No! It was freezing in there (and usually is)!!
Anyhoo, it was week 2 of the 2nd half of our 2010 Spring - Summer shuffleboard season. My team, the Crowe BarFlies were on a 2 game winning streak, when we had to take on Cozy Corner I this past Wednesday. Did we take the victory and keep our small streak alive? Let's find out, shall we?
Game 1 - Match Record 0-0
First up for the good guys (yes, that's us!) we have John and Nigel (who's nickname is Taco, so from here on out he will be known as such). Both being 0s they had to give up one handicap point to Curtis and Tom. In John's first frame, he scored 2 points against Curtis, closing the gap making the score 2-3. But Curtis and Tom weren't having it and they countered with 7 total points in the next 2 frames. Taco came back and scored a couple in the 5th frame, but it just wasn't enough. We lost this one 4-17.
Game 2 - Match Record 0-1
Lexie and Steve get the call for the second game and have to give up one point to Kenny and Steve Z. Wow, this is going to get confusing with 2 Steve's playing on one end! Our Steve scores 2 in his first frame to make it 2-4 after Kenny scored 3 points. Lex was trying to get the feel of the board, but due to our not being able to practice (we get out of work too late) and the left rail giving her a little trouble along with a couple of ghost spots, Kenny was able to score a handful of points. Our Steve scored another 2 points on their Steve in the 4th frame but that would be the end of the scoring for the BarFlies. Down another game after losing this one 4-15.
Game 3 - Match Record 0-2
I'm starting to notice an unsettling trend we've got going on here. 4 points in the first game. 4 points in the second game. Well that's not good. So we send in Margaret and Dave (otherwise known as Hussy and Geezer... that sounds like a comic strip) who are up against George and Tony. Stop the presses! We actually get one handicap point in this game. Could this be the extra little nudge we need to get our asses in gear? Dave and Margaret quickly score a few times and take us into the lead 7-1. But then George fires back and scores 7 total points in his next 4 frames. Luckily, Margaret is keeping the score close by scoring a handful of points as well. Dave and Margaret hold on to take this one 15-10. Phew! No shutout for us tonight!!
Game 4 - Match Record 1-2
We have to put up first and so Bert and myself play. We're up against David and Tom and have to flip to see who goes first. I don't remember who shot first but Bert got on the board first with 3 points. Tom came back and scored a point on me. Then it was Bert's turn to push us farther ahead with one point. I didn't score until the 8th frame to make it 10-8. Then the 13th frame came and David scored a big 5 points to tie the score at 14. Whoever scores the last point wins and I had the hammer. My pucks held on and my hero Bert and I take this one for a win 16-14.
Game 5 - Match Record 2-2
Okay! Now we're talking! We get 2 more wins before they do and our winning streak goes to 3! So, for the 5th game Steve and Dave go up against Curtis and Arlene. No handicap points again but Curtis gets on the board first with 5 points. Ouch! It was pretty much downhill from there. Arlene steadily put points on the board against Dave and the same was happening down on the other end. Steve put up a point in each of the 5th and 7th frames. Those 2 lonely points were all the BarFlies could manage this game and we lost a tough one to swallow 2-16.
Game 6 - Match Record 2-3
It's do or die for the Crowe BarFlies now so Nigel and Margaret get the call. Cozy Corner puts up Kenny and David and wouldn't you know it, no handicap points. David is on the board first with 2 points but Nigel quickly gives the BarFlies 2 points to counter. Unfortunately, those were the only 2 points scored for the good guys (yup, still us!) in this final game. Another devastating defeat 2-17.
Well crap! We lost the game and our winning streak. Were there a lot of things that I'd do differently? At the moment, I can't think of any. Historically, I've never played very well at this bar and our team has struggled here in the past as well. But we're over it. That's the beauty of beer.
So onto next week. Well, maybe not. We have our bye week next so there won't be any shuffleboard for the BarFlies.
Record
6-4
Next Opponent - Bye week
Go BarFlies!
Now on to the new season! We packed up and headed to a new place... Carolyn's Place to be exact. Are we still the BarFlies? Nope. New bar, new team, new name. So how do you choose a new name? Do you remember our Rally Rooster? Well, around Thanksgiving, our fearless leader Lex started calling it a Tur-duck-en. So she suggested calling the team Carolyn's Turduckens. Margaret (or Mom as most of you have heard me and Lex call her) suggested calling the team the TurPUCKens (see what she did there?). Well, it stuck. We are Carolyn's Turpuckens and we even have a mascot.
