Avalanche All At Sea
A mostly comfortable
outing for the Carbis Bay Buccaneers saw the corporation team pick up near
maximum points from their two games against The Avalanche and remain top of the
league. With the away leg first it
was The Avalanche, also a corporation side, that opened the scoring with an
instant 1pt strike. However, it was a
false dawn for the home side as the Buccaneers swiftly went into the lead with
a 4pt strike by ‘Mad Jack’ Dalhgren after guard Al Giordino had subtly cleared
a path to the strike hex. The Avalanche
netted a 2pt score immediately afterwards, only for Carbis Bay star man Dirk
Pitt to pop up with a 4pt hit to make it 5-0.
The home side had their own star man; No.7, and he scored a 3pt strike
which ‘Mad Jack’ equalled moments later, covering up some of Al Giordino’s embarrassment
as his attempted slam went horribly wrong – ending with Al sitting on his
backside looking confused. Clearly stung
by this humiliation Giordino launched into an ill-advised foul right in front
of the referee which saw him dismissed for the rest of the match. Dirk Pitt was, as usual, unperturbed by this,
and in the middle of the uproar following the dismissal scored a 4pt strike
which took the score to 8-0 on turn 8 and ended the match. With 6 fan cheers to the Avalanches 3 the
Buccaneers captain Rudi Gunn was named Man Of The Match.
The return leg with Carbis Bay as the hosts got off to an
even quicker start with Hector Barbossa slaloming through the opposition to
score a 4pt starter, although it was a bitter sweet moment for the Buccaneers
as guard ‘Admiral’ Sandecker misjudged a slam and was knocked out for a number
of turns. Unlike the away day this match
was destined to go all the way to the final whistle. The Avalanche was fielding a number of journey
men, drafted in to help a team with a vastly inferior rating and only around 5
fit players. It was one of these, a
journey dwarf, which flattened the Bucaneers defence with ease to let in star
man No.7 to score a 4pt strike and equalise.
The Seasiders adopted a classy manoeuvre to reply; Giordino
removing No.7 from the game before the prettier side came out as Barbossa threw
the ball to a running Jack Sparrow who sped in to put 3pts on the board. Barbossa was on the receiving end soon
afterwards; flattened by an opposition guard as the ball bounced wildly. The Avalanche thought they had it only for
‘Mad Jack’, called from the bench, to steal it away to make it 6-0. The away sides star man No.7 returned from
the treatment room to bring the ‘Bay down with a thump and a 4pt hit, the
blatant Dwarf foul being missed by the referee.
The sides traded 3pt strikes before, with time running out, Sparrow
managed to fumble the ball on the half way line. With the score at 2-0 and several strike
hexes open the Avalanches hero No.7 stooped to pick it up on the run only to
fall flat on his face as the final whistle went ushering in a Carbis Bay
Buccaneers 2-0 win.
Round 4 Fixtures:
Mythos Maniacs (Adrian)
Vs. Hawarden Heartbreakers (Paddy)
The Avalanche (Dave) Vs.
Plague Bearers (Mark)
Unknown (Dafydd) Vs. Carbis
Bay Bucaneers (Rick)
Hollywood All-Stars (Andy)
Vs Iron Giants (Tom)
Deff To Humanz (James/Paddy)
Vs. Vs. Dwarf VIII (Simon)
Skaven Foundation (Ian)
Vs. Unknown (Pete)
And a word from the
tournament organiser:
There
is still one game left in the current round, but the result of this will not
effect the draw for the final round before the semi finals and finals.
The
only teams safely through to the semis are Mark's, Paddy's and Rick's. So there
is still everything to play for at this late stage.
Good
luck to all except the rats!
Games
to be completed by the end of April please.
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