The News for those few who play real croquet! August 28, 1999
The News for those few who play real croquet! August 28, 1999
In a long, and what turned out to be a bloody day, ( Alan and Ben were
cut open) Alan Manka walked away with the Sports Day Festival Title and
won the prize of a Broken Magic 8-Ball. " I finally played good," Alan
said in the understatement of the year. Nathan, the host, took home second.
The field consisted of eight players, the largest ever and it included
newcomer Kristy and The Living Legend Scott Balthrop.
Going into the fifth wicket, Nathan and Scott were far ahead of the
field but both got stuck using many shots allowing Alan to pass them by
and run away with the title. Scott ended in fifth place after many missed
attempts to sabotage opponents. " I hit the grass more than the ball," Scott
groaned.
But the biggest story ( maybe after Brandon breaking his croquet mallet)
was the sabotage for third. Steve had passed by Mike and seemed poised
for another third. But Kristy stepped in and sabotaged Steve's game so
Mike could take third.
Kristy took home the last place prize ( a dented can of pork and beans)
and had this to say about her first IMC event, " I tried my best but it
did feel good to screw Steve over royally."
Points as they now stand:
Rank Player Attended Total points 1st 2nd 3rd M.P.
1 Brandon 12 34 1 2 3 20
2 Jon 8 24 3 3 - -
3 Steve 10 23 3 1 3 2
4 Ben 12 15 1 1 1 6
5 Mike 10 14 1 - 3 6
6 Nathan 4 8 - 2 - 2
7 Alan 3 5 1 - - -
8 Rick 1 3 - 1 - -
9 Kristy 1 0 - - - -
10 Amy 2 0 - - - -
10 Scott 2 0 - - - -
Spam Invitational is Friday, September 24th at 7 p.m. Who will get the third and final Spam Crown? And who will be named the Spam King of the year? Spam Standings so Far: Mike With 6 points Jon With 5 points Brandon With 4 points Steve With 3 points The IMC Tournament of Champions is Saturday, October 2nd. This is the final Major, and last Tourney of the season! All players who finished first place in any official tournament are invited. It will start at 10:00am at Mike's course. The next round will be at Steve's course. The final round will be played at the legendary Lasher course. Prepare for all day Croquet action! That is the season and we will celebrate our greatness at a awards party sometime in November or December.
When the Great One was asked to write the most electrifying article in this newsletter, he had to think of something. After five seconds, and I mean Five Seconds, The Rock decided to talk about The Sportsman of the Year. Do you like that? No? Well, it doesn't matter what you think! This title needs to be given to someone who is not a jabroine. The Sportsman of the Year is not some whinny, roody poo momma's boy who pisses and moans about every shot. The Sportsman of the Year is a champion who goes to great lengths to show his skill. He observes the course, pick his choice ball, and powers through the obstacles. Regardless of opposition,, regardless of the hard shots, and of getting sent to kingdom come this athlete finish the match in its entirety and smiles. He may even send a few balls to kingdom come himself, but hey that is part of the sport. So the next time some jabroine starts whining about a shot, or their ball was smacked, or because someone discovers a different method for completing a shot they can shut their dam cakehole. Otherwise they might just find themselves checked into the Smackdown Hotel if you smell what The Rock is cooking!
