Tomorrow (22/05), Downham, 12 noon, End of league BBQ and throw-ins.

Can someone bring a broom? It desperately needs a sweep.

My notes, taken on Vidals phone which I didn’t know how to operate so a few details may be wrong but here’s the jist of tonight’s game:

BAD wins the charge and it’s a slow pace to start out with, both teams playing very cautiously, bad won the charge and has 2 shots In 1st minute. Still very cautious play from both sides. Bad is playing the double team strategy not allowing the clear passing. Malice is playing very defensively but aidan scores at 3:56. Matt comes out of goal and has Malice’s 1st shot on goal but it’s blocked by dt. Malice are playing a bit too cautious and Aidan scores at 6:50. Andy puts Maice on the board with a goal at 8:54. dt is released and scores at 10:00 and Aidan scores at 1055 and again at 11:48.
Final for 1st game 5-1 BAD

Aidan wins the ball with the lefty charge taking Iain out. Brendan scores first at 3:01 This one is turning out to be not such a cautious game as the first with neither team having complete possession. Malice are playing 3 out and Brendan scores again at 8:20. Iain puts one in for Malice at 9:04. Aidan scores at 11:00 Brendan at 14:00.
Final for 2nd game 4-1 BAD

Malice has 1st possession and first shot on goal with a miss. Good defense from malice but dt is released, he takes it up to the crease and Brendan scores at 2:29. Dave is still released with no result yet, but he scores at 4:15. Brendan goes 1 on 1 with Iain in goal and loses, but promptly takes him out and Brendan scores at 6:55. Aidan scores at 7:54 and 8:41.
Final for 3rd game 5-0 BAD

Both teams played progressively better as the games went on. BAD just out-did Malice who just couldn’t get proper control of the ball or finish on the many breaks they created.
BAD were playing complete coverage, often double teaming any member of Malice with possession completely blocking any chance of a clear pass.

Matt is my mvp, creating several breaks with some unorthodox plays and almost always coming up with the ball when it was near. Too bad he can’t pass properly or shoot straight!

Los Coños V Black Rebel BPC
30th March, Newington

Game 1 (3-1)
A hatrick from Ali 1.48, 5.57 and 12.45
Goal from BR sub Andy Lockett at 11.00

Game 2 (1-5)
Andy put BR ahead at 2.40 and Jo got one back at 3.17. The goals from BR just kept on coming after this and the 5th was scored at 10.45.
The five goals from Black rebel reads like a BAD scoresheet… ADDAD

Game 3 (2-1 GG)
Over 10 minutes with no goal.
Ali opened scoring at 10.18 for Los Coños, followed by an equaliser from Andy with just a minute remaining.
Two minutes into Golden Goal, Dan had a good break and almost scored, but collided with Sarah’s mallet and ball was saved. The winner came at 17.40 by Jo after a battle in front of the BR goal and Ali and Jo were fighting who wanted to score the winner.

Cold, but enjoyable games. Good to see Black Rebel back on the court!

BAD Polo v Black Rebel BPC
27th March, Newington

An early morning weekend start equals no ref or goal ref volunteers, so sorry its not much of a report as I was concentrating on the game too much to make notes.

Game 1 (5-1)
Aidan 1’00
Dave rides into the fence and breaks his brake
Brendan 5’10. A time-out is called to fix Dave’s bike
Aidan 5’45
o/g Dan 8’00 (Aidan’s shot is saved and the keeper goes down, there’s now an open goal with both Brendan and Aidan waiting to tap the ball in, but Dan gets in there first!)
o/g Dave 8’40 (Dave gives one back to BR when the ball was rolling towards him in goal, he goes out to meet it to push it away with his mallet but it clips the edge and he knocks it in!)
Aidan finishes the game at 10’05

ABAogA – og

Game 2 (5-0)
A faster paced game than the first which saw BAD getting 5 goals in 6.5 minutes.

Dave 1’45
Brendan 4’40
Aidan 5’15
Aidan 5’55 (a special mention to his counter attack goal here. Aidan’s speed gave BR no chance.)
Brendan 6’33

DBAAB

Game 3 (5-1)
Aidan wins the charge and takes the ball up to score in 7 seconds
Aidan 3’05
BR sub Andy Lockett gets one back at 4’04 with a powered shot straight through BAD’s goal.
Aidan 7’17
Brendan 8’19
Aidan 9’40

AAABA – L

I came down to watch this game with Dave’s parents. A shame a broken brake and an own goal meant Dave couldn’t show his magic to its full potential, but a brilliant performance by the BAD boys anyway

The games saw fiasco go two one up Malice hitting cones fiasco defending well Andy sitting in goal Mat killing Adrienne Tony shooting well Malice playing all out for five goals (fail).

Rain wiped any mark of names to goals. Credit lies like the unknown dead.

Both teams however seemed to cope with the rain, instead they were hampered more by significant cases of the ball bobbling” – Emmet

What can I say?
It was a Rotten game for The Tapouts.
Began with the young boys choir version of “Let’s get physical”.
When your balls drop emmet you wont be able to reach those notes.
It then developed into the Apples show.
The theme music was ‘Where’s your Ed at”! Rik had the voice of an angel. A Hells Angel.
‘La banda de las bicis del Downham’.
Matt Vidal: What’s this team called again?
Me: Spinal Tapout.
Vidal: Come on Tapout get a goal!
Rik is now referring to every member of Tapout as ‘boy’.
Come on Tapout get a goal! Prav? …Not today.
Em was everywhere and nobody was gonna step up and stop him.
He was even in goal but rumor has it he’d had some special training first thing this morning.
Some sweet breaks by ST but not quite quick enough to the goal.
All 3 Apples having a party in the kitchen.
Spinal Tapout looking for the outside toilet.

Game 1
5-0
14:44 Em
11:41 Em
10:09 Em
09:07 ….Em
08:25 ……Rik!

Game 2
5-0
14:25 Em
11:32 Em
10:43 …Em
09:15 …….Em
06:26 ………………..Rik!

Game 3
5-0 You’ve had your turn Em!
12:52 Gabes
09:42 Gabes
06:38 Rik
05:11 Gabes
04:37 ………….Em!

These games must be played by Sunday 28.02.2010.

BAD Polo vs. Black Rebel BPC
Cosmic³ vs. Bye
Dinosaurs Love Sex vs. Zombie United
La Schmoove vs. ELKs
Los Coños  vs.  Three Beards One Cup
Malice International vs. Spinal Tap Out
Massive Cogs vs. Sparkle Motion
Polo Fiasco vs. S.L.A.P.
Polonium 210 vs. Rotten Apples

These games must be played by Sunday 21.02.2010.

Cosmic³ vs. BAD Polo
Dinosaurs Love Sex vs. Black Rebel BPC
La Schmoove vs. Bye
Los Coños vs.  Zombie United
Malice International vs. ELKs
Massive Cogs vs. Three Beards One Cup
Polo Fiasco vs. Spinal Tap Out
Polonium 210 vs. Sparkle Motion
Rotten Apples vs. S.L.A.P.

These games must be played by Sunday 14.02.2010.

BAD Polo vs. Dinosaurs Love Sex
La Schmoove vs. Cosmic³
Los Coños vs. Black Rebel BPC
Malice International vs. Bye
Massive Cogs vs. Zombie United
Polo Fiasco vs. ELKs
Polonium 210 vs. Three Beards One Cup
Rotten Apples vs. Spinal Tap Out
S.L.A.P. vs. Sparkle Motion

Game 1
Jono Elk scores
Aidan equalizes for Dinosaurs!
Dinosaurs definitely playing better together as a team (not that they’ve actually played many games together). Game could now go either way.. Game goes ELK’s way..
Ray Elk scores
Jono Elk scores
Final score: ELKs 3, Dinosaurs 1

Game 2
Elks dominate this one. Game finishes 5-0 to ELKs
Alielk, Jonoelk ,Jonoelk, Jonoelk, Alielk
ELKs look great in their lovely t-shirts.

Game 3
Game starts, lights go out, time out is called, game is postponed, Ali Elk sneaks one in. Goal disallowed.
Game restarts, Ali has a million shots on goal in the first two minutes– all of them hitting Oli’s wheels.
DINOSAUR PHIL scores the first goal at 5 minutes. Woop!
And Again! Phil scores at 6 minutes
Dinosaurs are two up!!
Jono gets one back at 7′20″, and then Ali levels the score at 9′30″ on a goal that bounces off the cone!
Ali gets another goal at 11 minutes which was perhaps the scrappiest goal ever.. Lots of balls being shot and saved, 5 players in the D, a cone goes flying, then the ball crosses the line where the cone used to be.
Dinosaurs fight hard to bring it back, but it times out at 3-2 to ELKs.

Good games.