RAISE YOUR DRINKS FOR THE WINKY-DINKS

 Boasters League Final

In these very strange times we are living through, it’s often comforting to just simply grab onto a security blanket, curl up into the fetal position and think of a happy place. Do we even remember what normal was? Well, the Tigers are terrible this season… that’s normal… The Pistons are also terrible this season… that’s normal too… The Lions outlook for next season is disastrous… nothing more normal than that I guess! And best of all, we played and completed the Boasters League season.

Yes, it was an adjusted format, a little smaller than years past, but just getting through it and announcing a winner is reassuring that life is getting back to where it once was.

I wish I could report on the individual matches for the Winky-Dinks v Over Served final but since all of them were self-scheduled, I didn’t witness any of the epic results that came through. Good news is that all the matches were played – 10 of them- and only 3 ended up with a 3-0 score line. Each team ended up winning 5 matches each but the difference were those 3-0 results. Winky-Dinks won all 3 of them which gave them the not-so-close-looking-but-in-reality-it-could-have-easily-gone-the-other-way 18 to 12 victory.

In fact, Winky-Dinks were rather fortunate to be in the final in the first place. They won their semi-final against Wardogs on the tie-break. Scores were tied at 12-all but Winky-Dinks had won more matches on the day (6 wins to 2) giving them the advantage. I must say though, hats off to them. Between all the matches they played in the semi and final combined, they only lost 1 match 3-0. They picked up at least 1 game in every other contest. Impressive. Goes completely against their season average.

Winky-Dinks deserve every bit of the title. They were the bench mark all season long, played the most matches, scored the most bonus points. It is captain Justin Winkelman’s 3^rd Boasters League championship, where he went back-to-back in 2015 and 2016.