The Table Blades gathered at the Gorbals sports centre on 20 February 2013 in what is hoped will be a regular sporting encounter.
Excellent fun was had. A league has been mooted. The players in this proposed league:
- Gary "Quick Wrist" Little
- Chris "Thunder and Lightning" Forbes
- Bruce Morton: "The Spin Doctor"
- Greg "Maple Grief" Hemphill
In a friendly atmosphere - marred only occasionally by exhibitions of alpha-male strutting and fist-pumping - 2 hours of table tennis ensued. Match results are given below. These results will not count towards league positions, given that today's meet was the first in which Maple Grief Hemphill appeared and was the first time in a long time that the self-styled "bear rising from slumber", had wielded a blade in anger. (Little, Forbes and Morton had played a few times prior to Hemphill joining the party).
The results do show however, that Hemphill, having got his fat ass whipped in early encounters, quickly began to show signs of the quality which had once brought him admirers among the table tennis connoisseurs of Canada and beyond. Indeed, the only game that reigning champ Little lost today was in a thrilling encounter with the Maple Grief, who emerged victorious in a 12-10 victory.
For the record, today's scores..
Bruce v Gary
6
11
8
11
7
11
6
11
3
11
4
11
Bruce v Chris
11
8
11
7
9
11
7
11
Bruce v Greg
11
8
11
9
11
4
11
4
8
11
Chris v Gary
10
11
7
11
8
11
Chris v Greg
11
8
7
11
11
8
11
9
Greg v Gary
6
11
9
11
12
10
7
11
5
11
So, as we gather at the starting line of this table tennis league, the big questions are:
Can Quick Wrist Little be dislodged as the reigning champ?
If so, how and by whom?
Can Thunder and Lightning prevail as The Spin Doctor battles hard for second place?
Will their titanic struggle be made pointless by the surging presence of the Maple Grief?
Gentleman - fellow Table Blades - I invite you to reply and comment and, initially as we approach the real deal, suggest how we allocate points in this league. I'm thinking this:
A straight victory = 3 points
A victory which went over the 11 match points (e.g a 12-10 win) gives the loser in that game 1 point towards his total in the league.
Also, the doubles games today were super fun. I think it'd be cool to decide on who partners who in an ongoing, separate, doubles league. That is, we keep those teams the same every week and allocate enough time in each meet for 3 or 4 games in the Doubles League.
Thoughts?
