Boasters League week
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Mongoose are on
the move. It’s tough having the first round bye because you have pretty much
resigned yourself to playing catch up the whole way, but Mongoose aren’t particularly interested in playing that game. They
jumped 3 spots to 6th on the standings this week picking up a league
best 41 points – which included the highest bonus point total of 15 (from a
maximum of 17). This ‘attitude’ puts them in a pretty good position. All the
teams above Mongoose still have to
sit out a week.
Last week I hopped up on my soap box and lectured about not
playing matches on Wednesday and putting too much emphasis on bonus points.
This week was a vast improvement. Only 2 teams picked up more points off court
than on it – surprisingly, one of those teams was Mongoose. But it would be hard to criticize them for it. Against Vivio’s, they have played 11 matches so
far for round 3 – the most of any other match-up – but it just so happened they
only won 4 of them.
I’m sending out a shout-out to the Wardogs team as well this week. After 3 rounds, they have completed
the most matches overall, and picked up 40 points this week, jumping to equal 3rd
on the standings. I’m very pleased to see the amount of play and the
tightening up of the standings.
The busy night didn’t allow me to watch a lot of the matches.
I did get a peek of Justin Winkelman
(Winky-Dinks) and Curt Pedersen (Foss Nation) upstairs though. Battle of the giants, we need a
heads-up next time these 2 get together, we may need to raise the ceiling a
foot or two or install a basketball hoop. For the record, Justin ended up with
a 3-0 victory. The always smiling Helen
French (Mongoose) has been
enjoying her summer break and was happy to take a game from the very
experienced, “I-know-exactly-where-you-are-hitting-it”
Jim Miller (Vivio’s). Never have I seen someone relish a beer so much after a
loss!
JC Tibbitts (Butter Nutz) picks up his first win of
the season taking down fellow captain Paul
Ward (Wardogs) 2-1; Tom Fabbri (Mongoose) is 2-for-2 this season as he outlasted the younger legs
of Kevin Thomas (Vivio’s) for a 2-1 victory; and Michael Rahaim (Foss Nation) scores his first career (!) win in his third match
ever with a 2-1 triumph over Kevin
Butler (Winky-Dinks).
Hopefully this trend will continue with the amount of play
we experienced this week. It’s all a matter of keeping on top of the schedule
and not falling behind. Play the matches early if you have to. There is already
one player in the league that has reached the 5 match minimum rule – and we’re
only 3 weeks in!
