Boasters League week
4~~
Low scores seemed to be the theme for week. 4. The “Meet the
Candidates” night does throw a little wrench into the boasters league
proceedings as the emphasis of the evening is free food and booze
meeting the next crop of outstanding DAC member candidates running for the all-important
board. Understandably, wining and dining takes over the schedule which turns
the court area into the proverbial zoo, and it’s wonderful to see all the
socializing amongst the groups. It’s really the reason why we do this. Just ask
Blake Ellis. I’ve never seen someone
enjoy a taco as much as him.
Coinciding with a league night does make match play somewhat
more challenging, but we simply do not have the luxury of taking the week off.
Unless you can guarantee an extra Wednesday be slotted in somewhere, there just
aren’t enough weeks on the calendar if we wish to have it all completed before
the Club Championships start. So yes, scores were low this round.
That being said, I went back to see the standings for last
season at the same juncture. We are actually ahead of that this year which surprised me a little so I have to be
somewhat pleased with the improvement, right?
Best team performance for round 4 goes to Butter Nutz with 30 points, followed
closely by Wardogs with 29. Winky-Dinks had the bye and logically
suffered the consequences dropping 4 places to 7th. Paddy’s Dropshots and Mongoose are hanging on to equal 3rd
but both of them only picked up 19 points over the week – hardly a dominating accomplishment.
They won’t last very long that high if they continue in that vain. And Nicker Ballers... they better start
getting their Nicks and Balls going.
Admirable individual deeds of the week… John Markus (Foss Nation)
picked up his first win of the half last night. As happy as he was, he made out
as if suffered a major life-threatening injury during the encounter. He was
clipped on the shin and tried to pawn it off that Al “Tiburon” Iafrate (Nicker Ballers) has bitten half his leg
off. On further inspection of this ‘ghastly’ wound, it was determined that he
was playing Al “Nibbling Baby Hedgehog” Iafrate. Mistaken identity to be sure,
nothing a tiny band aid wouldn’t fix. Or a beer.
Also scoring a win for the first time this half, JC Tibbitts (Butter Nutz) overcame the slick, soft hands of Steve Brown (Vivio’s),
taking him 2-1 and handing Steve his first loss. And while we are on the theme
of first wins, mark one up for James Van
Dyke (Nicker Ballers) and his
2-1 win over Zac MacVoy (Foss Nation).
I was also asked to mention the HUGE upset win on the doubles league where Robin Basil and George
Kordas took out current doubles club champions Jed Elley and Ryan Covell 3-1. But since this article
is about the Boasters League, I won’t.
Round 5 is looming – and believe it or not that’s half way through
the season. Will we see the Nicker
Ballers bounce back from the depths of despair? Can Over Served overcome the bye week and keep their spot over the
rest? Will John Markus’ leg grow
back in time for next Wednesday? Will Blake
Ellis open a taco restaurant? Will George
Kordas relent and buy a razor? Stay tuned…
