in at a shadow of his former self with 245 pounds, hardly recognizable to himself, his wife, his kids, (and the best disguise against his top ten FBI wanted poster), currently residing in the cool and hip village of Ann Arbor, but apparently not cool enough since he’ll be shipping out to the humid Hell of the south in St. Louis early next year, coming in with a 2018 record of 30 wins and 16 losses, the thrills-and-spills-of racquet-skills, the I’d-fight-Sasquatch-for-a-glass-of-scotch… STEVE – “I-own-Ryan-MacVoy” – BROWN!!

And…

In the left corner, weighing in at a run-of-the-mill 175 pounds, recently taking on the roll as a father and therefore sacrificing any and all requirements of sleep, self-grooming, personal space and spending money on yourself, an inhabitant of the fantasy biosphere of Birmingham, where any product more than 4 weeks old is no longer trendy, coming in with a 2018 record of 33 wins and 21 losses, the slash-and-dash-faster-than-Flash, the burning-rubber-squash-scrubber… RILEY – “run-faster-run-faster-run-faster-run-faster” – ENGLISH!!

A true David v Goliath match-up! This will be the 10^th meeting between the two, with Steve holding a very narrow 5 to 4 margin. Only 2 of the results were 3-0, so it’s bound to be an epic encounter. Make sure you park yourself outside court 7 at 7pm for all the action!

And make sure you notify me if you wish to play a match beforehand. Numbers are limited, so don’t hesitate to e-mail me.