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Sunday 8th November // 3 Beards vs. Polo Fiasco // Downham
3 Beards - 5
Polo Fiasco - 2
3 Beards // Bill - 1:35
Polo Fiasco // Josh - 5:00
3 Beards // Mark - 6:58
3 Beards // Bill - 7:28
Polo Fiasco // Tony - 7:45
3 Beards // Bill - 8:15
3 Beards // Rupert - 9:05
3 Beards - 5
Polo Fiasco - 1
3 Beards // Mark - 0:15
3 Beards // Rupert - 1:10
3 Beards // Mark - 1:56
3 Beards // Rupert - 4:05
Polo Fiasco // Tony - 5:58
3 Beards // Bill - 8:05
3 Beards - 5
Polo Fiasco - 2
Polo Fiasco // Josh - 0:12
3 Beards // Rupert - 2:05
3 Beards // Bill - 2:58
3 Beards // Rupert - 3:23
Polo Fiasco // Josh - 7:57
3 Beards // Bill - 8:11
3 Beards // Bill - 8:38
Not much of a writer I'm afraid, but, with hurried scrawlings that would make any doctor proud, the highlights I noted from each game are as follows…
Game 1
Both teams start the game with real vigour, lots of movement about the court, Bill is doing well at holding the ball close.
An unlucky defensive error by Adrienne lets Bill in at 1:35 to get 3 Beards' first goal.
2:55, a thunderous slapshot from Snoops hits Tony's wheel making a satisfying noise.
3:40, a beautiful reverse pass from Josh puts Tony through to the 3 Beards goal but he was unable to finish
4:30, a mallet hack from Bill fails to upset Adrienne
4:50, Snoops slips and crashes on the slick ground which allows Fiasco to break and score their first goal.
3 Beards look to settle into the game with good possessional play and excellent passing.
Game 2
Snoops was very quick on the charge, Mark followed in behind and grabbed an early lead for the Beards.
Both teams seem to have upped the aggression and the game starts to get 'interesting'
3 Beards start to slot the goals home and it seems like it's going to be a very quick finish.
An attempted 'Seattle' by Bill at 3:45 fails to get the desired results.
Both teams seem like they really want this one
At 6:50 when Fiasco are attacking Mark steps in and cuts them short with a great, reaching, defensive swipe.
The game ends up "lasting for aaages" in the words of Mark, I think he probably thought it was in the bag when they were 4-0 up after 4 minutes.
Good game!
Game 3
I used Bill's trick of pausing after the "1" in the countdown and caught both teams out. Then when I counted the 2nd game in, I hadn't noticed that Josh had a problem with his wheel. Beards agreed to re-spot. Cue a third re-start and a wheel fail from Snoops on the charge allows Josh in to score a quick first opener.
At 3:23, Snoops makes a great breakaway, which neither Josh or Tony can catch, to slot home Beards' 3rd goal of the game.
4:40, a great diagonal shot from Tony ricochets off the post and at 5:10 a shot under the BB from Snoops does the same.
6:40, another 'Seattle' attempt from Bill this time unbalances Adrienne but no goal comes from it.
7:10, Adrienne makes a strong move up the right wing with Bill in chase, Mark shouts "Get the ball!" - Bill wails in return "I CAN'T!"
A mirror of Tony's shot from Josh just before 8 minutes gets their 2nd but Bill's quick responses in the next 40 seconds or so puts the game out of Fiasco's reach.
All-in-all, good polo to watch. Beards showed they were all about possession and althought there was talk of 'Dirty Polo" I felt both teams were giving as good as each other so left them to their own devices.