Racketeers at Waverley (Wed, Aug 10)

Six of us fronted up at Waverley and we were immediatelytrading matches as Jordan Fleming took a turn at sacrificial lamb #1 against Mike Read (playing not Baadly but still 0-3, he hee) while Dave Grieve had the measure of Brian Scott at #5 3-1.

Christy went on as a sand-bagger at #4 but was thwarted in his ploy as they had Ben who'd never played the game before but also turned out to be a bit of a sandbagger. A humonguous number of humonguously long rallies, nonetheless 0-3. Paul Dale at #6 lost the first 16-17 and pushed John Allan all the way: 0-3.

Gavin Fulton made his debut at #3 but suffered tinnitus against Bruce Ferguson: 0-3, the good news being that his achilles tonr 6 months ago seems to be ok so far.

We were all tucking into beers 'n food when Mike Gore got underway with Neil Kempsell. Mike refused to be caricatured while Neil refused to be Gored. Aroound 10:15, they emerged as two sweatbags, with Neil having won 15-13 in the fifth.

Bruce's wife conjured up chilli of the meat and the vegetarian kinds, pity the hulking carcase of Dean Wood wasn't there to enjoy it. I now look like Michelin man after two servings, so I can safely award 5 michelin stars for the chilli 'n garlic bread.

News for Dave Ferguson is that his beloved Jambos have completed a loan deal with Tottenham for their italian striker Grabatelli ;-)