Well, as if the burn ban has severely hindered (or killed) night play, theres even more. Norman will vote tomorrow http://www.oudaily.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/05/440bbe6e691d9 (and I assume pass) for a $44 million update on its water system. Whats that mean? A 77% INCREASE in your water bill. Why do you care? Becuase since Norman is so down on rain, it seems unlikely that this spring enough rain will come our way to really help anything. The reason I'm getting to is that when we play regularly the course gets pretty worn down. Without heavy watering, it gets beat up even more. Last year I watered enough to cuase an increase in the bill the roommates complained about to get the yard somewhat healthy. With the new prices the turf we were hoping would come back won't have a chance with a few inches of rain every few months. sigh.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Games!
When Jumpy finally made it to the game he had suggested we play a week ago a few hours after the time he suggested we start, things really got tense. With Berry here, a wrench was thrown into the normal workings of the game, that is, Berry is pretty good. Also, the black and white nature of the game was revealed: both games the first three players battled through the course nearly the entire game. The games were a change in that no player ever got a comfortable lead the entire time. All in all, thats how it should be.
03-05-06
Game 1- Berry, Morris, Todd (2 Ball)
winner: Berry, Morris, Todd
Game 2- Berry, Jumpy, Morris, Todd (1 Ball)
winner: Jumpy, Berry, Morris, Todd
Game 3- Berry, Jumpy, Morris, Todd (1 Ball)
winner: Berry, Jumpy, Morris, Todd
Sunday, March 05, 2006
The Docket and The Trial
If we are to resume night games, I suggest a start time close to 8:30. It will have to be decided upon among members whether my appearance at games will justify this late a start time, but my schedule will not allow a weekday game earlier that this.
As for the gossip of the week, pertaining primarily to Mr. Loftin's apparent Sunday comeback, authoratative sources have waxed jubilant about the sudden rally in this venerable veteran's play. Although the match was a minor one, the senior croqueter's technique and strategy were both sound and decisive. And while his play lacked the creativity and deftly-executed high-risk full-grounds maneuvers that rocked the sport when then-junior croqueter Jake Rowe commandeered the Fall 2005 season, this only tends to support the opinions and cautions voiced by the sometimes guardedly conservative veterans of the sport -behind which inhere the implication that strong technical skill will trump Agassi-style braggadocio- but also that Mr. Loftin's defeat last season was due in part to the chorus-like gasconade that lauded Mr. Rowe's successes. We will see this season if there is any truth to the assertion that Mr. Rowe's inaugural trounce was more due to popular plug than to superior skill. It may well be that Mr. Loftin was defeated more by flighty fans than by an adroit adversary. Time will tell.