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their highest ever to-

tal of 44 (thanks

Adam for that stat)

to remain also one

game off the leaders.

Star of the show was

Mike Gas-

kell who not

only hit for the

cycle

(that’s a

single, a

double, a

triple and

a homer, for

(Continued on page 4)

H OT and hu-

mid weather

gave way to

distant thunder on

Wednesday as

Greensox suffered

an unexpected defeat

to the Jammy Dodg-

ers. The lead

changed hands a cou-

ple of times in the

opening salvos and

after 4½ innings they

were level at 11-11.

But the crumblies

had another fiver and

held out for the win.

Thunder took ad-

vantage to stay sec-

ond, now only one

game back, with a17-

9 defeat of the Mav-

ericks, while

the longest

day of the

year

must

have

seemed

unend-

ing for the Light-

ning defense, who

watched Lions score

Thunder but not much Lightning

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Inside this issue

Match reports 2

Birthdays 5

Fundraising quiz night 5

Northwest Series II 5

Last week’s MVPs 5

Home runs 10

Next week’s games 11

Results and

standings 12

Transfer 5

Guests—online survey 6

Correction 8

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Volume 23 Issue 9 No. 405 27/28/29 June 2017

This week’s games Including streaks, pitches and umpires

Division 1 LIG 7L @ MKT 1W (9, DD)

LIO 3W @ DOD 1W (3, MD)

THU 1W @ GRX 1L (2)

MAV 1L rest

Division 2 MV2 2L @ MUT 3W (6, AG)

MHM 1W @ CAM 6W (4, CE)

SPE 1W @ SHA 1L (5, HS)

CM2 rest

Division 3 PIR @ BAT 10W (7, DD/MD)

RIP @ DRZ (6, AR)

TIG @ OUT (8, IC)

STO rest

Division 4 COL 2L @ BFL 1W (3, PN)

ENF 4W @ REB 1W (1,MG)

FRZ 6L @ TTN 3W (4, JF)

HAC 8W @ BLJ 3L (7, SS/ML)

HUR 1W @ VIP 1L (2, PF)

MET 7L @ PHX 1L (6, TLF)

Andy equals Anthony’s record

BY taking the field in

last week’s game

against Speeders,

Mavs II pitcher Andy

Gardner (pictured)

equalled the record for

consecutive

games played,

set by An-

thony Garcia

Reyes, then

playing for

Mayhem, from

his first game

on 19th April

2011 until in-

jury forced him out of

the game scheduled for

20th May 2015.

Andy likewise has not

missed a game since

his debut, for Mayhem

II, on 23rd April

2013, switching

to Mavericks II

from the start of

the 2015 sea-

son. In fact

Andy was also

an ever-present

as a guest for

Storm last sea-

son: if those games

“counted”, he would

have passed Anthony a

while ago.

So, if selected this

week, Andy will be out

in front, on 76 — and

good luck anyone aim-

ing to catch him!

75 The num-ber of con-secutive games played by

Andy Gardner and An-thony Garcia Reyes

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Rebels show no mercy

Rebels 2 3 5 8 2 20 Meteors 1 0 0 1 1 3 RAR, Umpire Mike Lott, Pitch 7

REBELS AB H BB R RBI Conor Battersby (P) 5 4 0 4 4 Hayley McTear (LC) 4 3 0 1 6 Dave Eaton (LF) 3 3 1 2 0 Sarah Cassin(3B) 4 1 0 0 2 Julian Jones (RC) 3 1 1 2 0 Emma Miller (RF) 1 0 3 3 0 Ian Caird (1B) 3 2 1 3 3 Amy Torkington (C) 4 2 0 1 1 Craig Lawson(SS) 4 3 0 3 3 Jen Douglas (2B) 3 0 1 1 1 HRs: Battersby, McTear, Caird

METEORS: Karl Walsh (1B), Maria Fox (LF), Phil Kirby (SS), Melanie McTear (2B), Dave Olsen (RF), Laura Hayes (C), Dan McDowell (P), Julie Yorke (LC), Tom Hiles (RC), Bryony James (3B)

HR: Walsh

AFTER the previous week’s

loss, Rebels bounced back

with a win against the newly

formed Meteors. Although

the first inning was close (2-

1) Rebels calmed down and

stopped swinging at the first

pitch, meaning they then

steadily scored to end the

game 20-3 after five innings.

Only one player batted 1.000

(Dave Eaton once more) with

the best of the girls being

Hayley McTear and Emma

Miller batting .750.

Three players had home

runs: Conor Battersby,

McTear and Ian Caird on his

return after missing five

games with injury.

Defensively Rebels were

good: Battersby pitched well,

Craig Lawson had some good

stops at shortstop, Miller had

Match reports a catch in right field and at 2nd

base Jen Douglas turned her

first double play with Caird on

1st. Emma Miller

MVPs H McTear, Battersby (REB), M

McTear, Kirby (MET)

Vipers hit by gypsy curse

Barflies 7 2 19 1 29 Vipers 2 2 2 0 6 RAR, Umpire Luis Arrevillagas, Pitch 2 BARFLIES: Paul Warburton (RC), Helen Smith (3B), Aleck Aspinall (SS), Catherine Whitehead (2B), Chris Smith (P), Laura Howarth (LF), Chris Radford (1B), Laura Bintcliffe (RIP) (C), Mike Cooney (LC), Jo Nuttall (RIP)

HRs: Aspinall 2, Warburton, C Smith, Rad-ford, Bintcliffe

VIPERS AB H BB R RBI Anthony Henderson (CL) 2 1 0 1 0 Claire Holden (RF) 2 1 0 0 0 Ian Millar (EP) 2 1 0 1 0 Katrina Rhead (CL) 2 2 0 2 2 Chris Wilson-Grady (SS) 2 1 0 0 1 Amy Miller (3B) 2 2 0 0 1 Dave Warren (P) 1 1 1 1 0 Gemma Wallace (C) 2 1 0 0 0 Stewart Pilling (2B) 2 2 0 1 1 Sarah Douglas (1B) 2 1 0 0 0 Liam Nolan (LF) 2 1 0 0 1 Jessica Whiting (EP) 2 0 0 0 0 Sub—Mandy Ashton (Miller) 0 0 0 0 0

VIPERS took to the field on

what seemed like a regular

Tuesday night, ready to

unleash the their might on the

Barflies. We got off to a normal

start: they scored a few, we

scored a few, just an average

softball game, nothing too spe-

cial.

That was until the spell-casting

Gypsy Rose-Lee arrived in all

regalia, meandering in on her

three-legged donkey, trying

desperately to blend in with the

surroundings but I saw

her, with her leatheresque

face looking like she had

spent the last 14 hours on a

re-tubed sunbed. I so wish

I had bought those pegs

back in 1979, then none of

this would have happened!

She dropped her curse onto

anyone wearing the light

blue of the Vipers: “The

curse of the inability to bat,

run, catch or throw”, the

most important things

needed whilst playing this

glorious game.

The Barflies then chalked

up run after run after run.

Even Rippers’ own Laura

Bintcliffe managed to score

her first ever homerun,

guesting for the Barflies of

course. Rose-Lee looked on,

cackling like a banshee at

the Vipers’ inability to get

the Barflies out. She did

stop for a quick swig of

rum, stolen from her es-

tranged great-great grand-

son Leo Pearn at the Alex

Hall Memorial Tourney

earlier in the month. She

didn’t seem to notice a pop-

up that went to 3rd and

which was caught by our

newest recruit Amy Miller.

Barflies went on to score 19

runs in a single inning be-

fore we eventually got all

three outs. We then got up

to bat and lo and behold we

forgot how to run. Rose-Lee

worked her evil sorcery

again, tripping and injur-

ing our players: knees, an-

kles, she blatantly didn’t

care so long as we were un-

able to score. Back to the

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field and we seemed to have

the better of the curse. That

was until her deviant hoodoo

tripped our catcher, Gemma

Wallace, whilst making the

tag of all tags.

After four innings, two inju-

ries, not many runs for us and

a bucket load for Barflies,

Rose-Lee decided to call it a

night. I just pray she doesn’t

return for us or any other

team. If you do get offered

pegs at an extortionate rate,

please buy them, you’ll be

helping softball in general.

The above report was based

totally on fact, not a single

part was fabricated at all, hon-

est! Dave Warren

MVPs H Smith, Aspinall (BFL),

Rhead, Warren (VIP)

Rippers take a walk on the wild side

Outlaws 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 Rippers 1 0 6 0 0 0 x 7 Umpire Luis Arrevillagas, Pitch 7

OUTLAWS: Bailey Saunders (2B), Greg Spiers (LF), Kyrstie Hewitt (LC), Mark Bus-cini (SS), Hannah Ebbitt (C), Richard Goar (3B), Zoe Turner (RF), Stuart Coppock (RC), Beth Jarret (MUT)(1B), Joe Gran-tham (MUT)(P)

HR: Grantham

RIPPERS AB H BB R RBI Simon Sharpe (CR) 4 1 0 0 0 Janette Rayton (3B) 3 1 1 0 0 Paul Duffy (SS) 4 2 0 1 0 Laura Bintcliffe (LF) 3 1 0 1 0 Zac Rayson (CL) 2 1 1 1 1 Beccy Katie (RF) 2 0 1 1 0 NathanBrookes (2B) 3 2 0 1 2 Sophie Temple (1B) 2 1 1 1 1 Ed Woodcock (P) 3 3 0 1 3 Jo Nuttall (C) 3 1 0 0 0 HR: Woodcock

RIPPERS have not had the

best start to the season but as

a self-confessed geek, I de-

cided to take a look at some

of the stats we keep and no-

ticed that a lot of the runs

scored against us were by

guests, especially the home

runs and the grand slams –

in some cases, this has really

put the opposition at an ad-

vantage and won them the

game. I checked for our sis-

ter team (the Vipers) and no-

ticed there was a pattern in

Division 4 too with players

guesting “down” smashing

home runs and grand slams

against them every single

week.

There’s lots of talk about

guesting and rostering rules

so I am not going to keep re-

peating it here, it’s getting

pretty old now and which-

ever side of the fence you sit

on, you know that there have

been disagreements about

the guesting rules for as long

as I have played the sport

and far before that.

There is another rule we de-

cided to bring into play this

week – it’s an ISF rule that

states:

Rule 8 Sect. 1: If the de-

fensive team desires to

walk a batter intention-

ally either the pitcher,

catcher or coach may do

so by notifying the plate

umpire.

When our pitcher got down

the order, we noticed that

there was a player on the op-

position from Division 2 who

also plays at NSL level and

we pitched to him. He

smashed it for a home run

but as there was no one on

base, we got away with con-

ceding only the one run.

We like this player, we have

played with him at tourna-

ments and he is a talented

hitter but in fairness he’s not

a Division 3 player. There-

fore we decided to remove

the advantage he would give

the Outlaws by removing his

opportunity to bat. In doing

so, we caused visible frustra-

tion and a sense of unhappi-

ness within the Outlaws

camp as they were claiming

this was unfair and we

should have let him play.

But it worked.

By walking the NSL player,

we minimised the advantage

and kept the game tight. Al-

though he wasn’t happy, it

did create a fairer game and

I explained this decision to

the Outlaws after the game

and to the player in ques-

tion; this wasn’t a personal

protest against anyone, this

was a way of regaining the

equilibrium of a fair match

by removing the advantage a

higher-level player gives a

team. It’s a legal ploy in

MSL, as is the guesting

down. Therefore I don’t

think it should be frowned

on, nor should teams be dis-

couraged from using it as it

is unsporting. I encourage

more teams, especially in Di-

vision 4 who are facing


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those who don’t know) but

added a walk and a grand

slam to complete his six plate

appearances. Mike didn’t

want to be photographed, so

here’s a picture of a cycle in-

stead.

IN Division 2 a record-

equalling appearance by

Mavs II pitcher Andy Gard-

ner (see front page story) was

not celebrated by a win—

quite the opposite as Speed-

ers got the mercy win that

puts them in the top four for

now. Mayhem overcame an

early setback to beat Camels

II convincingly, while a com-

fortable win for the Camels

over the Sharks, coupled

with the Mutineers’ rest-

week left the standings in to-

tal disarray thanks to the

Thunder but not much lightning

(continued from page 1)

their first win this season.

IN Division 4, Hurricanes

refound their form with a de-

cent win against Phoenix,

who had previously only lost

once, to the league-leading and

unbeaten Hackers. They in

turn continued their march

with a mercy-rule defeat of the

Colts. There were big wins

also for Barflies, Rebels and

Titans, the first two slaugh-

tering the two bottom teams,

while the Titans extended

their 14-7 lead over the Blue

Jays with a 12-run 7th inning.

Freeze had a closer game

with the one-short Enforcers,

who again threatened to forfeit

before three new recruits were

found at the eleventh hour.

With only three games to go

before the Division 4-5 split,

all eyes are on the thin blue

line in the middle of the stand-

ings.

higher level players to use it.

Anyway, great performance

in the field meant that we

took our first win of the sea-

son. Bruce

Tigers recover from slow start

Drizzle 2 4 3 0 1 0 1 11 Tigers 2 1 3 4 3 4 x 17 Umpire Mike Davies, Pitch 8

DRIZZLE: Andrew Bogie (3B), Ellie Phil-

Match reports

(continued from page 3)

lips (LC), Brad Hadwin (SS), Elley McGinnis (RF), Tomm Childs (RC), Laura Hartley (2B), Dean Phillips (LF), Laura Somers (1B), Baljit Ahluwalia (MAV)(P), Faye Evans (C); Sub Amy Somers (for L Somers)

HR Ahluwalia

TIGERS: Tony La Fave (2B), Emma Pritchard (EP), Dan Downes (EP), Tereza Kokocińska (1B), Michael Miah (RC), Annie Downes (C), Jonathan Downes (SS), Jackie Ervin (3B), Rob Lawrence (LF), Sandra Zlatinská (LC), Dave Wareham (P), Caroline Drake (RF)

HR Miah

IN a game of two halves, Driz-

zle took a big lead half way

through the 3rd but after that

Tigers came roaring back and

won going away, allowing only

two further runs in the last

four innings whilst scoring con-

sistently themselves.

much denigrated device of

counting their 1-point de-

duction as ⅓ of a game.

THE Division 3 leaders Dids-

bury Bats were resting and

their nearest challengers, the

Tigers, duly moved up to a

half game back with a 17-

11defeat of Drizzle. The Pi-

rates comfortably weathered

their Storm to win 25-10,

only their second win against

these opponents in seven at-

tempts. But the Rippers’

game with the Outlaws had

a tense finish: trailing 7-5

and with a runner on base

and two outs, the Outlaws’

Div 2 guest, who had already

smashed a home run, was

tactically walked, a com-

pletely legitimate option

rarely seen in our league.

The following batter, at the

top of the order, ground out

to 1st, giving the Rippers

OBP leaders were Dan Downes

and Dave Wareham who each

batted 1.000. Home run hero

was Michael with Tereza

Kokocińska having to settle for

another triple as she again

came oh so close to breaking

her duck.

In the field Wareham pitched

well on his return from injury.

Kokocińska and Jackie Ervin

both looked good as they took

turns on 1st. Miah looked very

good at 3rd after moving there

mid game. Sandra Zlatinská

and Caroline Drake both took

nice outfield catches.

Dave Wareham

MVPs McGinnis, Childs (DRZ),

Kokocińska, Miah (TIG)

THE second of two one-day

tournaments aimed at

rookie and less experi-

enced players will take

place this weekend on

July 1st at Parrs Wood

School. The entry fee for

the tournament is £120

per team and a tourna-

ment entry form can be

downloaded at https://

tinyurl.com/NWSeries2.

Please remember that it is

a C/D-grade tournament

and there may be some

corporate teams with no

experience at all. Get in

contact

with

Linni or

Luis for

more

details.

NorthWest Series II

reminder

Volume 23 Issue 9

Barflies Helen Smith Aleck Aspinall Blue Jays Lisa Weaver Josh Steiner Camels Sarah Cassin (REB) Dan Jarmen Camels II Becky Ebo Adam Craig Colt 45s Eleanor Swallow Lee McCarthy Dodgers Vicki Green Jack Scholes Drizzle Ellie McGuiness Tom Childs Enforcers Charlotte Farr Dave Sharples

Freeze Laura Parkes Kriss Timms Greensox Anthony Garcia Nicola Duerden Hackers Hannah Carroll IanMills Hurricanes Leah Perkins Mark Griffin Lightning Becky Wadeson Nathan Barrett Lions Kate Barlow Mike Gaskell Mavericks Charlie Cook Baljit Mavericks II Tanya lochery Chris Gresty Mayhem Caroline Jones Ed Covington

Meteors Melanie McTear Phil Kirby Outlaws Sophie Temple SimonSharp Phoenix Sarah Sheedy BenHughes Pirates Natalie Robinson Matt Jacobs Rebels Hayley McTear Conor Battersby Rippers Bailey Joe Grantham (MUT) Sharks Kate Shearer Stephen Woods Speeders Emma Bennett Jez Fothergill Storm Cara Buzza Mark Griffin (LIG) Thunder Emma Carruthers Luis Arrevillagas Tigers Tereza Kokacinska Michael Miah Titans Katie Flanagan Dan Hocking Vipers Kat Rhead Dave Warren All names appear exactly as they were written on the score sheet

Last week’s MVPs

Transfer

Mark Griffin, Hurri-

canes to Lightning, 21

June. Because this was

his second transfer of the

season, Mark was ineligi-

ble for Lightning’s game

last week.

There will be a find-raising quiz night

for the five MSL lads going with the GB

U19 fastpitch squad to the Euros in Pra-

gue, as follows:

Friday 7th July

The Heatons Sports Club

Green Lane, Stockport, SK4 2NF

Food at 7.30pm followed by quiz.

Tickets £10 (includes food and quiz)

Tickets are available from Tom Russell

(Thunder), Nathan and Carolyn Barratt

(Lightning), Max Fagan (Bats), Jona-

than, Dan and Annie Downes (Tigers),

Fliss Fagan (Camels), and Paul Fagan

(Greensox).

Fundraising Quiz Night for GB U19

squad members

Tuesday Tim Lonsdale

(Hackers)

Wednesday Rory Lynch

(Bats)

Thursday Gareth Evans

(Thunder), Malgor-

zata Skomsa (Blue

Jays)

Friday Maz Yung

(Mutineers)

Saturday Clym Brown

(Mavericks), Jo

Chadwick(Phoenix),

Jade Shaw (Lions)

Sunday Ian Caird

(Rebels)

Birthdays

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F OLLOWING articles

on the guest rules by

Dave Warren and

Jerry Seabridge, and a sur-

vey of guest rules around

the country, this week we

ran an informal survey on

the website, seven deliber-

ately provocative questions,

just to gauge opinion

league-wide.

We offered seven statements

reflecting commonly heard

views on the guest rules,

and asked respondents if

they strongly or slightly

agreed or disagreed, with a

neutral “don’t know” (or nei-

ther agree nor disagree)

choice in the middle.

The survey was “live” for

about ten days, and we got

148 replies which, assuming

they were all from different

individuals, represents 29%

of active MSL players (i.e.

rostered players who have

actually played).

The main reason for guests

is to prevent teams from

forfeiting, finding extra

players in an emergency

Our first question met with

wide-ranging agreement:

90.6% of respondents agree

that the main purpose for the

guest rules is when you are

short (see graphic below).

The rules are good because

they allow keen players to

play two or three times a

week

Our first question elicited

much agreement, but on this

one responses were more

evenly spread: 48.7% agree

(of which 20.3% com-

pletely), while 40.5%

disagree (22.3%

completely) and

10.8% don’t

know. So far

this season, 86

players have

appeared as

guests, of

which 13 have

appeared

“regularly” (five or

more times). Perhaps

this is not a “problem” we

Guest rules—online survey need to legislate for.

Guest rules allow teams with

not enough players to exist

and boost the number of

teams in the league

This question was not as

strongly worded as it might

have been. The responses,

which were again fairly

evenly split, do not indicate

whether you think this is a

good or bad thing.

There should be a limit on

top quality players playing

in the lower division

This was the question that

elicited the most overwhelm-

ing agreement, with 90%

agreeing with the statement,

and just two respondents com-

pletely disagreeing—see

graphic opposite. Who quali-

fies as “top quality” and what

those limits should be will of

course be a matter of debate

in the coming months. In the

first eight weeks of this sea-

son, 116 (59%) of the total of

196 guests have been playing

“down”. 34% of guests are

playing “up”, and just 7% are

playing for same-division ri-

vals. Of course not all these

guests playing down are “top

Agree don't know

Disagree

compl slight slight compl

27.0 24.3 10.1 22.3 16.2

Guests are for emergencies

Agree don't know

Disagree


20.3 28.4 10.8 18.2 22.3

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Agree Disagree


31.1 25.7 14.9 13.5 14.9

don't know

quality”—in fact the number

of Division 1 rostered players

guesting in Division 4 so far is

35, which is 30% of all guests

playing down. That’s 35 guest

appearances, which have been

made by nine individuals.


how many guests a team

can use over the season

A majority of respondents

(56.8%) agree with this state-

ment while the other 43.3%

were split evenly between not

knowing, slightly and com-

pletely disagreeing. Perhaps

the spread of responses re-

flects an inherent vagueness

in the question which did not

stipulate what sort of limit

there might be.

In the season so far, only

one team has not used a

single guest. Ten teams

have used seven or more

guests, that is, on average a

guest every game.


how many times a player

can guest for the same

team

The answers to this ques-

tion, not unrelated to Q2,

were split between exactly

50% agreeing, 34.5% dis-

agreeing, and the rest un-

sure. It may be of interest

to know that of 86 players

who have appeared as

guests so far this season,

just seven have appeared

more than four times for the

same team. SO perhaps this

isn’t really an endemic prob-

lem?

If you arrange for a guest

to turn up then you should

give them a game even if

it means benching ros-

tered players

The next question showed

that respondents were in

agreement that rostered

players should take prior-

ity over guests—see

graphic on next page. 68.3%

disagreed with the state-

ment that guests should be

guaranteed a game, though

to be fair there were 28 re-

plies that agreed with the

statement, completely or

slightly. (Continued on page 8)

There should be a limit on good players playing “down”

Agree Disagree


33.1 16.9 15.5 12.8 21.6

don't know

Agree don't know

Disagree


31.1 25.7 14.9 13.5 14.9

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In the standings last week in

both Divisions 1 and 3 we

had three-way ties which, as

mentioned in the round-up,

we sorted based on runs con-

ceded in games just between

these teams. A closer inspec-

tion of the Handbook sug-

gests that we should have

sorted the three-way tie

based on run difference in

games between the teams. By

this criterion, Thunder

should have been above Lions

in Division 1, and Pirates

above Outlaws in Division 3.

Thanks to Adam Roberts for

pointing this out.

Correction

The fielding and batting re-

strictions do not sufficiently

minimise the effect a guest

can have

Just over half of all responses

agreed with this suggestion,

with 27% disagreeing and

around 20% not expressing

an opinion. In common with

opther leagues, we insist that

guests bat at the bottom of

the order, but our fielding re-

strictions are much more lax

than other leagues.

SO, there we have it. Loaded

questions and a self-selecting

no doubt biased population,

(Continued from page 7) but we think it gives us a

pretty good snapshot of

opinions.

B UT the debate

does not end

here. The Exec

had a mid-season

meeting this week, and this

hot topic was one of the

items debated. The next

step is to set up a series of

consultative working group

meetings to which all play-

ers will be invited to express

their opinions. The aim will

be to establish some princi-

ples, and then to draft rule

proposals in time for the

end-of-season captains’

meeting.

WATCH these pages for an

announcement of when

these meetings will take

place, if you want to partici-

Guests should have priority over rostered players

Agree Disagree


32.4 20.3 20.3 13.5 13.5

don't know

pate.

Thanks to Bruce for collecting

the stats.

Volume 23 Issue 9

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Home runs

Division 1 Female 2 – Kate Barlow (LIO), Michelle

Collier (LIO), Jade Shaw (LIO)

1 – Ellie Buckley (MAV), Charlie

Cook (MAV), Sherry Kenyon

(MAV), Kathryn Mullin (GRX),

Lindsey O’Farrell (LIO), Becci

Wadeson (LIG)

Division 1 Male 10 – Anthony Reyes (DOD)

6 – Danny Gunn (GRX)

5 – Baljit Ahluwalia (MAV), Luis

Arrevillagas (THU)

4 – Peter Nightingale (MAV)*

3 – Chris Fulton (LIO), Benkei

Johnson (THU), Tyler Lappage

(DOD), Dave Leverton (THU),

Adam Roberts (LIO), Jon Taylor

(LIG)

2 – Ian Blease (MKT), Peter

Buckley (MAV), Chris Chu (MKT),

Luis Congote (LIO), Elieser Dor-

ronsoro (MAV), David Dyson

(DOD), Gareth Evans (THU),

Mike Gaskell (LIO)*, Gordon Mil-

son (LIO)

1 – Nathan Barratt (LIG), Suchit

Desai (DOD), Matt Fairweather

(MKT), Jeivo Gomez (LIG), Guy

Hamer (THU), Jonny Huck (LIO),

Mike Hulme (MKT), Paul Kidley

(GRX), Vince Lui (LIO), Oscar Ma-

renco (GRX), Sean Miley (GRX),

Richard Sarver (LIG), Ed Watkin-

son (LIO)

Division 2 Female 2 – Kate Williamson (MUT)

1 – Jan Bradley(MV2), Lyndsey

Bygrave (CAM), Jo Gardiner

(MV2), Tanya Lochery

(MV2),Tash Miotk (MUT), Linni

Mitchell (MHM), Helen Rossiter

(CM2)

Division 2 Male 9 – Tom Atkinson (CAM)

7 – Joe Grantham (MUT)

6 – Paul Colton (SHA)

5 – Steve Howard (MHM), Dave

Martin Baez (SHA), Phil Norton

(CAM)

4 – Ed Covington (MHM)*, Rich

Thompson (MHM)*

3 – Adam Hugill (CAM)*, Colin

McKie (CAM)

2 – Adam Craig (CM2), Charlie

Gardiner (CM2), Mike Goff (MV2),

Chris Gresty (MV2), Mike Haw-

kins (MUT)*, Rolf Herbert (MUT),

Richard Jameson (CM2), Duncan

Jones (MUT), David Kirby (MV2),

Kristian Matthews (MV2), Stephen

Shearer (SHA), Kieran Taylor-

Thomas (CM2), Mark Young

(MUT)*, Ian Yates (MV2)

1 – Rob Alger (SHA), Anthony Bof-

fey (CAM), Dave Dean (CM2),

Adam Faloona (SPE), Andrew

Gardner (MV2), Ali Hallsworth

(MUT), Dan Jarman (CAM), Steve

Kellett (SPE), Chris Lennon (SPE),

Nick Money (SPE)

Division 3 Female 1 – Annie Downes (TIG), Faye

Dunlop (PIR), Ellie Phillips (DRZ),

Natalie Robinson (PIR)

Division 3 Male 12 – Mario Ruedo (STO)

7 – James Ridgway (PIR)

6 – Ross Birch (BAT), Michael

Miah (TIG)

5 – Dan Downes (TIG), Miguel

Martinez (STO)

4 – Brad Hadwin (DRZ), Ed Wood-

cock (RIP)

3 – Shane Coyles (PIR), Jerry Sea-

bridge (BAT), Chris Thompson

(OUT), Ian Williams (PIR)*

2 – Alex Bates (BAT), Marco Doria

(PIR), Paul Duffy (RIP), Tom

Huntley (STO), Shawn Khwaja

(BAT), Dean Phillips (DRZ), Zac

Rayson (RIP), Humberto Soto

(DRZ)

1 – Miguel Acosta (STO), Jonathan

Downes (TIG), Max Fagan (BAT),

Doug Henderson (PIR), Hector

Martinez (STO), Greg Spiers (OUT)

Division 4 Female 4 – Hayley McTear (REB)

3 – Sarah Cassin (REB)

2 – Katie Flanagan (TTN)

1 – Natasha Hopkins (REB), Nikki

Pugh (COL), Eleanor Swallow

(COL)

Division 4 Male 10 – Phil Cosgrove (COL), Richard

Taylor (TTN)

9 – Alec Aspinall (BFL)

8 – Ryan Noble (PHX)

7 – Darren Corner (HAC)

6 – John Kaye (COL)

5 – Conor Battersby (REB)

4 – Daniel Johansson (HAC), Taj

Uddin (BLJ), Jonno Wrigley (BLJ)

3 – Scott Barton (VIP), Dave Eaton

(REB), Simon Grainger (TTN),

Mark Griffin (HUR)*, Dan Hocking

(TTN), Carl McCarthy (HUR), Ian

Mills (HAC), Joe Mills (HAC)*,

Chuan Fu Yap (REB)

2 – Adam Ashby (FRZ)**, Steve

Beddows (FRZ), Chris Bowers

(ENF), Anthony Henderson (VIP)*,

Julian Jones (REB), Rolf Herbert

(ENF), Ben Hughes (PHX), Craig

Lawson (REB)*, Chris Radford

(BFL), Ian Radford (HAC), Simon

Ronksley (BLJ), Matt Spencer

(TTN), Paul Warburton (BFL), Paul

Wolstenholme (FRZ)

1 – Dilan Bastiampillai (HUR), Ian

Caird (REB), Chee Ho Chan (ENF),

Tom Currie (COL), Mike Davies

(ENF), Graham Hartley (COL), Ben

Miller (BFL), Tom Nolan (VIP),

Dave Olsen (MET), Stewart Pilling

(VIP), Lee Scambler (PHX), Tom

Scott (PHX), Dave Sharples (ENF),

Andy Shaw (HAC), Chris Smith

(BFL), Jay Tennant (HUR), Kris

Timms (FRZ), Karl Walsh (MET),

Dave Warren (VIP), Jordan Wilcock

(ENF)

* indicates grand slam

Volume 23 Issue 9

Next week’s games in Divi-

sions 1 and 2 are the return

fixtures from the opening day

games on May 3rd.

Division 1 Dodgers @ Mavericks

(USG2, AG) Mavs won 22-14,

their 40th win in this 54-

game series.

Greensox @ Meerkats

(USG3, IC) Sox won 15-7,

their third win in three meet-

ings.

Lightning @ Thunder

(USG4, TLF) Thunder nar-

rowly won this derby 18-16, a

much closer result than their

previous meeting, a 15-0

shutout in May 2013. Thun-

der are 4-0 up in all meet-

ings.

Lions rest

Division 2 Camels @ Mutineers

(USG6, HS) Mutineers won

28-12 to tie the all-time se-

ries at 11-11.

Mavericks II @ Mayhem

(USG5, MD) Mavs II won

12-11 in this, their first

ever encounter.

Sharks @ Camels II

(USG9, JF) Camels II won

27-19, tying up the all-time

four-game series at two

apiece.

Speeders rest

Division 3 Next week’s games are the

return fixtures from the

games played on May 18th.

Bats @ Rippers (PW8,

BA) Bats won this first

ever meeting 24-9.

Pirates @ Drizzle (PW7,

MD) Pirates won 20-15,

their fifth win in five meet-

ings.

Storm @ Outlaws (PW6,

MG/DD) Outlaws won 17-

8, a tenth win in 12 meet-

ings. Tigers rest

Next week’s games - Week 10 (4/5/6 July) Division 4 (Tues)

Barflies 7 2 19 1 29 Vipers 2 2 2 0 6 RAR, Umpire Luis Arrevillagas, Pitch 2 HRs: BFL Aleck Aspinall 2, Paul War-burton, Chris Smith, Chris Radford, Laura Bintcliffe (RIP)

Colt 45s 2 0 0 1 0 3 Hackers 6 0 8 1 3 18 RAR, Umpire Mike Goff, Pitch 6

HRs: HAC Ian Mills, Daniel Johansson

Freeze 2 4 0 0 5 0 0 11 Enforcers 0 3 4 4 2 3 x 16 Umpire Adam Roberts, Pitch 3 HRs: ENF Dave Sharples, Suchit Desai (DOD), Chris Bowers

Phoenix 3 0 2 1 6 0 1 13 Hurricanes 4 4 3 1 6 0 x 18 Umpire Dave Dean, Pitch 4 HRs: PHX Ross Birch (BAT) 2, Tom Scott, Ryan Noble; HUR Carl McCarthy 2

Rebels 2 3 5 8 2 20 Meteors 1 0 0 1 1 3 RAR, Umpire Mike Lott, Pitch 7 HRs: REB Conor Battersby, Hayley

McTear, Ian Caird; MET Karl Walsh

Titans 3 0 2 5 4 0 12 26 Blue Jays 4 3 0 0 0 0 2 9 Umpire Pete Nightingale, Pitch 1 HRs: TTN Katie Flanagan 2, Rich Tay-lor, Dan Hocking 2, Matt Spencer

Results (Continued from page 12)

Division 4 Blue Jays @ Barflies (PW2,

TLF) First ever meeting

Meteors @ Hurricanes

(PW3, AR) First ever meeting

Phoenix @ Hackers (PW4,

PF/TS) Last meeting 21 July

2015, Phoenix won 17-11 to

square the series 1-1.

Rebels @ Freeze (PW1, ML)

First ever meeting

Titans @ Enforcers (PW6,

SS) First ever meeting

Vipers @ Colt 45s (PW7,

PN) First ever meeting

Picture from The Guardian, 11 April

Results and standings - Games played 20/21/22 June

Division 1 (Weds)

Greensox 3 5 0 3 1 1 1 14 Dodgers 51 5 0 5 2 x 18 Umpire Charlie Everitt, Pitch 4 HRs: GRX Paul Kidley; DOD Tyler Lap-page, Anthony Garcia Reyes

Lions 4 19 12 9 44 Lightning 1 1 6 2 10 Umpire Tony Stonard, Pitch 6 HRs: LIO Gordon Milson 2, Michelle Collier, Ed Watkinson, Chris Fulton 2, Kate Barlow, Mike Gaskell 2 (1GS); LIG Joe Grantham (MUT)

Mavericks 1 4 0 2 0 2 0 9 Thunder 5 1 4 0 3 4 x 17 Umpire Al Green, Pitch 3 HRs: MAV Baljit Ahluwalia 2, Pete Nightin-gale 2;THU Luis Arrevillagas, Benkei John-son, Dave Leverton

Division 2 (Weds)

Camels 3 5 1 2 4 8 23 Sharks 1 0 2 0 1 4 8 RAR, Umpire Harry Somers, Pitch 5 HRs: CAM Sarah Cassin (REB), Tom At-

kinson, Phil Norton; SHA Dave Martin Baez

Camels II 3 1 1 0 1 3 1 10 Mayhem 0 2 4 8 3 5 x 22 Umpire Mike Davies, Pitch 2

HR: CM2 Charlie Gardiner

Speeders 4 9 2 3 5 23 Mavericks II 1 1 0 1 0 3 RAR, Umpires Tony La Fave (plate), Ian Caird (1B), Pitch 9 HRs: SPE Adam Faloona; MV2 Kristian Matthews

Division 3 (Thurs)

Drizzle 2 4 3 0 1 0 1 11 Tigers 2 1 3 4 3 4 x 17 Umpire Mike Davies, Pitch 8 HRs: DRZ Baljit Ahluwalia (MAV); TIG Mi-chael Miah

Outlaws 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 Rippers 1 0 6 0 0 0 x 7 Umpire Luis Arrevillagas, Pitch 7 HRs: OUT Joe Grantham (MUT); RIP Ed-mund Woodcock

Storm 1 0 2 2 5 10 Pirates 9 0 2 7 7 25 RAR, Umpire Jeremy Fothergill, Pitch 6

HRs: STO Miguel Martinez, Mario Ruedo


P W T L F RS RC Pct GB

Division 1

► Greensox 7 6 0 1 0 111 72 .857 –

► Thunder 7 5 0 2 0 107 85 .714 1

► Lions 7 5 0 2 0 124 61 .714 1

► Mavericks 7 4 0 3 0 101 98 .571 2

► Dodgers 7 3 0 4 0 108 114 .429 3

► Meerkats 6 1 0 5 0 54 116 .167 4½

► Lightning 7 0 0 7 0 84 143 .000 6

Division 2

▲ Camels 7 6 0 1 0 135 97 .857 –

▼ Mutineers 6 5 0 1 0 127 48 .833 ⅙

▲ Mayhem 7 4 0 3 0 130 108 .571 1⅔

▲ Speeders 7 3 0 4 0 123 113 .429 2⅔

▼ Mavericks II 7 3 0 4 0 108 122 .429 2⅔

► Camels II 7 2 0 5 0 90 163 .286 3⅔

► Sharks 7 1 0 6 0 87 149 .143 4⅔

Camels deducted 1 pt

Division 3

► Bats 6 6 0 0 0 134 65 1.000 –

► Tigers 7 6 0 1 0 113 89 .857 ½

► Pirates 7 4 0 3 0 124 112 .571 2½

► Outlaws 7 3 0 4 0 69 78 .429 3½

► Storm 7 3 0 4 0 110 127 .429 3½

► Drizzle 7 1 0 6 0 126 142 .143 5½

► Rippers 7 1 0 6 0 75 138 .143 5½

Drizzle above Rippers on head-to-head

Division 4

► Hackers 8 8 0 0 0 163 47 1.000 –

► Phoenix 8 6 0 2 0 154 121 .750 2

► Rebels 8 6 0 2 0 178 106 .750 2

► Enforcers 7 5 0 1 1 103 84 .714 25/6

► Hurricanes 8 5 0 3 0 117 105 .625 3

▲ Titans 8 4 0 4 0 139 117 .500 4

▼ Blue Jays 8 4 0 4 0 131 155 .500 4

▲ Barflies 8 3 0 5 0 145 111 .375 5

▼ Colt 45s 8 3 0 5 0 135 127 .375 5

► Vipers 8 2 0 6 0 115 146 .250 6

► Freeze 8 1 0 7 0 93 160 .125 7

► Meteors 7 0 0 7 0 25 219 .000 7½ Phoenix above Rebels on head-to-head

Thunder above Lions on head-to-head

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