And so it begins again...

Hello boys and girls and welcome to another post from Shut the Puck Up! Last week, our favorite shuffleboard team, the Crowe BarFlies, traveled many miles to a far away bar called Cozy Corner to take on the Cozy Corner I team for the first game of the second half of the season. So what happened? Let's find out!

 

 

Oh yeah! That's a hanger!

 The Crowe BarFlies were victorious over Cozy Corner I in a nail-biting 7 game match!

Okay, okay enough with the... whatever it was I was just doing there. We won! Yay! But I'm getting a little bored with writing this blog. There are only so many ways I can retell a shuffleboard game. So and so played with what's her name and they beat that dude and the other dude. I'm tired of rehashing the team rosters (especially when we lose). It's boring for me to write and I'm sure just as boring to read. 

So how do I make it fun again? I don't know. Maybe I'll start taking more crappy pictures with my camera phone like the one above, or maybe I won't. I'd still love to have a guest blogger write a post (or several) about their games or shuffleboard experiences. Help me out people? What do you want to read here?

Anyway, we take on Stafford Ye "Olde" Puckers (still one of my favorite team names, after ours of course) tonight and hopefully we can get a streak going. It'd be really nice to beat the second place team, but either way tonight's game will be fun!

GO BARFLIES!!

Silly Me!

I totally forgot to write a post about the Crowe BarFlies last game of the half against Woodie's. My bad!

The date - Wednesday, November 10th.Image by DaveFayram via Flickr
The place - Woodie's Ice House
The challenge - keep our 3-game winning streak alive

First up for Woodie's is Rod and Lupe going against our Nathan and Bert. After a shaky start, the BarFlies settle down and win the first game 16-8, thanks to a 7 point frame from Bert. Next up for the BarFlies are Patrick and Shelly, who had a rough time against Tu and Lupe. We lost this one 3-16. Dave and I go up for the 3rd game and Stephen and Jade are our opponents. With no handicap points, we squeeze a win out of this one 16-12.

For the 4th game, Margaret and Lexie play for the BarFlies opposite of Stephen and Bob. Now this game got a little hairy, mainly because I, and some of my team mates don't know how to count. We have a rule in our league that you must play 6 different players by the 4th game. Over the years there has been some very heated arguments over this rule. Someone mentions to me that they have only played 5 players and we are in the 4th game. So I look down at the score sheet... count... count again and come up with 5 players (beer and counting do not mix).  I stand up and announce (very sure of myself) that we have won this game (not the match) due to their lack of 6 different players. So they say they're players out loud, while I count AGAIN! Oops! 6 players. I'll go back to my seat now (with my tail tucked neatly between my legs). After all the laughing died down we got back to the game. The BarFlies lost this one 12-17.

The 5th game ends up pretty much the same way as the last. Bert and I lost against Tu and Lupe. Lexie and Nathan tried their luck against Jade and Jerry in the 6th but couldn't quite beat them. Woodie's won the match 4 games to 2.

Grrrr!

So we've had a week off and will have this one off too. Hopefully we can find our winning ways again!

 GO BARFLIES!!

Bye Bye Bye

This past Wednesday was the Crowe BarFlies Bye week, so Mom and I headed over to Hunter's Pub to watch our sister team, the Crowe Wildpuckers take on Hunter's Rocks. The Wildpuckers came out on top to make their record 6-1.


This week we are up against Woodie's Ice House for the last game of the first half. Hopefully we'll keep our winning streak alive!

GO BARFLIES!! 

Image by Oberazzi via FlickrOkay, so now that that's taken care of, I want to hear from you!  Yes, you!! Since I can't seem to get anyone to write a guest post for me I've come up with this brilliant (HA!) idea. I'm going to try (most likely unsuccessfully) and come up with a weekly shuffleboard question and I want you to answer it in the comments. Ready? Here we go!

What is your favorite part of shuffleboard?

Pretty easy right? Can't wait to see your comments (hope I get at least one)...


**UPDATE** 12/13/10 - I never got a comment. Sad face.

So Nice We Did It Thrice

Image by Rex Roof via FlickrThe Crowe BarFlies are on a three game winning streak, and it feels wonderful! We beat the Stafford Sandblasters 4-2.

First up for the Crowe BarFlies was Dave and Patrick against Phil and Jean. This was a seesaw game that eventually we lost 13-15. Next up for the visiting team was Danny and Charlotte against Nathan and our birthday girl, Shelly.  This one was a little rough and we go down 3-16. Steve and I take on Annie and Patty for the third game and in 6 frames, we have our first win of the night, 15-7.

Phil and Charlotte are sent in by the Sandblasters after Margaret and Roger are announced as our next players. With the score at 13-12 in the 11th frame after Phil scored 6 points, Margaret scores 3 to win it 16-12. For the 5th game, Danny and Jean go up against Bert and Lexie. This game started with no handicap points and the BarFlies hit their stride quickly. Bert and Lexie win this one 15-6. Time for possibly the last game. Margaret and I are picked to take on Charlotte and Annie. It took 12 frames, but Mom and I win it, 17-9 to end the match.

Image by bashford via Flickr
The Crowe BarFlies have finally started to click and it feels nice. This Wednesday is our bye week, so I'll be heading out to cheer for our sister team, the Crowe Wildpuckers. Hopefully, we can play better than the Texans after our bye week when we head to Woodie's next Wednesday to try to end this half of the season 4-4.