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I think I've just struck it lucky :-) Just been having another look and I'd forgotten that when my BB was fitted that they offset to the RHS with the washers. I think they were scared of clearance of the ICS mounts or something as their more of a road than MTB shop, that or the guy felt the weight of the frame and figured I'd be living in a low gear.
At the time I didn't realise how much offset there was. I actually bend the chain less going to my smallest cog at the back than I do going to my biggest! It's almost perfect chainline at about the 4th cog up.
I'd rather have the top end of the 32 for getting to the court but 51" top end is available with the 22t. It also means I can ditch a feckload more of the chain and two rings which can only help with weight. I'll leave it until I've played a couple of games using just my granny ring but it looks like a zero cost solution.