Melton Massacre

Post date: Jan 11, 2017 10:28:28 AM

Here we go again. The latest saga in Weekend Friendly Frolics ! The fact that we lost by 136-91 doesn't matter , we play for the fun of it. Oh yes we do. And the excitement of waiting to see whether all of those who have been picked to play turn up.

This week against the pork pie people from Melton, they all look the the same don't they, we had two absconders, so to speak. The first crossed their name off the team sheet, after they had been picked to play, in a way that it was impossible to tell who it was. But by a matter of crafty elimination we found out, and the result is that the name has gone into the little black book until the end of the season. The other name just didn't turn up. Second black book entry of the week.

So to the rescue, five minutes before the first jack is rolled, comes, reluctantly, the ever-reliable Betty Sims. She had already played in our ladies team in the morning who had won through to the next round of the Yetton Plate. She also is the money collector for our weekend friendlies and was counting up for the sixth time when the plea for help was voiced by our captain who was about to hand his badge in for the thirteenth time this season. That could be lucky for some. So, after turning several shades of grey, Betty trudged to her locker once again to rescue the situation.

Coming back to the result we did have two winning rinks, that of Maurice Dye and Neil Handley. Mo (the beard) just pipped Neil by one shot to claim the best rink prize of a ball point pen that also has a 'dobber', with which, if you use your imagination, you can use to dob almost anything. Serena Brunning was absolutely over the moon to be in her first ever winning rink and win such a fabulous prize. So let's look forward with unbounded excitement and energy to next weekend when we visit Sleaford and dream of what joys the trip might bring.