Especially to Andie for staying so good natured after I kept him up so long finishing off a piece up ending. Deserves a medal.Neil Graham wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:07 pmDisappointingly three teams out of eight defaulted (including both matches in Division Three). Meanwhile we did win our match so meet Martin's team in the Final so despite our doubtful technical abilities we were guided through - so thanks to Andy Howie (holed up in his hotel room in Dubai) and the other arbiters.James Toon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 2:46 pmTension averted for Guildford Castles in Division 3 as Shropshire & Friends 3 can't raise a team. We must screw our courage to the sticking-place v Charlton Cobras or Hackney Thirsty in the final.
The extra stuff was slightly mixed in the end I guess? As expected, a thoroughly sane reading of the basic rules by the arbiters - the written advice could definitely do with being clarified a little bit to match the rather saner reality. It definitely helped the atmosphere a bit but also some hassle and the defaults hopefully weren't related.
Had to stop myself talking to myself about the game a couple of times.
Its a slightly curious team for me this one - loads of links with E&C, including most of Jorvik coming from the club. But between Covid and so on I've never actually met any of these specific teammates in person!
It looks like Division 1 should have a very solid quality final, hope everyone manages to have fun