CRUISING TO THE FINALS

Boasters League round 7 

Not much going on this week. Of course, a major reason for this would be the DAC Squash Classic that took up 4 days of the week, so court availability was scarce at best. Winky-Dinks put in the best performance this round with 25 points and with that, they now have jumped into 6^th position, currently holding on to the final play-off spot. It’s all pretty bunched up from 2^nd to 6^th, but Over Served in 7^th are in reaching distance. They failed to play any make-up matches in their off week, something they will need to change if they want to reach the finals. Mongoose still hold a commanding lead, extending it to 26 points over second placed Foss Nation.

It will be interesting to see if we see a mad scramble in the last couple of weeks. History would suggest that it’s a crap shoot if that happens. Based on how this half has been going, I’m not holding my breath.

Of the handful of matches last night, the closest result of the night was Salam Chaudhary (Nicker Ballers) over Blake Ellis (Cadieux Café). Salam took the match 2-1, but came back from 10-14 down in the 3^rd to pinch it 15-14! Clearly that stress wasn’t enough, Salam immediately took on Paul Ward for an encore and they played for what seemed like hours. Another 8 games? Or was it 10? I lost count.

A bruising affair upstairs between AJ Peleman (Butter Nutz) and Paul Gormley (Vivio’s). At times it was “who-can-hit-it-harder?” as both of them would slam a length, get an opportunity to attack to the front part of the court, but then slam another length. It did make for entertaining squash. I will, however, save AJ from the embarrassment of the complete whiff from a meat-ball in the middle of the court as I will neglect to mention it. I’ll also neglect to mention he whiffed the ball in the next rally as well, just to prove the first whiff wasn’t a fluke. It wasn’t the cause of AJ’s loss in the match – Paul took the 2-1 win. In all seriousness though, it was a great battle.

Paul Huth (Mongoose) gets a special mention this week. Not because he lost his match to Matt Wilson (Winky-Dinks) 2-1, but because of the unending smile on his face. Say hello to the new Granddaddy in the DAC, Paul’s daughter Holly is the proud mum of a new baby boy! Paul is in heaven! We wish them all the best!

Two weeks before the play-offs. I am hoping for that mad scramble… with the standings as tight as they are, every match you play will make a difference. The top 2 teams will get the first round bye, the last 3 teams will be watching and pouting from the sidelines. Keep in mind that March 3 is the deadline to have all of your scores in to me. Once the scores are tallied the morning of March 4, any results that are reported afterwards will not be taken into consideration.