Boasters League round
5~~
From 6 points back of first place last week to 15 points on
top of the standings this week, the Butter
Nutz stood up and took charge this round. A league best 43 total points propelled
them well clear of now second placed Foss
Nation who spluttered along this week picking up only 23 – a far cry from
the 39 the week before.
The next best scoring team of the week was – astonishingly –
the last placed Nicker Ballers. Last
week, they were 18 points off the 8th placed Vivio’s and now, after picking up 35 points this week, are only 2
points from wrenching themselves out of the cellar. Over Served suffered the biggest drop going from 5th to
7th, but you can hardly blame them since they had the bye week. Speaking
of the bye week, the Wardogs may
actually be in a little trouble now as they sit on the sidelines for round 6
and are only 17 points from dropping all the way to the dungeon.
Once again, Mongoose
are hanging around the top four of the standings thanks to their incredible
ability of picking up bonus points. Another 15 (from a possible 17) last night
gives them 59 for the season, second only to the Butter Nutz (62) but keeping in mind Mongoose have played one round less
to score them in. Not sure what captain Paul
Huth is threatening his team with, but whatever it is, it’s working.
Personal match shout-outs!
1. Tripp Kennedy (Paddy’s Dropshots). Keeping his
unbeaten record alive for the season (5-for-5) Tripp almost lost this one to Peter
Fromm (Nicker Ballers) but held
his nerve twice at 14-all in the first and second game to take the 2-1 win. He
thanked his new grip for getting him through, but I’m sure his improving squash
had something to do with it.
2. Jason Currie (Butter Nutz) picked up his first win of
the season with a tough 2-1 victory over Andy
Adamo (Mongoose). Andy forced
Jason to cover a lot of court, which Jason is more than happy to do. In fact, sometimes,
it looks like Jason runs the wrong way on purpose just to make himself run further.
3. Matt Peleman (Butter Nutz). We’ve had brotherly rivalries
before: Colin and Chas Bayer, the Fossee Clan who we don’t
really know how each is related to each.. Cousins? Brothers? Sisters? Couples?
And who can forget the Ryan and Zac
MacVoy death matches… Matt’s brother Andrew
Peleman (Mongoose) is now on the
scene and a new rivalry has been born. Still in its infancy, this is the first
official match these 2 have had. Matt can proudly take the strike of first blood
here with a gallant 2-1 victory. Andrew I’m sure is already plotting his
revenge.
Alrighty. On to week 6. Deadline to play your matches: December 10. Mark
it on your calendar. You must have at least 5 matches reported by then
otherwise you will be looking at replacement for the second half of the season.
Ten players have already reached that threshold. Keep those make-up matches
coming in!
